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• SB 1662 IS THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE. IT DOES MANY THINGS.
• RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF HIS LIFE AND TO INNOCENT TEENAGE GIRLS, KRISTIN McINTOSH WAS 17 AT THE TIME, SUSTAINING
• LEO WAS 13 AT THE TIME AND SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HER LOWER BACK RIGHT KNEE CHEST ABDOMEN AND MOST SIGNIFICANTLY

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Kristen McIntosh was 17 years old at the time of the crash and sustained permanent injuries to her neck
• back in had the McIntosh was 13 years old at the time of the crash and sustained permanent injuries
• every day, it closes a gap in current law by requiring this information to be visible on single use packaging

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• So as we celebrate today, this country is sustained in no small part by the work of Black Americans who
• While the package is not our first choice for new revenues, I'm proud that the Senate led the way for
• Not only did you spend that revenue, historic revenue that can't sustain itself moving forward.
• And again, we're setting a pace here that you can't sustain.
• Number one, that it wasn't financially sustainable.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• look for other alternatives, such as the California Water Renaissance idea, to develop a statewide sustainable
• All told, the AB 109 budget package includes $355.9 billion in total spending, $253 billion of which
• deficit, which still exists, of course, is to do a hard analysis of the efficacy and realistic sustainability
• of funding other priorities that members may have, whether it's transit or clean transportation, sustainable
• of our Medi-Cal system, especially as we are ...sustainability of our Medi-Cal system, especially as

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• infringement is of a forged digital likeness, the infringing party is also liable for non-economic damages sustained
• necessary to ensure constitutionally adequate representation that is effective, timely, and financially sustainable
• work groups and reports have reached a consistent conclusion: the system is under-resourced and sustainable
• appropriate moment to step back and evaluate whether the current framework is the most effective and sustainable
• This immunity extends to injuries resulting from the nature, age, condition, or packaging of an item.

Summary: The Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee heard testimony on several bills. On SB 5906, the SAFE Act, staff and Sen. Hansen described protections limiting immigration enforcement access to non-public areas in schools, early learning settings, higher education, health care facilities, adult family homes, and ballot-processing areas, and restricting collection of immigration-status information. Supporters said the bill would clarify and strengthen existing Keep Washington Working policies, while some witnesses requested amendments to better define health care facilities, clarify adult family home and election-related provisions, and keep Section 6 on ballot security. Some members questioned the factual basis for reported ICE activity near schools and daycares and the distinction between judicial and administrative warrants. The committee also heard SB 5886 on personality rights and forged digital likenesses. Staff explained that the bill would add digitally created or modified likenesses to the Personality Rights Act, raise civil penalties, and allow recovery of actual and non-economic damages in forged-digital-likeness cases. The sponsor and supporters said the bill is intended to address AI deepfakes and identity misuse while preserving satire and fair use; student and advocacy witnesses supported the measure as a way to protect students and victims of digital impersonation. The committee then heard SB 5169, which expands child hearsay and closed-circuit testimony rules to older children and additional offenses. Prosecutors and forensic interviewers supported the bill as necessary in trafficking and child abuse cases, while defense advocates opposed it as an overbroad expansion that could raise confrontation-clause issues and create legal challenges. Additional hearings included SB 5865, which would move garnishment form updates from statute to the Washington Pattern Forms Committee; judges supported it as a way to fix a wage-withholding calculation error and allow future updates without legislation. SB 5912 would reinstate the Indigent Defense Task Force to study statewide public defense delivery and recommend sustainable reforms; counties, the Office of Public Defense, and defense groups supported it. SB 6009 would make permanent the current process for direct review of administrative decisions by the Court of Appeals and retain land-use transfer provisions; a Court of Appeals judge supported the bill. SB 6087 would extend limited liability for donations of children’s items to religious organizations and add strollers and car seats, with support from Zero Waste Washington. The committee did not take final votes on these bills during the hearing.

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• Since 1903, we've advocated for a sustainable and responsible mining industry that benefits our state
• IMA and its membership are dedicated to this responsible and sustainable mineral extraction industry
• in Idaho, and our members, ...to this responsible and sustainable mineral extraction industry in Idaho
• The average salary and benefit package for mine and mine processing employees in Idaho is over $108,000
• Importantly as well, so that very bottom right-hand box there shows a 1,480 all-in sustaining cost.

Committee: Senate Resources and Environment

Keywords: 989, all

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• It's not a sustainable business model.
• go back a couple of slides focusing on the GRT, because that's a tax issue, it'd be part of a tax package
• It got rolled into the tax package, and it got vetoed by the governor. because they couldn't find a way
• We will be having, at nine o'clock sharp, the history of tax packages in New Mexico with Pam Stokes,
• terms of looking at the timeline as we continue to ask ourselves the question: do we need the tax package

Committee: Joint Revenue Stabilization & Tax Policy Committee

Keywords: 996, all

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• It's not a sustainable business model.
• Because that's a tax issue, it'd be part of a tax package.
• It got rolled into the tax package.
• It got vetoed by the governor because— It got rolled into the tax package.
• We will be having, at 9 o'clock sharp, a history of tax packages in New Mexico with Pam Stokes, who is

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from its fourth meeting, held October 27-28 in Santa Fe, with Representative Duncan moving approval and no opposition. The chair then introduced a panel on the cost of providing medical care in New Mexico, focusing on physician shortages, rising practice costs, and access problems, especially in southern New Mexico and Las Cruces. Panelists included family physicians, a pediatrician, a cardiologist/electrophysiologist, and a community health center medical director, who described their backgrounds and practices before turning to the policy discussion. The doctors argued that New Mexico is losing physicians because of three main pressures: medical malpractice exposure, gross receipts tax on medical services, and low Medicaid reimbursement. They said malpractice premiums are much higher than in neighboring states, punitive damages and venue shopping increase risk, and the patient compensation fund and attorney fee structure create additional costs. They also described administrative burdens from insurance billing and referrals, the high debt and long training period for physicians, and the effect of corporate medicine and private equity on practice decisions. One panelist emphasized the economic impact of each physician on jobs and local spending, while another noted that shortages force patients into emergency rooms and delay specialty care. The panel presented a list of proposed solutions: reform punitive damages, limit venue shopping and stacking, restore lifetime medical payments from the patient compensation fund, enact apology protections, cap attorney fees, continue Medicaid funding improvements, and eliminate gross receipts tax on medical and dental services. Committee members generally agreed the presentation was thorough and useful, but several noted that some proposals fall outside this committee’s jurisdiction and would likely need to move through other committees, especially judiciary and tax. Some members supported drafting legislation or working on separate bills, while others urged caution, requested more input from hospitals and economists, and raised concerns about local government revenue impacts from GRT changes. The chair concluded by encouraging members to continue discussions offline and noted that the tax-related issue would be taken up further in the next day’s work.

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• </c><00:53:45.000><c> aviation</c> back to sustainable aviation back to sustainable aviation fuel<00:
• </c> specifically uh around sustainable specifically uh around sustainable aviation<00:54:13.200><c>
• aviation fuel really working sustainable aviation fuel really working on<00:54:23.799><c> the</c><00
• farm businesses and help those folks actually access USDA programs so that they could be sustainable
• </c> uh investing in more sustainable uh investing in more sustainable refrigerants<01:48:17.040><c>

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

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We commend CDPH WIC on the near completion of implementing the new food package.
• Support for sustainable and modernized data systems remains critical to help us track, investigate, and
• We strongly support First 5 Association's $20 million budget proposal to sustain and expand prevention
• The systems need sustained.
• And so, you know, I really need to be able to figure out a way to sustain this, I think.

Summary: The Assembly Subcommittee on Health heard an overview of the California Department of Public Health budget, including a $5.1 billion department budget and 19 non-IT budget change proposals spanning environmental health, healthcare quality, infectious disease, healthy communities, health statistics, preparedness, and laboratory sciences. CDPH also presented estimates for WIC and the Genetic Disease Screening Program, both of which were described as relatively stable, with WIC food costs rising mainly due to inflation and participation holding near 1 million monthly participants. Members and public commenters raised support for several proposals, including funding for the California Reducing Disparities Project, AB 1264 implementation on school food standards, childhood lead poisoning prevention, the hospital bed capacity registry, sickle cell care networks, and WIC protections amid federal policy changes and shutdown-related uncertainty. Dr. Erica Pond then presented the 2026 State of Public Health report, highlighting major gains such as record-low mortality rates, all-time high life expectancy, and the first decline in overdose deaths in 14 years, while warning about persistent disparities in maternal and infant outcomes, rising severe maternal morbidity, and worsening mental and behavioral health trends, especially among younger adults. She emphasized racial and geographic inequities, the role of social drivers like poverty and education, and the importance of prevention investments through the Behavioral Health Services Act. Members discussed the need for upstream public health spending, environmental health preparedness, and how to translate data into action, while public comment largely focused on sustaining community-based prevention and equity programs. In a separate update on federal actions and public health partnerships, Dr. Pond and CDPH staff described California’s response to federal funding threats, vaccine policy changes, and measles outbreaks. They outlined new collaborations such as the West Coast Health Alliance, the Governor’s Public Health Alliance, the WHO outbreak network, and the FACT Coalition, along with CDPH’s process for reviewing and updating immunization and preventive service recommendations under AB 144. Members questioned the rise in measles and declining vaccination coverage, and CDPH said it is using trusted messengers and tailored outreach while continuing to evaluate federal recommendations. The committee then heard an ADAP estimate showing lower projected budget authority needs due to reduced caseload and one-time funding expiring, followed by public support for using ADAP rebate funds to expand HIV prevention, PrEP, testing, and disease intervention staffing. The final issue focused on public health information technology systems, including Sapphire, CalReady, CalConnect, CARE, MyTurn, MyCAVAC, and the digital vaccine record. CDPH explained how these systems support disease reporting, contact tracing, immunization tracking, vaccine ordering, and outbreak response, while the Department of Finance said only Sapphire and CalReady are funded in the Governor’s budget and the rest are under review because of the state’s budget deficit and declining utilization. Local health department representatives strongly opposed losing the systems, arguing that lower usage reflects post-pandemic conditions and that the tools save staff time, improve outbreak response, and prevent a return to manual spreadsheets and phone calls. Members echoed concern that cutting the systems would undermine public health capacity and waste prior state investment, and urged the administration to present a funding plan that matches its stated commitment to public health.

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• Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, Mary Alice Evans. Good morning.
• House as both um your packages or your House as both um your packages or your themes<01:11:10.239><c>
• </c> businesses cannot afford it or sustain businesses cannot afford it or sustain it<01:11:48.400><c
• It also has your package and ship out.
• We always talked about resiliency and sustainability in the flip of a switch.

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• HB 5206 by Gain Early, relating to the issuance of certain package storage permits and transfer package
• HB 5206 by Gain Early, relating to the issuance of certain package storage permits and transfer package
• HB 5206 by Gain Early, relating to the issuance of certain package storage permits and transfer package
• HB 5206 by Gain Early, relating to the issuance of certain package storage permits and transfer package
• HB 5206 by Gain Early, relating to the issuance of certain package storage permits and transfer package

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• Michael Duffy to be Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, Mr.
• the federal budget that will make him a tremendous asset as Undersecretary for Acquisition. and Sustainment
• your consideration of my nomination to serve as the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
• to provide strategic sea lift and right now we don't have enough vessels or mariners to support sustained
• We need to take a look at pay and compensation packages.

Committee: Senate Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel

Keywords: Air Force modernization, fighter aircraft, autonomous systems, air superiority, national security, recapitalization

Summary: The meeting primarily focused on military procurement and modernization, with significant discussions surrounding the Air Force's capabilities and strategic needs. Key topics included the urgent need for recapitalization of the Air Force's fighter squadrons, as well as the importance of integrating new technologies like autonomous systems to bolster military effectiveness. Several senators raised concerns about the current resources available to the Air National Guard and the potential loss of skilled service members if recapitalization plans are not swiftly developed. There were also discussions on the importance of maintaining air superiority in light of evolving threats, particularly from adversaries like China.

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• Is it sustainable? If no care was given to it, would that baby make it?
• Is it sustainable? born, is it viable? Is it sustainable?
• </c> And I'm sure uh but inside the package And I'm sure uh but inside the package is<01:05:48.480><c
• </c><01:32:02.639><c> of</c> a massive amount of uh packages of a massive amount of uh packages of cigarettes
• </c> packages of cigarettes were recovered. packages of cigarettes were recovered.

Keywords: 916, all

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• Those communities need sustained investment for jobs, infrastructure, and the economic activity that
• Those communities need sustain investment for jobs, infrastructure, and the economic activity that supports
• This will better align land use decisions with long-term affordability and sustainability goals while
• saying the administration's goal was, quote, to deport immigrants as efficiently as Amazon moves packages
• saying the administration's goal was, quote, to deport immigrants as efficiently as Amazon moves packages

Committee: Senate Local Government

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• So with this Senate bill, it would infuse that in there to... allow them to continue that sustainably
• That's part of their technical. part of their work to really think strategically and sustainably within
• worry that the bill would ask too much. too soon of districts and schools and does not offer a sustainable
• To maximize impact, I urge you to sustain funding, give school districts...
• It ensures that the successful model draws its intended funding so that it can be sustained and scaled

Bills: SB451 , SB762 , SB1490 , SB1262 , SB1459 , SB1750 , SB1962 , SB2252 , SB2253 , SB2365

Committees: Senate Education , Senate Education K-16

Keywords: instructional materials, public schools, Education Code, adoption, rejected materials, local funds, open educational resources, Texas Education Code, school districts, open enrollment charter schools, funding restrictions, environmental regulation, business compliance, local authority, economic development, state preemption, local control, open education resources, SB 762, Texas public schools

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• general fund 11.5 million in one-time general fund cash<00:11:40.880><c> to</c><00:11:41.120><c> sustain
• the program and address cash to sustain the program and address immediate<00:11:43.839><c> needs.
• Counties are very grateful for the investments included in the 2023 capital investment package for the
• </c> worthy projects is essential to sustain worthy projects is essential to sustain Minnesota's<00:48
• These investments not only create jobs today, but build the pipeline of talent that sustain Minnesota's

Committee: Senate Capital Investment

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• ... education completions by 2030, adding 20,000 workers annually with a degree or certificate to sustain
• and students. faculty, K-12 partners, and regional industry to solve real-world problems, from sustainability
• Two, the packaging was not sustainable, it was not recyclable, so we felt like we should change that

Committee: House Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Kristen McIntosh was 17 years old at the time of the crash and sustained permanent injuries to her neck
• Leah McIntosh was 13 years old at the time of the crash and sustained permanent injuries in the crash
• Leah McIntosh was 13 years old at the time of the crash and sustained permanent injuries in the crash
• It closes a gap in current law by requiring this information to be visible on single-use packaging. .

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government heard and advanced a large slate of bills, beginning with SB 978, which directs DEP to report on large sewage disposal facilities, rank them for wastewater treatment upgrades, and provide progress reports; it was reported favorably without public opposition. The committee also adopted an amendment and favorably reported SB 1388, which restricts vessel safety inspections without probable cause, creates a five-year safety decal, addresses spring protection zones, and bars FWC fishing licenses for commercial vessels owned by alien powers. Members raised some questions about spring protections and boating access, and one public witness urged further review of the spring-zone language. The committee then favorably reported SB 880, designating the American flamingo as state bird and the Florida scrub jay as state songbird, after testimony supporting both birds as symbols of Florida’s identity and conservation values. Several other measures were heard and passed. SB 830, dealing with lost or abandoned migrant vessels and aligning with House language, was amended and reported favorably. SB 1326, which requires local plans to maintain hurricane evacuation clearance times and allocates building permits in Monroe County and nearby municipalities, was amended to spread allocations over at least 10 years and then passed. SB 490, expanding off-duty concealed carry eligibility to correctional officers and correctional probation officers and exempting certain public safety personnel from the waiting period for rifles and shotguns, was reported favorably after support from the Florida PBA. SB 26, an uncontested claim bill for injuries from a 2022 crash, also passed, with one member suggesting future consideration of health insurance coverage for victims in similar cases. The committee additionally approved SB 98 on securities regulation and fingerprinting requirements, SB 1212 on firefighter health and safety, SB 196 on labeling food and cosmetics that contain vaccine materials or certain chemicals, SB 1300 restricting oil and gas drilling structures in sensitive areas, SB 1612 on financial institution assessment and stock offering timelines, and SB 492 on mitigation banking and wetland conservation easements. SB 1212 drew strong support from firefighters, while SB 492 drew both support and opposition from environmental and development interests, with concerns raised about wetland function, credit release timing, and conservation easement releases. Finally, the committee unanimously recommended confirmation of 12 appointees to water management district governing boards and adjourned after members recorded individual votes on selected bills.

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• Within this subcommittee, that includes shifting previous General Fund dollars for various climate packages
• Today's request would help secure a large portion of this funding goal, providing vital and sustainable
• project update report also notably mentions a new financial strategy which would include long-term sustained
• have that information, because there are hard conversations that we really need to have about sustainability

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