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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

PBS Public Hearing - Wed Apr 15, 2026 @ 10:30 AM HST

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • And the second one is to make sure we educate the public about this. >> So, you want an educational component
  • And the second one is to make sure we educate the public about this. >> So, you want an educational component
  • And the second one is to make sure we educate the public about this. >> So, you want an educational component
  • And the second one is to make sure we educate the public about this. >> So, you want an educational component
  • enforce the provisions of the fire code enforce the provisions of the fire code of<00:24:40.920>
Bills: SCR180
Summary: The committee opened by noting it was likely its last hearing of the 2026 session, then took up several resolutions. SCR 54, on appointing a hydrogen fire safety expert and training on hydrogen-related protocols, and SCR 59, on allowing certain health care professionals to practice without a license during a state of emergency, drew no testimony. Members discussed SCR 59 as a response to past emergencies and the need for pre-approved, updated registries of professionals who could be deployed quickly in emergencies. SCR 62 SD1, which asks the 911 Board to form a working group with the disability community to address access issues in emergency and 911 responses, received testimony from disability advocates and the 911 Board. Testifiers said the measure should ensure an integrated system with EMS infrastructure, real-time access for dispatchers and field personnel, and public education about the system; they also noted that Smart911 is no longer being used on Oahu and Maui and that a statewide, integrated approach is needed. Members agreed to work the suggested language into the resolution. SCR 179, urging Maui County to enforce fire code provisions on brush clearance, fuel breaks, roadside vegetation clearing, and emergency access, was noted as having no testimony but continuing to raise important issues. SCR 74, calling for an audit of no-bid contracts issued under emergency proclamations from 2020 through 2025, drew strong support from a late testifier who tied the measure to emergency procurement concerns after the Lahaina wildfire and COVID-era contracting. The witness argued that procurement rules should not be waived in ways that compromise safety, and described concerns about unlicensed contractors and construction problems in a state housing project. Members asked about the scope of the audit and whether it would interfere with criminal investigations; the witness said the audit should cover a broad range of contracts, including nonprofit contracts, and should not be limited to the wildfire period. The committee also heard SCR 28 SD1 on creating a Hawaii Vietnam Veterans Medal, with support from the Department of Defense and veterans advocates, who said the resolution is intended to do the groundwork for a future appropriation and to determine eligibility and distribution procedures. Finally, SCR 60 SD1, requesting updates on the “Breaking Cycles” rehabilitation and restorative justice study, received support from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Correctional System Oversight Commission, and reform advocates. The department asked that reporting be annual rather than quarterly because of the complexity of the OCCC project, and supporters said the measure would promote transparency and help ensure the study’s recommendations are implemented. No votes were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/26

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • and tenant education. and tenant education.
  • Again, this is the statewide tenant education and hotline.
  • And that's just education hotline.
  • statewide tenant education and hotline. statewide tenant education and hotline.
  • adequate and centralized uh educational adequate and centralized uh educational legal<01:26:07.760
Bills: HF3425, HF3424, HF1385
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Healthcare Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Healthcare

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  • And I want you to know that that exact phrase is already in the code from a bill from 2021 that says
  • 17.200> the day that exact phrase is already in the day that exact phrase is already in the code
  • :03:18.160> a<00:03:18.239> bill<00:03:18.600> from<00:03:18.840> 2021 code
  • from a bill from 2021 code from a bill from 2021 that<00:03:20.840> says<00:03:21.440> that
  • And, uh, it's just part of the job, and it could be rounding on patients, could be running codes on the
Bills: HB128, SB297, HB128, SB297
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Department of Education in support. Department of Education in support.
  • In our Education supports this bill.
  • <00:27:55.919> program approved teacher education program approved teacher education program
  • Special education a $2,000 fine.
  • > of<00:38:29.920> now department of education as of now department of education as of
Bills: SB3082, SB3110, SB3251
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Banking and Insurance Jan 28th, 2026

Banking and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • The amendment directs the Department of Education to develop the related course curriculum in consultation
  • This bill updates the pre-licensure education requirements for the 440 customer service representative
  • This bill updates the pre-licensure education requirements for the 440 customer service representative
  • To be eligible to apply for licensure, to create a pathway through our public education system for another
  • credential certificate opportunity that ultimately can be leveraged upon in greater higher education
Summary: The Committee on Banking and Insurance met with a quorum present and took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 1286 by Senator Wright. That bill expands the law enforcement recruitment bonus program to include firefighters, creates a DFS grant review panel for fire-related grants, and establishes an institute for PTSD and first-responder behavioral health. Testimony from fire chiefs and others supported the measure, and the committee reported it favorably. The committee then considered several insurance and financial regulation bills. CS/SB 198 by Senator Rousan, as amended, regulates virtual currency kiosks with transaction limits, notice and receipt requirements, and OFR enforcement authority; witnesses described it as a needed anti-fraud measure, especially for seniors, and it was reported favorably. CS/SB 772 by Senator Burgess, as amended, allows limited licenses for portable electronics and eyewear insurance, and CS/SB 1504 by Senator Claudio, as amended, creates a pathway for high school students to qualify for insurance customer representative licensure; both were reported favorably. The committee also approved two cryptocurrency reserve bills by Senator Gruters: CS/SB 1038 creates the Florida Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve framework, and CS/SB 1040 creates the related trust fund; both received technical amendments and favorable reports. CS/SB 1440 by Senator Martin, as amended, creates public records exemptions and cybersecurity reporting provisions for financial institutions and related entities, and it was reported favorably. Finally, SB 1668 by Senator Burton, which updates the NICA program’s funding and benefit structure, and CS/SB 570 by Senator Polsky, which creates a task force on payment scams, were both heard with supportive testimony and reported favorably. Senators later recorded additional affirmative votes on selected bills before the committee adjourned.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

PBS Info Briefing - Wed Mar 4, 2026 @ 10:00 AM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • But it's a good program that started in 2013, and it's an educational program for the broad community
  • <00:23:31.520> program<00:23:31.919> for and it's it's an educational program for and
  • it's it's an educational program for the<00:23:32.400> broad<00:23:32.799> community<00
  • Well, since then, even before then in 2014, we started doing fairs to educate our community, and we have
  • Well, since then, even before then in 2014, we started doing fairs to educate our community, and we have
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Administrative Rules May 4th, 2026

Administrative Rules

Summary: The committee considered three resolutions, all presented by Chairman Kendrick with full PCS substitutes. H.J.R. 1096 approved a medical marijuana rule that had originally been treated as a major rule but was later determined not to be one; members asked no questions and the resolution was adopted unanimously. H.J.R. 1099 was described as a direct result of H.B. 1576 from the prior session concerning Oklahoma Health Care Authority rules; it also drew no questions and passed unanimously. H.J.R. 1100 addressed a rule from the Oklahoma Management and Enterprise Services that was discovered late to be a major rule; after brief discussion and no substantive questions, it too passed unanimously. During the meeting, members voted on each resolution after motions for adoption and do pass. The recorded votes were unanimous in favor on all three measures, with no nay votes. After H.J.R. 1100 passed, Chairman Kendrick noted there would be one more committee meeting the next morning at 9 a.m. to address a late-arriving resolution, and he offered to discuss the late major-rule issue with Representative Chapman after adjournment.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Apr 1st, 2026

Public Safety and Homeland Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • Now they wrote them under a different code, and so they could still violate what was supposed to be done
  • Now they wrote them under a different<00:09:13.120> code.
  • different code. different code. and<00:09:15.120> uh<00:09:16.000> so<00:09:16.480
  • the authority to set that as long as it does not exceed these speed limits we see listed in current code
  • he believed the authority exists as long as it does not exceed the speed limits listed in current code
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/26/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • this tax break is going to benefit people who are wealthier and who, you know, as per usual, the tax code
  • /c><00:35:37.240> usual,<00:35:38.200> the<00:35:38.320> tax<00:35:38.640> code
  • know, as per usual, the tax code know, as per usual, the tax code benefits<00:35:39.320> those
  • adopted this in the governor's supplemental budget by updating a date to the current Internal Revenue Code
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Environmental Regulation May 1st, 2025

Environmental Regulation

Transcript Highlights:
  • The proposed amendments to Subchapter Chapter 382 of the Texas Health and Safety Code would establish
  • They've been successful in remote cases doing that, using the identifying code that is on there.
  • Yeah, that was very educational.
  • Part of the bill, like Randy said, is having the pumpers registered and educated.
  • In 2017, there was a change in the code to limit local environmental disaster funding.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Mar 26th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • We reached out to law enforcement and asked, and educated them, or attempted to educate them about these
  • It would require some language changes in the code of criminal procedure.
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
  • and the new T-Code.
  • They did that, and we need to put these into code.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/25/26

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:21:25.200> and code, and the state building code. and code, and the state building code
  • Uh, perhaps a QR code would be good on this too if your language would require a QR code, because some
  • Uh, perhaps a QR code would be good on this too if your language would require a QR code, because some
  • But I would recommend adding the QR code to this.
  • But I would recommend adding the QR code to this.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government May 19th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Board of Education is deemed remarkable by prominent historians. I'll wrap this up.
  • Who he left up in education, who might still be there for all we know.
  • I'm here on behalf of the Greater Fort Worth Builders Association and for my company, Metro Code.
  • Not so much in the life safety building code aspect, but from the zoning perspective.
  • Local jurisdictions enforce more than general state codes.
Summary: The committee heard and left pending several local government, property tax, development, and public safety measures before later voting some of them out. Senator Birdwell explained SB 2784 for the Somerville County Hospital District, which would move the board to staggered four-year terms after a transition and was requested to be held pending until the House companion could be acted on; no public testimony was offered. HB 5084 would allow local approval for fireworks sales tied to Lunar New Year celebrations, with testimony from Hutchinson County Judge Cindy Irwin emphasizing local fire risk and the need for county discretion. HB 5534 would let county commissioners post agendas electronically instead of on a physical bulletin board. HB 4370 would expand permissible projects for certain special districts to include geothermal water conveyance systems, and HB 312 would require residential child detention facilities to enter local MOUs, report health and safety information, and conduct background checks for state-funded facilities; both drew supportive testimony and were left pending. HB 5057 would give displaced solid waste providers time to wind down after a city grants an exclusive franchise, and HB 2421 would extend the life of the Save Historic Muni District to continue work on preserving Lions Municipal Golf Course; both were left pending after supportive testimony. HB 2011 would let former owners repurchase property taken by eminent domain if the acquiring entity fails to pay property taxes for two years, and the committee substitute to SB 3065 was also laid out and left pending after a technical correction to eminent-domain language. The committee then took up additional bills on development, appraisal, and local regulation, including HB 3575, HB 4809, HB 2273, HB 247/HJR 34, HB 2464, HB 3424, HB 2013, HB 5668, HB 3788, HB 1533, and HB 23, with testimony ranging from support to opposition on issues such as appraisal procedures, historic property valuation, Galveston emergency governance, border-security tax treatment, home-based businesses, chicken covenants in HOAs, municipal utility district authority, hospital authorities’ use of assets, and third-party building review. HB 23 drew the most extensive testimony, with builders, engineers, counties, and cities split over third-party plan review and inspection authority, liability, licensing, and local code enforcement; many witnesses said the House amendments created problems and the bill was left pending. In the end, the committee voted SB 2784, SB 3065, HB 5686, HB 247, HJR 34, and HB 2011 out of committee, with the first several receiving local and uncontested calendar recommendations where applicable.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services Apr 1st, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Under the Texas Family Code, a homeless minor may self-consent to stay at an emergency shelter for up
  • It is more of a technical kind of updating of the current code, and they will have all the answers if
  • “So section seven of the bill repeals 1369D of the Insurance Code.
  • There are already audit protections for pharmacies in the Texas Insurance Code.
  • There are already audit protections for pharmacy in the Texas Insurance Code.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 883, which would protect physicians’ ability to prescribe off-label medications and treatments, framed by the author as a “Right to Treat” measure tied to COVID-19 care. Supporters, including physicians and patient-choice advocates, said the bill would safeguard the doctor-patient relationship and prevent interference by boards, pharmacies, or hospitals. Several witnesses described using hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, budesonide, antibiotics, steroids, and monoclonal antibodies during the pandemic, and said they faced complaints, board scrutiny, or pharmacy refusals for those prescriptions. The bill was left pending after public testimony closed. The committee then took up Senate Bill 331, which would extend hospital price-transparency requirements to additional health care facilities such as freestanding ERs, urgent care and retail clinics, ambulatory surgical centers, outpatient clinics, and birthing centers. Proponents argued that broader disclosure of prices for shoppable services would help consumers compare costs and reduce surprise billing, while opponents from ambulatory surgery centers said the bill would impose costly compliance burdens on small providers and that insurers or the state already have much of the needed data. The bill was also left pending. Senate Bill 2422 would expunge Texas Medical Board records and impose reparations for disciplinary actions tied to COVID-era treatment decisions, including references to ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, budesonide, and masks. The author and supporters argued that doctors were unfairly targeted for trying to save patients and should be made whole; the Texas Medical Board representative said most pandemic complaints were dismissed, that actions generally involved broader issues such as privileges, documentation, or informed consent, and that no physician was disciplined solely for prescribing off-label COVID medications. The bill was left pending. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 2207, which would loosen Texas Medical Board rules on physicians advertising themselves as board certified, especially by reducing barriers tied to maintenance of certification requirements. Supporters said the current rule is overly restrictive, inconsistent, and costly, and that it drives physicians out of practice; they also said Texas is one of only a few states with such a rule. Witnesses described hospitals using the rule against physicians and said the change would improve transparency and competition. The bill remained pending after testimony.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • and public safety, and like education and public safety, and less<00:31:19.200> pressure<00:31
  • So you see business, industry, nonprofits, government, higher education.
  • system so that can set up our education system so that we<01:20:51.679> can<01:20:51.840>
  • <01:25:47.280> It<01:25:47.440> it education and the list goes on.
  • It it education and the list goes on.
Bills: HF4862, HF4598
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/14/26

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:30:36.799> mission really part of the educational mission really part of the educational
  • to ensure that we have a more educated to ensure that we have a more educated uh<00:34:49.040>
  • And nationally about 70 to education.
  • > undergone<00:56:50.400> a Public higher education has undergone a Public higher education
  • education. So uh Representative Cleborn. education. So uh Representative Cleborn.
Bills: HF4479, HF4368, HF4889
Summary: The committee approved the April 9 minutes and then took up House File 4479, which would require public postsecondary institutions to make space available for town halls and similar official events by elected officials, with limits intended to keep the events on the official side and not campaign-related. Representative Frederick said the bill is meant to prevent universities from creating barriers such as fees or parking charges and to ensure a neutral, accessible venue for community conversations. The bill was laid over for possible later action. The committee heard supportive testimony from Jim Dimmick of Minnesota State University, Mankato, who argued that town halls should be public, open, moderated, and dialogic rather than speeches, and said universities should be centers for public discourse. He also said charging fees can undermine neutrality and that using partisan student groups to sponsor events can create the appearance of bias. Minnesota State official Mr. Omen said campuses often host these events, fees are set locally to cover costs, and student government sponsorship can sometimes avoid charges; he also noted the fee at Mankato is discounted and depends on room size. Several members raised concerns about the bill. Representative Scott, Chair Robbins, Representative Schwarz, Representative Allen, and others argued that campuses should not be required by statute to give legislators special treatment, that fees and parking costs cover real expenses, and that universities should remain focused on education rather than political events. Questions also focused on who would decide what room size is reasonable, how disputes would be handled, and who would pay for security if protests or safety issues arose. Representative Frederick responded that room selection would be a good-faith partnership with the university, that the bill does not require a town hall or guarantee a specific room, and that security funding is not spelled out in the bill.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Local and County Government Apr 7th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Local and County Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • areas of the community when We are understaffed and underresourced in the same areas with relation to code
  • This simply extends the sunset for the Commission on County Government Personnel Education and Training