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• So hopefully we'll be able to... that's the plan, yep, that's the point. Great.
• Essentially, we're going to have a marketing plan that we're sending out quarterly information dumps
• But that marketing plan is going to be the first one to send off in July, and then it'll be quarterly
• But, like, I'm planning a wedding. I'm using that list for my wedding vendors. No shame.
• We reviewed planning efforts for a proposed provider education session in conjunction with the Executive

Keywords: 1212, all

Summary: The Massachusetts Permanent Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities opened its June virtual meeting with roll call and approval of the March minutes. The chair reported on recent “Meeting the Moment” community conversations, noting strong attendance and positive feedback from the Lowell event, and announced the next community conversation will be held July 14 in Northampton. The commission also previewed its National Disability Employment Awareness Month event for October 7 at the State House, which will include a panel on artificial intelligence and its impact on people with disabilities. A major presentation came from the Supplier Diversity Office on its Empowering Abilities in Contracting and Employment (EAC) program. The coordinator described the program’s history from a 2016 law and 2018 pilot to its statewide launch on July 1, 2025, and said it now applies to new statewide contracts. She reported about 292 active disability-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses certified, about 40 vendors currently on EAC contracts, and growth expected to about 80 by July and more than 130 by November. The program’s goals include increasing certification and contracting opportunities, improving workforce participation, and reaching a 3% disability workforce goal among vendors. Members praised the program and asked about the mix of disability-owned and veteran-owned businesses, geographic reach, and how the model might be replicated elsewhere. The advisory council update highlighted ongoing collaboration across access, employment, youth transition, housing, health equity, transportation, technology, and AI, with members sharing resources and planning to support the October employment event. Subcommittees then reported on recent work: the disability employment subcommittee heard about transition-to-employment barriers, the disability employment tax credit, veteran services, and a State Exchange policy brief on disability employment; the workforce supports subcommittee hosted a webinar on apprenticeships as a response to workforce shortages in disability services; and the long-term services and supports/health equity subcommittee heard presentations on care coordination resources and on health care inequities for people with disabilities during and after COVID. The executive director also reported on ongoing meetings with state agencies and advocacy groups about MassHealth, caregiving, aging, AI, and employment barriers such as the benefit cliff. The meeting ended with commissioner announcements on the Paul Spooner Generational Leadership Summit and a Medicaid summit, discussion of housing and transportation as employment-related issues, and a motion to adjourn, which passed unanimously.

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• It just says the right to adequate planning time, including at least one hour not to be infringed by
• Because staff is so low and limited, you end up not having any time to plan.
• And if that teacher does not have time to go in and plan adequately and have a good lesson ready to go
• So, I'm trying to be sure that we reserve that right to have that time to plan.
• Several schools that were put on plans of improvement actually came and Asked that this law be changed

Bills: SB843 , SB1733 , SB1476 , SB1237 , SB1410 , SB1894 , SB1272 , SB1204 , SB1721 , SB1725 , SB1735 , SB1337 , SB1339 , SB1461 , SB1975

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: school boards, educational governance, conflict of interest, employee relations, Oklahoma statutes, child abuse, reporting requirements, sexual misconduct, law enforcement, school personnel, confidentiality, student safety, land office, land exchange, investment, education funding, real estate management, Teachers' Bill of Rights, education, teachers' rights

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• These rules provide the framework for DEQ review and approval of engineering plans and specifications
• reliability and safety these rules provide the framework for DEQ review and approval of engineering plans
• our stakeholder input, updating section 401 to clearly specify which aquaculture components require plan
• our stakeholder input, updating section 401 to clearly specify which aquaculture components require plan
• I do not plan on walking through all of those changes.

Committee: House Environment, Energy and Technology

Keywords: 989, all

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• Unexpected tuition obligations of this magnitude undermine responsible local planning.
• We are not asking... ...of this magnitude undermine responsible local planning.
• But when do you have a plan, when your children get to the high school level, what do you have a plan
• As school committee chair, I have the responsibility for budget oversight and long-term planning.
• I was told plans would be updated. I was told, 'Don't worry, we'll take care of it.'

Bills: H4867 , H4927

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Education

Keywords: school choice, education policy, educational funding, public schools, student enrollment, applied behavior analysis, autism, education, special needs, school access, therapeutic interventions, 1212, all

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• creates an executive coordination officer for implementation of the Washington Thriving Strategic Plan
• align with the strategic plan and are implemented equitably.
• creates an executive coordination officer for implementation of the Washington Thriving Strategic Plan
• align with the strategic plan and are implemented equitably.
• Amendment G.1: The task force is to determine evidence-based measures for the 10-year plan to dismantle

Bills: SB6339 , SB6184 , SB6224 , SB6255 , SB5977 , SB5979 , SB6249 , SB6007 , SB6186 , SGA9299

Committee: Senate Human Services

Keywords: alternative placements, individual ownership, restrictive policies, healthcare, operational control, homeless youth, youth services, mental health, support programs, state law, behavioral health, children, support services, poverty reduction, intergenerational poverty, WorkFirst, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, TANF, self-sufficiency, economic justice

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• And I was wondering with inclusion as a plan, how that would relate. So, thank you. Thank you.
• Individual education plans. Representative, you are recognized to explain your bill.
• Charter schools also have IEP plans for their students.
• We had a conversation last night, and at the time, I was trying to plan for my own bill.
• How can a parent work with the teacher if he or she doesn't know the IEP plan?

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• My first question is, Representative Eskamani: Will local governments be able to opt out of this plan
• Every county in the state is required to have one of those Representative Griffitts: plans.
• So this will not affect any of those types of plans.
• They can plan for 3 years at a time. They know what growth patterns are.
• Representative Andrade: That will still be in place under your plan.

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• to ensure that Alliance Place has the resources it needs to move forward with the best design and planning
• support the governor's proposal for funding a new round of modernization grants and all current planning
• We are grateful for the restored planning grants and additional construction projects that will help
• And right now, we're at the very last and final phase of our master plan to build out the campus and
• This transfer is in addition to an already planned $288 million.

Summary: The Ways and Means Committee held its first meeting of the 2026 session to hear Governor Ferguson’s proposed supplemental capital budget from OFM. Budget staff said the proposal uses nearly all of the roughly $400 million in available bond capacity, leaving about $5.4 million unused, and includes additional funding from the Common School Construction account, the Climate Commitment Account, and federal funds. OFM described housing as the largest priority, with $237 million total, including $225 million for the Housing Trust Fund for affordable rental housing, homeownership, preservation, and manufactured home community acquisition; it also highlighted urgent state facility needs, climate and clean energy investments, natural resource projects, and education funding for school seismic safety, small district and tribal compact school modernization, lead pipe remediation, and higher education preservation projects. Committee members asked about the timing of housing production, and OFM said the proposed supplemental projects would not be completed within the biennium. Public testimony in the housing section strongly supported the governor’s housing investments, especially the Housing Trust Fund, manufactured housing preservation, and homeownership programs, while several speakers asked for larger appropriations for workforce housing, community land trusts, right-to-counsel, and specific local projects such as Thrive Center Tacoma, Alliance Place, Casa Mia, and Native and immigrant community facilities. One testifier criticized overall state tax policy, but the chair clarified that the capital budget is bonded and does not directly raise taxes. Testimony on K-12 education generally supported the proposed funding for small school modernization, seismic safety, and Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools lead remediation, with rural districts emphasizing the importance of planning and construction grants for aging facilities. Higher education witnesses supported preservation and deferred maintenance funding but asked for additional support for projects at Cascadia College, WSU Spokane, UW’s decarbonization work, and other campus infrastructure needs. Natural resources testimony backed Salmon Recovery Funding Board and community forest investments, while asking for more funding for ranked RCO projects. In the final section, local governments and utilities opposed a proposed $75 million transfer from the Public Works Assistance account to the operating budget, warning it would reduce infrastructure lending capacity; other speakers supported the Washington State Green Bank, public works financing, and several local economic development and utility projects. No votes or formal committee action were taken at the meeting.

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• KNOWS WHAT IS GOING ON AND BY CREATING THE TRANSPARENCY IN THE BILL WE ARE REQUIRING LAND MANAGEMENT PLANS
• AND IT REQUIRES THE DIVISION OF STATE LANDS TO HAVE AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF CERTAIN LAND MANAGEMENT PLANS
• AND REPAIR AND REVISION OF A NATION SO WE WANT TO HAVE A SOME OF WHAT'S GOING ON SO WE KNOW HOW THE PLAN
• AND THE COST WE WANT A REPORT AT THE COST OF THE BACK LOG, PARK MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS INCLUDING A PLAN
• THE BILL DIRECTS DEP TO CONVENE A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GROUP TO HELP DEVELOP A PLAN AND AT A MINIMUM

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• for water to continue to be used, and at the same time, we were able to pass an appropriation and a plan
• We were able to pass a plan for a number of stakeholders in that area, including representatives from
• So it's really important that we have the Met Council as part of this so that when We're having planning
• discussions and trying to plan for growth that we're at the same time addressing the resources that
• We think it's fair to expect that if they plan to do this, they do it responsibly.

Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

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• Thank you. paying for their commercial plan. paying for their commercial plan.
• </c> no way to pay for it through the plan no way to pay for it through the plan that<02:27:19.439><c
• Um, we used to cover it for weight loss and our state plan, um, I think the state plan just lists coverage
• </c> actually would need a state plan actually would need a state plan amendment.<04:31:39.600><c> I<
• </c> plan covers it. plan covers it. &gt;&gt; Okay.<04:31:43.040><c> Thank</c><04:31:43.199><c> you.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• and in Oregon actually are far along in, is looking to have individualized assessments, service planning
• Some of these we already have in Oregon through our Medicaid state plan, as Dr. Carey described.
• or the plan of the place the child is going to return to.
• And I believe, if not last year, we've submitted or plan to submit some legislative concepts to change
• I think the one— So for state plan personal care, is that through OHA?”

Keywords: 907, all

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• Instead, after I raised concern about an unsigned and unclear action plan, DCF retaliated against me
• My children were illegally safety planned out, and my parents coerced to gain emergency guardianship
• The action plans they give are the same cookie-cutter plans everyone receives.
• If you advocate for an individualized plan, you're looked at as uncooperative, despite that being your
• I participated in the action plans. I participated in the action plans.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on a package of Department of Children and Families bills focused on care and protection proceedings, sibling placement, parenting time, foster parent eligibility, adoption timelines, and a proposed Harmony Montgomery Commission. Rep. Marjorie Decker framed her bills as a set intended to reduce trauma for children removed from home by promoting sibling placement, visitation, cultural continuity, and limits on barriers to foster/adoptive placement. Witnesses from CASA, the Massachusetts Child Welfare Coalition, CPCS, and others generally supported the sibling-placement and parenting-time bills and the Harmony Commission, while several urged that the commission include a birth parent with lived experience and that its scope remain focused on child safety and family rights. A former juvenile court judge also supported the Harmony Commission, citing failures in the Harmony Montgomery case and broader concerns about DCF power and child representation. No votes were taken during the hearing. A large portion of the hearing focused on Senate 114, the “Family Protection and Transparency Act,” which would require DCF to provide families with written and verbal notice of their rights during investigations, including the right to remain silent, consult counsel, and refuse entry absent legal authority except in emergencies. Supporters included parents, former foster youth, attorneys, advocates, and a peer mentor, many of whom described personal experiences of confusion, coercion, retaliation, and family separation when DCF became involved. They argued the bill would improve due process, language access, transparency, and accountability without limiting DCF’s emergency powers. Several witnesses also described intergenerational DCF involvement and said families often need resources and legal guidance rather than punitive intervention. Testimony on House 268 emphasized the importance of keeping siblings together in foster care whenever possible. Advocates cited research showing better mental health, educational, and reunification outcomes when siblings remain together, and several young people testified about being separated from brothers and sisters and the lasting impact of that separation. CPCS supported the bill and said regular sibling visitation should be required when joint placement is not possible. House 269, 270, 271, 288, and 293 were also on the notice, but the transcript reflects little or no testimony on some of those measures. The hearing concluded after the committee heard from all scheduled witnesses and invited written testimony for additional details.

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• And that has been one of the critical aspects of the community plans that everybody has developed in
• I think, you know, in our... ...we have performance metrics that we use in evaluating the Delta Plan.
• Do we have that type of on-the-ground planning support actually going on?
• And there wasn't really an overarching plan, as you mentioned.
• Council with writing the Delta Plan.

Committee: Senate Rules

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• We take a look at their release plans.
• Yes, and as I've talked about before, in parole plans you're looking for relapse plans and understanding
• The psychologists will speak to whether or not the person had parole plans, relapse plans, or has written
• Why didn't you use a relapse plan? Where was your support network?
• Why didn't you use a relapse plan? Where was your support network?

Summary: The Senate Rules Committee established quorum and first approved several governor’s appointments to the California Housing Finance Agency Board of Directors and the State Mining and Geology Board, with one mining board appointment passing 3-2 and the others passing 5-0. The committee also approved a rule waiver request from the Budget and Fiscal Review Committee to allow budget subcommittees to meet during the blackout period, and it referred ACA 7 (Jackson) to the committees listed on the agenda after rejecting a motion to add Labor, Public Employment and Retirement as an additional referral. The committee then heard testimony from five appointees to the Board of Parole Hearings: William Munis, Michael Ruff, Rosalind Sergeant Burns, Mary Thornton, and Jack Weiss. In opening remarks, the appointees emphasized their corrections, legal, and public safety backgrounds and described parole work as evidence-based, collaborative, and focused on current risk rather than the original offense alone. Senators, especially Senator Jones, pressed them on recent high-profile parole grants involving child sex offenders, the extent of commissioner discretion, the use of coping mechanisms and risk assessments, transparency in en banc review votes, and whether the board’s decisions adequately protect public safety. The appointees said they must follow the law, rely on structured risk tools and expert assessments, and treat each case individually; several said they would defer to the Legislature on whether en banc votes should be made public. Members also questioned the board about use of MAT/drug-treatment records, commutation review, institutional behavior and write-ups, victim participation, elderly parole, and the role of community support and rehabilitation. The commissioners said treatment records are considered only in context with other reliable evidence, that reconsideration hearings and recidivism data help evaluate whether tools are working, and that victim and family members are given respectful accommodations and opportunities to participate. Senator Jones said he was not satisfied with the answers on discretion and accountability and stated he would not support Jack Weiss’s reappointment, citing ongoing concerns about professionalism. Public testimony at the end was overwhelmingly supportive of the five commissioners, with several advocates, formerly incarcerated people, and anti-recidivism coalition members praising the board’s rigor and the role of rehabilitation.

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• vehicles may represent most... ...to plan for the future in which autonomous vehicles may represent
• And I plan to support the bill.
• Unfortunately, there are capacity projects planned for decades and some even funded that the current
• , especially for Los Angeles, in our economic development plans, cohesiveness with L.A.
• Metro and other economic regional plans. I absolutely believe this.

Committee: Senate Transportation

Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee heard several bills on transportation, privacy, enforcement, and high-speed rail, with most measures discussed under a quorum and then formally voted on later. SB 953 by Senator Nilo would add two DMV points for misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter cases that are dismissed through diversion; the author, a victim’s mother, and CHP representatives argued it would help identify high-risk drivers, while no opposition witnesses appeared. SB 1292 by Senator Richardson, as amended, would let certain cities use stationary cameras or sensors to enforce curb and loading-zone rules, with human review of citations; supporters said it would improve compliance and safety, while a privacy group remained cautious but said the amendments improved the bill. SB 1228 by Senator Rubio would create a permanent compliance path for a small number of existing redevelopment-era LED messaging signs; supporters said it preserves local revenue and avoids fines, while billboard industry opponents warned about federal compliance and highway funding risk. SB 1013 by Senator Cervantes would tighten ALPR privacy rules through DOJ audits, employee training, hot-list limits, and a 30-day retention cap; privacy advocates supported it as a needed safeguard, while law enforcement groups opposed the retention limit and query restrictions as too restrictive. SB 1218 by Senator Arreguín would block DMV registration renewal for vehicles with unpaid illegal dumping fines, modeled on parking citation enforcement; Oakland officials and local government groups strongly supported it as an accountability tool, and the bill drew no opposition in the room. SB 1136 by Senator Blakespear would require intercity and regional rail operators to better coordinate service, fares, and trip planning for large events; transit and rail advocates supported it, while some agencies were neutral or “work with author” pending further changes. SB 1425, the chair’s bill, would create a permitting process for encroachments in the high-speed rail right-of-way; supporters said it would streamline construction and protect the project, while utilities and the City of Burbank raised concerns about reciprocity, enforcement, and local infrastructure impacts. SB 1411 by Senator Stern would expand high-speed rail authority to pursue public-private partnerships and early works, removing a project cap; supporters said it could leverage private capital and save costs, while local agencies from Merced expressed concerns but noted amendments addressed some issues. After roll calls, SB 1013 failed to advance on a 4-1 vote and remained on call, while the consent calendar and the other bills moved forward on unanimous or near-unanimous committee votes and remained on call pending final action.

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• That led toward the investment we had with the Fresno Public Infrastructure Plan, another $250 million
• I bring all these up together as there needed to be a collaborative effort, a big overlay of planning
• Our endowment is approximately $3.3 billion, and this year we have a plan to grant $145 million.
• It was a $600 million initiative to fund planning grants and economic Resilience Fund, SURF.
• They have their business plan, their communication plan, their marketing plan, and they have the yield

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Or do you plan on... What is actually in this House Committee Sub.
• Or do you plan on talking through the details of the changes between what's the...
• This is the plan. That's one of the benefits of the House Committee Substitute.
• I think it's a good point that planning and zoning sometimes becomes its own HOA for the city.
• And I can go and review different plans and stuff like that and order the home that I want.

Committee: House Commerce

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Or do you plan on talking through the details of the changes between what's the—I mean, I think that
• This is the plan. That's one of the benefits of the House Committee Substitute.
• I think it's a good point that planning and zoning sometimes becomes its own HOA for the city, and it
• That planning and zoning sometimes becomes its own HOA for the city, and it acts like an HOA.
• And I can go and review different plans and stuff like that and order the home that I want.

Committee: House Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment

Summary: The committee first met in executive session on House Joint Resolution 173 and 174, which would put a tax-reform proposal before voters. Members debated a failed amendment to change the ballot language, with supporters saying it would more honestly describe the measure as a tax replacement that could expand sales taxes, and opponents saying it would be misleading and overly restrictive. The committee then adopted a House committee substitute that clarified the proposal, including a phased reduction in the individual income tax tied to revenue growth, and voted the substitute do pass by a 7-3 roll call. The committee next took up House Bills 321 and 2531 under a new committee substitute. The substitute made a series of technical and policy changes involving redevelopment, tax increment financing, public safety funding, Missouri Opportunity Zones, baseline revenue calculations, and local property tax diversion, including reducing one diversion requirement from 50% to 25%. Members and the sponsor described the changes as clarifying agency roles and addressing constitutional and administrative concerns. The committee adopted the substitute and then voted the combined bill do pass by a 9-0-1 vote. In public hearing, House Bill 3230 by Rep. Hardwick would bar cities and counties from outright banning modular or qualified manufactured homes in areas where single-family homes are allowed, while still allowing reasonable safety, zoning, and compatibility standards. The sponsor and supporters from the Missouri Manufactured Housing Association argued the bill would expand affordable housing and prevent discriminatory local restrictions; the Missouri Municipal League said it supported the goal but wanted more work on language to preserve local flexibility. The committee also heard House Bill 2888 by Rep. Deal, which would limit standalone medical-monitoring claims without present physical injury. The sponsor and a civil justice coalition supporter said the bill would align Missouri law with court precedent and require an actual injury, while opponents and affected residents argued it would block needed monitoring for exposure to PFAS and other contaminants and could leave exposed communities without a remedy.

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• This is the multiple employee self-insured health plan bill.
• And I'm curious if you plan on voting on this piece of legislation.
• And so if we plan on adopting such a bill that will increase government and also in. plan on adopting
• Friends, we don't go on trips without planning.
• Planning is what's needed here. This is putting the cart before the horse.

Keywords: 959, house, all