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TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services May 5th, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Alright, there's a matter of pending business. The chair lays out.
- The chair lays out, as a matter of pending business, Senate Bill 13.
- As a matter of pending business, the chair lays out Senate Bill 2446.
- The chair lays out, as a matter of pending business, House Bill 136.
- Is there any other business?
Committee:
Senate Health & Human Services
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- First order of business is roll call.
- With the majority being present, the House is now ready to do business.
- The House will now advance to the second order of business: prayer.
- Business: Approval of the journal. The House is at the third order of business. January 14, 2026.
- The House is at the fifth order of business. January 14, 2026, Mr. Speaker.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The purpose of today's hearing is to consider pending business.
- The chair lays out as a matter of pending business Senate Bill 209.
- The chair lays out as a matter of pending business Senate Bill 270.
- The chair lays out as a matter of pending business SCR 37.
- The chair lays out, as a matter of pending business, SCR 38.
Committee:
Senate Economic Development
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session: 2025 First Special Session 6/9/25 - Part 3
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The issues that make it easier to do business for small businesses, for the people who are trying to
- And what I on small businesses, specifically those on small businesses, specifically those who<00:37:
- </c> Businesses are worried. They're scared. Businesses are worried. They're scared.
- :39.520><c> in</c> Increase investment in businesses in Increase investment in businesses in Minnesota
- </c> local governments, and small businesses. local governments, and small businesses.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (04/14/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Let's begin our business for today.
- Let's begin our business All right, sir. Let's begin our business for<00:06:01.280><c> today.
- And um it is out of business.
- in the power business, the electricity generation business.
- Oh, sorry about that. business. So if I was just had no I was business.
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/19/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> we don't get a business we don't get a business uh<00:03:53.280><c> moving,</c><00:03:53.920><c>
- Those are types of activities that will move business and allow them to explore any business that may
- Those are types of activities that will move business and allow them to explore any business that may
- Those are types of activities that will move business and allow them to explore any business that may
- Those are types of activities that will move business and allow them to explore any business that may
Committee:
Senate State and Local Government
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/25/25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- They noted that whether a business incorporates in Minnesota is different from whether it does business
- </c> it's just updating the business it's just updating the business corporations<00:01:32.040><c> act
- </c><00:02:04.280><c> incorporates</c> know uh whether a business incorporates know uh whether a business
- </c> the the internal affairs of a business the the internal affairs of a business not<00:03:01.800><
- </c><00:04:26.440><c> uh</c> directors can meet and do business uh directors can meet and do business
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> simply requires New Hampshire businesses simply requires New Hampshire businesses that<00:33:09.000
- </c><00:51:38.839><c> of</c> with has 430 plus minus businesses of with has 430 plus minus businesses
- </c><00:58:23.359><c> with</c> states and help local businesses with states and help local businesses
- </c> has to wonder how the small businesses has to wonder how the small businesses directly<00:58:38.960
- </c> assumes that New Hampshire businesses assumes that New Hampshire businesses depend<00:58:48.760>
Committee:
Senate Commerce
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> promote their business. promote their business.
- </c> housed and fed and small businesses housed and fed and small businesses open. open. open.
- for creative businesses.
- </c> businesses and schools. businesses and schools.
- </c> cultural businesses. cultural businesses.
Committee:
House Legacy Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- According to a 2023 small business credit survey, Black-owned businesses are denied financing at nearly
- ><c> survey,</c><00:02:15.040><c> blackowned</c> small business credit survey, blackowned small business
- When businesses cannot institutions.
- ><c> corridors</c> Main streets and business corridors Main streets and business corridors decline.<00
- ,</c> >> The grants go to the actual businesses, >> The grants go to the actual businesses
Summary:
The committee first adopted the minutes from February 26 and then heard House File 2581, authored by Representative Frazier, which sought $1 million for Fortis Capital, a nonprofit economic development lender. Frazier and Fortis CEO Brian Smith described Fortis as a gap-financing lender that helps underserved entrepreneurs who cannot meet traditional bank underwriting standards. They said the organization has made 37 loans totaling more than $4 million since 2021, leveraged another $29.5 million, and created 314 jobs. Smith said Fortis typically charges around 6.5% interest, has had two defaults, and uses a revolving loan fund model that recycles repayments; members discussed how the proposal fits with other state economic development programs and whether Fortis should instead be part of a competitive grant process. The chair laid HF 2581 over for possible inclusion in a budget bill.
The committee then heard House File 3707, brought by Representative Berg, which would extend confidentiality protections to unemployment insurance and paid leave judges and related staff by adding them to the definition of judges for purposes of protecting personal information. Berg and testifiers from the Department of Economic Development and MAPE said the bill responds to harassment and safety concerns, including threats, doxxing, and an attack near an office, and is intended to protect people making sensitive determinations. MAPE supported the bill as an update to existing protections for similar workers.
Members raised concerns that the bill’s language was too broad, especially the reference to the paid leave division, and questioned whether it should cover only judges or also call-center and other staff. Department and committee members agreed the language likely needed narrowing and discussed possible amendments and whether to move the bill to Judiciary and then revisit it. No final vote was taken on HF 3707 during the discussion, and the bill remained under consideration for further language work.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
EDT DEFER, EDT-EDU, WLA-EDT-EDU, EDT Public Hearings 02-17-2026
Economic Development and Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- We don't have to pay state taxes for the business people to conduct business.
- business.
- </c><00:10:48.640><c> or</c> business whether it's new business or business whether it's new business
- businesses and other businesses.
- businesses and other businesses.<00:36:52.960><c> Thank</c><00:36:53.119><c> you.
Committee:
Senate Economic Development and Tourism
Summary:
The committee first took up Senate Bill 2693 relating to capital improvement projects for aerospace infrastructure. Members had no questions, and the recommendation to pass the bill with a defective date of July 1, 2050 was adopted unanimously. The committee then deferred decision making on Senate Bill 26980 relating to transportation and Senate Bill 2374 relating to the blue economy until Thursday, February 19, 2026, in Room 229, pending additional information.
In the joint hearing on Senate Bill 2816 relating to state enterprise zones, agencies and organizations including DBEDT, HTDC, Taxation, the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Oceanit, the Hawaii Medical Association, and the Queen’s Health System testified in support or submitted written comments. One public testifier urged expanding enterprise zones around the Kakaako/Cancer Center area and combining them with the foreign trade zone to reduce taxes and attract business. A senator questioned whether the enterprise zone program had ever been comprehensively evaluated, noting DBEDT said it had not done a full study in recent years and cited annual report figures including about $221 million in company revenues and $460,000 in foregone state revenue in 2022. The discussion focused on whether the bill would subsidize existing activity or support new economic development, and on the broader policy question of whether enterprise zones should be used to revitalize depressed areas or to target strategic sectors like health care technology.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 2900 relating to sports officials. The Department of Education supported the measure, saying the Attorney General is best positioned to represent employees in temporary restraining order matters and that elevating intentional bodily injury of a sports official to a class B felony would improve safety. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the bill, arguing it would escalate conduct already covered by existing assault statutes and go beyond other protected classes. The Department of the Attorney General recommended narrowing the bill by inserting “substantial” before bodily injury in the criminal section and deleting a section that would make the AG’s office act like plaintiff’s counsel in civil matters, suggesting instead that departments adopt policies to help employees obtain TROs without creating an open-ended civil representation role. Several sports and school-related organizations testified in support, and members discussed whether the bill should be narrowed or coordinated with other measures before further action.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> businesses be destroyed. businesses be destroyed.
- </c> out of the way to let our businesses out of the way to let our businesses run.<01:51:41.199><c>
- Having considered the business model.
- This is Small Business Week, and we have a lot of small business owners here in the chamber.
- ><c> to</c><02:20:10.560><c> come</c> there any further business to come there any further business to
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:37:29.880><c> coin</c> Cor corporate big big business coin Cor corporate big big business coin
- This business will save headaches and supports the small businesses in Minnesota and brings clarity to
- </c><00:52:34.839><c> landscape</c> software our small business landscape software our small business
- This is a perfect example of the difficulties businesses have, especially small businesses, where the
- Yeah, so in our business... businesses small businesses in businesses small businesses in Minnesota<00
Committee:
House Taxes
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:01:40.520><c> registration</c> Securities in the business registration Securities in the business
- </c><00:42:25.280><c> registration</c> vacancy for business registration vacancy for business registration
- </c><00:43:36.359><c> that</c> that they look up a business that that they look up a business that they've
- Business licensing, all of those areas.
- </c> this is similar to the business this is similar to the business registration<01:19:43.360><c> issue
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Ways and Means and Commerce and Consumer Protection heard the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs present its biennium budget request for fiscal years 2025 to 2027. Director Nainoa Ando said the department’s requests were primarily special-fund ceiling increases to meet operational needs. Major items included an additional $12 million to complete the King Kamehameha V Post Office building roof project after hidden deterioration and water intrusion were discovered, plus funding related to fringe benefits and central services assessments. The department also outlined requests for a new medical compact implementation cost, an auditor position, an engineer position, and a captive insurance IT modernization project.
A significant portion of the discussion focused on the Office of Consumer Protection’s landlord-tenant call line and public service access. Senators raised concerns that callers often reach voicemail, are told to leave a message, and sometimes are referred to look up the law themselves. DCCA said the Oʻahu line is staffed by one full-time employee backed by two to three investigators, with one investigator each on Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, and that calls are tracked in a case management system. The department said it plans to add one more Oʻahu staff position through a transfer from another division and that a new call-center/web system with time tracking is expected to go live in the summer.
Members also discussed a possible bill related to Pearson VUE nursing certification testing, with one senator describing the burden on neighbor-island nursing graduates who must travel to Honolulu for a one-hour test. The senator said she intended to introduce legislation after receiving no response to repeated outreach. DCCA did not take action on that proposal during the hearing.
For the PUC-related requests, the department explained a one-time $1 million request for outside consulting tied to Maui wildfire-related filings, including wildfire safety mitigation and hazard mitigation plans, and a separate $900,000 request through the Consumer Advocacy Division to hire consultants for review and analysis. The committee also discussed a captive insurance IT modernization request, which DCCA said would replace manual and spreadsheet-based processes with a cloud-based system to better handle filings, payments, and workflow; no vote or final action was taken on the budget items during the hearing.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- And the number of times I've seen that occur in my business experience over business days.
- And the number of times I've seen that occur in my business experience over business days.
- over business business experience over business days.<00:22:32.159><c> You</c><00:22:32.320><c> know
- So we're a busy department.
- Business days.
Committee:
House Housing
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Cmte on Rules - Subcommittee on the Federal Impact on Minnesotans and Economic Stability - 10/15/25
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> larger businesses more group coverage. larger businesses more group coverage.
- I might lose my business.
- I might lose my business.
- </c> entrepreneurs and small business owners. entrepreneurs and small business owners.
- </c> bad for businesses. bad for businesses.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- And so our business community wants to help.
- And a lot of the businesses impacted by that overly broad immigration enforcement are small businesses
- And this is why business leaves California.
- This doesn't just affect California business.
- Public office is not a business opportunity.
Committee:
House Judiciary
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- So the small businesses in Hawaii, 99.3% of businesses in Hawaii are small businesses, and these businesses
- So the small businesses in Hawaii, 99.3% of businesses in Hawaii are small businesses, and these businesses
- So the small businesses in Hawaii, 99.3% of businesses in Hawaii are small businesses, and these businesses
- So the small businesses in Hawaii, 99.3% of businesses in Hawaii are small businesses, and these businesses
- So, the small businesses in Hawaii, 99.3% of businesses in Hawaii are small businesses, and these businesses
Committee:
Senate Labor and Technology
Summary:
The committee heard a series of Governor’s messages for confirmation to several boards and councils, with the chair noting the meeting would continue on Monday and that testimony would be limited due to the large volume of submissions. For Governor’s Message 660, Kelly Oka was nominated to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation. Oka described her work in workforce development and technology, emphasizing equitable access to tech jobs for local residents, keeping young talent in Hawaii, and using HTDC to attract major technology firms and support cybersecurity and startup growth. Testimony from multiple individuals and organizations was strongly supportive, and members asked about HTDC’s challenges, federal funding, and how to attract more tech investment; no vote was taken in the excerpt.
The committee then considered Governor’s Message 529, nominating Fono Cafi Mei to the Hoisting Machine Operators Advisory Board. Mei said he had 20 years of crane-operating experience, including work on rail projects, and union representatives and labor organizations testified in support. Next, Governor’s Message 502 nominated Ken Louie to the Workforce Development Council. Louie highlighted his four years on the council, including two as chair, his family business, and his goal of expanding opportunities for younger and adult workers. DBEDT, council members, and labor representatives supported him, and members questioned him about the council’s priorities, staffing, federal funding uncertainty, apprenticeships, and military-to-private-sector transition programs.
The committee also took up Governor’s Messages 581 and 690 together, both relating to Jared Gashi’s nomination to the Workforce Development Council for different terms. Gashi, from the Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association, said he would bring the tourism industry’s perspective to workforce development, citing workforce shortages, internships, scholarships, and the need for a broader tourism voice on the council. Support testimony came from state officials and community members, who praised his reliability and leadership; a member asked how he would broaden the council beyond tourism, and Gashi said HLTA represents a wide range of tourism-related sectors and partners. The committee then heard Governor’s Message 571 for Eric Noi to the Deferred Compensation Plan Board, with Noi citing his fiscal and budgeting background; DHS, the board chair, and others supported him. Finally, Governor’s Message 667 nominated Ty Noara to the same board, and Keith Regan testified in strong support, citing her public service, intelligence, and ability to handle difficult situations. The excerpt ends as the committee begins Governor’s Message 560, nominating David Louie to the Employees’ Retirement System Board, with Louie, the ERS executive director, the finance director, and former Governor Abercrombie offering strong support.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 01/29/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Explore Minnesota for business uh Explore Minnesota for business uh dollars<00:57:12.880><c> that</c>
- Businesses continue to expand here.
- </c> uh we're doing very well with business uh we're doing very well with business application<01:02:
- </c> businesses are we supporting business businesses are we supporting business expansions<01:02:56.039
- </c> businesses and a few more small business businesses and a few more small business Assistance<01:
Committee:
Senate Jobs and Economic Development
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Health Committee Jul 1st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- They don't want to have to run a business on the side.
- Pop-up businesses are a proven, effective way to activate these vacant spaces and give small businesses
- Pop-up businesses are a proven, effective way to activate these vacant spaces and give small businesses
- businesses.
- AB 1679 creates a real-world solution by our business. working for small businesses.
Summary:
The committee heard AB 1887, which would speed prior authorization for FDA-approved rare disease treatments prescribed by specialists and, if a plan does not act within 30 days, deem the request approved. The author and supporters, including patients and clinicians, said delays can cause irreversible harm, hospitalizations, and death, especially for children and people with progressive rare diseases. Health plans and insurers opposed the bill’s automatic-approval provision and said the measure lacked safeguards for incomplete requests and shared responsibility for timely information. The chair encouraged continued work with opponents, and the author said the bill was narrowed from an earlier version that would have waived prior authorization entirely.
The committee also heard AB 1979 on artificial intelligence in health care, AB 2161 on Medi-Cal work requirements, AB 539 on extending approved prior authorizations, AB 2311 on physician employment at public hospital districts, AB 1148 on banning phthalates and bisphenols in food packaging, AB 1825 on mental health offender reentry coordination, and AB 2282 on a temporary emergency stabilization unit in Patterson. AB 1979 would preserve licensed clinicians’ professional judgment, bar AI from directing unlicensed clinical functions, and protect medical records used by consumer chatbots; after amendments, several hospital, medical, and industry groups moved from opposition to neutral. AB 2161 would limit the harm of federal Medi-Cal work-reporting rules by using existing data, improving notices, and protecting due process; it drew broad support from patient, provider, and advocacy groups. AB 539 would keep prior authorization approvals valid for up to one year or the course of treatment, with supporters citing continuity of care and opponents warning about utilization, fraud, and cost concerns.
AB 2311, as amended, would let certain high-payer-mix or distressed public health care districts directly employ physicians; CMA withdrew opposition after the bill was narrowed, while some hospital interests still objected to the carve-out. AB 1148 would prohibit two chemicals commonly used in food packaging, with supporters citing cancer and endocrine-disruption risks and opponents arguing DTSC should handle the issue through its existing regulatory process. AB 1825 would improve transition planning and Medi-Cal enrollment for offenders with mental health disorders leaving state hospitals, and AB 2282 would authorize a temporary rural emergency stabilization care unit in Patterson until a permanent hospital is built. Several bills were held for later action because the committee lacked a quorum, and the chair repeatedly noted that motions would be taken once enough members returned.