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MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Task Force Jun 25th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Task Force

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's a recovery support provider. I'm also faculty.
  • So I was meeting with the clinical treatment provider.
  • We want to provide this service regardless.
  • , and many of these providers are faith-based providers.
  • providing a similar level of service.
Keywords: 959, house, all
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE Mar 5th, 2026

JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then we send that back out to the provider to provide those...
  • And then we send that back out to the provider to provide those drug court or those drug and alcohol
  • looking for a successor provider.
  • Yes, we've worked with them on that successor provider, had many conversations with potential providers
  • provide.
Keywords: 1204, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • And so we are providing long-term careers, which provides middle-class homes, right, a pension, and health
  • What languages are those provided in? English and Spanish.
  • Unemployment insurance provides two paths.
  • We're also working with training and community college partners to provide skills and credentials needed
  • "And we will certainly provide that to you.
Summary: The joint Senate and Assembly labor committees held a hearing on the Los Angeles wildfires and their impact on workers, employers, and recovery efforts. Chairs and members emphasized that rebuilding should prioritize worker safety, equity, local hiring, and strong labor standards rather than simply moving quickly or relying on the lowest bidder. They also stressed the need to learn from past disasters and to create a more coordinated state response for future emergencies. Worker advocates described how domestic workers, day laborers, firefighters, and other frontline workers were affected by the fires. Testimony focused on workers being trapped in evacuation zones, lacking timely information in Spanish, losing jobs and income, and facing exposure to toxic debris without adequate PPE. Speakers called for expanded outreach and education, stronger Cal/OSHA enforcement, broader occupational safety coverage for domestic workers and day laborers, recall and transfer rights, childcare and transportation support, and a centralized disaster relief system that can quickly deliver cash aid and equipment regardless of immigration status. Firefighter Derek Irwin said California firefighters face serious carcinogenic exposure and urged continued funding for the firefighter cancer prevention and research program, along with a long-term state health monitoring and research effort similar to the World Trade Center Health Program. Building trades and labor representatives argued that cleanup and rebuilding should be done through community workforce agreements, prevailing wage, apprenticeship requirements, and local hire provisions, and said the state already has trained workers available. They also said federal debris-removal work through the Army Corps has limited the state’s ability to impose some standards, but that state and local funding or subsidies should trigger labor requirements. Employer and business representatives described major losses to property, inventory, revenue, and jobs, especially in Altadena and nearby areas. The Altadena Chamber said it is coordinating recovery resources, while a construction business owner said small local firms are being shut out of disaster contracts and proposed a more accessible procurement process for local and minority businesses. LAEDC presented preliminary estimates of billions in property damage and business disruption, tens of thousands of potential job losses, and a recovery timeline of five to ten years, warning that low-income communities will be disproportionately affected and that workforce retraining and upskilling will be needed alongside the broader economic recovery.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 11th, 2026 at 04:38 pm

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Line 159, and I would submit, is not needed to provide a supplemental appropriation before the fiscal
  • And then the vendors were not offering that to the work providers and pocketing that as income.
  • This is intended to help people move up by getting more credentials.
  • You provided not only construction funding through bonding, you provided additional...
  • You provided not only construction funding through bonding, you provided additional maintenance funding
Bills: SB152, SB145, SB190, HB247
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • spay-neuter through existing compliant high-volume providers.
  • Come on up, and I'm just going to provide a subtle reminder.
  • Come on up, and I'm just going to provide a subtle reminder.
  • Would you like to provide primary testimony and support?
  • These are not novice providers.
Summary: The committee heard a long agenda of bills, with members repeatedly noting the lack of quorum while testimony continued. AB 1693 by Assemblymember Zbur would streamline local permitting for retail tenant improvements by allowing qualified professional certifiers to review plans and requiring local action within set deadlines; the California Retailers Association supported the bill, citing lengthy permit delays, and there was no opposition. AB 2010 by Assemblymember Soria would expand access to high-volume spay and neuter services, including mobile clinics, to address pet overpopulation; supporters said it would improve access in rural and underserved areas, while opponents and the Veterinary Medical Board raised concerns about safety standards and asked for amendments. AB 2195 by Assemblymember Rodriguez would stop automatic occupational license suspensions for low-income parents behind on child support; supporters argued the policy is counterproductive and hurts earning capacity, while the California Child Support Association and others said license suspension is an effective enforcement tool that brings parents to the table. The committee also heard AB 2311 by Assemblymember Chiu, which would let public health care district hospitals directly employ physicians; supporters said it would improve recruitment and access to care, while medical groups warned about physician autonomy and institutional influence. AB 1796 by Assemblymember Jackson would create a licensure pathway for professional interior designers and add an interior designer to the California Architects Board; supporters framed it as a public safety and professional recognition measure, while opponents said it would create confusion, unnecessary regulation, and no demonstrated public harm. AB 1739 by Assemblymember Ward would make it a crime for clergy providing therapeutic services to engage in sexual contact with a counselee, closing a gap in existing law; it drew strong support from survivor advocates and no opposition. Finally, AB 2497 by Assemblymember Johnson began testimony on modernizing the physical therapy practice act, with the author noting committee amendments that removed imaging and other provisions, but the transcript cuts off before testimony or action on that bill was completed.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Business and Professions Committee Apr 21st, 2026

Business and Professions

Transcript Highlights:
  • spay-neuter through existing compliant high-volume providers.
  • Come on up, and I'm just going to provide a subtle reminder: please provide your name, organization you're
  • So I'm here to support California allowing providers to provide the same level of care for all patients
  • Would you like to provide primary testimony and support?
  • These are not novice providers.
Keywords: 988, house, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 20th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Support services provided under a Health and Human Services Commission program.
  • This is Thriving Texas Families that provides a number of things, but it provides parenting classes to
  • SB 1662 by Zaffirini, relating to notice provided for certain...
  • To provide as much property tax relief as we possibly can.
  • Yes, this provides a homestead exemption up to what level? Up to $140,000.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • So we'd love to be able to provide merit-based increases.
  • Yes sir, we try and provide guidance however we can't provide them legal advice correct correct but but
  • This exceptional item would provide the agency the ability to augment our current racetrack provided
  • Page 13 provides an update on our progress on Sunset Commission management actions.
  • They come out, the the training credentialing, they sit for the test.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • And that's just to continue providing competitive compensation to educators.
  • So PED has asked for that $9.8 million to provide stipends for substitutes or stipends for teachers and
  • They have a plan about how they teach their, provide professional development to teachers.
  • They have a plan about how they teach their, provide professional development to teachers.
  • And as chairman, provided we have the staff to do that and to have somebody separate. Mr.
Summary: The committee first heard a detailed staff presentation on the LESC FY27 public school support recommendation. Staff reviewed the budget structure and explained that, despite a downward revision in state revenue estimates, the recommendation still relied on recurring and non-recurring revenue to support educator compensation, insurance, transportation, literacy, math, special education, and other school programs. Major recurring items included a 3% compensation increase, funding for an 80-20 health insurance cost share, insurance premium growth, and transportation adequacy funding. Staff also flagged a possible supplemental need of up to $35 million for virtual education tied to rapid enrollment growth in Chama and Santa Rosa, and members raised concerns about the quality, accountability, and funding model for virtual programs. Members asked questions about transportation for rural districts, the Martinez-Yazzie lawsuit fees, the treatment of enrollment declines in the school funding formula, and whether the word “average” in salary language should remain in the budget. Staff explained that the SEG should remain whole, that the insurance and transportation recommendations applied to all public school employees but not contractors, and that the budget included multiple math-related investments spread across several lines rather than one single appropriation. There was also discussion of out-of-school learning grants, school meals, literacy center operations, special education training, and the Public Education Reform Fund, including the use of multi-year, evaluation-based appropriations for high-impact tutoring and community schools. After discussion, the committee adopted the LESC budget recommendation. The committee then moved to endorsed legislation proposals. It endorsed a bill allowing the secretary to suspend an individual school board member, with notice and appeal procedures clarified, and a bill creating an 80-20 health insurance cost-share requirement for public school employees, along with a study of the sustainability of public school insurance programs. It also endorsed a bill on attendance provisions for students with severe medical conditions, which would keep those students from being classified as excessively absent. Finally, the committee discussed a teacher residency bill that would raise stipend levels, allow residents to complete service anywhere in New Mexico, and remove the requirement that sponsoring schools must hire them, though the bill did not include an appropriation. Members also raised questions about bilingual, Hispanic, and Black education funding, cultural and linguistic supports in teacher preparation, and where various programs should be placed in the budget or PERF framework.
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session - 2026-05-29 - 1:00PM

Vermont Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It requires the Agency of Education to provide recommendations for the General Assembly regarding education
  • Section 9 provides for an effective date of passage; it is effective upon passage.
  • We are trying to provide a lot of clarity and non-competition in the financing space, and you also see
  • So, we asked them to provide us with...
  • So, we asked them to provide us with their opinion on how to right-size both the tasks of the staff,
Keywords: 927, senate, all
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Elementary and Secondary Education Mar 4th, 2026

Elementary and Secondary Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are providing a mechanism for the schools that do provide driver instruction, right?
  • This is providing a possible mechanism.
  • that graduated high school at 18 years of age and goes to college and gets their 60 hours for this credential
  • So if we can't fix the problem of how we actually provide a salary for the...
  • could just say, hey, I want a list of who's going to present before my kids, and they just would provide
Keywords: 959, house, all
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 27th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • conditions regarding the tax to provide conditions regarding the tax to provide conditions regarding
  • a process for requesting a to provide a process for requesting a to provide a process for requesting
  • further for the process under provide further for the process under provide further for the process
  • eligibility to provide scholarship eligibility to provide scholarship eligibility to provide scholarship
  • conditions and terms to provide for conditions and terms to provide for conditions and terms to provide
HI
Transcript Highlights:
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  • </c><00:35:14.160><c> a</c> patient has the right to uh provide a patient has the right to uh provide
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  • </c> they are a participating provider. they are a participating provider.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 2047, relating to pharmacy benefit managers. The Insurance Division said the bill would require new enforcement resources and estimated an appropriation of about $1.5 million and five positions. Kaiser Permanente asked for an amendment to exclude HMOs from the definition of third-party PBMs, saying the bill should not interfere with integrated care models. PCMA and the Hawaii Pharmacist Association supported narrowing amendments, with pharmacists objecting to section 3 and warning the bill as amended could create major operational burdens and a significant general fund cost. No vote was taken in the portion provided, and the chair moved on to the next measure after questions. The committee then took up SB 2080, which would allow Hawaii to join the psychology interjurisdictional compact. Supporters, including DCR, the Hawaii Association of Health Plans, the Hawaii State Association of Counties, the Grassroot Institute, and others, said the compact would expand access to psychology services, especially for people in rural areas or those needing continuity of care while traveling. Opponents, including the Board of Psychology and a Shamanad University psychology professor, raised concerns about client safety, crisis-response procedures, enforcement costs, FBI background checks, and possible loss of state control over training and specialization standards. The board said Hawaii’s current 1,900-hour internship/postdoc requirement is higher than the compact’s standard and that the state is still implementing a separate provisional licensing law that may address some access issues. The discussion focused on whether the compact would meaningfully reduce shortages and whether Hawaii should instead pursue changes within its existing licensing system. Finally, the committee heard SB 2277 on hospital price transparency. The Office of Consumer Protection initially noted the bill could require significant staffing, but later testimony from SHIP suggested the measure could be handled more simply by working with the Healthcare Association of Hawaii and publicly posting violations. The Healthcare Association of Hawaii opposed the bill, arguing hospitals already must comply with federal CMS transparency rules and that adding state requirements would increase costs and legal exposure, especially if violations were treated as unfair or deceptive trade practices. Steve Fenberg testified in support, saying the bill would simply codify existing federal requirements in state law and that he was open to amendments removing state enforcement and the unfair trade practice language. No final action was taken in the excerpt provided.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 2nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Whereas Oklahoma Task Force One was established in 2006 to provide specialized search and rescue, including
  • And whereas this exceptional team has gone beyond Oklahoma's borders to provide swift search and rescue
  • And then, being a nonprofit and not providing any funding to Oklahoma.
  • So, therefore, if a national organization, which is a nonprofit that does not provide any funding to
  • It protects our children by providing greater state-level flexibility by allowing Oklahoma's CASA program
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 2nd, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Whereas, Oklahoma Task Force One was established in 2006 to provide specialized search and rescue, including
  • And whereas this exceptional team has gone beyond Oklahoma's borders to provide swift water search and
  • But the National CASA has other training requirements, and them being a nonprofit and not providing any
  • So therefore, if a national organization, which is a nonprofit that does not provide any funding to our
  • It protects our children by providing greater state-level flexibility by allowing Oklahoma's CASA program
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognized the Doctor and Psychologist of the Day. The chamber also presented a citation to Oklahoma Task Force One’s K-9 search and rescue unit, with remarks praising its in-state and out-of-state disaster response work and professionalism. Several gallery introductions followed, including a student shadowing Senator Mann and the Crooked Oak Hispanic Student Association. The Senate then considered several bills. SB 2065, as amended, renamed the measure the Lucille Morehouse Pollinator Act and updated state insect/pollinator designations; it passed 48-0. SB 1641 required business entities to provide an email address on incorporation filings for electronic notice of annual reports; it passed 48-0. SB 1642 allowed physicians to make prescriptions in divided quantities, with discussion focused on opioid prescribing and post-surgical treatment; it passed 48-0. SB 1589 increased penalties for sweepstakes violations and expanded the law to target illegal online gambling operations; it passed 48-0. SB 1597 removed the requirement that the State CASA Association follow specific national standards while keeping local training and background-check requirements. Debate centered on whether removing national standards would reduce DEI-related training; Senator Boren opposed the bill on that basis, while the author argued it preserved Oklahoma flexibility. The bill passed 41-7. SB 1216 broadened judicial discretion for drug court eligibility for some offenders with prior domestic violence-related charges, and senators questioned whether the language was clear enough and whether it could affect eligibility rules; the author said the intent was to expand discretion, not change DV accountability. It passed 44-4. At the end of the session, the Senate voted to reject House amendments to SB 893 and request conference committee consideration. Announcements were made about committee meetings, a women’s caucus lunch, and an Irish Caucus gathering. The Senate then adjourned until the next scheduled meeting date.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Feb 10th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB1638 provides a claim based on continuous, repeated, or ongoing accident, event, or exposure shall
  • And Senate Bill 1283 provides that an appointed executive administrator or guardian leaving out of state
  • It's an initiative under Sooner Select's designed to provide comprehensive health services that's physical
  • These others are where we're getting it from the victim, providing from that victim as opposed to what's
  • What this does is it provides greater state's flexibility by Allowing Oklahoma COSTA programs to adopt
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Feb 10th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 1638 provides that a claim based on continuous, repeated, or ongoing accident, event, or
  • And Senate Bill 1283 provides that an appointed secretary, administrator, guardian, living out of the
  • It's designed to provide comprehensive health services: physical, behavioral, and social support for
  • These others, where we’re getting it from the victim, are provided by that victim as opposed to what’
  • What this does is provide greater state flexibility by allowing Oklahoma CASA programs to adopt standards
Summary: The Senate Judiciary Committee heard and advanced a long slate of bills covering tort claims, marriage age, probate, drug court eligibility, child welfare, juvenile facility employee protections, transfer-on-death deed paperwork, sex trafficking sentencing, DUI ignition interlocks, open carry on vessels, drone restrictions near critical infrastructure, victim notification for clemency hearings, consumer protection enforcement, OSBI reporting and records, CASA standards, county legal defense obligations, OU Health liability coverage, recordable instrument margins, and trust code updates. Several measures were described as constituent requests or technical cleanups, while others were framed as public safety or child protection bills. The committee also laid over Senate Bill 2072 and noted that future Judiciary meetings would likely be longer and more contentious. Members asked a number of clarifying questions on several bills. Senate Bill 1638, dealing with accrual of claims under the Government Tort Claims Act for ongoing accidents or exposures, drew questions about when the statute of limitations would begin; the author said the intent was to prevent people from being priced out of justice and to allow claims after the condition ends. Senate Bill 1446 would change child sex trafficking sentencing from a maximum of 10 years to a minimum of 10 years, and the author said the goal was to ensure stronger punishment for crimes that leave lifelong harm to children. Senate Bill 1256, requiring ignition interlocks for certain DUI defendants as a bail condition, was amended to make the requirement discretionary with written findings if a judge declines to impose it. Other bills advanced with little or no opposition, including raising the marriage age to 18 in Senate Bill 504, updating probate agent residency rules in Senate Bill 1283, restoring district attorney discretion for drug court eligibility in Senate Bill 1216, creating the Children’s Specialty Program under Sooner Select in Senate Bill 1655, and extending protections to detention contracted employees in county juvenile facilities in Senate Bill 2011. Senate Bill 1224 was amended so victim clemency notices would be sent by both email and first-class mail rather than email alone. Senate Bill 1597, which removes mandatory adherence to national standards for Oklahoma CASA, prompted discussion about federal funding and compliance; an Oklahoma CASA representative said some funding flows through national CASA, but the author said state standards would remain similar and the bill would provide more flexibility. Most bills passed the committee by unanimous or near-unanimous votes, with Senate Bill 1446 passing 7-1 and Senate Bill 1597 passing 7-1.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part I) Apr 28th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you have a public testimony, please provide written.
  • licensed social workers are not eligible for the Homes for Texas Heroes program, excuse me, which provides
  • Harris County LPPF was originally created in 2019 and provides a mechanism to allow hospitals to draw
  • This amendment doesn't provide damages.
  • It simply ensures accountability by providing injunctive relief and covering attorneys' fees.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Oklahoma Lawyers for America's heroes program through which he and several other attorneys have provided
  • I moved to accept the amendments to Senate Bill 1933 that just provide more clarity in violations that
  • Accepting the Senate amendments to House Bill 1979, they provide clarity in language and direct that
  • Them into the classroom with the right credentials. You're recognized for follow-up. Thank you, Mr.
  • It provides that brokers and agents are not required to have consumers sign a brokerage agreement before
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on State and Local Government - Part 2 - 03/27/26

State and Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
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  • That is what the vendors provide.
  • That is what the vendors provide.
  • That is what the vendors provide.
  • The provider sued the withholds.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all