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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
  • Sarah Sheed, Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club.
  • In 2017, there was a change in the code to limit local environmental disaster funding.
  • And speaking of taxpayers, my own property taxes have gone up by over $100 a month.
  • The bill takes into consideration Chapters 28 and 4, and Chapter 401, which does talk about TCEQ's management
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill amends the Texas Education Code by establishing the Texas Higher Education Accrediting Commission
  • Yeah, well, Senate Bill 2788 is a very simple bill that adds four letters to code: PSAT test, the list
  • It simply replaces the outdated term "ACT Plan" with "Pre-ACT" across the education code.
  • School counselors certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21 of the Education Code.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

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

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are a separate section under Chapter 2 of the code of criminal procedure of the peace officers section
  • For example, if the political subdivision has adopted Chapter 143 of the Local Government Code, or if
  • Furthermore, the adoption of Chapter 140 Local Government Code must be accomplished via an election,
  • as well as Chapter 411 of the Government Code and the new T-Code.
  • They have adopted Chapter 143 of the Local Government Code decades ago, much like all of the other cities
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on County & Regional Government Mar 10th, 2025

S/C on County & Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Gibbs' private fundraising, the district never assessed taxes, began operations, or maintained debt.
  • for a small pool of applicants with counties at least two to three times our size. with much bigger tax
  • Lowest taxing entities.
  • Right now there's 26 bills that are going to target the way we do at the lower taxing.
  • The only thing that we are kind of how are we gonna fund this if the way we were able to collect taxes
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education Mar 5th, 2025

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • We spend every interim traveling around the state. state with our local chapters, meeting with school
  • All right, are you familiar with the The CTE funding and the codes used in PEIMS and all that.
  • The expenditures, it shows, were $2.1 million. billion and that comes I guess from the code that they
  • There may be some other codes that we need to take a look at, but we can get more detail on that and
Bills: HB20, HB 120, HB20, HB120
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • Madam Chair, members, Jay Kinman, Maverick Policy Group, here for the Arizona chapter of the Assisted
  • Just briefly, there is an ability in Arizona for you to assign money to the license plate tax that does
  • During that time, facilities continue to care for all tax members, but cannot bill Medicaid for those
  • It is within the legend code, is my understanding. I'd have to...
  • It is within the legend code, is what my understanding is. I'd have to... I'd have to...
Summary: The committee approved the minutes and held Senate Bill 1241 for a later hearing because a witness was unavailable. It then took up Senate Bill 1144, which would create an alternative pathway for veterinary technician certification through supervised on-the-job training instead of only a two-year curriculum. Supporters, including the Arizona Humane Society, a high school student in a veterinary program, and a veterinary technician employer, argued the bill would help address a veterinary technician shortage, reduce student debt, and expand access to care. Opponents, including the Arizona Veterinary Technician Association and some veterinarians, said Arizona already has an existing pathway, warned the bill could weaken competency standards and patient safety, and argued the shortage is more about retention and utilization than entry requirements. The committee adopted a Bolick amendment tightening supervision and documentation requirements, then passed SB 1144 as amended on a 6-1 vote. The committee next approved Senate Bill 1247 unanimously. That bill would allow an individual who does not need services to live with a resident in an assisted living center or other unit in the facility, and would bar the Department of Health Services from imposing care requirements on that individual. The sponsor and a lobbyist said the bill was intended to fix a recent statutory interpretation that could force spouses or other companions to separate or pay for services they do not use; a floor amendment was mentioned to extend the same treatment to assisted living homes. Senate Bill 1286, which would extend from 14 days to 60 days the period for veterinary prescriptions and renewals issued through telemedicine, drew extensive testimony and was ultimately held for a possible amendment next week. Supporters, including the sponsor, the Arizona Humane Society, and Animal Policy Group, said telemedicine has expanded access in rural and underserved areas and that longer prescription windows would improve convenience and continuity of care while still excluding controlled substances. Opponents, including the Arizona Veterinary Medical Association and several veterinarians, argued the current 14-day limit is a compromise that protects animal safety, that telemedicine without an in-person exam can lead to misdiagnosis and delayed diagnostics, and that the bill could function like a “pill mill.” The committee then passed Senate Bill 1164, which would let Medicaid billing continue under the prior owner’s certification number during a change of ownership for skilled nursing and assisted living facilities. Supporters said the current process can delay reimbursement for 6 to 18 months and strain providers; Access said it had legal concerns about possible conflict with federal law but was working on fixes. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1181, which would expand CPA certification pathways by adding degree-and-experience options and updating reciprocity rules, and a supporter from the Arizona Society of CPAs said it would address workforce shortages and improve mobility.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 215 will help move taxes forward into the 21st century by creating a mechanism for mobile
  • The current transportation code statute found at 501.053 provides... the process to apply for a bonded
  • The bill would amend the transportation code by adding a provision that allows an applicant to apply
  • It simply exempts us from the road tax or that portion.
  • So, went back, did our research, and under the labor code, 406-121, there is an explicit definition of
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Apr 2nd, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill revises ... as chapters 5, 9, 49, and 50 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
  • Chapter 9 of the Code of Criminal Procedure relates to trades, businesses, and occupations injurious
  • Chapter 49 of the Code of Criminal Procedure relates to death inquests.
  • Chapter 50 of the Code of Criminal Procedure relates to fire inquests.
  • This bill adds five new chapters to the Special District Local Laws Code: one navigation district and
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Apr 2nd, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • And again, I'm only dealing with the penal code and we're just gonna look to the penal code and abide
  • . 11 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
  • Code.
  • That would be in the same, I believe, chapter 400. of the government code.
  • CHRIS RODGERS, JR.: Chapter 400, you said? CHRIS RODGERS, JR.: Of the government code.
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
  • “So section seven of the bill repeals 1369D of the Insurance Code.
  • That section exempts ERISA plans from the audit language in Chapter 1369.
  • 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.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Education Funding (02/04/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I mean, what SWEP will do is apply to the property tax, right, the state portion of the property tax
  • State portion of the property tax.
  • It’s just another version of the local property tax. It’s a distinct tax. It is the state tax.
  • <01:50:12.320> it<01:50:12.440> is property tax it's a distinct tax it is property
  • tax it's a distinct tax it is it's<01:50:12.960> the<01:50:13.119> state it's the state
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The Education Funding Committee met in executive session and first took up HB 193, which clarifies that dual and concurrent enrollment courses may not exceed four credits. Members said the bill came from the community college system and was intended to preserve the program’s high school-to-college pathway. An amendment changing the effective date to passage was adopted 18-0, and the committee then voted 18-0 to recommend OTPA on the bill as amended, with the bill placed on the consent calendar. The committee then retained HB 295 and HB 366, both related to school building aid, after members said the issues were complex and needed more work. Both motions to retain passed 18-0, leaving the bills in committee without reports. The chair also said HB 354 would not be taken up that day because of possible changes from the Department of Education and others. HB 494, funding the math learning communities program, was then amended to flat-fund the program rather than increase it, with members citing budget uncertainty. The amendment passed unanimously, and the committee then voted 18-0 for OTPA on the bill as amended, placing it on consent. Finally, HB 515, which would repeal charter public school eligibility for state school building aid, drew debate over whether charter schools should be treated differently from traditional public schools. The committee voted 10-8 for inexpedient to legislate, sending the bill to the regular calendar; Representative Damon was assigned the minority report and Representative Popovic the majority report. The committee then began HB 716, an appropriation for the dual and concurrent enrollment program, where members discussed flat-funding the program at $2.5 million per year and the potential impact on course availability, but the transcript cuts off before a final vote is shown.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Jun 15th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It suspends the gas tax, the most regressive gas tax on everyday Californians.
  • This bill adds more taxes, more taxes on everyday businesses.
  • This is a regressive app tax for the working people of California and the... ...tax.
  • Now members, I know most of our constituents cannot use tax breaks to zero... ...tax breaks.
  • Just to set the record straight, colleagues, the MCO tax has been used for over... ...tax bill.
Summary: The Assembly convened, initially lacked a quorum, and then completed the roll call, prayer, and pledge. Members observed a moment of silence for the fatal B-52 crash at Edwards Air Force Base in Assemblymember Lackey’s district. The body then handled a series of procedural motions, including re-referrals of numerous Senate bills to different committees, suspending rules for committee notices, and taking up the budget bill, AB 109, without reference to file for concurrence in Senate amendments. Debate on AB 109, the 2026 budget act, centered on competing views of the state’s fiscal condition and policy priorities. Supporters said the budget balances the current and next year’s budget, reduces the structural deficit, builds reserves, protects health care, schools, housing, food assistance, and other safety-net programs, and responds to federal cuts under H.R. 1. Opponents argued the budget increases taxes and costs, shortchanges schools, underfunds Proposition 36, relies on gimmicks, and does not adequately address public safety, cost of living, or long-term sustainability. Several members also highlighted specific provisions such as hospital support, Medi-Cal and IHSS protections, child care, immigrant legal services, prison closure, and funding for courts and victim services. A motion by Assemblymember DeMaio to return AB 109 to the Senate failed on a roll call vote, 13 ayes to 45 noes. The Assembly then voted on concurrence in the Senate amendments to AB 109; the measure passed, and the Senate amendments were concurred in without objection, with immediate transmittal to the Governor. Afterward, the Assembly moved to the daily file and took up SCR 89, a resolution affirming diversity, equity, and inclusion. Supporters from several caucuses framed DEI as a core California value and a response to federal attacks, while opponents criticized DEI as divisive. The transcript ends during debate on SCR 89, before any final vote is shown.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

PBS Info Briefing - Mon Apr 20, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Child Committee Meeting - 2026-03-24

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, second of all, it's important to understand that the tax code was not designed for nutrition.
  • We are back taxes on those sales taxes.
  • So this would add a fifth-tier income tax to Minnesota's tax code, which is a millionaire tax in our
  • So this would add a fifth-tier income tax to Minnesota's tax code, which is a millionaire tax in our
  • its way to taxes. its way to taxes.