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• , the like the career technical stuff, is there any way some of that money could come out of the education
• I think you're thinking of the juvenile justice alternative education program.
• You know, because ultimately they get education funding money and if there's a way to figure some of
• Like they can be getting an education while they're also serving in the National Guard, and this will
• So, subsection 3 says that they can get a stipend for education level, like a GED or a college degree

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• It's used as an educational resource for the visitors at the Capitol.
• As we all know, Senator Thompson was a lifelong educator and historian.
• loved children and students and in particular she loved having a focus on and a passion for civics education
• Her life's work was education and we are pleased to dedicate this session 2024-2026 handbook to Senator
• This comprehensive package allows rural communities to expand education and increase healthcare services

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• Representative Gilman moves that House File 22 be recalled from the Committee on Education Policy and
• I would like to then bring it back to the Committee on Education Policy as well.
• some changes to the law, and we need to hop into Children and Families first and then head back to Education
• Rights, and will make changes to the law before going to Children and Families and then back to Education
• some changes to the law, and it needs to go to Children and Families first and then head back to Education

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The education community has really moved to try to incorporate more career technical education into the
• Technical education building with a lot of private donations and money from the state.
• We focused on college and said we were doing career education, but we really didn't.
• We've talked about education. Have you studied at all?
• We do know overall from research that higher educational engagement and educational attainment lead to

Committee: House Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee

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• They have the Asekia Land-Grant Education Project.
• It relates to education, right?
• education.
• And education and training, one of the biggest things I noticed when I took.
• The cost of education goes up. Naturally, the cost of the living stipend goes up.

Committee: House House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs

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• For valuable community health education. Thanks. Good afternoon.
• They are relying on some of the reimbursements in order to complete their education.
• They were originally in an educational upskilling program. They went back to school.
• They are relying on some of the reimbursements in order to complete their education.
• It acts as the hub for education and services for our community.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health held an informational hearing on the Governor’s May Revision, focusing first on the Commission on Behavioral Health, then EMSA, and then the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). The Department of Finance said the state faces a third consecutive deficit and that the May Revision includes difficult trade-offs, including proposed eliminations or reversions of some behavioral health and public health funds. The LAO echoed concern about the structural deficit and said it was still awaiting some budget details before offering a full analysis. For the Commission on Behavioral Health, Finance proposed eliminating $20 million in Mental Health Wellness Act funds, arguing the money would help offset General Fund costs and noting future Proposition 1 innovation funding. The commission strongly opposed the cut, saying it would eliminate or delay launch-ready grants for early childhood supports, full-service partnerships, and peer respite, and would eventually end ongoing grant programming. Several advocates and commissioners testified that the funds support underserved communities and that Proposition 1 is not a substitute for the existing programs. The chair asked Finance to look for alternatives, but no vote was taken. EMSA presented mostly technical budget adjustments: increased authority for the California Poison Control System, a correction to EMSIS funding, and a reappropriation for enterprise services and data management. CDPH then reviewed a broader set of May Revision proposals, including reversions from the California Reducing Disparities Project, workforce development, STD prevention, hepatitis C prevention, hospice, and extreme heat funding, as well as a new generative AI pilot for health facility survey reporting. Members raised concerns about cuts to CRDP and gender health equity programs, especially because many grants are mid-contract and serve underserved communities; CDPH said the reversions were part of solving the deficit and that CRDP had been successful, while also clarifying that abortion.ca.gov would not be eliminated. Public comment was overwhelmingly opposed to the CRDP and related cuts, with many speakers describing the programs as life-saving and cost-effective. No formal votes or actions were taken during the hearing.

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• You know, they had no intention, real reason to be on the educational campuses at that time or in the
• </c><00:28:07.039><c> environment</c><00:28:07.919><c> as</c> located in an educational environment as
• located in an educational environment as defined<00:28:08.559><c> in</c><00:28:08.720><c> section</c
• And so the judge board of education.
• </c> &gt;&gt; and this is also not an educational &gt;&gt; and this is also not an educational environment

Committee: House Judiciary

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• </c> care Career and Technical education care Career and Technical education work-based<00:45:19.760>
• </c><01:04:44.119><c> job</c> programs offer housing education job programs offer housing education job
• Educational barriers limit access to professional careers like medicine and businesses.
• Educational barriers limit access to professional careers like medicine and businesses.
• </c> Workforce investment Equitable education Workforce investment Equitable education and<01:15:17.679

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Okay, so our education and certification section provides stakeholders and educational outreach events
• </c><00:13:29.199><c> and</c> our staff uh in the education and our staff uh in the education and certification
• section were here for AG at education section were here for AG at the<00:13:39.040><c> capital</c><00
• Thank you, Chair. low level of Education in the community low level of Education in the community that
• </c> trying to come up with an education trying to come up with an education component<01:37:28.360><

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint informational briefing focused on restricted use pesticides in Hawaiʻi, with Senate and House members opening the meeting and explaining that the session was intended to hear expert presentations and community concerns. Fern Holland outlined the background for the briefing, describing how restricted use pesticides differ from general-use products, why state-level regulation matters, and how community advocates have sought disclosure and protections for years. She summarized 2019 reporting data, saying a small number of users accounted for most reported use, with especially heavy application in North Central Oʻahu and on the west side of Kauaʻi. She highlighted concerns about applications near schools, homes, and coastlines, and identified 1,3-dichloropropene and metam sodium as among the heaviest-used fumigants. She also noted concerns about highly hazardous pesticides, some banned in other countries, and the lack of research on long-term combined exposure to multiple pesticides. Greg Takashima of the Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture described the department’s pesticide program and regulatory authority under FIFRA and state law. He explained the distinction between general-use and restricted use pesticides, the certification requirements for applicators, and the department’s role in tracking RUPs from sale through use. He reviewed the branch’s functions in enforcement, education and certification, registration and technical review, and laboratory analysis, including inspections, complaint response, market surveillance, product registration, groundwater review, and outreach on drift reduction and integrated pest management. He also noted staffing and funding limitations, saying the branch lacks a toxicologist and long-term monitoring capacity, and compared Hawaiʻi’s resources to California’s much larger pesticide regulatory program. Takashima thanked the legislature for passing Act 231 the prior year and said the department supports the measure as it moves forward this session. Dr. Lee, speaking for the Hawaiʻi chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and as a former member of the Kauaʻi Joint Fact-Finding Task Force, said pediatric guidance has shifted from focusing on acute poisoning to recognizing chronic low-level pesticide exposure as a concern. He cited AAP publications linking pesticide exposure to cancer, brain tumors, leukemia, birth outcomes, neurobehavioral effects, and asthma, and said pediatricians are now encouraged to advise families on reducing exposure and to support right-to-know measures and buffer zones around schools and public gathering places. He also described the Kauaʻi task force’s work, saying it found the west side of the island to be an unhealthy community but could not prove causation because of missing drift, geospatial, and biomarker data. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational, questions were held until after presentations, and the department expressed support for Act 231.

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• They are House Bill 955, which is an act relating to next steps in transforming Vermont’s education system
• to next steps in transforming relating to next steps in transforming Vermont's<00:04:46.120><c> education
• She had founded and directed an educational farming center in Massachusetts and undertaken similar work
• Right here in this room, we have lawyers and educators. We have farmers and Ivy League graduates.
• Are there any further on Education. Are there any further announcements?

Keywords: 926, house, all

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• It requires the report to include specific data for each district, school, or state tribal education
• And oftentimes what I found, as I've, as a member of the Education Committee as well, touring some of
• So I'm sure that some of the educators in my district and others probably won't be super thrilled that
• I do see cuts to education.
• I do see cuts to education, but it doesn't look like tightening the belts.

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: 904, all

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• The next section is Section 301, which is the Bicycle Education Grant Program.
• And it also increases the competency in Washington State physical education standards.
• It's the statewide school-based bicycle education grant program.
• This program consists of an in-school education piece that partners with large school districts and educational
• The bike safety education program is in its third year of implementation.

Bills: SB6352

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: transportation, infrastructure, resources, funding, state law, 904, all

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• And then the next section is for Section 301, which is the Bicycle Education Grant Program.
• And it also increases the competency in Washington State physical education standards.
• It's the statewide school-based bicycle education grant program.
• This program consists of an in-school education piece that partners with large school districts and educational
• The bike safety education program is in its third year of implementation.

Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee met for a work session and public hearing on February 19, 2026. In the work session, Switch Maritime presented a proposal for hydrogen fuel cell ferries for Washington State, including a budget proviso directing the Joint Transportation Committee to study hydrogen propulsion and a lease model for future Washington State Ferries procurement. The company described its Sea Change vessel, said the design could be adapted for Washington routes such as San Juan Islands–Anacortes, and emphasized that hydrogen fueling could be delivered through a mobile supply chain without new charging infrastructure. Senators asked about vessel flexibility, size, hydrogen availability, and terminal compatibility. The committee also received an update from WSDOT on the new public-private partnership program authorized in 2025. Staff said the agency is developing a four-phase implementation process, including consultant selection, a steering committee, a program manual, stakeholder engagement, and candidate project identification, with a report due to the transportation committees on September 1, 2026 and program launch targeted for January 1, 2027. The presentation stressed that the program manual will provide flexibility within the statute and that legislative input is being sought on engagement and project timing. The public hearing was on Senate Bill 6352, an omnibus transportation resources bill that revises and expands provisions from last year’s ESSB 5801. Staff outlined sections covering a mobile driver’s license and ID card program, a reduced-fee ID card for older drivers, changes to alternative fuel and aviation taxes and fees, revised sales tax distributions for ferry and multimodal funding, transit and bicycle education grants, fish passage permitting, clean energy siting on WSDOT right-of-way, toll notice procedures, older driver safety outreach, traffic safety camera revenue sharing, and a delay to the tow-truck indigent impound reimbursement program. The prime sponsor highlighted two priorities: digital driver’s licenses and dedicated ferry funding. Testimony was mixed. Supporters included airlines and aviation groups backing mobile ID and repeal of the luxury aircraft tax, transit and bicycle safety advocates supporting grant flexibility and continued bike education funding, and ferry advocates supporting dedicated ferry revenue. Local governments, including Bellevue, Kenmore, and Tacoma, raised concerns about the traffic camera revenue change, saying the shift from net to gross revenue would reduce local safety funding and could discourage new camera programs. The Association of Washington Cities also warned about unintended consequences in the fish passage and traffic camera provisions. RV dealers sought a delay to the luxury vehicle tax, and peer-to-peer car-sharing platform Turo asked for clarification on documentation requirements. The committee took no final vote and announced it would consider executive action the following week.

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• The Senate Education Committee will meet at 1:45. >> Are there any further announcements?
• The Senate Education Committee will meet at 1:45. >> Senator from Windham. >> Thank you, Mr.
• The Senate Education Committee will meet at 1:45. >> Thank you, Mr. President.
• The Senate Education Committee will meet at 1:45. >> Senator from Rowan. >> Thank you, Mr.
• The Senate Education Committee will meet at 1:45. >> And the Senator from Windsor. >> Yes, Mr.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• She believed deeply in the power of education as a tool for opportunity and justice.
• She believed deeply in the power of education as a tool for opportunity and justice.
• After graduating from Lincoln High School, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Lincoln
• Her life reminds us educators, leaders, and public servants.
• Yet this body would cut education, directly helping children learn history.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• House Bill 3, Higher Education Non-Resident Tuition Exemption for Dependents of State or Local Public
• </c> &gt;&gt; House Bill 3, higher education &gt;&gt; House Bill 3, higher education non-resident<00:
• House Bill 28, Higher Education Private Career Schools Advertising, favorable.
• ><c> private</c> Hustle 28 higher education private Hustle 28 higher education private career<00:16:23.360
• House Bill 60, Cell Disease Institutions of Higher Education Policies, Procedures, and Educational Campaigns

Keywords: House streaming session for Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 957, house, all

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• grade for gifted education.
• To screen all students before they reach the third grade for gifted education.
• I am one of those teachers that believes that every child would benefit from a gifted education.
• Speaker, this bill updates provisions that relate to the Department of Higher Education and Workforce
• Speaker, as was mentioned, this did come through your committee on higher education.

Summary: The House met with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the House Journal for February 5, 2026 by roll call vote, 134-2. During personal privilege remarks, a member recognized Bridget Williams, the first Black woman to lead the Heavy Constructors Association of Kansas City, in honor of Black History Month. The chamber then took up several bills. House Committee Substitute for House Bills 2273, 1946, 1814, and 2551, a large anti-trafficking package addressing sex trafficking, grooming, sextortion, terminology changes from “child pornography” to “child sexual abuse material,” a statewide anti-trafficking council, training requirements, expungement for some trafficking victims, and related criminal penalties, was debated at length over constitutional concerns but ultimately passed third reading 148-2. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 1757, which helps school districts identify gifted students by the end of third grade, passed 142-8. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2375, a workers’ compensation reform measure clarifying the burden of proof and compensability standards, passed 86-62 after supporters said it would streamline claims and opponents called it unnecessary. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 1788, regulating recurring political donations and increasing transparency, passed 134-16. House Bill 1628, a cleanup bill updating higher education and workforce development statutes and repealing outdated provisions including the Vietnam Veterans Survivors Grant, passed unanimously 153-0. The House also perfected House Committee Substitute for House Bills 2033, 1608, 1672, and 1854, a package centered on removing the sunset from the SAFE Act and continuing Missouri’s restrictions on gender-related medical treatment for minors; debate was sharply divided, with supporters citing child protection and opponents arguing it harms transgender youth and intrudes on parental and medical decision-making. The House then announced upcoming committee meetings and adjourned until February 10, 2026.

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• It's simply a reference guide for educators.
• It's simply a reference guide<00:18:40.960><c> for</c><00:18:41.120><c> educators.
• The current toolkit guide for educators.
• First, it adds in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
• </c> and secondary education, House Bill 438. and secondary education, House Bill 438.

Keywords: Convene 00:00 Senate Message 05:11 Report of Committees 06:05 Orders of the Day/HB 320 07:52 HB 366 14:55 HB 389 17:22 HB 56 22:10 Motions, Petitions, and Communications 25:47 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 29:20 Petition of Impeachment Filed 31:24 Recess for ConC/Rules Meeting 32:03 ConC/Rules Report 36:31 Floor Amendments 37:29 Adjournment 37:47, 958, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the pledge, recorded 96 members present, excused absences, and approved the journal from January 27, 2026. The Senate clerk announced passage of Senate Bills 17 and 181 and requested concurrence. Committee reports advanced a number of bills on health insurance, judiciary, local government, and transportation topics, including measures on pharmacist reimbursements, hearing aid coverage, feeding and eating disorders, grooming a minor, local government liability, water fluoridation, cigar bars, chickens on residential property, highway pavement markings, motor vehicle titles, and pedestrian issues; all favorable reports were treated as first readings and placed on the calendar. The House then took up and passed House Bill 320 on human trafficking, with the sponsor explaining it would equalize penalties for promoting human trafficking with those for trafficking itself and increase the penalty when the victim is under 18. A member asked whether the bill included additional funding for cyber enforcement; the sponsor replied it was not an appropriation and would not require new funding, though prior budgets had increased support for anti-trafficking efforts. The House adopted a title amendment changing the bill’s title to combating human trafficking. The chamber also passed House Bill 366, which clarifies that materials portraying a sexual performance by a minor include computer-generated images and requires 85% service of the sentence before probation or parole; the sponsor said it was supported by law enforcement and prosecutors. House Bill 389 on reading and writing in schools also passed as amended by House Committee Substitute 1. The sponsor said it would require annual updates to the state dyslexia toolkit, expand professional development and coaching, require local school boards to develop processes for universal screening and diagnostic tools, and add dyslexia instruction to teacher preparation programs; the substitute added conformity with IDEA and revised the instructional language. Members spoke in support of early dyslexia detection and one member noted the bill updated prior legislation associated with former Rep. Bam Carney. House Bill 56, an omnibus Department of Agriculture bill, then passed; it addressed amusement ride inspections, grain warehousing penalties, egg handler licensing renewal timing, exemptions for small producers, and repealed obsolete tobacco and egg marketing board provisions. All three bills passed by roll call with 95 or 94 votes in favor and none opposed, and clinchers were applied. During announcements, members noted upcoming committee meetings and events, including a suits-and-sneakers day and cancer-related breakfast, caucus meetings, and committee meetings. New bills and resolutions were introduced, including measures on local occupational license fees, early learning and child care, tuition waivers, an adult workforce diploma pilot, motor vehicle usage tax, contract procurement, Fish and Wildlife Resources, adoption, veterans’ benefits, Cabinet for Health and Family Services operations, organ donation safety, hate crimes, prescription drugs, and resolutions on the Kentucky-Japan partnership and veterans’ benefits accreditation. The clerk also reported a petition of impeachment filed against Judge Julie Goodman. The House then referred a group of bills to committees, reported floor amendments for House Bills 321 and 416, and adjourned until 2:00 p.m. Thursday, January 29, 2026.

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• certified for examination by a surgical board of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
• or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and also maintaining continuing education
• or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and also maintaining continuing education
• It will enlighten and educate patients about the importance of each person who provides care.
• Each of these titles indicate very different credentials, education, and training.

Bills: HB2261 , HB2283 , HB2425 , HB2110 , HB2113 , HB2122 , HB2152

Committee: House Health Care & Wellness

Keywords: healthcare, transparency, patient communication, credentials, professional standards, medical loss ratio, insurance, health plans, cost management, nursing delegation, registered nurse, RN, home care aide, nursing assistant, certified nursing assistant, CNA, medical assistant, home health, hospice, community-based care

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• certified for examination by a surgical board of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
• or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and also maintaining continuing education
• or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and also maintaining continuing education
• It will enlighten and educate patients about the importance of each who provides care.
• Each of these titles indicate very different credentials, education, and training.

Summary: The committee held public hearings on House Bill 2261, which would require health care providers to wear badges showing name, credential, and relevant degrees, require similar disclosure in advertising, and restrict use of the title “physician surgeon” to certain physicians and osteopathic physicians. Supporters, including the Washington State Medical Association and patient advocates, said the bill would improve transparency and informed consent. Opponents from nurse, naturopathic, and adult family home groups argued it was overly broad, burdensome, confusing, and could harm access to care or residential home settings; several also said existing disciplinary laws already address misrepresentation. No vote was taken on HB 2261 during the hearing. The committee also heard House Bill 2283, which would raise the medical loss ratio for fully insured individual, small group, and large group health plans to 90 percent. Supporters, including small business, patient, and physician groups, said the bill would push more premium dollars toward patient care and lower costs or increase rebates. Insurers and the Office of the Insurance Commissioner warned it could destabilize the market, reduce flexibility for administrative services, and lead to carrier exits, though OIC said it was working on amendments. The bill was not voted on in the hearing. House Bill 2425, an agency-request bill on nurse delegation, would broaden what tasks registered nurses may delegate, remove some setting and training restrictions, expand emergency medication authority, and adjust liability and retaliation protections. The Board of Nursing, long-term care providers, and skilled nursing/assisted living representatives supported the bill as a modernization that could ease workforce shortages and improve care access, while the Washington State Association for Justice opposed the immunity provisions and raised patient safety concerns. The hearing ended without a vote on HB 2425. In executive session, the committee advanced several bills. HB 2110, with an amendment clarifying ambulance staffing and RN scope, passed 18-0 with one excused. HB 2113 passed 18-0 with one excused. HB 2122, as amended to require hospitals to offer flu vaccines with several flexibility and critical-access-hospital exemptions, passed 15-3 with one excused. HB 2152, as amended to require certain facilities to allow medical cannabis use for qualifying terminal patients and to add related exemptions and protections, passed 17-1 with one excused. The meeting then adjourned.