Transcript Highlights:

• But it also, I think, strengthens the collaboration.
• But it also, I think, strengthens the collaboration between the branches to restore the balance and reinforce
• But it also, I think it strengthens the collaboration between the branches to restore the balance and

Summary: The House Judiciary and Rules Committee met to approve prior minutes and hear two introduction requests plus four bills. The committee introduced RS 33067, which would give prosecutors up to 180 days to find a more stable placement for defendants with neurocognitive disabilities or mental illness, and RS 33197, which would clarify that maliciously and willfully disturbing a religious worship service is disturbing the peace while removing language that raised First Amendment concerns. Members asked about the scope of the language and possible overlap with other statutes, but both RS measures were introduced. The committee then heard House Bill 520, which updates notice requirements for contested case hearings under the Administrative Procedures Act so agencies clearly inform parties of their hearing rights. The Office of Administrative Hearings said the bill standardizes notices across agencies and is not retroactive. HB 520 received a due pass recommendation to the floor. House Bill 579 was a narrow change to the justifiable homicide statute, replacing a list of specific family or household relationships with the broader term “another person” to avoid omissions; it also received a due pass recommendation. House Bill 580 repeals several outdated criminal code provisions related to anti-camcorder piracy and motion picture fair bidding, with the sponsor saying the conduct is already covered by federal law and the statutes are no longer used. House Bill 581 would create a process for the Legislature to formally notify the Idaho Supreme Court by resolution when it believes a court rule may conflict with statute or substantive rights, while preserving judicial rulemaking authority. Both bills were sent to the floor with due pass recommendations, and the meeting adjourned after unanimous or near-unanimous votes on the measures.

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• And this is an effort to make sure that we can cover all our bases through cooperation and collaboration
• And this is an effort to make sure that we can cover all our bases through cooperation and collaboration
• done, and this is an effort to make sure that we can cover all our bases through cooperation and collaboration

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• There have been collaborations between the state of West Virginia and Ireland, such as partnerships between
• There have been collaborations between the state of West Virginia and Ireland, such as partnerships between
• in the bill, I didn't see, I guess, what are your expectations for the community to come in and collaborate

Committee: Senate Revenue and Economic Development

Keywords: 909, all

Transcript Highlights:

• 03.479><c> all</c> The Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet serves as the top tourism agency and collaborates
• by the Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet, is crucial in building Kentucky's tourism industry. collaborates
• with local tourism Partners collaborates with local tourism Partners to<00:02:35.160><c> coordinate<

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met for the second Budget Review on Economic Development, Public Protection, Tourism, and Energy and approved the minutes from the previous meeting. After a quorum was confirmed, members heard a presentation from Melissa Brewer of the Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet, along with Olivia Atkins of Kentucky State Parks and Commissioner Mike Manet of the Kentucky Department of Tourism. The presentation focused on the state’s 1% tourism meeting and convention marketing fund and the broader role of tourism in Kentucky’s economy. Brewer explained that the fund is used only for marketing and promoting tourism-related activities, cannot be used for capital or construction projects, and must be reported annually to the governor and LRC. She said the Governor’s budget and enacted budget increased appropriations in response to growing transient room tax receipts, adding $3 million in FY 2025 and $7 million in FY 2026, and noted legislative support for the Kentucky Mountain Regional Recreation Authority, the National Quilt Museum, and the Southern Kentucky Tourism Initiative. Manet emphasized that tourism marketing drives overnight visitation, local spending, jobs, and economic development, and described the 1% fund as the source for marketing, advertising, website development, public relations, international and group sales, trade shows, research, and regional matching funds. He highlighted efforts to secure media coverage and said the matching funds program distributed $2 million last year to 87 local tourism commissions across the state. No votes or other committee actions were taken beyond approving the minutes.

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• We also host the Head Start State Collaboration Office director in our office.
• For federal funds, we do have the one FTE position, which is the Head Start State Collaboration Office
• </c><00:25:39.880><c> office</c> State collaboration office State collaboration office director<00:25
• </c> every year with our in collaboration every year with our in collaboration with with with partners
• </c><01:58:28.639><c> for</c> be like you know collaborating for be like you know collaborating for example

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Today’s passage is a testament to what bipartisan and bicameral collaboration can achieve.
• Speaker, during the Holocaust, the Nazi regime and its collaborators systematically looted hundreds of
• for its allies and collaborators for perpetrating<03:32:33.360><c> the</c><03:32:33.440><c> Holocaust
• I first want to thank Chairman Westerman for his tremendous leadership and collaboration.
• It requires partnerships and collaboration. That's exactly what the MAWS Act represents.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, March 16, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Joya Kera Perry, who is the founder and president of the National Birth Equity Collaborative: “Race is
• A defining strength of this plan is its commitment to community collaboration and centering those most
• And we aim to accomplish this by creating an inclusive and collaborative professional organization, which
• So the CMQCC, the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, all...
• The CMQCC, the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, all the hospitals turn their data in on

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• By contrast, the DDH compact was designed collaboratively, By contrast, the DDH compact was designed
• collaboratively with the Department of Justice and with input from states, licensing agencies, national
• A national data system has been developed in collaboration between the Occupational Therapy Compact,
• Yeah, so I am part of the lactation breastfeeding collaborative. Yeah.
• So I am part of the lactation and breastfeeding collaborative committee. And it's a group of us.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee opened a hearing of the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure focused on health care and human services, reviewed testimony logistics, and then heard a long series of witnesses on several bills. Much of the testimony centered on interstate licensure compacts for dentistry, social work, and occupational therapy, with supporters arguing these compacts would improve workforce mobility, continuity of care, and access while preserving state oversight and public protection. Dental witnesses were split on H.455/S.257, with supporters backing the AADB dental compact for its hands-on exam, background checks, and disciplinary safeguards, while opponents argued a competing compact would better promote portability and avoid conflicts tied to proprietary testing and outside commissions. Social work witnesses strongly supported H.380/S.252, emphasizing continuity of care for clients who move across state lines, reduced costs and delays for practitioners, and the compact’s public-protection features; occupational therapy witnesses similarly supported H.427/S.256, citing access, telehealth, military families, and maintained standards. The committee also heard testimony on S.242, which would expand licensure for lactation care providers. Supporters, including lactation counselors and health center staff, said adding certified lactation counselors and related credentials would expand access, improve breastfeeding support, and allow reimbursement for services now often provided without billing. They described the training required and said the bill would help families, especially in underserved communities. Representative James O’Day also testified in support of the social work compact, and a Council of State Governments witness provided background on compact mechanics and state participation. Another major topic was H.419/S.214 on medical debt. Physicians and researchers testified that cancer patients experience long-lasting medical debt and collections burdens, and they supported limits on the sale and collection of medical debt, bans on reporting it to credit bureaus, and related consumer protections. The hearing also included H.465 on a pathway to special licensure for certain long-term limited-registration dentists serving MassHealth patients, which Representative Senna supported as a way to allow immigrant dentists to practice independently. Finally, the committee heard sharply divided testimony on H.444/S.284, which would allow trained dental hygienists to administer Botox and dermal fillers: supporters framed it as a safe, preventive, and access-expanding tool for TMJ, bruxism, and pain management, while dermatologists opposed it as outside hygienists’ training and a patient-safety risk. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.

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• Department of Angels has an Altadena collaborative, full-time staff, and their full-time job is to support
• role is really to be a partner, to aid in assuring that we are prepared and communicating and collaborating
• making sure that our tanks have greater amounts of water in place when those warnings come out, collaborating
• just really am hopeful and respect all the work being done, so I look forward to our continued collaboration
• So I look forward to our continued collaboration. Thank you. Hello, my name is Katie Eutzenger.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The Preservation Board has been collaborating with the Library and Archives and Historical Commission
• The Preservation Board has been collaborating with the Library and Archives and Historical Commission
• thanks to Rod Welch from the State Preservation Board, who is leading our effort wonderfully and collaboratively
• I also want to congratulate the Alamo staff for all their very fine work. collaboratively, and it's a
• just for this committee to stay abreast on what's happening, but for the two agencies to talk and collaborate

Committee: House Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And we're proposing that you all direct us, as LEAC staff, to collaborate with both the Legislative Finance
• And I hope one of the things we consider in the LFC and PED and LESC collaboration, Mr.
• Senator Figueroa, just to clarify really quick, the proposal was to require LAC, LHC, and PED to Collaborate
• Once you all direct us to collaborate with LFC and PED, we'll get on that and see where it goes.
• Um, they run the communities of practice monthly where they're able to collaborate with the other Ed

Keywords: 996, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We believe that collaboration is key to creating meaningful change in health care.
• And so this legislature could support privacy-preserving collaborative data aggregation efforts... ..
• And I think we need more ways of fostering these kinds of collaborations because on our own we're going
• Ryan Spencer on behalf of Ochan's California Collaborative, a nonprofit health IT network, representing
• Ryan Spencer on behalf of Ochan's California Collaborative, a nonprofit health IT network, representing

Summary: The joint informational hearing of the Assembly Health and Privacy Committees focused on generative AI in health care, with opening remarks emphasizing both its potential to improve care and its risks around privacy, bias, liability, workforce impacts, and unequal access. Chair Bauer-Kahan and Chair Bonta framed the discussion around how California can encourage beneficial innovation while protecting patients, especially given the sensitivity of health data and the possibility that AI could worsen existing disparities if not carefully governed. The first panel featured representatives from Cedars-Sinai, Kaiser Permanente, Penguin AI, and Google, who described current uses of AI such as ambient clinical scribes, nursing documentation tools, imaging triage, maternal-fetal risk prediction, and administrative automation. Speakers said these tools can reduce clinician burden, improve patient experience, speed treatment, and in some cases improve outcomes, including a reported mortality benefit from a Kaiser predictive model and faster thrombectomy times at Cedars-Sinai. Members raised concerns about accuracy with accents and multilingual visits, whether predictive tools could reinforce bias or lead to more interventions such as C-sections, and how to ensure a human remains in the loop for important decisions. The second panel, including representatives from the California Health Care Foundation, UC Berkeley, and Stanford, focused on policy and governance challenges. Testimony highlighted examples of AI supporting homelessness outreach and community health work, but also warned that biased algorithms can encode inequities, especially when trained on data that reflect under-treatment of Black, rural, or low-income patients. Witnesses urged clearer standards for trustworthy AI, stronger monitoring and governance structures, better data access for accountability, and attention to the safety net’s limited resources. Several speakers argued that states should require health systems to have AI governance processes, clarify liability between developers and deployers, and regulate downstream uses of AI while preserving access to data for lifesaving research and oversight.

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• Even here in Tucumkari, one of the things that I found out is that there's a collaboration between the
• operations, things like that, or you know, in Corona, the advances that they've been doing in collaboration
• I mean, it's not your old agriculture, ranching, uh, waterways, fisheries, a lot of the collaborations
• example, we are integrating our extension services with our enrollment management and they're collaborating
• Uh, we are formed from a really unique state, federal, and county, uh, collaborative back in 1914 with

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• Of the Special Commission on Correctional Consolidation and Collaboration.
• It's more about a collaboration between the House of Correction, DOC, and so forth.
• Okay, so I think there should be a lot more involvement in collaboration, That.
• So there wasn't even a collaboration with information.
• I would first recommend that there's a collaboration with information.

Summary: The Special Commission on Correctional Consolidation and Collaboration met to approve prior minutes and then heard extensive testimony from people incarcerated or formerly incarcerated in county and state facilities, along with a few family/community perspectives. Much of the testimony focused on how county sheriff programs, reentry services, and step-down placements helped people obtain education, treatment, work experience, housing, IDs, and support for sobriety and family reunification. Witnesses from Hampshire, Barnstable, Hampden, and Franklin counties repeatedly described these programs as life-changing and credited staff with treating them with dignity, helping them prepare for release, and connecting them to community resources. Several witnesses contrasted county programming favorably with their experiences in DOC custody, saying DOC facilities often had overcrowding, limited access to programs, long waits, and little individualized reentry planning. Some said their sentence length or classification status made them ineligible for needed programs, while others described county facilities as more responsive and rehabilitative. A few witnesses also highlighted the value of culturally specific programming, educational blocks, restorative justice, and employment training. One witness from Hampden County described All-Exclusive Support Services as pivotal to her recovery and later employment with the sheriff’s office; another from Franklin County said the reentry center’s outside location made it easier to access help after release. Not all testimony was uniformly positive. A witness from Framingham described serious mental health needs that were not adequately addressed, saying she was offered superficial coping tools instead of counseling and that visitation restrictions for family members worsened her mental health. Another witness, a juvenile lifer, said long sentences and classification barriers limited access to meaningful programming and delayed preparation for release. Commissioners asked follow-up questions about DOC programming access, reentry preparation, visitation policies, and whether people were ready to benefit from services. No formal votes or policy actions were taken beyond approving the prior meeting minutes and moving through the testimony agenda.

Transcript Highlights:

• [The Special Commission on Correctional Consolidation and Collaboration is called to order at 10:07.]
• It's more about a collaboration between the House of Corrections, DOC, and so forth.
• Okay, so I think there should be a lot more involvement and collaboration... ...that.
• So there wasn't even a collaboration with information.
• I would first recommend that there's a collaboration with information.

Keywords: 1212, all

Summary: The Special Commission on Correctional Consolidation and Collaboration met to approve prior minutes and then heard extensive testimony focused on reentry, programming, and the differences between Department of Correction facilities and county sheriff programs. Much of the testimony came from incarcerated or formerly incarcerated people describing how county facilities offered education, treatment, work release, identification documents, housing help, and reentry planning that they said were often unavailable or harder to access in state DOC settings. Several witnesses emphasized that these programs helped them obtain sobriety, employment, family reunification, and parole readiness, while others said they needed more time, mentoring, or transitional support before release to make the most of those services. Witnesses from Hampshire, Barnstable, Hampden, and Franklin counties described specific programs such as high school/GED completion, college courses, culinary arts, vocational training, recovery groups, therapeutic treatment, and community-based reentry centers. Many said staff treated them with dignity and that the facilities’ culture encouraged accountability and personal change. A few witnesses also noted that some programs were not a fit for their needs, especially for people without substance-use issues or for those whose mental health needs were not adequately addressed. One Barnstable witness said she returned to custody within 48 hours of release because she was not mentally prepared for reentry, and another from Framingham said mental health support was insufficient and visitation restrictions worsened her experience. Commissioners asked follow-up questions about DOC access to programming, classification barriers, reentry preparation, and visitation policies. Several witnesses said DOC programming was limited by sentence length, classification status, or program waitlists, and that some people were steered into programs that did not match their needs. A number of commissioners and the sheriff present responded by stressing the importance of wraparound services, individualized planning, and hiring formerly incarcerated staff. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the minutes and receiving testimony.

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• :10:42.560><c> uh</c> High-quality online resources, and the e-library definitely creates that collaborative
• </c><01:17:37.760><c> to</c> and districts to work collaboratively to and districts to work collaboratively
• In addition to this valuable work, the APAC and district must closely collaborate each spring on annual
• This is, as I mentioned, a collaborative process to ensure the unique cultural and academic needs of
• </c> help build out that collaborative help build out that collaborative process<01:27:18.400><c> and

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• President, I also want to again acknowledge the collaborative approach that the distinguished committee
• President, I also want to again acknowledge the collaborative approach that the distinguished committee
• And the fact that we've been able to collaborate over the years, I would argue, is reflected in the record
• do appreciate the work that's been done here by everyone that's been involved, the customarily collaborative

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate first took up and passed several House bills establishing sick leave banks, including House 4182 for a Massachusetts Department of Transportation employee and House 1590 for Eric J. Awaniak. It also advanced and then enacted House 4237, a fiscal year 2026 appropriations bill providing interim funding before final action on the general appropriations act. During the session, Senator Collins also recognized Chaplain Clementina Cherry of the Lewis D. Brown Peace Institute as a distinguished guest, with remarks entered into the record. The main business was the conference committee report on the fiscal year 2026 state budget, House 4001/House 4240. Senate Ways and Means leadership described the budget as balanced, on time, and fiscally responsible, with $61.01 billion in spending, no new taxes or fees, and a $33 million deposit to the stabilization fund. They highlighted major investments in Chapter 70 school aid, special education circuit breaker reimbursements, unrestricted local aid, MassEducate, universal free school meals, MBTA and regional transit funding, MassHealth, food security, and mental health services. The report also included policy items such as broker fee responsibility, fare-free regional transit, housing studies, a gold star family annuity provision, and a crumbling concrete commission. Minority leader Senator Tarr and others questioned the spending reductions, use of one-time funds, and the treatment of excess capital gains, arguing for greater fiscal caution and concern about future federal actions and long-term spending growth. Supporters responded that the reductions reflected revenue uncertainty, federal policy risks, and the need to preserve budget stability, while using some one-time sources to balance the plan. The conference report was adopted by a roll call vote of 38-2, the emergency preamble for House 4240 was approved by standing vote, and the FY26 general appropriations bill was then enacted and sent to the Governor. The Senate also adopted an order to dispense with printing a calendar for the next session and adjourned until Thursday at 11 a.m.

Transcript Highlights:

• I want to thank the administration for their collaboration to identify underutilized funds to help continue
• the Ways and Means chair for his leadership and guidance in crafting the state budget, and the collaboration
• with the House CIP and the collaboration with the House CIP chair, Lisa Kitagawa, and her staff, and
• And in the spirit of collaboration, yesterday actually was National Teacher...

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• And so, this steering committee is a way to bring more collaboration to the process.
• committee is a way to bring more committee is a way to bring more collaboration<00:09:01.480><c> to</
• </c><00:09:02.800><c> It</c><00:09:03.040><c> would</c> collaboration to the process.
• It would collaboration to the process.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This supports the school counseling profession through advocacy, collaboration, and professional growth
• This supports the school counseling profession through advocacy, collaboration, and professional growth
• Representative McFarland worked in collaboration with Representative Hunschofsky on an amendment to this
• nbsp; 198 PARTNERSHIP WITH US OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS. 199 REPRESENTATIVE MCFARLAND WORKED IN COLLABORATION

Committee: House Education & Employment Committee

Summary: The House Education Employment Committee heard seven bills and reported each favorably. HB 129 on Florida Virtual School would remove a priority system, confirm access for all Florida students and eligible military dependents overseas, clarify teacher retirement status, allow local schools to administer required exams, and authorize direct-support organizations; it passed unanimously after brief questions about audit-related updates and waitlists. HB 423 on student elopement, sponsored by Rep. Eskamani and Rep. Tramont, would require schools to establish safety teams and prevention plans for students who may leave supervised areas; testimony from autism advocates emphasized drowning and other safety risks, and the bill passed 16-0 with strong bipartisan support. The committee also approved CS for CS HB 753 on school counselors, which removes certain certification barriers while keeping the master’s degree requirement and sets evaluation criteria based on state counseling standards. Supporters said the bill would help address counselor shortages and align evaluations with the profession’s actual duties. CS HB 1253 on coach support for student-athletes, as amended, allows coaches to use personal funds up to a capped amount for student needs with written parental consent; members raised concerns about liability, fairness, and the need for clear guardrails, but the bill passed 15-0. CS HB 833 on private school facilities would make small private schools of 100 students or fewer a permitted use in commercial and mixed-use zoning districts and allow use of existing buildings if fire and code standards are met; supporters said it would reduce local barriers while preserving safety, and it passed 15-0. PCS for CS HB 1325 would update the Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund by clarifying matching contributions, allowing expansion or modernization of existing space but not new construction, and streamlining awards; it passed unanimously with broad college and health system support. Finally, CS HB 1437 on conversion charter schools would create clearer dispute-resolution options for facility maintenance issues and, via amendment, allow capital outlay funds for repairs if the charter assumes full responsibility; after debate over whether the amendment was premature, the bill passed 13-3. The meeting then adjourned.