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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (03/11/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- No, we have to amend it and raise it. Mr. Chair, the language, right?
- No, we have to amend it and raise it. Mr. Chair, the language, right?
- Right now, we can only contract with certain limited types, and my hope is that by being able to contract
- It's an amendment to repeal it, to change it.
- amendment to repeal it it's an amendment amendment to repeal it it's an amendment to<01:06:11.400
Summary:
The committee first discussed a proposed increase to the annual elevator certificate fee in the Department of Labor. The commissioner said the fee had been $50 for years and generated just under $300,000 annually, while the Inspection Division’s broader revenue far exceeded its expenses. Members noted the fee only covered the certificate, not the inspection itself, which is billed separately at $100 per hour. After comparing the fee to neighboring states and discussing the department’s revenue and staffing, the committee agreed to rewrite the language to set the fee at $75 and to vote on an amendment later.
The committee then took up Section 139, which would expand the list of labor-law violations that can be penalized without first issuing a warning. The Department explained the change was meant to align House Bill 157 with other chapters, including youth employment and workers’ compensation provisions, where immediate civil penalties are already allowed. The section was accepted unanimously.
A longer discussion followed on the Second Injury Fund. The commissioner explained that the fund reimburses insurers for certain workers’ compensation costs tied to claims involving pre-existing conditions, is financed by assessments on insurers, and requires notice within 100 weeks of injury plus a $10,000 deductible before reimbursement. He said the fund currently holds roughly $16 million to $22 million, one full-time employee administers it, and total staff involvement is about five to six people. Members questioned whether the fund should be sunset, but the department said the current House Bill 2 language does not propose a sunset; instead, it addresses increased hearing and litigation burdens after a recent Supreme Court decision. Sections 140 and 141, dealing with hearings, were then accepted unanimously. The committee also briefly discussed fines for late insurance coverage reporting, with the department noting the current rubric allows up to $50 per day but uses $112 per day, and members suggesting a lower amount.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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- So I hear what the intent of this amendment is, but the language in the amendment doesn't match that
- representative Baker and the amendment representative Baker and the amendment and<00:15:50.720><
Bills:
HF11
Keywords:
Minnesota Paid Leave, paid family and medical leave, family leave, medical leave, implementation delay, premium collection, employer premiums, state payroll tax, workforce, labor, benefits administration, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, employer notice, seasonal employees, private plans, actuarial study, outreach and education, employee rights, reinstatement
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Public Health - Room 216, 27 January, 2026; 3:00 PM
Public Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
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to That language needs to be amended to That language needs to be amended to - And Senator Johnson's bill and amend it.
- We've reviewed a couple contracts with the contract employees as far as evaluators go.
- We've reviewed a couple contracts with the contract employees as far as evaluators go.
- with the reviewed a couple contracts uh with the contract<00:35:07.760>
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Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 3, a Medicaid and certificate-of-need measure described as a revised version of a bill vetoed by the governor the previous year. The bill would remove a prohibition on a psychiatric residential treatment facility in one county from Medicaid participation, add 20 beds for a Madison County facility, allow crossover status for a Harrison County hospital, require MC to obtain a certificate of need for facilities outside the original Jackson campus area, increase capital expenditure limits, and remove the provision the governor had objected to. Members discussed whether the bill was really a study item or a substantive new requirement, especially a provision tied to acute adult psychiatric units treating uninsured patients or paying a fee. The chair explained the policy concern as preventing “cherry-picking” of insured patients and shifting more uncompensated care to public facilities. The committee voted that the title was sufficient and the ayes appeared to have it, then voted to rise and report.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 2453, a clarifying bill on window tinting/glazing exemptions. The sponsor explained that current law requires a physician’s affidavit for an exception, and the bill would clarify that licensed optometrists, along with physicians, may sign the affidavit for people whose eyes are sensitive to light. After brief questions, the committee again voted that the title was sufficient and the ayes appeared to have it. The chair said the two bills were being moved quickly to the docket room for processing and that the committee would reconvene immediately afterward.
The final portion of the meeting was a hearing on Senate Bill 2566 involving the Board of Cosmetology and Barbering. The chair explained that the hearing was prompted by complaints from last session about inspectors being overly aggressive, fines for technical violations, and delays or problems with licensing. Board representatives said the newly appointed board had met for the first time, elected officers, and intended to focus on workforce development, easing burdens on the industry, and protecting public health and safety. They said the board had already restored prior passing scores for exams, adjusted work-permit timing to help students, reviewed contracts and staffing, and planned further meetings. Members and the chair discussed possible legislative changes, including mobile barber establishments, reducing fines, and extending license terms from two years to three years, with the chair asking the board to work with Senator Johnson on amendments before the deadline.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Human services policy bill clears committee 4/3/25
Transcript Highlights:
- I would like to move, uh, we have a couple of amendments. First, the DE2 amendment.
- We have DE2 amendment before us, members.
- The amendment is now adopted to the bill as amended. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
- The A2 amendment to DE2 is now adopted to your bill as amended. Thank you, Mr. Chair and members.
- policy Bill house file 2115 as amended policy Bill house file 2115 as amended um<00:05:23.000>
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- We're going to have amendments And we'll do the two emergency bills this afternoon.
- We do have an amendment for your bill, so I move Senate Finance. Move the amendment.
- Questions on the amendment? I'll explain the amendment. You have a copy of the amendment.
- And So that's the amendment, Representative Harlan. That is correct, Mr. Chair.
- Okay, friendly amendment, Mr. Chair. I move the amendment.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Fiscal Policy Mar 13th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- DEBATE ON THE AMENDMENT?
- CHAIR IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT THOSE OPPOSED LET'S GO BACK TO THE BILL AS AMENDED.
- CHAIRMAN FOZ ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AMENDMENT? OKAY APPEARANCE FORMS ON THE AMENDMENT?
- THIS AMENDMENT IS APPROVED. LET'S GO BACK TO THE BILL AS AMENDED.
- IS THERE DEBATE ON THE BILL AS AMENDED? AS AMENDED?
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Special Session E May 29th, 2026
Florida Senate Floor Meeting
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/27/25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- What are the amendments?
- I believe you have an author's Amendment I believe you have an author's Amendment first<00:02:47.879
- The next amendment that we will take up is the A14, and that's my amendment. we took the words waste
- the a15 is adopted um the next amendment the a15 is adopted um the next amendment that<00:04:13.200
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does <00:05:06.080>any the amendment does any the amendment does any
Keywords:
pregnancy support, women's health, maternity homes, nonprofit organizations, grant funding, abortion, family services, Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So moved as amended. Thank you, Mr.
- Yeah, I'd move the DE1 amendment.
- um yeah I'd move the de one Amendment um yeah I'd move the de one Amendment this<00:02:02.439>
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law contractor it's just under contract law contractor it's just under contract- that the FY 24 appropriation be amended that the FY 24 appropriation be amended to<00:53:37.720>
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ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Appropriations Apr 3rd, 2025 at 08:30 am
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- the amendment to provide that?
- Further discussion on the amendment.
- So that is what the amendment does.
- Chairman, I would move the amendment. Motion by Senator Sickler for amendment 02002.
- Okay, further discussion on the amendment.
Keywords:
adult residential facilities, care services, Medicaid, payment rates, elderly care, health services, North Dakota, prescription drugs, drug affordability, copay assistance, copayment accumulator, deductible accumulator, out-of-pocket maximum, health insurance, health benefit plan, self-insured health plan, self-funded plan, third-party payment, manufacturer assistance, patient assistance program
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee met with a quorum and took up three bills. House Bill 1216, dealing with prescription drug expense co-pay accumulators in health plans, was presented by Rep. Karen Carl’s, who explained it would prevent insurers from refusing to count third-party assistance toward deductibles for patients using high-cost, non-generic drugs. An amendment was offered to clarify effective dates, including a delayed January 1, 2026 start for PERS coverage. PERS testified that the amendment would align with its calendar-year benefit structure and likely reduce the fiscal note. The amendment was adopted 16-0, and the bill was set aside for further discussion later.
House Bill 1199, creating a criminal justice data-sharing system and missing persons/missing Indigenous people task force, was introduced with a committee amendment changing the Attorney General reference to the Attorney General or designee. The committee noted the bill includes a $250,000 general fund appropriation for ongoing costs. The amendment passed 16-0, and the amended bill received a do pass recommendation by a 15-1 vote, with one no vote from Senator Magrum.
House Bill 1531, appropriating $75,000 for an irrigation expansion study by the Agriculture Commissioner, was supported as a way to update older economic-impact studies on irrigation and assess opportunities for expansion. Members discussed its relationship to broader study pauses and the history of irrigation development in the state, including Garrison Diversion and remaining authorized acres. The bill passed 16-0. The committee then discussed scheduling for the coming week, noting a heavy bill load and plans for daily morning meetings before adjourning.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (04/01/2025)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
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Roar seen the amendments that uh Mr. Roar seen the amendments that uh Mr. - <01:39:00.320>
Thank amendments. Thank you, gentlemen. Thank amendments. - Contracts can be up to 20 years.
- Contracts can be up to 20 sources. Contracts can be up to 20 years. years. years.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- That's the amendment. Members, questions on the amendment? Questions on the amendment?
- Seeing no further questions, do we have amendments? Do we have amendments? No amendments.
- We're on to amendments. Are there any amendments?
- Questions on the amendment? Questions on the amendment? Seeing no questions on the amendment.
- Public testimony on the bill is amended. It. Amended.
Summary:
The committee took up eight bills and memorials and reported each favorably. It first passed HM 4063, a memorial urging Congress to lay the groundwork for a federal sovereign wealth fund. Sponsor Rep. Anderson described it as a long-term economic security measure, while several members questioned how such a fund would be structured, governed, and balanced against paying down debt. Ranking member Hunschofsky and Rep. Spencer raised concerns about transparency, market disruption, and the lack of specific parameters. The memorial passed on a recorded vote.
The committee then approved CS/HB 139, allowing pawnbrokers to use digital transaction forms, with SMG testifying in support as a modernization and pro-business change. It also adopted an amendment and passed HB 1157, which tightens reemployment assistance requirements by adding work-search, interview, identity, immigration, and availability checks; the amendment added protection for missed interviews due to emergencies and removed an email reporting requirement. The Florida AFL-CIO and Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy opposed the bill, arguing Florida’s unemployment system is already overly restrictive and that the proposal would further limit access to benefits, while supporters said it would ensure claimants are actively seeking work and verify eligibility.
Members also passed CS/HB 497 to create nonprofit agricultural organization medical benefit plans for farmers and ranchers, with support from Americans for Prosperity, the Florida Hospital Association, and the Farm Bureau; CS/HB 729 to authorize veterinary professional associates to perform limited duties under veterinarian supervision, with testimony from veterinarians and advocates citing access and workforce shortages; and HB 311, a right-to-repair bill for motorized wheelchairs, which drew strong support from disability advocates who described long repair delays, high costs, and the impact on independence and health. Rep. Tramont praised the wheelchair repair bill during debate, and the committee voted it favorably.
Finally, the committee passed CS/HB 1549, an Office of Financial Regulation agency bill intended to help regulate financial institutions more efficiently, and CS/HB 715, which allows licensed roofing contractors to perform roof-to-wall connections during reroof or repair projects and extends the emergency cancellation window to 180 days after a declared emergency. HB 715 was amended to require a contract notice advising property owners to verify insurance coverage before signing when the work is tied to an insurance claim. Roofing industry groups and home inspection representatives supported the measure as a way to reduce costs and improve wind mitigation. At the end of the meeting, the chair announced the agenda was complete and the committee rose.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- amendments or corrections.
- amendment.
- So we need to adopt the amendment. I don't even know if they have that amendment.
- They can look at the amendment. He just went over the amendment line by line.
- That made me a nice amendment. That made me a nice amendment. Well, and Mr.
Keywords:
telecommunications, low-income assistance, lifeline, broadband, rural broadband, universal service fund, public regulation commission, PRC, 911 surcharge, telecommunications relay service, VoIP, mobile service, internet affordability, digital equity, digital inclusion, rural internet, broadband infrastructure, eligible telecommunications carrier, ETC, tribal consent
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- . amendment. amendment.
- Not a question, but I'd like to offer the A2 amendment to the A1 amendment.
- Not a question, but I'd like to offer the A2 amendment to the A1 amendment.
- . amendment. amendment.
- accept an amendment such as this. accept an amendment such as this.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Nov 17th, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- So, what is the contract now that you're paying out?
- Our contract.
- Our contract doesn't cover that, so we would have to increase the contract for a substantial additional
- The New Mexico Green Amendment proposes a constitutional amendment to enshrine the right to clean and
- We also have a variety of funding from other state contracts, local contracts, federal programs, as well
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Land Grant Sep 8th, 2025
House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- And that real estate contract is...
- This real estate contract is a 10-year contract, and they have paid two years so far on it.
- to pay down the contract, but it's...
- Is the real estate contract issue unique to Monsanto?
- It is on the old, you know, 50-year contract.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We'll continue to work on this as we go towards the floor with potential amendment. Thank you.
- It appears, in my understanding, that due to the legislative amending the code that year, it caused a
- Madam Chair, the substitute prohibits a superintendent's contract from including a clause that stops
- Chairman, does the provision prohibiting that contract clause for superintendents, is that prospective
- Since it's, I know we have a... ...contracts clause in the Constitution, but since it's a government
Summary:
The Committee on Education K-16 heard testimony on SB 1635, which would give certain coastal, recapture-paying school districts a credit against recapture payments for mandatory windstorm and hail insurance costs. Senator Hinojosa said the bill is intended to offset unusually high insurance expenses for districts in Tier 1 or Tier 2 coastal zones, and he estimated about a $12 million impact to state revenue. Witnesses from Port Aransas ISD and Gregory-Portland ISD described sharp premium increases, reduced coverage, higher deductibles, and the effect on teacher pay and classroom spending. Senators asked about the number of affected districts, the accuracy of the fiscal estimate, and whether the bill might encourage districts to maintain coverage. Public testimony was closed and SB 1635 was left pending.
The committee then took up several other bills and committee substitutes, adopting and reporting favorably SB 2786, SB 2623, SB 646, SB 843, SB 2392, SB 1998, SB 1418, SB 2788, and SB 2076, with most votes unanimous or near-unanimous. SB 2392 was amended to add improper relationship between educator and student to mandatory reporting offenses and to authorize an attorney general civil penalty for failure to report. SB 2623 was revised to clarify duties and exemptions related to the Safe Schools and Neighborhood Task Force and school proximity restrictions. SB 843 would create a TEA database of school district bonds and related projects, and SB 2788 would exempt certain PSAT scorers from the Texas Success Initiative assessment.
The committee also heard SB 2929, which would allow referees and other officials at school athletic events to immediately eject disruptive spectators. The Texas Association of Sports Officials testified in support, citing abusive spectator behavior and a shortage of officials. SB 2929 was left pending. Finally, the committee heard a substitute for SB 2927 on 1882 partnerships and a substitute for SB 2619, which would require more transparency and accountability for failing school districts, superintendent hiring, trustee training, and takeover timelines. Testimony on SB 2619 was mixed, with one witness from Texas 2036 supporting parts of the bill’s accountability provisions. The committee adopted the substitute for SB 2619, left it pending, and then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair, I do have two amendments.
- Thank you for the amendment; it passes.
- you and then I have the A5 amendment you and then I have the A5 amendment that<00:03:58.360>
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in agency Bill uh the amendment in agency Bill uh the amendment in paragraph
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
October 8, 2025 - 10:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- And we'll also have to amend our managed care contracts as well.
- Every measurement that is done by the the Department of Health and Human Services contracted auditor
- We certainly expect that to add delays to the approval of any new 11, 15 waivers are 11, 15 amendments
- That initial review show that the rules and contracts are in place.
- So the agency also amended the managed care contracts effective October one.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Health Services (10-22-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay. amendment? Okay. Do we have a second? amendment? Okay. Do we have a second?
- The agency amendment is approved. Okay. The agency amendment is approved.
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some <00:13:12.800>paths contract issues which have some paths contract - So that's really really contracts.
- to happen, and they also have to be monitored, and there are times you can amend contracts.
Summary:
The committee first approved the minutes and then approved an agency amendment to a health and family services regulation. The amendment reversed a prior change so that neonatal ICU beds would remain subject to regular review rather than nonsubstantive review. The remaining administrative regulations were then reviewed without objection.
The main presentation was from State Auditor Allison Ball on a report finding $836 million in concurrent Medicaid capitation payments from 2019 through 2022, involving individuals enrolled in Kentucky and at least one other state. Ball said Kentucky relied on the PARIS system, which has limitations because it is updated quarterly and depends on voluntary state participation, while a better federal data source, T-MSIS, was not fully available to the state. She said the audit found weak internal controls, siloed processes, outdated guidance, and a low-priority attitude toward residency checks, all of which contributed to missed alerts and improper payments. She also said the report identified additional problems, including payments made after beneficiaries died and cases involving multiple states paying for the same person.
Ball recommended better access to federal data, stronger MCO contract provisions, and more active oversight by the Department for Medicaid Services and managed care organizations. She said the contracts reviewed did not provide a clear way to recoup the improper payments, though she and her counsel suggested possible equitable legal theories might be explored. Members expressed concern about the scale of the waste and the lack of contract enforcement, and asked whether any money could be recovered. Ball said the audit did not identify a clear contractual path to recoup the funds.