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• And the big insurers know what prescriptions they’re going to fill in their mail order.
• Well, that’s because they were filling all those prescriptions at their mail-order pharmacy that day,
• lot of small pharmacies are going out of business, and others would like the opportunity maybe to mail
• Are they prohibited or allowed to mail prescriptions? Thank you for the question.
• Many of them are prohibited from mailing the prescriptions currently, yes, by the PBMs who have restricted

Bills: HR1051 , HR1048 , SB2074 , SJR39 , SJR47 , SB1983 , SB444 , SB1503 , SB1561 , SB592 , SB1501 , SB1946 , SB1567 , SB1833 , SB2026 , SB904 , SB2178 , SB1651 , SB1558 , SB1565 , SB1553 , SB1257 , SB65 , SB1749 , SB1242 , SB1642 , SB640 , SB667 , SB1436 , SB1484 , SB1562 , SB1794 , SB1644 , SB1533 , SB933 , SB1555

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of special presentations and introductions celebrating Oklahoma State University, the Cowgirl Wrestling Club, the OSU livestock judging team, military children, poster contest winners, and several visiting groups and honorees. The chamber also recognized the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Kurt Emerson, and the Nurse of the Day, Beverly Felton. Much of the floor time was devoted to OSU Day remarks, including a citation honoring the university and comments from Speaker Hilbert, Coach Eric Morris, and President Jim Hess. The House then took up Senate Bill 2074, a pharmacy benefit manager measure intended to regulate PBMs and support pharmacists. An amendment by Representative Jenkins to remove a section of the bill was tabled, and members questioned the bill extensively about reimbursement rates, consumer costs, employer options, transparency, and the impact on independent pharmacies. After debate, the bill advanced and passed the House by a vote of 87-7. Members also considered Senate Joint Resolution 39, which would place a constitutional amendment on the ballot to cap property tax growth. The measure, as amended, would set a 1.75% annual cap on homestead property tax growth and a 4% cap on other properties, with a stair-step senior freeze. The resolution drew debate over effects on local government revenue, schools, roads, jails, and inflation, but supporters argued it would provide strong taxpayer protections. The House passed the resolution 85-9 and then took the additional vote required to refer the constitutional amendment to a special election.

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• meetings, electronic voting, and electronic meetings, uh, electronic voting without a meeting, and mail
• Um, although I'm for electronic voting and mailing voting, I think there needs to be an ability for dissenters
• I'm for electronic um voting<00:02:40.200><c> and</c> voting and voting and and<00:02:41.720><c> mailing
• 42.800><c> I</c><00:02:42.960><c> think</c><00:02:43.280><c> you</c><00:02:43.480><c> there</c> and mailing
• voting, I I think you there and mailing voting, I I think you there needs<00:02:44.040><c> to</c><00

Summary: The Judiciary Committee took up a large decision-making agenda and adopted most measures, often with technical or clarifying amendments. Bills addressed wildlife habitat conservation plans, civil identification cards for 16- and 17-year-olds, electronic and mail voting for associations, remedies for unauthorized disclosure of intimate images, traffic safety around stationary vehicles and pickup truck passengers, expedited permitting for housing for people with disabilities, rainwater catchment systems, EMS advisory committee membership, social media account deletion, limits on immigration-enforcement cooperation, prompt payment rules for professional solicitors, fetal death vital statistics, protections for gender-affirming care, passenger ropeways, law-enforcement facial coverings and immigration-related detention, domestic violence, health care facility access, guardianship record sealing, child protective proceedings, remote driver’s license hearings, disposable vaping products, dog attacks, insurance premium increase explanations, the DOE harm-to-student registry, Hawaiian Homes lease succession, EMS law modernization, hoisting machine regulation, release on recognizance, language interpretation rules, civil asset forfeiture for fireworks offenses, and assisted community treatment. Several bills were deferred, including HB 1897, HB 1957, HB 2121, and HB 2324, while HB 1957 was deferred indefinitely. Most measures were adopted without recorded opposition, though HB 1875 and HB 1961 drew no votes from Vice Chair Gabbard, and HB 2413 was adopted with reservations. A number of bills received substantive amendment instructions. HB 1682 was amended with committee report language noting concerns about departing from the model act. HB 1768 and HB 1886 were revised to narrow or clarify immigration-enforcement restrictions and law-enforcement identification and facial-covering provisions, including plainclothes and undercover exceptions, a narrower civil immigration arrest/detention offense, and savings clauses. HB 2540 received extensive amendments to convert policy language into mandatory terms, refine facial-covering and identification rules, align criminal and policy exemptions, narrow immigration-related offenses, and clarify the definition of law enforcement agency. HB 2413 was amended to define violent offenses, change written findings to oral findings on the record, limit reconsideration of bail, and restrict who may request sanctions or financial conditions. Other amendments included technical fixes, bad-date corrections, severability clauses, and chapter-consistency changes. The committee also heard a joint Education/Judiciary item, SCR 105 and SR 99, urging the Department of Education to provide students information on pre-registering to vote before reaching voting age. Testimony was reported in support from the Department of Education, Office of Elections, Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, and the League of Women Voters. With no opposition or further discussion, the committee voted to pass both resolutions with technical, non-substantive amendments (SD1).

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• They might not even answer their mail.
• I think it might even be intrusive into their privacy if the letter arrives in the mail and now their
• The State Registrar isn't going to specifically mail something to me to say, hey, there's a change in
• doesn't return it for whatever reason, then we can't get our birth certificate because they didn't, the mail
• I mean, my mail doesn't come half the time, or they just didn't fill it out or didn't return it.

Committee: Senate Health

Summary: The committee first took up SB 490 by Senator Umberg, which would set deadlines for DHCS to investigate complaints about unlicensed sober living or recovery homes and require follow-up site visits; if the department cannot act within those timelines, counties and cities could request to assist with enforcement. Supporters, including a Garden Grove councilmember and the League of California Cities, said the bill would improve public safety and close enforcement gaps. County behavioral health representatives opposed the measure, arguing counties lack jurisdiction over private unlicensed residences, could face liability, and would absorb an unfunded workload increase. After extensive questioning about jurisdiction, local pressure, and whether the bill creates a mandate, the committee voted 8-0 to pass SB 490 to Appropriations and placed it on call. The committee then heard SB 381 by Senator Wahab, which would allow adult adoptees and descendants to obtain original birth certificates, create a contact preference form for birth parents, and stop omitting certain birth information from the amended certificate. The author and many adoptees and birth parents testified that access to original records is important for identity, dignity, and medical history, and that the bill would reduce the need for invasive searches through DNA and informal records. Several members raised concerns about privacy, the possibility of unwanted contact, and the mental health impacts on birth parents who expected confidentiality, while others emphasized the health benefits and the fact that most modern adoptions are open. The discussion focused heavily on proposed amendments to the contact form and whether the bill should require opt-in or opt-out contact preferences, but the transcript does not show a final vote on SB 381.

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• Mail notices for residence-based challenges must be sent out promptly, just as determinations after the
• Also, a lot of the mail ballots make it harder to do with ranked-choice voting.
• That includes the polling locations, early voting, ballot by mail, and all of the election staff.
• It's also true that runoff elections make it much more difficult for people who vote by mail, including
• We have five days after the end of the election for the mail-in votes to come back.

Bills: HB376 , HB817 , HB 1297 , HB1478 , HB1661 , HB1783

Committee: House Elections

Transcript Highlights:

• to notify consumers of these changes, but in practice, these notifications are often sent by paper mail
• It's either we don't open up the mail or the letters arrive late, or they get lost, and so patients are
• , or other modern communication methods when appropriate, rather than relying exclusively on paper mail
• the early mail to be very repetitive.
• In my case, I most certainly should have read my mail regardless of how tedious a task, but for many

Summary: The Assembly Health Committee heard a long agenda of health-related bills, with most items presented for later vote once quorum was reached. Early in the hearing, the committee adopted a consent calendar of multiple bills with motions for due pass to Appropriations, and it noted that AB 2029 had been pulled from the agenda. The committee also took up AB 1973, a bill by Aguiar-Curry to expand who may provide procedural abortion care. Supporters, including physicians and certified nurse midwives, argued the bill would align law with current training and improve access, while opponents said later-term abortion procedures require physician-level surgical training and raised safety concerns. The author emphasized hands-on training, consultation, and transfer protocols, and the bill was held pending quorum with a motion and second recorded. The committee then heard AB 1558 by Arambula, which would adopt the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act to speed the use of out-of-state licensed volunteers during declared disasters. Supporters from the Uniform Law Commission and the Red Cross said the bill would reduce delays and clarify legal authority for volunteer health workers; there was no opposition testimony. AB 2282 by Alanis, a temporary rural emergency stabilization center for Patterson while a permanent hospital is built, drew support from local emergency responders and a late opposition from the California chapter of ACEP. The chair praised the bill as a creative local solution and agreed to coauthor it; a motion and second were recorded, with the vote to occur later. Several public health access bills followed. AB 1843 by El-Hawari would limit prior authorization and align hepatitis C treatment coverage with medical guidelines; supporters said it would remove barriers to a curable disease, while health plans opposed it as a mandate, citing premium impacts and the recent SB 306 prior-authorization process. AB 2247 by El-Hawari would create the THRIVE program for mental health services for youth affected by gun violence; Youth Alive and other supporters described trauma-informed, community-based care, and the chair and another member asked to be added as coauthors. AB 2138 by Krell would expand access to certified peer support specialists in enhanced care management and remove automatic disqualifications based solely on criminal history; supporters said peers are essential to engagement and recovery, and the bill was held with a motion and second. Later, AB 1682 by Hart would require coverage of scalp cooling for chemotherapy patients, with emotional testimony from cancer survivors and clinicians; insurers opposed it as another mandate, but the author stressed the modest per-member cost and the bill was moved with a motion and second. AB 1879 by Dixon would standardize data reporting for alcohol and drug treatment facilities, including private providers, to improve statewide information on outcomes and access; the bill drew broad support from recovery organizations and the prior opposition was withdrawn after amendments. AB 1906 by Aguiar-Curry would require coverage of at-home cervical cancer screening kits without cost sharing; supporters cited improved access for rural and working Californians, insurers opposed it on affordability grounds, and the bill passed on a recorded roll call after quorum was established. Finally, AB 1556 by Haney would clarify and support drug-free recovery housing and return-to-use policies; supporters said it would expand sober housing options, while opponents warned it could allow evictions after relapse and conflict with Housing First principles. The hearing ended with the bill still under discussion and opposition-unless-amended concerns noted.

Transcript Highlights:

• to notify consumers of these changes, but in practice, these notifications are often sent by paper mail
• , or other modern communication methods when appropriate, rather than relying exclusively on paper mail
• Existing law requires that those communications must be in writing, specifically postal mail, delivered
• the early mail to be very repetitive.
• In my case, I most certainly should have read my mail regardless of how tedious a task, but for many

Committee: House Health

Transcript Highlights:

• us is a vote to ensure that President Trump follows through on earlier promises to give back the stolen
• 59.040><c> The</c><02:46:59.359><c> main</c><02:46:59.680><c> issue</c><02:47:00.080><c> that</c> the stolen
• The main issue that the stolen money.
• So I urge my colleagues to work with Democrats to ensure that the money that was illegally stolen is
• Billions of dollars were illegally taken, in my view, stolen from the American people.

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• Article Two adds a section that addresses another problem, which is the deceptive business mailings.
• Um we have found that there mailings.
• that is sent by a non-government third party to a business and then you delete via email or postal mail
• And then you delete via email or postal mail.
• If you leave the language, email or postal mail in, then anything sent by some other means would not

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:

• There's an in-person process, there's a by-mail process, and same-day process, so same-day process is
• there's an inperson process there's<00:40:53.079><c> a</c><00:40:53.280><c> by</c><00:40:53.520><c> mail
• process</c><00:40:55.520><c> and</c><00:40:55.760><c> same</c><00:40:56.119><c> day</c> there's a by mail
• process and same day there's a by mail process and same day process<00:40:56.839><c> so</c><00:40:57.079
• To get a ballot sent to them, the question comes up of the identity of the person mailing it in, but

Committee: House Election Law

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm just telling you my concern is that people are going to get mail ballots that aren't supposed to
• be voting that are going to vote, and people get no mail ballots that should be voting that won't be

Committee: Senate Retirement

Summary: The Senate Committee on Retirement met on May 11, 2026, with a quorum present and approved the minutes from May 5. The committee then took up House Bill 41, which concerns the board membership of the firefighter retirement system. The author explained that the bill had been revised toward a compromise to better represent non-union active members on the retirement board, while preserving legislative representation. Under the concept amendment discussed, the House-appointed legislative seat would be removed, the Senate designee would remain, and a non-union active member would be added in its place. The author and committee also discussed alternating legislative terms, but clarified that the Senate designee would not be removed. Committee members and staff then reviewed how the new non-union seat would be filled, including an election process limited to non-union active members. Firefighters Retirement System counsel and a representative of the Professional Firefighters Association raised concerns about the difficulty and cost of identifying eligible voters because union membership changes frequently. Staff estimated the election could cost roughly $50,000 to $65,000 every five years, with additional administrative work to verify eligibility and send ballots. A senator asked whether a fixed cutoff date could solve the problem, but witnesses said membership changes would still make that difficult. After discussion, the committee identified the amendment as 3541 and moved the bill forward on a favorable motion, with no objection. The meeting then adjourned.

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• renewal, and it actually says already in the law that they should send it to the last known electronic mail
• renewal, and it actually says already in the law that they should send it to the last known electronic mail

Bills: SB1303 , SB1343 , SB1435 , SB1438 , SB1444 , SB1641 , SB1765 , SB1916 , SB2067

Committee: Senate Business and Insurance

Summary: The Business and Insurance committee met and first announced that several bills—1765, 1916, 1438, and 1444—would be laid over. The committee then considered Senate Bill 1303, which repeals an obsolete workers’ compensation advisory commission that members said is no longer needed after the state moved to a commission-based system; it passed 9-0. Senate Bill 1641 followed, clarifying that annual renewal notices for certain business certifications may be sent to the last known email address of record; it also passed 9-0. The committee then took up Senate Bill 1435, a property insurance measure responding to rising premiums. The author argued it would prohibit insurers from using credit scores in premium rating, citing examples of large rate differences tied to credit rather than driving or property risk. Members questioned whether banning credit scoring would shift costs to other policyholders, but the bill passed 5-3 after the title was struck. Senate Bill 1343, an optometry-related bill intended to ensure vision plan organizations and optometrists follow existing regulatory rules, drew questions about discounts and incentives but was described as not changing the current framework; it passed 8-1. Finally, Senate Bill 2067 was heard to help financial institutions more effectively report suspected financial exploitation of vulnerable adults and share information with Adult Protective Services or law enforcement more quickly. The author said the bill would remove legal barriers and improve scam prevention, especially for older adults. It passed unanimously 9-0. The chair then adjourned the meeting, noting the next meetings would be longer.

Transcript Highlights:

• The public notice has snail mail for filing written comments, listing a snail mail address, but it doesn't

Bills: SB2037 , SB1757 , SB1758 , SB1759 , HB29

Committee: Senate Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:

• 03:05:01.439><c> every</c><03:05:01.760><c> scent</c><03:05:02.080><c> that's</c><03:05:02.319><c> stolen
• Every cent that's stolen doesn't reach the Americans who need it.
• That scheme involved more than $250 million in taxpayer money being stolen by the Feeding Our Future
• than $250 million in taxpayer<03:06:36.720><c> money</c><03:06:37.120><c> being</c><03:06:37.439><c> stolen
• </c><03:06:37.840><c> by</c><03:06:38.000><c> the</c> taxpayer money being stolen by the taxpayer money

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• Audio or video data of personally identifiable or confidential information could be stolen and used without
• this bipartisan effort. or confidential information could be or confidential information could be stolen
• 04.878><c> used</c><05:10:05.200><c> without</c><05:10:05.680><c> the</c><05:10:05.920><c> owner's</c> stolen
• and or used without the owner's stolen and or used without the owner's knowledge<05:10:06.878><c> and

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• SB 28 seeks to remove the mailing envelope for absentee ballots that are turned into clerk's offices
• These are people that have requested by mail an absentee ballot and they have returned it, or they have
• </c><04:59:59.520><c> an</c> people that uh have requested by mail an people that uh have requested by
• mail an absentee<05:00:00.440><c> ballot.
• </c> place, his absentee ballot was mailed place, his absentee ballot was mailed seamlessly<05:13:50.160

Committee: House Election Law

Transcript Highlights:

• They create problems when checks are lost or delayed in the mail.
• where we will send out paper checks that could be written for millions of dollars that get lost in the mail
• I just read an article that said don't send checks by mail and don't send them by truck, apparently now
• renewals were done using paper forms, and the submissions of supporting documents and paper checks were mailed

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• California has passed a number of disclosure rules over the years related to mail, TV, social media posts
• It also, in the event that someone monkeys with the mail system, provides for perhaps additional days
• appreciate the author's effort to address the elections officials' concerns related to the vote-by-mail
• ballot drop locations and your willingness to delete the extended vote-by-mail receipt deadline.

Committee: House Elections

Transcript Highlights:

• The reality is that this is suggesting, this bill suggests, that we publicly post a mailing address.
• What this is suggesting is that we post a mailing address so we don't have crazy people show up at our
• I love the fact that it allows us to have a mailing address and protect our homes.
• I love the fact that it allows us to have a mailing address and protect our homes.

Summary: The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the journal, and then moved through a lengthy third-reading calendar. Early bills included SB 1135 on workers’ compensation, which passed 49-4, and SB 1127 on family offenses, which failed 5-50 after Rep. Gress said he supported the policy but voted no to allow reconsideration. SB 1133 on nominating procedures passed 32-23 without the emergency clause, and SB 1136 on workers’ compensation passed 54-1. Members then debated several health-related and regulatory measures, including SB 1145 on behavioral health behavior analysis, SB 1165 on health insurance coverage for breast exams, SB 1175 on child welfare, SB 1184 on condominiums and planned communities, SB 1205 on municipal regulations, SB 1210 on private post-secondary education institutions, and SB 1233 on state agencies, with mixed votes and several floor explanations focused on costs, insurance mandates, and public health benefits. The chamber also considered SB 1243 on court-ordered treatment, where supporters framed it as protecting vulnerable people and opponents warned about guardianship abuse and indefinite confinement; it passed 50-7. SB 1246 on condominium and planned community notices passed unanimously, while SB 1253 on Safe Haven providers passed 57-0. SB 1259 on campaign-related address confidentiality drew extensive debate about candidate safety, threats, and residency rules, and passed 43-14. Additional measures passed included SB 1271 on municipal authority, SB 1286 on veterinarians, SB 1292 on the public safety personnel retirement system, SB 1366 creating a towing and impound advisory committee, SB 1446, SB 1497 on school insurance, SB 1561 and SB 1564 on health care institutions, and several final-read House bills. On final reading, the House concurred in amendments to several bills and passed HB 2082, HB 296 on WIFA, HB 2557 on patient records, HB 2749 on reclassifying certain felony convictions to misdemeanors under strict conditions, and HB 4001 on nicotine products and youth access. HB 4001 drew the most extended debate, with supporters emphasizing youth protection, stronger penalties for sales to minors, and anti-vaping enforcement, while opponents criticized the bill as regulatory overreach or insufficiently focused on taxation and education. The House also adopted a motion to request the Senate return SB 1456 for reconsideration, heard a memorial resolution honoring James Hong Shee, and received remarks and a proclamation on National Gun Violence Awareness Day before recessing.

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• accept that proof in the same manner as an open records request was submitted, whether in person, by mail
• accept that proof in the same manner as an open records request was submitted, whether in person, by mail
• accept that proof in the same manner as an open records request was submitted, whether in person, by mail
• accept that proof in the same manner as an open records request was submitted, whether in person, by mail

Committee: Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection

Transcript Highlights:

• So this bill just removes the requirement that it has to be served by certified mail, and it is consistent
• What we found is that when it was by certified mail, actually people sometimes didn't even come in to
• So this bill just removes the requirement that it has to be served by certified mail, and it is consistent
• What we found is that when it was by certified mail, actually people sometimes didn't even come in to

Bills: SB6061 , SB6234 , SB6176 , SB6335 , SB6047 , HB2235 , HB2340 , HB2464 , HB2619 , HB1376 , HB1796 , HB2091 , HB2249 , HB2254 , HB2353 , HB2431 , HB2441 , SB5808 , SB5949 , HB2124 , HB1069 , HB2104 , HB2624 , SB6061 , SB6234 , SB6176 , SB6335 , SB6047 , HB2235 , HB2464 , HB2619 , HB1376 , HB1796 , HB2091 , HB2249 , HB2353 , HB2431 , SB5808 , SB5949 , HB2124 , HB2104 , HB2624 , HB2510 , HB1347 , HB1759 , HB1983 , HB2120 , HB2264 , HB2338 , HB2385 , HB2436 , HB2495 , HB2521 , HB2604 , HB2610 , HB2675

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