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• limit law enforcement's ability to investigate or charge people in the case of a safety incident, hazard
• limit law enforcement's ability to investigate or charge people in the case of a safety incident, hazard
• limit law enforcement's ability to investigate or charge people in the case of a safety incident, hazard
• limit law enforcement's ability to investigate or charge people in the case of a safety incident, hazard
• limit law enforcement's ability to investigate or charge people in the case of a safety incident, hazard

Committee: House Transportation Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• 1, the Milner Dam spillway project, and also beginning the 929 regarding other projects related to flood
• these arid regions where we otherwise are drought-stricken or dry, when we do have an event such as a flood
• There was a huge concern about flooding.
• Well, we have to have flood control projects in dry Idaho, and that's partly what this is identifying
• The other thing we've done is tried to add in better flood control curves on the Ririe Reservoir.

Summary: The Resource and Conservation Committee approved the minutes from its February 23 and February 25, 2026 meetings. It then heard and advanced three Senate concurrent resolutions focused on water issues: SCR 116, which highlighted Northern Idaho water needs and projects; SCR 118, which recognized water resource, flood control, and aquifer recharge projects in District 3; and SCR 117, which supported managed aquifer recharge, storage, and infrastructure modernization in the Upper Snake River/Water District 4 area. Each resolution received a due pass recommendation and was sent to the floor. The committee also considered three code-cleanup bills introduced by Rep. Dustin Manwaring. House Bill 566 repeals outdated references to the State Trust Fund of Outdoor Recreation Enhancement (STORE) and related park recreation code provisions. House Bill 568 repeals obsolete Department of Lands provisions concerning floating timber and townsite claims, described as historical artifacts no longer used in modern practice. House Bill 774 repeals a duplicative section setting minimum fines for illegal hunting of mountain lion, buffalo, and caribou because those penalties already appear elsewhere in code. Members asked few questions, and each bill was moved by committee members and approved without opposition. All three bills received due pass recommendations and were sent to the floor. The meeting concluded after the final vote.

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• County of Maui to enforce the provisions of the fire code of the County of Maui relating to fire hazard
• County of Maui to enforce the provisions of the fire code of the County of Maui relating to fire hazard
• County of Maui to enforce the provisions of the fire code of the County of Maui relating to fire hazard
• County of Maui to enforce the provisions of the fire code of the County of Maui relating to fire hazard
• , brush brush clearance, fuel hazard, brush brush clearance, fuel breaks,<00:24:44.880><c> roadside</

Bills: SCR180

Committee: House Public Safety

Keywords: wildfire, fire hazard, Lahaina, West Maui, Maui wildfire, vegetation management, fuel reduction, defensible space, fuel breaks, invasive grasses, emergency access, evacuation route, fire lane, state lands, public safety, Office of the State Fire Marshal, community risk reduction, hazard mitigation, brush clearance, wildland-urban interface

Summary: The committee opened by noting it was likely its last hearing of the 2026 session, then took up several resolutions. SCR 54, on appointing a hydrogen fire safety expert and training on hydrogen-related protocols, and SCR 59, on allowing certain health care professionals to practice without a license during a state of emergency, drew no testimony. Members discussed SCR 59 as a response to past emergencies and the need for pre-approved, updated registries of professionals who could be deployed quickly in emergencies. SCR 62 SD1, which asks the 911 Board to form a working group with the disability community to address access issues in emergency and 911 responses, received testimony from disability advocates and the 911 Board. Testifiers said the measure should ensure an integrated system with EMS infrastructure, real-time access for dispatchers and field personnel, and public education about the system; they also noted that Smart911 is no longer being used on Oahu and Maui and that a statewide, integrated approach is needed. Members agreed to work the suggested language into the resolution. SCR 179, urging Maui County to enforce fire code provisions on brush clearance, fuel breaks, roadside vegetation clearing, and emergency access, was noted as having no testimony but continuing to raise important issues. SCR 74, calling for an audit of no-bid contracts issued under emergency proclamations from 2020 through 2025, drew strong support from a late testifier who tied the measure to emergency procurement concerns after the Lahaina wildfire and COVID-era contracting. The witness argued that procurement rules should not be waived in ways that compromise safety, and described concerns about unlicensed contractors and construction problems in a state housing project. Members asked about the scope of the audit and whether it would interfere with criminal investigations; the witness said the audit should cover a broad range of contracts, including nonprofit contracts, and should not be limited to the wildfire period. The committee also heard SCR 28 SD1 on creating a Hawaii Vietnam Veterans Medal, with support from the Department of Defense and veterans advocates, who said the resolution is intended to do the groundwork for a future appropriation and to determine eligibility and distribution procedures. Finally, SCR 60 SD1, requesting updates on the “Breaking Cycles” rehabilitation and restorative justice study, received support from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Correctional System Oversight Commission, and reform advocates. The department asked that reporting be annual rather than quarterly because of the complexity of the OCCC project, and supporters said the measure would promote transparency and help ensure the study’s recommendations are implemented. No votes were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• We've had flooding. We just came on.
• And they do both flood control as well as sediment control.
• We're not a flood control like the core, there's no federal money in our.
• During high floods? Oh, in good years, we've got. We'll turn the lake over four or five times.
• We prioritize planning for water supply and floods.

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We have hazardous materials.
• We do have a revolving fund under the hazardous materials section of code.
• We have hazardous materials.
• We have hazardous materials.
• This waste remains hazardous.

Committee: Joint Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee

Keywords: 908, all

Transcript Highlights:

• The properties were Winchester, Morehead, and Hazard.
• Well, there was a Morehead, and Hazard.
• Winchester and Hazard. Morehead, is it still an issue?
• The sale of the Hazard building was a total of $400,000.
• </c> Hazard building was a total of 400,000. Hazard building was a total of 400,000.

Committee: House Appropriations & Revenue

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Cabinet for Health and Family Services 00:00:30 Kentucky Department of Education 00:27:10 Education and Labor Cabinet 00:31:35 Auditor of Public Accounts 00:36:55, 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• substances, revises classification provisions for certain health and physical hazards, updates labeling
• substances, revises classification provisions for certain health and physical hazards, updates labeling
• Seeing none, please call the next regulation. toxic and hazardous substances to revise toxic and hazardous
• Provisions for certain health<00:18:03.880><c> and</c><00:18:04.080><c> physical</c><00:18:04.559><c> hazards
• </c><00:18:05.559><c> update</c> health and physical hazards update health and physical hazards update

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the minutes, and then reviewed a long agenda of administrative regulations, most of which were advanced with staff-suggested amendments and no objection. Early items included the Kentucky Public Pension Authority’s 105 KAR 1:451, which updates reporting language and adds the contractor wizard for certain employers, and a large package of Board of Veterinary Examiners regulations that revise fees, facility and AHP registration requirements, continuing education, liability, and practice rules. The Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology’s compact-related regulation and the Board of Licensed Professional Counselors’ complaint and compact rules were also reviewed and approved with amendments, along with fish and wildlife rules affecting elk hunting, youth deer season length, bear-dog approvals, and foxhound enclosure permits. The committee also approved transportation, education, workplace standards, horse racing, and several health and human services regulations, including Medicaid waiver reimbursement updates and a child care regulation that sends certain large claims to the Office of Inspector General for review. Several agencies briefly explained their regulations when members asked questions. Fish and Wildlife said the elk population is strong and the baiting change is intended to support harvest monitoring and fair chase, while the longer youth deer season was meant to give young hunters more opportunity. The Department of Community-Based Services said the $10,000 and $5,000 claim thresholds were meant to clarify rare cases involving possible fraud or unresolved recoupment issues. The Department of Financial Institutions’ 808 KAR 5:305 drew the most discussion: it would allow certain state-chartered credit unions with a low-income designation to participate in federal programs, including limited non-member deposits and supplemental capital, but the regulation was deferred again amid continued discussions. The Kentucky Bankers Association testified against the credit union regulation, arguing that allowing non-member deposits conflicts with existing statute limiting credit union deposits to members and other credit unions, and that an administrative regulation cannot override that statutory restriction. Committee members heard the agency’s explanation that the proposal is intended to help underserved communities and that the non-member deposit authority would be limited, but no final action was taken because the item was deferred. The meeting otherwise concluded with the remaining regulations being called, discussed briefly, and approved or advanced without objection.

Transcript Highlights:

• We're going to take up tab 9, CS for SB 948 on flood disclosures by Senator Bradley.
• Senate Bill 948 expands upon the flood disclosure bill passed last year.
• It requires landlords of residential rental properties to disclose certain flood risk to potential tenants
• The bill also requires condominium developers to provide similar flood risk disclosures when selling
• The bill also requires condominium developers to provide similar flood risk disclosures when selling

Summary: The Committee on Regulated Industries met with a quorum and took up several bills, beginning with CS for SB 592, the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program. The bill was explained as revising condominium eligibility and grant rules, lowering the approval threshold to 75%, changing roof project rules, capping reimbursement at $175,000 per association, and excluding detached units. Two amendments were adopted, including one clarifying the three-story threshold and another adding wind-driven rain mitigation devices for sliding glass doors as an eligible improvement. A late-filed amendment to appropriate $500 million for the program was adopted on a roll call vote, but the bill itself was then reported favorably. Testimony generally supported the program, with members noting strong demand and the need for more funding, though one amendment drew concern from a window manufacturer and some members about product approval and fairness. The committee then approved CS for SB 622 on pari-mutuel permit holders, which would allow certain facilities to be leased to Hialeah permit holders and other same-class permit holders, with an amendment making the lessee eligible to apply for, rather than automatically receive, a license for inter-track wagering or Hialeah games. CS for SB 1404 on illegal gambling was also reported favorably after amendments added a declaratory judgment process for veterans organizations, strengthened ethics/revolving-door restrictions for Gaming Commission personnel, and then withdrew a late amendment concerning a Miami casino property. Prosecutors and the Gaming Control Commission supported the bill as a tool to target criminal gambling operations, while amusement machine operators and veterans groups raised concerns about overbreadth and uncertainty for lawful operators. SB 604 on residential swimming pool requirements was temporarily postponed after questions about how the new sale/transfer disclosure and safety-feature requirement would work in practice, especially for cash transactions and whether home inspectors would be involved. SB 1682, adding 911 dispatchers to the definition of first responder, was reported favorably with support from dispatchers and members who emphasized the trauma and public safety role of telecommunicators. SB 818 on utility relocation and SB 1228 on spring restoration were both reported favorably, with counties opposing the utility bill as a cost shift to taxpayers and the spring bill drawing support from JEA. The committee also approved CS for SB 948 on flood disclosures for tenants and condo buyers, and CS for SB 1742, a major condominium and cooperative association reform bill that would adjust reserve funding rules, allow temporary reserve pauses after milestone inspections, require substitute budgets over a certain threshold, permit lines of credit in lieu of reserves through 2028, expand disclosure and data reporting, and add conflict-of-interest and governance changes. The condo bill drew extensive discussion and testimony, with supporters praising the flexibility and transparency provisions and some owners urging additional relief for inland, lower-rise buildings; it was ultimately reported favorably.

Transcript Highlights:

• Cities in New Mexico are struggling to reduce localized flooding in their homes and businesses, comply
• This federal legislation requires stormwater compliance not just for the flood portion of the problem
• Some of the concerns that you can't necessarily get from flood control.
• lobbyist for the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, which provides irrigation, drainage, and flood
• Those flood control districts. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Committee: Senate Senate Health & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:

• Now they use earthquake, flood, flash flooding, and all those things, now that didn't happen, for example
• </c><00:22:14.720><c> flash</c><00:22:15.039><c> flooding</c> earthquake they use flood flash flooding
• earthquake they use flood flash flooding and<00:22:15.679><c> all</c><00:22:15.840><c> those</c><00:
• :40.960><c> flooding</c><00:22:41.280><c> is</c><00:22:41.520><c> not</c> know a flash flooding flooding
• is not know a flash flooding flooding is not covered.<00:22:42.400><c> So</c><00:22:42.559><c> they<

Committee: House Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• increased targets, light-duty electric vehicles are going to be providing a whole lot of credit. ...and flooding
• difficulties, battery efficiencies... ...and the life of a battery and the cost of the battery, also the hazards
• There are air quality improvements, both with respect to odor and with respect to some of the hazardous

Summary: The hearing was a select committee discussion on the transportation costs and impacts of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), with opening remarks from the co-chairs and members emphasizing affordability, climate goals, and the need to explain the program’s benefits to the public. The first panel from CARB and the California Energy Commission described how LCFS works as a market-based, declining carbon-intensity program that rewards lower-carbon fuels, supports zero-emission vehicle infrastructure, and is intended to reduce greenhouse gases and local air pollution. They argued the program has driven billions in private investment, increased alternative fuel use, and that LCFS credit prices are not the main driver of retail gasoline prices, which they said are dominated by crude oil, refining, and distribution costs. Members questioned the panel on the gap between the regulatory target and actual carbon-intensity performance, the role of credit banking, which fuels are generating the most credits, how the 2025 amendments affected the program, and whether LCFS credits are truly additional. CARB explained that banking helps cost-effectiveness and investment certainty, that ethanol, renewable diesel, and biodiesel currently provide the largest volumes while electricity is expected to grow, and that the updated targets were informed by the state’s 2045 carbon-neutrality goals and the 2030 scoping plan. The Energy Commission said its data show environmental programs add some cost to gasoline but do not drive price volatility, which is mainly tied to crude oil and refinery margins. The second panel, featuring academic and research experts, focused on program design, out-of-state credit generation, and broader economic effects. Speakers said LCFS is successful because it ties incentives to emissions benefit, uses life-cycle analysis, and allows flexible compliance that lowers costs compared with more direct regulation. They also said the program’s benefits generally outweigh costs, that it can reduce air pollution disparities and support equity, but that some issues—especially indirect land use change, additionality, and older program assumptions—need more research and may warrant future rulemaking. One researcher noted that while LCFS likely raises gasoline prices somewhat, the effect is uncertain by design and usually smaller than normal market fluctuations, and another warned that limiting credit generation too narrowly could create legal and efficiency problems.

Transcript Highlights:

• This year, I can tell you, we just had a train derailment in January in El Mirage that contained hazardous
• I would also like to address the transportation of hazardous materials.
• Long trains often carry large quantities of hazardous materials with them.
• region on October 14, 2024, involved multiple rail cars and posed the potential for significant hazardous
• Reducing train lengths would help limit the volume of hazardous materials involved in a single incident

Summary: The committee first took up HB 2669, which would limit railroad train length in Arizona to 8,500 feet. The sponsor and several witnesses argued that very long trains create public safety risks, block rural crossings, delay EMS and fire response, and can worsen hazardous materials incidents, citing derailments and blocked crossings in places such as El Mirage, Holbrook, Sanders, and Santa Cruz County. Railroad representatives opposed the bill, saying train length does not cause derailments, that railroads already use tracking and crossing-management systems, and that shorter trains would increase congestion and delays. After debate, the committee voted 7-0 to give HB 2669 a do-pass recommendation, though some members said they supported the safety concerns but had constitutional concerns about interstate commerce. The committee then considered HB 2369, as amended, which requires photo-enforcement citations to be signed by the presiding judge, with the amendment limiting the requirement to photo-enforcement citations and allowing an electronic signature. The sponsor said the bill was prompted by a Mesa issue involving thousands of citations signed by the wrong judge after that judge had left the bench. A Paradise Valley court representative said their photo citations already include a judge/clerk signature and that the form had long been approved. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed the bill 7-0. HB 2256, a technical cleanup bill for salvage auction dealers, was also passed unanimously. It allows a salvage auction dealer to receive title to an abandoned vehicle tied to a denied or unpaid insurance claim and sets out notice and title-release procedures; the amendment clarified that insurers may request actions rather than taking possession of a vehicle and that storage fees must be paid. HCM 2007, which urges renaming sections of State Route 69 in honor of veterans from five former wars, also received a 7-0 do-pass recommendation, with members discussing whether World War I should be included and how the memorial highway designation would work alongside the existing route number. HB 2772, which would place a pre-hospital medical care directive indicator on driver licenses and state IDs, generated extended discussion and was ultimately held over after a recess. Supporters said it could help first responders and families quickly identify a DNR/advance directive, while opponents and committee members raised concerns about liability, whether first responders or bystanders would be protected, whether the bill should instead reference advance directives, and whether ADOT and EMS stakeholders had been fully consulted. The committee then heard HCR 2004, a proposed voter-approved prohibition on photo enforcement systems. The sponsor argued photo radar is unconstitutional and cited Mesa and Paradise Valley problems with erroneous or dismissed citations. Scottsdale and Phoenix police opposed the resolution, saying photo enforcement reduces serious injury and fatal crashes, supports local traffic safety efforts, and is especially useful amid officer shortages. The Phoenix commander noted the department has more than 600 sworn vacancies and said automated enforcement helps augment roadway safety.

Transcript Highlights:

• We also established two new permanent positions for the Flood Safety Act at ANR, which happened in 2024
• We also established two new permanent positions for the Flood Safety Act at ANR, which happened in 2024
• We have established two new permanent positions for the Flood Safety Act at ANR, which happened in 2024
• We have established two new permanent positions for the Flood Safety Act at ANR, which happened in 2024
• by flooding and aren't getting<00:13:31.640><c> FEMA</c><00:13:31.960><c> money</c><00:13:32.240><c>

Keywords: 926, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Representative, do you not consider infrastructure like flooding and things like that a matter of public
• They make sure that infrastructure is there to keep places from flooding. I mean this is horrible.
• These neighborhoods experienced life altering flooding and in one neighborhood approximately 80 percent
• of the homes flooded.
• The districts are tasked with water supply, water quality, flood protection and flood management, and

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• legally, often legally unable to proactively protect that property, leading to potential public safety hazards
• will allow officers to intervene proactively before a trespass incident turns into a public safety hazard
• important bill in many regards because if these kinds of things get out of control, it's a real health hazard
• important bill in many regards because if these kinds of things get out of control, it's a real health hazard
• important bill in many regards because if these kinds of things get out of control, it's a real health hazard

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• surgical mask, or other mask or device necessary to protect against toxin, gas, smoke, or other hazardous
• You talk about hazardous conditions, but what about inclement weather, cold, wet, that sort of thing?
• You talk about hazardous conditions, but what about inclement weather, cold, wet, that sort of thing?
• mention of an amendment that would incorporate into one of the exceptions in this bill a definition of hazardous
• Because I'm thinking cold weather, smoke, other particulate matter, other hazardous breathing and so

Committee: House Community Safety

Keywords: 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• and that's truck traffic, and that's the light, and that's the noise, and more importantly, health hazards
• And more importantly, health hazards to our communities.
• And then I'm going to turn just a little bit to the hazardous waste management plan and ask a little
• I would say for the hazardous waste management plan specifically, the SB 158 mandates a pretty clear
• physically within our communities in Kettleman City and in Buttonwillow, where we have the state's hazardous

Committee: Senate Rules

Summary: The committee first established quorum and then approved several governor’s appointments not required to appear, including Indira Cameron Banks to the Civil Rights Council, Sonar Loma Lee to the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology, and two University of California College of the Law, San Francisco Board of Directors appointees, along with reference of bills to two committees and floor acknowledgments. All of those items passed by voice or roll-call votes, mostly unanimously, with the Civil Rights Council appointment approved 3-2. The main portion of the meeting focused on the Air Resources Board appointments of Linda Hopkins and Patricia Lock Dawson. Both nominees emphasized climate action, public engagement, and balancing environmental protection with economic realities. Members questioned them extensively about cap-and-trade/cap-and-invest, leakage and job losses, agricultural impacts, warehouse and truck traffic burdens, emergency vehicle and wildfire evacuation needs, low-carbon fuel standards, gas appliance rules, hydrogen, nuclear energy, and the need for socioeconomic analysis and better communication with affected communities. Public commenters from labor, environmental, local government, and industry groups spoke in support of both nominees. The committee approved Hopkins 4-0 with one member not voting, and Lock Dawson 5-0, sending both nominations to the full Senate. The committee then heard Andrew Rakestraw’s appointment as chair of the Board of Environmental Safety/DTSC oversight board. He described his background in climate and regulatory negotiations and said he would focus on transparency, accountability, fiscal stability, and listening to both regulated entities and disproportionately burdened communities. Senators asked about DTSC reform, the Moss Landing battery fire, community engagement in places like Hinkley/Herupah Valley, fee-setting and the generation-and-handling fee, the Environmental Justice Advisory Council, the Exide cleanup, and the hazardous waste management plan. After supportive public testimony, the committee approved his appointment 3-0, with one member not voting, and sent it to the full Senate for confirmation before adjourning.

Transcript Highlights:

• and that's truck traffic, and that's the light, and that's the noise, and more importantly, health hazards
• And more importantly, health hazards to our communities.
• And then I'm going to turn just a little bit to the hazardous waste management plan and ask a little
• I would say for the hazardous waste management plan specifically, the SB 158 mandates a pretty clear
• physically within our communities in Kettleman City and in Buttonwillow, where we have the state's hazardous

Committee: Senate Rules

Summary: The committee first established quorum and then approved several Governor’s appointments not required to appear, including Indira Cameron Banks to the Civil Rights Council, Sonar Loma Lee to the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology, and C. Don Clay and Joshua Pertula to the UC College of the Law, San Francisco Board of Directors. It also approved references to bills in two committees and floor acknowledgments, all by unanimous or near-unanimous votes. The main substantive hearing was on the appointments of Linda Hopkins and Patricia Locke Dawson to the Air Resources Board. Both nominees emphasized climate action, public engagement, and balancing environmental protection with economic impacts. Senators pressed them on cap-and-trade, leakage and job loss, agricultural costs, warehouse and truck traffic impacts, emergency vehicle and school bus electrification, hydrogen, nuclear energy, and the need for socioeconomic analysis and better communication with affected communities. Public commenters largely supported both nominees. The committee advanced Hopkins 4-0 and Lock Dawson 5-0 to the full Senate. The committee then heard Andrew Rakestra’s appointment as chair of the Board of Environmental Safety. He described his background in climate diplomacy and regulatory work and said he would focus on transparency, accountability, fiscal stability, and responsiveness to both regulated entities and disproportionately burdened communities. Senators questioned him about DTSC reform, community engagement in places like Moss Landing and the Exide cleanup, the hazardous waste management plan, fee-setting, and the Environmental Justice Advisory Council. After supportive public testimony, the committee approved his nomination to the Senate floor on a 3-0 vote, with two members not voting or abstaining. The meeting then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• and that's truck traffic, and that's the light, and that's the noise, and more importantly, health hazards
• And more importantly, health hazards to our communities.
• And then I'm going to turn just a little bit to the hazardous waste management plan and ask a little
• I would say for the hazardous waste management plan specifically, SB 158 mandates a pretty clear process
• physically within our communities in Kettleman City and in Buttonwillow, where we have the state's hazardous

Committee: Senate Rules

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Yet these workers are uniquely vulnerable because their work is low-paying, physically demanding, hazardous
• Yet these workers are uniquely vulnerable because their work is low-paying, physically demanding, hazardous
• Requirements that are appropriate given the hazards of asbestos and are actively enforced by both the
• reduce workers' comp costs and, in particular, and probably most importantly, worker injuries and hazards
• Also, worker injuries and hazards to those workers.

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 6045, which would place agricultural employees under the Public Employment Relations Commission for collective bargaining, including card-check or election certification, bargaining duties, and interest arbitration. Staff explained the bill’s scope, exclusions, enforcement provisions, and fiscal note, and members asked about the domestic-violence privilege language, the fiscal impact, and implementation timing. Public testimony was sharply divided: labor and farmworker advocates said the bill would correct a historic exclusion of agricultural workers and improve wages, safety, and dignity, while growers and industry groups argued it would raise costs, create coercive card-check concerns, and risk disruptions during short harvest windows. The sponsor closed by saying the bill was a starting point and that she would continue working with stakeholders. The committee then took up Senate Bill 6188, an agency-request bill on asbestos training rules. Staff said it would remove a limit on Labor and Industries’ rulemaking authority so the agency could adopt additional training and certification requirements beyond those specifically required by federal law; the fiscal note showed no fiscal impact. The sponsor and L&I said the change would let the state strengthen worker safety around asbestos removal, while the Building Industry Association opposed it, warning about divergence from federal standards and added costs. The hearing then moved to Senate Bill 6053 on domestic workers, which would create statewide labor protections including minimum wage and overtime, written agreements, notice requirements, anti-discrimination protections, and enforcement by L&I and private actions. Testimony from domestic workers, advocates, and caregivers supported the bill as a needed extension of basic protections, while L&I noted implementation costs and technical amendments. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 5852 on immigrant workers and I-9 audits. Staff described requirements for employers to notify workers within 72 hours of a federal inspection notice, provide copies of results and correction timelines, limit voluntary access to records without a warrant or subpoena, and prohibit retaliation, with enforcement by the Attorney General and private lawsuits. The Attorney General’s office and supporters said the bill would add due process and transparency and reduce fear during workplace raids, while business, hospitality, county, and small-business representatives argued it could conflict with federal law, create heavy compliance burdens, and expose employers to severe penalties and lawsuits. No votes were taken in the transcript; the committee heard testimony and closed hearings on the bills discussed.