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• requirement begins with the class of 2033, unless the State Board of Education recommends an earlier
• Sign the boards, please. Okay. And I think we can proceed.
• the agenda rather than all school board meetings.
• Please sign the boards. Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor say aye. I oppose nay.
• Please sign the boards.

Bills: SB5849 , SB6278 , SB6130 , SB6222 , SB6206 , SB6260 , SB5346 , SB6263 , SB6268 , SB6247

Committee: Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education

Keywords: financial education, graduation requirement, student curriculum, financial literacy, education reform, teacher preparation, principal preparation, educator preparation, alternative route certification, teacher certification, principal certification, Washington Professional Educator Standards Board, PESB, field placement, student teacher, residency, mentoring, school district partnerships, K-12 education, preK-12

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• It simply makes the system work more reliably at a time when our health system is under real pressure
• SB 5845, we believe, would limit important safeguards that protect the system without improving payment
• system, but they can fax, they can email, and also use this type of system.
• They reflect a systemic issue.
• opiate crisis and protect children like mine.

Bills: SB5845 , SB5916 , SB6102 , SB6071 , SB6103 , SB6159 , SB5877 , SB5967 , SB5904 , SB5915 , SB6025

Committee: Senate Health & Long-Term Care

Keywords: health insurance, health carrier, insurance carrier, prompt pay, timely payment, claims processing, clean claim, remittance advice, provider reimbursement, hospital billing, medical billing, prior authorization, claims denial, interest on late claims, administrative penalty, Washington insurance commissioner, RCW 48, public employees benefits board, school employees benefits board, Medicaid managed care

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• It also protects natural trails by giving TPWD clear authority.
• These PILOT payments are not from the operations of the system.
• I represent the board of directors. My name is Lynn Allison.
• I'm in my third term as legislative chair and board secretary.
• We already protect law enforcement, textile workers, and so on.

Bills: HB535 , HB2120 , HB2822 , HB3243 , HB3457 , HB3544 , HB4089 , HB4192 , HB4669 , HB4868 , HB4955 , HB5253 , HB5669 , SB1371 , SB1919 , SB2001

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: motor vehicle, pedestrian, bicycle, traffic safety, municipality, criminal offense, pedestrian safety, traffic regulations, municipal law, bicycle regulations, motor vehicle passing, traffic law, municipalities, bicycle operation, traffic laws, municipal regulations, port commission, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, San Patricio County

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• We work through a historic river system.
• They likely have great merit.
• They likely have great merit.
• and legal systems and litigation environments and so on are like, I would just say that. legal systems
• Protecting vulnerable roadway users is a Protecting vulnerable roadway users is a shared priority, but

Bills: HB2543

Committee: Senate Law & Justice

Keywords: county clerk, fees, local government, administrative costs, revenue generation

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• </c> the Civil Service classification system the Civil Service classification system which<00:04:43.560
• </c> the Department of Health is to protect the Department of Health is to protect and<00:07:26.960><
• Appeals Board and have a decision rendered.
• Appeals Board and have a decision rendered.
• Appeals Board and have a decision rendered.

Committee: House Labor

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• The clerk will ring the bell and open the board. The clerk will ring the bell and open the board.
• It protects the KKK. No, ma'am.
• We keep talking about protection of certain groups and then not protection of other groups is when it
• And when we are talking about how to protect them, protect their speech, we should be able to call out
• that protect that.

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• We removed the language related to a local government agency subject to the North Dakota Merit System
• We removed language related to coverage by the North Dakota Merit System and clarified that human service
• We removed language related to a local government agency subject to the North Dakota Merit System adopting
• board members.
• So the board rejected that one.

Committee: Joint Administrative Rules Committee

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• We removed the language related to a local government agency subject to the North Dakota Merit System
• We removed language related to being covered by the North Dakota Merit System and clarified that human
• We removed language related to a local government agency subject to the North Dakota Merit System adopting
• to the board.
• So the board rejected that one.

Committee: Joint Administrative Rules Committee

Summary: The committee approved the March 12, 2026 minutes and granted the Board of Medicine an extension of time to implement rule changes tied to House Bill 1620/1622, which concern North Dakota’s entry into the physician assistant licensure compact. The Board said it is waiting on compact rules, especially fee structures, before finalizing its own rules. The committee then took up extensive Office of Management and Budget personnel rule revisions, covering salary administration, recruitment, leave policies, funeral leave, service awards, appeals, and shared leave. OMB said the changes modernize HR practices and implement recent legislation, including new hire leave and enhanced annual leave for hard-to-fill positions; the committee raised concerns about the subjectivity and fairness of the hard-to-fill leave provisions, but no action was taken against the rules. The North Dakota Lottery presented emergency and regular rule changes, including updates tied to the Millionaire for Life game and miscellaneous clarifications. The Board of Examiners for Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology described rule updates that add speech-language pathology assistants to the rules, ease continuing education requirements for out-of-state applicants, expand temporary licensure, and clarify supervision standards. The State Electrical Board reviewed numerous code updates, including changes to electrical and fire alarm standards, receptacle labeling, countertop receptacles, and a major new conveyance/elevator inspection program added by the Legislature; the board said it is preparing to begin inspections by August 1. The Industrial Commission’s Geological Survey Division presented new rules implementing House Bill 1459 on critical minerals in coal-bearing formations, including permit, reporting, confidentiality, and royalty-related provisions. The committee asked about confidentiality of exploration data and drilling depth. The Public Employees Retirement System outlined rule changes implementing several bills affecting defined benefit, public safety, defined contribution, insurance, deferred compensation, and retiree health credit programs, and noted possible future proposals to add state EMS or create a LOSAP-style plan. The Department of Health and Human Services presented substance use disorder voucher rules implementing House Bill 1012, including allowing individuals to apply directly and setting reimbursement procedures; the rules were expected to have a $250,000 general fund impact already included in the budget. The longest discussion involved the Gaming Commission rules. Members questioned whether the commission had authority to raise poker tournament buy-ins from $300 to $1,500, viewing it as an expansion of gaming rather than a mere clarification. After debate, the committee voted to void that specific rule section for lack of statutory authority. The rest of the gaming rules covered higher raffle limits from House Bill 1192, the change from “bar” to “alcoholic beverage establishment,” veterans’ organization proceeds, credit ticket voucher kiosks, online raffles, and advertising restrictions; the presenter said several public comments led to revisions or withdrawals of proposed language. The meeting ended with discussion of upcoming Ethics Commission travel-reporting rules and scheduling the next committee meeting in September.

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• We just want to be sure that there’s statutory protections in place so that way we can protect our students
• But this isn't about the education system this. in our education system.
• Are there any protections in this bill that would protect our vulnerable adults from that kind of activity
• , which will protect us more...
• This legislation actually has consumer protections in place, which will protect us more than allowing

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Summary: The Judiciary Committee considered a long agenda of claims bills, housing and business measures, and court-administration legislation. It reported favorably several claims bills, including SB 20 for J.N., a minor, SB 14 for the estate of Pennial Janvier, SB 10 for Sidney Holmes, SB 8 for Marcus Button, SB 22 for Eric and Jennifer Miles, and SB 26 for Kristen and Leah McIntosh. Members also approved SB 520 on curators of estates, SB 386 on self-storage lien-sale notices, SB 362 on reusable tenant screening reports, SB 316 creating series LLCs in Florida, and SB 1650 and SB 1652 on vexatious litigants and related public-records issues. SB 248, expanding eligibility for private school and homeschool students to participate in FHSAA sports at public schools, also passed after amendment. Most of the claims bills were described as settled cases with amounts above sovereign-immunity limits, and several senators spoke in support of compensating victims of catastrophic injury or wrongful conviction. SB 10 drew comments about the 34 years Sidney Holmes spent incarcerated after a wrongful conviction, and SB 8 prompted discussion about the long delay in resolving Marcus Button’s injuries from a 2006 school-bus crash. SB 26 was presented as an uncontested claim arising from a DACS employee’s fatal crash that severely injured two teenage girls, and the committee adopted an amendment placing funds for the minor claimant into trust. The policy bills drew more substantive debate. SB 386 would let self-storage operators use websites instead of newspaper ads for lien-sale notices, with newspaper representatives opposing the change and storage-industry witnesses supporting modernization and lower costs. SB 362 would let renters reuse tenant screening reports for 30 days, with the sponsor saying it would reduce repeated application fees. SB 316 would authorize series LLCs while adding record-keeping protections, and SB 1650/1652 would broaden Florida’s vexatious-litigant rules and create a public-records exemption for certain stricken filings. SB 248 passed over concerns from private-school and public-education witnesses about instructional time, funding, and fairness in athletic participation. All measures were reported favorably, with recorded votes ranging from 7-2 on SB 248 to unanimous or near-unanimous support on the other bills.

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• We're opposed to the concept of the Merit Appeals Board. It's an employer-controlled board.
• We're opposed to the concept of the Merit Appeals Board. It's an employer-controlled board.
• We're opposed to the concept of the Merit Appeals Board. It's an employer-controlled board.
• Merit Appeals Board versus a single arbitrator?
• Merit Appeals Board versus a single arbitrator?

Committee: Senate Labor and Technology

Summary: The Senate Committee on Labor and Technology heard testimony on several measures relating to public employment, the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund (EUTF), retirement benefits, and cafeteria plans. HB 2472 and HB 2276, both concerning EUTF staff and investment office staff salaries, drew support from the trust fund and labor groups, and no opposition was heard in person. HB 2272 and HB 2273, emergency appropriations for public employment cost items, were supported by the administration and labor representatives; members briefly clarified which bargaining units were covered. A longer discussion centered on HB 1664, which would address a dispute mechanism for EUTF-related negotiations. HGEA said the current process lacks a dispute resolution path and that the bill would allow interest arbitration when the state and union disagree. The Department of Human Resources Development and the Budget and Finance director raised concerns about consistency across bargaining units and the role of an arbitrator unfamiliar with the complexities of the system. Senator Moriwaki questioned whether another dispute forum might be more appropriate, but no alternative resolution was settled. The committee also heard HB 1655, which would make retirement benefits negotiable, and HB 1658, concerning collective bargaining repricing. ERS opposed HB 1655, saying it could create administrative and tax problems if retirement benefits were negotiated separately across many bargaining units, while UPW, HGEA, HSTA, and UPA supported it as a bargaining issue. On HB 1658, DHRD explained that repricing is an internal classification tool meant to preserve equal pay for equal work, not to address market pay, and said a single arbitrator or the Merit Appeals Board could handle disputes; HGEA preferred a neutral arbitrator and opposed the Merit Appeals Board as too employer-controlled. The final measure, HB 1661 on cafeteria plans, was supported by UPW and HGEA. DHRD said it planned to raise the maximum contribution through rulemaking but needed to manage plan solvency and timing because IRS limits change on a calendar-year basis while the state plan runs on a fiscal year. The committee then moved into decision-making and adopted recommendations to pass HB 2472 and HB 2276 as amended/unamended after a brief correction to the vote language.

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• to be classified or protected.
• </c> going to be classified or protected. going to be classified or protected.
• </c> those pieces into our system. those pieces into our system.
• </c> allowed in the reporting system. allowed in the reporting system.
• </c> protection not less. protection not less.

Bills: HF4253 , HF4257 , HF3236 , HF4264 , HF4149 , HF4019

Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Keywords: boat storage structures, public waters, natural resources, rule amendments, watercraft canopy, PFAS, environmental regulation, manufacturers, public health, product safety, groundwater, water appropriation, water-use permit, water permit, aquifer test, aquifer, well construction, groundwater permit, Department of Natural Resources, DNR

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• </c><00:04:56.440><c> the</c> essential to the work to protect the essential to the work to protect the
• I I'm also a I'm on board with it.
• :28.920><c> against</c><01:07:29.680><c> fraud</c> protecting our uh entities against fraud protecting
• Rights is written to protect individuals Rights is written to protect individuals against<01:41:08.080
• 43.880><c> from</c><01:42:44.120><c> overreach</c> need to protect ourselves from overreach need to protect

Bills: HF2354 , HF3621 , HF3429 , HF3483

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Keywords: medical assistance, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, fraud, payment withholding, withheld payments, program integrity, public funds, state agency, program participant, credible allegation of fraud, administrative reconsideration, contested case, chapter 14, data practices, confidential data, protected nonpublic data, anti-fraud

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• All right, the board is clear. Thank you. All right, the board is clear.
• All right, the board is clear. You're not... okay, there you go.
• The board is clear. We do have some cards in support, but not wishing... The board is clear.
• The board is clear. We do have some... clarity and I can answer any questions. The board is clear.
• Local stakeholders are all on board.

Bills: HB78 , HB112 , HB190 , HB292 , HB410 , HB427 , HB437

Committee: House Civil Law and Procedure

Keywords: jurisdiction, city court, Bogalusa, civil law, court limit, Louisiana, child relocation, custody, mileage measurement, co-parenting, Louisiana law, software, computer programs, standard of care, liability, design, development, manufacture, sale, security deposit

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• this bill does is we get a big input in copper being units and all that, and basically under the system
• They had to replace that actually took the copper out. system we have system we have pretty<00:02:50.080

Bills: SB277 , HB395 , HB482 , SB251 , HB513

Committee: House Economic Development and Tourism

Keywords: decentralized nonprofit association, unincorporated nonprofit association, blockchain, distributed ledger technology, smart contract, digital asset, crypto, web3, DAO, decentralized autonomous organization, nonprofit governance, digital membership, consensus mechanism, ledger, Alabama nonprofit law, entity formation, liability protection, service of process, real property, winding up

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• :04:34.639><c> the</c> The immigration system, particularly the The immigration system, particularly
• </c> protections in the history of our state. protections in the history of our state.
• </c> constitutional system. constitutional system.
• It's a checks and balances system. here. It's a checks and balances system.
• </c> are dragnet surveillance systems. are dragnet surveillance systems.

Bills: HF3477 , HF3414 , HF103 , HF3661 , HF3146

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Keywords: civil rights, law enforcement, federal collaboration, accountability, state law, constitutional rights, color of law, 42 U.S.C. 1983, section 1983, civil action, damages, injunctive relief, attorney fees, law enforcement task force, federal-state cooperation, intergovernmental agreement, federal agency partnership, Minnesota Constitution, U.S. Constitution, police accountability

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• We are 80% system of 2700 students.
• </c> were elected here to serve and protect were elected here to serve and protect your<00:48:27.119>
• </c> protecting children. protecting children.
• This is about protection bill. Help us bring back all protection bill.
• </c><01:38:39.840><c> This</c> families a sense of protection. This families a sense of protection.

Bills: HF3435 , HF3409

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: school access, school site, school district, charter school, federal agents, DHS, Department of Homeland Security, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, CBP, Customs and Border Protection, USCIS, immigration enforcement, judicial warrant, student privacy, school safety, sanctuary schools, warrant requirement, federal warrant, school grounds

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• So with that, it system grows stronger.
• </c><00:29:38.559><c> more</c> licensing and standards board more licensing and standards board more
• </c> and the board of school administrators. and the board of school administrators.
• Payne mentioned, the board is As Dr.
• </c> also serving in my local uh school board also serving in my local uh school board in<01:30:40.080

Bills: HF3435 , HF3409

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Keywords: school access, school site, school district, charter school, federal agents, DHS, Department of Homeland Security, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, CBP, Customs and Border Protection, USCIS, immigration enforcement, judicial warrant, student privacy, school safety, sanctuary schools, warrant requirement, federal warrant, school grounds

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• That clarity protects students and school employees.
• That clarity protects students and school employees.
• I have been a board-certified behavior analyst (BCBA) since 2019.
• What are we doing to protect the teacher? What are we doing to protect the aide?
• That's a lot of people to put through the system. I'm just wondering if they can handle that.

Bills: HB30 , HB120 , HJR1 , SB210 , SB306 , HB30 , HB120 , HJR1 , SB210 , SB306

Committees: Senate Senate Education , Senate House Education

Keywords: teacher residency, Teacher Residency Act, public schools, teacher preparation, educator pipeline, teacher recruitment, teacher retention, student teachers, apprenticeship, co-teaching, mentor teachers, residency stipend, teacher salary, level one teacher, charter schools, school districts, New Mexico education, teacher workforce, principal stipend, cohort model

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• When our systems are stronger, our classrooms are stronger.
• We have, through the APS school system, the public school system, and the charter system, experienced
• However, their needs were not properly met through the educational system.
• Chair and Representative Roybal Caballero, having a statewide system in part...
• This memorial does not change accountability systems. It does not change funding.

Bills: HB30 , HB120 , HJR1 , SB210 , SB306

Committee: House House Education

Keywords: teacher residency, Teacher Residency Act, public schools, teacher preparation, educator pipeline, teacher recruitment, teacher retention, student teachers, apprenticeship, co-teaching, mentor teachers, residency stipend, teacher salary, level one teacher, charter schools, school districts, New Mexico education, teacher workforce, principal stipend, cohort model

Bills: SF629 , SF634 , SF2032 , HF1023 , HF1006 , HF992

Committee: Joint Ways and Means

Keywords: expedited filing, business documents, Secretary of State, filing fees, administration, sex offender registry, registration fee, law enforcement, public safety, criminal justice, Iowa, SF 2032, SF 2334, property tax, special assessment, tax lien, tax sale, county treasurer, leased land, ground lease