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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/16/2026 - House Health & Human Services

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have had 13 babies come out of our program.
  • The need for the program remains urgent.
  • I can speak to our program budget.
  • I can speak to our program budget.
  • This makes a nine-year pilot program.
Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 1114, which would appropriate $1 million to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office to investigate behavioral health patient brokering statewide. Sponsor Sen. Karen Werner described the bill as a response to fraud involving vulnerable Native Americans and said the county attorney would investigate the whole state. Some members questioned why the Attorney General was not handling the work and whether the funding should go to a county office, while others supported the effort. The committee voted 10-1 with one present to give SB 1114 a due pass recommendation. The committee then considered Senate Bill 1116, which would require that denials or adverse appeal decisions on behavioral health claims for the American Indian Health Program be reviewed by someone with at least two years of relevant clinical experience. Access testified neutral but said the bill’s language was too broad and could increase appeals and staffing needs, estimating about $490,000 for eight FTEs. Sen. Werner said the bill was meant to prevent inappropriate denials by reviewers without relevant expertise. Members raised concerns about definitions and staffing, and the committee approved the bill 7-4 with one present. Senate Bill 1346 would require Access to notify providers of claim deficiencies within 72 hours and decide corrected claims within 10 business days. Supporters said the measure would reduce long delays and help providers stay afloat; Access said it was working on process improvements but warned the bill would require more staff and system changes, estimating about $580,000. The committee passed SB 1346 7-5. Senate Bill 1347, requiring insurance coverage for fertility preservation services for cancer patients at risk of infertility, drew strong support from cancer survivors and advocates, with insurers neutral; the committee passed it unanimously 12-0. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1813, which would require Arizona State Hospital admissions to be based on clinical need rather than county of residence. Supporters argued the Maricopa County cap unfairly delays treatment and is not required by the underlying court ruling, while ADHS warned the bill could conflict with the Arnold v. Sarn settlement and could shift access away from rural counties. After extensive discussion, the committee passed SB 1813 9-2 with one present. Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 1178, which would allow naturopathic physicians to administer IV antibiotics, antivirals, and antifungals; the initial testimony was largely opposed by medical associations on patient-safety and training grounds, with supporters yet to testify in the excerpt provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • to Minnesotans applying for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program." and 25 funding is now cut
  • <01:38:32.719> assistance Mesa Sebert said that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,
  • <01:41:04.440> year last year to this year's program year last year to this year's program
  • I mean, they're just for outreach programs.
  • lot of capacity in our Outreach programs lot of capacity in our Outreach programs and<01:46:41.760
Bills: HF22, HF45
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Cap Committee Meeting - 2025-04-23

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • A lot of questions in regards to the buildings program. Thank you, Lisa.
  • Thank you for your assistance as we work to replace this much-needed public space.
  • In the room, I also have Dave Magnuson, our Dakota County Program Supervisor.
  • Program that we typically fund through this committee or no for this project?
  • Lee, is that the program that we fund? **Mr. Chair** and members, the regional...
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/23/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um so as simple as that water off.
  • <00:27:01.679> main Street, and a bailing water main Street, and a bailing water main extension
  • <00:27:10.039> infrastructure original water and sewer infrastructure original water and sewer
  • public plaza, a playground, a water public plaza, a playground, a water features,<00:35:10.320><
  • <01:26:52.080> These public storm water pond. These public storm water pond.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 23rd, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • to H-2B visa worker programs becomes H.C.R. 82.
  • When families turn on a faucet, they expect clean water.
  • board of the Sewage and Water Board that has people on it.
  • The status quo can stand no longer for Sewage and Water Board.
  • It supports the program. It's employer-led, market-driven.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 23rd, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Department of Homeland Security to authorize the state of Louisiana to establish a pilot program relative
  • to H-2B visa worker programs becomes H.C.R. 82.
  • Burrell, provides relative to workforce development; creates the Bayou Growth Opportunity Workforce Program
  • ; provides relative to the fund, program awards, annual reporting, and appropriations.
  • ; provides relative to the fund, program awards, annual reporting, and appropriations, with amendments
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened in prayer, and adopted the journal. Members received messages from the Senate on several House bills and Senate bills, and a number of House resolutions were introduced or laid over. The chamber also suspended rules to allow committees to continue meeting while the House was in session. Several local and ceremonial resolutions were taken up, including measures on public health data, carbon sequestration property rights, declining school enrollment, and commendations and condolences. The floor then considered a series of local bills and Senate bills, many of which passed with little or no opposition. Among the House bills approved were measures creating or adjusting local districts and utility-related authorities in Orleans and Jefferson parishes, including bills on the Regency Park Town Home Crime Prevention Security District, Sewage and Water Board procurement and lien authority, the Foulberg-New neighborhood improvement district, and temporary parish burn bans. The House also passed bills on broadband cable price notices, state finance limits, toll exemptions for school board-owned leased vehicles, prestige license plates, and a brain injury designation on driver’s licenses. Senate bills passed included measures on workers’ compensation evidence rules, recreation of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, a soybean grain research board name change, incumbent worker training, interdict estate planning, and recreational alligator hunting. The most extensive debate centered on Senate Bill 256, which would consolidate Orleans Parish’s separate civil and criminal clerk of court offices into a single Orleans clerk. Supporters argued the change would align Orleans with the rest of the state, improve efficiency, and reduce costs, while preserving employees and services. Opponents raised concerns about the timing, the lack of broader legislative and public involvement, the impact on the recently elected criminal clerk, and possible disruption to court operations and constitutional rights. After lengthy questioning, the bill passed 89-8. The House also heard a personal privilege statement recognizing a school choir visiting the Capitol and later continued with additional Senate bills, including one on workers’ compensation medical review evidence and another on the Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Jun 1st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's either you drill into a hot water supply and you bring up the hot water to generate steam and power
  • It will create us on the same lines as Texas. Texas already has all the... Okay, well, this one.
  • Walters continues the Clean Water Task Force to study the public water system in Shreveport. Rep.
  • This is to continue the task force for the public water system in Shreveport so they can study the water
  • Jordan creates a task force on Dream Starter programs, unified statewide home ownership assistance.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Jun 1st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • There are 10 states that are basically directly attached, and the waters that make up this Mississippi
  • River body of water come from 32 different states.
  • The Mississippi River is a critical source of drinking water for 20 million Americans.
  • With that comes our wanting to take care of the quality of water in the Mississippi.
  • I'd just like to recognize my new legislative assistant.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer, the pledge, and a national anthem performance, then moved through several personal privileges and recognitions. Members welcomed a student cancer survivor and entrepreneur, Bella of Brave Bella Bead Company, and also recognized a new legislative assistant, a page leaving for college, and a resolution honoring National Mississippi River Day. The chamber also received conference committee reports and enrollment reports, and returned some previously failed measures to the calendar, including H.R. 119 and H.B. 410. The main floor action centered on a series of Senate concurrent resolutions, most of which were adopted overwhelmingly. These included SCR 59 on re-evaluating flood maps and insurance rates tied to the Comite River Diversion Canal, SCR 61 urging higher reimbursement for behavioral health crisis centers, SCR 62 calling for review of school-zone safety and speed limits, SCR 68 creating a blockchain and digital innovation task force, SCR 69 encouraging continued research to reduce sugarcane burning, SCR 70 supporting the Major Richard Star Act for medically retired combat-wounded veterans, SCR 54 supporting the Mississippi River Basin Fishery Commission Act, SCR 55 designating the Peggy Martin Rose as the official state rose, SCR 64 creating a construction manager-at-risk task force, SCR 75 studying a Louisiana maneuvers museum and trail, and SCR 80 creating a task force on the minimum foundation program and long-term teacher pay funding. Most passed with little or no opposition, with SCR 84 on earthquake seismic activity in several parishes amended to adjust task force membership before final adoption. The House also heard a personal privilege statement honoring the late Ponder P.C. Clinton Jr., a noted Black farmer, cattleman, and community leader in Shreveport’s Cedar Grove neighborhood, and expressed condolences to his family. Later, members received a hurricane-season reminder from Rep. Jay Galle about disaster response procedures and the need to work through parish emergency offices. The transcript ends as the House moves into additional concurrent resolutions returned from the Senate with amendments.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation May 23rd, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Caesar is recognized on the Medal of Honor wall in the Texas Capitol.
  • in 1972 and later served the Texas Senate.
  • the Texas Panhandle.
  • We did this with the highway program years ago.
  • People look to Texas. Uh, for How do they do it down there?
Bills: HB227
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Apr 28th, 2025

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Transcript Highlights:
  • Put Texas in line with federal law.
  • That is the interpretation of Texas Lawyers for Children; the state of Texas is not. out of compliance
  • is a deem for Texas.
  • Texas CASA is the statewide membership organization for the 74 local CASA programs across Texas in all
  • The Texas Family Code.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • My name is Thomas Wilson, I'm an assistant criminal district attorney in Tyler, Texas, and I am part
  • Throughout Texas, AARP.
  • Specifically, drilling down into Texas, Capital One reported. that Texas businesses in 2022 lost $5.9
  • Texas law enforcement, or a Texas retail establishment, we are adequately encouraging. issue.
  • in Texas.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs May 6th, 2026

Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • through the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, including through a reentry program...
  • Completion of an approved training program through the Louisiana Community and Technical College System
  • , including through a reentry program.
  • through the Louisiana Community Technical College System, including through a reentry program.
  • But to your point, Senator Cathey, I do read through reentry program.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/25/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • Help Desk, outreach services, hotel shelter programs, eviction court support services, rental assistance
  • such as Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program.
  • such as Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program.
  • Is it last-dollar money after they use LIHEAP or after they use other rental assistance programs?
  • So, LIHEAP, as you identified in particular, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
Bills: HF4561, HF4343
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Rules Jan 26th, 2026 at 09:05 am

Senate Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • At last count, only one hospice, UNM in New Mexico, currently offers a pediatric program despite more
  • Health Care Authority submit a state plan amendment to add pediatric palliative care to our Medicaid program
  • I throw snacks and water bottles at my kids.
  • Such physicians are able to assist families as they face difficult decisions.
  • They have a program called UNM, or they called Mariposa.
Bills: SJR1, SM2