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• now what other medical procedure now what other medical procedure do<00:09:00.160> we<00:
• told doctors what my symptoms were and why I felt it was a necessary procedure for myself.
• Doctors what my symptoms were and why I felt it was a necessary procedure for myself.
• to allow people if they need a procedure to allow people if they need a procedure like<00:29:19.240
• sterilization if they do a procedure sterilization if they do a procedure that<00:40:31.760>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• We may be likely to have this entire policy and all of its procedures tested.
• We may be likely to have this entire policy and all of its procedures tested.
• We may be likely to have this entire policy and all of its procedures tested.
• We may be likely to have this entire policy and all of its procedures tested.
• We may be likely to have this entire policy and all of its procedures tested.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• We need to say what we mean and do what we say, and when procedural guidance and rules are construed
• We need to say what we mean and do what we say, and when procedural guidance and rules are construed
• We need to say what we mean and do what we say, and when procedural guidance and rules are construed
• We need to say what we mean and do what we say, and when procedural guidance and rules are construed
• as a body concerns for me procedurally as a body we<01:29:48.360> need<01:29:48.520> to

Keywords: House Agenda:, 910, house, all

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• House Bill 954 now before you relates to rounding procedures.
• House Bill 954 deals with rounding procedures for cash transactions upon the suspension of the minting
• The Senate substitute, in its enactment clauses, provides for localities to have temporary procedures
• House Bill 954 now before you relates to rounding procedures.
• House Bill 954 deals with rounding procedures for cash transactions upon the suspension of the minting

Keywords: March 06, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• provide the Parks and Wildlife Department the same tools to manage disease regarding quarantine procedures
• I was speaking on the amendment, but I think, you know, proper procedure here.
• Senators, this is about audits, about procedural audits.
• Unlike other post-election audits, procedural audits are a unique tool to ensure that public elections
• In 2020, the procedural audit revealed that one polling location had not been counted.

Bills: SB66, SB243, SB250, SB317, SB393, SB397, SB456, SB628, SB629, SB636, SB715, SB731, SB801, SB865, SB1012, SB1013, SB1015, SB1032, SB1141, SB1181, SB1224, SB1241, SB1242, SB1250, SB1266, SB1285, SB1376, SB1442, SB1449, SB1502, SB1524, SB1528, SB1551, SB1585, SB1640, SB1708, SB1844, SB1854, SB1863, SB1959, SB1965, SB2035, SB2082, SB2119, SB2138, SB2199, SB2200, SB2201, SB2245, SB2269, SB2284, SB2310, SB2357, SB2419, SB2422, SB2480, SB2514, SB2523, SB2529, SB2533, SB2541, SB2550, SB2568, SB2595, SB2605, SB2608, SB2615, SB2717, SB2721, SB2753, SB2778, SB2841, SB2846, SB2891, SB2925, SB2929, SB2933, SB3016, SB3029, SB3039, SB3044, SJR3, SJR18, SB5, SB326, SB494, SB530, SB767, SB769, SB783, SB914, SB963, SB1035, SB1197, SB1271, SB1415, SB1437, SB1619, SB1637, SB1786, SB1806, SB2312, SB29, SB1238, SB1967, SB1, SB260, SB1637, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SJR59, SCR12, SCR39, SCR48, SCR19, SB2023, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB1073, SB810, SB1505, SB583, SB1502, SB507, SB1434, SB1376, SB1585, SB1772, SB2016, SB1163, SB1122, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB261, SB1882, SB393, SB1791, SB209, SB2429, SB1999, SB511, SB2309, SB510, SB1085, SB1975, SB2717, SB1262, SB1524, SB636, SB2056, SB884, SB517, SB1200, SB1845, SB1863, SB2681, SB2200, SB2199, SB2458, SB2201, SB801, SB2533, SB3014, SB3013, SB758, SB1013, SB2797, SB2119, SB2076, SB2876, SB2284, SB2929, SB2595, SB715, SB1640, SB2514, SB2753, SB1241, SB2538, SB1449, SB2529, SB2846, SB986, SB1181, SB1359, SB2550, SB2245, SB410, SB1234, SB456, SB1012, SB2926, SB2138, SB1242, SB2615, SB2310, SB1224, SB2972, SB2841, SB3016, SB1856, SB2035, SB1528, SB1141, SB1266, SB1373, SB2269, SB2480, SB672, SB2891, SB2422, SB1854, SB317, SB2539, SB2532, SB2925, SB1250, SB2082, SB2203, SB2357, SB2721, SB243, SB1285, SB2568, SB1959, SB1442, SB1454, SB2520, SB2541, SB1708, SB1237, SB1844, SB1586, SB1551, SB3039, SB2819, SB66, SB629, SB1015, SB2342, SB2903, SB2933, SB1965, SB2477, SB3029, SB2605, SB2419, SB1957, SB375, SB250, SB777, SB628, SB2523, SB2367, SB2703, SB2608, SB2778, SB3044, SB2965, SB2521, SB865, SB1032, SB2165, SB2501, SB2675, SB2452, SB2835, HB1109, HB1392, HB22, HB2525, HB3093, SB872, SB1212, SB1278, SB1588, SB1602, SB1704, SB1723, SB1833, SB1858, SB1946, SB2009, SB2177, SB2460, SB2785, SB2373, SB1660, SB614, SB867, SB1608, SB1525, SB905, SB640, SB2487, SB1698, SB383, SB705, SB748, SB1113, SB1117, SB1802, SB2340, SB2586, SB2680, SB2690, SB2994, SB2747, SB1950, SB913, SB1071, SB1086, SB1087, SB1483, SB1444, SB1553, SB1556, SB1703, SB2133, SB2297, SB2298, SB2622, SB2955, SB3059, SB2782, SB2781, SB2637, SB2633, SB2337, SB2334, SB1861, SB2043, SB1367, SB946, SB945, SB2857, SB128, SB571, SB1263, SB3058, SB612, SB2221, SB2587, SB2044, SB2363, SB2713, HB517, HB912, HB1130, HB142, HB1689, HB2018

Keywords: disability, supported decision-making, legal assistance, confidentiality, access to justice, autonomy, civil rights, advocacy, migrant labor housing, migrant housing, farmworker housing, migrant agricultural worker, agricultural labor, farm labor contractor, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, TDHCA, civil penalty, housing code enforcement, sanitation, occupancy standards

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• Tom Yamachika, for the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, this bill seeks to resolve a procedural trap that was
• City and County of Honolulu, and it would solve the procedural trap.
• City and County of Honolulu, and it would solve the procedural trap.
• City and County of Honolulu, and it would solve the procedural trap.
• solve the procedural trap I'd be<00:17:38.360> happy<00:17:38.520> to<00:17:38.600>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on several bills covering criminal justice, elections, and wildfire-related settlement funding. HB 103 would raise the age cutoff for life-without-parole eligibility from 18 to 21; supporters included the Public Defender and others, while prosecutors and some others opposed it. HB 11 would allow civil claims against people or businesses profiting from sexual exploitation or sex trafficking; it drew mostly support but was not ready for a vote and was deferred for further questions. HB 132 would expand a state-initiated expungement pilot to include possession of any Schedule V substance; the Public Defender, ACLU, and oversight groups supported it, with one opponent, and committee questions focused on what substances and how many cases would be affected. HB 145 would require the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center to transmit expungement orders to the Judiciary to implement Act 159; the Judiciary and Public Defender supported it, and members discussed technical issues involving multiple defendants and multiple charges. HB 369, a campaign finance housekeeping bill on excess cash contributions, and HB 408, which aligns voter registration-by-mail deadlines with current law, both received support and no opposition of note. The committee also heard HB 1175, which creates appropriations and a trust fund for Maui wildfire settlement claims; the Attorney General’s office, Maui County Council, and Tax Foundation supported it, while one senator said he would vote no because of concerns about House leadership. HB 386, which conforms drug possession thresholds for methamphetamine, heroin, morphine, and cocaine, was supported by law enforcement and prosecutors. HB 134 would require electronic filing of nomination papers; the Elections Office supported it but asked that any convenience fee be authorized in statute, while one witness opposed it over security and cost concerns. After testimony and questions, the committee took up decision-making and passed HB 103 with amendments, deferred HB 11, and passed HB 132, HB 145, HB 369, HB 408, HB 1175, HB 386, and HB 134, with HB 134 amended to clarify no additional charge for electronic filing.

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• This is a procedure where a trustee may notify the beneficiaries of the existence of a trust and give
• This is largely a procedural matter.
• This is largely a procedural matter.
• <00:23:57.240> notice<00:23:57.760> in<00:23:57.880> these<00:23:58.080> procedur
• who need notice in these procedur who need notice in these procedur setings<00:23:59.640> um<

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• ALAC previously formed a work group to study the preservation of error doctrine and the procedural default
• work group initiated a survey last year of other states on the preservation of error doctrine and procedural
• Other states on the preservation of error doctrine and procedural default, and will continue to collect
• error doctrine, The Virginia Supreme Court ruled that the harmless error doctrine only applies to procedural
• happenstance, suggested that the General Assembly may want to amend the APA to be more in line with common procedures

Keywords: Code Commission, 976, house, all

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• This is Civil Procedure 101.
• have to... ...for that employer or insurer not to have to provide those benefits, and that is the procedural
• —this was the procedure that was agreed upon when the stakeholders got together and said this process
• shielded from the assessment of penalties and attorneys' fees by the institution of the safe harbor procedure
• They will get safe harbor if they follow the guidelines and procedures under 1201.1.

Keywords: 974, senate, all

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• This is Civil Procedure 101.
• have to... ...for that employer or insurer not to have to provide those benefits, and that is the procedural
• —this was the procedure that was agreed upon when the stakeholders got together and said this process
• shielded from the assessment of penalties and attorneys' fees by the institution of the safe harbor procedure
• They will get safe harbor if they follow the guidelines and procedures under 1201.1.

Summary: The Senate Labor Committee met on March 14 and adopted the prior minutes. It voluntarily deferred Senate Bill 358, which would have addressed workers’ compensation coverage for independent contractors and sole-proprietor subcontractors. Senator Abraham said the bill would instead be studied to determine whether such workers should be able to buy occupational accident coverage or be required to carry workers’ compensation coverage, particularly where no employees are involved. The committee then heard House Bill 456, which would expand and clarify workers’ compensation petition requirements and broaden employers’ and payers’ ability to file disputed claims beyond fraud and medical-director appeals to other disputes under the chapter. The bill drew strong support from business groups and strong opposition from injured-worker attorneys, who argued it would revive problems seen in 2012 when employers could sue injured workers without a ripe dispute, burden unrepresented claimants, and increase litigation and administrative costs. Supporters said it would improve access to the courts and help employers investigate questionable claims. After debate, the committee voted 5-1 to report HB 456 favorably, with Senator Barrow voting no. The committee also heard House Bill 549, which creates the Bayou Growth Opportunity Workforce Program, or Bayou Works, a proposed statewide workforce training grant program aimed at helping employers quickly train workers for specific skill needs. The sponsor and Louisiana Workforce Commission representatives said it would be privately funded, modeled on Michigan’s “Going Pro” program, and coordinated with technical colleges, apprenticeships, internships, and other workforce partners. Members asked about statewide reach, youth pipeline efforts, and timing; the department said implementation would likely begin later next year. The committee reported HB 549 favorably by unanimous consent and then adjourned.

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• The bill revises licensure requirements and procedures for funeral directors, embalmers, direct disposers
• This bill, all it does is it modernizes trust law by creating a simple procedure for closing out a trust
• Under current law, there is not a procedure.
• This bill, all it does is it modernizes trust law by creating a simple procedure for closing out a trust
• Under current law, there is not a procedure.

Summary: The Banking and Insurance Committee took up several bills, beginning with CS/SB 326, which modernizes Florida’s curator statute in probate law by clarifying when curators may be appointed, what they may do, and the oversight required. The bill was reported favorably without opposition. The committee then heard SB 1256 on pharmacy audits, which would require PBM audits of pharmacies to follow uniform standards and provide due process protections; pharmacists testified in support, describing current audits as burdensome and conflicted. That bill was also reported favorably. Members next considered CS/SB 598 on funeral, cemetery, and consumer services. An amendment was adopted removing provisions on civil damage caps and phasing out direct disposers, and the bill was then reported favorably. SB 632, dealing with transportation network company insurance, would set coverage requirements for the period after a ride is accepted but before pickup; an opponent argued the existing insurance framework should not be reduced, but the bill passed on a divided vote and was reported favorably. CS/SB 786 on trusts, creating a nonjudicial process to close uncontested trusts and discharge trustees, was supported by banking and legal groups and reported favorably. The committee then took up CS/SB 1110 on Medicaid, health insurance, and HMO coverage for orthotics and prosthetics. A delete-all amendment clarified eligible recipients, and the bill drew extensive emotional testimony from amputees, parents, and advocates describing the high cost of activity limbs and the benefits for children’s health and participation. Several senators praised the testimony and the policy, and the bill was reported favorably. Finally, SB 1588 on legal tender refined last session’s gold-and-silver law, and SPB 7044 created related public-records exemptions for custodians of gold and silver; both were reported favorably, with SPB 7044 adopted as a committee bill. The meeting ended with senators recording additional affirmative votes on selected bills and adjournment.

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• House Bill 721 is an act relating to juvenile proceedings, criminal procedures, and forensic facilities
• Bill 721 is a act relating to juvenile proceedings,<00:06:56.160> criminal<00:06:56.560> procedures
• ,<00:06:57.520> and proceedings, criminal procedures, and proceedings, criminal procedures
• criminal<00:06:59.680> justice >> H721, an act relating to juvenile proceedings, criminal procedures

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House opened with a devotional led by Rep. Anne Donahue and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved into first readings of 10 House bills. The bills covered building energy standards and a residential building code (H.717), building energy efficiency (H.718), hospital collaboration and state action immunity (H.719), cloud computing/public utility issues (H.720), juvenile proceedings and forensic facilities (H.721), municipal regulation of surface water use for drinking water supplies (H.722), posting of land (H.723), involuntary psychiatric medication in emergency circumstances (H.724), the State Labor Relations Act (H.725), and flexible working arrangements (H.726). Each was read the first time and referred to the appropriate committee; H.648, affecting state revenue through banking, insurance, and securities, was referred to Ways and Means under House Rule 35A. On the action calendar, the House took up and passed H.84, allowing telehealth appointments to be recorded with patient and provider consent, and H.534, relating to community action agencies. Both bills were read a third time and approved by voice vote, with the chair announcing that the ayes appeared to have it. The chamber then completed its orders of the day. Several announcements followed, including guest introductions, caucus meetings, an ice cream social, and notice of a press conference on immigration protections. The chair also reminded members to return later in the day for the joint assembly to hear the governor’s budget address. The House then adjourned until Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at 3 p.m.

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• 572.058.0585 and establishes that public utility agencies are subject to the same regulatory framework and procedures
• thing IOUs can enforce under current law, that DCPs for retail public water suppliers must include procedures
• That sets forth quantified targets for how they will reduce water pumpage during dry times and procedures
• they already have to adopt these drought contingency plans with these targets and the enforcement procedures
• are not strong enough or protective enough include the fact that if you implement the enforcement procedures

Bills: HB 4530, HB 4931, HB 5559, HB 5560

Keywords: water rights, Texas Water Trust, water bank, environmental conservation, water quality, instream flows, aquifer, water injection, Edwards Aquifer, environmental regulation, groundwater, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water conservation, drought, utility regulation, water use restrictions, Public Utility Commission, civil penalties, drought contingency, environmental protection

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• PROCEDURES IS THESE OBLIGATIONS SO WE TOOK A PROACTIVE APPROACH FOR PROCEDURES AND WE ASK EVERY CITY
• AND COUNTY WHO PARTICIPATES IN THIS PROGRAM TO SEND US YOUR PROCEDURES AND POLICIES SO WE CAN LOOK FOR
• THIS IS WHAT YOU DO, GIVE US THE FORM AND THE DOCUMENT IN THE POLICY PROCEDURE AND PROCUREMENT CONTRACT
• AGAIN THROUGH TECHNOLOGY CONNECTING ALL THE DOUBTS THROUGH STANDARDIZATION PROCUREMENTS, POLICIES, PROCEDURES

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• And then the Uniform Standards and Procedures for Fiscal Notes is a more detailed set of expectations
• When you boil down the fiscal note uniform standards and procedures, it really is a few things that a
• <00:17:51.799> we the uniform standards and procedures we the uniform standards and procedures
• It's in the uniform standards and procedures that these are to be objective and all that exists.
• Should there be special standards and procedures in the uniform standards and procedures to address cases

Bills: HF3

Keywords: legislative auditor, reporting, accountability, state finance, executive agency oversight, 1183, house

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• <01:06:09.279> even accepted in a Recon procedure even accepted in a Recon procedure even
• You can't undo what has been done, but put together procedures that will limit these kinds of problems
• This was the election procedure manual in 1989; this is the election procedure manual today.
• ago this was the election procedure ago this was the election procedure manual<01:23:18.280>
• 1989 this is the election procedure 1989 this is the election procedure manual<01:23:23.000>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Massachusetts is only one of two states that does not allow podiatrists to perform procedures on the
• We have nothing to do with it, and none of our faculty are involved in the testing procedure itself.
• We have nothing to do with it, and none of our faculty are involved in the testing procedure itself,
• These procedures we're looking to do are done at hospitals, which have strong credentials committees.
• That is followed by multiple tests and procedures to try to discover the cause. Thank you.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Health heard testimony on a wide range of bills focused on children’s health, tobacco control, newborn screening, pediatric cancer, palliative care, and professional licensure. Early testimony highlighted Senate bills to expand newborn screening for pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency, lysosomal storage disorders, and congenital CMV, with families and clinicians describing severe diagnostic delays, missed treatment windows, and the benefits of early detection. Speakers also supported a bill to improve pediatric cancer research through a dedicated trust fund, and a bill to extend pediatric palliative care services to age 22, with parents and providers emphasizing continuity of care for seriously ill young people. Several witnesses gave personal accounts in support of the newborn screening measures. Families described children who endured years of misdiagnosis before receiving diagnoses such as Gaucher disease, Fabry disease, Pompe disease, Niemann-Pick disease, and CMV, often after irreversible damage had already occurred. Medical and advocacy witnesses said Massachusetts already collects some of the relevant screening data and argued that results should be reported to families, while others urged the committee to add conditions to the state panel because effective treatments already exist. The committee also heard support for a bill to establish a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder program and training for providers. On tobacco and youth health, testimony supported bills to ban internet tobacco sales, strengthen youth protections, and reduce lung cancer deaths through point-of-sale information and quit-line access. A student testified about easily purchasing flavored nicotine products online without meaningful age verification, and public health advocates backed measures to keep tobacco out of children’s environments. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to ensure parents have access to their children’s medical records through age 16, with exceptions for sensitive services already protected by law. The committee additionally took testimony on an optometry licensure bill, where ophthalmologists opposed language they said could broaden scope of practice and allow optometrists to use the title “optometric physician,” while optometry educators and students supported the bill as a modernization measure with no scope expansion. No votes were taken during the hearing; the chair repeatedly reminded speakers of time limits and noted that written testimony could be submitted for additional comments.

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• That this bill on page 22 subsection C supplements court decisions and rules of procedure inconsistent
• doesn't mean that that is a reasonable amount for that given procedure.
• In order for a jury to fully assess what is reasonable for that procedure.
• What have you been paid for these same procedures in the past? And when we get into trial.
• It's a 10 minute procedure, $500 charge. He gets paid half that.

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• If the circuit court fails to follow proper sentencing procedures.
• The bill also maintains procedures and requirements for sentencing in capital cases as provided within
• So all those procedures have to have to go through the guilt phase and then the penalty phase in order
• So this is a procedure.
• It also establishes policies and procedures for responding to a reported missing child emergency.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• health benefit to the state of Hawaii, and one report said it's probably the most effective cost procedure
• health benefit to the State of Hawaii, and one report said it's probably the most effective cost procedure
• that can reduce the uh procedure that can reduce the incidents<00:06:35.720> of incidents of
• the way you folks have it is procedure the way you folks have it is it<00:26:33.520> just<00:
• <00:27:47.240> for and educate them on their procedures for and educate them on their procedures

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Health and Human Services Committee heard testimony on several health-related measures, with most of the discussion focused on SB 1419, SB 1494, and SB 1495, which were taken out of order to accommodate ASL/Death Blind Task Force testimony. SB 1419, relating to Act 253 (Session Laws of Hawaii 2023), drew support from the Department of Human Services and the National Federation of the Blind of Hawaii, with testimony emphasizing use of the term “low vision” and support for the program timeline. The committee later recommended passage with amendments, including technical changes and updated appropriation fiscal years, and the motion was adopted unanimously by the members present. SB 1494, concerning hearing aids, drew broad support from disability advocates and others who argued that hearing aids improve health, reduce accidents, and may help reduce dementia risk. Testifiers also urged that the bill define hearing aids as prescription hearing aids rather than including over-the-counter devices, and the Department of the Auditor and Insurance Division raised cost and coverage questions. The committee recommended passage with amendments, changing the coverage approach to optional coverage similar to vision and dental and requesting a sunrise analysis for prescription hearing aids; that recommendation was adopted. SB 1495, which exempts hearing aids from the general excise tax, also received support, while the Attorney General flagged a possible single-subject issue and the Tax Department estimated a potential $1.1 million revenue impact. The committee recommended passage with amendments, including deletion of the challenged language, technical fixes, and noting the revenue estimate; that recommendation was adopted. The committee then moved through additional measures with mostly supportive testimony. SB 1421 on medical records prompted questions about what happens when a solo practitioner dies or closes practice, and the discussion centered on ensuring patients can obtain records, including a proposed amendment requiring a successor provider to send records to the patient’s last known address. SB 1422, dealing with a special fund and vital statistics funding, was supported by the Department of Health, which said the special fund did not meet criteria and that deposits should instead go to the Vital Statistics Improvement Special Fund. SB 1423 on certificate of need exemptions for Department of Health facilities drew support, with discussion of possibly extending exemptions to dialysis and behavioral health/psychiatric services; the Department indicated it would not oppose that change. SB 1424 on credentialing of health care providers also received support, and SB 1425 on the State Emergency Medical Services Committee focused on reducing quorum requirements because many members are active first responders and cannot always attend meetings. The committee also heard support for SB 1426 on emergency medical services, SB 1431 on viral hepatitis, and SB 1433 on harm reduction, with testimony on hepatitis outreach funding and syringe access best practices; for SB 1433, the Department of Health identified a blank in the bill and recommended a six-month period for the syringe-possession exception.