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• We've specifically designed this center to be a little bit industry agnostic.
• And then we have A special cement outside the well casing that's designed to draw more heat into the
• But basically, this work was funded by the Interstate Stream Commission in preparation for the state
• The legislature aims to modernize and fund the Interstate Stream Commission and the Office of the State
• This has far-reaching impacts, from community wells going dry to interstate compact challenges.

Committee: House Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee

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• The policies that were designed to bridge that gap, Medicare supplement or Medigap policies, are the
• 4010 establishes the Board of Genetic Counselors to license and regulate genetic counselors and designates
• Madam Chair, members, House Bill 2437 adopts the EMS personnel licensure interstate compact to allow
• Madam Chair, Members, House Bill 2437, adopts the EMS personnel licensure interstate compact to allow
• People with intellectual and developmental disabilities are swept into systems designed and for good

Summary: The committee heard House Bill 2433, which would require insurers offering Medicare supplement policies to people 65 and older to also offer them to Medicare beneficiaries under 65 with ALS or end-stage renal disease, with enrollment periods and premium protections tied to 65-year-old rates. Supporters, including dialysis and ALS advocates, said the bill would help a small population facing high out-of-pocket costs and could improve access to transplants and care; opponents argued it would shift costs onto older seniors and raise Medigap premiums. The committee recommended the bill do pass on a 12-0 vote. The committee also heard House Bill 2593, appropriating $1.5 million to the University of Arizona for the Arizona Perinatal Psychiatry Access Line. The sponsor and physicians testified that the line helps obstetric and pediatric providers quickly consult on perinatal depression, postpartum psychosis, suicidality, and other mental health crises, improving outcomes for mothers, children, and families and reducing costly emergency and crisis care. The bill received a do pass recommendation on a 10-1 vote. House Concurrent Resolution 2013, proclaiming June 2026 as Celebrate Life Month, drew emotional testimony from a young woman with spina bifida and another speaker supporting the sanctity of life. Some members objected that the state should focus on practical supports such as paid leave, child care, and health care access, while others supported the resolution as a statement of human dignity. The resolution passed the committee 7-5. The committee then approved House Bill 4010, creating a Board of Genetic Counselors and licensure standards, after testimony from genetic counselors and a patient advocate about the need for qualified counseling and better access; it passed 11-1. Later, the committee approved House Bill 2196, which would require pharmacy benefit managers to reimburse non-affiliated pharmacies at least their acquisition cost and pay a dispensing fee, and establish an appeals process. Independent pharmacists and their coalition said PBM practices are driving closures and unfairly favor affiliated pharmacies, while PBM and employer representatives warned of major cost increases and said the bill would interfere with private contracts; the bill passed 11-1. The committee also adopted a strike-everything amendment to House Bill 2182 requiring insurers and health plans to report claims denial and prior authorization data to DIFI, and then gave the amended bill a 12-0 do pass recommendation. Finally, the committee approved House Bill 2189, directing the Board of Nursing to update rules for licensed health aides and collect annual data, with the sponsor and board staff saying it would help implement routine ventilator care in the home; it passed 12-0. The committee then began hearing House Bill 2404, a strike-everything amendment on inter-facility transports for behavioral health patients, but the transcript cuts off before action on that bill.

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• One was the interstate medical licensure compact; the other was a combination of all of the other health
• Would require us to enact the interstate medical licensure compact.
• Speaker and gentlemen, it's a specific federal designation: high needs. Mr.
• Speaker and gentlelady, my first question is: Is this bill designed in any way to circumvent?
• The federal CDC and ACIP recommendations are designed with a sunset clause of next year, July 1st.

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• </c> job unless because of the interstate job unless because of the interstate commerce<00:24:58.399>
• Basically, sections one and two just modify some statutory designated routes on the trunk highway system
• </c><00:42:17.040><c> routes</c> modify some statutory designated routes modify some statutory designated
• some turn back agreements between MnDOT and local governments, and they've both been... and their design
• standards section four and their design standards section four uh<00:42:46.280><c> updates</c><00:42

Committee: Senate Transportation

Transcript Highlights:

• House Bill 305 shifts health care from reactive sick care to proactive well care through careful design
• So this bill is intended to design, with a detailed clinical structure, the program with published peer
• So this bill is intended to design with a detailed clinical structure, the program with published peer
• So once it becomes federally illegal, now we have interstate commerce of these products, right?
• So whereas our... ...illegal, now we have interstate commerce of these products, right?

Bills: HB305 , HB395 , HB341

Committee: Senate Health & Social Services

Summary: The committee met in late June with Senators Hansen, Buckson, Siegfried, Townsend, and Huxable present, and first approved the meeting minutes by voice vote. The opening bill, HB 341, would limit DFS from filing child support in foster care cases unless doing so would not hinder reunification; Children’s Department staff said the department has already decided to stop filing in all such cases, with an estimated fiscal impact of about $140,000 annually. Public testimony from the League of Women Voters supported the bill as a compassionate measure to help families reunite. The committee then heard HB 446/related anaphylaxis legislation for colleges and universities, which would allow institutions to stock and use intranasal epinephrine alongside auto-injectors and update training and reporting requirements. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America supported the measure, emphasizing the need for needle-free options and faster treatment of anaphylaxis. The committee also took up HS1 for HB 356 on PFAS, which would ban firefighting foam containing PFAS beginning in 2028, require disclosure if PPE contains PFAS, and address recalls; DNREC and the fire service supported it, saying most departments have already transitioned away from PFAS foam. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 305, a diabetes wellness pilot program that would use continuous glucose monitoring, app-based care coordination, lab testing, and DHIN data analysis to shift care toward prevention and remission. Sponsor Senator Siegfried described the bill as a response to Delaware’s high diabetes costs and prevalence, and the Medical Society of Delaware supported it as a proactive model. The committee also discussed HB 395, which would regulate intoxicating hemp-derived products and synthetic cannabinoids by classifying products over a THC threshold as marijuana and creating penalties for unlicensed sales; the Office of the Marijuana Commissioner supported the bill, while hemp industry representatives and Senator Hoffner warned it could harm legitimate hemp retailers and access to hemp products. The final item, HS1 for HB 332, would ban sales and marketing of kratom products to those under 21 and direct the state to study testing and regulation of kratom and synthetic variants. Supporters, including the Delaware Healthcare Association and several recovery advocates, said age-gating is a reasonable first step and that synthetic products are the main concern; opponents and some senators argued the bill should go further and fully ban kratom or better distinguish synthetic products from natural leaf kratom. No formal roll-call votes were taken on the substantive bills during the transcript, and the meeting adjourned after public comment.

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• Engrossed Committee Substitute for House Bill 5087, relating to the Interstate Cosmetology Licensure
• House Bill 4412 is designed to protect children.
• This bill modifies a section in the motor vehicle code concerning the approval, design, production, and
• House Bill 4990 comes to us at the suggestion of AARP and is designed to prevent financial exploitation
• The bill allows the state spending unit that reports the property to designate whether it is underused

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• And then members being appointed to the ITRB, the military Interstate Children's Compact, and then flip
• And then members being appointed to the ITRB, the military Interstate Children's Compact, and then flip
• And then members being appointed to the ITRB, the military Interstate Children's Compact, and then flip

Committee: Senate Rules and Administration

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• Representative Ehlers, does this work across state lines on an interstate basis also? Mr.
• brought by and drafted by the Council on State Taxation and the Multistate Tax Commission, and it's designed
• So if you are a member of a partnership that has a partnership audit like this, you can designate a representative

Committee: House Revenue and Taxation

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• In 2013, the authorization designated as June 30,000, 13, the authorization designated as June 30th,
• The bill before you is to name a bridge over Interstate 44 in the name of a gentleman named Dr.

Committee: House Special Committee on Tourism

Summary: The Special Committee on Tourism met with a quorum present and heard two bills. House Bill 1671, sponsored by Rep. Brian Seitz, would reauthorize the Tourism Supplemental Revenue Fund and remove outdated statutory language, including references to SIC codes, so the Division of Tourism and Missouri Film Office can continue operating and carry funds across fiscal years. Seitz said the measure is essentially unchanged from prior versions, has already passed the Senate committee process, and carries no new fiscal note because it does not request additional appropriations. Testimony in support came from the Missouri Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus, the Missouri Hotel Lodging Association, and the Branson Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce, all emphasizing the bill’s role in stabilizing tourism funding and supporting marketing and reimbursement programs. No opposition was offered. The committee then heard House Bill 2576, sponsored by Rep. John Black, which would name a bridge over Interstate 44 near Marshfield in honor of Dr. Tommy McDonald, Black’s childhood physician and a decorated World War II veteran. Black described McDonald’s military service at Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge, his Silver Star and two Purple Hearts, and his later career as an obstetrician and former Missouri legislator. Members voiced strong support for honoring his service and local legacy, and Black noted the signage cost would be borne by MoDOT, with a fiscal note of about $4,700. No one testified in opposition or for informational purposes only, and the hearing concluded without any votes or other action taken.

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• The tool we're using right now is not originally designed to indicate an initial security classification
• The tool we're using right now is not originally designed to indicate an initial security classification
• So additional JR capacity funding in the governor’s proposed budget was $15 million for pre-design, design
• The staff-to-child ratio and group size designated for the youngest child in the mixed group must be
• Of a specific child who is to be placed in Washington through the Interstate Compact on the Placement

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 1544, which would require DCYF to study and improve the risk assessment tool used in child abuse and neglect investigations, including better identifying family strengths and needs, substance use-related risk, and service needs, and to certify the tool every three years. Staff explained the bill and noted it had passed the committee unanimously in substitute form last year. The prime sponsor, Representative Rule, said the tool would help reduce bias and support better decisions about child safety. Members raised questions about whether the bill would require new data systems or create a fiscal impact, and DCYF testified that the recertification process would focus on evidence-based literature and fidelity to the tool, though the agency acknowledged limitations in its data system. Support testimony from Partners for Our Children and DCYF emphasized that the current tool is not evidence-based and that the department is piloting the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale. The hearing on HB 1544 was then closed. The committee then received a lengthy work session from DCYF on juvenile rehabilitation. Juvenile Rehabilitation Assistant Secretary Jennifer Redman and security classification administrator Jeff Endermark described a growing JR population that is older, serving more adult-sentence youth, and projected to rise to about 481 by 2031. They said Green Hill School remains crowded, Harbor Heights is being brought online as a short-term option, and Echo Glen is near safe operational capacity. They explained JR’s classification system, behavior management process, and the role of multidisciplinary teams in placement decisions, as well as the expansion of community transition services (CTS), which uses electronic home monitoring for eligible youth. Staff described CTS eligibility, supervision expectations, and examples of successful placements, but also said the program needs more after-hours staffing and community supports. Members questioned the validity and equity of the risk tools, the availability of community resources, the impact of behavior policies and escapes, the use of single bunking, and broader concerns about lawsuits and sexual abuse in the system. JR reported an escape rate increase from 1.78 per 100 youth in 2001 to 3.92 in 2025 and said additional capacity and staffing are still needed. The committee then heard House Bill 2219, which would allow child care centers more flexibility in mixed-age grouping during parts of the day and waive repeated DCYF pre-service orientation for people who have already completed it. The prime sponsor, Representative Ortiz-Self, said the bill is meant to ease burdens on small providers. Testifiers from SEIU 925, a family child care provider, the Washington Child Care Centers Association, a child care center director, and the Children’s Campaign Fund supported the bill as a practical way to improve staffing flexibility and reduce duplicative licensing requirements, though one association asked that the bill’s daily time caps on mixed-age grouping be revised or removed. The committee then heard House Bill 2253, an agency-request technical corrections bill for DCYF licensing. Staff said it would allow child-specific licenses for certain relatives under interstate placements, exempt kinship caregivers from blood-borne pathogen training, remove licensing exemptions for physicians and lawyers, allow termination of inactive licenses, revise crisis residential center staffing ratios, and eliminate state monitoring requirements for the Washington School for the Deaf residential program. Members asked about how inactivity would be defined and whether the School for the Deaf inspections had historically produced savings. DCYF said the bill would help right-size licensing workloads after budget cuts and would let the agency work with stakeholders to define inactivity in rule. Testimony from DCYF, Community Youth Services, and Partners for Our Children supported the bill, especially the staffing ratio fix for crisis residential centers and the child-specific licensing changes for relatives.

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• We proudly support the Little Saigon Freeway designation.
• We proudly support the Little Saigon Freeway designation.
• We proudly support the Little Saigon Freeway designation.
• And I was there in April on Interstate 405 in Westminster with Assembly Member Tri Ta.
• You said Interstate 405 instead of the 405. Yeah, we don't put that. It's very clear now.

Committee: Senate Transportation

Summary: The committee heard SB 220, which would require Los Angeles Metro to submit an updated governance reform report by July 1 in light of Measure G and the creation of a future countywide executive. Senator Allen argued the bill simply accelerates a locally driven discussion and does not prescribe a specific board structure. Metro, the Los Angeles mayor’s representative, and several members of the committee opposed it as unnecessary and premature, saying local task forces and an ad hoc Metro committee were already studying the issue. After discussion focused on local control and the need for broader L.A. County delegation input, the bill passed the committee on a 7-2 vote and was placed on call for absent members. The committee then heard SB 667, the California Railway Safety Act, which would require freight railroads to install wayside detector systems at specified intervals, with different treatment for short-line railroads, and to submit safety response plans to the CPUC. Senator Archuleta and union supporters said the bill would help prevent derailments like East Palestine by detecting overheated bearings earlier and improving crew notification. Railroads, passenger rail operators, and business and supply-chain groups opposed it, arguing the spacing mandate was arbitrary, costly, could slow freight movement, and could disrupt shared passenger corridors; they also raised preemption and implementation concerns. Members discussed costs, passenger impacts, and whether 10-mile spacing was supported by data. The bill passed 11-2 and was also held on call. Finally, the committee considered ACR 71, which designates a portion of State Route 101 in Santa Clara County as the Little Saigon Freeway. Assembly Member Kalra and numerous Vietnamese American community members and local supporters described the designation as a recognition of the history, resilience, and contributions of the Vietnamese community in San Jose. There was no opposition testimony. Members praised the measure and noted the connection between the San Jose and Orange County Vietnamese communities. The resolution passed unanimously, 11-0, and was placed on call.

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• That's not what Parents as Teachers is designed for.
• That's not what parents' teachers is designed for.
• I live in the only area of the state with no interstate access.
• touches another interstate highway.
• touches another interstate highway.

Committee: House Budget

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• The interstate was completed in 72, and then the budget basically tanked after that.
• So the question has to do with Memorial Highways designation.
• 27, Interstate 35, and Interstate 69.
• designed to help, and we look at the accident crash history there, the opportunity to mitigate those
• We are the state's federally designated protection. for people with disabilities, and I'm going to be

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

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• essentially a hold harmless policy from the customer's perspective with respect to interim rates. designed
• to balance interests, balance designed to balance interests, balance the<00:24:33.279><c> interests<
• </c> there because these are interstate there because these are interstate pipelines<01:13:04.960><c>
• </c><01:14:03.600><c> Um</c><01:14:03.840><c> and</c><01:14:04.000><c> the</c> interstate commerce clause
• Um and the interstate commerce clause.

Bills: HF4236 , HF4122 , HF4377

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy

Keywords: public utility, interim rates, utility rates, rate case, general rate case, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, PUC, rate increase cap, rate freeze, refunds, customer refunds, ratepayer protection, electric utility, gas utility, regulated utility, ratemaking, return on equity, rate base, test year, rate design

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• 2354 creates a board to examine roadway pricing and tolling across the Commonwealth, including interstate
• drivers in Central and Western Massachusetts continue to pay tolls while drivers on other major interstates—I
• drivers in Central and Western Massachusetts continue to pay tolls while drivers on other major interstates—I
• Extending tolling authority to all major interstate entry points into Massachusetts would create a fair
• system... ...tolling authority to all major interstate entry points into Massachusetts would create

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Transportation

Summary: The Joint Committee on Transportation heard testimony on a range of bills focused on transportation funding, governance, and equity. Supporters backed proposals to create a North Central Massachusetts intercity passenger rail fund tied to a possible new gaming license (H. 3680/S. 2363), local parking assessments (H. 3756), third-party delivery fees (S. 2356/H. 3774), broader roadway pricing and congestion management measures (S. 2353/S. 2354), tolling equity and regional transit authority advisory boards (S. 2400/S. 2401), and Steamship Authority oversight reforms including board term limits (S. 2395). Testimony in favor emphasized new dedicated revenue sources, commuter rail expansion, regional equity, improved oversight, and better transit access for riders and communities that rely on public transportation. There was also testimony in opposition to the third-party delivery fee bills from Chamber of Progress, which argued the fee would raise costs for consumers, small businesses, and delivery workers, could reduce demand and jobs, and might not achieve the intended environmental benefits. Associated Builders and Contractors of Massachusetts opposed H. 3633, a transit expansion, electrification, and resiliency bill, specifically objecting to its mandatory project labor agreement requirement and saying it would limit competition and disadvantage non-union contractors and workers. Several witnesses spoke in favor of the Steamship Authority bill, saying term limits would improve transparency, accountability, and board turnover. The committee also heard detailed support for the North Central rail proposal from a legislator, the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce, and a transportation advocate, who described the bill as a way to generate long-term bonded revenue for rail infrastructure. After testimony concluded and no questions remained, the chairs entertained and received a motion to adjourn.

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• Accountancy Act, CPAs licensed in other states are authorized to practice in California under existing interstate
• Accountancy Act, CPAs licensed in other states are authorized to practice in California under existing interstate
• Board of Accountancy, CPAs authorized to practice public accountancy in California under existing interstate
• Board of Accountancy, CPAs authorized to practice public accountancy in California under existing interstate

Summary: The Assembly Business and Professions Committee heard several bills, including SB 788 by Senator Niello, which clarified that CPAs and CPA firms, including employees and out-of-state CPAs authorized to practice in California, are regulated by the California Board of Accountancy rather than subject to Tax Preparation Act registration requirements. Supporters said the bill would reduce duplicative regulation and confusion; there was no opposition, and the bill passed to Appropriations. The committee also heard SB 351 by Senator Cabaldon, aimed at strengthening enforcement of California’s corporate practice of medicine rules as they relate to private equity and hedge fund involvement in medical and dental practices. The author and physician supporters argued that private equity can interfere with clinical decisions and patient care, while opposition from the American Investment Council said the bill could sweep in legitimate business practices and requested a narrow amendment. The bill passed to Judiciary. SB 312 by Senator Umberg was heard next and would require health certificates for imported dogs sold in California to be submitted to CDFA and made publicly available, with supporters describing it as a transparency and consumer protection measure to combat puppy mills and misleading online sales. There was no opposition, and the bill passed to Agriculture. The committee also approved a consent calendar containing SB 291, SB 387, SB 517, SB 602, and SB 773, all moving to their respective committees. The meeting ended after additional roll calls and adjournment.

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• You know, something like closing rest stops on our interstate highways and things.
• </c><00:03:52.319><c> the</c><00:03:52.720><c> on</c><00:03:53.200><c> our</c><00:03:53.440><c> interstate
• </c><00:03:53.840><c> highways</c> stops on the on our interstate highways stops on the on our interstate

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• Let's go ahead and take up tab 2, SB 400 on the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military
• Since 2008, Senate Bill 400 basically removes the repeal date of the Interstate Compact on Educational
• Since 2008, Senate Bill 400 basically removes the repeal date of the Interstate Compact on Educational

Committee: Senate Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security

Summary: The Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security met with a quorum and took up two bills. First, it heard SCS for SB 348, which would make it an ethics violation for a public official, candidate, or appointee to falsely claim military rank or honors for material gain, and would also require withholding delinquent ethics fines from the paychecks of current public officials or employees after 90 days. Senator Gates presented the bill, the Florida Commission on Ethics supported it, and members discussed the wage-withholding process. The committee voted the bill favorably. The committee then considered SB 400, which removes the repeal date from Florida’s participation in the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, making the compact permanent unless later repealed by the Legislature. Senator Wright explained that the compact helps military families with school transitions, and a representative from Foundation for Florida’s Future waived in support. The committee voiced support and voted SB 400 favorably. After completing both measures, the committee had no further business and adjourned.

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• Um it is designed co-sponsors.
• </c> in a where there's a interstate in a where there's a interstate aspects<01:35:40.800><c> to</c><
• </c> relevant today, the Uniform Interstate relevant today, the Uniform Interstate Depositions<01:38:
• In interstate litigation. I urge the committee to pass this.
• That's the Uniform Interstate Deposition and Discovery Act.

Committee: House Judiciary

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• </c> conjunction of two major interstates. conjunction of two major interstates.
• </c> Senator Cobb asked, “Getting back to page two, B line 15, it says other facilities designated by
• I’m concerned that the courts can do what they want to do and designate it and then by so doing would
• But, Lindsay, the next question is why wouldn’t they do it in any way if they designated it?
• But, Lindsay, the next question is why wouldn’t they do it in any way if they designated it?

Bills: SF0007 , SF0008 , SF0009 , SF0010

Committee: Senate Judiciary