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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services May 21st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- ..chairs in the past, and this committee deals with the most vulnerable people in our state: the disabled
- In five years, we have asked seniors and people with disabilities to figure out if they're eligible for
- I care about seniors having health insurance and people with disabilities having health insurance.
- But the budget solutions should not hurt seniors and folks with disabilities who depend on Medi-Cal to
- I'm here on behalf of Disability, Voices United, in collaboration with Fight for Our Health.
MN
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a dependent who is a student or has a dependent who is a student or has a disability - . disability. disability.
- of their race, age, or disability of their race, age, or disability status.<00:56:41.120>
Having - Thank you for your time. disabled adult son. These two bills will disabled adult son.
- Olson, the disability advocate for the state of Minnesota. Taxing the wealthy, right?
Keywords:
child tax credit, financial assistance, low-income families, state revenue, tax policy, net investment income, taxation, business income, self-employment, tax increase, wealth tax, fairness, public services, high-income earners, economic equity, Internal Revenue Code, employee classification, federal law, Minnesota statutes, 1183
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Education Committee Apr 30th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm a charter school parent to special needs and learning-disabled children, and I strongly oppose AB
- First of all, in your bill, if a family has a child with disabilities that is on an IEP or a 504, and
- As you know, I've spent much of my professional life serving students with disabilities.
- As you know, I've spent much of my professional life serving students with disabilities as a special
- Today I serve students who have specific learning disabilities.
Summary:
The Assembly Education Committee heard AB 84, a charter school accountability measure focused on non-classroom-based charter schools and fraud prevention. The author and supporters said the bill was intended to respond to the A3 charter fraud case and related scandals by strengthening audits, transparency, authorizer oversight, and funding determination rules, while ensuring public education dollars are used for public education. Supporters included FCMAT, CSEA, CTA, and CSBA, who argued the bill would improve oversight and protect taxpayers. Opponents, including the California Charter Schools Association, Green Dot, many charter parents, educators, and charter operators, said the bill was too broad, would impose major new costs and bureaucracy on all charter schools, and could reduce options for families, especially those using flexible, homeschool, or special-needs charter programs. After extensive testimony and committee discussion, the bill passed on a 5-1 vote and was sent to Appropriations, with the item left open for additional votes.
The committee then approved a consent calendar of 11 education bills, including AB 542, AB 563, AB 731, AB 753, AB 784, AB 964, AB 988, AB 1034, AB 1233, AB 1255, and AB 1381, all moving to Appropriations. The consent calendar passed unanimously.
Later, the committee heard AB 1454, a literacy and reading instruction bill authored by Assembly Members Rubio and Revis. The bill would require the state to create professional development resources for evidence-based literacy instruction, update English language arts and English language development instructional materials, and revise administrator preparation standards to include literacy training. The authors and a broad coalition of supporters, including CTA, EdVoice, Families in Schools, Decoding Dyslexia, school administrators, and parent advocates, described the measure as a compromise aimed at improving reading outcomes and addressing California’s literacy crisis. There was no opposition testimony at the hearing, and members voiced strong support for the bill and its collaborative approach.
MN
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- You know, we help individuals, families, seniors, persons with disabilities, entrepreneurs, and many
- You know, we help individuals, families, seniors, persons with disabilities, entrepreneurs, and many
- You know, we help individuals, families, seniors, persons with disabilities, entrepreneurs, and many
- elderly persons with disabilities elderly persons with disabilities underserved<01:18:15.480>
- seniors people with disabilities seniors people with disabilities vulnerable<01:23:39.239>
people
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taxation, income tax, property tax, corporate tax, homestead credit, local government aid, tax credits, economic development, taxpayer assistance, tax credit outreach, tax preparation, free tax help, IRS, Department of Revenue, general fund appropriation, earned income tax credit, child tax credit, volunteer income tax assistance, VITA, low-income taxpayers
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Energy and Telecommunications - 04/28/2026
Energy And Telecommunications
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- resident utility service in case of medical emergencies, life support equipment, and elderly, blind or disabled
- resident utility service in case of medical emergencies, life support equipment, and elderly, blind or disabled
- And then, particularly, also, we are specifically focused on elderly, blind, or other disabled customers
Summary:
The Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee met under Chair Kevin Parker and considered a series of energy, utility, and clean transportation bills. The committee first advanced a bill by Senator Connery on make-ready electric infrastructure for public-serving EV charging, after members raised concerns that the costs of preparing school bus charging infrastructure could be shifted to ratepayers. The committee then advanced Senator Parker’s pilot program for resilient EV charging microgrids, with discussion focused on using existing NYSERDA resources, the role of batteries, and the bill’s purpose in supporting emergency charging during outages. Another bill on heavy distribution centers and EV charging was also advanced after debate over its application to large warehouse and e-commerce facilities.
The committee also considered a bill on carport-mounted solar systems that would limit local zoning restrictions. A motion to substitute in a different bill was ruled improper for lack of notice, and the chair’s ruling was upheld on appeal. Members then advanced a PSC guidebook bill on gas and electric rate-making, and a utility shutoff protection bill for medical emergencies, life support equipment, and elderly, blind, or disabled customers, with questions about age definitions and the scope of medical documentation. The committee also advanced the Home Utility Weatherization Jobs Act, which would create a pilot program for electrification and weatherization in disadvantaged communities, with members discussing whether the program would be available at no cost to building owners and how utilities would access capital.
Throughout the meeting, members repeatedly raised concerns about who would pay for the programs, whether ratepayers or taxpayers would bear the costs, and how much local control would remain under the solar siting bill. At the end of the meeting, members briefly discussed a recent NYISO report warning about possible summer reliability issues and urged the committee and the PSC to review it closely. The chair noted the report should be considered alongside other state planning documents, and the meeting then adjourned.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Aging and Long-Term Care Committee Jun 24th, 2025
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- participants, older adults, often with cognitive impairments, and individuals with significant disabilities
- SB 433 protects California's low-income older adults and people with disabilities from unreasonable rate
- For these reasons, on behalf of Canter and thousands of older adults and people with disabilities who
Summary:
The Assembly Aging and Long-Term Care Committee met on June 24 with a substitute chair presiding and considered three measures. SB 352 by Senator Reyes was placed on the consent calendar and approved unanimously, 7-0, to be re-referred to the Committee on Emergency Management. SB 433 by Senator Wahab, presented on behalf of Senator Stern, was heard next and focused on room-and-board protections for participants in the assisted living waiver and CalAIM assisted living transition community support programs. Supporters, including Justice in Aging, CANHR, the Western Center on Law and Poverty, the California Commission on Aging, and the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Association, argued the bill would prevent low-income Medi-Cal residents from being charged unaffordable rates and losing their housing. Opponents, including the California Assisted Living Association, LeadingAge California, and Six B’s, said they remained concerned about the bill’s rent-control implications and statutory scope, though they acknowledged recent amendments addressed some eligibility issues. After committee discussion, SB 433 was approved 5-1 with one abstention and re-referred to the Committee on Human Services.
The committee also heard SB 582 by Senator Stern, presented by Senator Wahab, which would allow state departments to issue disaster suspensions of active licenses for facilities rendered inoperable by declared emergencies, waive some licensing fees, and provide temporary flexibility for community-based adult services, child care, and evacuation planning requirements for skilled nursing and residential care facilities. Support came from the California Assisted Living Association, LeadingAge California, the California Commission on Aging, the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Association, CANHR, and a child care resource center, all describing the bill as helpful for rebuilding and continuity of services after disasters. There was no recorded opposition, and SB 582 passed unanimously, 7-0, to the Committee on Health. The meeting then adjourned.
NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Senate Committee on Revenue and Economic Development May 31st, 2025 at 01:00 pm
Revenue and Economic Development
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- to the surviving spouse of a service member that was killed in action, equal to a veteran that is disabled
- anything I didn't mean to. of a service member that was killed in action equal to a veteran that is disabled
- It is tied to the tax exemption of a veteran that's disabled at 100%.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Seclusion Working Group - 08/13/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
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- Our Black and brown families and our children with disabilities are being represented in the community
- are being represented um in disabilities are being represented um in the<00:08:35.519>
community< - And I'm also the parent of a child with a disability myself. >> Thank you, Miss Christensen.
- ,<00:18:35.280>
many uh of children with disabilities, many uh of children with disabilities - So, I knew in my work on the disability.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (01/28/2025)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
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- It's for people that are disabled or whatever reason they've got access closer.
- an accident or long-term disability an accident or long-term disability we're<01:17:51.239>
just - work rated and whether it's disabled work rated and whether it's disabled without<03:31:34.560><
- They've been disabled for a while.
- They've been disabled for a while.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Committee of Conference on HB 1, HB 2 (06/13/2025)
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- Uh governor's commission on disability.
- <04:45:33.840>
uh governor's commission on disability uh governor's commission on disability - Governor's Commission on Disability. Governor's Commission on Disability.
- Disability. Disability.
- commission on disability? commission on disability?
Summary:
The Committee of Conference on HB 1 and HB 2 met to review revenue estimates and begin working through the HB 1 detail change sheet. New Hampshire Lottery Director Charlie McIntyre reported stronger-than-expected lottery performance, raising the current-year return estimate to $27 million and the next biennium estimate to $200 million, with the increase attributed to improved scratch ticket sales and sports betting not hurting revenue as much as expected. Members questioned the assumptions behind the higher estimates, including the impact of $50 scratch tickets and whether the figures accounted for future conversion from historical horse racing (HHR) machines to video lottery terminals (VLTs). McIntyre and committee members discussed machine counts, per-day revenue assumptions, and the likelihood that VLT conversion would increase revenues over time, though the timing and pace of conversion remained an open question.
The committee also discussed several gaming-related policy items in HB 2, including changes to kino hours and local option games of chance, and noted that the Senate and House differed on how gaming revenues would be allocated between charities, education, and general funds. Members emphasized that revenue projections should remain conservative because operators, not the state, would control the pace of machine conversion. Representative Sweeney noted that operators could earn more per machine under the VLT model, and McIntyre said the new facilities and expansions were largely concentrated near the Massachusetts border.
The committee then moved to the HB 1 detail change sheet. It agreed to Senate position on the Department of Safety’s road toll bureau and international registration program changes, which were described as a zero-cost realignment of positions, and held the Department of Corrections section for later discussion. On the judicial side, members approved a technical footnote fix, but held a new contract counsel item for involuntary mental health admissions and deferred discussion of the public defender program increase. The committee also noted no change for the PE development authority, moved safety rest area funding from HB 2 into HB 1 with no additional cost, and flagged the tourism development fund and other judicial items as issues that may depend on overall available revenue.
NH
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- Excluding disabled people from everyday life was a norm. Norms change.
- <03:21:25.439>
blind establishing an elderly disabled blind establishing an elderly disabled - This bill authorizes hospitals seeking to assist older adults or adults with a disability with discharge
- older adults or adults with a disability older adults or adults with a disability with<03:41:04.319
- services, cuts to early disability services, cuts to early childhood<04:14:20.279>
education,
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/31/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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- the Disability Rights Center.
- for people with disabilities.
- I'm here to testify in opposition to this bill on behalf of the Disability Rights Center.
- I mean, there may be other kinds of disabilities.
- Thank you very much. may be other kinds of disabilities may be other kinds of disabilities perhaps<00
TX
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- Our children, whether they're deaf, hard of hearing, or disabled.
- I am also the parent of a child who is blind with multiple disabilities.
- How much of a percentage of a deaf child is of that school in those who are disabled?
- The deaf and hard of hearing children are only 2% of the disabled population.
- So the over 65 and the disabled.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/23/26
Transportation Finance and Policy
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- people with disabilities. people with disabilities.
- >
what <00:56:54.600>all People with disabilities want what all People with disabilities - Uh, we heard a lot from our disabled community. Um, just a couple of feedbacks.
- Uh we heard a lot from our disabled<01:29:05.320>
community. - Um just a couple of disabled community.
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vehicle registration, title transfer, rental vehicles, state regulations, motor vehicle laws, school buses, USDOT number, first aid kits, transportation safety, vehicle regulations, transit safety, assault penalties, public transportation, criminal justice, transit workers, transportation, railroad, safety, economic development, public roads
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary (7-24-25) - reupload
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- <00:15:08.720>
So <00:15:08.959>the with intellectual disabilities. - So the with intellectual disabilities.
- They were arrested for the disability.
- Illness or intellectual disability is not competent to stand trial.
- <01:17:19.120>
adults provided housing for 25 disabled adults provided housing for 25 disabled
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This meeting was split into two parts due to a technical issue. This is the complete meeting pulled from backups.
Meeting Start: 00:00:00
Roll Call: 00:00:01
24RS HB198: “Angela’s Law”: 00:01:22
KRS Chapter 202C: 00:11:50
Eminent Domain: 00:54:35, 958, all
Summary:
The committee first approved the June 10, 2025 minutes, then took up House Bill 198, Angela’s Law, sponsored by Representative Samara Heavrin. The bill would add a new aggravating circumstance in death-penalty cases when an offender abuses the corpse of a kidnapping or murder victim by engaging in deviate sexual intercourse, sexual intercourse, or sexual contact. Representative Heavrin and the victim’s parents described the underlying case and argued the current law does not adequately account for postmortem sexual abuse, leaving the offender parole-eligible despite the family’s view that the conduct warranted harsher punishment. Several members expressed sympathy and support, and one member suggested the proposal should be drafted carefully so it would apply broadly enough to cover co-conspirators or multiple offenders. No vote on the bill was taken in the portion provided.
The committee then heard an informational presentation on KRS Chapter 202C from Judge Lisa Payne Jones and Shauna Mitchell of the Kentucky Judicial Commission on Mental Health. They explained that Chapter 202C, enacted in 2021 to close a gap in the civil-commitment statutes, applies to respondents found incompetent to stand trial who are charged with qualifying serious offenses such as capital offenses, certain Class A and Class B felonies causing death or serious injury, rape in the first degree, or sodomy in the first degree. The process begins with a Commonwealth’s petition, followed by a prompt evidentiary hearing, appointment of a guardian ad litem, and then a commitment hearing if the offense is proven.
The presenters outlined the procedural standards and recent statutory changes. At the evidentiary hearing, the Commonwealth must prove the charged offense by a preponderance of the evidence before a judge, with the respondent able to present defenses; if the Commonwealth fails, the respondent must be released. If the case proceeds, the commitment hearing requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt of at least one involuntary-commitment criterion, and the hearing may be before a jury if requested. They noted that a 2024 amendment changed the commitment criteria from requiring all four factors to only one, and added language about recent criminal behavior and prior involuntary hospitalizations under Chapters 202A or 202B. If commitment is ordered, the respondent is placed in a designated forensic psychiatric facility, currently KCPC.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-30 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 7032, a bill to be entitled an act relating to Medicaid enrollment for permanently disabled
- There are almost 21,000 individuals with disabilities on the APD wait list, the pre-enrollment list,
- The intellectual and developmental disability managed care pilot program, also known as the IDD pilot
- The problem is there's approximately 22,000 people with disabilities who are on waiting lists to receive
- Senator Smith: And then the Agency for Persons with Disabilities reverts that money back to us and says
Summary:
The Florida Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness for sexual assault survivors, a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange, and a memorial proclamation for former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron. The chamber then moved to special-order bills, with senators also briefly discussing the session’s pace and thanking staff and colleagues for their work.
The first major bill, on driving and boating offenses, was amended and passed 37-0. As amended, it increases penalties for repeat DUI/BUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide/vessel homicide offenses, and adds notice requirements and misdemeanor penalties for refusing lawful breath or urine tests. Senators also passed SB 306 on Medicaid providers 37-0, requiring Medicaid managed care plans to offer more after-hours and holiday access and ensuring more primary care appointment availability outside regular business hours.
The Senate then passed a major condominium and cooperative associations bill, also 37-0, after extensive debate and multiple amendments. The measure extends deadlines for structural integrity reserve studies, adds flexibility for reserve funding and budgeting, tightens rules for managers and inspectors, limits certain requirements to buildings of three or more habitable stories, and extends the rescission period for condo purchases. Senators from both parties praised the bill’s sponsors for years of work responding to post-Surfside safety and affordability concerns.
The longest and most contentious item was SB 7016/HB 1205 on constitutional amendment petition procedures. Sponsors said the bill responds to fraud and abuse in the citizen initiative process by tightening circulator rules, requiring faster submission of signed petitions, adding voter notification, increasing penalties, and shifting costs to sponsors. Opponents argued it would burden volunteers and make it harder for citizens to qualify initiatives. The chamber adopted a series of amendments, including changes to the petition-circulator threshold, volunteer protections, submission timing, invalid-signature investigation thresholds, and notice/cure provisions, while debate continued over whether the overall package would protect election integrity or suppress citizen-led amendments.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Texans living with chronic pain and disabilities deserve better.
- Texans living with chronic pain and disabilities deserve better.
- I'm a disabled Marine with 12 years of service, including time in Afghanistan.
- That's part of my VA disability rating. The pills lead to alcohol abuse.
- I'm a disabled combat veteran. I'm a Texan. I'm a citizen here.
Keywords:
flash flood, flood warning, outdoor warning siren, emergency alert, disaster preparedness, flood mitigation, Hill Country floods, Texas Water Development Board, municipalities, counties, local government mandate, public safety, grant program, backup power, weather siren, emergency management, flood-prone area, warning system, hemp regulation, consumable products
MN
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- But students with disabilities accounted for 14% of the suspensions.
- But students with disabilities accounted for 14% of the suspensions.
- Then you get into disabilities; it's 14%.
- And then you look at subjective discipline for students with disabilities: they were disciplined, so
- Fifty-nine percent of the time, and 41% students without disabilities.
NH
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- Students with disabilities certainly, those with complex disabilities that cost a lot of money, don't
- He said private schools in the program can preserve the right to discriminate by excluding disability
- <01:33:40.159>
out they have lifted the word disability out they have lifted the word disability - <01:34:49.119>
certainly students with disabilities certainly students with disabilities certainly - :51.119>
that those with complex disabilities that those with complex disabilities that cost<01
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Imagine you have a disabled child living in a group home.
- <00:02:12.120>
have <00:02:12.320>a <00:02:12.360>dis- <00:02:12.720>disabled - <00:02:13.640>
child Imagine you have a dis- disabled child Imagine you have a dis- disabled - And thank you to all of you who saw people from your districts who were here yesterday for Disability
- , for disabilities, seniors, and young<00:23:52.760>
children.
Keywords:
workplace regulations, employee rights, meal breaks, rest breaks, exemptions, paid leave, small employers, employment law, Minnesota Statutes, workforce development, HF4569, Minnesota Paid Leave Law, protected leave, seasonal employee, seasonal worker, hospitality, hospitality industry, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, employer certification