A bill would raise the maximum weekly benefit for temporary disability and family leave by more than $200, helping people who make roughly $60,000 to $73,700.
Sen. Fred Madden says medical students learn to conduct pelvic exams using anesthetized and unconscious patients who don't know it is going to take place.
Because the unemployment fund is drained, payroll taxes are due to jump significantly next July. A bill seeks to limit, though not block, the increase.
A proposed constitutional amendment will be before voters next November, after it barely achieved the needed three-fifths supermajority in the Legislature.