Transcript Highlights:

• Just to speak to the parking matter, which I have shared as a concern throughout this, but I think that's
• > as</c><00:10:06.040><c> a</c><00:10:06.240><c> concern</c><00:10:07.200><c> um</c> which I have shared
• as a concern um which I have shared as a concern um throughout<00:10:07.959><c> this</c><00:10:08.760
• </c><00:18:35.799><c> safety</c><00:18:36.360><c> of</c> you um I absolutely share safety of you um I
• absolutely share safety of especially<00:18:37.240><c> the</c><00:18:37.440><c> individuals</c><00:18

Committee: House Municipal and County Government

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So this includes things like data sharing, allowing counties to see the same data we do so that ranchers
• We also work hard to bring the best available science, share that with partners and folks on the ground
• We also work hard to bring the best available science, share that with partners and folks on the ground
• When a tree dies or children can't participate in play, I shared that with you that there was somebody
• They shared a personal childhood experience with a house fire and said that if you have not practiced

Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules met to consider a series of gubernatorial appointments, bill referrals, and two Senate Rule 26 authorship-change requests. The committee first approved, on 4-0 votes held open for absent members, a slate of appointments not required to appear, including J. Bradshaw to the Transportation Commission, Kylie Bolser to the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, and several appointments to the Commission on Peace Officers’ Standards and Training, as well as Monique Moyer to the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority Board. The committee also approved bill referrals and, after a clarification that only authorship changes were before the committee, approved the Rule 26 requests involving former Assembly Member James Gallagher’s bills AB 2676 and AB 2700. After absent members arrived, those earlier actions were confirmed by 5-0 votes. The main hearing was on Megan Hurdle’s appointment as Director of the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Hurdle emphasized a science-based, collaborative approach balancing conservation with the needs of farmers, ranchers, local governments, tribes, and communities. Senators focused on human-wildlife conflict, including wolves and mountain lions, the Western Joshua tree program and its costs for homeowners and local projects, invasive golden mussels, staffing shortages among wildlife officers, marine protected areas and 30x30, tribal co-management and land return, and oil spill prevention and response. Hurdle said the department is using data sharing, less-lethal tools, task forces, public education, and partnerships to address these issues, while also trying to improve permitting and reduce burdens where possible. The committee then heard from Caroline Thomas Jacobs, nominated to lead the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. Jacobs highlighted her prior leadership roles in wildfire safety and her earlier service at Cal OES, and said her priorities include statewide preparedness, next-generation 911, recovery from the Los Angeles fires, and planning for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and 2028 Olympics. Senators questioned her about disaster debris clearance, public safety power shutoffs, governance for the 911 rollout, earthquake preparedness, mutual-aid equipment, and how Cal OES coordinates with local and out-of-state law enforcement for major events. Jacobs said Cal OES should show up quickly, coordinate clearly, and use lessons from past disasters to reduce delays and improve response. Both nominees received broad support from public witnesses, and each was advanced to the Senate floor by committee vote; Hurdle’s appointment was later confirmed 5-0, and Jacobs’s appointment was confirmed 5-0 after the committee reconvened.

Transcript Highlights:

• And I would be further remiss if I did not say I share the great city of Holyoke with Representative
• I have a feeling you never let me live that one down, sharing a district and a hometown with you, so
• But those individuals will declare on a piece of paper, if they can share that information.
• I'm going to give it to you from my share as a firefighter.
• We all share a commitment to protecting our nation's veterans from fraud and abuse.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs held its second public hearing of the 2025–26 session, with opening remarks from Chairs John Velis and Joe McGonagle outlining testimony on 20 House bills and 18 Senate bills. The hearing covered a wide range of veterans issues, including municipal veterans assistance funds, pension equity, expanding the Office of the Veterans Advocate, veterans service officer staffing, disability benefits eligibility, service dogs, POW tax relief, courtesy parking spaces, women veterans and motherhood, and workforce-related licensing and employment measures. Chairs emphasized the hybrid format, three-minute testimony limit, and written testimony process. Several bills drew support focused on expanding services and access. Representative Arena-DeRosa spoke for bills to broaden municipal veterans assistance funds to cover housing and legal expenses and to study enhanced pension equity for veterans, citing burn pit exposure and shorter life expectancy among veterans. Senator Fattman, Representative Peas, and Veterans Advocate Bob Notch supported bills expanding the Office of the Veterans Advocate to include active-duty service members and their families, arguing it would improve transition support, coordination with state agencies, and retention of military talent in Massachusetts. Representative Arriaga backed a bill to incentivize municipalities to provide full-time or regional veterans service officers and another to study the impact of combat on women veterans and motherhood. Representative Moulton/another sponsor also sought to exempt veterans’ disability payments from income calculations for other state benefits, and Representative Hong and Senator Scanlan supported a state service dog program, POW income tax relief, and courtesy retail parking spaces for veterans. Testimony also focused on workforce and claims-assistance issues. The Military Officers Association of America and James Keene urged passage of bills waiving duplicative education requirements so qualified veterans and military medics can become licensed practical nurses, arguing it would help address health care shortages and recognize military training. Brave Veterans Inc. called for a Veterans Research Trust Fund to protect data and program evaluation work during budget cuts. On claims assistance, one witness supported criminal penalties for unaccredited agents who charge veterans for VA claims help, while a private consulting firm opposed the bill, arguing it would restrict lawful speech and veterans’ choice and that existing federal and HERO Act safeguards already address abuses. The VFW strongly opposed paid claims consulting, said its accredited service officers provide free help statewide, and urged more public awareness of existing free services. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• I know that the time is up, but I do want to share some exciting news with you: the Eastern Bank Corporation
• So thank you for sharing your stories and thank you for being here today. Thank you. Thank you.
• Thank you for your testimony, sharing your personal story, and happy birthday to your child.
• policy and long-term cost savings thank you for supporting this bill thank you for your testimony sharing
• This type of data sharing would help local workforce development organizations measure the effectiveness

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development heard testimony on several workforce-related bills, with most of the hearing focused on ESOL and apprenticeship legislation, followed by testimony on a four-day workweek pilot and paid prenatal leave. On ESOL, witnesses including the Boston Foundation, Skillworks, MassINC, MIRA, JVS Boston, Eastern Bank, immigrant advocates, employers, and legislators supported H.2080/S.1326, arguing that Massachusetts has a large backlog of limited-English-proficiency residents waiting for classes, that ESOL is essential to economic mobility and immigrant integration, and that the state needs a coordinated, statewide strategy with more vocational and workplace-focused English instruction. Testifiers cited long waitlists, fragmented delivery across agencies, labor shortages, and examples of workplace English programs helping immigrants gain jobs, advance careers, and support businesses. Committee members asked questions about how vocational ESOL differs from standard classes, and witnesses explained that it focuses on job-specific language and workplace scenarios. The committee also heard strong support for H.2085/S.1303, which would require more use of registered apprentices on public construction projects over $1 million. Labor leaders from the Massachusetts AFL-CIO and Massachusetts Building Trades, along with electricians and apprentices, said the bill would help apprentices complete training by ensuring enough job-site hours, expand access to good union careers, and strengthen the construction workforce for housing, infrastructure, and clean energy work. Several witnesses defended existing apprenticeship ratios and electrical licensing standards, warning against deregulation and emphasizing safety. Committee members asked about project thresholds and apprenticeship ratios, and witnesses said the bill’s phased apprentice-hour requirement was intended to cover most public projects under current cost conditions. The committee then heard testimony on S.1330, a four-day workweek pilot program. Senator Dillon Fernandez and Representative Shirley Arriaga described the proposal as a response to burnout, affordability pressures, and changing workplace norms, arguing that a pilot would let Massachusetts study whether shorter workweeks improve productivity, retention, and worker well-being. Witnesses said the model could help families balance caregiving and commuting while maintaining or improving output. Finally, the committee took testimony on S.1361, establishing paid prenatal leave. Parents, health advocates, March of Dimes, and others said paid leave would help pregnant workers attend critical prenatal appointments, reduce missed care, and improve maternal and infant health outcomes. Several speakers shared personal stories about high-risk pregnancies, pregnancy loss, and the financial strain of taking unpaid time off. No votes were taken during the hearing; the committee primarily received testimony and asked a limited number of questions.

Transcript Highlights:

• And we are actuaries with OSA here today to share with you the results of the preliminary 2025 actuarial
• Today to share with you the results of the preliminary 2025 actuarial evaluation.
• So the valuation results we share with you today are still preliminary at this point.
• For the record, Luke Masselink, senior actuary with OSA, here to share with you the contribution rates
• Now, in the Plan 2 design, members and employers share the cost of providing that pension.

Committee: Joint Select Committee on Pension Policy

Keywords: 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• In my findings, these were not judgment calls, and I think I'm just sharing what I was seeing.
• I can share that or if Molly wanted to share that. And what they add up to?
• I can share that, or if Molly wanted to share that. She seemed anxious to share it. Okay.

Keywords: Virginia Housing Commission - Fees in Residential Rental Agreements Workgroup, 976, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• in a licensed facility, other than an inpatient hospice facility, there may be multiple providers sharing
• To provide for sharing of information, to provide for liability, and to provide for related matters.
• This bill basically just authorizes hospitals within the same health system to share peer review records
• It provides that sharing peer review materials within a health system does not constitute a waiver of
• And this amendment amends the law to allow peer review to be shared across the hospital system rather

Bills: HR174 , HR194 , HCR98 , SB39 , SB124 , SB190 , SB236 , SB270 , SB273 , SB359 , SB415 , SB426 , SB437 , SB451

Committee: House Health and Welfare

Keywords: fenbendazole, cancer treatment, public health, FDA, clinical trials, patient safety, visual acuity, student health, de-identified data, longitudinal analysis, education policy, SNAP, food stamps, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, grocery delivery, delivery fees, service charges, online grocery, food access, food insecurity

Transcript Highlights:

• adds the provision that any coverage required under proposed law shall not be subject to any cost-sharing
• plans, and providers, to provide for compensation, to provide for rebates, formularies, and cost sharing
• This topic and subject has eaten up the lion's share of the work that I've been doing over the last several
• Amendment number five authorizes the Commissioner of Insurance to share confidential pharmacy benefit
• That is me as a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish City Council sharing your municipal concerns.

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: 965, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• But being from Grand Portage, I wanted to share message from them as well as the Minnesota Chippewa tribes
• Portage,<00:03:48.440><c> I</c><00:03:48.520><c> wanted</c><00:03:48.840><c> to</c><00:03:48.920><c> share
• , I wanted to share message from them<00:03:51.160><c> um</c><00:03:51.640><c> as</c><00:03:51.840><c
• Um, the big message that I really want to share in addition to the things that Representative Kozlowski
• just shared is that now is the time for Minnesota elected officials to act.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• This bill is necessary because current Louisiana law allows broader sharing than the federal rules permit
• Our current statute contains provisions that allow criminal history information to be shared beyond this
• original... ...contains provisions that allow criminal history information to be shared beyond this
• requires that each employer obtain their own background check rather than relying on information shared
• In my experience, victim contact happens for many reasons: fear, pressure, financial dependence, shared

Bills: HB343 , HB378 , HB394 , HB396 , HB426 , HB439 , HB491 , HB523 , HB622 , HB676 , HB772 , HB1025 , HB1038

Committee: House Administration of Criminal Justice

Keywords: parole eligibility, juvenile offenders, rehabilitation, first-time offenders, reentry programs, substance abuse treatment, education programs, emergency responders, law enforcement, obstructing traffic, public safety, penalties, parole, criminal justice, release extension, prison reform, autopsy, criminal evidence, photographs, court proceedings

Transcript Highlights:

• And I'm very happy to be able to share this information with you and open for questions if you have any
• I took time off work to be here today to share with you why I'm in strong support of House Bill 2611.
• On drug use, one youth I worked with shared that in a previous group home, he walked into a bathroom
• We recognize that diagnostic services are important for access members, and we share the goal of making
• Access members, and we share the goal of making sure members can obtain needed lab services in a timely

Bills: HB2035 , HB2086 , HB2434 , HB2611 , HB2732 , HB2733 , HB2830 , HB2923 , HB2932 , HB4004

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: kinship care, child welfare, foster care, relative placement, child protection, vaccination mandates, mask requirements, public health, government entities, COVID-19, controlled substances, prescription monitoring, opioid crisis, healthcare regulations, patient safety, group homes, children's rights, safety protocols, employee training, mental health

Transcript Highlights:

• can introduce yourself as you speak, I appreciate the opportunity to be with you here today and to share
• "Thanks for sharing that. And can you share, is there a waiting list right now with your agency?
• Thanks for sharing that.
• public complaints that go into the department, licensed and unlicensed across the board, and then shared
• is public complaints that go into the department, licensed, unlicensed across the board and then shared

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The clearinghouse program shall provide a method for policyholders to opt out of the sharing of personal
• Then insurers, whether admitted or non-admitted, seeking to expand their market share, could market directly
• Thank you for the opportunity to share these perspectives. Thank you, Mr. Taylor. Thank you.
• When you look at the market share, I think it takes about 12 carriers to get to about 90% of the market
• When you look at the market share, I think it takes about 12 carriers to get to about 90% of the market

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Um they are only paid tips when they share them with the servers.
• /c><00:05:24.800><c> tips</c><00:05:25.120><c> when</c><00:05:25.360><c> they</c><00:05:25.600><c> share
• </c><00:05:25.840><c> them</c> only paid uh tips when they share them only paid uh tips when they share
• Restaurants have allowed these servers to share their tips with their service bartenders to kind of recognize
• Restaurants have allowed these servers to share their tips with their service bartenders to kind of recognize

Committee: Senate Licensing & Occupations

Keywords: 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• They might not share, but they share the concerns, and legislators are responding to that.
• And so, as an organization, sometimes they don't have a position because they don't share positions with
• 00:23:31.720><c> because</c><00:23:32.040><c> they</c><00:23:32.160><c> don't</c><00:23:32.400><c> share
• </c> have a position because they don't share have a position because they don't share positions<00:23

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: Senators Erin Maye Quade, Eric Lucero, Liz Boldon, and Chair Ron Latz discussed a package of bipartisan bills aimed at regulating artificial intelligence and related technology in Minnesota. The speakers argued that AI can be beneficial but has been rolled out without adequate safeguards, citing concerns about consumer surveillance, insurance claim denials, dynamic pricing, chatbot harms to children, and the use of AI in healthcare utilization review. Maye Quade and Boldon emphasized protecting kids, consumers, and constitutional rights, while Lucero framed the issue as keeping law aligned with rapidly changing technology and protecting individual liberties. A major focus was the “reverse warrant” bill, which would restrict law enforcement from using warrants that start with an unknown suspect and sweep up data from everyone in a location or search terms in a broad area. The senators said such warrants are the opposite of the Fourth Amendment’s particularity requirement, though they noted ongoing conversations with the BCA and police chiefs about balancing privacy and public safety. They also discussed a bill to prohibit minors from accessing chatbots, describing chatbots as conversational, addictive, and uniquely harmful to developing brains; Maye Quade cited examples of self-harm, sexual content, and dangerous advice allegedly given to minors. The senators said the package was intentionally heard in Judiciary first so it could be referred to Commerce, and they expressed hope for further hearings there and in the House. Lucero said he did not support all the bills, naming the dynamic pricing bill and the AI utilization review prohibition as measures he had reservations about, while supporting the reverse warrant, disclosure, and minor-access restrictions. The discussion also touched on federal preemption concerns, with the senators saying states are stepping in because federal action has lagged and the harms cross party lines. No formal votes or committee actions were described in the transcript.

Transcript Highlights:

• You shared, I think this was an experience.
• You shared, I think this was a specific example where there was a conservation land next to a solar array
• You shared, I think this was an experience.
• You know, talking about the developer, he's going to make his fair share, okay?
• When they shared that contract with you, were you in contact with your neighboring property owners to

Committee: House Utilities

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• all over Western Washington, and sitting between two rivers in the middle of a valley, we had our share
• We are also other on this bill, and we're other because we share Representative Reed's strong desire
• certainly narrowed, and we recognize that it's well intended in trying to get it a goal that everyone shares
• Protecting vulnerable roadway users is a Protecting vulnerable roadway users is a shared priority, but
• I've shared a chart that compares the current second-degree criminal impersonation statute, the elements

Bills: HB2543

Committee: Senate Law & Justice

Keywords: county clerk, fees, local government, administrative costs, revenue generation, 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• At camps, in Sunday school, and in youth group meetings, I have had so many kids share with me their
• , this bill shifts focus away from predators and towards regulating who belongs in a restroom and shared
• Furthermore, the bill affirms and codifies something deeply harmful: the idea that sharing a bathroom
• I wanted to come today to share my story to those who may not understand how much this bill endangers
• You don't have the freedom to force my daughter or my wife to share a bathroom with you.

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• that $73.2 million that's still in House Bill 2 for that 80-20 public school employee insurance cost share
• look at for insurance: row 19, that's House Bill 47, that's the cost to get us from the current cost share
• As Secretary Rodriguez shared, this is a growth industry in higher ed and in the teacher prep programs
• As Secretary Rodriguez shared, this is a growth industry in higher ed and in the teacher prep programs
• As Secretary Rodriguez shared, this is a growth industry in higher ed and in the teacher prep programs

Bills: SB204 , SB241 , HB34

Committee: Senate Senate Education

Keywords: higher education, research funding, federal funding, New Mexico, appropriation, University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department

Transcript Highlights:

• Share a Cronehorse with P&M. This bill is important for New Mexico.
• directly from the governor, meaning that the governor would still be allowed to provide money from her share
• While we certainly support the efforts to modernize capital outlay, I wanted to share with the committee
• But I just want to share those concerns that we have, Madam Chair, members of the committee, but we are
• working process to get to this point was long and tough because folks really wanted to keep their share

Committee: House House Taxation & Revenue

Keywords: 996, all