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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 016 Conference PM - 04-23-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-23-2026 12:00pm

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Department of Human Services, Nonnie Crab Parker and Meredith Nichols.
  • Department of Human Services, Nonnie Crab Parker and Meredith Nichols.
  • Department of Human Services, Nonnie Crab Parker and Meredith Nichols.
  • Department of Human Services, Nonnie Crab Parker and Meredith Nichols.
  • Thank you for your service and mahalo for being willing to do it. >> [applause] >> Do we have any other
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • their Division of Youth Services pays for the drug screens and services.
  • we do uh utilize this service for. we do uh utilize this service for.
  • disability determination services. disability determination services.
  • legal service matters.
  • service contract list.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee first approved the May 12 minutes, then deferred item 285 on the routine personal service contract green list for Western Kentucky University to the July 2026 meeting. It also noted that several deferred university contracts had been withdrawn by the institutions, and then approved the remaining agenda items without objection, including personal service contracts, amendments, memoranda of agreement, Kentucky Entertainment incentive agreements, deferred items, and corrections, except for items pulled for further review. The main pulled item was a Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts contract supporting Fayette District Court’s juvenile treatment court through Fayette County Public Schools. Court officials explained that the program, created under Supreme Court rules in 2022, serves court-connected juveniles with mental health and related needs, operates at the courthouse, and uses a school-employed program manager funded through a pass-through arrangement with Fayette County Public Schools and the Urban County Government. They said the program has had over 100 referrals, accepted about half, and had at least 25 successful graduates, with 11 high school graduates among participants. Members asked about who pays for drug screens, family involvement, and what counts as successful completion; the officials said the Urban County Government’s Division of Youth Services pays for drug screens and services, and that parents must participate in classes and support services. The committee then approved the contract review, with some members explaining their votes in support and one member emphasizing the committee’s role in reviewing contracts in the public interest. The committee also reviewed two Auditor of Public Accounts contracts. The auditor’s representative said contract 11, with Vantage Point Solutions, will examine the Kentucky Communications Network Authority/Kentucky Wired network for $700,000, well below the $1.5 million appropriated, and that a report is expected before the 2027 regular session. Contract 12 funds a special examination of investment managers used by Kentucky’s retirement systems, prompted by a Legislative Oversight and Investigations request to assess whether investments tied to ESG factors are consistent with fiduciary duties; the representative said the retirement systems have been cooperative and that findings are expected on a similar timeline, with some flexibility built into the deadline. After questions about the Texas litigation referenced in the explanation, the committee approved both auditor contracts without objection.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 35 (2-26-26) - Reupload

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • relating to health services for youths. relating to health services for youths.
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  • In the tourism, arts, and services.
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Summary: The House convened with 97 members present, declared a quorum, approved excusing absent members, and suspended the rules to allow co-sponsorships and vote modifications. The journal for February 25, 2026 was approved. The clerk also reported that the Senate had passed Senate Bills 98 and 122 and requested concurrence. The House then received second-reading reports on a range of bills, including measures on prison educational programs, respiratory care, dietitians, wildlife depredation, temporary structures, military families, civil rights, local boards of education, light pollution, controlled-substance prescribing licenses, youth health services, class sizes for exceptional children, the athletic trainer compact, limited commercial driver’s licenses, and Senate Bill 145 relating to the Department of Agriculture and Alcohol Beverage Control. Committee reports moved several bills forward, including the main budget bills House Bill 500 and House Bill 504, along with measures on workforce investment, data centers, domestic violence, guardians ad litem, domestic relations, health delivery and “food is medicine” initiatives, state personnel, open records, and fish and wildlife resources. House Bill 500 and House Bill 504 were taken from the Rules Committee and placed on the orders of the day. House Bill 500, the executive branch budget bill, was then taken up for third reading and explanation. Members presented extensive floor explanations of House Bill 500 and House Committee Substitute 1, describing it as a “good first draft” of the executive budget. Supporters said the proposal emphasizes restrained spending growth, base reductions with exemptions for key areas, employee salary increments, and deposits to the Budget Reserve Trust Fund for future one-time investments. They highlighted funding for K-12 education, postsecondary aid and workforce training, Medicaid and behavioral health, public health infrastructure, pensions, veterans, public safety, economic development, tourism, and state technology and facility maintenance. The budget substitute was adopted by voice vote, and the discussion continued with detailed descriptions of the bill’s provisions; no final passage vote was shown in the excerpt.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, June 10, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Treasury Financial Services and Integrity Services will handle this. They are professionals.
  • Treasury Financial Services and Integrity Services will handle this. They are professionals.
  • Treasury Financial Services and Integrity Services will handle this. They are professionals.
  • Treasury Financial Services and Integrity Services will handle this. They are professionals.
  • Treasury Financial Services and Integrity Services will handle this. They are professionals.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Human Services - 03/19/25

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • services and the department of health. services and the department of health.
  • <01:12:13.440> Our services for over 100 years. Our services for over 100 years.
  • This could limit access to essential care services well beyond To essential care services well beyond
  • The long-term care service side.
  • would increase capacity of forensic would increase capacity of forensic mental<02:00:17.119>
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Justice May 13th, 2025

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • plans, and the enhancement of communication between schools, law enforcement, and emergency medical service
  • response training program and create a template for use by local law enforcement or emergency medical services
  • This bill will require each law enforcement agency and emergency medical service provider that responds
  • I'm the evidence and forensic supervisor with Seguin Police Department.
  • piercing studios, so we find that sometimes these victims go through, make use of those types of services
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

January 15, 2025 - 01:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • And last we have Chief Dan Singleton, Investigative Services, Brevard County Sheriff's Office.
  • law enforcement agency tries to serve as a hub or a nexus where, if we do not have the manpower to service
  • if they have a beer and wine license, or it could be the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
  • And consumer services if they have gas pumps.
  • Thank you for your service, all of you, and what you do for our communities.
Summary: The Industries and Professional Activities Subcommittee met to hear a panel on the prosecution and enforcement of illegal gaming in Florida. The chair opened with a video showing seized machines at a Florida Gaming Control Commission warehouse and described the scale of illegal operations. Panelists included the commission’s executive director, local sheriffs and police officials, and state attorneys from several counties, who described widespread illegal slot-machine locations, often in strip malls or convenience-store-type settings, and said the machines are typically used in organized criminal activity rather than legitimate amusement gaming. Witnesses repeatedly said the current penalty structure is ineffective because possession and operation of illegal slot machines are generally second-degree misdemeanors, which they described as too minor to deter operators who can quickly reopen after paying fines or completing diversion. They said enforcement is resource-intensive, requiring undercover work, search warrants, machine seizure, storage, forensic review, and long prosecutions, often while the same operators reopen elsewhere. Several panelists cited associated crimes such as robberies, firearms offenses, prostitution, drug activity, human trafficking, and at least some homicides tied to illegal gaming locations. Members also asked about the difference between legal amusement devices and illegal slot machines, online gambling, illegal horse racing, local licensing and ordinances, and whether manufacturers or distributors could be pursued. The commission and prosecutors said legal slot machines are limited to specific regulated locations and that lawful amusement machines lack a material element of chance. They said many illegal machines are imported or reworked versions of gaming devices and that upstream accountability is difficult under current law. Panelists also discussed cooperation with licensed casinos, tribal gaming entities, and local governments, noting that some local ordinances have tried to permit or limit these businesses. The main policy takeaway from the panel was a call to increase penalties, likely to felony-level offenses, and to consider stronger forfeiture and enforcement tools. No vote or formal action was taken at the meeting, and the chair adjourned after thanking the panelists.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on State and Local Government - Part 1 - 03/27/26

State and Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:13:23.760> So human services and also judiciary.
  • So human services and also judiciary.
  • Flag, or Gold Star Service Flag to be flown on somebody's property.
  • The Blue Star Service Flag, or Gold Star Service Flag, to be flown on somebody's property.
  • <02:05:08.440> of first-class mail and accepts service of first-class mail and accepts service
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 22nd, 2026 at 09:36 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • And lastly, fund type, so if you just want to see general fund versus service tax funds.
  • So I was just curious about that one, Line 47. the forensic unit.
  • interesting because we deal with so many different kinds of entities and some. of them are social service
  • funding needs an important. part in a lot of the people we interact with, particularly the social service
  • basically puts together education research that changes what's happening in the state and then our public service
Bills: HB1
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Emergency medical service providers and political subdivisions in instances of active shootings and other
  • preparedness plans, and the enhanced communication between schools, law enforcement, and emergency medical service
  • response training program and create a template for use by local law enforcement or emergency medical services
  • My name is Sarah Wilson, I'm the Evidence and Forensic Supervisor with the Seguin Police Department.
  • So, you know, we find that sometimes these victims go through and use those types of services.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Municipal and County Government (02/17/2026)

Municipal and County Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, you know, going back to what a forensic audit is. It's discovering fraud and criminal activity.
  • But to have citizens come in and try and have an actual forensic audit is very different than an actual
  • <00:41:10.319> a<00:41:10.560> an<00:41:10.800> actual<00:41:11.119> forensic
  • try and have a a an actual forensic try and have a a an actual forensic audit<00:41:12.079> is
  • the last 20 years in public service the last 20 years in public service because<05:25:18.320>
Keywords: 1189, house, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce May 20th, 2026

Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And they service that particular location, services 250, 260...
  • And they service that particular location, services 250, 260 stores.
  • That's coming from a distribution center that services 250, 260 stores or so.
  • services to homeowners across the state.
  • that he would not even use, such as trash valet services.
Summary: The Senate Commerce Committee met on April 20, approved the prior meeting minutes, and then heard a series of bills and resolutions. It first advanced H. CR 66, which directs Louisiana Economic Development, working with the Governor’s Office of Rural Development, to study rural parish economic assets, infrastructure, workforce, and development opportunities. The committee also moved HB 387, a clarification allowing the fire marshal to review architectural and engineering plans equally, and HB 1223, which seeks to promote clinical trials in Louisiana by having LED market the state’s research capacity and by adjusting internal review board procedures. HB 1228, a cleanup bill for hearing aid dealers that updates definitions, contracts, testing periods, licensing, and related requirements, was also reported favorably, as was HB 950, which would create an elderly consumer perception program through the Office of Elderly Affairs to help seniors recognize scams and fraud. The committee spent the most time on HB 617, a broad “hidden fees” consumer transparency bill. The author and supporters said it would require mandatory fees to be included in upfront pricing so consumers can make informed choices, while opponents from grocery, restaurant, hotel, housing, retail, and business groups argued the bill was vague, overly broad, and likely to create compliance burdens and litigation risk. Housing advocates objected to the bill’s housing exemption, warning it could weaken renters’ ability to bring claims over undisclosed fees. After extensive debate over variable pricing, sales taxes, enforcement, and the scope of the bill, Senator Morris moved to defer HB 617, and the committee agreed without objection. The committee also heard HB 797, which would create a “Bayou Gold” certification program for certain gold vendors and transactional gold products. The sponsor said the program would encourage vendors to keep gold insured, segregated, and closer to Louisiana consumers, with the Treasury administering the certification through participant fees. Several senators and an outside witness raised concerns that the state seal could be mistaken for an endorsement, could create liability or consumer confusion, and would favor a narrow set of vendors. Despite opposition, the committee reported HB 797 favorably, with members noting it still had to go to Finance. Later, the committee advanced HB 1186, which would create a more uniform statewide building code and licensing system for inspectors, add disciplinary authority, and impose a small permit fee to support the program, and HB 1222, which would let LED develop a grocery initiative to address food deserts and food insecurity. The meeting concluded with the committee hearing HB 1256 on abandoned digital assets, which would require dormant digital assets to be held in original form for three years so owners can reclaim them.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce May 18th, 2026

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • stated, this is Senate Bill 80 by Senator Mizell, relative to the regulation of certain broadband services
  • We've actually, Ariel's actually done that, and she's worked with the Office of Financial Services to
  • So I'm glad to see that we have this in here and to know that if the service provider doesn't make it
  • We encourage that cooperative spirit to get these services back up and running.
  • Or if it’s, okay, I simply hit a service line, we can repair it within the next few minutes and I’ll