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• price, which complicates the fair market comparison and impacts market-rate renters in their housing search
• transparent, and many states have laws that focus on pre-tenancy fees or fees charged during the search
• market, and families will be better able to anticipate the total cost of moving before beginning the search
• This saves families time so they can focus their search on the homes that meet their needs and that are
• Aaron, and relatively quickly, just we can move it.

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

Transcript Highlights:

• These next three slides I'm going to go through relatively quickly.
• available to market actors, available to researchers, but must be paid for, again, if you're going to go search
• available to market actors, available to researchers, but must be paid for, again, if you're going to go search
• That can be searched by facility.
• That can be searched by facility.

Summary: The committee began with an extended work session on the long-term care workforce. DSHS Assistant Secretary B. Rector described the new Home and Community Living Administration and outlined major workforce pressures: Washington had about 126,000 long-term care workers in 2022, with demand expected to outpace supply as the 85-plus population and dementia prevalence rise sharply. She emphasized that direct care workers are largely women, people of color, and immigrants, and that family caregivers are also a major part of the system. She highlighted recruitment and retention efforts funded through federal Money Follows the Person dollars, including high school training partnerships, a retention toolkit, transportation support, caregiver newsletters, tribal workforce navigators, and a remote caregiving pilot. Committee members asked about career pathways, technology use, and turnover drivers; Rector said wages, benefits, unstable hours, and workplace support are key issues and promised follow-up data. Aidan Swain of the Washington Health Care Association said skilled nursing and assisted living facilities face acute RN vacancies, wage pressures, and Medicaid reimbursement that does not cover costs, and urged modernization of training, better reimbursement, and continued support for facility-based care. Maddie Fouch of SEIU 775, representing about 55,000 caregivers, said low wages, weak benefits, lack of voice, and certification delays are driving turnover and shortages, and argued for higher compensation, better worker protections, and more transparent reimbursement. Catherine Smith of Behavioral Health Solutions described growing behavioral health needs in nursing homes, the role of expanded behavioral supports programs, and credentialing delays that slow hiring. No votes were taken; the panel was informational only. The second agenda item was an overview of the palliative care benefit work group report required by 2024 legislation. Nico Jansen of the Office of the Insurance Commissioner explained that the work group, convened with the Health Care Authority, studied a potential palliative care benefit for fully insured commercial plans and also Medicaid, PEBB, and SEBB. He said palliative care is a philosophy of care focused on symptom management, coordination, and support for serious illness, and is distinct from hospice because it can be provided alongside curative treatment. The actuarial analysis concluded that creating a new benefit would likely increase costs, estimating about a 28-cent per member per month increase overall and roughly $2.6 million to $4.5 million in annual state Medicaid costs if implemented in 2027. Jansen said the consultants did not find sufficient evidence to assume savings from avoided hospitalizations or long-term care, though several work group members disagreed and submitted response letters. Senators asked about other states, Medicare, health homes, and whether more research could clarify cost savings; OIC said some states, including Hawaii, are moving ahead with Medicaid palliative care benefits, Medicare covers some related services but not in the same way, and further evidence may emerge over time. OIC did not take a position on whether the Legislature should create the benefit. The final presentation covered health care price transparency tools in Washington and federally. Evan Klein and HCA Chief Data Officer Vishal Chaudry reviewed federal hospital and health plan transparency rules, the state all-payer claims database, prescription drug price transparency, the Health Care Cost Transparency Board, the Prescription Drug Affordability Board, and other reporting systems. They explained that the APCD contains claims from fully insured commercial plans, Medicaid, and public employee programs, but not self-insured employer data except for limited voluntary submissions. They also described how machine-readable files, consumer price tools, and aggregated dashboards are used, and noted that data limitations, delays, and complexity remain significant. Senators asked about voluntary self-insured participation, the role of AI in making data more usable, and whether transparency can really help consumers given access barriers and medical debt. HCA said AI is increasingly used by private entities to mine large transparency datasets, but state agencies still face limits in data access and analytic capacity. The committee did not take action; the session was informational and ended with a discussion of how transparency data might better inform policy and purchasing decisions in the future.

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• Can we agree that searching a building in Iraq or Afghanistan when you're in a combat zone as an Army
• officer is fundamentally different than performing those kinds of searches inside the United States
• different than performing those kinds of searches and activities inside the United States with American
• They served incredibly important jobs with bomb-sniffing dogs, searching out IEDs.
• you needed water or fuel, you could get it from the United States to those theaters quickly and relatively

Committee: Senate Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel

Transcript Highlights:

• We're a very small department with a relatively small state budget, but it is important to highlight
• with a relatively small state budget,<00:48:03.599><c> but</c><00:48:03.839><c> is</c><00:48:04.079>
• We executed 23 search warrants, and we began eight nuisance abatement cases against property owners.
• We executed 23 search warrants, and we began eight nuisance abatement cases against property owners.
• </c> guys when we're doing that um search guys when we're doing that um search warrant<01:28:08.239><

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• , as stated previously, the cost of living in Texas has continued to rise while wages have been relatively
• won't fully resolve this crisis, this pilot project would provide additional support for housing searches
• program that allows for the flexible use of funds to meet the needs that come up during a housing search
• And I need access to the powers like search warrants and grand jury subpoenas.

Bills: HB158

Committee: House Intergovernmental Affairs

Keywords: public funds, lobbying activities, political subdivision, government spending, transparency

Transcript Highlights:

• So, our first hearing is on SB 27FN relative to dwellings over water.
• </c><00:18:01.440><c> to</c> requirement on the plans uh relative to requirement on the plans uh relative
• So, Senate Bill 110 is relative to terrain permitting.
• So, Senate Bill 110 is relative to terrain permitting.
• Open the exec session on SB 110 FN, relative to terrain permitting.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 27FN, which would change how improvements to dwellings over water are handled and align those projects more closely with the state building code. The bill was presented by Trisha Milo on behalf of Senator Lang, and attorney John Cronin explained that it arose from a specific New Hampshire Supreme Court case involving the Newcombs’ lakeside property, but that it could affect a small number of older waterfront homes statewide. He said the intent was to give the Department of Environmental Services (DES) limited waiver authority for improvements that do not harm water quality, plant life, or fish, while still requiring DES review and local permits. Committee members asked several questions about the scope of the bill, including whether it was tied to one case, how many properties might be affected, what counts as “living space,” and whether the language could allow larger decks or other expansions. Cronin said the bill was meant to be narrow, focused on access and egress and not on creating new living space, and that DES would still be able to deny unreasonable requests. He also described the Newcombs’ project as a rehabilitation of an older structure that had been approved locally and later challenged by DES, leading to the current dispute. Darlene Forst, the Wetlands Bureau administrator at DES, testified in opposition. She said the department was surprised the bill was being heard because it believed the Senate had sent it to interim study, and she argued the language was unclear and could have broader statewide effects than intended. Forst also said the underlying case was still active and should not be effectively re-litigated through this bill. No vote or final committee action was taken during the portion of the hearing provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• This was a relatively old rule that needed to be updated to reflect transformation and just some streamlining
• requirement for a TEA or WorkPays applicant who is determined job ready to be required to complete some job search
• requirement for a TEA or WorkPays applicant who is determined job ready to be required to complete some job search

Committee: All ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

Summary: The Arkansas Administrative Rules Subcommittee met to review a large set of agency rules and reports. Early items were routine filings: emergency-rule reports, subcommittee review reports, and administrative directive reports were filed without objection. One rule from the Department of Agriculture on maternal health providers and remote monitoring was noted as pulled by the agency and not considered. The committee then reviewed and approved several Agriculture rules, including repeal of equine ID-chip rules after Act 703 of 2025, updates to finance rules adding a new water and sewer treatment facilities grant and consolidating revolving-fund rules, and a pesticide rule creating a Class J pesticide category for feral hog toxicant use. It also approved a Commerce/Insurance rule removing duplicative workers’ compensation plan provisions, and a Corrections rule creating a unified visitation rule for correctional facilities and community correction centers. A member asked about prison visitation hours during COVID, and staff said they would check on that. The committee next approved multiple Department of Human Services rules. These included marketing rules for provider-led organizations under Act 301 of 2025, a comprehensive revision of the DCFS policy manual, changes to Medicaid eligibility to include fictive kin placements and to expand ABLE account eligibility under Act 875, presumptive eligibility changes for pregnant women to align with federal rules, and a follow-up SNAP/TEA/Work Pays rule with updated work requirements, mandatory employment and training, alien eligibility changes, and job-search requirements for certain applicants. DHS also presented a rule implementing federal coverage for certain incarcerated youth before and after release, and the committee approved it. Another DHS rule updated nurse aide training requirements to match federal CNA hour standards and moved criminal-records-check procedures to the agency website. The most extended discussion involved DHS Division of Medical Services’ dental rate rule under Act 1025. The agency explained that it was increasing pediatric dental rates and certain oral-surgery-related rates, but not orthodontic rates or a broader special-needs benefit limit because CMS would not approve a diagnosis-based limit. Members debated whether the statutory language was intended to cover general dentists performing oral surgery procedures, with legislators, the Dental Association, and DHS discussing legislative intent, fiscal impact, and whether a future fix or emergency rule might be needed. Despite the disagreement, the committee approved the rule. The committee also approved other DHS medical rules: adverse-decision appeal changes and prior-authorization posting requirements, an increased RSV administration fee for children, expanded emergency treat/triage/transport ambulance authority, and clinic-based physical and occupational therapy coverage. Later, the committee approved permanent rules for the new state insurance program under Shared Administrative Services, procurement rule revisions recommended after an ACASO review, and commodity-management rule updates including a new revenue distribution model. Under Act 595 of 2021, the committee granted two Department of Commerce/Insurance requests to be excluded from rulemaking requirements: one for Act 772 on forced organ harvesting, and one for restorative reproductive medicine, with the department saying it would promulgate rules later when clinical guidelines are available. Finally, the committee accepted a recommendation to keep and extend the Department of Education, Division of Career and Technical Education rules, filed outstanding rulemaking updates, and adjourned without further business.

Transcript Highlights:

• So that's a couple of reasons why we've become such a leader in this field: we have a relatively stable
• And I say, you know, let's look this up and let's bounce this concept off of an AI that can search the
• And I say, you know, let's look this up and let's bounce this concept off of an AI that can search the

Committee: House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• easement for ingress and egress for the purpose of maintaining and conducting research and non-invasive searches
• The amendment simply establishes and directs DEP to establish a set of best management practices relative
• So what we have found is that these facilities in particular are relatively new in Northwest Florida.

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• </c> um, burning through that in a relatively um, burning through that in a relatively rather<01:47:01.280
• Whether it's a relatively dangerous.
• There's a search and rescue license plate.
• There's a search and rescue license plate.
• rescue</c><03:22:03.080><c> license</c> There's a search and rescue license There's a search and rescue

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We need more search and rescue.
• While searching for Lenny, I came across Bubble Inn.
• We searched downstream from Camp Mystic.
• We searched downstream from Camp Mystic on the canyon side.
• Later, while searching further downstream on my own, Later, while searching further downstream on my

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So the other thing I would have is an evaluation of nuclear relative to some of those other technologies
• So the other thing I would have is an evaluation of nuclear relative to some of those other technologies
• So the other thing I would have is an evaluation of nuclear relative to some of those other technologies
• So the other thing I would have is an evaluation of nuclear relative to some of those other technologies
• for a decade and we've been searching for a decade for<01:37:26.080><c> bipartisan</c><01:37:26.800>

Bills: HF4308 , HF4153 , HF4703 , HF4711

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy

Keywords: HF4308, Monticello nuclear plant, Prairie Island, renewable development account, RDA, nuclear waste, spent fuel, dry cask storage, utility tax, commercial-industrial property tax, state general levy, property tax exemption, residential heating fuels, natural gas tax exemption, electricity sales tax exemption, year-round sales tax exemption, distributed solar energy standard, solar mandate, community solar, grid modernization

Transcript Highlights:

• First, we are a relatively small nonprofit. Our operating expenses last year were around $330,000.
• First, we are a relatively small nonprofit. Our operating expenses last year were around $330,000.
• So I don't know exactly the exact numbers of communities who were targeted by ICE Metro Search.
• So I don't know exactly the exact numbers of communities who were targeted by ICE Metro Search.
• </c><01:14:08.800><c> have</c> The impacts of this Metro search have The impacts of this Metro search

Committee: House Legacy Finance

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• THESE NUMBERS ARE RELATIVE TO THE PRISON SYSTEM SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT POPULATION MANAGEMENT IT'S NOT JUST
• TECHNICAL EDUCATION OR THE DISTRACTIONS THAT COME FROM GANGS AND ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT EXIST IN RELATIVE
• WE DON'T HAVE OFF-THE-SHELF PARTS FOR A LOT OF THE SYSTEMS BUT THE TURNAROUND TIME IS RELATIVELY FAST
• BE REDUCED IF WE COULD HAVE OFFICERS LOOKING FOR THE THINGS THESE PEOPLE DO INSTEAD OF CONSTANTLY SEARCHING
• IT'S NOT THE CONVICTION OR THE CHART, SORRY OF THE TERM OF THE FIRST ACT WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Bills: SB330 , SB2069 , SB2095 , SB1721 , SB1433 , SB1316 , SB1280 , SB1455 , SB1456 , SB1457 , SB1459 , SB1461 , SB1463 , SB1465 , SB1466 , HJR1088 , SB1684 , SB378 , SB1447 , SB1920 , SB1443 , HR1047 , SB1877 , SB1884 , SB1365 , SB2174 , SB1525 , SB1810 , SB1771 , SB1805 , SB1916 , SB1530 , SB1847 , SB1990 , SB2060 , SB1992 , SB1579 , SB1778 , SB2132 , SB1623 , SB2067 , SB1589 , SB1441 , SB1224 , SB372 , SB1232 , SB1264 , SB1450 , SB2011 , SB2030 , SB1980 , SB1936 , SB1477 , SB1593 , SB1725 , SB1670 , SB1480 , SB1726 , SB1633 , SB1735 , SB1632 , SB1277 , SB1217 , SB1826 , SB1824 , SB1813 , SB1326 , SB1937 , SB1641

Keywords: elk population, wildlife management, Oklahoma State University, veterinary medicine, ecosystem health, habitat assessment, advanced nuclear energy, nuclear power, small modular reactor, SMR, microreactor, generation III+, generation IV, nuclear reactor, nuclear permitting, nuclear licensing, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, OCC, Oklahoma Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, Oklahoma Advanced Nuclear Development Revolving Fund

Bills: SB330 , SB2069 , SB2095 , SB1721 , SB1433 , SB1316 , SB1280 , SB1455 , SB1456 , SB1457 , SB1459 , SB1461 , SB1463 , SB1465 , SB1466 , HJR1088 , SB1684 , SB378 , SB1447 , SB1920 , SB1443 , HR1047 , SB1877 , SB1884 , SB1365 , SB2174 , SB1525 , SB1810 , SB1771 , SB1805 , SB1916 , SB1530 , SB1847 , SB1990 , SB2060 , SB1992 , SB1579 , SB1778 , SB2132 , SB1623 , SB2067 , SB1589 , SB1441 , SB1224 , SB372 , SB1232 , SB1264 , SB1450 , SB2011 , SB2030 , SB1980 , SB1936 , SB1477 , SB1593 , SB1725 , SB1670 , SB1480 , SB1726 , SB1633 , SB1735 , SB1632 , SB1277 , SB1217 , SB1826 , SB1824 , SB1813 , SB1326 , SB1937 , SB1641

Keywords: elk population, wildlife management, Oklahoma State University, veterinary medicine, ecosystem health, habitat assessment, advanced nuclear energy, nuclear power, small modular reactor, SMR, microreactor, generation III+, generation IV, nuclear reactor, nuclear permitting, nuclear licensing, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, OCC, Oklahoma Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, Oklahoma Advanced Nuclear Development Revolving Fund

Summary: The House convened, called the roll, offered an invocation, and recited the Pledge of Allegiance. The chamber also handled routine business including reassignment of Senate Bills 262 and 1618 to the Rules Committee, and recognized the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Hatoum, and Nurse of the Day, Alexis Watt of Pryor. Several guest groups were introduced from the galleries, including Leadership Lawton-Fort Sill, the Grove Area Chamber of Commerce, Sooner Job Challenge, Elevate Oklahoma students, and the Antlers youth leadership group from Sapulpa. The main legislative item discussed was House Resolution 1047 by Representative Sneed concerning CompSource Mutual Insurance Company. Sneed said the resolution was intended to ensure policyholders are made whole from roughly $1 billion in reserves before any reorganization or conversion, and explained that policyholders should share in the value created by their premiums. Members asked questions about CompSource’s structure, its move from mutual to stock status, whether the resolution was binding, and whether policyholders would receive cash or stock; Sneed said the resolution expresses the will of the House and that the details would be determined by the policyholders and the company. An amendment to the resolution was adopted without objection, and the resolution itself was then adopted without objection. The remainder of the meeting consisted of announcements about committee meetings and events, including devotion, Gen Gov, Post-Secondary Education, Banking, Insurance, Public Health, Rural Caucus, and Oklahoma Film and Music Day. The floor leader then moved to adjourn, and the House adjourned until Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• But because Minnesota is a relatively wealthy state, we pay approximately half of the bill.
• </c><00:44:12.240><c> small</c> facilities and they're relatively small facilities and they're relatively
• It searches a wide range of records, including Bureau of Criminal Apprehension records, Minnesota Court
• c> a</c><01:14:22.840><c> wide</c><01:14:23.080><c> range</c><01:14:23.360><c> of</c> studied it searches
• a wide range of studied it searches a wide range of Records<01:14:24.400><c> um</c><01:14:24.600><c>

Committee: House Human Services Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• I mean, we just quit searching Saturday.
• This green area is where the dogs searched.
• They did three searches. initial very fast search and then they did two very methodical searches.
• On the 5th, I was doing search.
• Then I went back to search and rescue. Every day I did search and rescue.

Committee: House Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select

Keywords: 997, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The act requires title insurers to search for Rock Notices before issuing a policy.
• ,</c> reasonable search, reasonable search, and<00:47:15.680><c> fails</c><00:47:16.040><c> to</c><00
• ,</c> would have been found by such a search, would have been found by such a search, the<00:47:20.880
• </c> protection, but that's also relatively protection, but that's also relatively expensive,<01:03:18.440
• </c><01:30:41.240><c> data</c> I searched for any meaningful data I searched for any meaningful data

Committee: Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:57:13.760><c> with</c> aging parents relatives with aging parents relatives with disabilities
• You could have a family member renting to their relative, their niece, or a close relative.
• You could have a family member renting to their relative, their niece, or a close relative.
• and seizure is the tenant's search and seizure when a tenant is occupying a unit?
• c> when</c><04:17:02.239><c> a</c> the tenant search and seizure when a the tenant search and seizure

Committee: House Housing

Keywords: 1189, house, all