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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/24/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • Planning when appropriate.
  • It's a siloed plan.
  • But there are plans like Chicago's fire plan that's funded, I believe, at 21 percent.
  • But that's not a defined benefit plan. That's their 401(k)-type plan, a DC plan.
  • I'm here today in support of 1672. This bill... I'm here today in support of 1672.
Summary: The committee first considered Senate Bill 1630, which would direct AHCCCS to seek federal approval for a home- and community-based services program for adults determined to be seriously mentally ill, with quarterly implementation updates, stakeholder input, and a cap on enrollment. The sponsor and advocates from Arizona Mad Moms argued the bill would create an assisted-living-style Medicaid option for the most disabled SMI individuals, improve continuity of care, and reduce state general fund costs by shifting some expenses to federal Medicaid funding. Access testified neutral, estimating a total fiscal impact of $27.7 million, including $5.83 million general fund, and explained the need for CMS approval. The committee adopted an amendment reducing the initial cap to 250 members, changing reporting frequency, and adjusting eligibility and expansion conditions, then passed SB 1630 as amended on a 10-0 vote. The committee next heard Senate Bill 1131, which originally required school districts and charter schools to adopt cardiac emergency response plans and appropriated $1 million for implementation. An amendment replaced the mandate with a reporting requirement on AED counts, CPR/AED-trained staff, and whether schools have a plan, while keeping a grant component for AEDs and prioritizing rural schools. The American Heart Association supported the amended approach as a way to gather baseline data and target resources, and members discussed AED training, school preparedness, and whether the funding should favor rural or high-population schools. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1131 as amended on a 9-1 vote, with Senator Kuby voting no and several members explaining concerns about funding and priorities. The committee then took up Senate Bill 1582, which concerned the school safety interoperability fund. An amendment shifted the appropriation from the Department of Education to the Department of Administration and allocated funds to specific county sheriff offices for continuing operation and maintenance of existing interoperability systems, while narrowing the program to public safety agencies and school districts and requiring twice-yearly testing. Sheriffs, a county school superintendent, and the Arizona Sheriffs Association described the systems as useful for drills and real emergencies, improving communication between schools and first responders; one speaker noted the program had been used in drills and at least one live deployment. Some members questioned the audit findings, the focus on rural counties, and whether the program was a good use of funds, while supporters emphasized its value for school safety. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1582 as amended on a 6-4 vote. Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 1504, which would change retirement rules for Tier 2 and Tier 3 public safety personnel by allowing earlier normal retirement and shortening the COLA waiting period, with an amendment exempting the changes from the statutory pre-funding requirement. Supporters from firefighter and police groups said the bill would improve recruitment and retention and let employees receive earned benefits sooner, while city, county, and taxpayer representatives warned it would add substantial unfunded liabilities and undermine the 2016 pension reforms. Actuarial testimony estimated significant costs, including tens of millions in annual or upfront impacts depending on how the change is funded, and members debated whether the amendment would shift costs onto future taxpayers or simply spread them over time. The transcript ends during continued testimony and discussion on SB 1504, before a final vote is reached.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Feb 10th, 2026 at 10:06 am

Senate Indian, Rural & Cultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Those in the audience, those in support and any in opposition, if supporters would like to come up and
  • We strongly support SB 242.
  • I just want to stand here in support.
  • We will show you in support. We'll show you in support. Do anyone online?
  • And we support heritage.
Bills: SB201, SB226, SB242, SB249
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/24/26

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • support today. support today.
  • I do support the bill.
  • LELS, uh and get some support with them. LELS, uh and get some support with them.
  • I support this bill.
  • would encourage your support. would encourage your support.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Transportation and Energy Committee Apr 2nd, 2026

Transportation and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill also supports continued investment in critical infrastructure.
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  • c> continued This bill also supports continued This bill also supports continued investment<00:10
  • c><00:11:23.240> while managing that relationship while managing that relationship while supporting
  • supporting efficient project delivery. supporting efficient project delivery.
Bills: HB542
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Ways & Means May 5th, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, I'm, uh, here in support of House Bill 3830.
  • So that's why you're here to support this bill. OK.
  • economy rely is supporting food and beverage operations.
  • I'm here to express my strong support for the bill.
  • To support the bill All right, you're Kenneth flipping.
Bills: SB 4, SB 23, SJR 2
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Corrections May 5th, 2025

Corrections

Transcript Highlights:
  • Not On Our Watch supports Senate Bill 958 because we have seen time and time again that survivors are
  • We support Senate Bill 958, and I'll answer any questions. Members, are there any questions?
  • I'm here today on behalf of the Texas Probation Association in support of Senate Bill 663.
  • It maintains the judiciary's role in reviewing budgets and strategic plans but shifts that review to
  • and discussing local needs and plans with the Board of Judges and key stakeholders.
Bills: SB663, SB958
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Child Committee Meeting - 2026-04-15

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I do, we have a plan?
  • to support the A10. to support the A10. All<01:17:38.040> right.
  • I mean, I support the bill. I support the amendment.
  • I mean, I support the bill. I support the amendment.
  • . support. support.
Bills: HF4382, HF2929
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAM DEFER, WAM-CPN, WAM Public Hearings 03-03-2026

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, we’re just going to require that DNR and DHHL take the lead to develop the plan since they actually
  • Next item: Senate Bill 2803. the lead to develop the plan since they the lead to develop the plan since
  • We’re going to blank the appropriations and require that a draft BL plan be submitted by 2027 and that
  • the final plan be submitted in 2028, and we’re going to defect the date to 2015.
Summary: The joint committee on Ways and Means and Consumer Protection met for decision-making only on two agendas and took action on a large number of Senate bills, with no oral testimony heard. On the 1016 agenda, the committee recommended passage of measures including SB 2088, SB 2925, SB 2781, and several others, and passed a number of bills with amendments. Notable amendments included SB 3263, which adopted AG amendments related to the name, image, and likeness endowment trust fund; SB 2047 on pharmacy benefit managers, which incorporated Hawaii Pharmacist Association changes; SB 2087 on health insurance, which added Insurance Division clarifications; SB 2100 on pesticides, which added a blank appropriation; SB 2353 on outdoor signage, which removed provisions related to the Wiki special district; and SB 2902 on renewable energy, which clarified certification standards for portable solar devices and exempted them from certain disclosure requirements. Most recommendations were adopted without objection, though a few members noted reservations on selected bills. The committee also deferred one bill on the agenda, SB 3327. The committee then moved to the 1015 agenda and acted on additional measures. SB 2003 was passed with amendments tied to Act 255, including a repeal trigger if deadlines are missed; SB 2497 on utility-related transparency drew the most discussion, with one member warning about litigation and costs while another argued it was simply about electricity-rate transparency, and it ultimately passed with PUC-related amendments and an exemption for utility cooperatives. Other measures were passed unamended or with technical or fiscal amendments, including bills affecting land planning, tax credits, conveyance tax language, shoreline maintenance, and community improvement projects. Several bills had appropriations blanked or effective dates deferred to 2050, and many were adopted with members noting reservations rather than opposition. On the 1017 agenda, the committee continued approving measures, including SB 709 on crisis intervention officers and assisted community treatment, SB 2153 on defining bona fide farmer/agriculture activity, SB 2694 on water rate adjustments, SB 3025 on income eligibility limits, and SB 3085 on the Hawaii film studio, which included a five-year repeal provision if the studio has not relocated. The committee also passed numerous other bills unamended or with technical amendments, often deferring effective dates or blanking appropriations. Across both agendas, the committee’s actions were largely consistent: bills were advanced with amendments tailored to agency requests, technical corrections, or fiscal adjustments, and votes were generally unanimous or near-unanimous with occasional reservations recorded.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Insurance May 7th, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is there a plan to add more, and when can that be expected to occur?
  • Do commercial plans already handle this?
  • Since it would be on the health insurance plan, right?
  • Generally, on the bill, we really have no notes; we greatly support it.
  • We do support the bill in concept.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 14th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • School-based health centers support families, support schools, and help ensure students are healthy,
  • , Section 504 plan, behavior intervention plan...
  • Individualized accommodation plan, Section 504 plan, behavior intervention plan, or individualized health
  • plan without collaboration and agreement.
  • planning training, and emergency preparedness standards.
Summary: The Senate Education Committee met with four members present and took up a long agenda of education-related bills. Early items included SCR 65, which would create a K-12 student success task force to study statewide career and academic pathway advising; the committee adopted a substantive amendment adding designees and then reported the resolution favorably. The committee also reported favorably on SCR 119, honoring Coach D.D. Breaux, after brief remarks about her LSU gymnastics legacy and the request that LSU study naming its gymnastics training facility in her honor. Several bills affecting school operations and student support were heard and reported favorably, including HB 434 on probationary school bus driver employment and superintendent authority over dismissal; HB 484 expanding scholarship benefits for children and spouses of fallen or disabled firefighters and police officers; HB 749 and HB 1059 on savings accounts and TOPS math eligibility alignment; HB 218 adding food insecurity questions to student questionnaires, which was amended and reported favorably; HB 325 expanding TOPS Tech eligibility through dual enrollment and part-time use; HB 476 requiring Safe Haven law postings in middle and high school restrooms; HB 1249 clarifying access to school-based health centers, with an amendment adopted; HB 1242 allowing more than one early learning center license at the same location under certain circumstances; HB 632 improving data protections and functionality for LA First; and HB 352 on behavioral health services for public school students, which was amended to address IEP and dispute-process concerns before being reported favorably. Two bills drew extended debate over transparency, privacy, and school autonomy. HB 608 would create confidentiality for intercollegiate athletics revenue-sharing documents; LSU representatives argued the bill was needed to protect student-athletes and competitive information, while PAR and the Louisiana Press Association opposed it as an improper secrecy carve-out for state-generated revenue. Despite the opposition, the committee reported HB 608 favorably. HB 1112, which would exempt BESE-approved non-public pre-K programs from certain licensure and safety requirements and adjust related definitions, was amended and then heard with testimony from the Pelican Institute in support, arguing it corrects overreach from prior law and protects private school autonomy and parental choice.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Feb 24th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Commerce & Economic Development Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill provides a voluntary way for Oklahoma to show their pride in Route 66, with proceeds supporting
  • I think that you've probably been involved in a lot of those conversations, and I appreciate your support
  • that, but I have full faith in your ability after we sit down to fully understand it and hopefully support
  • . ...and your ability after we sit down to fully understand it and hopefully support it.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I provide support to patients who are considering making an adoption plan during their pregnancy. ...
  • I received support from the agency, and I still have support from the agency ten years later.
  • We took months already to plan.
  • They've created a hospital plan.
  • I respectfully urge you to support it. your support. Thank you all.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 7th, 2025 at 03:30 pm

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • I see that Vets, Inc. is supporting this initiative.
  • It's a six to eight hour treatment plan.
  • And I'm here to testify in support of... in support of HB2038, which would help integrate highly skilled
  • This blueprint will serve as a comprehensive planning model that allows the state to effectively plan
  • I think it's a long-term plan of those that are supporting this industry regarding what they may do with
Summary: The meeting of the public health committee focused on the pressing issue of opioid addiction in Texas, with a particular emphasis on House Bill 3717. Chairman Harris detailed the bill's intent to fund a grant program for Ibogaine clinical trials, framing it as a critical response to the ongoing opioid crisis. He shared poignant testimonies highlighting the struggles of families and veterans battling addiction and mental health issues. The conversation underscored the necessity of innovative treatments, like Ibogaine, which showed promising results in studies for reducing symptoms of withdrawal and PTSD.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HSH-HLT Joint Public Hearing - Tue Apr 7, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Human Services & Homelessness

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we have four written testimonies in support: State Health Planning and Development Agency, Disability
  • And we have four written testimonies in support: State Health Planning and Development Agency, Disability
  • in support, the Department of Education. in support, the Department of Education.
  • support of HCR 102 HD1. support of HCR 102 HD1.
  • I strongly support HCR 102 HD1. I strongly support HCR 102 HD1.
Bills: HCR67, HCR102, HR61, HR94
Summary: The joint Committee on Human Services and Homelessness and Committee on Health heard two measures on April 7, 2026. HCR 67/HR 61 would request the Disability and Communication Access Board to study communication needs in health care settings for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind and develop guidelines. Written testimony supported the measure from the State Health Planning and Development Agency, DCAB, Local Independent Living Hawaii, and one individual. A DCAB representative noted the proposal could serve as a backup if related measures do not move forward. No one testified in opposition, and both committees voted to pass the measure unamended. The second measure, HCR 102/HR 94, urged the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Health and the Office of Wellness and Resilience, to establish a statewide peer counselor program to address youth loneliness and social disconnection in schools. Support came from the Department of Education, the Office of Wellness and Resilience, and individual testifiers Katie Smith and Ray Ward. Smith said peer support can reduce stigma, increase belonging, and improve school climate. Ward, speaking from lived experience, described the harms of loneliness and trauma and said a peer counselor program could provide culturally grounded support and safer pathways to help. No opposition was offered, and both committees voted to pass the measure unamended.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 2/24/26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's also more supports facilities.
  • <01:36:37.520> I a plan that is evidence-based. I a plan that is evidence-based.
  • Plans only work when people are supported, trained, and given time to carry them out.
  • However, Minnesota we support it.
  • only work when people are leaders. plans only work when people are supported,<01:43:33.920> trained
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Feb 26th, 2025

Finance and Taxation Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • I support this, and I want to tell you why I support it. I've got family that lives in...
  • So, my point that I want to suggest is that this is a good plan.
  • I sitting here, I support the concept. I support us being able to open...
  • I just want to deliver that report to you and thank you all for supporting that.
  • Yeah, so let me just... ...supporting that. Yeah, so let me just interject.
Bills: SB175, SB195, SB196, SB199