Video & Transcript Research : 'regulatory amendment'

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TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Appropriations Apr 29th, 2025

Appropriations

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  • And so, uh, the constitutional amendment just creates the growth fund is what it does basically.
  • The, the House bill and the and the constitutional amendment are needed and we'll let the people decide
  • So this is the proposed constitutional amendment that if, uh, adopted by the legislature and passed by
  • Uh, a constitutional amendment.
  • But, but this is the Uh, proposed constitutional amendment that would give life to, to everything else
Bills: HB188, HB 265, HJR35
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Education Policy Committee Apr 2nd, 2025

Education Policy

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  • Pascal, Representative Bose, thank you for your amendment.
  • But in the amendment on page one, if you would look...
  • Okay, do we need an amendment that specifies that we can... amendment that specifies that we can...
  • I'm willing to have these amendments brought to the floor.
  • rights. the students as comrades under our First Amendment.
Bills: SB211, HB96, SB215, SB257, SB13, SB13
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Apr 2nd, 2025

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I just received the amendment. I just forwarded it to Margaret, and she's taking it.
  • there is one thing that I think has been brought to my attention, and that is we need to have an amendment
  • Maybe that amendment can come from the floor, but the Pre-K need to be added to the piece of legislation
  • We're talking about adding this as a constitutional amendment. ...this as a constitutional amendment.
  • I can see you doing maybe a statute to require it, but I can't go along with the constitutional amendment
Bills: SB211, HB96, SB215, SB257, SB13, SB13
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Jan 28th, 2026

Ways and Means Education

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  • The amendment is for the the amendment. The amendment is for the members<00:11:45.920> now.
  • ahead and explain the amendment, please. ahead and explain the amendment, please.
  • Any other questions on the amendment? Is there a second to the amendment? Second.
  • that and that's what the amendment does. that and that's what the amendment does.
  • Any other questions on the amendment? Any other questions on the amendment?
TX
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  • Yes, sir, our constitutional amendment won't protect us from that. Yes, it will.
  • And certainly, Senator Johnson helped me with an amendment on Senator Parker.
  • Bill of Rights, but through the Ninth Amendment, adding it to the U.S. Bill of Rights.
  • When the framers added the Second Amendment to the U.S. Bill of Rights...
  • Amendment if this body felt it was appropriate to include utilities like mine.
TX
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  • This bill aligns with the regulatory framework of other states that also operate in the MISO grid.
  • This bill aligns with the regulatory framework of other states that also operate in the MISO grid.
  • And then this is an example of where regulatory lag, which I think is often painted as something that's
  • Senate Bill 1341 will amend the current definition of manufactured home and HUD-code manufactured home
  • It's in Bill 1239 seeks position Texas to be a leader in sovereign debt cases by amending the Business
Summary: The Senate Business and Commerce Committee met with a quorum and first took up pending business, voting out several bills. Senate Bills 1697, 1569, 1202 as substituted, 1029, 1364, 1185, 924, 1008 as substituted, 264, 1376, and 1358 as substituted were reported favorably, with some sent to the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also adopted a substitute for SB 1202 and later corrected votes on several measures. SB 924 and SB 1376 drew some opposition, while the rest of the pending bills were reported without dissent or with limited nays. The committee then heard testimony on SB 1856, which would create an annual capacity-cost recovery rider for Entergy Texas customers in the MISO region. The author and Entergy argued the bill would better match rates to actual capacity costs and improve transparency, while the Texas Association of Manufacturers and the Public Utility Commission raised concerns about the short 10-day review period, rider proliferation, and the preference for full rate cases over piecemeal adjustments. The bill was left pending. The committee also heard and left pending SB 522 on CPA reciprocity, SB 1664 requiring TDUs to provide clearer, standalone rate-change disclosures, SB 1877 expanding OPUC’s access to market data, SB 1254 and SB 1255 as TDLR cleanup bills on professional employer organizations and mold assessors, SB 1341 updating manufactured housing rules, SB 1239 on sovereign debt and Texas governing law, and SB 1259 streamlining the surveyor-in-training licensing process. Additional bills discussed included SB 1977, which would cap recoverable legal expenses in electric, water, and sewer rate cases; OPUC and some consumer advocates supported the idea as a way to reduce ratepayer costs, while utility representatives warned it could discourage participation and increase rate shock. The committee also heard SB 1762 clarifying that geothermal energy conservation wells are not battery resources, and SB 783 allowing SECO to proceed with future energy-code rulemaking for state-funded buildings. Both drew supportive testimony from industry and environmental groups. All remaining bills heard during the meeting were left pending, and the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.
KY
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  • There was House Floor Amendment 5 that was filed in the House.
  • Five and perhaps some of the Amendment Five and perhaps some of the other<01:07:35.119> amendments
  • <01:14:45.840> to about a state plan amendment to about a state plan amendment to schoolbased
  • <01:14:59.280> we've about a state plan amendment we've about a state plan amendment we've
  • Hogan. its amendments. Eevee passed away on its amendments.
Summary: The Medicaid Oversight Board met on March 9 with a quorum present and no minutes to approve. The chair reordered the agenda to hear House Bill 689 first. Representative Amy Neighbors presented HB 689, which would authorize Kentucky to seek CMS approval for a Medicaid state-directed payment program for physician and non-physician professional services delivered through qualifying hospital-affiliated groups, beginning January 1, 2026, with retroactive payments for that year. She said the bill is intended to improve access to care in rural and underserved areas, support workforce retention, and generate about $29 million annually in federal Medicaid funds without using general fund dollars. Representatives from Owensboro Health and St. Elizabeth Healthcare testified in support, describing staffing and subsidy pressures, lower Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement, and the importance of the program for maintaining access and quality in rural and safety-net settings. Committee members noted the bill had already passed the House Health Services Committee unanimously and discussed broader concerns about Kentucky’s low reimbursement rates and the need to consider other systems not covered by the proposal. The board then heard Senate Bill 2011 from Senator Donald Douglas and Cody Hunt of the Kentucky Medical Association. The bill would address a Medicaid coding issue by ensuring that coverage limits do not reduce payment to fewer than two evaluation and management service units per provider, per patient, per day. Douglas argued the current one-visit, one-issue limitation forces multiple visits, increases no-shows, and prevents providers from treating the whole patient. Hunt explained that the bill is meant to correct a longstanding regulation that limited E&M services to one per physician per recipient per date of service, which can prevent providers from coding additional medically necessary work during the same visit. He said DMS has already filed a regulatory amendment to fix the problem, but a statutory change is still needed to prevent the issue from returning. He also said the bill is not intended to change reimbursement policy, only coding rules, and that MCO payment practices vary. Members generally supported the concept. Senator Berg asked about fiscal impact and private-payer billing; Hunt said there should be no fiscal impact because the bill does not change payment policy, only coding. Representative Moore said the proposal could reduce costs and improve convenience by avoiding extra visits. Chairman Meredith said the bill illustrated problems with fee-for-service care and supported moving toward a more holistic delivery model. Dr. Schuster raised a drafting concern about the bill summary language, and Hunt responded that the regulatory amendment should address the issue generally for providers. No votes were taken on either bill during this portion of the meeting.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary Committee, March 2, 2026 AM

Judiciary

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  • It's been amended. I've got the copy of the amendments in front of me.
  • walk us through the amendments. walk us through the amendments.
  • >> Amendment.
  • amend it. amend it. Plenty<01:20:09.440> of<01:20:09.679> time.
  • amendment to House Bill 43.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Financial Services Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Financial Services

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  • that is worked with me on an amendment that is worked into<00:21:57.679> uh<00:21:57.760>
  • Um um be glad to discuss amendments.
  • In fact, an amendment was put on in the Senate that prohibits the holding company from acquiring any
  • Uh, you said that the amendment prohibits from acquiring medical providers in the state.
  • So I would argue the amendment is a little bit contrary to our desires.
Bills: HB55, SB15, SB247
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Postsecondary Education Feb 10th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Postsecondary Education

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  • student decides to attend a university, they are not foregoing their free speech and their First Amendment
  • Is there an Instance in which this amendment is targeting? I appreciate that question.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAL Public Hearing - Tue Feb 10, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Water & Land

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  • It might take a larger amendment. amendment. amendment.
  • but<00:56:30.880> then amendments, both the amendment, but then amendments, both the amendment
  • recommendation to pass with amendments. recommendation to pass with amendments.
  • Thank you for Thank you for your<01:42:28.239> amendments. your amendments. your amendments.
  • HB 1650 to pass un amended as is. >> as is. HB 1650 to pass un amended as is.
Summary: The committee on Water and Land met on February 10, 2026, with Chair Mark Hashem outlining strict testimony rules and noting a time constraint because of later hearings and floor session obligations. The committee then took up several bills, hearing mostly supportive testimony on HB 1881 relating to land use, HB 2218 relating to DLNR/community management, and HB 1956 relating to freshwater waves, while HB 1845 relating to the Land Use Commission drew legal concerns and opposition. HB 2151 relating to building materials had no substantive testimony presented in the excerpt, and the committee moved through it quickly. On HB 1881, testimony focused on protecting North Shore lands from overdevelopment. A supporter described the area as valuable precisely because it remains largely undeveloped, and a member asked whether the bill’s restrictions on “finculars” would affect existing or future private residential installations; the response suggested the bill was aimed at future commercial uses and that grandfathering or personal-use exceptions might be possible, but the exact wording would need legal refinement. HB 2218 received broad support from OHA, DLNR, Kua, Sierra Club, Hui Maka Aana, the Honlay Initiative, and others, who said the measure would expand community-based co-management across DLNR divisions, build on existing park partnerships, and produce real benefits such as better stewardship, safer access, local jobs, and stronger community trust. Members asked about the bill’s five-year review structure, how multiple community groups would be handled, and whether the model could apply to ocean or nearshore areas; DLNR said the board would retain authority, agreements would be non-exclusive and subject to review, and the department was still working through how the approach would function across different divisions and marine settings. For HB 1956, the Attorney General offered technical comments, urging clearer definitions of “residing” and “freshwater way,” clearer timing for citations and arrests, and more explicit procedural safeguards and agency roles. On HB 1845, the Attorney General and Land Use Commission raised concerns that the bill could conflict with constitutional protections for important agricultural lands and could not be reconciled with existing voting requirements; the LUC also said commissioners cannot vote by proxy under sunshine law and warned that the bill could allow too few commissioners to approve major boundary changes. Members questioned how the bill would work in counties without designated important agricultural lands, and the LUC explained that Kauai is the only county to have completed the IAL process, while the broader statutory process remains county-driven and has been the subject of litigation. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the excerpt.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

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

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

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  • This bill amends the language on these forms to add clarity and make these forms more applicable to all
  • And the 5th Circuit deemed it violative of the 2nd Amendment.
  • findings of ongoing family violence, and those are appropriate cases for an incursion into the Second Amendment