Transcript Highlights:

• It starts with food, feed, and fertilizer, and we're working right now to get a biostimulant trial with
• be part of the wave of biostimulants that can help us decarbonize our hard-to-abate agriculture fertilizer
• It starts with food, feed, and fertilizer, and we're working right now to get a biostimulate trial food
• , feed, and fertilizer, and we're working right now to get a biostimulant trial with universities in
• fossil fuels, and those 20% less nitrous fertilizer means 20% less nitrous oxide, and that's another

Summary: The Select Committee on Climate Innovation and Infrastructure held a hearing focused on emerging technologies for climate resilience and infrastructure. The first panel discussed the Calistoga Resiliency Center, a utility-driven microgrid that keeps the city powered during public safety power shutoffs using hydrogen fuel cells, lithium-ion batteries, and liquid hydrogen storage. PG&E described microgrids as a resilience tool but emphasized that cost remains the main barrier to wider deployment. Energy Vault explained the project’s design, its ability to provide at least 48 hours of backup power on a small parcel of land, and its use of green hydrogen and battery storage to improve efficiency and reduce emissions. A Calistoga councilmember and NCPA representative also discussed the Lodi Energy Center hydrogen project, saying it could help decarbonize power generation and transportation, but that federal and state funding changes, tax credit timing, and other policy shifts have made the project difficult to advance. The Green Hydrogen Coalition supported the Calistoga model as a blueprint and urged policy changes to create demand and reduce barriers for renewable hydrogen, including addressing behind-the-meter rules and recognizing hydrogen in state energy planning. The second panel focused on water resilience and desalination, with the California Desal Association and Oneka Technologies discussing wave-powered desalination for the City of Fort Bragg. Cal Desal said California’s changing hydrology, reduced snowpack, and drought conditions make local water supply options increasingly important, but noted that conventional desalination is expensive and slow to permit. Oneka described its offshore, wave-powered system as a zero-electricity desalination technology that produces drinking water without greenhouse gas emissions and with limited land use, and said the Fort Bragg pilot is intended to demonstrate the technology under California conditions. The company and Cal Desal both stressed that permitting is a major obstacle, with the project requiring multiple agencies and a timeline far longer than in other jurisdictions. They also said the technology’s autonomous operation could improve water resilience because it does not depend on the electrical grid. The final panel featured the Climate Foundation’s marine permaculture proposal, which aims to restore kelp forests and support carbon removal and coastal food systems. The presenter said warming oceans and nutrient loss have devastated kelp forests along the California coast and argued that offshore platforms that raise and lower seaweed to access nutrients and sunlight could help regenerate ecosystems while producing food, feed, fertilizer, and carbon benefits. He said the technology has shown strong growth rates and storm resilience in other regions, but that California permitting remains a major hurdle, involving 17 state and federal agencies. He proposed a streamlined, code-based permitting approach for smaller projects and said the group is seeking matching funds to complete a first California pilot. Throughout the hearing, members and witnesses repeatedly highlighted the tension between innovation and the high cost, complexity, and length of California’s permitting and funding processes.

Transcript Highlights:

• We're on to Bill Draft Number 120, related to public employee fertility health benefits.
• This draft requires the PERS Board to provide coverage for the diagnosis of infertility and fertility
• So this bill draft would require the PERS Board to provide coverage for fertility preservation health
• benefits, requiring standard fertility preservation services.
• The bill would require the PERS Board to provide coverage for fertility preservation health benefits,

Summary: The Employee Benefits Committee met to approve prior minutes, hear presentations on state employee health insurance, compensation, leave, and related policy issues, and then recess for lunch. PERS reviewed the history and structure of the state health plan, noting the long-standing state-paid family coverage, cost-control measures, wellness incentives, the current grandfathered PPO and high-deductible options, and the effects of recent benefit mandates such as insulin caps, prosthetic coverage, medication management, prescription copay changes, and ambulance balance-billing limits. Committee members questioned the fiscal impact of adding benefits and the possible cost of moving to a non-grandfathered plan, while PERS and HRMS emphasized that health insurance remains the top-ranked employee benefit and that any major plan changes should be considered carefully. HRMS also presented compensation comparisons showing state pay generally below private-market benchmarks, discussed targeted market equity adjustments, identified ongoing recruitment and retention concerns in fields like nursing, IT, engineering, and attorneys, and reviewed leave policies, tuition reimbursement, and family leave comparisons with neighboring states. Job Service provided labor market data showing low unemployment, high labor force participation, and wage growth that still trails some neighboring markets, and OMB explained that prevailing wage requirements apply to federally funded projects under Davis-Bacon, not to ordinary state contracts. After lunch, the committee took up the required process for health insurance mandate bills and adopted an amendment to Joint Rule 211. The amendment clarified that the deadline for submitting mandate measures is intended to allow time for all required reports, including both the cost-benefit analysis and any Employee Benefits Committee actuarial report, while leaving the existing deadline unchanged. The amendment was adopted on a roll call vote, with several members voting yes and a few no votes recorded. The committee then moved into its jurisdiction review of bill drafts, beginning with a bill that would automatically renew pre-tax dental and vision elections; members debated whether it had any actuarial or administrative impact on PERS or the state, and the chair explained that the committee’s role was only to decide whether further analysis was needed before later testimony and recommendations.

Transcript Highlights:

• And yet House File 5084 would create a quote right to life quote from the moment of fertilization.
• before an individual even knows that they are pregnant because this is again from the moment of fertilization
• </c> from the moment of fertilization. from the moment of fertilization.
• </c> from the moment of fertilization. from the moment of fertilization.
• Fertilized one day ago, it now has a right to life. So this is a very troubling, very extreme bill.

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• or fertility service provider that provides services in medically underserved areas.
• By expanding the eligible organizations to include in vitro fertilization and other fertility providers
• By expanding the eligible organizations to include in vitro fertilization and other fertility providers
• treatments and in vitro fertilization, both things that are not currently widely available or covered
• We just voted no to add in other fertility treatments that are currently not covered for a large portion

Summary: The House Appropriations Committee met in executive session on three bills. For Second Substitute Senate Bill 6182, staff explained it would create an abortion savings program funded by a new assessment on health carriers to support grants for abortion clinical care access. Representative Marshall offered amendments to limit grants to Washington residents, expand eligibility to IVF and fertility providers, prioritize medically underserved areas, and add a 2031 sunset; all were rejected or withdrawn. The committee then voted 18-10 to report the bill out with a do pass recommendation. For Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6260, staff briefed a striking amendment that would reduce savings in K-12 spending by changing local effort assistance and Running Start limits, prioritizing some transition-to-kindergarten funding, and eliminating inflation increases for National Board bonuses. Members debated a series of amendments on bus depreciation, charter school LEA payments, transition-to-kindergarten funding, and Running Start. Some amendments were adopted, including a bus depreciation change and a Running Start adjustment, while others were rejected. The committee then adopted the striker as amended and reported the bill out 17-12 with a due pass recommendation. For Substitute Senate Bill 6355, which would establish the Washington Electric Transmission Authority and related board and advisory structures, members considered amendments on rural land-use expertise, eastern Washington board representation, corridor review standards, tribal workgroup removal, and payments in lieu of taxes for transmission facilities. One amendment was withdrawn and the others were rejected except for a landowner/rural expertise amendment that passed. The committee then reported the bill out 18-11 with a due pass recommendation. At the end of the meeting, members exchanged closing remarks thanking staff and colleagues, and the committee adjourned.

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• Moving to subchapter C, fertilizer, and subchapter D, soil and plant amendments, which are on page 142
• This publication sets the labeling requirements and component standards for fertilizer and soil amendment
• Idaho's Commercial Feed Law and Fertilizer Act of 2000 do require the director to ensure that feed and
• fertilizer labels are accurate and that the claims are supported, with the goal of helping consumers
• Fertilizer expenditure is down, even though prices are up, as farmers choose to use less in order to

Committee: Senate Agricultural Affairs

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• livestock, House No. 138; the House bill relative to the regulation of nutrient management and fertilizer
• The House bill relative to the regulation of nutrient management and fertilizer in the town of Nantucket
• definition of livestock, House No. 138; an act relative to the regulation of nutrient management and fertilizer
• An act relative to the regulation of nutrient management and fertilizer in the town of Nantucket, House

Summary: The House received a gubernatorial message returning House No. 3912, a bill to increase the Marblehead Board of Health from three to five members, with recommendation of amendment, and referred it to the Committee on Bills in the Third Reading. The House also suspended Joint Rule 12 on a petition from Megan K. Kilcoyne concerning condominium owners’ rights, sending it to the Committee on the Judiciary, and suspended Rule 7A to take up several bills reported by Steering, Policy and Scheduling. Those bills were read a second time and ordered to a third reading: House No. 138 on the definition of livestock; House No. 4437 on nutrient management and fertilizer regulation in Nantucket; House No. 4673 protecting first responders and enhancing access to behavioral health centers; House No. 4676 on tort actions for latent diseases; and House No. 4694 on increasing affordable and public housing options. The House then adopted an emergency preamble for House No. 4587, establishing a sick leave bank for a Department of Correction employee, David A. Russell. Several engrossed bills were passed to be enacted, including House No. 4149 revising the Lynn city charter, House No. 4286 authorizing an additional wine and malt beverage license in Somerset, and House No. 4439 simplifying subdivision road layout and acceptance in Marlborough. House No. 4587 was also passed to be enacted after the emergency preamble vote. The House observed a moment of silent tribute for Representative Anne Margaret Ferrante, who died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, and adopted an order to adjourn until Thursday at 10 a.m., with adjournment in her memory.

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• or fertility service provider that provides services in medically underserved areas.
• By expanding the eligible organizations to include in vitro fertilization and other fertility providers
• He argued that expanding eligible organizations to include in vitro fertilization and other fertility
• treatments and in vitro fertilization, both things that are not currently widely available or covered
• We just voted no to add in other fertility treatments that are currently not covered for a large portion

Committee: House Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:

• Chair and members, Senate Bill 1347 requires a health insurer to provide coverage for standard fertility
• Supporting SB 1347 ensures that when doctors say fertility preservation is medically necessary because
• For many of us, we are forced to face the negative and potentially permanent impacts on our fertility
• Supporting fertility preservation is about protecting hope at a time of great personal vulnerability
• As difficult as cancer was, my deepest grief has been around the uncertainty of my fertility, and I would

Committee: Senate Senate Finance Committee of Reference

Summary: The Senate Finance Committee considered a lengthy agenda of bills covering consumer lending, insurance coverage, professional scope of practice, property tax administration, digital assets, and aviation tax policy. The committee first approved prior committee amendments, then heard SB 1689 on consumer loan thresholds and rates. After sponsor testimony that the bill modernizes outdated lending caps and lowers rates on larger loans, the committee adopted an amendment but the bill failed on a 3-1 vote, with Senator Epstein arguing the structure would shift costs onto smaller borrowers. The committee then passed several health-related measures. SB 1347, requiring insurance coverage for fertility preservation services for cancer patients, was amended and passed 4-2 after testimony from the sponsor and cancer survivors; Senator Epstein opposed the religious-employer definition. SB 1165, eliminating cost-sharing for diagnostic and supplemental breast exams, passed 5-1 after testimony from Senator Angus and Susan G. Komen, with supporters saying it would reduce barriers to follow-up screening. SB 1212, barring insurers from reimbursing providers differently based on vaccination status, also passed 4-2 despite concerns that it could undermine vaccination incentive programs. Other bills advanced or failed after similar debate. SB 1206, addressing contractor and public adjuster conduct after property losses, passed 5-1 with an amendment and support from State Farm. SB 1291, limiting county reassessment and inspections of agricultural property for four years after a successful appeal, passed 5-1 over assessor opposition and farm group support. SB 1649, creating a digital assets strategic reserve fund, passed 4-2 after debate over civil asset forfeiture and whether crypto should be treated as a strategic reserve. SB 1516, expanding an aviation-related tax exemption to aircraft maintenance and repair property, passed 4-1 amid sharp disagreement over whether it was economic development or a tax break for private jets. SB 1554, changing chiropractic statutory language from x-rays to diagnostic imaging, initially failed 3-3 but was reconsidered and later passed 3-2 after additional discussion about its practical effect.

Transcript Highlights:

• It starts with food, feed, and fertilizer, and we're working right now to get a biostimulant trial with
• be part of the wave of biostimulants that can help us decarbonize our hard-to-abate agriculture fertilizer
• It starts with food, feed, and fertilizer, and we're working right now to get a biostimulate trial food
• , feed, and fertilizer, and we're working right now to get a biostimulant trial with universities in
• fossil fuels, and those 20% less nitrous fertilizer means 20% less nitrous oxide, and that’s another

Summary: The select committee on Climate Innovation and Infrastructure heard presentations on emerging climate-related technologies and the policy and permitting barriers affecting their deployment. The first panel focused on the Calistoga Resiliency Center, a utility-partnered microgrid using liquid hydrogen, fuel cells, and batteries to keep the city powered during public safety power shutoffs. PG&E described microgrids as a resilience tool, but emphasized that the main barrier is economics, not regulation, and outlined its community microgrid tariff, enablement program, and incentive funding. Energy Vault said the Calistoga project is a proof of concept for a bankable, zero-emission, high-density resiliency solution, while the Green Hydrogen Coalition and local officials argued that California needs clearer demand signals and policy fixes to make green hydrogen and similar projects viable at scale. The discussion also noted that the Lodi Energy Center hydrogen transition remains stalled because of lost federal and state funding and tighter tax credit timelines, making the project uneconomic for now. The second panel addressed water resilience through desalination, with the California Desal Association describing the state’s growing need for local, drought-resilient water supplies and the long, expensive permitting timelines that have slowed conventional desal projects. Oneka Technologies presented its wave-powered offshore desalination system for Fort Bragg, which produces drinking water without electricity or land use and is designed to reduce impacts on marine life. The company said the project has required coordination with at least eight agencies and roughly a 36-month permitting process for a one-year pilot, and that California’s process is much slower than in other jurisdictions. Committee members asked about maintenance, environmental safeguards, and whether data from projects elsewhere could help streamline future approvals. A third presentation, by the Climate Foundation, described marine permaculture as a way to restore kelp forests and create carbon and agricultural benefits by moving seaweed platforms up and down to access nutrients and sunlight. The speaker said the approach could support food, feed, fertilizer, and biostimulant products while also sequestering carbon, but that California permitting is fragmented across 17 state and federal agencies. He urged a one-stop, code-based permitting system for small projects and suggested that California could learn from faster approval models in Australia and the Philippines. No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• Their member companies produce non-agricultural specialty fertilizers.
• So to take that into fertilizer and plant amendments.
• It's not the fertilizer or it's not the pesticide that you're paying for.
• </c><01:21:10.320><c> itself</c> actually about the the fertilizer itself actually about the the fertilizer
• </c> fertilizers or or chemicals? fertilizers or or chemicals? &gt;&gt; Uh<01:21:50.480><c> Mr.

Bills: HF3579 , HF3549 , HF3548 , HF4388 , HF3566

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Keywords: eggs, donation, quality assurance, food assistance, charitable programs, agriculture, grain indemnity, financial security, crop insurance, Minnesota agriculture, farm assistance, down payment, state funding, loan modification, rotational grazing, grazing management, livestock, pasture management, soil health, erosion control

Transcript Highlights:

• Senators, this amendment aims to protect the integrity of Florida's fertilizer and compost markets for
• The bill addresses situations where Class AA biosolids are labeled as fertilizer, but are not actually
• Bulk Class AA biosolids fertilizer and compost products are land applied only at agronomic rates.
• It's going to protect bona fide producers of compost and fertilizer products.
• It's going to protect bona fide producers of compost and fertilizer products, where if there's a sale

Bills: S0558 , S1294 , S1468 , S1474 , S1682 , S1628

Committee: Senate Environment and Natural Resources

Summary: The committee took up several environmental bills, beginning with SB 1682 on local administration of vessel restrictions. Senator Trumbull said the bill would give cities and counties tools to address abandoned, derelict, and long-term anchored vessels while following state standards and FWC guidance. Members from affected areas spoke in support, citing recurring derelict vessel problems and the difficulty and cost of removal once vessels sink. The bill was reported favorably. The committee then heard SB 1468 on advanced wastewater treatment, which would require DEP to compile a detailed statewide report on wastewater treatment plants, including construction age, treatment levels, contaminant data, spill history, flood risk, and receiving waterbody impairment information. Florida Rural Water Association testified that any move to require advanced treatment for all plants over one MGD could create major financial burdens without dedicated funding. The bill was reported favorably. The committee also considered CS/SB 1294 on biosolids management, with a strike-all amendment adopted. Senator Bradley said the revised bill would require bulk Class AA biosolids fertilizer and compost products to be land applied only at agronomic rates and, absent a bona fide sale, only at permitted DEP-approved sites, with a transition date moved to July 1, 2028. Supporters said it would protect water quality and legitimate fertilizer and compost markets, while rural utilities asked for funding and flexibility. The committee reported the bill favorably. Next, the committee took up CS/SB 1628 on net zero policies by governmental entities. Senator Avila said the bill would prohibit local governments and other governmental entities from adopting or funding net zero policies, imposing related fees or taxes, or operating cap-and-trade or carbon trading programs. The committee adopted an amendment clarifying the definition of carbon dioxide. The bill drew extensive debate: supporters argued it would protect residents and businesses from higher costs and preserve predictability, while opponents said it would block local climate and clean-energy policies, including electric buses, energy-efficiency measures, and climate resilience planning. After public testimony on both sides, the bill was reported favorably. The committee also approved CS/SB 1474 on biosolids management, which Senator Gates said would require biosolids and septage to be treated at the highest practical level when wastewater treatment facilities are reasonably accessible and would bar Class B land application within 50 miles of a permitted wastewater facility. An amendment applying the statutory definition of septage was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee heard SB 558 on stormwater system standards. Senator Burgess said it would create statewide standards for municipal and county stormwater systems using FDOT guidelines and third-party inspections, with an amendment making technical changes and broadening who may perform inspections. Supporters said uniform standards could improve safety and reduce failures, while contractors, engineers, and industry groups warned it could raise costs, delay projects, and preempt stronger local standards. The bill remained under discussion as the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• Substitute Senate Bill 5971 relates to green fertilizer incentives for low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer
• The bill also defines green fertilizer as nitrogen-based fertilizer. local governments, all of which
• Substitute Senate Bill 5971 relates to green fertilizer incentives for low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer
• The bill also defines green fertilizer as nitrogen-based fertilizer pretty much.
• The bill also defines green fertilizer as nitrogen-based fertilizer produced using manufacturing processes

Bills: SB6294 , SB6211 , SB5650 , SB6033 , SB6297 , SB6343 , SB6067 , SB6082 , SB6323 , SB6324 , SB5862 , SB5923 , SB6151

Committee: Senate Ways & Means

Keywords: local government finance, Washington state, RCW, real estate excise tax, REET, sales and use tax, property tax levy, county tax, city tax, affordable housing, housing services, behavioral health, mental health, developmental disabilities, children and families services, youth services, utility tax, low-income utility assistance, veterans assistance, homelessness

Transcript Highlights:

• Substitute Senate Bill 5971 relates to green fertilizer incentives for low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer
• The bill also defines green fertilizer as nitrogen-based fertilizer produced using manufacturing processes
• Substitute Senate Bill 5971 relates to green fertilizer incentives for low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer
• The bill also defines green fertilizer as nitrogen-based fertilizer pretty much.
• The bill also defines green fertilizer as nitrogen-based fertilizer produced using manufacturing processes

Summary: The Ways and Means Committee held a public hearing on multiple bills, beginning with a motion to suspend the five-day notice rule for a long list of Senate bills, which passed on a voice vote. The committee first heard Substitute Senate Bill 6026, a governor-request housing bill that would require cities and counties over 30,000 population to allow residential uses in commercial and mixed-use zones, limit mixed-use/ground-floor commercial requirements in some areas, and allow added height where such requirements are imposed. The lieutenant governor testified strongly in support, arguing the bill would add needed housing capacity without requiring ground-floor retail burdens. The hearing on SB 6026 was then suspended so the committee could move through the agenda. The committee then heard Senate Bill 6294, a broad local government finance measure with eight parts, including expanded uses for certain REET revenues, a new county public utility tax, a new local sales tax for children and family services, expanded housing-related tax uses, changes to county levy structure, longer lid lift periods, and expanded use of rental car tax revenue. Local government, housing, and public health witnesses largely supported the bill, emphasizing flexibility for affordable housing, rental assistance, children’s services, and county fiscal stability. Opponents, including wireless industry, water/sewer district, auto dealer, realtors, energy, and cannabis representatives, objected to specific tax provisions as regressive, costly, or likely to raise consumer prices. Several witnesses requested amendments, including adding public health clinic funding and flood recovery language from House bills. The committee also heard Substitute Senate Bill 5400 on local news sustainability, which would create a state grant program funded by a surcharge on large search engines and social media platforms to support journalism jobs and the Murrow Fellowship program. News organizations, the League of Women Voters, open government advocates, and local journalism supporters testified in favor, saying local news is essential to civic life and that the bill would help sustain reporting without using general fund dollars. Technology industry representatives opposed the bill, arguing it unfairly singles out tech companies and could face legal challenges. The committee then heard Senate Bill 6211, which would let opt-in GMA jurisdictions impose REET-2 without voter approval; cities and counties supported it as a parity and infrastructure funding measure, while Realtors opposed the loss of voter approval. Senate Bill 5650, authorizing local cannabis excise taxes, drew support from some local officials but strong opposition from cannabis businesses, which argued Washington’s cannabis taxes are already too high and drive sales to the illicit market. Senate Bill 6033, waiving penalties and interest for taxpayers who failed to collect new sales tax on certain services, was supported by NFIB as a compliance and fairness measure. Senate Bill 6297, exempting temporary staffing services for nonprofit behavioral health providers from sales tax, drew strong support from behavioral health organizations citing workforce shortages and unsustainable costs. Finally, Senate Bill 6343, extending and expanding tax relief for disaster-damaged property and repairs, was presented as aid for flood recovery; local officials testified in support. No final committee votes on the bills were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• to their lawn with either fertilizer to their lawn with either fertilizer<03:37:06.239><c> that</c><
• </c> them about it when they buy fertilizers them about it when they buy fertilizers still<03:37:28.399
• I broke down this year and fertilized my grass.
• And if you saw my grass, you'd know why it needed to be fertilized.
• and use the correctly labeled fertilizer.

Transcript Highlights:

• Fertilizer, data centers, industrial uses—anything that gets the molecules flowing through the economy
• It's about energy diversity, fuel diversity, energy security, and because our fertilizers are made from
• Additionally, with everything that's going on in Iran, ...feedstock for low-carbon fertilizers.
• Ammonia is fertilizer. It's used in fertilizer in different degrees.
• The fertilizer in California mainly comes into the Port of Stockton through the Panama Canal from places

Transcript Highlights:

• that the committee heard yesterday that directs the Department of Agriculture to establish a green fertilizer
• incentive program for the production and use of low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer in Washington State.
• of Agriculture to calculate the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions reduction standard for green fertilizer
• of Agriculture to calculate the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions reduction standard for green fertilizer

Committee: House Agriculture & Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:

• that the committee heard yesterday that directs the Department of Agriculture to establish a green fertilizer
• incentive program for the production and use of low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer in Washington State.
• of Agriculture to calculate the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions reduction standard for green fertilizer
• of Agriculture to calculate the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions reduction standard for green fertilizer

Summary: The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee met on February 25 and received briefings on two bills before taking a short caucus break and reconvening in executive session. Substitute Senate Bill 5971 would create a green fertilizer incentive program for low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer production and use in Washington. The committee also reviewed amendment H-3672.1, which shifts the greenhouse gas emissions calculation role to the Department of Ecology, aligns the calculation with the Clean Fuels Program, and ties incentive payments to an 80% lifecycle emissions reduction standard. Members and the chair described the amendment as agreed-to language, and the bill was supported as a pragmatic, bipartisan step to reduce emissions and support jobs. The committee adopted amendment H-3672.1 and then voted to report Substitute Senate Bill 5971 out of committee with a due pass as amended recommendation by voice vote, with 11 ayes and 0 nays. The committee then considered Substitute Senate Bill 6097, which would add federally recognized Indian tribes as eligible participants in the Conservation Futures Program. Supporters said the change would strengthen conservation partnerships and help preserve open space, farmland, and forests, while one member noted concerns about the scope of land involved but said he would vote yes after discussions with the prime sponsor. Substitute Senate Bill 6097 was reported out of committee with a due pass recommendation on a roll call vote of 7 ayes and 4 nays. The chair then announced that this was the committee’s last policy meeting of the short session, previewed a final interim-planning meeting, thanked members and staff, and recognized Chairman Leonard Forsman of the Suquamish Tribe before adjourning.

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• It relates to a reduction of the previous appropriation in FY 25 for the green fertilizer.
• It relates to fertilizer production facilities.
• combination of the reduction to the Dairy With an Eye program, as well as the reduction to the green fertilizer
• A cancels $3 million from the Green Fertilizer Program and $500,000 from Dairy with an I.

Committee: House Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

Transcript Highlights:

• By Senator Calatayud coverage for fertility preservation.
• have led to 87% of young adult cancer patients surviving their diagnosis, the financial burden of fertility
• Many patients must take immediate decisions about fertility before starting treatment.
• Chair we previously had to associations with the ability to provide definitions. >> For before fertility
• If they'd like to preserve their fertility in this way and then immediately begin cancer treatments.

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• It would have a direct impact in agriculture, as farmers could choose green fertilizer.
• The reality is that ammonia fertilizer costs are both too high and, many times, too uncertain.
• </c><00:02:55.680><c> costs</c> that the aate ammonia fertilizer costs that the aate ammonia fertilizer
• </c> locally produced ammonia fertilizer locally produced ammonia fertilizer farmers<00:05:23.160><c>
• I first want to say, you know, we need ammonia for nitrogen fertilizer.

Bills: HF2103 , HF2793

Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy