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• He currently serves as the president and CEO of AB Bank, a sixth-generation family-owned community bank
• He currently serves as the president and CEO of AB Bank, a sixth-generation family-owned community bank
• He currently serves as the president and CEO of AB Bank, a sixth-generation family-owned community bank

Committee: Senate Education

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• Bank Stadium. Currently the city pays into four obligations related to the stadium."
• Bank Stadium. Currently the city pays into four obligations related to the stadium.
• Bank Stadium.
• Bank Stadium, not the city of Minneapolis.
• Bank Stadium, not the city of Minneapolis.

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• From an economic standpoint, From an economic standpoint, to bank sperm, it's $140 per sperm bank.
• We recommend banking for four collections, so that would be about $600.
• So with the banking of sperm and the 10 years, it's about $3,000 for men. For women, it's more.
• We only had five people who did egg freezing last year and five people who did embryo banking last year
• A lot of times we'll burn off skin cancer; we'll bank blood for surgeries; and for cervical cancer, we'll

Committee: House Health and Welfare

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• Farms, whose photos I shared earlier, Chinook Farms, whose photos I shared earlier, is home to Food Bank
• Farm, which provided over 400,000 pounds of fresh produce to local food banks last year alone.
• His farm serves a lot of food banks.
• So my employees that are harvesting crops and sometimes serving food banks are now going to food banks
• now on how we get to provide affordability across the system, not just for our farmers or our food banks

Committee: House Agriculture & Natural Resources

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• Farms, whose photos I shared earlier, Chinook Farms, whose photos I shared earlier, is home to Food Bank
• Farm, which provided over 400,000 pounds of fresh produce to local food banks last year alone.
• His farm serves a lot of food banks.
• have winter crops to harvest, so my employees that are harvesting crops and sometimes serving food banks
• are now going to food banks.

Summary: The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee held a work session on the December 2025 flooding in Washington and its impacts on agriculture, with no public testimony. Emergency Management Division Director Robert Azel described the storm sequence, record rainfall, widespread river flooding, landslides, power outages, evacuations, rescues, and damage to homes, roads, flood control infrastructure, and agricultural land. He said the state was preparing a major disaster declaration request and noted that mitigation investments and interagency coordination helped reduce losses, while debris removal and federal reimbursement remain important next steps. Snohomish County Emergency Management Director Lucia Schmidt focused on farm impacts in Snohomish County, where tens of thousands of acres were underwater. She described damage to equipment, fences, hoop houses, feed, hay, nurseries, and perennial crops, and said many small farms face losses not well covered by existing federal disaster programs. She urged funding for the Washington State Conservation Commission’s disaster assistance program and emphasized the importance of helping small-scale farms recover to preserve the local agricultural community. WSDA Assistant Director Kelly McLean outlined the department’s disaster response role, including food and feed safety, animal health, livestock sheltering, and coordination of resources. She described efforts to keep feed and dairy products moving, support dairies and livestock producers, connect farmers to relief and mental health resources, and distribute food assistance. She also said WSDA is working on a report due in July with recommendations for small and mid-sized farms and noted interest in developing a broader agricultural disaster assessment tool. Washington State Dairy Federation policy director Jay Gordon described repeated flooding in the Chehalis Basin and other areas, praised state and local partnerships, and argued that continued flood mitigation, storage, levee adjustments, and basin-specific planning are needed because these events are becoming more frequent and severe. Committee members asked about debris removal, federal disaster assistance, insurance challenges, farmworker impacts, and future mitigation projects, and the chair adjourned the meeting after thanking the presenters.

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• With me today to testify and support are Marshaun and Maxwell from the San Francisco Marin Food Bank.
• With me today to testify and support are Marshaun and Maxwell from the San Francisco Marin Food Bank.
• As Chief Data and Technology Officer at the San Francisco Marin Food Bank, I can tell you that we're
• We're with the San Francisco Marin Food Bank." "What's that?"
• "We're with the San Francisco Marin Food Bank, not UCLA or CHIS."

Committee: House Higher Education

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• So in this, I would envision a bank to come to the table. And why aren’t they doing this?
• So, yes, I hope it is a bank.
• Is it that there’s money put in as collateral into a bank as a deposit to, again, allow the bank to do
• Is it that there’s money put in as collateral into a bank as a deposit to, again, allow the bank to do
• One was deleted, which was the infrastructure bank. Why was that eliminated?

Committee: Senate Government Affairs

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• I want to know what this is relative to Chartered Bank lending limits are.
• to be the only sole bank, so you would never want 100%.
• </c> Chartered Bank lending limits are. Okay. Chartered Bank lending limits are. Okay.
• </c><03:34:08.720><c> so</c><03:34:08.880><c> you</c> one bank to be the only sole bank so you one bank
• ><c> here,</c> Who's There's banking people here, Who's There's banking people here, right?

Summary: The committee first took up SB 297 and a new amendment, 2462, which combined the original Senate bill with the Carson amendment and added a proposed alternative regulatory system, RSA 420R. The chair and members discussed that the amendment was intended to give the Senate what it had asked for while also creating a dual system for public entity risk pools. Members asked whether the new structure would affect ownership or governance of health trusts, and the chair explained that 420R would be a separate regulatory statute while existing 420J-style arrangements could remain in place. The committee also noted that a paragraph had been accidentally deleted from the amendment and that another amendment would be prepared to correct it, with the subcommittee recessed while that was done. Public testimony focused on School Care, represented by Executive Director Lisa Ducette, who opposed the shift to Department of Insurance oversight under 420R. She argued that public entity risk pools are not insurance companies, that they are accountable to member entities and taxpayers, and that the proposed dual regulation would add unnecessary costs through examinations, higher reserves, and additional accounting requirements. She said the change could threaten tax-exempt status and create an uneven playing field, and she urged the committee to support SB 297 with the Carson amendment instead of moving to 420R. Committee members questioned whether the amendment would actually affect pools that stayed under the Secretary of State model, and one member cited support from the New Hampshire Municipal Association for the dual system. The discussion then shifted to amendment 245 on ambulance reimbursement and contracting timelines. Members reviewed a provision giving insurers 45 days and ambulance providers 60 days in the contracting process, and one member suggested making both periods 60 days. The chair and others said the current language was intentional and part of a broader compromise aimed at ending balance billing and forcing insurers to establish reimbursement rates. Members noted that the measure was unusual and that its effects would be reviewed over the next two years, with one member saying the bill would likely be difficult to roll back later. No final vote was taken in the portion provided.

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• . >> Representative Banks here. >> Representative Davis excused. >> Representative Forstrom excused.
• I think the first one on our list here for interim topics is from Dalton Banks, and I'll turn it over
• </c><00:10:55.040><c> Representative</c><00:10:56.000><c> Banks.</c> &gt;&gt; Yeah, go ahead.
• Representative Banks. &gt;&gt; Yeah, go ahead. Representative Banks.
• </c><00:15:01.600><c> and</c> this over to Representative Banks and this over to Representative Banks

Summary: The committee met briefly to hear and sort through interim topic proposals, with members noting they needed to finish quickly before floor work. The first topic, from Representative Banks and Representative Ottman, would allow non-veterinarians to perform pre-check pregnancy testing on cattle to help address veterinary shortages, while still requiring a certified veterinarian for cattle sold as bred. No public testimony was offered, and the committee agreed to move through the full list and rank topics later rather than taking an immediate vote. A second topic, brought by the County Commissioners Association through Jeremiah Ryman and Joy Hill, concerned subdivision fencing laws. Hill said recent statutory changes moved fencing requirements into the subdivision statutes, creating cost and planning problems for developers and county officials. She said the preferred option would be repeal; if not, counties should have flexibility to exempt some subdivisions, and at minimum the law should be clarified because key terms and requirements are unclear. The committee asked a few questions and then moved on. Representative Davis and Holly Kennedy of the Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts discussed updating conservation district statutes. Kennedy said districts are currently barred from borrowing money for major purchases and that election rules can force board members to vacate seats if they move within the district but outside their original locality. The association supported revisiting those provisions. The committee also heard a topic on comparing recreation rules on state lands and federal lands, with the sponsor saying the goal was to identify disparities and possible improvements. Later topics included preventing orphaned water rights, with Keith Kennedy of the Wyoming Association of Irrigation Districts asking for statutory clarification so water rights are properly transferred during divisions and not forfeited, especially in small subdivisions and family exemptions. Another proposal from Representative Ottman addressed a tribal buffalo issue involving whether animals crossing between reservation land and fee land are treated as wildlife or domestic animals; members emphasized the topic was for information and discussion rather than legislation. Senator Pearson also proposed revisiting fence-out laws for livestock to give landowners more protection when repeatedly dealing with wandering animals, while others cautioned that any changes would need to be handled carefully because of differing livestock rules and the state’s fence-in/fence-out framework. Finally, Senator Hicks raised livestock identification concerns, arguing producers should retain flexibility under prior law to identify animals as they choose and that veterinarians should not be forced into new federal tagging requirements.

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• Our food banks do a great job of doing food drives, canned goods, dry goods, that sort of thing.
• It's a great thing, and we're able to give that protein directly to food banks.
• We work with all five major food banks throughout the state.
• Again, no cost to any of the food banks or agencies. So let's talk about hogs.
• I mean, you know, we have a local food bank there in Hammond, I think.

Summary: The meeting began with roll call, approval of the agenda, and approval of the prior minutes, followed by a presentation from Julie Grenwald of Louisiana Hunters for the Hungry. She described the nonprofit’s work collecting and distributing protein to food banks and agencies statewide through freezer clean-out days, deer donations processed by more than 50 processors, fish donations through Venice Marina, and a paused-but-planned-to-reopen feral hog program. Members asked about processor locations, signage, exotic species, funding, sponsorships, and disease safety; Grenwald said the program is protected under Louisiana’s Good Samaritan Law and that wildlife and fisheries agents help connect processors and promote the program. She also noted the organization is looking for more partners and ways to expand access and awareness. The task force then received an update from Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries on chronic wasting disease testing. Jonathan Bordelon reported more than 2,800 samples collected and over 2,300 results returned, with nine positives to date: eight in Tensas Parish and one confirmed new detection in Concordia Parish from a hunter-harvested deer. He said the Concordia positive triggered the state’s CWD response plan, including a declaration of emergency and a future rulemaking process to adjust control-area boundaries. Members asked about symptomatic deer, harvest trends, and whether the disease appears to be spreading along the river; Bordelon said most positives were asymptomatic hunter-harvested deer and that harvest numbers remain near record highs. William McKinley of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks then gave an extensive presentation on Mississippi’s CWD experience. He said Mississippi has had 529 detections across 18 counties since 2018, with prevalence rising from about one in 500 samples to roughly one in 40 this year, and that some counties near the Tennessee line are seeing severe impacts. He described Mississippi’s surveillance system, voluntary sampling, taxidermist partnerships, targeted tags for properties near positives, bans on feeding and baiting in CWD zones, and research on environmental contamination, raccoons, and strain differences. Members asked about high-fence enclosures, live deer movement restrictions, Tennessee’s regulations, environmental testing capacity, and whether more aggressive measures or LSU research capacity could help Louisiana; McKinley said the disease is expanding despite management efforts and emphasized early detection, rapid response, and continued interstate coordination.

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• You know, when you think about an account holder at a financial institution, a credit union, or a bank
• , An account holder at a financial institution, a credit union, or a bank, and they pass away, there's
• that from happening and to kind of minimize that, this bill allows for financial institutions like banks
• My question is, if it's a state licensed bank, can they get it? Yes, sir.
• We've had a discussion earlier this week, and I was informed how state-licensed banks operated a little

Committees: Senate Health & Welfare , Senate Health and Welfare

Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Welfare met on May 6, 2026, with five members present. After adopting the April 28 minutes, the committee heard a brief presentation on the new Leadership Louisiana Health Fellows Program, which is intended to bring together health care, business, policy, and education leaders to study Louisiana health challenges and build a network for action. Members expressed support for the program and its potential value to health policy work. The committee then advanced several bills, often with technical or substantive amendments. SB 57, a nutrition-labeling bill, was amended to push its effective date to December 31, 2028 and reported as amended. HB 62 increased the membership of the Louisiana Women’s Policy and Research Commission to 27 members and was reported as amended. HB 193 updated membership rules for the sickle cell commission foundations so long-serving executive directors would not have to reapply repeatedly, and it was reported as amended. HB 815 would allow financial institutions to receive death certificates to help families manage accounts after a death; it was reported favorably after a question about state-licensed banks. SB 405 was substantially revised to codify LDH’s new Ascend nursing-facility quality initiative, including statewide quality oversight goals, stakeholder involvement, reporting requirements, and tools such as dashboards and surveys; after reconsidering prior action and adopting the new amendment, the bill was reported as amended. The committee also approved HB 222, which provides Medicaid dental coverage when needed for another covered medical procedure, and HB 420, which requires background checks for all DCFS employees with access to sensitive information. HB 475 requires verbal consent when AI is used to record or transcribe a medical visit and was reported favorably after a technical question. HB 246 updated membership of the Children’s Cabinet Advisory Board and the council on grandparents raising grandchildren, including replacing an inactive coalition seat with the state police superintendent or designee. HB 486 would enter Louisiana into the psychology inter-jurisdictional compact to expand access to mental health care, and HB 574 updated outdated board names on the Mental Health Advisory Services Board; both were reported favorably. Later, the committee reported HB 949, which creates a licensure framework for radiologist assistants to help address imaging workforce shortages, especially in rural areas, and HB 584, which requires foster children to be provided luggage instead of trash bags for their belongings and restores “rights” language in the Foster Youth Bill of Rights. The committee also reported HB 1214, restructuring certain LDH facilities into a single system under the secretary’s office; HB 1092, a technical renaming/terminology cleanup bill; and HB 203, which adds members to the uterine fibroids commission. Throughout the meeting, members and witnesses emphasized access to care, workforce shortages, child welfare, and quality improvement, and the committee repeatedly adopted amendments and reported the bills favorably or as amended before adjourning.

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• Alvarado, Bateman, Banke, Braun, Chapman, Christian, Cleveland, Conway, Cortez, Dhingra, Dozier, yes.
• Banke. Braun. Chapman. Christian. Cleveland. Christian. Cleveland. Conway. Cortez. Angra. Aye.
• Banke. Braun. Chapman. Braun. Chapman. Christian. Cleveland. Conway. Cortes. Cortez. Ingrath.
• Banke. Braun. Bateman. Banke. Braun. Chapman. Christian. Cleveland. Conway. Cortez. Dhingra.
• Banke. Brom. Chapman. Christian. Cleveland. Conway. Cortes. Cortes. Dingra. Dozier.

Summary: The Senate opened with roll call, the pledge, prayer, and recognition of guests from the Sikh Coalition and Kalsa Gramath Center. Members then approved the journal and moved through committee reports and resolutions, including Senate Resolution 8678 honoring the Chimicum High School Marching Band for being selected to represent Washington in the 2026 National Independence Day Parade in Washington, D.C. The resolution was adopted unanimously, and the band and its supporters were recognized in the gallery. The chamber then confirmed two gubernatorial appointments to major health agencies. Ryan Moran was confirmed as Director of the Health Care Authority by a 49-0 vote, with supporters citing his Medicaid and health system experience and ability to provide stable leadership. Dennis Worsham was also confirmed as Secretary of Health by a 49-0 vote, with senators highlighting his long public health career, statewide outreach, and work on HIV/AIDS and community health. On legislation, the Senate passed Senate Bill 6011, expanding Court of Appeals bailiff authority to conduct threat assessments, and Senate Bill 5831, creating the Uniform Mortgage Modification Act. Senate Bill 6188, which expands Labor and Industries’ authority to update asbestos training and certification rules, passed 38-19 after an amendment to limit the bill to federal standards was rejected. Substitute Senate Bill 5917, concerning access to abortion medications through the Department of Corrections pharmacy, passed 32-17 after several Republican amendments were defeated. The Senate also passed In Gross Senate Bill 6024 on developmental disability services confidentiality and Substitute Senate Bill 6091 on prohibiting real estate brokers from marketing residential properties in exclusive private listings. Finally, Substitute Senate Bill 5840, adjusting campaign finance expenditure reporting deadlines, passed 46-3. After completing the day’s business, the Senate recessed for caucus and lunch until 1:15 p.m.

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• Congratulations and welcome, Representative Dalton Banks.
• Congratulations, Representative Banks.
• Representative Banks, um, you've Rep.
• > Representatives Banks, Brown, Garinger, Representatives Banks, Brown, Garinger, McCam,<01:22:32.239
• Vice Chair Banks. &gt;&gt; Thank you, Chairman. Vice Chair Banks.

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• grocery prices and reductions in critical food programs have driven demand to historic highs, and food banks
• You go to your local food bank, ask them about usage rates.
• So, a bill like this may seem small, but having more eggs at food banks could be lifelines for certain
• So, a bill like this may seem small, but having more eggs at food banks could be lifelines for certain
• It could be at Channel One Food Bank, it could be at West Tanka Food Shelf in my district.

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• This relates back to the land bank provision that we added on there.
• go back and tweak one line, kind of referencing how those appointees are actually put on that land bank
• I just wanted to clarify, the land bank is the only issue. That's it.
• Louis: I just wanted to clarify, the land bank is the only issue. That's it.

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the House Journal for the 61st day by roll call vote, 137-1. Members then used points of personal privilege to recognize the death of Rep. Sims’s father, Rev. Leslie Sims, and to congratulate Sherry DeVoe on becoming the first woman trainer to win the Kentucky Derby. The chamber also introduced several special guests, including family members celebrating an engagement, a child with osteogenesis imperfecta and his family during Awareness Week, a Missouri Lions Club peace poster award winner, and a Brown School practicum student recognized for her work assisting a member’s office. Committee reports were received, including a recommendation that Senate Bill 1000 do pass. The House then took up several conference motions on Senate Bill 975, addressing ambulance district consolidation and community paramedics, and Senate Bill 973, involving a land bank provision and a drafting correction; both motions to refuse to recede and go to conference were approved, and conference committees were appointed. The House also voted to refuse adoption of the Senate substitute for House Bill 2818, which concerns St. Joseph’s airport annexation and related local provisions, and requested the Senate recede or else go to conference. The House adjourned until Tuesday, May 5, 2026, with several Senate bills listed for future consideration.

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• And then may take classes also on East Bank and West Bank of Minneapolis.
• And then may take classes also on East Bank and West Bank of Minneapolis. Representative Carroll.

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• </c> assessment doesn't result with banks assessment doesn't result with banks paying<04:50:26.320><c
• and small banks are the same or ... >> It applies to any bank, trust company, or credit union that would
• The overcharge is that the same for a small bank as a big bank?
• banks and small banks &gt;&gt; It eliminates big banks and small banks are<04:54:15.040><c> the</c><04
• </c> bank as a big bank? bank as a big bank?

Committee: House Commerce and Consumer Affairs

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• Foundations and banks brought ideas to scale solutions and expand lending after securing $940 million
• </c><01:20:47.400><c> loans</c> pool as well as traditional bank loans pool as well as traditional bank
• Bank, so many more driving economic growth here in Minnesota.
• Bank, so many more driving economic growth here in Minnesota.
• Bank, so many more driving economic growth here in Minnesota.

Committee: Senate Jobs and Economic Development

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• Um, prior to teaching, I started working in banking, and audits were always taught to me as something
• started working Um prior to teaching, I started working in<00:05:47.720><c> the</c><00:05:47.800><c> banking
• and</c><00:05:48.480><c> audits</c><00:05:48.760><c> were</c><00:05:48.880><c> always</c> in the banking
• and audits were always in the banking and audits were always taught<00:05:49.600><c> to</c><00:05:49.720

Bills: SCR173 , SCR78 , SCR114 , SCR162 , SCR48 , SCR160 , SCR87 , SCR28 , SCR74 , SCR20 , SCR32 , SCR55 , SCR69

Committee: House Finance

Keywords: ticket scalping, task force, consumer protection, event accessibility, local economy, menstrual health, menstrual cycle, period education, period poverty, menstrual products, menstrual dignity, health education, sexual health curriculum, DOE, Department of Education, public schools, school health, reproductive health, puberty education, hygiene education

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• , a clay bank eroding.
• , a clay bank eroding.
• , a clay bank eroding.
• </c><00:52:35.839><c> Um,</c> sorry, a clay bank eroding. Um, sorry, a clay bank eroding.
• </c> farm to school and our farm to food bank farm to school and our farm to food bank goals. 5<01:50

Bills: HB1846 , HB2205 , HB1802 , HB1571 , HB2047 , HB2434 , HB2426 , HB2361 , HB2395 , HB1712 , HB2544 , HB1619

Committee: House Water & Land

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 1846, relating to shoreline mitigation districts. DLNR and the Office of Planning opposed the bill, arguing it would improperly shift regulatory roles between the agencies and prioritize private land interests over public trust and natural and historic resources. Supporters, including the Shoreline Preservation Coalition, Kahana Bay residents, and Hawaii Realtors, said regional planning is needed to address severe erosion, especially in Kahana, and that better coordination between state and county agencies could help move stalled projects forward. Testifiers emphasized that shoreline conditions vary by area and that science-based, region-specific solutions are needed. Members asked questions about whether existing law already allows regional planning and emergency shoreline responses. DLNR said it already has authority to process regional projects and cited an existing draft EIS for Kahana Bay that would proceed through normal permitting and public hearing channels. Supporters responded that the bill would provide a clearer regional planning framework and help communities facing urgent erosion impacts. No vote was taken on HB 1846 in the portion provided. The committee then took up HB 2205, relating to emergency erosion mitigation. DLNR opposed the bill, saying it already has authority to issue emergency permits and had recently done so quickly for a collapsed sidewalk at Queen Surf Beach, and warning that the bill’s language could weaken Act 16 by changing a prohibition on shoreline hardening to a requirement to merely minimize it. Kahana Bay representatives and other supporters argued the bill would create a limited, regulated short-term pathway for emergency shoreline solutions while long-term plans are developed, and said current permits have expired or stalled, leaving dangerous sandbags and no practical relief. Additional testimony from a private homeowner stressed that erosion is threatening homes and that private owners are often bearing the cost of protecting public shoreline access. The discussion remained focused on balancing emergency protection, public access, and long-term shoreline management, and no final action was taken in the excerpt provided.