Video & Transcript Research : 'Compact'
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ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Senate Floor Session Jan 23rd, 2026 at 08:30 am
North Dakota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- A compact is an occupational licensing opportunity.
- There are 10 compacts currently in North Dakota.
- The language in compact legislation has to be the same in all...
- The language in compact legislation has to be the same in all of the states that are a part of the compact
- Excuse me, it talks about what the states shall do to participate in this compact.
Keywords:
SB 2401, North Dakota, Century Code, occupational therapy, occupational therapy board, criminal history record check, background check, licensee investigation, physician continuing education, medical license renewal, nutrition education, metabolic health, chronic disease prevention, health occupation boards, medical board, licensure fee, audit response, disciplinary action, Title 43, board of medicine
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer, roll call, and a quorum present, then took up second reading and final passage of several House bills related to the Rural Health Transformation Program and other matters. House Bill 1621, requiring the presidential fitness test in school physical education with exceptions and a delayed effective date, passed 43-3. House Bill 1623, appropriating federal rural health transformation grant funds and creating a related loan program and reporting structure, passed 46-0 after extensive debate about using the federal money for community health, infrastructure, and sustainability. House Bill 1622, joining the physician assistant licensure compact, also passed unanimously 46-0. House Bill 1625, authorizing the Ray Richards Golf Course land sale to support a Grand Forks transportation project and golf course improvements, passed 46-0. House Bill 1626, clarifying that the primary residence credit is applied after the early payment discount so taxpayers receive the full $1,600 benefit, passed 40-6.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (03/05/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- in this compact are not all-encompassing in this compact are not all-encompassing it<03:20:40.840>
- The concern that I always have with compacts is what is New Hampshire's ability to get out of a compact
- compact compact um<03:23:05.640>
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- Actually, with all compacts, you just don't get the benefit of a compact if you are not in under their
Summary:
The hearing focused on House Bill 610, which would fold the Office of the Consumer Advocate into the Department of Energy rather than fully eliminate consumer advocacy functions. The prime sponsor argued the current office is small, funded by a special assessment on ratepayers, and duplicative of DOE work. He said moving the function to DOE would streamline energy policy review, reduce bureaucracy, and better focus the larger agency on lowering residential energy costs. He also disputed claims that the Consumer Advocate is independent, saying the office is appointed through a political process similar to DOE leadership.
Committee members and the sponsor discussed whether the bill would actually relocate existing positions or replace them, and whether the Department of Energy would absorb the cost of the transferred staff. The sponsor said the fiscal note shows roughly a million-dollar reduction in both revenue assessment and spending, and that the bill would effectively reduce the office from five positions to three. He also defended his cost estimates for energy-code-related housing impacts and said the Consumer Advocate has sometimes supported policies he считает increase costs, such as energy-efficiency measures and building code changes. He argued the office should focus more on energy supply and generation, including natural gas and nuclear, rather than efficiency alone.
Representative Wendy Thomas testified in opposition, saying the Consumer Advocate is an important, fair, and impartial voice for ratepayers and warning that the bill was fiscally irresponsible because the incumbent could still be owed salary and benefits if the office were repealed. She also said the bill’s drafting was confusing and that the Consumer Advocate’s role is to push back on utilities on behalf of consumers. Other members raised questions about whether the DOE would simply inherit the same political appointment structure and whether the bill would meaningfully lower bills. No vote was taken in the excerpt; the chair indicated additional testimony would follow, and the Department of Energy was present to answer questions.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Indian Affairs Sep 25th, 2025
House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Talk about the covenants within the Gaming Compact, the Tribal State Compact on the The slide with the
- of the functions authorized by the terms of the compact.
- Compacts are changed, that's the way they will stay.
- When I read the compact, it says it's a requirement.
- these current compacts as far as some kind of whatever?
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
February 11, 2025 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for allowing us to present House Bill 27, Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact.
- This compact would also be helpful to military families because military families are extremely mobile
- This is the compact. This is the bill, and I would appreciate your positive support.
- She additionally stresses that the compact would enhance workforce mobility, ensuring that qualified
- This amendment authorizes the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact Commission, or its committees,
Summary:
The Health Professions and Programs Subcommittee heard and advanced three bills. HB 21 would create a new licensed profession of dental therapy under the Department of Health and Board of Dentistry, allowing trained dental therapists to provide a limited scope of care under a supervising Florida-licensed dentist through a collaborative management agreement. Sponsor Rep. Cheney argued the bill would help address severe dental shortages and improve access in underserved areas; opponents from the Florida Dental Association and oral surgery groups warned that the bill would allow irreversible procedures by less-educated providers and could compromise patient safety. Supporters, including dentists, hygienists, and community health center leaders, said dental therapists would expand access and free dentists to handle more complex care. An amendment was adopted to require proof of local anesthesia training, adverse-incident reporting, and updated background screening language. The bill was reported favorably as amended by a 14-1 vote.
The committee then considered HB 27, which creates the Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact to allow licensed social workers to practice across member states, including through telehealth, and to help military families and address workforce shortages. Supporters from the National Association of Social Workers and other advocates said the compact would improve mobility, reduce administrative burdens, and expand access to mental health services, especially in underserved and rural areas. A technical amendment restoring model language and setting an effective date of July 1, 2025 was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably as amended on a 15-0 vote.
Finally, the committee heard HB 29, the public-records companion to the social work compact, which creates exemptions needed for compact compliance and allows the compact commission or its committees to meet in closed session when discussing information exempt under law. After a technical amendment authorizing closed meetings for exempt matters was adopted, the bill was reported favorably as amended on a 15-0 vote. The meeting then adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- that is also part of the compact.
- Regarding the Nurse Licensure Compact Act, many states are part of the nursing compact.
- The last legislative session, the social work compact fees did pass, and the social work compact has
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fees the social work compact fees the social work compact fees uh<00:55:57.359 - So my question is on the interstate compact, and how does that interstate compact work with regard to
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- The compact became defunct due to a change in the compact status with the IRS.
- chapter 83 pest control compact. chapter 83 pest control compact.
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Summary:
The House took up Senate Bill 323, suspending the rules to consider it immediately. The bill was described as a broad agricultural measure with committee amendments and fiscal implications, and it was reported favorably by the Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry Committee, Ways and Means, and Appropriations. Members outlined sections dealing with milk market corrections, farm-to-school language, repeal of the obsolete pest control compact, pesticide applicator licensing changes, seed law updates, the Vermont Agricultural Credit Program, hemp regulation, and CAFO-related provisions. The Agriculture committee reported the bill out 7-0-1, and the effective date was described as July 1, 2026, except for the hemp provisions, which would take effect upon passage.
Much of the discussion focused on the hemp sections. Supporters said the bill updates Vermont law to reflect federal changes and shifts hemp oversight from the Agency of Agriculture to the Cannabis Control Board. The hemp provisions would create registration and licensing requirements for hemp producers, processors, and certain hemp products; set fees; authorize testing, inspections, stop-sale orders, and administrative penalties; and allow rulemaking on product standards, labeling, insurance, additives, and age restrictions. Speakers said the changes were intended to help Vermont’s hemp industry maintain access to banking, insurance, and interstate commerce while improving consumer safety and regulatory clarity.
Other agricultural provisions were also explained in detail. The bill would clarify milk producer hearing rights, update farm-to-school grant/contract language, remove outdated pest-control compact language, and adjust pesticide applicator exam and fee rules, including removing the limit on retakes and eliminating certain government applicator fees. It would also modernize seed labeling and definitions, transfer the Vermont Agricultural Credit Program into a new statutory structure under VEDA, and make conforming cross-reference changes in tax and cannabis fund statutes. The final sections would add a CAFO permit working group and require consultant training for state agencies on CAFO inspections, with those provisions contingent on future funding. Ways and Means noted the bill’s fee changes could affect state revenues, including an estimated hemp-related impact of roughly $10,000 to $90,000, though the exact effect was uncertain.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 13th, 2026 at 09:00 am
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- There's no compacts through that we deal with. Does it cost?
- As far as I know, that is not part of the gaming pack compacts yet.
- It's not addressed in our compacts.
- Madam Chair: Representative: We don't call it a tax in the compacts.
- It's my understanding that the compacts, the state tribal compacts, would have to be renegotiated.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Mar 4th, 2025
Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security
Transcript Highlights:
- Let's go ahead and take up tab 2, SB 400 on the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military
- Since 2008, Senate Bill 400 basically removes the repeal date of the Interstate Compact on Educational
- The continuation of this compact allows military families to know that Florida is and will always be
- Since 2008, Senate Bill 400 basically removes the repeal date of the Interstate Compact on Educational
- The continuation of this compact allows military families to know that Florida is and will always be
Summary:
The Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security met with a quorum and took up two bills. First, it heard SCS for SB 348, which would make it an ethics violation for a public official, candidate, or appointee to falsely claim military rank or honors for material gain, and would also require withholding delinquent ethics fines from the paychecks of current public officials or employees after 90 days. Senator Gates presented the bill, the Florida Commission on Ethics supported it, and members discussed the wage-withholding process. The committee voted the bill favorably.
The committee then considered SB 400, which removes the repeal date from Florida’s participation in the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, making the compact permanent unless later repealed by the Legislature. Senator Wright explained that the compact helps military families with school transitions, and a representative from Foundation for Florida’s Future waived in support. The committee voiced support and voted SB 400 favorably.
After completing both measures, the committee had no further business and adjourned.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations.(3-4-26)
Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations
Transcript Highlights:
- So the compacts require the FBI checks, but they need authority in order to implement those. >> Yeah,
- Those were all compacts that we passed. I'm trying to think it's ended.
- So this is simply modernizing and catching up those compacts that were passed that predated that and
- So the compacts require the FBI checks, but they need authority in order to implement those. >> Yeah,
- Those were all compacts that we passed. I'm trying to think it's ended.
Summary:
The Licensing and Occupations Committee met with a quorum and heard several licensing and regulatory bills. House Bill 565, presented by Rep. Myron Dossett with support from the Kentucky League of Cities and the Paducah Fire Department, would clarify and broaden the authority of “fire protection officials” so local fire officials, along with the state fire marshal, can enforce final orders and seek court enforcement locally. The sponsor described it as cleanup language to streamline fire code enforcement and improve efficiency. The bill passed unanimously.
The committee then considered House Bill 776, a modernization of Kentucky’s Dental Practice Act, presented by Rep. Derek Lewis and Jeff Allen of the Kentucky Board of Dentistry, with Rep. Chad Hall also speaking in support. The bill updates definitions and board authority, revises licensure and renewal provisions, clarifies supervision and training rules for hygienists and assistants, updates telehealth standards, and preserves dentists’ authority over diagnosis and treatment planning. Members also discussed a provision allowing the board to use excess licensing funds for a scholarship to attract dentists to Kentucky. After questions about Medicaid access and a promised amendment removing certain ownership-related provisions, the bill passed unanimously.
House Bill 657, presented by Rep. Stephanie Deetsz and Michelle Sanborn of the Children’s Alliance, would give five licensing boards the statutory authority needed to obtain FBI fingerprinting/ORI numbers for interstate compact compliance. The boards named were counseling, speech-language pathology and audiology, occupational therapy, social work, and psychology. Supporters said the bill simply updates Kentucky law to match current FBI fingerprint language. It passed unanimously.
Finally, the committee took up House Bill 273, presented by Rep. Mike Klein and the Kentucky Board of Barbering. A committee substitute was adopted first. The bill reduces barber training hours from 1,500 to 1,200, allows 10-hour school days, shortens out-of-state licensure experience requirements from three years to one year, and makes other cleanup changes, including moving board compensation to regulation. Supporters said it would reduce barriers to entry and help address workforce shortages. The amended bill passed unanimously, and the committee adjourned.
PA
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill authorizes Pennsylvania to join the dental and dental hygienist compact.
- This bill authorizes Pennsylvania to join the dental and dental hygienist compact.
- The background checks with fingerprints that are required in other compact proposals, like the athletic
- trainer compact, the social worker compact, and the physician's assistant compact, along with other
- That we as a body are powerless to amend this compact. Take it or leave it.
Summary:
The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved several journals, and welcomed a number of guests, including Irish dignitaries, scholarship winners, interns, student pages, and members of Omega Psi Phi. After confirming a quorum, the chamber received committee reports and referred new bills and resolutions, then recessed for caucuses and committee meetings before returning to floor action.
In the afternoon session, the House considered several bills and amendments. It approved amendments to House Bills 426, 1127, 2551, and Senate Bill 146, while rejecting an amendment to HB 1127 that would have tightened background-check requirements for out-of-state dentists. The chamber also agreed to HB 2234, which creates a spent grain donation tax credit and updates the malt beverage tax credit, and HB 2551, which limits text-message notices by the Turnpike Commission and other agencies about unpaid fines, fees, or tolls. Senate Bill 146, creating the Veterans Trust Fund Board, was amended to add audit-related changes and then agreed to.
The House then took final passage votes on several bills. HB 133, allowing a process to petition for reinstatement of parental rights, passed 191-11; HB 138, barring parental incarceration as the sole basis for termination of parental rights, passed 200-2; HB 2207, on capital development loans, passed 202-0; and HB 2224, dealing with utility rate and tax-related changes, passed 202-0 after extensive debate over affordability, consumer protections, and tax relief. HB 2473, repealing the Flood Insurance Education Information Act of 1996, also passed unanimously, and HB 2544, addressing school administrator rights and compensation disputes, passed 141-61.
The most extensive debate centered on HB 2632, which reallocates educational tax credit caps and replaces the EITC and OSTC programs with a new options tax credit framework beginning in 2027-28. Supporters said it would improve transparency, accountability, and access for the poorest students, while opponents argued it would reduce scholarship opportunities, add burdens, and harm families and schools that rely on the current programs. After lengthy debate, the House passed HB 2632 by a vote of 105-97. The chamber then announced a Finance Committee voting meeting, recommitted several bills to Appropriations, and adjourned until June 23, 2026.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
December 10, 2025 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- OUR COMPACT WAS ACTUALLY SIGNED IN 1948 HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WHEN THE SOUTHERN GOVERNORS MET
- TO SIGN THAT COMPACT.
- OVER THE PAST YEAR, SREB HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER LEADERS ACROSS OUR 16 COMPACT STATES TO UNDERSTAND HOW
- >> Speaker: WE ARE A VERY UNIQUE ORGANIZATION IN THE FACT THAT WE ARE IN A REGIONAL COMPACT THAT WAS
- ONE THING I'VE KNOWN FROM A LONG TIME AGO IS THAT THE COMPACT ITSELF IS VERY NICE.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- compact, but withdrew in 1994. compact, but withdrew in 1994.
- of the compact in 1965. of the compact in 1965.
- the Interstate Compact for Education. the Interstate Compact for Education.
- That is not members of the compact.
- Compact for Education. Compact for Education.
Summary:
The House opened with a devotional and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through first readings and referrals of several bills. House Bill 950, the pay act for certain state employees, was read and referred to Appropriations, and House Bill 951, the government appropriations bill, was read and referred to Ways and Means. Senate bills referred included S. 138 on commercial property assessed clean energy projects, S. 181 on eliminating a pre-sentence investigation requirement for deferred sentences, S. 206 on licensure of early childhood educators, S. 219 on an energy navigator program report, S. 239 on the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Working Group, and S. 291 on travel disclosures for legislators and certain executive officers, each sent to the appropriate committee.
The chamber also read several House concurrent resolutions adopted on the consent calendar. These included resolutions congratulating Rice Memorial High School’s Division Two girls soccer team and Division One field hockey team, designating March 2026 as Athletic Trainers Month in Vermont, and remembering the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disasters in Japan. The Japan remembrance resolution included a message from the Japanese consul general expressing gratitude for Vermont’s solidarity and friendship after the disaster.
Later, members offered announcements recognizing guests in the gallery, including Rice Memorial athletes and coaches, representatives of the Vermont Association of Athletic Trainers, and students and teachers from Pondbrook and Sterling College. The House also heard a detailed floor speech in support of House Bill 861, which would establish a statewide Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator. The sponsor described accessibility barriers faced by disabled Vermonters, argued that ADA responsibilities are currently uneven across state government, and said a coordinator would improve coordination, compliance, and access across agencies. The House then announced the order of upcoming bills, starting with H. 861 and H. 931, but no final vote on H. 861 was taken in the portion provided.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Mar 20th, 2025
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- So There's talk of moving that, but we have the compact, the racino compact, to look at.
- And so it gives us an opportunity to pilot Five of these tribal compact schools.
- It's the East State Tribal Education Compact to report for the status and progress to the Legislative
- I do have a compact school in my district, which is SFIS. I believe that's A compact school, Mr.
- So, it's not a compact school.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Now, what that will do is compact your salary schedules for these personnel.
- It was brought up when we talked about the compaction issue as well. And I do.
- I think that we also have to be cognizant of the compaction issues that this has.
- Compaction, and I don't want to cause a problem there. I'm very intrigued by what Mr.
- Rounds had to say about compaction. Did you give me an example?
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
WV Senate Government Organization Committee in Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 09:03 am
Government Organization
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill would enact the interstate cosmetology licensure compact.
- Additionally, legislation to enact the compact is currently pending in nine other states.
- This compact is similar to other occupational licensing compacts that West Virginia has already enacted
- license to legally practice in every other state that has enacted the compact.
- is a common database among the members who have compact privileges.
Summary:
The Committee on Government Organization met to approve minutes and then considered a series of House bills, most of which were reported to the full Senate with recommendations that they do pass. House Bill 5063 would let county commissions appoint county commissioners as voting members of convention and visitors bureau boards, including for multi-county CVBs. House Bill 5087 would enact the interstate cosmetology licensure compact, allowing multi-state practice for licensed cosmetologists in member states and authorizing criminal history checks. House Bill 5638 would clarify the State Chief Information Security Officer’s duties, shift cybersecurity oversight to annual program reviews, and add software licensing protections; it was amended and reported. House Bill 4483, concerning funeral directors and funeral establishments, was amended only to change an effective date and make technical corrections before being reported. House Bill 5653 would expand confidentiality for Department of Revenue audit-related materials to prevent taxpayers from gaming audit selection, and House Bill 4452 would repeal church acreage limits in state code after discussion of constitutional concerns and current practice. House Bill 4801 would expand permissible uses of hotel occupancy tax revenues for demolition of unsafe structures and property planning or improvements, and House Bill 5622 would create an expedited process for municipalities to conform election terms and charter provisions to the requirement that local elections coincide with state elections.
The committee also adopted a strike-and-insert amendment for House Bill 4546, which allows business entities to file reports biennially instead of annually, extends the correction period for deficient reports, and adjusts fees and enforcement provisions; the amendment removed a conflicting section and made technical corrections. House Bill 5613 would define and expand the use of telematics in fleet management, require related reporting and rulemaking, and include a cost-benefit analysis in the division’s annual report. House Bill 5323 would let the Division of Natural Resources adjust license and stamp fees for inflation by removing a prior CPI-based prohibition. House Bill 4819 would revise how criminal records are considered for certain non-Chapter 30 licenses, shifting to a “directly related” standard while preserving existing exclusions for violent sexual offenses; members discussed that point before reporting the bill. The committee adopted all amendments presented, reported the bills, and then adjourned after closing remarks from the chair and vice chair.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 14, 2026 - 10:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- IS HOUSE BILL 13 I WOULD SUGGEST IT IS A LUCKY NUMBER 13 BUT THIS IS ONCE AGAIN THE SOCIAL WORKER COMPACT
- FLORIDA IS NOT ONE OF THE COMPACT MEMBER STATES.
- THE COMPACT WOULD ALLOW SOCIAL WORKERS TO JOIN FLORIDA IS NOT ONE OF THE COMPACT MEMBER STATES.
- THE COMPACT WOULD ALLOW SOCIAL WORKERS TO JOIN THE COMPACT IN FLORIDA AND THEY COULD PROVIDE SERVICES
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Oct 1st, 2025
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- The chamber also supports funding for the compact study.
- In this budget, Page it says to study interstate compacts.
- It doesn't say to implement interstate compacts.
- And I haven't seen a bill to implement the compacts. Did I miss a bill?
- Intention to join health care compacts.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance May 20th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Deferring compact funding presents significant challenges as campuses have already enrolled students
- based on the compacts requirements.
- The administration is fully committed to funding the compact deferral.
- So right now we are planning on fully meeting the compact enrollment for 25-26.
- I have just a couple questions around the compact repayment.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Feb 5th, 2026 at 09:02 am
House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Texas is not paying for this water, and we are getting no credit on the river compacts.
- He understands that if New Mexico can satisfy the compact requirements with Texas with produced water
- if treated produced water can be used for economic development in southern New Mexico and meet the compact
- river and fill the compact, then we wouldn't be cut.
- But certainly, and the compact I'm much more familiar with, is the Texas v. New Mexico Compact.
Keywords:
Taos County, Questa, produced water, treated produced water, water reuse, water quality control commission, freshwater conservation, rural communities, acequias, Indian nations, tribes, pueblos, water rights, industrial water use, data centers, artificial intelligence, AI, quantum computing, economic development, renewable energy
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
ALC-OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE Mar 19th, 2026
ALC-OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE
Transcript Highlights:
- We are a member of the Compact Commission, and there are 222 physical therapists through the Compact.
- There are 222 physical therapists through the Compact and 82 physical therapist assistants who currently
- hold compact privileges in Arkansas.
- As stated previously, we’ve been a member of the Compact for nearly five years now.
- And within that compact, we all have to meet the same requirements as well, and we all have comparable