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AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 12th, 2025

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • We thank you for all the members of this committee and the districts they represent. ...and all of us
  • who have the responsibility of paying attention to the needs of the people of our state.
  • We're going to carry that one over at the call of the chair. Any questions? The call of the chair.
  • I had intended to get around and get to most of you, so I hope most of you have seen it.
  • that is part of it.
Bills: HB30, HB35, HB72, HB89, HB30, HB35
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Transportation Apr 8th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • the last couple of years.
  • These were a part of a study that we requested at OTTA to look at what infrastructure has already been
  • It would still undergo a feasibility study, traffic analysis, those types of things.
  • And yeah, that kind of sort of. And thank you for that answer.
  • You know, in his area, we've got millions of people coming up out of Texas.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPN-HHS Public Hearing 03-20-2026

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm the program manager for the Coalition for the Tobacco-Free Hawaii, a program of Hawaii Public Health
  • <00:04:21.640> of<00:04:21.760> Hawaii<00:04:22.040> Public Hawaii, a program
  • of Hawaii Public Hawaii, a program of Hawaii Public Health<00:04:22.600> Institute.
  • of OBGYNs in strong support of HB 1875. of OBGYNs in strong support of HB 1875.
  • any of that. any of that.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 1573, which would create state enforcement authority over unauthorized e-cigarette products and related tobacco enforcement. Supporters including SHPDA, the Department of Health, the Attorney General’s office, Hawaii Public Health Institute, and others said the bill would help protect youth from unauthorized vaping products, give the state tools to enforce an FDA-authorized product list, and add penalties and inspection authority. A committee member asked whether enforcement staff were available and what penalties would apply; the response was that existing tobacco investigators would take on the work, and the bill includes civil penalties, seizure authority, and possible license revocation referrals. The measure drew both support and opposition testimony, but no vote was taken in the portion provided. The committee then took up HB 1645, relating to liability for child welfare service providers. The Insurance Division said it was aware of the insurance-cost problem, had raised the issue with the NAIC, and was exploring a captive insurance option, while suggesting the legislature consider additional appropriations to DHS to cover higher contract costs. Supporters, including Parents and Children Together and Hawaii Insurance Council, argued the bill would help child welfare providers obtain insurance and continue critical services. Opponents, including the Hawaii Association for Justice, warned that removing joint and several liability could leave victims undercompensated and might not actually lower premiums. The insurance commissioner said other states have done tort reform in this area, but the committee was told it is not clear the bill would reduce insurance costs. Finally, the committee heard extensive testimony on HB 1875, which would protect access to gender-affirming care in Hawaii and shield patients and providers from out-of-state legal actions. Support came from the Hawaii State Youth Commission, LGBTQ+ and public health groups, medical professionals, ACLU Hawaii, Planned Parenthood, and others, who said gender-affirming care is evidence-based, medically necessary, and important for patient privacy, provider stability, and continuity of care. Several witnesses asked for amendments to the bill’s definition language. Opposition testimony came from individuals and groups including Hawaii Christian Coalition, Leeward Republican Women’s Club, and others, who argued the bill could expose children to irreversible decisions and that more research is needed. The chair noted roughly 176 supporters and about 40 opponents testified. No final action or vote was reported in the excerpt.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • The city of Mount fund B program.
  • > fund program, the city of Eminence has a fund program, the city of Eminence has a fund B<00:
  • From round two of the Cleaner Water Program, authorized under House Bill 1 of the 2022 session, there
  • So the first five are projects that are recommended under round one of the KPDI program of 2024.
  • So the first five are projects that are recommended under round one of the KPDI program of 2024.
Summary: The committee first handled routine business, including approval of the February meeting minutes and several information items. Those items covered university equipment purchases, school district and transportation-related debt issuances, Northern Kentucky University’s planned construction-manager/general-contractor delivery method for the medical examiner/crime lab relocation project, a lease-space advertisement, postsecondary asset preservation allocations, and lease-law compliance reports. Members then discussed the Northern Kentucky crime lab project in more detail; staff explained that the memorandum of agreement would cover the construction portion while the lease would cover operations, and members were told the project should move forward without procurement problems. The committee approved a Kentucky Community and Technical College System project to modify the fire academy maintenance building after the related dormitory project was set aside because of major cost overruns. KCTCS said the dormitory would be about $3 million over budget, so it would not be bid; instead, the maintenance building would be expanded to add showers and restroom/locker facilities, bringing that project from $2 million to about $3.2 million. The committee also approved a Transportation Cabinet project for the Hardin County I-65 southbound commercial motor vehicle station relocation, with members asking about the estimate, the lack of a direct prior example, and the fact that the loadometer equipment itself would be purchased separately and was not included in the construction estimate. Finance and Administration Cabinet lease items were then considered. The committee approved a Department of Public Advocacy lease in Christian County and a Transportation Cabinet vehicle regulation lease in Kenton County, both negotiated down from initial asking prices and both including utilities. Two lease modifications were reported without action: a Department of Revenue fit-up in Jefferson County and an expanded vehicle regulation lease in Adair County. Members also approved a package of Kentucky Infrastructure Authority items, including four loans and six Cleaner Water Program grant reallocations, covering sewer and water projects such as MSD’s Patty’s Run flood pumping station, Paducah-McCracken County’s wastewater treatment plant, Mount Washington’s lift station replacement, and Eminence’s wastewater plant expansion. Finally, the committee heard a batch of Kentucky Product Development Initiative economic development grants and approved the action items in one vote. The projects included due diligence and infrastructure work for industrial and site-development projects in multiple counties, with local match requirements and KEDFA approvals described for each. The committee also received three line-item water grants from House Bill 1 that required no action, and the meeting ended after the grant presentations and approvals.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Elections and Ethics Feb 9th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Elections and Ethics

Transcript Highlights:
  • the state of Oklahoma and you would have to show an intent to return to the state of Oklahoma because
  • But it doesn't say outside of the state; it just says outside of the state.
  • We know that in any type of employment, there are cases of retaliation.
  • Part of he didn't commit the embezzlement, but he was part of this and he was let go with cause.
  • That's not the intent of this bill.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Rules Feb 9th, 2026 at 09:11 am

Senate Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • The memorial requests the Department of Health to conduct a formal study that will evaluate the efficacy
  • of a statewide overdose prevention program, which would include implementation of... ...a statewide
  • overdose prevention program, which would include implementation of overdose prevention centers and other
  • And Madam Chair, I think that as we look at the organization of CYFD, I think there are some programs
  • Madam Chair and Senator, that is a big part of the intention of this piece of legislation.
Bills: SB238, HJR1, SM21, SM22
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 7th, 2025 at 02:30 pm

Appropriations - Education and Environment Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • Dakota, and they were all supportive of this program going forward.
  • So for those two study sections, the one change that was recommended for each of, or requested for each
  • So that's the idea behind that, having the study that way in both of them.
  • And as long as there's adequate time, there should be adequate time on those type of studies to address
  • And as long as there's adequate time, there should be adequate time on those type of studies to address
Bills: SB2004, HB1600
Summary: The committee reconvened to continue work on water-related appropriations and related bills, with the chair emphasizing the need to move the water bill to conference committee soon because of differences with the House. Members reviewed project funding levels and carryover balances across several water projects, including NAWS, Southwest, Valley City, Cirrus River flood control, Hart River, Redder water supply, municipal and rural water, general water, and discretionary funding. The discussion focused on reduced revenue forecasts, the use of a $150 million line of credit as a working assumption, and concerns about large carryover amounts and piling up cash. No final changes were made to the water funding numbers, but the chair said the committee would revisit the bill after further cleanup of the draft language. The committee then took up House Bill 1600, which would create an immigration law clinic at the University of North Dakota law school. Members agreed the program should be treated as a one-time pilot rather than ongoing general fund spending, so they adopted an amendment changing the $400,000 appropriation to one-time funding from the strategic investment fund. The amended bill passed unanimously, and Senator Meyer was assigned to carry it. House Bill 1417, dealing with parole and probation-related policy, was also amended. The committee removed Section 8, which eliminated the bill’s appropriations language, based on testimony that the referenced funding was already included elsewhere in the budget. The amended bill then passed unanimously. The committee also discussed possible future amendments to water study language, including earlier reporting deadlines and a proposal to require larger new water project requests to go through the Water Topics Overview Committee before being introduced, but no final action was taken on those concepts. Several other bills, including the AI-related House Bill 1448 and law enforcement bonus bill 1193, were left for later consideration.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Health Committee Mar 5th, 2025

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman, members of the committee.
  • I think it was a result of just good conversation about a lot of things that need to be discussed.
  • of patients is not really a part of the curriculum anymore.
  • of 100 hours.
  • That's more of a comment.
Bills: HB330, HB336, HB322, HB346
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/25/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • The first order of business is approval of the minutes.
  • study of recent changes included careful study of recent changes in<00:01:49.560> the<00:01:49.719
  • <00:04:33.759> happened because of the results of what happened because of the results of
  • <00:10:47.360> so advance in part of the plan of merger so advance in part of the plan of
  • This is a longer bill and again came from many years of study by practitioners in the field, hearing
Bills: HF747, HF360
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Health & Social Services Committee Meeting Jun 24th, 2026

Health & Social Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • a new pilot program, developed by a team of scientists and clinicians with over 200 years of combined
  • Every report on diabetes since 2002 documents that the Department of Health and Social Services programs
  • The program, just to give you kind of an overview, will include initial quarterly visits with care providers
  • The bill on that is to see how we can study the state's ability to actually test these types of products
  • The CDC did their own study on creative involved deaths and determined that over 90% of them were poly
Bills: HB305, HB395, HB341
Summary: The committee met in late June with Senators Hansen, Buckson, Siegfried, Townsend, and Huxable present, and first approved the meeting minutes by voice vote. The opening bill, HB 341, would limit DFS from filing child support in foster care cases unless doing so would not hinder reunification; Children’s Department staff said the department has already decided to stop filing in all such cases, with an estimated fiscal impact of about $140,000 annually. Public testimony from the League of Women Voters supported the bill as a compassionate measure to help families reunite. The committee then heard HB 446/related anaphylaxis legislation for colleges and universities, which would allow institutions to stock and use intranasal epinephrine alongside auto-injectors and update training and reporting requirements. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America supported the measure, emphasizing the need for needle-free options and faster treatment of anaphylaxis. The committee also took up HS1 for HB 356 on PFAS, which would ban firefighting foam containing PFAS beginning in 2028, require disclosure if PPE contains PFAS, and address recalls; DNREC and the fire service supported it, saying most departments have already transitioned away from PFAS foam. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 305, a diabetes wellness pilot program that would use continuous glucose monitoring, app-based care coordination, lab testing, and DHIN data analysis to shift care toward prevention and remission. Sponsor Senator Siegfried described the bill as a response to Delaware’s high diabetes costs and prevalence, and the Medical Society of Delaware supported it as a proactive model. The committee also discussed HB 395, which would regulate intoxicating hemp-derived products and synthetic cannabinoids by classifying products over a THC threshold as marijuana and creating penalties for unlicensed sales; the Office of the Marijuana Commissioner supported the bill, while hemp industry representatives and Senator Hoffner warned it could harm legitimate hemp retailers and access to hemp products. The final item, HS1 for HB 332, would ban sales and marketing of kratom products to those under 21 and direct the state to study testing and regulation of kratom and synthetic variants. Supporters, including the Delaware Healthcare Association and several recovery advocates, said age-gating is a reasonable first step and that synthetic products are the main concern; opponents and some senators argued the bill should go further and fully ban kratom or better distinguish synthetic products from natural leaf kratom. No formal roll-call votes were taken on the substantive bills during the transcript, and the meeting adjourned after public comment.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Local and County Government Feb 10th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Local and County Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • The provisions of Senate Bill 2046.
  • Yes, it will allow the Department of Environmental Quality to determine the legality of a campsite.
  • of new law?
  • And as I'm thinking of the Department of Public Safety, do you want?
  • Who do you think, when you think of the Department of Public Safety, who are you thinking about?
Bills: SB1265, SB1198, SB2046
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • So, one of the things that kind of came So, one of the things that kind of came up<00:07:45.199>
  • <00:10:14.399> pension we saw out of uh all of our pension we saw out of uh all of our pension
  • assumed rate of return of 8%. assumed rate of return of 8%.
  • you a little bit of an idea of where you a little bit of an idea of where that<00:26:58.880>
  • It's kind of this rate of return.
Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the prior meeting minutes, welcomed new staff member Sean Parks, and announced that it would not meet in November. The next meeting was scheduled for December 8 at 10:00 a.m., with the chair noting that pension bills would be heard then and emphasizing that all pension bills must go through the full process and include actuarial analysis. Brad Gross of the Public Pension Oversight Board presented a detailed review of Kentucky retirement systems’ investments and funding. He said fiscal year 2025 ended with about $50.5 billion in pension assets and $12.52 billion in retiree health assets, both up from the prior year. He reported strong investment performance across the systems, with all Kentucky public pension funds exceeding their policy benchmarks and the median peer return of 10.4%. He also discussed long-term return trends, asset allocation differences among the systems, fee levels, and cash flow, noting that cash flow remains a key monitoring issue and that supplemental appropriations have improved the cash position of some funds, especially the Kentucky State Police and TRS systems. Gross also explained that assumed rates of return have generally fallen over time, which increases unfunded liabilities and required contributions, and said the systems’ current assumptions range from 5.25% to 7.1%. He noted that the committee’s materials included peer comparisons and historical charts, and that all asset classes were within target ranges. In response to a question from Senator Funky From, Gross was asked about pension spiking and whether supplemental general fund contributions could create a false sense of security in cash flow analysis; the question was raised but not resolved in the portion of the transcript provided.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House County and Municipal Government Committee Apr 30th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • there that prohibits that, but I think there's some municipalities that have said without this piece of
  • legislation that... ...without this piece of legislation that they can't do this.
  • As a matter of fact, I think there's not. But we made sure... Again, I apologize.
Bills: HB247, SB117