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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/23/26

Agriculture Finance and Policy

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  • <00:47:57.680> I'm assistance from the commissioner.
  • I'm assistance from the commissioner.
  • And again, a lot of that's going to be up to the Department of Agriculture and the Commissioner.
  • Uh, one thing that and the Commissioner.
  • agricultural landscape, the commissioner agricultural landscape, the commissioner could<01:42:37.679
Bills: HF3508, HF3548, HF3549
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/26

Transportation Finance and Policy

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  • without insurance.
  • without insurance.
  • Insurance,<00:58:21.520> maintenance, Insurance, maintenance, Insurance, maintenance, fuel,<00
  • that we want people to have insurance. that we want people to have insurance.
  • But I mean, I I am not buying insurance. There's I I am not buying insurance.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Feb 6th, 2026 at 04:24 pm

House Judiciary

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  • The doctor's company is a large insurer of doctors here.
  • I’m very skeptical about any—does your car insurance ever go down? No.
  • Does your health insurance... Down to your car. Does your car insurance ever go down? No.
  • And then again, not familiar with medical malpractice insurance, I think about homeowners or car insurance
  • My car insurance, homeowners insurance goes up when my neighborhood has more break-ins or more cars are
Bills: HB99, HB49, HB164, SB30, SB43, SB50, SB136
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Fiscal Responsibility Committee Feb 19th, 2025

Fiscal Responsibility

Transcript Highlights:
  • In most cases, I don't know if the County Commissioners know. In most cases, if they give...
  • Commissioners, in most cases if they give cost of living increases or salary increases.
Bills: SB45, SB73, SB169, HB243, SB177
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Feb 9th, 2026 at 06:43 pm

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • All right, we are on House Bill 38, wheelchair insurance coverage.
  • this body was able to pass what we call the prosthesis bill. ...the prosthesis bill, which asks insurance
  • It is because it's insurance, but it's really just adding activity chairs or wheelchairs to the devices
  • Madam Chair, so in the previous committees we've had former county commissioners support this.
  • We've had, in Santa Fe, a former county commissioner support it in testimony.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • He's the Commissioner of the Department of Employee Insurance, and he's grabbing the presentation.
  • We also haven't had any recent changes to our co-pays, co-insurance, deductibles, or max out-of-pocket
  • ,<00:52:47.359> deductibles our co-pays, co- insurance, deductibles our co-pays, co- insurance
  • The business of insurance gets more and more complex, which means that the member experience gets more
  • and more business of insurance gets more and more complex,<00:58:28.640> which<00:58:28.880><
Summary: The Interim Committee on State Government met on July 29, established a quorum, approved the June 24 minutes unanimously, and heard an update from the State Board of Elections on voter list maintenance. Taylor Brown, the board’s general counsel, explained the federal NVRA requirements and Kentucky’s statutory process for maintaining voter rolls, including use of USPS change-of-address data, ERIC reports, and agreements with non-ERIC states. He said Kentucky has entered or discussed agreements with several states, and that the board sends postcards to voters believed to have moved; if a voter does not respond to an 8D2 postcard and does not vote over two federal election cycles, the registration may be removed. He also described other removal categories such as death, felony conviction, incompetency, duplicate registrations, and self-requested cancellations. Brown reported that between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025, the board removed 284,381 registrations from the rolls, including 42,675 for death, 5,940 for felony conviction, 5,527 for registration in another state, 578 for incompetency, 223 based on jury questionnaires indicating non-citizenship, 746 self-removals, and 3,381 duplicates, along with 225,311 removals through the address-maintenance program. He said Kentucky’s total registrations decreased by roughly 169,000 over the year and are now below the Census Bureau’s estimate of the state’s voting-age population. Brown emphasized that receiving a postcard does not mean a voter has been purged and that failure to vote alone does not trigger removal. Members asked about the 223 non-citizen-related removals, the availability and effectiveness of alternatives to ERIC, the partisan criticism of ERIC, and how duplicate registrations are identified. Brown said the non-citizen jury questionnaire cases had been referred to the Attorney General for further review, that Kentucky currently has no organized alternative to ERIC but is pursuing reciprocal agreements with states such as Florida, and that ERIC recently changed bylaws to remove a postcard requirement that had been costly for member states. On duplicates, he said the board uses multiple data points, not just name and address, and noted that fuller Social Security data could improve accuracy. Committee leaders praised the board’s work and said they wanted to meet before session to discuss possible statutory changes to improve voter list maintenance.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Mar 26th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

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

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • or an insurer in a capacity other than as a salaried employer.
  • It also affects the large workforce that exists with other insurers here as well.
  • We worked this out with the Department of Insurance.
  • Madam Chair, members, Fausto Borrell from the Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions.
  • Arizona does not license staff adjusters who are direct employees of insurance companies.
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.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 30th, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • for the purpose of helping lower the cost of insurance purchased by state agencies.
  • The State Office of Risk Management administers the Voluntary Insurance Program.
  • Costly losses before having to use insurance. HB 5317 is a result of their recommendation.
  • Functionally, it's similar to raising your deductible on your insurance policy.
  • The insurance company lowers your premium because you're assuming more responsibility.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 19th, 2025

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • on their insurance, and it's already the law, but there's no teeth to that.
  • We want you to also just tell us if you have private insurance and how... ...if you have private insurance
  • third-party insurance.
  • If you have private insurance that will not put you at or below poverty, then you will get private insurance
  • So does the child or children have insurance for that year?
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Apr 16th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 1876 clarifies that a foreign insurer can be served a lawsuit through their registered agent
  • rather than only the insurance commissioner.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • a couple of different forms when you're doing a coordination of documents for the Department of Insurance
  • what has unfortunately proven to be a barrier to health care coverage for patients that have health insurance
  • What this bill would do is require the Texas Department of Insurance to create a form that could be used
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • During that time, I was required to have a very large key man insurance policy on me.
  • This is not a new technology; it's just not covered by insurance, right?
  • Insurance is escalating and prices are escalating in healthcare right now.
  • So, the current technology that's covered by insurance doesn't pick up what... This does.
  • This includes Social Security income, retirement... ...survivors and disability insurance.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 9th, 2026 at 06:36 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

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  • Which would permit the school districts and charter schools to pay 80% of the health insurance for all
  • multi-benefit level benefit because not only does it encourage people to get onto NMSIA and purchase health insurance
  • When we fail to address rising costs, especially health insurance, we lose experienced teachers, bus
  • Supporting H.B. 47 and adopting an 80-20 insurance coverage model is one of the most effective retention
Bills: HB63, HB64, HB184, HB200, HB47, HB48, HB2, HB9
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • House Resolution 1047 by Sneed of the House, a resolution relating to CompSource Mutual Insurance Company
  • Body through a little bit of the original structuring of CompSource, with it being an insurer of last
  • So that means that anybody that could not get workers' comp insurance, they were the market of last resort
  • And what happened was in 21 or 22, we passed some stuff to open the market up to other insurers so that
  • Hey Members, if you have a bill up or you are on the committee for insurance, we will meet at 3 p.m.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Revenue Committee, February 19, 2026

Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • the citizens of the state are protected, but also allow the risk that the state has to take with insurance
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  • has to take with insurance that it can<00:31:43.600> be<00:31:43.760> somewhat<00:31:44.159
  • <00:35:15.280> pools it gives our um self- insurance pools it gives our um self- insurance
Bills: HB0101, HB0062, HB0109