Video & Transcript Research : 'educational workers'

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CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Apr 30th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And as they enter the job market and the education system, recidivism becomes so much more unlikely.
  • These students are part of a special program that emphasizes civic education and engagement.
  • Every day, they keep students, workers, customers, and hospital patients safer.
  • These workers play a critical role in keeping Californians safe and healthy.
  • I just want to elevate the work that our DGS workers do every day.
Keywords: 988, house, all
Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, heard a prayer and Pledge of Allegiance, and approved the previous day’s journal. Members then handled several procedural motions, including a successful roll-call vote to suspend rules so the Public Safety Committee could set SB 73 for hearing; the motion passed 41-14. The chamber also welcomed several guest groups, including Placer County Sheriff’s Office leaders for its 175th anniversary, John Muir Charter Schools students, youth art contest winners from the 24th District, Oak Ridge High School’s national champion cheer team, and Casa Grande High School seniors visiting for civic education. On the floor, the Assembly adopted ACR 176 by Assemblymember Elhawary, recognizing April as Second Chance Month. Supporters emphasized rehabilitation, reentry barriers, and the importance of trauma-informed services, housing, education, and employment for formerly incarcerated people; the resolution received 55 coauthors and was adopted by voice vote. The Assembly also adopted HR 109 by Assemblymember Schiavo, honoring California’s janitorial and cleaning workforce, with members speaking about the essential, often unseen work of janitors and state building staff; it received 58 coauthors and passed by voice vote. Members then adopted ACR 119 by Assemblymember Ta, marking the 51st anniversary of Black April and honoring Vietnamese refugees, the fall of Saigon, and the sacrifices of Vietnamese and American service members. Speakers reflected on the trauma of displacement and the contributions of Vietnamese Americans in California; the resolution received 63 coauthors and was adopted by voice vote. The Assembly passed and retained numerous other file items, continued some measures, and adjourned until Monday, May 4 at 1 p.m.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, January 15, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • the boards of the Nassau education the boards of the Nassau education foundation<00:24:29.200>
  • career prospects workers of all ages career prospects workers of all ages should<02:16:44.479> would
  • <02:17:05.240> that additional resources for workers that additional resources for workers
  • loved ones to the Educators shaping our loved ones to the Educators shaping the<02:20:53.640> minds
  • <07:11:42.718> and she was an incredibly hard worker and she was an incredibly hard worker
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Children and Family Law (01/21/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have child protective service workers that take the initial calls.
  • <00:56:01.799> that child protective service workers that child protective service workers
  • foster parents in educational foster parents in educational decisionmaking<04:04:24.680> for<
  • In the special education process, parents play an essential role.
  • <04:09:01.439> process them in the special education process them in the special education
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The meeting began with committee process reminders from the chair, including rules for questioning witnesses, time limits for testimony, and how motions and committee reports are handled. The chair also discussed the committee’s history, emphasized a cooperative approach with agencies and the Judiciary, and noted that a special committee on the Family Division of Circuit Court had previously done useful work; he said a new subcommittee could be appointed later to continue looking at judicial-system issues. He also mentioned that the Speaker’s office was expected to name members to the DHHS oversight committee by Friday at 1. The substantive presentation was from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Bureau of Child Support Services. Attorney John Williams introduced the bureau team, and Bureau Chief Lisa Dekowski described the program’s mission: encouraging responsible parenting, family self-sufficiency, and child well-being by locating parents, establishing paternity, setting or modifying support orders, and enforcing court-ordered child and medical support. She said the bureau operates statewide under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, works with courts, employers, and other partners, and serves both in-state and out-of-state cases, with some international and tribal coordination. She also cited program scale, saying the bureau dispersed about $76 million to families in New Hampshire in fiscal year 2023 and that most collections go directly to families. Members asked about enforcement tools, especially passport denial. In response to a question about a case involving a very small shortfall, the bureau said the federal passport-denial threshold is $2,500 in arrears, not a few cents, and that denial remains in place until the balance is resolved or an arrangement is made with the agency, with hardship factors potentially considered. The bureau also explained that either parent can apply for services when a child support order exists and that the bureau can help initiate income withholding orders. No votes or formal actions were taken during this portion of the meeting.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Sharing our stories and educating lawmakers is essential for this.
  • and the Santa Clara County Office of Education of best practices.
  • And so that helps support the training at the higher education place.
  • Butte County Office of Education. Oh, yeah, sorry, Butte County Office of Education.
  • So we have the privilege of working with Imperial County Office of Education.
Summary: The Select Committee on Youth Mental Health and Treatment Access held its third hearing to review the state of youth mental health, progress under the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI), and remaining implementation and funding challenges. The chair emphasized that schools are often the main point where education, health care, and social services intersect for students, and that the committee’s goal is to ensure public investments translate into better access and outcomes. The hearing featured testimony from researchers, a youth advocate, state officials, and local practitioners. PPIC researcher Shalini Mostala reported that teen mental health remains a serious concern, with high rates of chronic sadness, hopelessness, and suicidal thoughts, though recent California data show some improvement since the pandemic. She noted persistent disparities by gender, race, and rural status, and said school-based health centers, wellness centers, and community schools are associated with lower suicidal thoughts. Youth advocate Ella Cruz, speaking for NAMI California, described her own mental health struggles and argued that youth voice, peer-to-peer support, and reducing stigma are essential; she also said technology and AI cannot replace trusted adults or trained professionals. Committee members asked about phone use, stigma, cultural barriers, and how to make supports more accessible and relatable to students. Dr. Sohill Sood of the California Health and Human Services Agency said statewide survey data show declining stigma, increased counseling use, and lower suicide ideation among students, and he highlighted CYBHI’s certified wellness coaches, digital tools, awareness campaigns, and the first-in-the-nation fee schedule that allows schools and colleges to bill health plans for behavioral health services. He said the program is growing quickly, with more than 230,000 claims and over $11 million in new revenue to date, while acknowledging that billing systems and coordination are still being built. Trina Frazier of Fresno County described a multi-tiered system of care supported by CYBHI, CalAIM, and other grants, serving thousands of students through school-based services, wellness centers, and mobile therapy units; she said ongoing funding and flexibility are critical. Rachel Kroberniski of El Segundo High School’s James Morehouse Project described a long-running wellness center and peer mentorship model that supports students in multiple languages, and said peer programs help students feel seen, connected, and more willing to seek help. Members broadly praised the flexibility, collaboration, and peer-based approaches described by the witnesses. Questions focused on sustaining funding after one-time grants expire, improving coordination among schools, counties, and providers, expanding the fee schedule to higher education, and ensuring continuity of care for students after high school. Officials said county offices of education, DHCS, and other partners are using communities of practice and technical assistance to spread best practices, and that CYBHI services can follow some young adults through age 25, with additional supports through community-based programs and digital platforms.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Rules Apr 21st, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • HB 259 FENTANYL AWARENESS AND EDUCATION DAY IS IDENTICAL TO SENATE BILL 214.
  • THIS KIND OF CARVEOUT DOESN'T JUST HURT INDIVIDUAL WORKERS IT DRIVES DOWN WAGES FOR EVERYONE.
  • THE RESULT IS A RACE TO THE BOTTOM WHERE WORKERS LOSE AND BIG CORPORATIONS WIN.
  • PARTICULARLY UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS WITH US CITIZEN WORKERS OR THOSE THAT HAVE A VALID WORK PERMIT AND
  • THOSE IMMIGRANT WORKERS AND QUITE FRANKLY WORK FOR LOW WAGES.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session May 15th, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Assembly Bill 972 by Assembly Member Wilson, an act relating to post-secondary education.
  • According to the Assembly Higher Education Committee's call to action report last year, campus Title
  • Child care providers who care for young children, teachers who educate the next generation, Child care
  • So we need the education piece because I know our boys tend to think that they're stronger than they
  • And these public works workers are going to become even more essential.
Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, then moved through a long Daily File with several major policy bills and multiple commemorative resolutions. The most debated measure was AB 379 on human trafficking and child exploitation. The bill was presented as a stronger, more comprehensive version that increases penalties for adults soliciting minors, adds a loitering offense tied to purchasing commercial sex, raises fines for businesses that facilitate trafficking, creates a Survivor Support Fund, and establishes grants for victim services and vertical prosecution. Several members spoke in support, while Assemblymember Sharp-Collins raised concerns that the loitering provision could be vague and disproportionately enforced against Black, Brown, and LGBTQIA+ people. The bill passed after debate, with the clerk reporting 72 noes and the measure still passing. The Assembly also passed AB 1415, which expands the Office of Health Care Affordability’s authority to review more health systems, private equity and hedge fund acquisitions, and managed service organizations in order to better track cost drivers and medical debt. Other policy bills approved included AB 711 on coordinating court reporters for motion hearings, AB 1142 on horse event entry fees, AB 309 on preserving access to sterile syringes for HIV and hepatitis prevention, AB 358 on allowing victims to consent to searches of hidden surveillance devices like AirTags and spy cameras, AB 592 on outdoor dining for restaurants, AB 1341 on clarifying contractor licensing violations, AB 752 on easing child care center siting, AB 1166 on extending debt-settlement rules to commercial financing, AB 806 on mobile home resident cooling rights, AB 972 on explicit sex discrimination protections in higher education, AB 416 on emergency room 5150 authority, AB 632 on expedited collection of penalties for serious local code violations, AB 672 on PERB notification and intervention rights, AB 876 on CRNA scope of practice, and AB 760 on temporary mobile home housing after disasters. Most of these measures passed with broad bipartisan support, though AB 672 drew sharp opposition from Assemblymember DeMaio over concerns about PERB and state bureaucracy. The chamber also adopted several resolutions recognizing May observances and public service groups. These included ACR 63 designating May as California Fairgrounds Appreciation Month, ACR 69 for California Physical Fitness and Mental Well-Being Month, ACR 76 for California Small Business Month, ACR 77 for Drowning Awareness and Prevention Month, HR 36 for Lung Cancer Action Week, HR 39 for National Public Works Week, and HR 41 for National Hospital Week. Members used the resolutions to highlight local institutions, public health, and community services, and each was adopted after co-author rolls and voice votes. The session ended after the Assembly completed the day’s file and moved through a series of routine procedural motions and adjournment-related business.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, December 2, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • the ability to finance their education the ability to finance their education through<00:12:44.639
  • <00:14:31.600> who their feet, and the social worker who their feet, and the social worker
  • <00:42:31.839> and<00:42:32.319> recreational educational and recreational educational
  • Fund education.
  • Fund education. schools safer. Fund education.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 3rd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

NV

Nevada 2025 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session May 30th, 2025 at 11:30 am

Nevada Assembly Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Assembly Bill 494, introduced by the Committee on Education, revises provisions relating to education
  • Assembly Bill 49, introduced by the Committee on Education, revises provisions relating to educational
  • Educational personnel.
  • And I think all of us would like to have done much more to recognize and honor those workers.
  • And I think all of us would like to have done much more to recognize and honor those workers.
Keywords: 909, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Culture, Recreation & Tourism Apr 23rd, 2025

Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • workers.
  • Not by lowering the number of workers... ...workers working here and spending money here, and all of
  • Like I said, we're going to be at capacity with the workers we have now.
  • It's about finding a trade instead of a four-year education.
  • Education is not going to be for everybody, so go learn a trade.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Government, Elections And Indian Affairs Mar 5th, 2025

House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, it's giving more flexibility to the workers. Thank you. Okay.
  • It's necessary for proper treatment of our workers, state workers. Thank you. Okay.
  • Fund to the Higher Education Department for a program to be housed at the Institute of American Indian
  • For pollinators of the National Agriculture Research Extension Education and Economics Advisory Board
  • Of course, the outreach and education is equally important.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • We're not seeing a lot of confidence in workers switching jobs, not a lot of confidence in businesses
  • Most of the job growth that we saw last year was in private education and health services.
  • That's by far the big part of private education and health services. Thank you.
  • That's by far the big part of private education and health services.
  • So we're seeing very little job growth because of the education and health services.
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: At the April meeting of the Finance Advisory Committee, staff presented an updated state revenue forecast that was more cautious than January’s because of heightened economic uncertainty tied to the Iran conflict and broader national risks. The general fund’s available resources were revised down from $577 million in January to $378 million in the April forecast, with the lower estimate driven by reduced revenue projections while spending assumptions were unchanged. Staff said the outlook depends heavily on how long the Middle East conflict lasts and noted that a prolonged disruption could weaken the forecast further, while a quick resolution could improve conditions. George Hammond of the University of Arizona gave a broad economic overview, highlighting geopolitical risk, elevated oil and gasoline prices, sticky inflation, weak Arizona job growth, and uncertainty around federal policy, tariffs, immigration, and AI-related investment. He said Arizona’s recent job growth has been very weak and concentrated mainly in health services, while most other sectors lost jobs, and he attributed much of the slowdown to low hiring rather than layoffs. He also discussed population growth, noting that Arizona remains above the national average but is increasingly dependent on net migration as natural increase slows, and he warned that housing affordability remains strained even as Phoenix inflation has moderated. Panelists generally echoed the cautious outlook but pointed to some offsets. Liz St. Clair said Arizona’s near-term revenues could benefit from tourism tied to spring training and the Final Four, though higher fuel costs could dampen discretionary spending. Other panelists noted that the federal policy environment, tariffs, and immigration changes are likely to restrain growth, while productivity gains, especially from technology and AI, may help businesses maintain output. Several members also discussed housing, saying single-family permits have fallen while rental supply has improved affordability, and they raised concerns about labor-force growth, wage disparities, and the reliability of recent employment data revisions. No formal votes or actions were taken.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Human Services Committee Jun 16th, 2026

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Families already use electronic signatures for health care, housing, and education documents.
  • The motion is due pass to the Assembly Education Committee.
  • SB 902, file item 3, the motion is due pass to the Assembly Education Committee. Lee, aye.
  • The National Association of Social Workers, California chapter, in strong support.
  • I'm a social worker and an Army vet myself.
Keywords: 988, house, all
Summary: The Assembly Committee on Human Services heard and advanced a series of bills focused on homelessness, child care, food security, public assistance, immigration legal services, and veterans’ benefits. SB 479 would allow city-based local health jurisdictions, including Berkeley and Oakland, to run homeless response multidisciplinary teams and share specified information across departments; supporters said the change would improve coordination and outcomes, while no opposition testified. SB 902 would permit electronic signatures for Child Care and Development Services Act paperwork, with supporters describing the burden of paper processes on working families and noting that paper would remain an option. Both bills were referred onward after committee action. The committee also approved SB 1025, creating an Office of Food Security and Affordability; SB 1030, repealing the CalWORKs “man-in-the-house” rule; and SB 1077, requiring CDSS to develop a communications and contingency plan for CalFresh disruptions during federal government shutdowns. Testimony on these measures emphasized fragmented food assistance systems, the need to modernize outdated welfare rules, and the importance of preparing for future federal benefit interruptions. Each bill drew broad support from advocates, local governments, and social service organizations, with no opposition testimony, and each received a due-pass recommendation to the next committee. The committee further advanced SB 1194, which would codify the Immigration Legal Fellowship Project to expand access to immigration legal services in underserved regions, and SB 1201, which would seek federal waivers and other protections to help veterans affected by CalFresh changes and connect applicants with county veterans service officers. Supporters said both bills would fill critical service gaps and strengthen legal and food-security infrastructure. SB 1194 received a 6-1 vote, while SB 1201 passed unanimously. Earlier in the hearing, SB 557 and SB 1051 were approved on consent. The committee then adjourned after recording final roll calls for absent members.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Republican Media Availability 3/13/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • they were asking for was more money to pay for the unemployment benefits for bus drivers, hourly workers
  • Do you want to repeal those benefits, the unemployment benefits for hourly school workers?
  • > know<00:08:49.440> that<00:08:49.600> the<00:08:49.720> Investments workers
  • we know that the Investments workers we know that the Investments that<00:08:50.320> have<00:
  • <00:09:51.720> is a $6 billion dollar deficit education is a $6 billion dollar deficit education
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 03/18/25

Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Transcript Highlights:
  • uh who uh and workers uh who will<00:25:06.200> look<00:25:06.480> to<00:25:06.679>
  • equip more families with the education equip more families with the education and<00:43:13.960><
  • I urge you to invest in the families, invest in workers, invest in St.
  • <00:56:40.240> move more kids fall behind more workers move more kids fall behind more workers
  • contracted by a school an educational contracted by a school an educational Cooperative<01:05:56.839
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/4/25

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I also want to be clear that Educators I also want to be clear that Educators agree<00:02:43.760
  • Early Education educational growth Early Education shapes<01:10:06.400> their<01:10:06.600>
  • their education and the education that they deserve to have, and have the legal right to.
  • I'm a social worker.
  • I'm a social worker.
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Finance - 02/18/26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • workers, educators, food service workers, educators, food service workers, custodians,<01:15:09.280
  • education, support, and opportunities. education, support, and opportunities.
  • supports that we as educators provide. supports that we as educators provide.
  • for special education. for special education.
  • Thank you, Madam Chair. education that they deserve. education that they deserve.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Legislative Audit Committee Jun 18th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Luis Valentino, and I'm a retired educator with 35 years in education.
  • the most affordable higher education.
  • Let me be clear: I support STEM education and believe that providing our students with STEM education
  • I support STEM education and believe that providing our students with STEM education is at the heart
  • So I ask you for your help for farm workers, co-workers. We want to have good health. Thank you.
Summary: The committee heard several audit requests and related testimony. The first major item was an audit of Coachella Valley Unified School District’s contract and fiscal management. The author and supporters described long-standing fiscal mismanagement, large budget shortfalls, layoffs, contracting concerns, and questions about the district’s foundation and use of public funds. District representatives and the Riverside County Office of Education said the district is already under fiscal oversight, has a stabilization plan, and is working to reduce deficits and improve student outcomes. After extensive debate and public comment, the motion to approve the audit was put on call because the committee did not have the required votes from both houses at that moment. The committee then approved an audit of East Bay transit agencies in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Senator Wahab argued the region’s many overlapping transit agencies create fragmentation, duplication, and inefficiency, especially amid a fiscal cliff and possible future tax increases. Transit agencies and labor representatives opposed the audit, saying the agencies already undergo multiple audits, serve distinct local needs, and are implementing regional coordination efforts. After testimony from agency leaders and public commenters, the committee voted to approve the audit. The next item was an audit of California Community Colleges’ unrestricted reserves. Senator Archuleta and supporting faculty representatives said reserves have grown substantially and may be diverting resources from student services, instruction, and workforce programs. They argued there is little oversight when reserves become too high. The Chancellor’s Office and Calbright College were invited to respond, and the audit objectives focused on reserve growth, reasons for high balances, oversight by the Chancellor’s Office, and effects on students and staff. The transcript cuts off during the Chancellor’s Office response, so the final committee action on this item is not shown.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • , and limited education.
  • We also focus on education.
  • McGai School of Education.
  • McGai School of Education.
  • So we give about $1 million to our farm worker division because it's migrant seasonal farm worker focused
Summary: The Senate and Assembly Human Services Committees held a special oversight hearing on California’s 2026-27 Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) state plan, a federal anti-poverty funding stream. Committee members opened by citing statewide poverty and homelessness data and said the hearing was meant to review how CSBG dollars are used, how local agencies respond to community needs, and how the state is preparing for possible federal funding cuts. Jason Wimbley of the Department of Community Services and Development (CSD) explained that California’s CSBG network works through 60 organizations in 58 counties, serving about 1.5 million low-income Californians in 2023, and that the state received $68.4 million in federal CSBG funds in fiscal year 2025. He described the program as flexible funding used for housing, employment, education, food, health, transportation, and emergency response, and noted that the federal administration had proposed eliminating CSBG, though the Senate Appropriations Committee had voted to fully fund it for the coming year. Representatives from the California Community Action Partnership Association and several CSBG-funded agencies described how the program supports local anti-poverty work and leverages other funding. CalCAPA emphasized local flexibility, workforce development, partnerships, and data systems such as ROMA, while also warning that agencies are preparing for possible reductions by tightening budgets, planning staffing contingencies, and seeking private foundation support. Agency witnesses from Contra Costa County, Northern California Indian Development Council, Proteus, and Sacred Heart Community Service described services including housing assistance, food distribution, utility help, employment training, youth programs, and culturally specific services for Native communities and migrant farmworkers. They repeatedly said CSBG is essential because it funds staffing and infrastructure that allow them to braid other grants and serve people who do not qualify for standard safety-net programs. Members also asked about the impact of federal staffing changes and the Los Angeles fires. Wimbley said federal layoffs had affected some CSD programs but not CSBG administration, and that the department coordinated disaster response with state agencies and used CSBG-funded supply distribution, food, water, clothing, and documentation support during the fires. Witnesses said they were preparing for possible future cuts by diversifying funding, reducing expenses, and considering service changes, while county officials warned that state and federal reductions could not be backfilled locally. During public comment, one speaker urged stronger oversight of community action agencies and raised concerns about transparency and compliance with state law. The chair then thanked the witnesses, emphasized the importance of CSBG for low-income seniors, youth, and people with disabilities, and adjourned the hearing without any votes or formal action taken.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Health Committee Apr 29th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • National Union of Healthcare Workers and also for the Kennedy Forum in support.
  • Fred C.V., National Union of Healthcare Workers. Ms.
  • Workers who seek to unionize and improve conditions, and excessive executive pay, while frontline workers
  • But there has to be a way to help both of our workers and our clinics as well.
  • Let’s honor the workers. Let’s protect the care.
Summary: The Assembly Health Committee heard a long agenda of health bills focused on access to preventive care, behavioral health, hospital services, and patient safety. Early items included AB 554, which would expand and protect access to HIV prevention drugs like PrEP, including injectable forms and coverage protections; supporters said it would shore up access amid federal threats, while insurers opposed it as a costly benefit mandate. AB 577 would limit insurer and PBM practices that steer medications away from physician offices and require more transparency and patient consent; doctors and patient advocates supported it, while health plans and insurers warned it could raise drug costs and disrupt specialty pharmacy networks. AB 546 would require coverage for portable HEPA purifiers for vulnerable enrollees during declared emergencies, especially wildfire smoke events, with support from air quality and public health groups and opposition from insurers concerned about benefit expansion and cost. The committee also heard AB 224, which would codify California’s updated essential health benefits benchmark plan after a public review process, adding infertility treatment, hearing aids, and durable medical equipment if approved by CMS for the 2027 plan year. DMHC said the state had completed the review and needed legislation to meet federal timing, and the measure drew broad support. AB 1032 would require plans and insurers to reimburse up to 12 additional behavioral health visits for enrollees in wildfire-affected counties for a limited period after an emergency; supporters argued it would fill gaps in trauma care after disasters, while insurers said existing parity and continuity-of-care rules already address the issue and that the bill could create inequities. AB 849 would require trained chaperones for sensitive ultrasound exams and training on how to observe and intervene; it was backed by a survivor and patient advocates, with hospitals and health districts raising staffing concerns. Later, AB 1196 would direct the Department of Public Health to update outdated rules requiring three surgeons for certain heart surgeries using cardiopulmonary bypass; supporters said the rule no longer reflects modern practice and strains staffing, while cardiology representatives had no formal opposition but wanted to review amendments. AB 1113 would codify a right to wear a mask for health reasons in public spaces, with support from disability and public health groups. AB 1386 sought to add perinatal care to the list of basic hospital services, prompting testimony about maternity ward closures, workforce shortages, and rural access; the author said the bill would be amended further and that the committee would need to revisit timelines and implementation details. The committee also heard AB 1429, which would address Kaiser’s repeated mental health parity violations and improve access to behavioral health care, though the transcript cuts off before any action on that bill is shown. Several bills were moved with motions and seconds, but many were held for quorum; AB 1196, AB 1113, and AB 1386 were among the measures advanced to a roll call or held on call, and the committee repeatedly noted that final votes would occur when quorum was available.