Transcript Highlights:

• Burns? No. Mr. Bush? Yes. Mr. Bush, yes. Mr. Burns. No. Mr. Burns, no. Mr. Bush. Yes. Mr. Carson.
• Burns? Yes. Mr. Burns, yes. Mr. Bush, yes. Mr. Carson. Yes. Mr. Carson, yes. Mr. Burns, yes. Mr.
• Burns? No. No. Ms. Bolden? Ms. Bolton, no. Mr. Burns? No. Mr. Burns? No. Mr. Bush? Mr. Bush, no.
• Burns? Yes. Mr. Burns, yes. Mr. Bush? Mr. Bolton, yes. Mr. Burns? Ms. Bolton, yes. Mr. Burns? Mrs.
• Burns? Yes. Mr. Burns, yes. Mr. Bush? Yes. Mr. Burns, yes. Mr. Bush. Yes. Mr. Carson. Mr.

Transcript Highlights:

• Here are three truths of doctor-prescribed suicide, as presented in 2022 by Fitchburg resident Dr.
• Truth number one: doctor-prescribed suicide damages trust in doctors.
• Truth number two: doctor-prescribed suicide is dangerous.
• Doctor-prescribed suicide is a recipe for elder abuse.
• Is it really admirable for a physician to be able to prescribe death to their patient?

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Public Health

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Health opened its first hearing of the session and heard testimony on bills in three areas: emergency medical services/AED access, athletic training and student safety, and end-of-life options. Committee chairs outlined testimony rules and noted that written testimony would also be accepted. Some bills had no live witnesses, while others drew extensive testimony from advocates, professionals, and legislators. On AED-related bills, the American Heart Association supported requiring automated external defibrillators at sporting events and athletic fields, citing sudden cardiac arrest survival rates and urging cardiac emergency response plans as an added safeguard. A parks and recreation professional supported AED access but raised concerns about the cost, staffing, maintenance, and feasibility for municipalities with limited resources. Athletic trainers supported expanding their scope of practice and removing workplace restrictions, arguing it would improve injury prevention, reduce costs, and help retain professionals in Massachusetts. The committee also took extensive testimony on end-of-life options legislation. Supporters included legislators, physicians, hospice volunteers, clergy, patients’ family members, and advocacy groups, who described the bills as allowing terminally ill, mentally capable adults to choose a peaceful death with strict safeguards and self-administration requirements. They emphasized personal stories of suffering, public support, and the claim that other states have not seen abuse. Opponents, including faith-based, disability-rights, and family policy representatives, argued the bills amount to physician-assisted suicide, could pressure vulnerable people, and may be influenced by prognosis errors, coercion, or financial incentives. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• Burns? Yes. Mr. Burns, yes. Mr. Bush? Yes. Mr. Bush? Yes. Mr. Carson. Mr. Carson, yes. Mr.
• Burns? Yes.
• Burns? Yes. Mr. Burns, yes. Mrs. Berry, yes. Ms. Bolton. Ms. Bolton, yes. Mr. Burns? Yes. Mr.
• Burns? Yes. Mr. Burns, yes. Mr. Burns, yes. Mr. Bush? Yes. Mr. Carson? Mr. Chukwuocha? Mr.
• Burns? Yes. Mr. Burns, yes. Mr. Bush? Yes. Mr. Carson? Mr. Carson. Mr. Burns, yes. Mr. Bush, yes.

Transcript Highlights:

• sedation, and dispensing certain drugs prescribed by another vet, as well as poison control services
• Lastly, a veterinarian may use or prescribe drugs only within the context of a veterinarian-client-patient
• To provide for the well-being of the animals by prescribing, in some cases, other medications, again,
• Unfortunately, I wasn't able to prescribe any kind of pain medication or antibiotics to get that dog
• I have never prescribed anything for any animal.

Bills: HB1904 , HB2106 , HB2211 , HB2247 , HB2329 , HB2339

Committee: House Health Care & Wellness

Keywords: animal welfare, cats, declawing, animal rights, pet care, healthcare, contract modifications, provider notifications, insurance carriers, health facilities, HB 2211, medically tailored meals, medical nutrition therapy, medical assistance, Medicaid, Health Care Authority, Department of Social and Health Services, nutrition support, chronic disease, dietary accommodations

Transcript Highlights:

• sedation, and dispensing certain drugs prescribed by another vet, as well as poison control services
• Lastly, a veterinarian may use or prescribe drugs only within the context of a veterinarian-client-patient
• , in some cases... ...to provide for the well-being of the animals by prescribing, in some cases, other
• And unfortunately, I wasn't able to prescribe any kind of pain medication or antibiotics to get that
• I never have prescribed anything for any animal.

Summary: The committee heard public hearings on several health-related bills. House Bill 1904 would prohibit cat declawing except for therapeutic purposes, with staff explaining definitions, fines, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements. The prime sponsor and animal welfare advocates described declawing as cruel and linked it to pain and behavior problems, while the Washington State Veterinary Medical Association supported the substance of the bill but asked to remove the added reporting and disciplinary provisions as redundant and burdensome. House Bill 2211 would provide guidance for medically tailored meals under existing Medicaid-related nutrition supports, including standards for Washington-based nonprofit providers where possible, menu review, and nutrition requirements. The sponsor said it would clarify implementation without expanding the program, and supporters from meal providers, food distributors, and local farms said it would improve health outcomes, keep dollars local, and support Washington jobs and agriculture. House Bill 2329 would allow licensed midwives to delegate certain tasks to medical assistants and to supervise medical assistants, with the sponsor and birth center operators saying it would fix an omission in current law and help rural and under-resourced birth centers operate more efficiently. Supporters said it would improve staffing and financial stability, while the sponsor indicated the lactation consultant language would likely be removed because those consultants are not regulated by the Department of Health. The committee then returned to House Bill 1904 for additional testimony from humane organizations, veterinarians, shelter leaders, and local officials, all supporting a ban on declawing and emphasizing animal pain, shelter impacts, and available alternatives. House Bill 2247 would expand and clarify veterinary telehealth and veterinarian-client-patient relationship rules, allowing a VCPR to be established in certain telehealth circumstances and setting guardrails for consent, practice standards, and when in-person exams are still required. Supporters from shelters, animal welfare groups, mobile clinics, and veterinarians said telehealth would improve access in rural and underserved areas, reduce shelter intake, and help animals receive care sooner; the veterinary association supported the bill with amendments to clarify recordkeeping and access-to-care findings. House Bill 2339 would update nursing license terminology and processes for advanced registered nurse practitioners, including title changes, controlled substance rules for CRNAs, transcript submission, and interim permits. Nursing board and ARNP representatives supported the technical updates, while the hospital association and medical association raised concerns about title language for clinical nurse specialists and the deletion of a reference to the medical profession. Finally, House Bill 2106 would require health carriers to give 90 days’ notice of significant mid-contract payer modifications and provide the actual modification language, with the sponsor and hospital and provider representatives saying insurers are increasingly making unilateral changes that affect payment, services, and patient access. UW Medicine and a rural hospital district described examples where insurers changed imaging or preventive service coverage mid-contract, causing financial losses and forcing difficult choices about network participation. Carriers were noted as opposing the bill, while providers and facilities argued it would improve transparency and prevent one-sided contract changes that disrupt care.

Transcript Highlights:

• 8 urges the counties to act on any building permit application for modification of a residence prescribed
• 00:08:57.640><c> is</c> modification of a residence that is modification of a residence that is prescribed
• by a licensed health care prescribed by a licensed health care provider,<00:09:00.040><c> and</c><00
• </c><00:22:33.080><c> by</c><00:22:33.200><c> a</c> residence that is prescribed by a residence that
• is prescribed by a licensed<00:22:33.600><c> healthcare</c><00:22:33.960><c> provider</c><00:22:34.520

Bills: SCR63 , SCR8 , SCR160 , SCR90 , SCR93

Committee: House Human Services & Homelessness

Summary: The House Committee on Human Services and Homelessness heard several resolutions focused on disability access, housing, and support for Native Hawaiian beneficiaries. SCR 63 SD1 would have the Disability and Communication Access Board study communication needs in health care settings for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind and revise provider guidance; testimony was strongly supportive, including from the board, a physician, and a family member who described harmful delays in care, and the committee later recommended passage as is. SCR 8 would require counties to act within 45 days on completed permit applications for home modifications needed for an older adult or person with a disability; testimony noted delays in permitting and financing, and the committee recommended passage as is. The committee also heard SCR 160, which urges state housing agencies to create a “housing ladder” program to help individuals and families move from subsidized to unsubsidized housing. Hawaii Public Housing Authority and other agencies supported the concept, and DHS described its family self-sufficiency program and said prior federal resident-services funding had declined over the past 20 years. The committee acknowledged the program may already exist in some form but still recommended adoption of the resolution as is. SCR 90 would ask county planning departments to establish kupuna-friendly building permit requirements for parking accessibility in private businesses. The committee moved it forward with an HD1 for technical amendments; a member raised concern that the measure did not specify the age threshold for “kupuna,” and said they would vote with reservations. Finally, SCR 93 would direct DHHL and the Statewide Office of Homelessness and Housing Solutions to develop a coordinated support and stabilization pathway for Native Hawaiian beneficiaries experiencing homelessness or very low income. DHHL said it is already operating a transitional housing effort called Ka Leo Opu Mama for about 18 beneficiaries using more than $6 million in federal Nah Ho Sa funds, with no dedicated state funding, and the committee recommended passage as is. The meeting ended with the chair thanking testifiers and members and adjourning the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• Members, with the capacities of the digital age, there are many benefits to electronic prescribing of
• E-prescribing provides improved prescription accuracy, increased patient safety, reduces opportunities
• E-prescribing provides improved prescription accuracy, increased patient safety, reduces opportunities
• And so with e-prescribing, eliminating so many errors, we've required providers to electronically prescribe
• Specifically, this amendment replaces exemptions for e-prescribing requirements when the practitioner

Summary: The committee met to consider a large agenda of health and human services bills, moving quickly because of a two-hour time limit. Early measures reported favorably included SB 976 on challenges to court-appointed psychologists in family law cases, SB 306 on Medicaid provider network access and after-hours availability, and SB 584 on housing supports for college students and youth in extended foster care. SB 1412 on home health regulation modernization also passed, with one support appearance from the Home Care Association. Members then approved several bills focused on research and care delivery, including SB 1800 creating a Parkinson’s disease research consortium at USF with an adopted amendment adding academic medical centers, SB 524 adding Duchenne muscular dystrophy to newborn screening, SB 1156 revising a Medicaid home health aide program for medically fragile children, and SB 1490 transferring and redesigning the managed care program for critically ill children. SB 1174 on foster home licensure transfers, SB 1620 implementing mental health and substance use commission recommendations, SB 1568 revising e-prescribing exemptions, and SB 788 on veterans nursing home beds were also reported favorably. The committee had more extensive debate on SB 1270, the Department of Health agency package, which included provisions on vaccination status, medical marijuana background screening, licensing and compact issues, and sovereign immunity for volunteer dental workers; it passed after an amendment and several members voiced concerns about patient treatment and “voting power” language. SB 1606 on patient access to records drew strong opposition from providers and health information professionals over privacy, HIPAA, and administrative burdens; it was initially reported unfavorably, then reconsidered and ultimately passed after a motion to reconsider. Other bills reported favorably included SB 1736 on insulin administration by direct support professionals and relatives, SB 1808 on patient refunds from providers, SB 1842 on referral disclosure of network status, SB 1354 on behavioral health managing entity oversight, SB 1768 on stem cell therapies with informed consent requirements, and SPB 7032 on presumptive Medicaid eligibility for permanently disabled individuals, which was submitted and reported as a committee bill. The meeting ended after all agenda items were handled and the committee adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• Members, with the capacities of the digital age, there are many benefits to electronic prescribing of
• E-prescribing provides improved prescription accuracy, increased patient safety, reduces opportunities
• E-prescribing provides improved prescription accuracy, increased patient safety, reduces opportunities
• And so with e-prescribing, eliminating so many errors, we've required providers to electronically prescribe
• Specifically, this amendment replaces exemptions for e-prescribing requirements when the practitioner

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services met to consider a full agenda of bills, moving quickly through 20 measures and several amendments. Early bills reported favorably included SB 976 on procedures for challenging court-appointed psychologists in family law cases, SB 306 on Medicaid managed care provider access outside regular business hours, and SB 584 on housing supports for foster youth and college students, which drew supportive testimony from former foster youth and was backed by members as a way to improve stability and educational opportunity. The committee also approved SB 1412 to modernize home health regulations and SB 1800 to create a Parkinson’s research consortium at USF, with members citing the need for more research and future funding opportunities. The committee adopted amendments on several bills, including technical and conforming changes to the Parkinson’s bill and other measures. The committee then advanced a series of health care and child welfare bills. SB 524 added Duchenne muscular dystrophy to newborn screening; SB 1156 revised the Home Health Aide Program for medically fragile children, including training, reimbursement, and work-hour flexibility; and SB 1490 reorganized services for medically fragile children by shifting program administration to AHCA and requiring a redesign plan for the Medicaid waiver. SB 1174 allowed foster home and child-caring agency licenses to be amended when a foster parent relocates, and SB 1620 implemented selected recommendations from the Commission on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders, including a new research center at USF and school-based behavioral health review requirements. SB 1568 revised e-prescribing exemptions, and SB 78 authorized certain veterans’ nursing home beds and related certificate-of-need transfers. All of these measures were reported favorably after brief debate or supportive testimony. Several bills prompted more extensive discussion and some opposition. CS for CS SB 1270, the Department of Health agency package, included provisions on vaccination-related patient rights, medical marijuana reporting, background screening, temporary licensure, compact participation, and sovereign immunity for volunteer dentists; it passed despite concerns from Senators Berman, Brodeur, and Harrell about vaccination language and board/voting-power provisions. CS for SB 1606 on patient access to records drew strong opposition from physicians and health information professionals over privacy, security, fines, and portal access; it was initially reported unfavorably, then reconsidered and ultimately reported favorably as a committee bill. CS for SB 1736, allowing insulin administration by direct support professionals and relatives for individuals with developmental disabilities, and SB 1808, requiring timely refunds to patients, both passed. CS for SB 1842, requiring referring providers to help patients determine whether referred providers are in-network, also passed over concerns about burden on small practices. The committee also advanced SB 1354, a behavioral health oversight bill requiring audits, performance reporting, and system transparency measures for managing entities, and SB 1768, which authorizes physicians to perform certain stem cell therapies using specified products and requires informed consent; both drew supportive comments but also concerns about patient understanding and oversight. Finally, the committee approved SPB 7032 as a committee bill to create presumptive Medicaid eligibility for permanently disabled individuals during redetermination, and after reconsideration it reported SB 1606 favorably as a committee bill. The meeting ended with members noting their recorded votes on select tabs and adjourning after completing the agenda.

Transcript Highlights:

• specific licenses or identification cards from unauthorized aliens or undocumented immigrants, and prescribed
• technology, a system, or a method to establish interoperable communications capabilities that may prescribe
• requirements. ...or a method to establish interoperable communications capabilities that may prescribe
• for damages caused by the public school's failure to address a threat to the student's safety if prescribed
• Finally, the bill requires the Auditor General to prescribe the format of the school district annual

Summary: The committee reviewed a long agenda of Senate bills across campaign finance, commerce, education, government, health and human services, judiciary, rural development, transportation, and ways and means. Many measures were described as consent items or strike-everything amendments, including bills on campaign finance termination statements and late-report penalties, AI provenance data, insurance and contractor conduct during emergencies, continuation of various boards and commissions, school safety and communication systems, DCS and child welfare procedures, public records fees, utility submetering, foreign adversary restrictions, and multiple health care licensing and reimbursement provisions. Several members asked for clarification on a number of bills, including school discipline communication, DCS photo documentation, and utility billing changes. A few bills drew more extended discussion. SB 1074, concerning teacher-initiated classroom removals and principal certification of return and discipline, prompted questions about parental notification and the purpose of the bill. SB 1175, requiring DCS caseworkers to photograph children at each interaction, led to concerns about privacy and the scope of documentation, with supporters saying it would improve continuity and child protection. SB 1751, which would expand execution methods to include firing squad, generated strong opposition from one member and support from another, with debate focused on the morality of execution methods and the implications for those carrying them out. SB 1336, continuing the State Land Department and creating an oversight board, was pulled from the consent calendar. The committee also heard brief comments in support of bills on hyperbaric oxygen therapy in assisted living, research security at universities, and EMS licensure compacts. Toward the end, members reviewed bills on virtual currency investments and payments, telecommunications infrastructure, tax lien and revenue administration changes, and retirement system investment limits. No floor votes were taken in the transcript; the meeting primarily consisted of bill presentations, questions, and a few items being removed or pulled from consent calendars.

Transcript Highlights:

• that we may not deny an individual access to housing solely on the basis that he or she may be prescribed
• Delegation of prescribing is still required. This simply removes the paperwork for the doctor.
• standards by ensuring PAs and APRNs can prescribe a normal 30-day course of psychotropic medication.
• So what you're saying is that PAs already have the authority to prescribe psychotropics? Correct.
• Many of them do not prescribe controlled substances, so this removes that requirement.

Transcript Highlights:

• the transaction is completed, to provide notice to the purchaser and offer a prorated refund as prescribed
• the transaction is completed, to provide notice to the purchaser and offer a prorated refund as prescribed
• to commence an action to enforce the compensation and unlawful content requirements for award of prescribed
• action relating to the unlawful content requirements if the platform otherwise complies with the prescribed
• But yes, up until the age of 18, it is prescribed by that Coogan Trust, and that money is yours regardless

Bills: HB2010 , HB2192 , HB2310 , HB2501

Committee: Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Keywords: digital goods, advertising, ownership, license, consumer protection, refund policies, streaming services, minors, content creators, online platforms, compensation, trust accounts, child protection, video content, privacy, employment, independent contractor, marketplace, digital services, contractual agreements

Transcript Highlights:

• Burns? Yes. Mr. Burns, yes. Mr. Bush? Yes. Mr. Bush, yes. Mr. Carson? Mr. Carson, yes. Mr.
• Burns? No. Mr. Burns? No. Mr. Bush? Yes. Mr. Bush, yes. Mr. Carson? Mr. Carson, yes. Mr.
• Burns? Yes. Mr. Burns, yes. Mr. Bush, yes. Mr. Carson, absent. Mr. Chukwuocha, yes. Mr.
• Burns? Yes. Mr. Burns, yes. Mr. Bush? Yes. Mr. Bush, yes. Mr. Carson? Mr. Chukwuocha? Mr.
• Burns? Yes. Mr. Burns? No. Mr. Burns? No. Mr. Bush? Yes. Mr. Carson? Yes. Mr. Chukwuocha? Yes. Mr.

Summary: The House met on June 30, 2026, with opening ceremonies, guest introductions, a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a moment of silence for two deceased community members. Members also adopted Consent Calendar 29, which included House Concurrent Resolutions 153, 154, and 156, and passed House Concurrent Resolution 157 directing the State Lottery to report on iLottery options to support traditional lottery retailers, as amended to set a February 15, 2027 reporting deadline. The chamber then considered several bills on agriculture, telecommunications, health, fire service standards, corrections, elections, and education. Among the measures passed were Senate Bill 53 on the Delaware Farm to Community Program, Senate Bill 307 on PSC authority for Lifeline telecom carriers, Senate Bill 339 clarifying advance health care directives, Senate Bill 235 extending manufactured home rent increase rules, Senate Bill 325 updating firefighter/EMS background check and membership standards, Senate Bill 309 discharging incarceration-related balances, Senate Bill 324 on constable-related handgun purchase exemptions, Senate Bill 94 on respiratory care practitioners and ECMO medication access, and Senate Bill 293 creating a licensure pathway for summer camp providers in the Purchase of Care program. The House also passed Senate Substitute 2 for Senate Bill 100, proposing a constitutional amendment to protect the right to marry regardless of race or gender while explicitly preserving religious freedom. The bill drew extended debate, with supporters framing it as a safeguard against future rollbacks of marriage equality and opponents raising concerns about constitutionalizing an issue already in statute; several members explained changed votes and personal reflections before the final roll call, which passed 28-12. House Bill 188, which would allow unaffiliated voters to choose a party primary, also passed after amendment, despite some opposition over party-system effects. Two measures were tabled or amended after debate: Senate Bill 233 on removing snow and ice from vehicles was initially tabled to consider a truck-driver exemption amendment, then the amendment failed and the bill later passed as amended; and Senate Joint Resolution 19 on studying health care costs was tabled briefly pending legal clarification. House Substitute 1 for House Bill 404, creating a three-year pilot program for AI and extended reality in schools, passed after testimony from the Department of Education emphasizing guardrails, data privacy, and teacher oversight. The transcript ends as House Bill 478 is being read in, but no final action on that bill appears in the provided text.

Transcript Highlights:

• Laura Rodolfi really appreciates the conversations around amendments from the Burns Institute.
• this firsthand in other states like Louisiana, who sought to extradite a California physician for prescribing
• Sometimes we think it's better to let the fire burn out, so to speak, to let the words of those who attempt
• Many of these patients have recently been prescribed and have taken medication that allows them to manage

Committee: House Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:

• The bill also prescribes assessment administration requirements.
• The bill also prescribes assessment administration requirements.
• The bill also prescribes assessment administration requirements.
• The bill also prescribes election requirements for the taxes and assessments.
• The bill also prohibits the Arizona Department of Revenue from prescribing... ...of conformity.

Committee: Senate Senate Finance Committee of Reference

Summary: The Senate Finance Committee approved the March 16, 2026 minutes and then heard testimony on several bills, with the chair noting that votes would be taken in batches because members were coming and going. HB 2939 would increase the rural qualified facilities tax credit from $20,000 to $25,000 per job for certain projects with initial investment under $2 billion; Lucid Motors supported it as a rural economic development tool, while Senator Epstein questioned the fiscal note and whether the higher credit would actually attract new investment. HB 2950 would authorize tourism improvement areas funded by voluntary lodging assessments to support marketing and tourism promotion; the Arizona Lodging and Tourism Association and Visit Phoenix backed it as a competitive tool for rural and urban destinations, and committee members focused on whether participation was truly voluntary and how the assessments would be administered. HB 2780 made technical conforming changes to Arizona’s property tax lien foreclosure and excess proceeds sale process, building on a prior law that created a mechanism for delinquent property owners to recover equity; the sponsor and a longtime constituent said the changes would fix timing and credit-bid language so qualified entity sales could work in practice. HB 2502 would let certain elected officials in ASRS retire at normal retirement age without resigning their office, with the employer paying the alternate contribution rate; ASRS said it was neutral, and the sponsor argued the bill would treat elected officials more like other ASRS members. The committee then adopted do-pass recommendations for HB 2502, HB 2780, HB 2950, and HB 2939, with each passing on split votes. The committee also adopted a striker to HB 2140, allowing the State Treasurer to invest up to 10% of state trust and treasury monies in physical gold or silver bullion held in secure U.S. depositories. The sponsor and the Sound Money Defense League argued it would diversify reserves and hedge against market disruption, while opponents said gold is volatile, costly to store, and not something taxpayers need the state to buy. HB 2140 then passed as amended on a 4-2 vote. Finally, the committee heard HB 2398, as amended, which requires commercial liability insurance for watercraft rentals and peer-to-peer boat sharing programs, with supporters saying it addresses uninsured rental boats and law enforcement concerns; the bill passed as amended on a 6-1 vote. The committee also heard HB 2999, a major housing-finance bill creating state affordability infrastructure districts to finance public infrastructure through bonds and assessments; proponents said it would lower housing costs by spreading infrastructure costs over time, while contractors and some senators raised concerns about payment risk, impact-fee treatment, and whether savings would reach homebuyers. After adopting a striker and hearing extensive questions, HB 2999 passed as amended on a 6-1 vote.

Transcript Highlights:

• Well, when you burn the kinds of things that are in regulated medical waste, like anything that you burn
• , any kind of thing that you burn, that's not natural, right?
• I believe you mentioned burn rates.
• There's a reason that EPA already put in place regs specifically for burning medical waste.
• We're just saying if you're going to do... ...stuff is burned and it's put into the air.

Committee: House A&B Natural Resources Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:

• If I have prescribed a medication at a certain dosage and my patient needs a higher dose that is not
• Or is it when I prescribe a dose that... From having to wait for the insurance?
• Or is it when I prescribe a dose that exceeds the recommended dose? Okay. It is the former.
• It is when you are prescribed an actual, when you prescribe a drug and it is approved by the plan, they
• My question, though, on I guess the clinical side or the doctor's side is if a doctor prescribes...

Committee: Senate Health

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> practitioners the ability to prescribe. practitioners the ability to prescribe.
• Yeah, they cannot give their prescribing ability back for prescription drugs.
• Yeah, they cannot give their prescribing ability back for prescription drugs.
• Yeah, they cannot give their prescribing ability back for prescription drugs.
• Yeah, they cannot give their prescribing ability back for prescription drugs.

Committee: House Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations

Transcript Highlights:

• I also lead three ECHOs, one aimed at prescribers, a second in partnership with the New Mexico Supreme
• A patient who was doing well on buprenorphine under the care of a prescriber employed by the Department
• , including more non-specialist prescribers in the community.
• But I can prescribe a life-saving medication if my patients can't get it. It's all for naught.
• I heard from others that the source of the problem is prescribers.

Committee: House House Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:

• doctors from the pills. ...even removing the name of prescribing doctors from the pills.
• Current law restricts persons authorized to prescribe or write a prescription from owning a pharmacy,
• AB 968 covers a pharmacist's ability to prescribe non-hormonal contraception.
• Currently, the law specifies that a pharmacist may only prescribe hormonal contraception.
• Currently, the law specifies that a pharmacist may only prescribe hormonal contraceptives.

Summary: The Assembly Business and Professions Committee heard a full agenda of bills focused on reproductive health, professional licensing and sunset reviews, consumer protection, and business regulation. Early testimony centered on AB 260, which would protect access to medication abortion, mifepristone, and telehealth reproductive care in California; supporters emphasized state protections against federal restrictions, while an opponent argued the bill removed safety safeguards. The committee also heard AB 714 on closing a loophole in regulation of low-cost commercial driving schools, AB 968 on allowing pharmacists to prescribe non-hormonal contraception, AB 671 on streamlining restaurant permitting, AB 1027 on strengthening cannabis product testing oversight, AB 1271 on broadband pricing and speed transparency, and AB 1332 on narrowly allowing medicinal cannabis shipments for seriously ill patients. Several sunset bills were also taken up, including AB 1482 on animal shelter and breeder transparency, AB 1501 on the Podiatric Medical Board and Physician Assistant Board, AB 1502 on the Veterinary Medical Board, AB 1503 on the Board of Pharmacy, and AB 1504 on the Massage Therapy Council. Testimony was largely in support of the measures, with many bills drawing co-sponsors or support from industry, consumer, or professional groups. AB 1503 generated the most sustained opposition, with nurses, physicians, and drug industry representatives objecting to expanded pharmacy technician ratios, standard-of-care language, and therapeutic interchange authority; supporters argued the bill would modernize pharmacy practice and expand access. AB 1504 also drew mixed testimony, with massage therapy groups supporting continuation of the council but raising concerns about proposed public records and governance provisions. AB 1271 drew a policy dispute over whether broadband reporting requirements duplicated federal FCC processes, while supporters argued California needed its own consumer-facing data and complaint system. After quorum was established later in the hearing, the committee began taking roll-call votes. AB 1271, AB 1332, AB 1482, AB 1501, and AB 1502 were all reported out on due-pass motions, with AB 1271 amended and the others generally amended or as introduced as noted. Earlier bills including AB 260, AB 671, AB 714, AB 968, and AB 1027 also received motions and were approved once the quorum was present. The chair repeatedly noted the lack of quorum during the hearing, but once one was secured, the committee completed votes on the agenda items and advanced the measures to Appropriations.

Transcript Highlights:

• ,</c> pharmacists can independently prescribe, pharmacists can independently prescribe, dispense,<01:
• </c> may administer and prescribe vaccines. may administer and prescribe vaccines.
• </c><01:26:27.679><c> of</c> ...administering and the prescribing of vaccines.
• It doesn't impact your expanding access to administer and prescribe certain vaccines.
• It doesn't impact your expanding access to administer and prescribe certain vaccines.