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• It requires design professionals to perform services using the level of skill and care expected of a
• It also prohibits contracts from forcing design professionals to name another party as an additional
• It requires design professionals to perform services using the level of skill and care expected of a
• It also prohibits contracts from forcing design professionals to name another party as an additional
• It requires design professionals to perform services using the level of skill and care expected of a

Bills: S0144 , S0192 , S0332 , S0532 , S0620 , S0694 , S0820 , S0888 , S1000 , S1224 , S1396 , S1500

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Summary: The Senate Judiciary Committee met with a quorum present and first postponed SB 532. It then heard and approved SB 620, which requires candidates for federal, state, county, district, judicial, and school board office to disclose any citizenship other than U.S. citizenship. The bill drew one waiver in opposition from Common Cause and passed 8-0. The committee also heard SB 1396 on litigation financing consumer protection. Supporters said it would add transparency, limit funder control over litigation, and require disclosure of foreign entities involved in funding; opponents argued it would create strategic advantages for defendants and could burden plaintiffs. The bill passed 7-2. The committee later approved SB 192, repealing a $1,500 cap on patient funds held in trust by chiropractic physicians, and SB 888, extending limits on indemnity and insurance requirements for design professionals in private contracts; both passed unanimously among those voting. The committee also approved several Judiciary-related measures. CS/SB 332, as amended, creates a narrow temporary public meetings/public records exemption for certain pre-suit Burt Harris litigation strategy discussions by local governments, and passed 7-0. SB 820, which strengthens quarterly reporting requirements for problem-solving courts, passed 10-0. SB 1500, implementing probate process recommendations to raise small-estate thresholds, clarify access to safe deposit boxes, and improve enforcement in uncontested probate, also passed 10-0. SB 144, creating a public records exemption for personal information of current and former Judicial Qualifications Commission employees and their families due to harassment concerns, passed 9-1. The committee then approved CS/SB 1224, as amended, making it a third-degree felony to fraudulently obtain possession of a rental unit through false written statements, counterfeit documents, or impersonation; the bill passed 10-0. SB 1000, setting a floor and ceiling for interest rates on law firm trust accounts tied to the Wall Street Journal prime rate, passed 10-0 after testimony from banking and credit union representatives and support from Senate leadership. Finally, CS/SB 694, providing compensation to the descendants of the Groveland Four, was heard with emotional testimony from family members and advocates describing the wrongful convictions, killings, and decades-long effort for redress; an amendment specified equal shares for the four families, and the bill passed 10-0. Several members requested to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on specific bills before the committee adjourned.

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• The surveys and their subcategories are designated as follows: student supports and environment, with
• Every learning experience is connected, coherent, and designed with one purpose: to improve teaching
• This fall, they launched Summit, a capstone coaching initiative designed and facilitated by three ICF
• As I coach my three assistant principals in their designated departments and the teachers as well, we
• Schools can move out, but we do not move schools into the different classifications of school. designation

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• example and begin to imagine something greater for herself, and of course, we will be the proud beneficiaries
• It was a place designed to exclude.
• IT WAS A PLACE DESIGNED TO EXCLUDE.
• along with many members of that community to commemorate this day, and to push for New York City to designate

Summary: The Senate met on May 4, 2026, approved the prior journal, and then took up a series of resolutions and floor bills. The chamber first adopted a resolution honoring Carlos Beltran on his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, with several senators praising his Mets career, athletic achievements, and philanthropy in Puerto Rico. The Senate also adopted resolutions recognizing the 2026 Women of Distinction, including tributes to living honorees and posthumous recognition of Congresswoman Nita Lowey and Dr. Hazel Dukes, and later adopted resolutions commemorating May Day and Panama’s Black Heritage Month. A Queens Chamber of Commerce resolution also prompted extensive remarks celebrating Queens’ diversity, small businesses, immigrant communities, and cultural institutions. On legislation, the Senate recalled two bills from the Assembly and restored them to the third reading calendar by a 62-0 reconsideration vote. The chamber then passed a long list of bills, including measures affecting public health, agriculture and markets, insurance, criminal procedure, public officers, labor, not-for-profit corporations, and executive law. Several bills passed unanimously or near-unanimously, while a few drew recorded opposition, including the environmental conservation bill on animal cruelty and the public health bill on Calendar 840. Supportive floor explanations emphasized animal welfare, protections for abandoned pets, and other public-interest reforms. The Senate also heard brief explanatory remarks on some bills, such as concerns about animals left behind in vacated housing and the treatment of wild animals in traveling circuses. After completing the calendar, the Senate reported no further business and adjourned until Wednesday, May 6, at 3:00 p.m.

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• So the bill is designed with the reality of families facing rare pediatric diseases at the center, and
• He helped design this, so maybe he can give you some more insight.
• And there are private interests that will be beneficiaries of the research that goes on there too.
• Next Gen Precision Health, the way we designed that shortly after I got to the University of Missouri

Committee: House Higher Education and Workforce Development

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• rates paid by any payer, or the patient what they pay at the counter, how pharmacy networks are designated
• experience for a lot of our families from a supplemental program which were set up and meant to be designed
• Approximately 12% of all grocery store spending comes from SNAP beneficiaries.
• </c><01:15:38.320><c> SNAP</c> stores spending comes from SNAP stores spending comes from SNAP beneficiaries
• . beneficiaries. beneficiaries.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

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• from prison overwhelmingly rely on Medicaid for behavioral health services, with 95% of Medicaid beneficiaries
• Our analysis further found that of those releasing who are Medicaid beneficiaries, 71% use Medicaid within
• 14.679><c> Medicaid</c> of those releasing who are Medicaid of those releasing who are Medicaid beneficiaries
• <c> 71%</c><00:33:17.279><c> use</c><00:33:17.559><c> Medicaid</c><00:33:18.039><c> within</c> beneficiaries
• 71% use Medicaid within beneficiaries 71% use Medicaid within one<00:33:18.519><c> month</c><00:33:18.760

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

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• This isn't designed to reduce any pay. It doesn't change anything.
• So, do you are you a beneficiary of all these offline kinds of activities? Do you benefit?
• So, do you are you a beneficiary of all these offline kinds of activities? Do you benefit?
• </c><00:37:51.920><c> offline</c><00:37:52.400><c> kinds</c> beneficiary of all these offline kinds beneficiary
• </c><00:38:07.599><c> of</c> doing that are you the beneficiary of doing that are you the beneficiary

Committee: House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

Summary: The committee opened its labor hearing on SB 655 and outlined the day’s schedule, including a later working session on SB 416 and an executive session planned for 2:30 p.m. Senator Dan Innis introduced SB 655, describing it as a technical bill affecting employee leasing companies/professional employer organizations (PEOs), workers’ compensation coverage, and a Senate-added minimum wage exemption for minor league baseball players covered by a collective bargaining agreement. He said the PEO change would let either the PEO or the client business hold workers’ comp coverage, while still requiring coverage, and argued it would align New Hampshire with most other states and reduce barriers for small businesses and multi-state employers. He also said the baseball provision would clarify wage treatment for minor league players and support the Manchester team. Justin Warell of Insperity testified in support of the PEO portion, explaining that PEOs provide HR, payroll, benefits administration, and workers’ compensation administration through a co-employment model. He said the bill would preserve mandatory coverage while allowing flexibility for the client or PEO to maintain the policy, which could help clients who already have preferred coverage or who face cost or administrative issues in multiple states. He noted that most clients would still remain under the PEO’s policy and said Insperity would submit written comments. Committee members asked about how the arrangement would work, whether the client or PEO would pay, and whether the bill would affect liability insurance packaging; Warell said the employer still bears the cost and that the bill mainly gives larger clients an option. One member asked him to remain available for possible follow-up after hearing from the labor department. Stephen Gonzalez of Major League Baseball testified in support of the minor league baseball exemption. He said MLB and the MLB Players Association negotiated a collective bargaining agreement that already provides players with salary, housing, meals, per diems, health and retirement benefits, disability continuation, tuition assistance, and signing bonuses. He argued that treating players as hourly workers creates impractical time-tracking problems because players do work-related activities on their own time, and said the bill would recognize them as salaried workers and avoid litigation over what counts as hours worked. Committee members questioned why the exemption was needed if players are already salaried and whether MLB could simply amend its CBA; Gonzalez said the bill would help prevent wage-and-hour lawsuits and noted that similar exemptions have been enacted in other states. No vote was taken during the hearing, and the chair indicated the bill would be considered for executive action later that afternoon.

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• Uh, you know, at this point to determine which would be the main beneficiaries of this, I would think
• would<00:16:14.360><c> be</c><00:16:14.560><c> the</c><00:16:14.720><c> main</c><00:16:15.000><c> beneficiaries
• </c><00:16:16.160><c> of</c><00:16:16.400><c> this,</c> would be the main beneficiaries of this, would
• be the main beneficiaries of this, I<00:16:16.920><c> would</c><00:16:17.160><c> think</c><00:16:17.360
• Uh, Hohonu is a local technology company offering flood intelligence solutions, including designing and

Committee: Senate Economic Development and Tourism

Summary: The committee first took up SB 2045 relating to combat sports and recommended passage with SD1. Members adopted requested changes from DCCA and the boxing commission, including clarifying that the onsite medical professional must be a licensed physician, specifying when a deputy combat sports commissioner must file a written report, removing the combat sports registry language and ambulance requirement, clarifying promoter payment requirements, and requiring advance coordination with the nearest emergency room or hospital. The bill also makes technical amendments and sets an effective date of July 1, 2050. The measure passed unanimously among members present, with Senators Fukunaga and Kim excused. The joint hearing then considered SB 2187 relating to the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. Testimony was brief and largely in support, and the committees agreed to pass the bill with SD1, making technical non-substantive amendments and changing the effective date to July 1, 2050. The committees voted to adopt the recommendation, with members present voting aye and some senators excused. A longer portion of the hearing focused on several economic development measures, including SB 2072 on tourism, SB 3049 on a trade-oriented production capacity grant program, and SB 3166 and SB 3167 involving technology development and the blue economy. SB 2072 drew questions about cost, benefit, and the practicality of promoting Michelin-star restaurants in Hawaii. SB 3049 received broad support from DBEDT, HTDC, chambers, and industry groups, but members questioned whether a new grant program was needed, why DBEDT could not do it without legislation, and whether the state should instead use existing entities like HTDC; the discussion also covered matching funds, likely beneficiaries, and administrative capacity. SB 3166 and SB 3167 were supported by technology and ocean-sector witnesses who said the state needs coordinated planning, specialized expertise, and support for advanced manufacturing and ocean innovation, but members raised concerns about relying on third-party consultants, duplication of existing public capacity, ethics, cost, and whether the work should instead be done by state staff or existing institutions. No final votes on the later bills were captured in the transcript excerpt.

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• this way so this is kind of designed this way so that<00:59:58.799><c> those</c><00:59:59.040><c> who
• </c><01:03:05.440><c> who</c><01:03:05.680><c> are</c> of health plan beneficiaries who are of health
• plan beneficiaries who are prescribed<01:03:06.319><c> a</c><01:03:06.640><c> limited</c><01:03:07.040
• And finally, it eliminates plan design choice for purchasers.
• </c> finally, it eliminates plan design finally, it eliminates plan design choice<01:05:18.240><c> for

Committee: House Health Finance and Policy

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• THE LANGUAGE GIVES EACH COMPANIES TOTAL FLEXIBILITY TO DESIGN AN INDICATOR LIKE THIS.
• THESE COMPANIES ASSIST IN CONNECTING CONSUMERS, BUSINESSES AND GOVERNMENTS THROUGH PRODUCTS DESIGNED
• I THINK MANY OF US HERE WERE BENEFICIARIES OF AN UNPAID INTERNSHIP.
• IF THERE IS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT THAT THEY CAN'T WAIVE IS DESIGNED TO PROTECT THAT INDIVIDUAL.
• THIS IS DESIGNED TO PROTECT THAT EMPLOYEE.

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• HB 5137 by Wilson, relating to a beneficiary designation that transfers a motor vehicle to one.
• More beneficiaries at the owner's death that allows for the transfer of an interest in a motor vehicle
• to multiple beneficiaries upon death.
• HB 1777 by Morales and Maverick, relating to a designation on a person's driver's license or personal
• And it doesn't use the term designed or organized, does it? It does not.

Bills: HJR144 , HJR218 , HB40 , HB 101 , HB 112 , HB146 , HB168 , HB214 , HB413 , HB1523 , HB493 , HB521 , HB594 , HB557 , HB305 , HB549 , HB854 , HB 1057 , HB 1052 , HB842 , HB3174 , HB3311 , HB2486 , HB3196 , HB824 , HB 1039 , HB2529 , HB2713 , HB4936 , HB4995 , HB4830 , HB4864 , HB5219 , HB5263 , HB5154 , HB2674 , HB5525 , HB5623 , HB2545 , HB2587 , HB2625 , HB5520 , HB5436 , HB4926 , HB1573 , HB5165 , HB4811 , HB5081 , HB4755 , HB3179 , HB4310 , HB4611 , HB2159 , HB4626 , HB3637 , HB3153 , HB3066 , HB2786 , HB2966 , HB638 , HB640 , HB876 , HB497 , HB5539 , HB4809 , HB5308 , HB4687 , HB4070 , HB4421 , HB4412 , HB3284 , HB3369 , HB3420 , HB3449 , HB4098 , HB4281 , HB4120 , HB4504 , HB4370 , HB 1106 , HB2370 , HB2404 , HB3863 , HB2407 , HB2253 , HB2273 , HB2040 , HB1586 , HB3788 , HB3993 , HB4690 , HB4309 , HB4696 , HB2308 , HB 1142 , HB1533 , HB1621 , HB2242 , HB2012 , HB2193 , HB2442 , HB2464 , HB2348 , HB2313 , HB2289 , HB1942 , HB2011 , HB1629 , HB2993 , HB3592 , HB3824 , HB4076 , HB4535 , HB4623 , HB4773 , HB 1091 , HB5115 , HB5515 , HB3372 , HB5659 , HCR118 , HB 1233 , HB2239 , HB2379 , HB2863 , HB3368 , HB3787 , HB3815 , HB3898 , HB4023 , HB4285 , HB4329 , HB4331 , HB4429 , HB4646 , HB4904 , HB5200 , HB5320 , HB5651 , HB5662 , HB5668 , HB5670 , HB5672 , HB5674 , HB5676 , HB5679 , HB5688 , HCR108

Keywords: regional mobility, transportation authority, local law, constitutional amendment, public projects, Texas energy fund, energy efficiency, retail electric customers, electric generating facilities, business court, civil procedure, litigation, jurisdiction, arbitration, Texas State Guard, task force, professionalization, state missions, critical infrastructure, science park district

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• talks about coverage of these traditional health care practices must be available to Medicaid beneficiaries
• As we've worked with the Health Care Authority, we're really looking at now that we have tribal-designated
• HB 2658 is designed to address this issue by mandating insurance to publicly report standardized data
• The OIC is required to designate an organization to To provide care for their members.
• The OIC is required to designate an organization to develop an electronic process for carriers to collect

Bills: HB2555 , HB2658 , HB2683 , HB2685 , HB2168 , HB2196 , HB2545

Committee: House Health Care & Wellness

Keywords: Medicaid, healthcare, traditional practices, health insurance, coverage expansion, mental health, insurance coverage, transparency, consumer protection, efficiency, health carriers, providers relations, tribal data, data protection, privacy, sharing of information, Indigenous rights, overdose prevention, data sharing, public health

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• New Mexicans because it brings not only an equitable apportionment, which is what the compact is designed
• The United States thought that the groundwater pumping in New Mexico was harming project beneficiaries
• the purchase program that the state will acquire these water rights through, how that program is designed
• We're designing a just program that has a single front end but two sources of funding on the back end
• We're getting stakeholder input and helping to design the purchase program itself so that we can build

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• Every Farm Credit Association offers a uniquely tailored program designed to meet the needs of their
• For crop insurance to function as designed, it must be affordable, widely available for purchase across
• Whole Farm Revenue Protection is the only insurance program that is designated for small farmers and
• I also encourage this committee to consider new consider new insurance products specifically designated
• Rowe, maybe you are a beneficiary of that program, five to 10 years, that make a difference in what we're

Committee: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

Keywords: farm bill, rural economy, crop insurance, access to credit, young farmers, USDA funding freeze, agricultural policy, risk management

Summary: The meeting of the agricultural committee focused on significant concerns regarding the current state of America's rural economy, highlighting the need for a strong five-year farm bill to address the challenges faced by farmers, particularly young and beginning farmers. Key testimony was given by multiple stakeholders including agricultural leaders and young farmers, emphasizing issues related to crop insurance, access to credit, and the adverse impact of recent USDA funding freezes. Various members discussed the necessity of risk management tools that farmers rely on to secure financing, which is crucial for sustaining agricultural operations and supporting rural communities. The importance of timely legislative action was underscored, as many farmers reported struggles in the current economic climate, raising urgency for reforms within the Farm Bill framework.

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• Throughout the year, staff conducted 3,625 establishment inspections, ensuring compliance with standards designed
• The department is statutorily responsible for distributing monies in the fund to other beneficiary tribes
• We have an interim complaint tracker and are working on the long-term enterprise solution, designated
• It's between the seven tribes that are the beneficiaries.

Committee: Senate Senate Regulatory Affairs & Government Efficiency Committee of Reference

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• WIC is a specific design pro.
• SNAP is It's an anti-hunger program that serves about seven times more Americans than WIC and is designed
• It's fairly likely, and it also depends upon if we're talking about a provider or rather. a beneficiary
• This statute, by the way, applies to... providers not to beneficiaries okay so we we do get a quite a

Committee: Senate Health & Human Services

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• They work together, receive a general topic, and collaborate as a group with very minimal. ...to design
• I am also the beneficiary of great leaders from New Mexico.
• And then also, actually, we don't produce those; we design those.
• With quantum, it's more about the exquisite mechanisms, like the ion traps that we design.
• We are also doing some design on quantum sensors.

Committee: House Science, Technology & Telecommunications Committee

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• recreational or emergency occupancy, not for long-term living or habitation on private property outside of designated
• It creates parity between SSI and non-SSI Medi-Cal beneficiaries by allowing all program participants

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Human Services heard several homelessness, public benefits, and aging-related bills. SB 748 would expand Encampment Resolution Funding to support safe parking sites for people living in cars or RVs, require quarterly reporting from HCD on outcomes, and direct LAO evaluation; supporters said it would help local governments reduce RV encampments while connecting people to housing and services. SB 290 would repeal the CalWORKs immunization sanction that reduces aid when parents cannot provide acceptable proof of a child’s vaccination; supporters argued the penalty unfairly harms families already in poverty and can worsen instability, while no opposition testified. SB 606 would define “functional zero” for overall and unsheltered homelessness and require local jurisdictions to plan for and report on the housing and interim shelter needed to reach that goal; supporters said it would add accountability and focus on reducing unsheltered homelessness, and one group moved from opposition to neutral after amendments. SB 433 would create an income-based room-and-board cap and personal needs allowance for all Medi-Cal assisted living participants in residential care facilities for the elderly, not just SSI recipients; supporters said it would prevent eviction and homelessness among low-income seniors and people with disabilities, and facility groups withdrew opposition or moved to neutral after amendments. SB 761 would require students applying for Cal Grants to be notified that they may be eligible for CalFresh and given information on how to apply; supporters said it would address widespread student food insecurity and low enrollment among eligible students. The committee accepted amendments on the bills, and all of the measures discussed were reported out on 7-0 or similar unanimous votes to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, with the consent calendar also approved unanimously.

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• Mandates that attempt to control how a plan designs their benefits, but does not actually change the
• coverage of a drug or treatment... ...to control how a plan designs their benefits, but does not actually
• are concerned about the precedent that this bill would set regarding the health plan's ability to design
• SB 1023 would require all plans and insurers to adopt a specific approach to design and administer PrEP
• By prescribing how a specific benefit must be designed and administered, this bill could open the door

Summary: The Assembly Health Committee heard several bills on June 9. SB 1023 by Senator Laird would require insurers that cover injectable HIV PrEP under the medical benefit to also cover it through the pharmacy benefit, with supporters saying the change would reduce reimbursement delays and expand access, while health plans opposed it as an unnecessary mandate that interferes with benefit design. SB 964 by Senator Smallwood-Quivas would limit prior authorization for certain dose or frequency adjustments to covered medications, especially for chronic complex conditions; medical supporters said it would prevent harmful delays in care, while insurers argued it weakens safety and utilization controls. SB 1323 by Senator Rubio, as amended, would strengthen protections for people in immigration custody receiving medical care by requiring hospitals and facilities to inform staff how to respond to requests and allowing patients to notify family members of their location; it passed with one no vote. SB 1099 by Senator Reyes would clarify local governments’ authority to provide state and local public benefits to all residents under federal PRWORA rules, with supporters saying it would reduce legal uncertainty for safety-net services; it passed, though one member later changed a vote to no on the add-on roll call. The committee also took up SB 895 by Senator Wiener, a proposed $12 billion science research bond for the November ballot that would create a California scientific research funding institute. Supporters from UC, UAW, hospitals, and advocacy groups said the measure would help offset federal cuts, protect research jobs, and sustain California’s leadership in biomedical and other research; there was no opposition, and the bill passed on a party-line style vote with two no votes. SB 944, also by Senator Wiener, would stabilize Medi-Cal coverage for acupuncture, which supporters described as a cost-effective, non-pharmacological treatment for pain and other conditions that has repeatedly been threatened in the budget process; it passed unanimously. The committee also approved consent items SB 918 and SB 1202, and later cleared the remaining measures on call after roll votes and add-on votes were taken.

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• Senate Bill 1408 by Parker, relating to the designation of a portion of U.S.
• Senate Bill 1422 by Hughes relating to the designation of a portion of farm to market road 852 and up
• Senate Bill 1472, by Hall, relating to Assisted Living Facilities, allowing residents to designate an
• SCR 23 by Parker designating the first full week of April.
• SCR 26 by Sparks, designating the Texas strip state as the official state.

Bills: SJR34 , SB10 , SB18 , SB19 , SB21 , SB72 , SB140 , SB262 , SB370 , SB480 , SB495 , SB627 , SB703 , SB767 , SB790