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Rules Committee advances dozens of bills to the floor, highlighting language-access, AI disclosure and voting-rights preclearance measures
Summary
The Senate Committee on Rules advanced a large package of bills to the floor calendar, including measures to expand language access in state agencies, require AI content disclosure, and add preclearance safeguards to state voting-rights law. Most motions passed on voice votes during a lengthy rules poll.
The Senate Committee on Rules advanced a broad package of bills to the floor calendar during a rules poll that dominated the session, moving a mix of policy and technical measures for consideration by the full Senate.
Senator Peterson moved to advance engrossed substitute House Bill 2548, saying the bill "slightly broadens" existing law that requires notice of certain health-care marketplace transactions to the attorney general’s office before they take effect. The motion carried on a voice vote.
Senator Hasegawa asked members to support substitute House Bill 2475, describing it as a measure to require state agencies to develop language-access guidelines so…
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