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• proud of what we're doing in health care today and what we're putting forward for our next set of negotiations
• , first for our vote on the floor and then hopefully for our next set of negotiations.
• I want to also include staff in my thanks for their hard work through this negotiation process and the
• I want to just leave it at that and hope that negotiations continue in that direction.
• And so I look forward to the ongoing negotiations from the Assembly, the Senate, and of course the Governor's

Summary: The Assembly Budget Committee met to consider the 2026 Budget Act, which leaders said was the negotiated compromise with the Senate and was expected to move to the floor that evening. Opening remarks emphasized that the plan balances the budget over two years, reduces the structural deficit, and builds reserves, while also protecting core services in the face of federal cuts. Jason Sisney outlined the legislative budget framework and the likely floor bills, including AB 109, SB 110, SB 122, and SB 125. Department of Finance representative Eric Khali said the administration appreciated the two-year balanced approach and supported the modification in SB 122, while noting the package uses additional revenues and new spending to soften or reject some proposed cuts. Most of the discussion focused on major spending areas. Members and subcommittee chairs highlighted protections and additions for health care and human services, including rejecting the proposed Medi-Cal asset limit change, delaying premium increases, restoring clinic and dental funding, supporting distressed hospitals and county indigent care, and expanding county eligibility staffing to handle H.R. 1-related workload. Education members described record or expanded support for TK-12 schools, child care, special education, community colleges, teacher recruitment, and higher education, including a change to extend Cal Grant eligibility to age 30 for some community college students. Housing and homelessness funding was increased for HAP, multifamily housing, and the low-income housing tax credit, while public safety members pointed to investments in victims’ services, restorative justice, and prison closure savings. Several members also raised concerns or priorities tied to the budget deal. Some praised the package as a moral document that protects vulnerable Californians, immigrant communities, LGBTQ residents, seniors, and people with disabilities. Others noted unresolved issues, including the MCO tax’s impact on districts, the need for more support for local journalism, arts, biotech R&D incentives, transit and GGRF-related concerns, and the need for continued work on Prop. 98 and long-term fiscal resilience. The vice chair cautioned that despite the current progress, the state remains vulnerable to revenue volatility and warned that the budget should build more resilience against a possible downturn. No formal vote was taken in the portion provided, but the committee was preparing the budget package for floor action and final negotiations.

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• In some states, they are now starting to penalize the hospital if the negotiations don't work out with
• It just says that in this state we're going to have the hospitals negotiate with the plans, and then
• the doctors would also separately and independently negotiate with the plans.
• It just says that in this state we're going to have the hospitals negotiate with the plans, and then
• the doctors would also separately and independently negotiate with the plans.

Bills: HR133 , HR134 , HR135 , HR136 , HR137 , HR138 , HR139 , HR140 , HR141 , HR142 , HR143 , HR144 , HR145 , HR146 , HR147 , HR148 , HR149 , HR150 , HR151 , HR152 , HR119 , HR120 , HR121 , HR122 , HR123 , HR125 , HR126 , HR127 , HR128 , HR129 , HR130 , HR131 , HR132 , HCR53 , HCR54 , HCR55 , HCR56 , SCR3 , SCR22 , SB4 , SB18 , SB66 , SB106 , SB201 , SB256 , SB274 , SB292 , SB326 , SB386 , SB406 , SB422 , SB423 , SB456 , SB475 , HCR3 , HB1 , HB3 , HB27 , HB71 , HB214 , HB225 , HB241 , HB244 , HB306 , HB312 , HB313 , HB314 , HB345 , HB366 , HB383 , HB446 , HB473 , HB511 , HB514 , HB655 , HB730 , HB743 , HB836 , HB983 , HB1027 , HB1037 , HB1043 , HB1082 , HB1091 , HB1096 , HB1103 , HB1126 , HB1167 , HB1174 , HB1175 , HB1230 , HB1237 , HB1238 , SB162 , SB349 , SB350 , SB382 , SB383 , HB76 , HB132 , HB181 , HB210 , HB250 , HB265 , HB275 , HB291 , HB322 , HB342 , HB475 , HB486 , HB616 , HB635 , HB639 , HB690 , HB740 , HB757 , HB761 , HB774 , HB808 , HB855 , HB872 , HB883 , HB886 , HB903 , HB949 , HB962 , HB996 , HB1003 , HB1036 , HB1054 , HB1071 , HB1076 , HB1078 , HB1113 , HB1132 , HB1146 , HB1232 , HB1233 , HB21 , HB24 , HB29 , HB31 , HB39 , HB45 , HB77 , HB136 , HB150 , HB263 , HB273 , HB299 , HB315 , HB376 , HB377 , HB431 , HB444 , HB450 , HB519 , HB533 , HB538 , HB559 , HB562 , HB663 , HB664 , HB715 , HB717 , HB805 , HB822 , HB823 , HB834 , HB864 , HB867 , HB1017 , HB1018 , HB1068 , HB1134 , HB1137 , HB1234 , HB1235 , HB1236 , HB961 , HB399 , HB868 , HB905 , HB180 , HB192 , HB284 , HB476 , HB915 , HB952 , HB1006 , HB401 , HB51 , HB58 , HB140 , HB982 , HB1010 , HB750 , HB911 , HB977 , HB901 , HR20 , HR74 , HB9 , HB151 , HB193 , HB310 , HB393 , HB459 , HB577 , HB582 , HB605 , HB614 , HB615 , HB682 , HB733 , HB773

Summary: The House met with a quorum and spent much of the day on personal privileges, recognizing visiting groups and designating several commemorative days, including Sigma Gamma Rho Day, Alpha Kappa Alpha Day, Italian Festival royalty, Acadiana’s Red and White Day, and Louisiana Automobile Dealer Day. Members also welcomed students, civic leaders, former legislators, a state pageant titleholder, and a visiting African law enforcement delegation focused on combating human trafficking. The chamber received Senate bills and committee reports, and several resolutions were adopted without objection, including condolences resolutions and commendations for schools, festivals, and public service organizations. The House then took up a long series of bills, with many passing on final passage after brief debate or technical amendments. Measures addressed topics such as notification of inmate releases from parish jails and DOC facilities (HB 76), ethics and financial disclosure, video voyeurism involving deceased persons (HB 265, renamed the Jacob Carter Dignity and Death Act), health insurance claim practices (HB 291), victim access to parole testimony without fees (HB 32), special education due process burden of proof (HB 342), AI disclosure in medical settings (HB 475), the psychology interjurisdictional compact (HB 486), homelessness provider oversight (HB 616), AI disclosure in campaign calls (HB 639), Medicaid managed care claim review (HB 740), menhaden fishing restrictions (HB 757 and HB 855), HIV exposure law modernization (HB 808), and rare cancer treatment advisory board changes (HB 761). Most of these bills passed with strong support; HB 342 passed 98-3, HB 639 passed 86-9, HB 808 passed 99-0, and HB 855 drew the most extended debate, with supporters citing science-based conservation and opponents warning about harm to the menhaden industry and coastal jobs. The House also adopted committee amendments and set several major fiscal measures as special orders for April 16, including HB 1, HB 2, HB 3, HB 313, HB 383, HB 983, and HB 1126. Additional bills were advanced to third reading from committee reports, and the chamber returned some measures to the calendar for later consideration. Overall, the meeting was marked by ceremonial recognitions, a heavy legislative agenda, and multiple substantive policy votes across education, health, criminal justice, transportation, ethics, and natural resources.

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• need to be given the support that they need to be able<00:19:49.640><c> to</c><00:19:49.720><c> negotiate
• for</c><00:19:50.360><c> the</c><00:19:50.440><c> public's</c><00:19:50.919><c> best</c> able to negotiate
• for the public's best able to negotiate for the public's best interest<00:19:51.840><c> in</c><00:19
• Someone else said you want your government to negotiate in the best interest in public view, and I would
• in the best your government to negotiate in the best interest<00:46:05.640><c> in</c><00:46:05.760><

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• in a big company, especially a low-wage worker, does not hear about how they have their lawyers negotiating
• </c><00:21:22.960><c> their</c> have their lawyers negotiating their have their lawyers negotiating their
• Most workers—I mean, I had to become a lawyer before I had a contract that I actually had some negotiation
• actually before I had a contract that I actually had<00:30:19.440><c> some</c><00:30:19.760><c> negotiation
• And so they are had some negotiation in.

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• </c><00:34:15.919><c> The</c> wishes to go to the negotiate again.
• The wishes to go to the negotiate again.
• for four or five trying to negotiate for four or five years years years &gt;&gt; without<00:34:29.359
• They are trying to prevent that and they're trying to get them to negotiate, sit down at the table and
• They are trying to prevent that and they're trying to get them to negotiate, sit down at the table and

Bills: SB298 , SB91 , SB298 , SB91

Committee: Senate County and Municipal Government

Keywords: Florence, Lauderdale County, municipal boundaries, corporate limits, land annexation, military installations, tall structures, local government, construction approval, wind energy facilities, aeronautics, Department of Defense, law enforcement, staffing requirements, municipalities, state oversight, public safety

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• 01:22:00.239><c> drive</c><01:22:00.560><c> up</c> Tonight, I'm pleased to announce that I have negotiated
• We are in negotiations with them.
• We are in negotiations<02:03:45.599><c> with</c><02:03:45.840><c> them.
• </c><02:03:46.080><c> They</c><02:03:46.320><c> want</c><02:03:46.400><c> to</c> negotiations with them
• They want to negotiations with them.

Bills: HB4626 , HR1075 , SB2503 , HB6329

Keywords: energy conservation, home appliances, affordability, Secretary of Energy, technological feasibility, consumer protection, economic impact, aviation safety, Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, air traffic management, pilot training, regulatory compliance

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• He negotiated landmark covenants with major corporations like Coca-Cola, Burger King, and Ford to increase
• He<00:48:22.720><c> negotiated</c><00:48:23.440><c> landmark</c><00:48:24.000><c> covenants</c><00:48
• :24.400><c> with</c> He negotiated landmark covenants with He negotiated landmark covenants with major
• Case in point, Syria 1984 negotiated<00:49:57.920><c> the</c><00:49:58.079><c> re</c><00:49:58.400><c
• > release</c><00:49:58.800><c> of</c><00:49:59.040><c> Navy</c> negotiated the re release of Navy negotiated

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• This is something Our side tried to negotiate really hard as we kind of tried to move this bill forward
• , with more mandates on their rules of how they give benefits to their employees that have been negotiated
• I am not negotiating that. a question? He will yield. Representative Schultz. Thank you, Mr.
• This is a labor-employer council that negotiates reforms to the workers' compensation system before any
• After months of negotiations, the Advisory Council met on Friday, May 9th, to conclude this work.

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• ><00:18:40.960><c> were</c> additional policy items that were additional policy items that were negotiated
• 41.919><c> part</c><00:18:42.000><c> of</c><00:18:42.160><c> this</c><00:18:42.320><c> budget</c> negotiated
• as part of this budget negotiated as part of this budget discussion.<00:18:43.679><c> Uh</c><00:18:44.200
• There were a number of points, as I understand it, that were negotiated, but resolution was unable to
• there were a number of negotiations there were a number of different<00:34:49.679><c> programs</c><00

Bills: SF1959 , HF2444 , SF2298 , HF2445 , SF2216 , HF2443 , HF2130 , HF1943 , HF2436 , HF2442

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: veterans, military affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Military Affairs, omnibus veterans bill, appropriations, National Guard, state active service, armory, State Armory Building Commission, veterans homes, veterans cemeteries, county veterans service office, Minnesota GI Bill, Gold Star families, Blue Star families, Secret War in Laos, Hmong veterans, Laos veterans, special guerrilla units

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• We basically have the ability in some types of construction to negotiate the terms and conditions. of
• And that's. a lot of very large negotiated contracts, and we're talking about the hundreds of millions
• The reason why we did that is because I had members that had negotiated easements with transmission line
• like those folks just thought they could just run over them and that they didn't really have to negotiate
• Leads the nation in the number of cities under or in active negotiations for a federal clean water...

Committee: House Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:

• Um, one of the other things that we did as an agency when we negotiated.
• We negotiated this latest contract, we negotiated the contract with the vendor that they are paying to
• The provider for the Civil Commitment Center does do an excellent job in negotiating those rates down
• That they were able to negotiate down to a final payment of $69,000.
• However, despite... that negotiating skill to reduce those final payments, we have already been billed

Committee: House Appropriations - S/C on Article II

Transcript Highlights:

• As we negotiate this year's budget, we keep hearing all about the priorities that deserve our attention
• But there is one issue that has been left out of the budget negotiations for far too long: the wages
• But there is one issue that has been left out of the budget negotiations for far too long: the wages

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and routine administrative business, including approval of the June 1, 2026 journal and several leave requests. The chamber then took up a series of bills and committee referrals, with House Bill 1042 initially sent to Appropriations and later re-referred to Rules and Executive Nominations after committee action. Several other measures were either passed, held over in their order, or re-referred, including House Bills 36 and 513 to Appropriations and various Senate and House bills set aside for later consideration. The most substantive floor debate centered on House Bill 96, where Senator Yaw offered Amendment A4096 to clarify the legal effect of historic tax sales of unseated lands. The amendment would treat certain historic tax-sale deeds as conveying full fee simple ownership, including severed subsurface rights, unless those rights were separately assessed, and would require documentary proof for claims of redemption. The amendment passed 36-14. The Senate also adopted Amendment A4183 to House Bill 1862 after a ruling that Senator Rothman had no conflict of interest and was required to vote; that amendment passed 46-4. Later, Amendment A4173 to House Bill 2559 was adopted 49-1, and House Bill 2559 then passed as amended. Several bills received final passage by unanimous 50-0 votes, including House Bills 482, 1102, 1830, 1860, and 2426, while House Bill 1862 and House Bill 96 were advanced as amended. The Senate also returned a slate of gubernatorial nominations to the governor on motion of the Rules and Executive Nominations Committee. During petitions and remonstrances, Senator Tartaglione urged action to raise Pennsylvania’s minimum wage, arguing the budget should not ignore low-wage workers. The session also included recognition remarks for Ed Sheehan’s retirement and a submission to the record on the Treaty of Paris. The Senate then recessed until July 12, 2026, at noon, and several bills were signed in the presence of the Senate before recess.

Transcript Highlights:

• I want to tell you that there have been multiple good-faith negotiations to get us into a posture to
• I want to tell you that there have been multiple good-faith negotiations to get us into a posture to
• As you know, through some negotiations, the bill's gotten to the posture where it is today, and that

Bills: SB147 , SB414 , HB220 , HB750 , HB799 , HB827 , HB952 , HB953

Committee: Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

Keywords: roof standards, construction code, residential property, fortified roofs, insurance, medical debt, interest rate, healthcare services, consumer protection, debt collection, Louisiana Medical Debt Protection Act, child exploitation, online reporting, platforms, cyber crime, PROTECT Act, boiler safety, inspection, licensing, state fire marshal

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• I know that this was negotiated with some members. Yeah.
• The Speaker, I don't see him here, but he negotiated this with the Lieutenant Governor and got it down
• The Speaker, I don't see him here, but he negotiated this with the Lieutenant Governor and got it down

Committee: All JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

Summary: The committee first reviewed a list of bills already marked ready for due pass, including several House bills (HB 1010, 1018, 1020, 1023, 1041, 1055, 1077) and Senate bills (SB 4, 16, 24, 55, 59), along with a few items in the budget packet. The JBC Personnel Subcommittee report was then taken up, and Senator Rice offered a substitute motion to separate out the governor’s staff-related item for a separate vote and a roll-call division. After discussion about the request and the underlying personnel issue, the substitute motion failed on a roll-call division, and the committee then adopted the personnel subcommittee report as a whole. The committee next heard questions for Treasurer John Thurston on House Bill 1034 and the Treasurer’s office budget request. Members raised concerns about salary increases for executive staff, the size of raises under the approved pay plan, office hours, and whether the office was prioritizing raises appropriately. Thurston said the salaries were within the previously approved pay plan, that the request was for full funding of that plan with a negotiated 10% amount, and that office hours remained the same though vault tours had been adjusted for scheduling. Several members expressed dissatisfaction with the increases, while others noted the compromise reached with committee leadership. The committee then adopted the letter for HB 1034. The committee also considered special language items, including a proposal tied to extension office improvements through a DFA-administered program for the Division of Agriculture, which was described as unfunded. That item was adopted. The committee then moved through the remaining ready items, giving do-pass or adopt motions to SB 29, SB 51, HB 1034, HB 1010, HB 1018, HB 1020, HB 1023, HB 1041, HB 1055, HB 1077, SB 16, SB 23, SB 24, SB 55, and SB 59. SB 4 was set aside as not ready. The meeting adjourned with notice that the committee would reconvene in 15 minutes in another room to handle special language.

Transcript Highlights:

• We are in negotiations with the intention, obviously, of eliminating that exemption.
• And then as for the solar portion of the bill, the author was able to negotiate with industry and find
• So we didn't want to rug pull anyone, and this is negotiated language.

Summary: The committee took up a long series of Senate bills, beginning with SB 44, which extends a sales tax exemption to contractors working for nonprofits. It was presented briefly and reported out 24-0. The committee then considered SB 237, with a PCS and a written amendment that delayed the effective date and phased out the manufacturing exemption for solar and battery energy storage systems; members discussed the impact on ongoing projects, the treatment of solar and storage like prior wind and data center exemptions, and concerns from the renewable industry before the bill was advanced. Several other measures were heard and passed, including SB 248 on reinvesting proceeds from any sale of tourism real property back into state park maintenance and capital improvements; SB 1360 on the Pro Tem’s numeracy bill for the Department of Education; SB 985 codifying the local food for schools program; SB 1204 requiring three days of paid bereavement leave for school district employees; SB 1239 extending the bridge funding formula and moving certain motorcycle and moped fees to Service Oklahoma; SB 1307 cleaning up statutory language related to the ARCS Council, J.M. Davis Arms Museum, and Historical Society; and SB 2143 allowing county assessors to use aerial imagery, but not drones, to identify property changes. The aerial imagery bill drew the most debate, with questions about privacy, assessors’ authority, and whether the measure would save counties money; it passed 13-11. The committee also advanced SB 1428 creating an Alzheimer’s and related dementia services coordinator in the Health Department; SB 1390 extending a gross production tax sunset for tourism and water-related entities; SB 1400 combining sales tax exemptions for aircraft maintenance facilities; SB 1405 renewing the wildlife diversity check-off; SB 1732 raising fees for the construction industries board; SB 1832 adding voluntary ODVA checkboxes to licenses and hunting forms; SB 1859 creating a revolving fund for the OSBI cybercrimes and fraud unit; SB 1989 allowing electronic payment methods such as Cash App and Venmo for 529 accounts; SB 2018 changing valuation rules for new multifamily housing; and SB 1427, a bipartisan diabetes prevention and health bill. Most bills were reported out with overwhelming support, with a few receiving one or two no votes, and the committee adjourned after completing the agenda.

Transcript Highlights:

• The department conducted negotiated rulemaking with stakeholders, providers, and advocacy organizations
• existing statutory requirements, such as background checks, variances, enforcement standards, and negotiated
• The Department conducted negotiated rulemaking with stakeholders and providers and the Idaho Health Care

Committee: Senate Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:

• WON'T GET WHAT THEY ASKED FOR SO THEY ASKED FOR A WHOLE LOT MORE AND THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE NEGOTIATING
• DOWN SO THEY BRING IN ALL THEIR EXPERTS WITH THEIR ALGORITHMS AND NEGOTIATE DOWN TO WHERE THEY FIGURED
• AND THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS NEGOTIABLE.

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• manufacturing perspective, and my heart goes out to these HR managers that have to actually manage and negotiate
• with... ...to actually manage and negotiate with the PBMs.
• Well, I'm going to vote for it because I'm going to respect the agreement and the negotiation.

Committee: Senate Banking and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:

• Any school district employee is able to negotiate their own employee contract.
• On page two, line one of the measure, it says a school district employee has a right to negotiate the
• , which will be my next point—but Arizona law currently does allow a school district employee to negotiate
• strike the word “grant” and substitute “acknowledge a school district employee has the right to negotiate
• including wages, benefits, and working conditions.” ...school district employee has the right to negotiate

Committee: Joint Legislative Council

Transcript Highlights:

• And, you know, we will negotiate with Trust for Public Land and East Bay Parks on those exact purposes
• Wasn't that part of the negotiations last year on cap and trade, that there would be allowances?
• It’s going through the legislative process, and this expedited negotiation process won’t work.
• It’s going through the legislative process, and this expedited negotiation process won’t work.
• It's going through the legislative process, and this expedited negotiation process won't work.

Summary: The hearing focused on the governor’s May Revision proposals for transportation, natural resources, climate, and related programs, with the Department of Finance and the LAO presenting competing views on the state’s fiscal condition. Finance said the budget remains balanced over two years, with major climate-bond, water, parks, transportation, DMV, and agriculture proposals, while the LAO argued the state still has a structural deficit and should reject or defer many new discretionary spending items, preserve reserves, and be cautious about ongoing commitments. The LAO specifically questioned the timing and scale of new spending for programs such as Clean California, Healthy Rivers and Landscapes, and the Golden Gate Fields acquisition, and urged more clarity on future obligations and revenue scenarios, including for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. A major portion of the hearing was devoted to the Healthy Rivers and Landscapes proposal for Bay-Delta water quality implementation. Secretary Wade Crowfoot and Finance described it as an enforceable, science-based alternative to a more traditional regulatory approach, with the state’s $25 million request intended to support early implementation, monitoring, habitat restoration, and environmental flows. The LAO countered that the Water Board has not yet adopted the updated Bay-Delta plan, that the proposal may be premature, and that the Legislature should wait for more information on the state’s total funding commitment and the program’s long-term costs. Several members expressed support for the program as a way to reduce conflict and protect water reliability, while others echoed concerns about timing and fiscal exposure. The committee also examined the proposed $125 million Proposition 4 contribution toward acquiring the Golden Gate Fields property for a shoreline park and habitat project. State officials said the acquisition is a time-sensitive, once-in-a-generation opportunity, with an appraised value of $175 million and additional philanthropic and local funding expected to close the gap. Members questioned whether the project had gone through the usual competitive process, whether the site is the best use of scarce park bond dollars, and how public access, habitat, and disadvantaged-community priorities would be protected. The discussion ended without a vote, and the committee moved on to transportation items including Clean California litter abatement, the Games Route Network, homeless encampment coordinators, and DMV modernization and field office proposals, with LAO recommending rejection or delay on several of those requests as well.