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• The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling reports recommending that the following House bills
• be scheduled for consideration by the House: House Bill 4914, relative to the Massachusetts Uniform Commercial
• The Committee on steering policy and scheduling reports recommending that the following House bills be
• scheduled for consideration by the House.

Summary: The House began with routine ceremonial business, including adoption of resolutions congratulating Judy and Dick Jolin on their 50th wedding anniversary and commending the National Brain Tumor Society for Brain Tumor Awareness Month. The chamber also welcomed guests recognizing Apraxia Awareness Day. A gubernatorial message proposing injured-on-duty compensation for Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale was filed and referred to the Committee on Public Service. The House concurred in several Senate petitions referred under suspension of Joint Rule 12, including measures on consumer-connected devices, crumbling concrete relief for homeowners, and naming the Hianus Transportation Center. It also suspended Joint Rule 12 for a petition on reporting crimes to law enforcement, and for a quantum science tax incentive petition, which was then referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies. The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling placed three House bills on the calendar: the Massachusetts Uniform Commercial Code, a Holyoke Charter change removing the treasurer as acting mayor, and a Kingston measure raising the maximum retirement age for special police officers to 70. The House then advanced and passed to be enacted three engrossed bills concerning Andover special town meetings, the Plymouth town charter, and an additional all-alcoholic-beverages license for Pembroke. It also passed to be engrossed bills on expanded small property tax abatements in Auburn, validation of the New Salem annual town election, and land acquisition/disposition in Falmouth. Finally, the House adopted an order to adjourn to meet the following Monday at 11 a.m., and then adjourned.

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• We could hold it at our next available, you know, regularly scheduled meeting."
• It's really about a scheduling matter.
• </c> It's really about it's a scheduling It's really about it's a scheduling matter.<00:43:19.440><c>
• ><c> that</c> administrative scheduling matter that administrative scheduling matter that allowing<00
• </c> for cities who have a normal schedule for cities who have a normal schedule for<00:47:41.640><c>

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• We also added AAP and others in lieu of ASIP when we were looking at the schedule.
• Expands the law to allow State Board of Health rules and immunization schedule to be used in addition
• to be used in and immunization schedule to be used in addition<01:00:36.799><c> to</c><01:00:37.119>
• for K K12 students vaccination schedule for K K12 students in<02:08:02.159><c> that</c><02:08:02.719
• So, it checks all vaccination schedule. So, it checks all those<02:09:37.040><c> boxes.

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• So from what I understand in this one particular case that's being discussed, the scheduled release time
• </c><00:15:06.480><c> Is</c> the individual's scheduled release?
• Is the individual's scheduled release?
• release time was when the scheduled release time was when the judge<00:15:17.040><c> said</c><00:15:
• Number one, all of these provisions that the delegates spoke of are already in a bill that is scheduled

Keywords: House streaming session for Monday, February 2, 2026, 957, house, all

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• , professional development scheduling, um, professional development for teachers is often scheduled a
• Um, and I don't know who schedules the statewide assessments.
• Um, and I don't know who schedules the statewide assessments.
• </c><00:25:22.400><c> I</c> schedules the statewide assessments.
• I schedules the statewide assessments.

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• </c> was um classified as a schedule one. was um classified as a schedule one.
• > the</c><01:41:37.920><c> way,</c><01:41:38.239><c> are</c> Schedule one drugs, by the way, are Schedule
• one down to at the very least schedule one down to at the very least schedule<01:46:43.280><c> two.
• I mean this drug being schedule two.
• as schedule one is absurd because<01:46:47.280><c> schedule</c><01:46:47.520><c> one</c><01:46:47.760

Keywords: 1. Call to Order and Roll Call – 00:00:00 2. Approval of Minutes – 00:01:32 3. Getting to Know the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky – 00:02:26 4. Healthy Kids Clinic – 00:26:58 5. Pharmacy Payment Parity – 00:56:36 6. Ibogaine – 01:17:37 7. Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations – 01:53:05 8. Adjournment – 01:53:19, 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the prior meeting minutes and recognized Eric Clark for his service, noting this may be his last meeting before he leaves state government. The main presentation was from Allison Adams, president and CEO of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, who described the organization’s history, nonpartisan mission, and focus on health equity, prevention, and upstream policy solutions. She said Kentucky’s poor rankings in chronic disease, preventable hospitalizations, and life expectancy show the need to shift resources toward prevention and community-driven strategies rather than relying mainly on treatment after people become sick. Adams emphasized leading health indicators, arguing that lawmakers should track actionable measures such as quit attempts and smoke-free policies instead of only lagging indicators like disease rates and mortality. In response to questions, she said accountability should be shared across communities and systems, with possible incentives and disincentives tied to outcomes, and she supported creating a public data utility or dashboard, ideally with university partners, to help legislators and communities monitor progress. She also cited examples of accountable health community models and said Kentucky could adapt similar approaches. The committee then heard from Meade County Schools Superintendent Mark Martin and district health coordinator Karen Kotche about the Healthy Kids Clinic partnership with Cumberland Health. They described a seven-year effort that led to full implementation in the district, which now has a nurse in every school and a nurse practitioner, allowing services such as sports physicals and other clinic functions to be provided on campus. They said the program has been a strong investment for students and the community and began explaining how the district built the partnership after earlier efforts and delays, including the pandemic.

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• So we'll talk about the budget, the schedule, and where we are with the general construction.
• The schedule that we're... ...people.
• The schedule that we're talking about—I know that's been of interest—but right now what we're talking
• And frankly, just based on the business to date and the quality of the team, the schedule that we're

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• Basically, they added an updated salary schedule for counties.
• schedule.
• schedule.
• Your committee rules administrative is scheduled for a meeting at 9 a.m. tomorrow. Thank you, Mr.
• Your committee rules administrative is scheduled for a meeting at 9 a.m. tomorrow. We will meet.

Summary: The House opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the House Journals for the 65th and 66th legislative days. Members also spent time on personal privilege and special guest introductions, including a recognition of law enforcement officers who were injured in the line of duty and several interns serving in House offices. The chamber then took up several fiscal review committee reports and moved to conference and Senate bills. House Bill 2818, dealing with annexation and related local government language for St. Joseph Airport, St. Charles County, and Jefferson County, was explained as a compromise on voluntary annexation standards; after debate it was adopted and then third read and passed by a vote of 136-7. House Bill 1825, concerning county salary commissions and county classification changes for Lafayette, Pettis, and Saline counties, drew debate over county pay and the exclusion of coroners, but the Senate substitute was adopted 109-35 and finally passed 106-39. The House also considered House Joint Resolution 87, the so-called constitutional sheriff resolution, which would place sheriff duties and the office itself in the Missouri Constitution. Members debated its scope, including concerns about the term “traitors,” possible effects on Kansas City’s police governance, and whether the measure was necessary; a St. Louis City amendment clarifying the City of St. Louis sheriff provisions was adopted. The resolution then passed 100-47. Finally, Senate Bill 878 on pharmacy practice and rural health access, including pharmacist treatment for common illnesses, emergency waivers, and access to certain medications and supplies, passed 132-13 after an amendment on blood pressure cuffs for pregnant women and opioid-alternative language was adopted. Senate Bill 903, addressing telecommunications infrastructure and copper theft, passed 137-5. The House then announced upcoming committee work, including a born-alive bill, and adjourned until May 12, 2026.

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• But those events that aren't scheduled may be meeting with different people.
• And that's something that, you know, I'm giving up work schedule to go do that.
• They list the donors on Schedule B. Right. Schedule B...
• Schedule B is not subject to public records.
• I've yet to find a Schedule B publicly. And I get that's not a public records request.

Summary: The House and Governmental Affairs Committee met on April 23 and advanced several bills dealing with judicial vacancies, travel reimbursement, election administration, public records, and board transparency. Senate Bill 397 by Chairman Reese was reported favorably without objection; it allows the Supreme Court to reappoint a retiring judge on an ad hoc basis to finish cases or provide urgent coverage, while not changing other laws that prevent a judge from returning to the same seat after retiring or resigning. House Bill 398 by Representative Zerang was reported as amended after the committee adopted a new amendment removing lodging from the bill, leaving only meal reimbursement limits tied to the federal GSA rate. House Bill 1201 by Representative Ilk was also reported favorably; it would create per diem pay for legislators doing legislative business outside session and raise statewide elected officials’ salaries using a formula tied to university president pay. The committee deferred Senate Bill 41, which would have extended the deadline for public bodies to publish open-meeting minutes from 20 to 45 days, after the author said he wanted more time to work with opponents. Senate Bill 289 by Senator Abraham, which would have created public-records exceptions for certain university searches, research, and donor information, drew substantial questioning and testimony from the press and members; after amendments narrowed the scope, the committee ultimately held the bill for further work rather than voting it out. Senate Bill 47 by Senator Mizell, as amended, was reported favorably; it requires public boards and commissions to provide contact information, including at least two contacts, a mailing address, email addresses, a website if available, and a phone number, without requiring public funds for member phones. On election-related bills, Senate Bill 248 by Chairman Miller was reported favorably as amended. It allows precincts with fewer than 20 eligible voters to be consolidated with another precinct at the same polling place when both use the same ballot, with Secretary of State Landry saying it would preserve voter privacy, reduce costs, and be seamless for voters. Senate Bill 210 by Senator Klein-Peter was also reported favorably; it increases the number of election commissioners allowed in closed party primaries to match staffing needs created by the new system. Senate Bill 106 by Senator Klein-Peter, which makes certain crime-scene photos, audio/video recordings, and digital images nonpublic except by court order or clerk access, was reported favorably after a roll-call vote of 8 yeas and 2 nays. House Bill 906 by Representative Billings was reported favorably as amended; the amendments let party state central committees decide whether unaffiliated voters may participate in party primaries, require notice to the Department of State, and make participation rules consistent across the party’s related races, with an effective date of January 1, 2027. The committee also deferred Senate Bills 218 and 220 to the following week before adjourning.

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• But those events that aren't scheduled may be meeting with different people.
• And that's something that, you know, I'm giving up work schedule to go do that.
• We tried to sit down, but we just had conflicting schedules.
• They list the donors on Schedule B. Right. Schedule B...
• Schedule B is not subject to public records.

Bills: HB398, HB906, HB1201, SB41, SB47, SB106, SB210, SB218, SB220, SB248, SB289, SB397

Keywords: travel expenses, reimbursement, state officials, US General Services Administration, disaster management, nominating petitions, unaffiliated voters, party primaries, political participation, elections, public meeting minutes, transparency, government accountability, publication deadlines, open meetings, boards and commissions, public records, contact information, email addresses, phone numbers

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• requirements, the sort of beefed up reporting requirements, for the accounting provisions, for the scheduling
• requirements, the sort of beefed up reporting requirements, for the accounting provisions, for the scheduling
• requirements, the sort of beefed up reporting requirements, for the accounting provisions, for the scheduling
• for</c><00:17:38.559><c> the</c> accounting provisions, for the accounting provisions, for the scheduling
• provisions and for the scheduling provisions and for the policies<00:17:42.640><c> as</c><00:17:42.960

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• Adjusting school schedules or using institutional authority in ways that effectively support religious
• voter approval and statutorily requires each school district and charter school to revise its salary schedule
• A school may not reduce eligible teacher base salaries below the base salary schedule reported to ADE
• directs the legislature to enact legislation for the program to increase salaries and base salary schedules
• directs the legislature to enact legislation for the program to increase salaries and base salary schedules

Bills: SB1004, SB1424, SB1497, SB1507, SB1572, SB1684, SB1711, SB1741, SB1754, SB1763, SB1798, SCR1012, SCR1041, SCR1051

Keywords: sex offender registration, sex offender registry, A.R.S. 13-3821, sexual offenses, public safety, GPS monitoring, electronic monitoring, transient offender, homeless registrant, online identifiers, internet identifiers, sheriff notification, Department of Public Safety, DPS, DNA collection, juvenile adjudication, kidnapping of a minor, unlawful imprisonment of a minor, lifetime registration, community notification

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• can currently do this, so they can go ahead of time and bank it with the physician's order and scheduling
• They can go with the physician's order, make sure that their blood's compatible; it has to be scheduled
• It's compatible, it has to be scheduled, then it's all marked, etc.
• And then our special collections unit would contact you to schedule a time to make that donation and
• We'd likely schedule an appointment for you to come to one of our blood centers.

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• So it's kind of our schedule. Right now we're getting ready to start the right-of-way phase.
• Construction of this project is scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2028.
• The scheduled completion date of this project once open is fall/winter of 2028.
• Construction of this project is scheduled to be completed the summer of 2028.
• The scheduled completion date of this project once open is fall winter of 2028.

Bills: SB6131, SB6155, SB6238, SB5824, SB6110, SB5839, SB6032, SB6148

Keywords: traffic safety, roadway fatalities, Washington traffic safety commission, policy update, road safety, accident prevention, disability, parking privileges, accessibility, special parking, local government, oil tankers, restricted waters, environmental safety, maritime regulations, state law, fifth-wheel, travel trailers, vehicle regulation, transportation

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• , we're so pleased to have you with us before the committee today and want to be mindful of your schedule
• We implore this committee to schedule 5947 for an executive session so it may pass this year.
• Please schedule this to move on for the sake of everyone here. Thank you very much.
• Thank you for scheduling this important bill for a hearing.
• Thank you for scheduling this important. What I feel is a very important bill for a hearing.

Bills: SB6258, SB6182, SB5947, SJR8206, SB5823, SB6292

Keywords: Washington Medical Commission, medical license, license relinquishment, voluntary surrender, nondisciplinary pathway, physician regulation, health professional licensing, disciplinary database, National Practitioner Data Bank, license renewal, license reinstatement, medical board, professional discipline, credential surrender, healthcare regulation, abortion, reproductive health, pregnancy termination, clinic access, abortion access fund

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• So it's kind of our schedule. Right now we're getting ready to start the right-of-way phase.
• Construction of this project is scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2028.
• The scheduled completion date of this project, once open, is fall or winter of 2028.
• Construction of this project is scheduled to be completed the summer of 2028.
• The scheduled completion date of this project once open is fall winter of 2028.

Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee met for work sessions, public hearings, and executive action. In the work session, WSDOT briefed the committee on the U.S. 12 corridor near Walla Walla and the North Spokane Corridor. Brian White said U.S. 12 is an eight-phase project with seven phases complete, and phase eight would finish the corridor, improve freight mobility and safety, and include a jurisdictional transfer of the old highway back to Walla Walla County. He said the project remains short of full funding, including a gap between the $350 million corridor cost and the $110 million federal Rural Surface Transportation grant, but WSDOT hopes to build smaller independent-utility pieces and begin construction in summer 2027. Charlene K. then reported that the North Spokane Corridor is seven of eight highway miles open, with major remaining work on the I-90 connection and related interchanges, bridges, and trail segments. She described the project as on track for design completion in 2027 and construction completion around 2030, while noting risks tied to federal approval, tight construction space, labor and contractor availability, utilities, and community impacts. The committee also heard from Karen Messmer of the Cooper Jones Active Transportation Safety Council, who summarized the council’s 2025 report and 2026 priorities. She emphasized that pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities remain unacceptably high and urged a safe-system approach focused on safer speeds, roads, road users, vehicles, land use, and post-crash care. She highlighted recommendations including safety-based performance measures, better speed management, more local safety planning support, improved driver education, attention to micromobility and large vehicles, and faster toxicology and crash-data processing. In public hearings, the committee heard Senate Bill 6131, which would expand the Washington Traffic Safety Commission’s fatal crash review authority, designate it as a public health authority for limited access to health information, and create a confidential fatality review committee. The sponsor and Traffic Safety Commission said the bill would help identify common contributing factors in all fatal crashes while protecting confidential information; a media representative testified that the bill preserves public access to records already open and supports the goal of improving safety. The committee also heard Senate Bill 6155, which would extend disability parking placard renewal from every five years to every 20 years and remove the need for a health care practitioner’s signature at renewal; supporters said this would reduce burdens on permanently disabled people, while opponents warned it could increase fraud and misuse of placards. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 6238, which would raise the minimum tug escort horsepower for oil tankers in restricted waters to 3,000 horsepower or 5% of tanker deadweight, whichever is greater; the sponsor and Board of Pilotage said the change would align statute with current practice and newly adopted rules. Testimony was mixed, and the hearing closed with two people signed in pro and two con. In executive session, the committee advanced several bills. It passed Senate Bill 5746 on EV charging infrastructure property crime, Senate Bill 5824 on fifth wheel travel trailer length, Senate Bill 6110 on e-bikes and e-motos, Senate Bill 5839 on county ferry district passenger-only service, and Senate Bill 6148 on regional transit authority bond terms, all with due pass recommendations to the Rules Committee. An amendment to SB 6110 adding several state agency leaders to the e-moto work group was rejected. The committee adjourned after signing committee reports.

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• Districts are seeing the need to amend their salary schedules.
• it with you that if this were to go through, these folks may not start on step one of the salary schedule
• , or maybe an alternative salary schedule, to not have the issue of, “I went to school five years and
• this person didn't, and they're going to start on the same schedule.”
• The same schedules.

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• We have another full schedule today.
• appointment or we can schedule those rides.
• as a Schedule I controlled substance.
• Chemical structures to those that are scheduled.
• I substances, but also to Schedule II substances, if I'm not mistaken.

Summary: The task force heard extensive testimony on recovery support, harm reduction, and community-based care. Dan Haniken of Into Action described his own recovery from addiction and incarceration and argued that treatment alone is not enough; he said recovery housing, peer support, employment, accountability, and stable housing are what help people stay sober and avoid relapse. Members asked about funding, housing shortages, transportation, treatment courts, and support for medication-assisted treatment (MAT). Haniken said Into Action relies on a braided mix of federal, state, county, city, foundation, and private funding, and that recovery housing needs longer-term support than many current funding streams provide. He also said Missouri should expand recovery housing, peer recovery support, and recovery community centers, and improve awareness and access to MAT in recovery settings and after incarceration. Matt Cushman, a community paramedic with Raytown Fire Protection District, urged Missouri to expand harm reduction, including syringe service programs and broader access to clean needles and drug-checking tools. He argued that stigma and abstinence-only approaches keep many people from seeking help, and said harm reduction reduces disease transmission, overdose deaths, hospitalizations, and other harms while creating pathways to recovery. He cited naloxone distribution as a successful example and said similar strategies should be decriminalized and expanded. Members asked about naloxone access, community paramedicine funding, and whether safe consumption sites should be considered; Cushman said syringe exchange should be a near-term priority, while safe consumption sites are a longer-term policy question. Representatives from Ozarks Medical Center/COMC and Four Rivers Community Health Center focused on the need to reimburse peer support specialists and community health workers, especially in rural and underserved areas. COMC’s Monet Lehman shared her trauma and recovery story and described her jail reentry work, helping incarcerated people with housing, benefits, IDs, employment, MAT, and community supports before release. Four Rivers said its care coordinators and CHWs provide wraparound services such as transportation, housing help, Medicaid enrollment, clothing, and same-day MAT access. Members and staff discussed confusion over reimbursement rules, noting that CCBHCs can bill for peer services through Medicaid while FQHCs generally cannot, and that CHWs are often funded through grants rather than reimbursement. No votes were taken; the meeting consisted of testimony and member questions, with several requests for follow-up information on funding, transportation, and reimbursement rules.

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• We're still inspecting all of our bridges on a schedule.
• Um and they don't have any scheduled inspection.
• Um and they don't have any scheduled inspection.
• These are the federal changes schedule.
• </c> don't have any scheduled inspection. don't have any scheduled inspection.

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• If you might before you post check to see what schedules look like, that would be greatly appreciated
• Uh, so we will do our very best to work with folks' schedules, uh, including staff who are, you know,
• Um we don't have another committee<01:02:28.400><c> meeting</c><01:02:28.799><c> scheduled</c><01:02:
• 29.119><c> at</c><01:02:29.359><c> this</c> committee meeting scheduled at this committee meeting scheduled
• And with that meeting will be scheduled.

Keywords: 1183, house