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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Higher Education - 01/30/25

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> Minnesota is required to have emergency Minnesota is required to have emergency plans<00:29:02.919
  • </c> clear updated and accessible emergency clear updated and accessible emergency preparedness<00:29
  • </c> ibility the decisions made in this room ibility the decisions made in this room shape<00:31:00.880
  • </c> that we receive is requesting emergency that we receive is requesting emergency funding<00:42:48.640
  • </c><00:45:43.040><c> relief</c> the higher education emergency relief the higher education emergency
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways & Means Feb 6th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • No outbursts from anyone in the hearing room, or I will clear the room.
  • The lack of medication also leads to emergency room visits, which are far more costly than one or two
  • It involves costly ICU and emergency room care.
  • Without treatment, people predictably cycle through emergency rooms, jails, and homelessness, with these
  • rooms, jails, homelessness, or death.
Summary: The Ways and Means Committee met on February 6, 2026, and first voted to suspend the five-day notice rule for all bills on the agenda. Senators Braun and Gildon objected, arguing the bill needed more public review and that the fiscal note had only just been released, but a roll call vote passed 15-9 and the committee proceeded to Senate Bill 6346. Staff briefed SB 6346 as a proposal to create a 9.9% income tax on Washington taxable income above a $1 million per-household standard deduction, with a $50,000 charitable deduction, apportionment rules for nonresidents and certain professions, quarterly estimated payments, and credits for capital gains tax and certain business taxes. Staff said the tax would begin in 2029 and eventually raise about $3.5 billion annually from roughly 30,000 taxpayers. The bill also would expand the Working Families Tax Credit, create a sales tax exemption for grooming and hygiene products, increase the small business B&O tax credit and filing threshold, and end the B&O surcharge on high-grossing businesses one year early. Members questioned the bill’s constitutionality, its exemption from referendum, treatment of student athletes, natural-resource industries, and whether real estate gains would be captured. Public testimony was sharply divided. Supporters, including labor groups, educators, health care advocates, counties, child care workers, and some business owners and high-income individuals, said the bill would make the tax code more progressive and provide stable funding for health care, education, child care, public defense, and other services, while expanding the Working Families Tax Credit. Opponents, including many small business, construction, housing, and taxpayer advocates, argued the measure would function as a tax on pass-through businesses and retained earnings, harm housing production and investment, encourage wealthy residents and businesses to leave the state, and violate the state constitution or the will of voters. No final action on SB 6346 was taken during the hearing.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
  • If you need to take a call, please take that outside the committee room.
  • I believe in trying to put people in the room, trying to work things out.
  • You know, in my company, we have an emergency procedures plan.
  • I was told to block an emergency exit. I was told to block an emergency exit.
  • And the emergency workers should not be guessing.
Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 408 by Senator Myers, a major workers’ compensation overhaul centered on creating an all-claims medical database, requiring electronic reporting and billing, and modernizing fee schedule and claims data collection. Myers said the bill was designed to improve transparency, reduce disputes, address outliers and abuse, and help injured workers return to work faster. The committee adopted technical amendments, then considered a large amendment set combining portions of House bills 780 and 1101, which added preliminary determination procedures, fraud language, temporary total disability and supplemental earnings benefit changes, and a fallback deadline for the department to establish a fee schedule if no agreement is reached by 2029. Several members and witnesses objected that the amendments were dropped late and would turn SB 408 into an omnibus bill; supporters argued the package was the best chance for comprehensive reform. After debate, the committee adopted the amendments and reported SB 408 favorably as amended. Testimony on SB 408 was sharply divided. Supporters, including some providers and injured-worker advocates, said the bill’s core value was transparency through the database and that the system needed modernization and a better fee schedule. Opponents argued the added amendments would burden pro se claimants, expand litigation, and weaken injured workers’ rights, especially through fraud and preliminary hearing provisions. Committee members also questioned whether the combined package was germane and whether it should be allowed to move as a single reform measure. Louisiana Workforce Commission staff explained the timeline for data collection, electronic billing, dispute rules, and eventual fee schedule rulemaking, and said the department could execute the law as amended. The committee then turned to House Bill 585 by Representative Chasson, concerning workplace violence and safety plans for small-box discount retailers. The bill was revised through a substitute that required covered retailers to develop and submit a written workforce safety plan, or submit an existing plan if one already existed. Representative Glorioso raised concerns that requiring a written safety plan could create new civil liability under Louisiana’s assumption-of-duty doctrine and increase litigation and insurance costs. Chasson responded that the intent was simply to encourage safety planning and that businesses already had such plans. The committee discussed possible narrowing language, but the transcript ends before a final disposition on HB 585 is shown.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary (02/10/2026)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • There are many documented reports across the country to poison control, hospital emergency rooms, and
  • There are many documented reports across the country to poison control, hospital emergency rooms, and
  • There are many documented reports across the country to poison control, hospital emergency rooms, and
  • There are many documented reports across the country to poison control, hospital emergency rooms, and
  • There are many documented reports across the country to poison control, hospital emergency rooms, and
Committee: Senate Judiciary
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/26

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:45:31.640><c> funding,</c> food aid, emergency funding, food aid, emergency funding, transportation
  • <00:53:44.320><c> operations</c><00:53:44.960><c> plans,</c> emergency operations plans, emergency operations
  • </c> of the times that means when emergency of the times that means when emergency situations<01:09:28.960
  • </c> room. And it is real trauma. room. And it is real trauma.
  • ,</c> in a hotel room, in a hotel room, a<01:32:15.800><c> 17-year-old.
Summary: The committee adopted the minutes from its February 24, 2026 meeting after a motion by Vice Chair Coulter. The hearing then focused on the impact of federal immigration enforcement, referred to throughout as Operation Metro Surge, on Minnesota college campuses. The chair said the purpose was to document alleged abuses, campus fear, and racial discrimination, and to hear from testifiers about effects on students, faculty, and staff. Representative Novotny briefly objected to the framing, saying the committee should be finding facts rather than making a predetermined presentation, and the chair responded that members should remain respectful and that questions would be held until after all presenters testified. Augsburg University President Paul Pribbenow described what he called relentless and unprecedented disruption, including student stops and interrogations, family separations, and an ICE operation on campus in which armed masked agents allegedly detained a student without a warrant and pointed weapons at students and staff. He said the campus received bomb threats afterward, increased virtual learning options, and saw spikes in student support needs, housing assistance, and leaves of absence. Jenna Chernega of the Inter Faculty Organization said faculty across Minnesota State universities reported widespread student and colleague stress, increased workload, disappearing students, and a need for clearer sensitive-location protections and academic freedom guidance. Mark Grant of Minnesota State College Faculty said community conditions inevitably affect classrooms, that campuses have not yet had an ICE incident but are bracing for one, and that faculty want to support students and may need financial help if enrollment declines. Jennifer Irwin of AFSCME said fear from ICE activity extends beyond campus boundaries and is affecting attendance, work, and daily life for staff and students; she cited a member detained in St. Paul while trying to prove legal status. Student testifiers Brendan Frazier of Concordia University, St. Paul, Jonathan Fitzgerald of Minnesota State Mankato, Sudi Adow of Lead MN, and Will Luther of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities described panic, reduced attendance, food insecurity, disrupted classes, and fear of leaving home or commuting to campus. They urged stronger student privacy protections, support for international and immigrant students, emergency aid, and policies to keep campuses safe. No further committee action or votes were taken after the minutes approval.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Senate in Special Session B Jan 28th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Do they have room? I believe in many cases they do.
  • And I will be honest, I am often in awe of the talent in this room.
  • Sure enough, an executive order declaring a state of emergency was...
  • That state of emergency...
  • In the time with the provision, a state of emergency would qualify for the emergency preparedness fund
Bills: SJR36 , SR8 , SR14 , SR15 , SR17 , HCR54
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House/Senate DFL Media Availability 4/23/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is there any room for compromise there? I mean, how stuck are you?
  • Is there any room for compromise there? I mean, how stuck are you?
  • I mean, how room for compromise there?
  • Um, there will be things that emerge that we have to find resolution for.
  • </c> been if you will warming up the room been if you will warming up the room right<00:08:20.319><c>
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Human Services - 03/10/25

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:46:48.480><c> so</c> decided to you know enter the room so decided to you know enter the room
  • </c> without a solid base of non-emergency without a solid base of non-emergency medical<01:00:29.880
  • room more.
  • You save money on NEMT compared to what you'd be spending in the emergency room.
  • You save money on NEMT compared to what you'd be spending in the emergency room.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 03-05-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> proposed drafts of emergency proposed drafts of emergency appropriation<00:05:37.800><c> measures
  • bargaining</c><00:05:40.560><c> units</c> Governor's Message No. 4 transmits proposed drafts of emergency
  • public hearing on Senate Bill 3125 this afternoon, Thursday, March 5th, at 12:00 noon in Conference Room
  • </c><00:13:13.960><c> The</c><00:13:14.080><c> notice</c><00:13:14.440><c> was</c> Conference Room 211
  • The notice was Conference Room 211.
Bills: HB20 , HB276 , HB644 , HB812 , HB816 , HB916 , HB1131 , HB1247 , HB1518 , HB1525 , HB1537 , HB1541 , HB1546 , HB1553 , HB1562 , HB1565 , HB1566 , HB1576 , HB1577 , HB1591 , HB1605 , HB1612 , HB1613 , HB1614 , HB1618 , HB1620 , HB1650 , HB1656 , HB1658 , HB1661 , HB1664 , HB1668 , HB1676 , HB1707 , HB1711 , HB1713 , HB1715 , HB1718 , HB1727 , HB1749 , HB1756 , HB1774 , HB1776 , HB1801 , HB1802 , HB1805 , HB1813 , HB1815 , HB1831 , HB1838 , HB1853 , HB1854 , HB1859 , HB1863 , HB1871 , HB1872 , HB1918 , HB1920 , HB1952 , HB1965 , HB1966 , HB1967 , HB1969 , HB1972 , HB1973 , HB1974 , HB1975 , HB1980 , HB1985 , HB2005 , HB2023 , HB2031 , HB2033 , HB2062 , HB2113 , HB2114 , HB2116 , HB2138 , HB2139 , HB2156 , HB2158 , HB2159 , HB2171 , HB2208 , HB2268 , HB2270 , HB2272 , HB2273 , HB2276 , HB2289 , HB2310 , HB2315 , HB2335 , HB2338 , HB2339 , HB2340 , HB2343 , HB2361 , HB2384 , HB2387 , SB2338 , SB2431 , SB2438 , SB2593 , SB2907 , SB2671 , SB2321 , SB3084 , SB2401 , SB3033 , SB2972 , SB3032 , SB2806 , SB3014 , SB2108 , SB2981 , SB2973 , SB2423 , SB2078 , SB2322 , SB2397 , SB2896 , SB2088 , SB2347 , SB2408 , SB2970 , SB2851 , SB2713 , SB2697 , SB2312 , SB2192 , SB2363 , SB2530 , SB3028 , SB2024 , SB3007 , SB2599 , SB2596 , SB2662 , SB2930 , SB3334 , SB2378 , SB3019 , SB3231 , SB2240 , SB2372 , SB2175 , SB2046 , SB2298 , SB2922 , SB2835 , SB3263 , SB2174 , SB2128 , SB2006 , SB2489 , SB3134 , SB2982 , SB2425 , SB2849 , SB2797 , SB2795 , SB2575 , SB2521 , SB2765 , SB2386 , SB2852 , SB2022 , SB2117 , SB2277 , SB2387 , SB2688 , SB2885 , SB3132 , SB3219 , SB2169 , SB2591 , SB2090 , SB2983 , SB888 , SB3249 , SB2611 , SB2429 , SB2463 , SB3154 , SB3131 , SB3152 , SB3315 , SB2448 , SB2054 , SB2140 , SB2520 , SB2377 , SB2986 , SB2010 , SB2189 , SB2026 , SB3010 , SB2818 , SB2002
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 015 Jan 29th, 2026

Colorado Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • hardworking 911 authorities across the state who are responsible for managing funding and overseeing emergency
  • </c><00:28:08.000><c> I</c> overseeing emergency communications.
  • I overseeing emergency communications.
  • Authority Board, and then we will consider Senate Joint Resolution 1 followed by Senate Bill 103 in room
  • </c> followed by Senate Bill 10 3 room 352. followed by Senate Bill 10 3 room 352.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee Jan 12th, 2026

Energy, Utilities and Communications

Transcript Highlights:
  • We ask all members to be present here in Room 1,200 in the O Street building so we can establish a quorum
  • I'm here to present SB 742, the Wildfire and Emergency Management Act.
  • SB 742 will also require utilities to participate in emergency operations centers to streamline collaboration
  • revealed delayed response times for firefighters, raising the need for better coordination with emergency
  • Any others in the room opposed to the matter? Any others in the room opposed to the matter?
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session May 5th, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is extending an emergency regulations that were promulgated during a drought.
  • It was an emergency when we had a drought on flow requirements. That's where these came from.
  • Moving on to announcements, following committees meet today: Rev and Tax, right now, Capitol Room 126
  • ; Banking and Finance, also right now, Capitol Room 444.
  • Also right now, Capitol Room 444.
Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then held its Latino Spirit Awards ceremony. Members adopted House Resolution 16, proclaiming May 4–11, 2025 as Cinco de Mayo Week, after supportive remarks from several caucuses emphasizing Mexican history, women’s contributions, LGBTQ solidarity, Black and Brown unity, and AAPI and Jewish community support. The chamber then recognized 11 Latino Spirit honorees for achievements in human rights, business, arts, public service, community empowerment, health and science, environmental justice, philanthropy, and entertainment. After the ceremony, the Assembly returned to floor business and approved a series of measures. AB 60, banning synthetic nitro musks in cosmetics and personal care products, passed 56–3. AJR 6, urging Congress to protect federal school meal and local food funding, drew extensive debate and broad bipartisan support; members cited child hunger, farm economies, and local food systems, and it passed 76–0 with 73 coauthors added. Other measures adopted included AB 679 on state park land acquisitions, AB 681 expanding Dream Loan Program caps for undocumented graduate students, AB 1224 on substitute teacher continuity, AB 831 on gaming technical changes, AB 259 extending Brown Act teleconferencing flexibility, AB 467 extending Los Angeles Neighborhood Council teleconferencing authority, and AB 519 targeting deceptive puppy mill sales. The chamber also passed AB 1522, an urgency Judiciary Committee bill protecting attorneys from politically motivated discipline and creating an expedited licensing path for some former federal attorneys, and AB 263, which extends temporary water flow requirements on the Shasta and Smith Rivers; that bill drew sharp disagreement over water rights, tribal participation, and impacts on farmers, but ultimately passed 51–16. Additional measures approved included AB 428 on pooled insurance for water corporations, AB 492 requiring notice to local jurisdictions when recovery treatment facilities are licensed, and AB 536 preserving colorectal cancer screening coverage. The Assembly also adopted a motion to suspend file notice so Appropriations could hear AB 379 on May 7.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee Jun 16th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • These are critical components of nuclear emergency response planning.
  • presentations, the NRC defines two emergency planning zones... ...the NRC defines two emergency planning
  • The two types of emergency planning zones are EPZs.
  • planning, emergency response.
  • Emergency Services.
Summary: The Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee met to review prior minutes and hear a series of presentations on advanced nuclear technology and state readiness. The committee approved the April 21, 2022 minutes. Nucleon’s William Bridge outlined the advanced nuclear landscape, distinguishing near-term light-water SMRs from more advanced Gen 4 reactors and microreactors, and emphasized that fuel supply, especially HALEU, remains a developing supply chain. He said light-water designs are the most deployable in the near term, while advanced reactors may be better suited for industrial heat applications and could face a 2- to 3-year delay from fuel availability. Representatives from NASEO described how other states are supporting advanced nuclear through task forces, roadmaps, pilot programs, financing tools, workforce and supply-chain efforts, and regional coordination. They highlighted the Advanced Nuclear First Mover Initiative and stressed that states are focusing early on emergency preparedness, community engagement, waste management, affordability, and consumer protections. They also noted that some states are creating nuclear-ready community programs and cost-recovery guardrails, while public utility commissions are examining long-term lifecycle costs and rate impacts. North Dakota agencies then outlined their potential roles. The Public Service Commission said it would likely be involved in public-interest review, siting, and rate regulation, but noted current statutes may not fully address long-term nuclear projects, co-location, or decommissioning. The Department of Environmental Quality said it would continue to regulate radioactive materials and likely support emergency planning, while fission reactor oversight remains federal. The Department of Emergency Services said it would serve as the lead off-site preparedness agency, needing a radiological emergency program, training, exercises, equipment, and possibly industry funding. The Department of Water Resources said North Dakota has sufficient surface water, especially from the Missouri River, but that water planning would be important; it did not recommend statutory or budget changes at this time. The committee recessed for lunch after these presentations, with no additional votes or actions taken.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Finance (05/30/2025)

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • room.
  • room.
  • room.
  • </c><00:38:55.200><c> So</c><00:38:55.440><c> I</c> showing up at the emergency room.
  • So I showing up at the emergency room.
Committee: Senate Finance
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Transportation Apr 1st, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is SB 1644 for our most frequent flyer, Senator Rodriguez, and this is on emergency vehicles.
  • I personally think that we have to give local governments some type of wiggle room and not put them in
  • I'm talking about tying the hands of local governments who possibly just don't have that type of room
  • doing it I personally think that you mean you we have to give local governments some type of wiggle room
  • I'm talking about tying the hands of local governments who possibly just don't have that type of room
Summary: The Transportation Committee took up several bills and amendments related to traffic safety, utilities, schools, and motor vehicle administration. Senator Pizzo’s SB 1782, as amended, expanded reckless driving per se to include certain high-speed behaviors; the late amendment removed impound language but kept mandatory court appearance, and the bill was reported favorably. Senator McLean’s SB 818 on utility relocation was amended to include an important state interest finding; after testimony from county groups opposing the cost shift to local governments and Charter Communications supporting the bill, it was also reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 1644 on emergency vehicles, after a delete-all amendment broadened warning-signal use for volunteer firefighters, medical staff, and related vehicles. Senator Trumbull’s SB 1348 on DHSMV services was amended to streamline local delivery of motor vehicle services and remove certain fines, waiting periods, and CDL retesting provisions; it passed favorably with support from Florida Tax Collectors. Senator McLean’s SB 1188 on local governing authorities and charter schools drew the most debate, with supporters arguing local governments were using traffic and site-plan rules to block charter schools and opponents warning the bill would tie the hands of local governments and create a blanket preemption; it was reported favorably. The committee then passed SB 636, which limits use of the far-left lane on high-speed roads except for passing, exiting, move-over compliance, or traffic conditions, and requires FDOT signage. Senator Arrington’s SB 1152 increased the Florida Wildflower specialty plate fee from $15 to $25 to raise more money for wildflower research and habitat programs; it was reported favorably. Finally, the committee unanimously recommended confirmation of multiple appointments to the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, Central Florida Expressway Authority, Jacksonville Port Authority, Jacksonville Transportation Authority, and Florida Transportation Commission, and then adjourned.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • When our emergency rooms are full, every other emergency room in the county, including private and nonprofit
  • But it was primarily a system that you came through us through the emergency room, right?
  • And so a lot of them, unfortunately, pre-ACA came through a lot of the emergency room route.
  • And so a lot of them, unfortunately, pre-ACA came through a lot of the emergency room route because the
  • They may come into care in the emergency room and be cared for in a much more expensive setting when,
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

Transcript Highlights:
  • To drive progress, DPH focuses on five priorities: racial equity and health, emergency preparedness,
  • DPH focuses on five priorities: racial equity and health, emergency preparedness, workforce development
  • And building capacity to address emerging crises.
  • , weekends, and holidays, providing those services in times of crisis and medical emergencies.
  • In July 2024, there were 33 emergency requests that we filled, 30 of which were medical and three of
Summary: The hearing was an informational and oversight session of the Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities, with chairs and members hearing agency updates from several commissioners. The Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Family Health and Nutrition described its maternal and child health work, including home visiting, early intervention, WIC, newborn hearing screening, and cross-agency efforts on prenatal substance exposure, respite care, children’s vision, and maternal health initiatives. DPH emphasized that federal grant cuts, layoffs, and the loss of data systems such as PRAMS would weaken services and planning, and members asked about Title V funding and the impact of federal uncertainty. The Massachusetts Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing highlighted communication access services, interpreter and CART referrals, emergency after-hours support, family navigation, and independent living services. Commissioners and members discussed the shortage of ASL interpreters and the need to expand training pipelines, including partnerships with colleges and possible ASL programming for younger students. The Department of Developmental Services reported serving nearly 50,000 people and focused on youth and adult services, transition-age supports, autism services, self-direction, respite, and new high-acuity residential models. Members asked about respite availability, self-direction outcomes, and workforce shortages; DDS said it was expanding clinical capacity and provider rates while monitoring possible federal Medicaid, SNAP, and immigration-related impacts. The Commission for the Blind described services for about 28,000 legally blind residents, most of whom are older adults, including social rehabilitation, orientation and mobility training, children’s services, assistive technology, vocational rehabilitation, and Turning 22 supports. The commissioner discussed a UMass-based effort to build the workforce pipeline for blindness services and said the agency was watching federal restructuring but had not yet seen direct cuts. MassAbility’s leadership then warned about major federal changes affecting Social Security disability determinations, including staff restructuring, office closures, and a new overpayment repayment policy, and said the agency was preparing for possible increases in claims and uncertainty around reallotment dollars that help fund services. The Disabled Persons Protection Commission closed the hearing with an update on its abuse investigations and protective services for adults with disabilities. DPPC reported rising hotline calls and investigations, a growing caseload, its sexual assault response team, the abuser registry, and a new interagency protective services integration system funded by ARPA dollars through 2027. The agency also flagged new federal rules that could affect funding eligibility and said it may need statutory changes to comply. Members asked about funding, reporting pathways, and how complaints reach DPPC, and the commissioner said the agency uses both mandated reporting and proactive outreach to identify and respond to abuse.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • That's the only way you can get into the Zoom room.
  • Hunter, you are in the Zoom room and ready to go.
  • We are going to go ahead and move on to our testimony here in the room, although Mr.
  • We are going to go ahead and move on to our testimony here in the room, although Mr.
  • It's an emergency situation. Thank you. We need legislation treating it like that.
Summary: The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee held a public hearing on House Bill 2275, which would create a Wildfire Prevention and Protection Fund and a new council to oversee utility wildfire mitigation, claims payments, and related administration. Staff explained that investor-owned utilities would be required to participate, consumer-owned utilities could opt in, and utilities would pay annual contributions and maintain approved wildfire mitigation plans to qualify for claims coverage. The prime sponsor, Rep. Christine Reeves, said the bill was intended to address wildfire liability, support prevention, and create a more comprehensive statewide approach to wildfire risk. Members asked about retroactivity to July 1, 2021, utility contribution limits, and whether the bill would lower rates or improve mitigation funding. Public testimony was split. Supporters included the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, the Department of Natural Resources, wildfire survivors, and several wildfire and insurance advocates, who emphasized the need for compensation, stable funding, prevention, and better resilience planning. Opponents included several utilities, utility associations, business groups, and public utility district representatives, who argued the bill would shift uncapped costs to ratepayers, lacked clear liability reform and solvency protections, and could be vulnerable to future fund sweeps. Some witnesses cited California’s wildfire fund as a model, while others said Washington needed a broader, more holistic solution focused on prevention and liability reform. No vote was taken on HB 2275; the public hearing was closed after testimony. The committee then moved to executive session on House Bill 2238, which directs the Department of Agriculture to develop a statewide food security strategy and adds food security coordination and food system performance monitoring to the department’s duties. Four amendments were adopted: L-061, requiring consideration of regulatory cost metrics and periodic competitiveness reporting; L-062, directing the strategy to recommend legislative actions to make food more affordable and reduce food assistance need; L-060, adding people with lived experience of food insecurity and BIPOC small farmers to consultation requirements and focusing on root causes of hunger; and L-063, adding fuel and labor cost tracking to agricultural viability metrics. Amendment L-064, which would have required a consultant study on proposed agricultural labor legislation, failed on a 5-6 roll call vote. The committee then adopted the amended substitute and reported Substitute House Bill 2238 out of committee with a due pass recommendation by an 11-0 vote.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, May 6, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> preventative care, more costly emergency preventative care, more costly emergency room<00:09:11.519
  • You go to the emergency room and that person qualifies. The American public pays for it.
  • You go to the<04:44:54.400><c> emergency</c><04:44:54.798><c> room</c><04:44:55.200><c> and</c><04:44
  • :55.520><c> that</c><04:44:55.760><c> person</c> the emergency room and that person the emergency room
  • This wasn't emergency aid. This wasn't emergency aid.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Emergency Management Committee Jun 15th, 2026

Emergency Management

Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome to the Committee on Emergency Management. I'm Assembly Member Ransom.
  • Welcome to the Committee on Emergency Management.
  • This bill would bolster existing emergency planning efforts by requiring urban retail water suppliers
  • Like, what is the plan in an emergency?
  • , when there is an emergency, we all sort of know what the conditions are on the ground.