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The chair opened the Ways and Means full committee, confirmed a quorum, and said the panel would begin with Representative Ballantyne's bill, House Bill 5057 (lottery ticket vending machines), noting the committee would take items out of order to accommodate subchairs.
The Ways and Means full committee met April 1, 2026, and gave favorable reports to multiple bills including proposals on lottery vending machines, transportation governance and funding, a pregnancy resource tax credit, agency salary oversight, parental leave expansion including stillbirth, and rural hospital designation changes. Several bills drew substantive discussion on fiscal impacts, local funding options and operational changes for state agencies.
