Transcript Highlights:

• So that's a fraud prevention perspective.
• What about the more subtle fraud that goes out?
• So Rich's unit would look at provider fraud and not the participant fraud.
• fraud would be ...of the front-end work that we do for participant fraud would be in the Family Support
• Yep, so the payment fraud that shows up on our error rate, the payment fraud rates, ...fraud that shows

Committee: House Budget

Summary: The House budget hearing focused on the Department of Social Services’ budget and a detailed briefing on how federal H.R. 1, referred to by the director as the “Big Beautiful Bill,” will affect Missouri’s SNAP and Medicaid programs. The director outlined the department’s divisions, current caseloads, staffing challenges, and the need to modernize eligibility systems and processes. Members repeatedly asked for breakdowns of enrollment, spending, provider rates, and the impact of federal changes on the department’s budget request. A major portion of the hearing covered H.R. 1’s new eligibility and integrity requirements. The department said SNAP work requirements will expand to groups previously exempt, certain noncitizen categories will lose eligibility, and utility deductions will be narrowed. For Medicaid, the bill requires work requirements for the adult expansion group, more frequent redeterminations, and shorter retroactive coverage periods. Members questioned how these changes interact with Missouri’s constitutional expansion language, and the director said the department’s view is that federal requirements must be followed under the supremacy clause, though she acknowledged the legal issue could ultimately be resolved by a court. The committee also discussed program integrity and error rates. The department said Missouri’s Medicaid PERM error rate was 35% in the last full review, with most errors tied to eligibility processing, and that H.R. 1 could create major financial penalties if error rates are not reduced by 2029. For SNAP, the department said the most recent federal error rate was 10.79%, with a current combined rate around 8.6%, and that future state cost-sharing could be substantial if the rate remains high. Members asked about the use of contractors, automation, and verification tools to reduce backlogs and improve accuracy. No votes were taken; the hearing was informational, and the chair said public testimony would not be taken that day.

Transcript Highlights:

• Moffat was a recognized whistleblower against Social Security administrator fraud.
• It provides the opportunity for the public to analyze CVRs for fraud, including artificial intelligence
• Senate Bill 1057 requires any fraud countermeasures that are used in or on ballot paper to include at
• , or taggant inks; multicolored micronomismatic invisible ultraviolet designs; and unique forensic fraud
• They said if we were going to do currency-level fraud countermeasures, this is what it would look like

Summary: The committee began with lengthy testimony and affidavits criticizing the Arizona State Bar, with speakers alleging selective discipline, due process problems, and retaliation against attorneys who take controversial cases. Committee members questioned the witnesses and discussed whether the bar and court system properly oversee attorney discipline, but no action was taken on that testimony. The committee then considered several election-related bills. SB 1037 would impose stricter security requirements on voting and tabulating equipment, including no internet access, tamper-proof seals, chain-of-custody documentation, nonstop video at accounting centers, and criminal penalties for violations; it passed 4-2 with one not voting. SB 1038 would require rapid public release of cast vote records, but an amendment changed the timing and transmission process; the amended bill passed 4-2 with one not voting. SB 1040 would expand public access to voter registration rolls through an internet portal and a read-only format; it also passed 4-2 with one not voting. The committee next approved SB 1039, which would allow attorneys who prevail in bar discipline matters to seek damages for reputational harm and lost earnings; it passed 4-2 with one not voting after extensive discussion about bar procedures, interim suspension, and whether attorneys can practice while under investigation. SB 1053, reducing concealed carry permit fees for Arizona residents, passed 4-2 with one not voting. SB 1057, requiring ballot paper fraud-countermeasure features, also passed 4-2 with one not voting. SB 1060, removing a voting exemption for U.S. citizens who have never resided in the United States, passed 3-2 with two not voting. The committee then heard SB 1061, which would lower the fentanyl threshold for enhanced sentencing from 200 grams to 9 grams; testimony focused on whether the bill would sweep in users as well as dealers, but the transcript ends before a vote is taken.

Transcript Highlights:

• There are a number of respects in which this bill before you does not identically follow the provisions
• I think our concern really, in looking at this sector and what has happened and trying to prevent fraud
• </c> to fly to play nice to not allow fraud to fly to play nice to not allow fraud fraud<01:31:18.320
• series on there so can you can you fraud series on there so can you can you kind<01:31:20.360><c> of
• </c><01:31:31.159><c> it</c> happened and trying to prevent fraud it happened and trying to prevent fraud

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures, beginning with SB 48 SD2 HD1 relating to combat sports. The Attorney General offered a technical comment on the bill’s effective date, and several testifiers from the combat sports community strongly supported the measure with amendments. They argued that boxing and MMA should be treated separately, that the current regulatory structure has made events too costly and reduced opportunities, and that more local oversight would help revive the sport and give youth a constructive outlet. Committee members questioned whether the bill’s medical staffing requirements would apply to boxing, MMA, or both, and whether the added requirements would increase costs and reduce access. The witness from the combat sports community said amateur boxing is already regulated through USA Boxing, that the DCCA should focus on professional boxing, and that for safety he would support two physicians and one ambulance for boxing and MMA events. The committee then took up SB 117 SD2 HD1 relating to transportation. The Department of Transportation and the Ulon Initiative testified in support, and the bicycling community was listed as supporting as well. Members focused on the bill’s rebate program for electric transportation devices, asking how successful it had been and whether removing the rebate would affect use. DOT said the program began in February 2023 and had issued about 500 rebates totaling roughly $166,000, aimed at helping people without vehicles access transportation options. The department explained that the bill would broaden access and increase the rebate amount, including additional assistance for low-income applicants. Finally, the committee heard SB 897 SD3 HD1 relating to energy and wildfire liability. The Division of Consumer Advocacy, the Public Utilities Commission, the Attorney General, Clearway Energy Group, Ulon Initiative, Kawai K, IBEW Local 1260, and Hawaiian Electric all testified in support, while the Hawaii Association for Justice was listed as opposed but not present. Supporters said the bill would help finance wildfire mitigation and infrastructure improvements through securitization, reduce wildfire risk, and address utility cost and credit concerns. Hawaiian Electric emphasized that the bill is forward-looking, would help protect customers from future wildfire-related cost increases, and requested amendments including a study on a future wildfire recovery fund. In questioning, members pressed Hawaiian Electric on the liability cap, asking whether it would have applied to the Maui wildfires and whether it would cover personal injury or wrongful death; the witness and company counsel clarified that the aggregate cap applies only to qualifying property damage, not personal injury or wrongful death, and said they would follow up on how the cap would calculate in a Maui-type event. Hawaiian Electric also said it would seek financing under the bill if enacted and updated members on settlement funding efforts, including raising the first $550 million in equity and divesting assets to help meet its obligations.

Transcript Highlights:

• These enterprises are often linked to drug trafficking, fraud and identity theft, money laundering, violence
• These enterprises are often linked to drug trafficking, fraud and identity theft, money laundering, violence
• These enterprises are often linked to drug trafficking, fraud and identity theft, money laundering, violence
• These enterprises are often linked to drug trafficking, fraud and identity theft, money laundering, violence
• These enterprises are often linked to drug trafficking, fraud and identity theft, money laundering, violence

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:

• It outlines the things that could be expunged, and it talks about assault, abuse, fraud, and it specifically
• It outlines the things that could be expunged, and it talks about assault, abuse, fraud, and it specifically
• thought 40 years as a nurse, but you have 45 years... ...it becomes part of our fabric, it's our identity

Bills: HB2408 , HB2434 , HB2725 , HB2728 , HB2729 , HB2730 , HB2731 , HB2732 , HB2733

Committees: House Health & Human Services , House House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference

Keywords: controlled substances, prescription monitoring, opioid crisis, healthcare regulations, patient safety, prescription drugs, opioids, healthcare, pain management, utilization controls, AHCCCS, Department of Economic Security, social services, welfare programs, vocational rehabilitation, employment services, developmental disabilities, Arizona Revised Statutes, occupational therapy, board regulation

Transcript Highlights:

• Finally, I want to say that there's waste and fraud out there.
• Because we all know there is money inefficiently spent besides the waste and fraud we know is out there
• individuals, $12, a credit card, access to a computer, or other required documentation to prove identity

Summary: The committee heard and advanced six measures. SB 1118, as amended, appropriates $3 million to the Department of Health Services for a grant program to help rural hospitals install enhanced radiation protection systems in cardiac catheterization rooms; testimony from an interventional cardiologist emphasized worker safety, reduced radiation exposure, and recruitment/retention of physicians, and the bill passed 10-0. SB 1154 provides $500,000 to ADOT for a traffic and safety study on SR 64 between Williams and the Grand Canyon; local officials, law enforcement, and fire personnel described heavy tourism, rising crashes, and the need for broader roadway improvements, and it passed 6-4. SB 1063 appropriates $10.4 million for safety improvements on U.S. 70 in the San Carlos Apache area; tribal leaders and law enforcement cited high fatality and injury rates, dangerous design features, and limited federal funding, and it also passed 6-4. The committee then approved SB 1153, which creates a Grand Canyon National Park specialty license plate and fund; the Grand Canyon Conservancy supported the measure as a way to generate dedicated revenue for park programs, and it passed 10-0. SCM 1001, as amended, urges naming SR 260 the Donald J. Trump Highway through the State Board on Geographic and Historic Names rather than ADOT; the memorial drew sharply divided testimony and debate, but it passed 6-4. Finally, SB 1209 exempts homeless individuals and those using shelter addresses from non-operating ID fees and extends the validity period for those IDs to eight years; advocates said the change would help people obtain housing, jobs, and services, and it passed 9-0.

Transcript Highlights:

• recognized for a motion to suspend Rule 802 to consider SCR 13 and HCR 13, a resolution in response to an identical
• Well, Senator, like we do with Medicaid fraud, you know, for years, that's been a law in Texas.
• The Medicaid fraud statute says... Is that any person can bring a claim.

Bills: SB 2 , SB 5 , SB 10 , SB 9 , SB 7 , SB 17 , SB 4 , HB17 , HB7 , HB7 , HB15 , HB15 , HB27 , HB1 , HB7 , HB15 , HB18 , SB9 , SB7 , SB17 , SB4 , HB17 , HB27 , HB1 , SB8 , HCR13 , SB2 , SB5 , SB10

Transcript Highlights:

• follow the meaningful traditions, and these are the threads that we use to weave the tapestry of identity
• definitions of human trafficking and forced labor, provides guidance on prohibited actions that involve fraud
• definitions of human trafficking and forced labor, provides guidance on prohibited actions that involve fraud

Summary: The Governmental Organization Committee heard a series of bills on holidays, procurement, public safety, and business regulation. AB 268 would add Diwali as an official state holiday and allow schools and state workers limited flexibility to observe it; supporters described it as a recognition of California’s large South Asian and Hindu communities, and there was no opposition. AB 770 would define “customary maintenance” for outdoor advertising displays to clarify what repairs and reinforcements are allowed; the bill was presented as a safety and consistency measure for the billboard industry. AB 783 would authorize the Department of General Services to negotiate bulk pricing for construction materials to help disaster-affected communities rebuild more affordably, with supporters from the housing and building sectors and some members raising concerns about state contracting, storage, and implementation. AB 381 would update state procurement rules to better prevent human trafficking and forced labor in supply chains, aligning state policy with federal standards and drawing support from anti-trafficking advocates, labor, and local government representatives. AB 668 would extend drink-spiking prevention measures to music festivals by requiring test strips, drink lids, and reporting procedures; supporters emphasized victim safety and underreporting, while venue operators opposed the bill unless amended, citing feasibility and cost concerns. AB 880 would require prompt payment and indirect cost coverage for nonprofits contracting with the state, with broad nonprofit support and no opposition. AB 989 would make California Native American Day a paid holiday, with tribal and allied support. AB 592 would extend and expand temporary outdoor dining and alcohol service flexibilities for restaurants, with strong support from restaurant and business groups and opposition from alcohol policy advocates who preferred a narrower or permanent grandfathering approach. Most bills advanced on committee votes, generally on party-line or broad bipartisan support. AB 770 was moved to Appropriations, AB 783 was passed as amended to the Assembly Committee on Emergency Management, AB 381 was sent to Labor, AB 668 and AB 880 were sent to Appropriations, AB 989 was sent to Public Employees and Retirement, and AB 592 was sent to Health. The committee also took up a consent calendar containing several additional bills, which was approved. The hearing ended with the roll left open for additional votes and adjournment at 3:17 p.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• IT'S REQUIREMENTS ARE NEARLY IDENTICAL TO THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE.
• SECOND THING IS AND I THANK YOU MENTION IS A COUPLE TIMES FRAUD AND ABUSE IS PERVASIVE IN FLORIDA SYSTEM
• I DON'T KNOW THAT WE INVENTED INSURANCE FRAUD BUT WE DANG NEAR PERFECTED THAT IT.

Transcript Highlights:

• Quite frankly, I believe that this court case could lead to significant election fraud.
• It also does more to protect the identities of these victims when they go forward in court.
• It also does more to protect the identities of these victims when they go forward in court and to make

Summary: The Senate began by advancing to the Eighth Order of Business and adopted Senate Resolution 8683 honoring the Seattle Seahawks for their 2025 championship season. The resolution and floor remarks celebrated the team’s 14-3 regular season, NFC West title, playoff run, Super Bowl 60 victory, and community involvement. Senators from both parties offered supportive remarks about the team’s leadership, teamwork, and impact across Washington, and the resolution was adopted unanimously. The chamber then welcomed Seahawks representatives and former player/play-by-play announcer Steve Rable to the rostrum for recognition and photographs. The Senate then considered and passed several bills, including SB 6084 clarifying that a person may not vote more than once in the same election across states; SB 5977 requiring publication of child near-fatality reviews; SB 5985 on endometriosis awareness and research; SB 6046 placing the Civil Air Patrol within the Military Department; SB 6291 extending septic inspector training supervision from two to four years; SB 6707 directing a WSIPP study of DCYF screening tools; SB 6183 ensuring rapid coverage for HIV antiviral drugs; SB 5956 restricting harmful uses of AI, surveillance, and automated discipline in public schools; SB 5820 concerning freight rail-dependent use overlays in Clark County; SB 5936 strengthening remedies and protections for human trafficking survivors; SB 6269 modernizing the motor fuel definition to include gaseous fuels such as hydrogen; SB 6226 protecting audiologists’ clinical autonomy; SB 6025 updating fetal death gestational-age calculations to use more accurate methods; SB 6058 giving Labor and Industries discretion in wage enforcement and adopting a transparency amendment; and SB 6136 requiring publication of actuarial indicated workers’ compensation rates. Most bills passed with broad support, though SB 5956 on AI in schools drew the most debate and passed 35-13. SB 5820 also drew a split vote, with supporters arguing it would restore environmental protections in Clark County and opponents warning it would undermine rail-related economic development and existing investments. SB 6084 passed 47-1, and the remaining measures passed overwhelmingly or unanimously. The Senate then recessed for caucus.

Transcript Highlights:

• Sheriff Bianco's investigation in last year's special election on Prop. 50 was a sham, a complete fraud
• Sheriff Bianco's investigation in last year's special election on Prop. 50 was a sham, a complete fraud
• If voter fraud is a choice... ...by-mail ballots.
• If voter fraud is truly as rare as supporters claim, then why is California so afraid of audits and the
• directs state agencies and universities not to share SOGI data — that is, sexual orientation, gender identity

Transcript Highlights:

• So this is the same identical bill that we heard a few weeks ago. It's the Anko Maheru's bill to...
• felony, including if it's more than $25,000 it would be an F2, and it would also be covered under fraud
• pretenses, representations, promises, or material omission. ...and it would also be covered under fraud
• At the same time, that misrepresentation is covered under the fraud scheme statute.
• It rarely starts as obvious fraud.

Bills: SB1092 , SB1094 , SB1139 , SB1239 , SB1240 , SB1248 , SB1326 , SB1502 , SB1512 , SB1540 , SB1616 , SB1635 , SB1669 , SB1673

Committees: House Judiciary , House House Judiciary Committee of Reference

Keywords: probation, dangerous crimes, children, Arizona Revised Statutes, criminal justice, juvenile offenses, rehabilitation, gender reassignment, civil liability, minors, medical consent, detransition, family court, therapeutic intervention, expert testimony, parenting time, child development, sex offenders, statute of limitations, prosecution

Transcript Highlights:

• , do we know whether these people are legitimate and not just someone trying to steal somebody's identity
• So I was taken aback a little bit about some concern that you had regarding potential fraud in these
• General to maybe be on the lookout for, be a little more on the lookout for any kinds of potential fraud
• Liability being traced to the perpetrator because this is fraud when they create these shell corporations
• It's fraud. And then the other question I have, and it's also related to no responsible party.

Committee: House Radioactive & Hazardous Materials Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• House Bill 3244 modernizes and strengthens our criminal statutes to better protect Oklahomans from identity
• So our child welfare professionals are still allowed to consider a child's identity and mental health
• evidence was considered regarding the mental health outcomes of children who are not supported in their identity
• They are navigating identity, stability, and belonging, often after trauma.

Bills: HB2268 , HB3000 , HB3043 , HB3066 , HB3078 , HB3143 , HB3144 , HB3244 , HB3298 , HB3320 , HB3467 , HB3321 , HB3329 , HB3431 , HB3464 , HB3499 , HB3500 , HB3586 , HB3590 , HB3650 , HB3671 , HB3695 , HB3700 , HB3701 , HB3764 , HB3767 , HB3834 , HB3931 , HB3934 , HB3940 , HB3944 , HB3979 , HB3985 , HB4113 , HB4294 , HB4302 , HB4317 , HB4324 , HB4359 , HB4426 , HB4427 , HB4430 , HB4431 , HB4434 , HJR1077 , SR42 , SR35 , HJR1023 , HB1225 , HB1374 , HB1381 , HB1590 , HB1675 , HB2153

Keywords: HB2268, Oklahoma Health Care Authority, OHCA, appropriation, General Revenue Fund, PACE, Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, elderly care, aging Oklahomans, long-term care, Medicaid, health care funding, provider reimbursement, rate increase, low-income seniors, senior services, integrated care, emergency measure, cosmetology, barbering

Bills: HB2268 , HB3000 , HB3043 , HB3066 , HB3078 , HB3143 , HB3144 , HB3244 , HB3298 , HB3320 , HB3467 , HB3321 , HB3329 , HB3431 , HB3464 , HB3499 , HB3500 , HB3586 , HB3590 , HB3650 , HB3671 , HB3695 , HB3700 , HB3701 , HB3764 , HB3767 , HB3834 , HB3931 , HB3934 , HB3940 , HB3944 , HB3979 , HB3985 , HB4113 , HB4294 , HB4302 , HB4317 , HB4324 , HB4359 , HB4426 , HB4427 , HB4430 , HB4431 , HB4434 , HJR1077 , SR42 , SR35 , HJR1023 , HB1225 , HB1374 , HB1381 , HB1590 , HB1675 , HB2153

Keywords: HB2268, Oklahoma Health Care Authority, OHCA, appropriation, General Revenue Fund, PACE, Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, elderly care, aging Oklahomans, long-term care, Medicaid, health care funding, provider reimbursement, rate increase, low-income seniors, senior services, integrated care, emergency measure, cosmetology, barbering

Transcript Highlights:

• committee that there found in the fraud committee that there are<00:12:53.279><c> a</c><00:12:53.440
• We absolutely want to do everything we can to prevent fraud.
• </c><00:13:41.600><c> Um,</c> everything we can to prevent fraud.
• Um, everything we can to prevent fraud.
• </c> then we have $9 billion worth of fraud. then we have $9 billion worth of fraud.

Bills: HF3432 , HF3411

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• Which is a bill that seeks to strengthen accountability and oversight to crack down on documented fraud
• The A3 charter network school among other things they took the identities, the names of local Little
• This type of fraud is, goes far beyond just the A3 charter.
• This bill is proposing the solution for this documented fraud.
• A big element of the fraud was district complicity in the fraud.

Committee: House Education

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><01:58:58.560><c> in</c> and tolerance of outrageous fraud in and tolerance of outrageous fraud in
• If you are talking about fraud, waste and abuse, this is fraud, waste and abuse.
• If you are talking about fraud, sense.
• abuse, this is fraud, waste waste and abuse, this is fraud, waste and<02:23:36.800><c> abuse.
• It reaffirms equal lifestyle, identity, or belief. It is lifestyle, identity, or belief.

Committee: House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh, many of us mourned the cultural shift in our country toward an identity that is oriented around what
• an identity that is oriented<00:36:23.599><c> around</c><00:36:23.839><c> what</c><00:36:24.079><c>
• 54.480><c> to</c><00:46:54.720><c> the</c><00:46:54.880><c> real</c><00:46:55.119><c> financial</c> fraud
• of crypto to the real financial fraud of crypto to the real financial system.<00:46:56.880><c> The</
• To guarantee that no matter your background, your race, your ability, your identity, where you lived,

Bills: HB4016 , HR580

Keywords: defense appropriations, military funding, national security, Department of Defense, fiscal year 2026, rules resolution, House Rules Committee, structured rule, appropriations, DoD appropriations, defense spending, digital commodities, cryptocurrency regulation, digital assets, SEC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, CFTC, Federal Reserve, central bank digital currency, CBDC

Transcript Highlights:

• a mask could covering or disguise without lawful excuse and for the purpose of concealing his or identity
• That conceal their identity. Thanks for your question again.
• And being that we know that our ICE agents cannot conceal Their identity is not lawful.
• The question simply was, will this bill apply to those IC agents that conceal their identity for no good
• And that had to be pretty bad because the tax commission only claws back based around fraud or people

Bills: SJR50 , SJR51 , SJR52 , SJR53 , SJR54 , SJR39 , SB1290 , HB4028 , HB4029 , HB4073 , HB4074 , HB4075 , HB4076 , HB4077 , HB4078 , HB1250 , HB2951 , HB2961 , HB3151 , HB3581 , HB3705 , HB3970 , HB3972 , HB3980 , HB3981

Keywords: Medicaid, federal funding, state law, healthcare, low-income adults, Oklahoma Constitution, healthcare regulations, Oklahoma Health Care Authority, permanent rules, joint resolution, OHCA, health care rules, administrative rules, major rule, Title 75, Title 317, Oklahoma Administrative Code, OAC 317:30, health policy, state health programs