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• while they are in the hospital.
• </c><00:31:06.039><c> are</c> increase because hospitalizations are increase because hospitalizations
• </c> the system correct no the hospitalized the system correct no the hospitalized people<00:47:46.599
• hospitals.
• We represent all 26 of the state's community hospitals, as well as all specialty hospitals.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

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• Finally, House Bill 2311 instructs the operator to adopt a protocol for the AI service to respond when
• Operators must adopt protocols to respond to prompts regarding self-harm, including making reasonable
• But we think it's important that we establish an industry-wide floor for safety protocols and design
• And we believe that the design features and the protocols in 2311 accomplish that.
• Experts for those kinds of suicidal ideation and mental health protocols.

Committee: House House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee met in a special morning session and heard several bills related to artificial intelligence and energy. HB 2371 would allow consenting divorcing parties without minor children to use AI-assisted arbitration in simple divorce cases, with the judge retaining final authority; members raised concerns about binding language, privacy, asset division, and spousal support, but the sponsor said amendments were welcome. The bill passed 7-0 with a do pass recommendation. HB 2311 would require conversational AI systems to disclose to minors that they are interacting with AI, restrict sexual content, prohibit deceptive human impersonation, and require self-harm response protocols; Google testified in support, noting similar safeguards already exist in its products, while one public commenter opposed the bill as government overreach. The committee adopted an amendment and advanced the bill 7-0. The committee then heard HB 2409, which would create a statewide summer AI education program focused on digital hygiene, civic integrity, privacy, media literacy, critical thinking, and algorithmic bias. The sponsor argued Arizona needs to prepare students for AI-driven job disruption and teach practical use of the technology, but several members objected to the statewide curriculum and funding implications; the bill passed 4-3. HB 2410 would treat communications with AI as privileged in the same way as communications with human professionals, with the sponsor arguing courts should develop the doctrine through common law as AI use evolves. A criminal justice speaker supported the bill as a privacy and Fourth Amendment safeguard, and the measure passed 6-0 with one present. Finally, the committee considered HB 4005, requiring school districts and charter schools to provide instruction on the ethical, moral, and educational uses of AI. Supporters said students need basic AI literacy and prompt-writing skills, but opponents cited funding and staffing concerns and said districts are already struggling with existing mandates; the bill passed 4-2 with one present. The committee also advanced HB 2456 and HB 2457, both related to energy infrastructure and small modular reactors, after amendments replacing references to large industrial energy users with extra high-load factory customers. Supporters tied the bills to AI-driven data center growth and future energy demand, while opponents raised local zoning, environmental, and public participation concerns; both bills received do pass recommendations by 4-3 votes. The meeting then adjourned.

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• Members, this would look at whether there is an actual accepted lethality protocol that measures the
• Members, this would look at there is an actual accepted lethality protocol that measures the inherent
• Senator Mizell continued: the protocol measures the inherent dangers in a particular domestic violence
• So this looks into implementing a lethality protocol when law enforcement officers are called out on
• So this looks into implementing a lethality protocol when law enforcement officers are called out on

Bills: SCR12 , HB221 , HB509 , HCR58 , HB75 , HB1222 , SB121 , SB312 , SB348 , SB485 , SCR9 , SCR58 , SB65 , SB215 , SB249 , SB269 , SB282 , SB296 , SB323 , SB363 , SB369 , SB474 , SB490 , SB492 , SB500 , SB514 , HCR54 , HCR79 , HCR87 , HCR94 , HCR104 , HCR32 , HB944 , HB17 , HB41 , HB73 , HB223 , HB244 , HB410 , HB750 , HB759 , HB906 , HB966 , HB1006 , HB1009 , HB1086 , HB1107 , HB1112 , HB1215 , HB1242 , SB208 , SB217 , SB283 , SB387 , SB389 , SB401 , SB408 , SB469 , HB74 , HB119 , HB368 , HB414 , HB552 , HB732 , HB776 , HB848 , HB870 , HB953 , HB956 , HB1236 , SB29 , SB42 , SB43 , SB78 , SB149 , SB274 , SB300 , SB341 , SB382 , SB441 , SB449 , HB134 , HB210 , HB258 , HB359 , HB468 , HB784 , HB1117

Keywords: logging, recognition, John Keith, environment, safety, Mississippi River bridge, Trump Expressway, transportation, federal funding, Louisiana highways, injection wells, public hearing, geologic sequestration, environmental impact, public comment, Ascension Parish, state capitol, economic development, community partnership, celebration day

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• There's a list of those investigators and protocols that's kept by the Office of Species Conservation
• There's a list of those investigators and protocols that's kept by the Office of Species Conservation
• But those protocols for determining those approvals and funding reside at OSC.
• And if so, if they are, we have protocols. Producers is, are these animals coming from the DSA?
• And if so, if they are, we have protocols in place to be able to demonstrate that they are free from

Committee: Senate Agricultural Affairs

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• blessed with having two incredibly awesome pugs in my life who both got their shots at Dairy Animal Hospital
• She added that vaccine clinics cost substantially less than full-service veterinary hospitals.
• :23.600><c> full</c><03:55:23.920><c> service</c><03:55:24.160><c> veterary</c><03:55:24.640><c> hospitals
• </c><03:55:25.120><c> Now</c><03:55:25.279><c> I</c> uh full service veterary hospitals Now I uh full
• service veterary hospitals Now I was<03:55:25.600><c> not</c><03:55:25.760><c> able</c><03:55:25.920

Committee: House Executive Departments and Administration

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• with this legislation, and that is to make sure that we have a consistent and reliable standard protocol
• have a consistent and reliable that we have a consistent and reliable standard<00:09:45.040><c> protocol
• </c><00:09:46.080><c> for</c><00:09:46.800><c> protection</c><00:09:47.360><c> for</c> standard protocol
• for protection for standard protocol for protection for legislators.<00:09:49.200><c> um</c><00:09:49.440
• Um and make sure protocol and a plan.

Bills: HF3919 , HF3791 , HF1781 , HF3908 , HF4233 , HF3966 , HF3430

Committee: House Transportation Finance and Policy

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• a different protocol.
• And, you know, anyone that works in a hospital knows this.
• They're in hospitals, right?
• Hospital-acquired infections, HAIs, 3.5 million per year.
• Certainly outside the hospital, things occur. And certainly in the hospital, things occur.

Summary: The committee first approved the January 28, 2026 minutes and held Senate Bill 1241 for a later hearing because a witness was unavailable. It then took up Senate Bill 1144, which would create an alternative pathway for veterinary technician certification through supervised on-the-job training and board-approved skills standards. Supporters, including the Arizona Humane Society, a high school student in a veterinary program, and other advocates, said the bill would help address workforce shortages, reduce student debt, and improve access to care, especially in rural and low-income areas. Opponents, including the Arizona Veterinary Technician Association and several veterinarians, argued the bill could weaken training standards, increase liability, and create safety risks; the Arizona Veterinary Medical Association ultimately moved to neutral after amendments added supervision and affidavit requirements. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed SB 1144 as amended on a 6-1 vote. The committee next passed Senate Bill 1247 unanimously. That bill would allow a person who does not receive care services to live with a resident in an assisted living center, and would bar the Department of Health Services from imposing requirements on that person that the resident would not face. Supporters said the bill was needed to fix a recent agency interpretation that could force spouses or other companions to separate or pay for services they do not use, and noted a possible floor amendment to extend the same treatment to assisted living homes. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1286, which would extend from 14 days to 60 days the period for veterinary prescriptions and renewals issued through telemedicine. Supporters said the change would improve access in underserved and rural areas and reflect how telemedicine is already used in human medicine, while opponents warned that longer telemedicine prescriptions could delay necessary exams and diagnostics, increase the risk of misdiagnosis, and create animal welfare and liability concerns. After testimony, the sponsor asked that the bill be held for a possible amendment next week, so no vote was taken. The committee also passed Senate Bill 1164, which would allow Medicaid claims to continue under a prior owner’s billing number during a skilled nursing or assisted living facility change of ownership until new enrollment is complete; supporters said this would prevent long reimbursement delays, while Access raised concerns about federal-law conflicts and said it needed advance notice to process ownership changes. The bill passed 6-0 with one member not voting. Finally, the committee passed Senate Bill 1181, which expands CPA licensure pathways by allowing combinations of degree and work experience and updates reciprocity and rulemaking provisions, and Senate Bill 1415, which creates a licensing path for salaried insurance adjusters with out-of-state credentials, subject to an amendment clarifying exam and employment requirements. Both bills were supported as workforce and mobility measures, and both were reported out of committee on unanimous or near-unanimous votes.

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• Through partnerships with local public health agencies, hospitals, local governments, law enforcement
• This is in addition to managing the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program and the Medicare Rural Hospital
• Those groups were using a protocol approved by the DHSS IRB to obtain records and perform the reviews
• Because if they're in the hospital, a lot of our... ...waivers are like in the hospital for like a month
• So if I'm in the hospital and I have some hours, I've been to the hospital for a month, I didn't use

Committee: House Budget

Summary: The committee heard the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services present its FY 2027 budget request, with Director Sarah Wilson and budget staff describing the department’s mission, major divisions, and the impact of federal funding shifts, especially the FMAP change that will shift costs to general revenue. Wilson emphasized prevention, public health infrastructure, workforce capacity, and data modernization, while several members praised the department’s responsiveness and cost-cutting efforts. The discussion repeatedly focused on lapses, excess authority, and the department’s stated practice of spending federal and other funds before general revenue where possible. Members asked detailed questions about local public health agency support, nutrition programs, rural health and primary care, newborn screening, the state public health lab, and the department’s use of flexibility and reallocations. There was extended discussion of substance use disorder funding: the department explained that some funding is being reduced in its own budget because transfer authority is being added for the Department of Mental Health and the Department of Corrections, while some other SUD-related lines are actual reductions. Members also questioned tobacco prevention and cessation cuts, maternal and infant health programs, fetal infant mortality review, and minority health initiatives, with staff explaining program purposes and noting that some reductions were tied to excess authority or to moving programs to other departments. The committee also reviewed specific operational items such as the Health Initiatives Fund transfer, debt offset escrow for loan repayment defaults, donated funds authority, emergency preparedness, environmental health, health informatics, HIV/STI/hepatitis services, local public health incentives, and the COVID/ARPA authority reductions. Several members requested follow-up information on vacancies, lapse trends, grant spending plans, and program details. No final vote or formal action was taken in the portion provided; the chair recessed briefly and the hearing continued with additional budget testimony.

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• to the public and notifying the protocol to the public and notifying the community<00:43:45.720><c>
• </c> Health shall develop a protocol Health shall develop a protocol regarding<00:51:48.799><c> the</
• and Implement a protocol for and applicable<00:52:03.480><c> to</c><00:52:03.599><c> entities</c><00
• The Department of Health will work collaboratively with the Department of Education on these protocols
• for these protocols should the schools<00:57:11.680><c> um</c><00:57:12.599><c> want</c><00:57:12.799

Committee: Senate Education

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• Some schools have struggled to obtain standing orders and condition-specific protocol, a requirement
• Some schools have struggled to obtain standing orders and condition-specific protocol, a requirement
• Some schools have struggled to obtain standing orders and condition-specific protocol, a requirement
• Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee. protocol a requirement to stocking protocol a requirement
• for epinephrine which would protocol for epinephrine which would help<00:09:19.720><c> to</c><00:09:

Committee: House Education Policy

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• So I think schools, hospitals, for example, those have 1,600 feet setbacks. We're going to be...
• Hospitals, for example, those have 1,600 feet setbacks.
• emissions from natural and fugitive sources, promote cross-agency coordination, establish preparedness protocols
• Chairman, they are in support, and I think, to bring it just quickly to the point, there aren't any protocols

Committee: House Natural Resources

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• This is an important bill that ensures that human trafficking training, protocols, awareness, and prevention
• are aware that staff at colleges know what to do, that law enforcement is included in reporting protocols
• allow for the transfer to and treatment at more appropriate facilities that may include a state hospital
• have been linked to eating disorders, body dysmorphia, heart complications, liver damage, and hospitalization

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• They could put you in the hospital for, you know, they still can put you in the hospital if you have
• enforcement partnerships: form a working group to strengthen trust and develop culturally competent protocols
• Strategy five is a public education campaign. competent protocols for MMIP investigations.

Summary: The Select Committee on Native American Affairs opened with a welcome and acknowledgment of Native land, then heard testimony focused on missing and murdered Indigenous people (MMIP), the Feather Alert system, and the impact of Public Law 280 (PL 280) on tribal communities in California. Chairpersons Antonette Del Rio, Cheyenne Stone, Charles Martin, and others described historical trauma, ongoing underreporting, and the need for education, tribal consultation, and stronger state and county responses. Members of the committee repeatedly emphasized equity, urgency in missing-person cases, and the importance of media attention, data collection, and better coordination with tribes. A major theme of the first panel was the practical failure of law enforcement systems in MMIP cases, especially in PL 280 jurisdictions. Chairperson Charles Martin described the case of Morongo tribal citizen Amy Porter, whose disappearance and death were not met with a timely Feather Alert, and said the family had to organize its own search. Witnesses and members discussed the need for better training, cross-jurisdictional communication, and more consistent use of Feather Alerts. Several members noted that California’s diverse tribal landscape, including federally recognized, non-federally recognized, and rancheria communities, makes one-size-fits-all responses inadequate. The second panel focused on exploitation and trafficking in a PL 280 state. Professor Carol Goldberg explained that PL 280 created serious underfunding, weakened trust, and made investigations harder by shifting jurisdiction without providing resources. Chairman Joe James, Morning Star Gali, and Dustin Contreras linked trafficking and MMIP to historical violence, jurisdictional gaps, and the targeting of Native communities by traffickers who exploit weak coordination. They urged stronger tribal policing authority, more formal partnerships, mandatory training, youth education, and funding for victim services and trauma recovery. Committee members asked about the relationship between trafficking and MMIP, the need for school-based prevention, and how task forces and local partnerships could be expanded. The final panel began with Acting Director Isaac Borges of the Attorney General’s Office, who outlined state efforts including Missing in California and Indian Country outreach, the Native American Marcy’s Law card, tribal response planning, and a PL 280 advisory council. He said the state is working with POST on updated training and with tribal experts to improve law enforcement response. The hearing concluded with continued calls for budget support, better media outreach, and implementation of the bills and reforms discussed, including Feather Alert improvements, tribal policing authority, and stronger coordination across state, county, and tribal systems.

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• with the different agencies as this bill is moving forward and what kinds of steps and procedures, protocols
• impacts workers doing some of the toughest jobs in the construction, agriculture, garment, and hospitality
• impacts workers doing some of the toughest jobs in the construction, agriculture, garment, and hospitality

Committee: Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement

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• department trying to drag this woman out of the water and save her life and then bring her to the local hospital
• But the reason I tell this story is that when we got to the hospital, everyone in the ER knew her name
• Um, I think I'm breaking protocol for going after the co-chair.

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• chair of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, as a member of the Breckenridge Hospital
• One of the things I'm most proud of is when we created a foundation at the public hospital here in Austin
• forth is we have the authority now to approve, approve with change, modify, or reject any of the protocol

Committee: Senate Nominations

Summary: The Senate Committee on Nominations held its final nomination hearing of the session and considered three nominees: J.B. Goodwin for the Texas Real Estate Commission, Courtney Yaltman for the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and Thomas Gleason as PUC chairman. Goodwin described his long career in real estate and charitable work, and senators questioned him extensively about the Real Estate Commission’s self-directed, semi-independent status, housing affordability, institutional homebuyers, property insurance costs, disclosure issues, and the Burnett v. National Association of Realtors case. Yaltman and Gleason were questioned about PUC oversight of ERCOT, post-Winter Storm Uri reforms, utility resilience and vegetation management after Hurricane Beryl, water and telecommunications oversight, staffing and transparency, and rising infrastructure and utility costs. Much of the discussion focused on housing and utility affordability, with several senators urging the nominees to keep consumer protection and public trust at the forefront. Goodwin said housing affordability and large-scale investment purchases were not within the Real Estate Commission’s direct purview, though he supported further study. Yaltman and Gleason said the PUC had increased oversight of ERCOT, improved communication and accountability with utilities, and was working on resiliency plans, rate-setting issues, and infrastructure planning while trying to avoid overburdening ratepayers. The committee first voted to favorably report nominees left pending from the May 5 agenda by a 6-0 roll call vote. After public testimony was opened and closed, the committee then voted on the nominees heard that day and favorably recommended all three to the full Senate for confirmation by a 7-0 vote. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• SB6 will also require utilities to develop a protocol.
• large load customers with onsite generation, much like we do for our smaller critical facilities, hospitals
• It's an alternative path for loads that want to best support the hospitals.

Bills: SB6 , SB11 , SB33

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: electric power, interconnection, utilities, ERCOT, large load customers, water supply, sewer service, demand management, school prayer, Bible reading, religious text, public schools, Texas Education Code, student prayer, silent prayer, meditation, religious liberty, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, church and state

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• Representative Zalinsakar has provisions in here establishing medication training protocols for a greater
• Members probably remember that last session we passed a bill to allow one support person for hospitals
• And in working with departments, I learned that the word patient was used, so it only applied for hospitals

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• This discrepancy has caused confusion regarding proper access protocols.
• Also, as Chairman of University Hospital in San Antonio, I can tell you that one of our biggest fears
• is that someone might do this while you are in a car or when you're in a waiting room at the hospital

Bills: SB552 , SB1099 , SB1124 , SB1208 , SB1372 , SB1506 , SB1667 , SB1804 , SB1806 , SB1870 , SB1936 , SB1937 , SB2180 , SB2405 , SB2569 , SB2570 , SB1646

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice

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• And again, that's the same protocol that we'll use for House File 1615, which is again the Stevenson
• Paramedics had to intubate him on our kitchen floor before airlifting him to the University of Chicago Hospital
• We will lose our legal protections for employment, housing, and hospitals.

Bills: HF1545 , HF2426 , HF1615 , HF2403

Committee: House Commerce Finance and Policy