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• batching them, House Resolution 1024 recognizes the Elkins football team for their first-ever state high school
• High school football championship. Are there any questions?
• This is to recognize the High Hall High High School boys basketball team for their current state championship
• House Resolution 1025 recognizes the Mansfield High School Lady Tigers for the state volleyball championship
• This House resolution recognizes Mansfield High School Tigers, Class 3A football state champions for

Committee: All HOUSE MANAGEMENT

Keywords: 1204, all

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• It says any public entity, public school, charter school, school district, then political subdivisions
• It says any public entity, public school, charter school, school district, then political subdivisions

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: 989, all

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• to increase the amount of the exemption of residents' homesteads from an ad valorum taxation by a school
• He graduated from Weatherford High School, received his bachelor's degree from TCU, and then went on
• to the University of Texas Medical School in San Antonio.
• Leticia is a graduate of UTSA and plans to attend law school in her future.
• Set you on your future career whether it's law school, public service, in some other capacity.

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• Shanks has been a dedicated agriculture teacher at Butte Valley High School in Siskiyou County.
• is his wonderful wife Judy, his best friend and fellow ag teacher George Wald from Anderson High School
• Jean de l'Estoniac Catholic School who are visiting us from the great city of Temecula in my district
• It's a charter school. They're right up here.
• It's a great program. very unique charter school and what they do.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I'm Superintendent of the Stuttgart School District.
• The current camera system at Stuttgart High School is outdated and increasingly difficult to maintain
• security systems, the district has elected to continue working with Fleming for a Stuttgart High School
• For these reasons, the Stuttgart School District believes the TIPS process is the most practical and
• Is every school district not having this issue?

Committee: All ALC-EXECUTIVE SUBCOMMITTEE

Summary: The Executive Subcommittee met to consider a waiver request from the Stuttgart School District. Superintendent Jeff McKinney explained that the high school’s camera system is outdated, difficult to maintain, and leaves some areas of campus unmonitored. He said the district had previously used Fleming Network and Security Services for security work at new athletic facilities and wanted to continue with that vendor for a camera system replacement project, citing reliability, integration, and the need to complete installation during summer and within FY26 funding. McKinney requested approval of the contract amount and asked to increase the authorization to $150,000 to cover possible unforeseen additions. Members asked no substantive questions, and the committee approved the motion without opposition. After the vote, Senator Hester raised a broader concern about whether other school districts are facing similar security-camera issues and suggested the department may need to take a comprehensive look at the matter. No further business was discussed, and the committee adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm Superintendent of the Stuttgart School District.
• The current camera system at Stuttgart High School is outdated and increasingly difficult to maintain
• security systems, the district has elected to continue working with Fleming for a Stuttgart High School
• For these reasons, the Stuttgart School District believes the TIPS process is the most practical and
• Is every school district not having this issue?

Committee: All ALC-EXECUTIVE SUBCOMMITTEE

Summary: The Executive Subcommittee met to consider a waiver request from Stuttgart School District Superintendent Jeff McKinney. He explained that the camera system at Stuttgart High School is outdated, difficult to maintain, and leaves some areas of campus unmonitored. The district had previously used Fleming Network and Security Services for new athletic facility security work and wanted to continue with that vendor for a full camera system replacement, citing reliability, consistency, and the need to complete installation during the summer and within FY26. McKinney requested approval of the contract amount and asked to increase the authorization to $150,000 to cover unforeseen additions. Members asked no substantive questions on the request, and the committee approved it by motion and voice vote, with no opposition. Afterward, Senator Hester raised a broader concern about whether other school districts are facing similar security camera replacement issues and suggested the matter may warrant a more comprehensive review by the department. The committee then adjourned.

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Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The Higher Education Finance and Policy Conference Committee met publicly to compare House and Senate positions on the higher education budget, with the chairs emphasizing transparency and alternating gavel control. Nonpartisan fiscal staff walked through a spreadsheet of differences across the Office of Higher Education and Minnesota State, including major items such as state grants, childcare grants, work study, tribal college grants, emergency assistance grants, hunger-free campus grants, student parent support, direct admissions, paramedic scholarships, and several medical residency and fellowship programs. The House and Senate also differed on administrative funding, campus sexual assault reporting, and a House FY25 cancellation that would be carried forward. Members discussed several of the larger policy and funding choices. The Senate explained its increase for Minitex as support for operating costs and statewide access to information. The House explained its cuts to student parent support and other items as necessary to work within a zero target and to prioritize direct aid to students, while the Senate said it focused on direct appropriations and access-related programs. On hunger-free campus grants and emergency assistance grants, the Senate said it was changing the distribution method and direct appropriations rather than reducing the overall money, while the House noted differences in whether nonprofit institutions remained included. The committee also reviewed Senate-only additions and reductions in Minnesota State, including free course materials, Lake Superior College remediation, and changes to the Kids on Campus appropriation. A representative from Lake Superior College testified that the PAS remediation funding would help address contamination issues at an emergency training site near Lake Superior and that the money was shifted from the Kids on Campus initiative. No final conference agreement or vote was taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the committee continued discussing differences and testimony.

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• It fully funds school district entitlements through the Foundation School Program, including $1.7 billion
• That's tied to public school finance.
• that, those school districts will see a reduction.
• for school bonds, a property tax is related to school funding.
• If you vote for school bonds.

Bills: SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• I'm a senior in high school from Sacramento, California.
• I'm a senior at Hilltop High School in San Diego.
• down those schools.
• s budget, creating new jobs, and fixing our schools.
• I think we just... ...creating new jobs, fixing our schools.

Summary: The committee hearing centered first on AB 1243, the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025, which would direct CalEPA to identify major fossil fuel companies, study California’s climate damages, and assess fees on the largest polluters to fund resilience, recovery, and related projects. The author and supporters argued the bill would make polluters help pay for climate harms, protect taxpayers, create jobs in construction and clean energy, and dedicate at least 40% of funds to disadvantaged communities. Support testimony came from environmental justice groups, labor, youth advocates, health organizations, and many individual witnesses, while opponents from the building trades, chambers of commerce, petroleum, and business groups warned it would raise fuel and consumer costs, threaten refinery jobs, and create legal and economic uncertainty. Committee members debated the bill’s impact on affordability, jobs, refinery closures, and whether cap-and-trade already addresses climate funding needs. The committee ultimately voted to give AB 1243 a due pass recommendation to the Judiciary Committee, with the roll left open. After AB 1243, the committee moved to another bill on wildfire mitigation and related resilience work. The author said the measure addresses a long-running wildfire problem and accepted committee amendments, describing the bill as a response to increasingly severe wildfire seasons and the need to help communities stay safe and rebuild after disasters. The transcript cuts off as that presentation begins, so no final action on the second bill is shown in the excerpt.

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• In your packet, you'll find resolutions from cities, counties, and school districts across the state
• districts across the counties and school districts across the state<00:04:49.880><c> that</c><00:04:
• and middle school.
• </c><00:31:48.080><c> you</c><00:31:48.200><c> know</c> school and middle school that you know school
• <01:12:51.320><c> school</c><01:12:51.679><c> board</c> California had the school board California had

Committee: Senate Elections

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Ariana is a 26-year veteran high school counselor and yoga teacher working in Southeast Los Angeles.
• Carter is the Sonoma County Superintendent of Schools.
• As an out LGBTQ+ leader, she is committed to building inclusive school systems where every student can
• As a high school sophomore, Lily was outed by the Christian right, relentlessly attacked by adults in
• Golden Elementary and Day Creek Intermediate School in the Etiwanda School District, my home school district

Summary: The Assembly met in session, established a quorum, and opened with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Members then handled a series of procedural motions, including re-referrals of several Senate bills, notices for committee hearings, and a successful motion to suspend rules so ACA 20 could be taken up later in the week. The chamber also recognized former Assembly Member Christina Garcia and later moved into a Pride Month observance. The main ceremonial item was House Resolution 115 recognizing June 2026 as LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Assembly Member Ward opened on the resolution, and multiple members from different caucuses spoke in support, highlighting Pride history, LGBTQ+ rights, and the contributions of LGBTQ Californians. Assembly Member DeMaio offered supportive remarks while noting policy differences, and the resolution was adopted by voice vote after 53 co-authors were added. The Assembly then held a Pride honoree ceremony recognizing 15 individuals and groups for contributions to the LGBTQ community. On the floor file, members also adopted several resolutions by voice vote after adding co-authors: ACR 187 on Men’s Mental Health Month, ACR 157 marking the 50th anniversary of the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act, ACR 222 declaring Alzheimer’s Disease and Brain Awareness Month, and ACR 224 recognizing Social Media Harms Victim Remembrance Day. Each drew personal testimony from members about the underlying issues, including suicide prevention, caregiving and dementia, mining reclamation, and harms to youth from social media. The Assembly also concurred in Senate amendments to AB 46 on mental health diversion by a 51-1 vote, and later adopted the consent calendar 66-0. The House adjourned until June 25, 2026, at 9 a.m.

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• I mean, I find that I get choked up when I see the high school marching band, and this year they had
• the middle school with them, all marching down the main street as part of the community celebration.
• Amy Carter, the Sonoma County Superintendent of Schools. Dr.
• She's a lifelong public servant and a parent of two school-aged children.
• counselor with 26 years of service at Paramount High School.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then spent much of the session on floor recognitions and Pride Month observances. Members welcomed guests and honorees including APICA fellowship participants, the El Dorado Roses, retiring Loma Linda University Health president Dr. Richard Hart and incoming leader Dr. Anthony Hilliard, and Scripps National Spelling Bee champion Shrey Parique. The chamber also heard several personal and community tributes tied to LGBTQ+ Pride Month, including a long series of introductions of Pride honorees from across the state. The main legislative item was SR 116 recognizing June 2026 as LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Senators Cervantes, Weber Pierson, Becker, Menjivar, Arreguín, Wahab, Ochoa Bogh, Wiener, and Laird, among others, spoke in support, emphasizing the history of Stonewall and other LGBTQ+ resistance movements, the contributions of Black, Latino, Jewish, women, and Asian American LGBTQ communities, and the need to oppose ongoing discrimination, violence, and attacks on transgender people. The resolution was adopted after a roll call vote of 28-0, and the Senate then proceeded to honor a large slate of Pride honorees from multiple districts and organizations. The Senate also adopted SCR 166 designating Soju Day, with support highlighting Korean American culture and soju as a symbol of hospitality and cross-cultural exchange. SCR 155, naming the State Route 52/Interstate 805 interchange in San Diego County the Officer Kirk Leeland Johnson Memorial Interchange, also passed unanimously after remarks honoring Johnson’s military and police service and the long effort by his partner to secure the memorial. In addition, the Senate confirmed Laura Capps to the Board of State and Community Corrections by a 27-9 vote and confirmed Danielle Munoz to the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology by a 28-0 vote. The body also approved several Joint Rule 62(a) suspensions to allow committee hearings on short notice, moved AB 2294 to the inactive file, and sent SB 1189 back to the Assembly for further action. The session concluded with adjournment in memory motions for Judith Helene Ware, Huntley Gordon, and Adolfo Franceschi Colon, followed by announcements that the Senate would reconvene on June 25, 2026.

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• These landmark projects will bring much-needed tax revenue to help fund local schools, infrastructure
• , your fire department, your libraries, your community college, More money for your schools, your fire
• They are levies on schools, community colleges, and so on. And then this is off of one development.
• The school revenue? What are you upset with?
• And as you just heard from the job creation, tax revenues, local school jurisdictions, the impact in

Committee: House Utilities

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• His family spoke Spanish, and he was learning to speak English in school.
• His family spoke Spanish, and he was learning to speak English in school.
• “These situations would happen at various locations such as schools, doctors’ offices, organizational
• You spent thousands of dollars to go to school and to be able to pursue this degree, and for them to
• “When I would go to my children’s school district, they would have different activities such as Girl

Committee: House General Laws

Summary: The House Committee on General Laws met with a quorum and went into executive session on House Joint Resolutions 153 and 119, House Bill 2266, and House Bill 2207, then held a public hearing on Senate Bill 1062. On HJR 153/119, the committee adopted a substitute that would remove trial-level judges from the gubernatorial appointment framework and create a joint House-Senate committee to confirm Supreme Court and Appellate Court nominees. Several members objected that the changes were substantial and should have had public hearing, while supporters argued the change would streamline confirmations and add legislative accountability. The committee adopted the substitute and voted the resolutions do pass by 8-6. On HB 2266, the committee adopted an amendment clarifying that the bill’s exception for the Attorney General’s office applies to Assistant Attorneys General rather than broader staff, then rolled it into a committee substitute and voted the substitute do pass by 11-3. On HB 2207, the committee adopted an amendment combining HB 2207 and HB 2233 into one bill string, but after a motion to reconsider was withdrawn, the combined substitute failed on a 6-8 vote. The public hearing on SB 1062 focused on expanding communication access services for deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind Missourians. Senator Carter described the bill as a way to connect Department of Social Services caseworkers with churches, nonprofits, and other community resources to help families avoid foster care placements and better meet local needs, saying the model already exists in some counties and other states. Testimony in support came from the Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals, family members, and advocates, who described repeated barriers in hospitals, courts, schools, businesses, and emergency settings, including delays in interpreter access, reliance on family members, and problems with video remote interpreting. Witnesses said the bill would improve access, reduce delays, and provide needed coordination and funding support. No opposition testimony was presented, and the hearing was closed without a vote on SB 1062.

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• County attorneys and additional attorneys and other stakeholders, including teachers and staff from schools
• HB 1126 will now require schools to provide DCS caseworkers with the information and records relating
• Rebecca Baptiste, where her father pulled her out of school and they moved.
• School goes out in the summer, reports go down.
• And so getting B's and C's in school is like being in the middle of the pack.

Committee: Joint Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on the Department of Child Safety

Summary: The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on the Department of Child Safety met to review child welfare reforms developed after prior oversight hearings on the deaths of Emily Pike, Zariah Dodd, and Rebecca Baptiste. Committee members and the chair described a series of stakeholder meetings with tribes, DCS, law enforcement, county attorneys, schools, and other advocates that produced several bills aimed at improving communication, reporting, investigations, and court decision-making. The chair said SB 1125, creating a tribal-DCS memorandum of understanding, had already been signed, and highlighted HB 1126 on school records access, HB 1127 on mandatory reporting by people with direct knowledge, HB 1174 on hotline case history and review of prior reports, HB 1175 on photo documentation of children in care, HB 1496 on allowing attorneys to share more safety information with judges, and HB 1631 requiring advanced forensic interviews within 72 hours in sexual abuse cases, with some exceptions. DCS Director Catherine Patak presented agency data showing nearly 160,000 hotline calls in 2025, about 43,000 investigations, and a relatively steady out-of-home care population that ended the year at 7,077 children. She said about 3,000 children were reunified, 1,300 adopted, and 800 entered guardianship, while 1,100 young adults received transition services. She also reported 534 new foster homes licensed, a 50% reimbursement increase for older youth caregivers, a 40% decrease in youth missing from care since September 2024, and a 30% reduction in fatalities of children in care since 2024. Patak discussed the annual fatality review process, noting that 52 of 123 alleged fatality or near-fatality reports had prior DCS involvement, and described agency responses such as health plans for children with complex medical needs, a diabetes training app, expanded LifeSet services, fentanyl and safe-sleep prevention campaigns, staffing realignment, retention efforts, and improved coordination with law enforcement and tribes. Members asked about group home notification rules, the distinction between “missing” and “runaway,” behavioral health needs driving children back into care, training under Jacob’s Law, and whether best practices exist for placing sexually abused youth with appropriate staff. Patak said DCS is updating rules to remove “runaway” and “AWOL” in favor of “missing,” and that the agency is considering whether the statute’s immediate-or-24-hour reporting language should be clarified. She also said DCS does not currently have a specific staffing requirement tied to a child’s sex in group homes, but would look into practices in other states. The committee then heard from Malcolm Hightower of Casey Family Programs, who said Arizona is generally in the middle of the pack nationally: slightly higher than average in foster care entries and congregate care use, but near the national average on screening, substantiation, recurrence, re-entry, and maltreatment fatalities. He praised Arizona’s kin placement rate, said congregate care remains a challenge, and noted that neglect definitions and poverty-related removals remain an area of policy discussion. Finally, K.C. Melsick of Collaborative Safety described the organization’s safety-science approach to systemic critical incident reviews, arguing that child welfare systems should move away from blame and toward learning from near-misses and system failures. Members discussed applying similar methods across state agencies, and the committee adjourned after members and witnesses emphasized continued collaboration and further reforms in the interim and next session.

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• I always talk about how I'm really the student that struggled in school.
• So, I think that would be really important because I know the most of the majority of our K-12 schools
• are Google schools, and you would think that they'd want to put back into the community for that.
• I only have two private schools right now. So that is included in the 38.
• We have 26 regional schools and how many school districts? 40 and 540 school districts.

Committee: House Oklahoma Education Commission

Keywords: 914, all

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• Give them ears to hear the voices of the poor, the marginalized, the child without adequate schools,
• law passed reflect your heart for justice, mercy, and dignity of every the child without adequate schools
• Senate Resolution No. 67 commend Presbyterian Christian School Bobcat baseball team for its first-ever
• Senate Resolution No. 69 commend Columbia High School Wildcats football team for winning the 2025 MHSAA
• </c><00:21:15.240><c> Wildcats</c> commend Columbia High School Wildcats commend Columbia High School

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 20 March, 2026; 9:00 AM, 925, all

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• , the Girl Scout camp, that neighborhood, by the school, the Girl Scout camp, that neighborhood, two
• We deliver in-school bike and pedestrian safety education in third through eighth grade PE classes and
• after-school programming for middle and high school students in partnership with community organizations
• This biennium alone, we project that we will reach 160,000 students in 300 schools across 75 school districts
• But the impact is best captured by a teacher from the Vancouver School District who told us, 'There is

Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee held a work session on two major corridor projects before moving to public hearing and executive session. In the Yakima area, WSDOT, Yakima County, and Ecology described the Interstate 82/east-west connector work as a coordinated effort to add capacity, improve interchanges, and address the Boise Cascade mill site contamination that sits in the project footprint. County and Ecology witnesses said the county is ready to remove wood waste and contaminated material, but the project is stalled pending a draft work plan and a de minimis consent decree; several senators pressed for faster action and clearer direction from Ecology. The committee then heard an update on the SR 3 Belfair freight corridor, where WSDOT said environmental review is complete and the next major step is an access hearing this summer, followed by right-of-way acquisition and construction likely in late 2027 or early 2028. Local and tribal partners emphasized the project’s importance for freight mobility, housing growth, emergency access, and regional economic development. The public hearing was on engrossed substitute House Bill 2711, a transportation resources bill that largely tracks provisions from prior legislation but also adds or changes several tax and account provisions. Staff explained that the bill clarifies fuel tax and peer-to-peer tax distributions, treats trade-in value differently for recreational vessel and luxury vehicle taxes, provides a six-month motor home exemption and penalty waiver for the luxury vehicle tax, allows lease payments to be made over time, exempts tribal members and nonresidents, creates a Preserve Washington account, changes some transfer timing, and repeals the luxury aircraft tax. Testimony was mixed: aviation groups supported repealing the luxury aircraft tax; trucking and some citizens opposed fuel tax and diesel tax increases; Sound Transit, transit advocates, labor, and ferry interests asked for amendments such as 75-year bonding authority, mobile driver’s licenses, ferry funding, and bike education funding. Alaska Airlines and Delta also supported adding mobile ID language. In executive session, the committee advanced several bills, including SHB 1823, SHB 2114, E2SHB 2251, SHB 2323, SHB 2410, EHB 2588, 2SHB 1923, and HB 2495, all with due pass recommendations after adopting amendments where applicable. The committee adopted a striking amendment to E2SHB 2251 adjusting Climate Commitment Act account distributions and a striking amendment to EHB 2588 limiting the ferry district changes to Whatcom County and removing the voter-approval tax provision. It also adopted an amendment to 2SHB 1923 that added further conditions for passenger-only ferry districts, including whale-protection and fare-related provisions. Senator King voted no on E2SHB 2251, objecting that the bill reduced the transportation share of Climate Commitment Act revenues. The chair announced one more executive action meeting would be held Wednesday morning, with amendment requests due the prior day.

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• And we do not need to go to any of those porn sites during the school day.
• And we had finished the discussion with high school class. This is...
• And we had finished the discussion with high school class.
• And at the end of that presentation during the break, a school staff member told the high school students
• and media safety education in schools?

Committee: House Children and Families

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Sharon Cooper, a forensic pediatrician and faculty member at the University of North Carolina School
• And we had finished the discussion with high school class.
• And we had finished the discussion with high school class.
• And at the end of that presentation during the break, a school staff member told the high school students
• and media safety education in schools?

Committee: House Children and Families

Summary: The Committee on Children and Families heard public testimony on House Bills 1839, 2921, and 3015, all aimed at requiring age verification for access to online pornography. The sponsors argued the bills are needed to protect children from early exposure, exploitation, sextortion, and related harms, and said the measures mirror laws in other states and recent Texas litigation. Supporters, including the Missouri Children’s Trust Fund, pediatric sexual assault nurse examiners, child advocacy groups, the Missouri Catholic Conference, and the Attorney General’s office, testified that pornography contributes to child sexual abuse risk, addiction, and unhealthy sexual development. Committee members asked about privacy protections, enforcement, penalties, and whether third-party verification or website-based verification would be used; the Attorney General’s office said identifying information should not be retained and that enforcement would occur through court action. No one testified in opposition, and the hearing concluded with the bills remaining under consideration, with a committee substitute to follow for one portion of the legislation. The committee then heard House Bill 2610, which would use the state legal expense fund to cover claims and judgments involving foster care, case management, and residential service providers under contract with the state. Representative Murphy and supporters said the private insurance market for these providers has become unstable and unaffordable, with some agencies facing large premium increases, repeated denials, or inability to find coverage at all. Testimony from the Missouri Coalition for Children, Missouri Alliance for Children and Families, Family Forward, and the Attorney General’s office described the issue as a market failure that could force providers to close and disrupt services for foster children. The Attorney General’s office explained how legal expense fund coverage would work, noted that it can cover negligence and intentional acts for covered entities, and said the bill would shift risk to the state in the absence of adequate private insurance. No opposition was offered. Finally, Representative Terry briefly presented House Bill 24, describing it as the same as Representative Dolan’s grandparents’ bill and emphasizing that grandparents should have first consideration for custody if a child’s parents are unable to care for them. No testimony was offered on the bill. The committee then moved into executive session and voted do pass on House Committee Substitute for House Bill 1696, House Committee Substitute for House Bills 2505 and 24, and House Bill 1772, each by unanimous 14-0 votes. The meeting then adjourned.