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NE
Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Afternoon Session Apr 9th, 2026
Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Department shall establish the Small Business Investment Program to provide grants for microloan delivery
- The department would be authorized to establish a credit program making awards to microloan delivery
- providing business services to microenterprises, the scope of services to be provided by microloan delivery
- section also refers to business development areas, economic stress, and the ability of microloan delivery
- The section continues describing microloan delivery services and innovation hubs used to aid certified
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- Item C is your alternative delivery method construction project over $5 million.
- This is the alternative delivery method project. Mr.
- Chair, any questions on this alternative delivery project? Seeing none, entertain a motion. Motion.
- This is the alternative delivery method project. Mr. Chair.
- Any questions on this alternative delivery project? Seeing none, entertain motion. Motion. Second.
Committee:
All ALC-REVIEW
Summary:
The ALC-Review Subcommittee reviewed seven methods of finance, including university projects at ASU Jonesboro and Mountain Home, Black River Technical College deferred maintenance, UA Batesville’s Farm Project Gateway Center, UAMS PET cyclotron equipment, a new allied health building at UAPB funded by a federal grant, and UCA’s multi-purpose arena design work. The committee also approved an alternative delivery construction project for UAPB’s Allied Health and Sciences Building, with East Harding Construction selected and AMR Architects as designer.
Members then approved discretionary grants from the Department of Health and DHS, including support for a heart attack center designation, community health worker training, homeless services funding corrections, behavioral health transition support, and an enabling technology pilot. In the contracts section, the committee reviewed RFQs, construction-related contracts, intergovernmental contracts, and a large slate of out-of-state and in-state contracts covering topics such as seatbelt survey data collection, Medicaid and DHS systems, state hospital staffing and services, veterans’ services, education assessments, and state IT and procurement projects.
Several contracts drew extended questioning. Senators and representatives pressed DHS and the Department of Veterans Affairs about heavy reliance on contract nursing and staffing costs, and officials said they were using pay incentives and recruitment efforts to increase state employee staffing. Members also questioned AEDC’s lithium supply chain study and the Department of Education’s security contract, with concerns about projected costs and repeated amendments. The committee held three in-state contracts—Department of Education security services and two DHS staffing contracts—until Friday, then adopted the remaining contracts and received informational reports on contract amendments, executed contracts, and emergency procurements before adjourning.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- This pertains to the delivery network company, so I'm going to let Representative Murphy explain the
- There was a lot of controversy over what was a delivery availability time and what was a delivery time
- It really came down to the delivery availability period.
- Of course, the delivery companies are saying, why should we be covering all these people when they're
- That's just by codifying in statute that the delivery availability period, where they're not actually
Committees:
House Insurance , House Insurance and Banking
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- This pertains to delivery network companies, so I'm going to let Representative Murphy explain the sub
- There was a lot of controversy over what was a delivery availability time and what was a delivery time
- It really came down to, in the delivery availability period, originally they wanted it so that when you
- One of the hang-ups on it was during this delivery availability period was who covers them, if they were
- That's just by codifying in statute that the delivery availability period, where they're not actually
Committee:
House Insurance
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Then Section 42-1102 recognizes the right of a ditch owner to access the water delivery facilities to
- headgate all the way down to the other end of the field and it requires a total realignment of the delivery
- The land prior to their acquisition was cut off from deliveries from the system.
- it happened in early development of this valley quite a bit where subdivisions were built and the delivery
- section to provide clarity in the responsibilities between lateral users associations and water delivery
Committee:
Senate Resources and Environment
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 4, 2026 - 01:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- It expands the area within which a personal delivery device may operate to include bike lanes, bike paths
- It provides the addition of a drone delivery service on a parking lot that does not reduce the number
- DoorDash is back, and certainly in Fort Lauderdale, in South Florida, automated food delivery services
- Um, there's the ability for the personal delivery device (PDD) to deliver your DoorDash or whatever it
- devices, and drone delivery. devices, paratransit operations, and enhances the Florida Department of
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
State government committee receives update on State Office Building renovation, expansion 3/11/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Some milestones for the primary building: the clay tile roof delivery install has started.
- That’s what we have engaged with our construction manager in GMP project delivery.
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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Human Services Apr 23rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- in the first panel today, enrollment-based funding is important as we support our state's mixed delivery
- We also request an extended incumbent state for the UPK mixed delivery grant, UPK Planning and Implementation
- In other states, it's a mixed delivery system where if you're high quality, you can.
- It's a mixed delivery system where if you're high quality, you can also have access to those state tax-funded
- It's been very difficult, and I just hope to see an actual true mixed delivery system in the future in
Summary:
The committee took up issue number seven, Child Care Rate Reform Transition Plan, and heard a presentation from the LAO on an eight-part transition plan for the period before implementation of the alternative methodology-based child care rate system. The plan would provide interim rate increases to existing regional market rates and standard reimbursement rates beginning January 1 of the budget year, keep the higher of SRR or ARMR as the single rate, annualize cost-of-care supplements, update hold-harmless language, eliminate the private market cap, authorize one-time systems transition funding with JLBC approval, and require annual reporting on parent co-pays. Members asked about the timeline and public/legislative feedback process, and administration staff said they were working toward the July 1, 2025 deadline while continuing stakeholder engagement through the rate and quality advisory process.
Public comment was overwhelmingly focused on child care and early learning funding. Providers, county offices, advocacy groups, and education organizations urged the Legislature to move quickly on the alternative rate methodology, provide interim relief through a cost-of-living adjustment, reimburse based on enrollment rather than attendance, and preserve health and retirement benefits and workforce stability. Many speakers also pressed for funding to expand the promised 200,000 child care slots, warning that waitlists remain long and providers are under financial strain. Several commenters supported maintaining or extending grants and technical assistance for transitional kindergarten, inclusive early education, and mixed-delivery early learning programs.
A separate set of comments addressed the Inclusive Early Education Expansion Program, with Sacramento County education officials and others urging a statewide plan that would extend support to the 20 counties not currently receiving grants, especially rural areas. Other speakers raised concerns about facilities and staffing impacts from TK expansion, the need for consistent eligibility rules across subsidized programs, and the importance of statewide systems-level funding. The chair thanked the LAO, administration, and public commenters, said the item would remain open until after the May Revision, and adjourned the meeting.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (03/05/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- is that the complexity of the current Eversource rate case, and that's a distribution rate case, delivery
- example he gave was the complexity of the current Eversource rate case, a distribution rate case and delivery
- is that the complexity of the current Eversource rate case, and that's a distribution rate case, delivery
Summary:
The hearing focused on House Bill 610, which would fold the Office of the Consumer Advocate into the Department of Energy rather than fully eliminate consumer advocacy functions. The prime sponsor argued the current office is small, funded by a special assessment on ratepayers, and duplicative of DOE work. He said moving the function to DOE would streamline energy policy review, reduce bureaucracy, and better focus the larger agency on lowering residential energy costs. He also disputed claims that the Consumer Advocate is independent, saying the office is appointed through a political process similar to DOE leadership.
Committee members and the sponsor discussed whether the bill would actually relocate existing positions or replace them, and whether the Department of Energy would absorb the cost of the transferred staff. The sponsor said the fiscal note shows roughly a million-dollar reduction in both revenue assessment and spending, and that the bill would effectively reduce the office from five positions to three. He also defended his cost estimates for energy-code-related housing impacts and said the Consumer Advocate has sometimes supported policies he считает increase costs, such as energy-efficiency measures and building code changes. He argued the office should focus more on energy supply and generation, including natural gas and nuclear, rather than efficiency alone.
Representative Wendy Thomas testified in opposition, saying the Consumer Advocate is an important, fair, and impartial voice for ratepayers and warning that the bill was fiscally irresponsible because the incumbent could still be owed salary and benefits if the office were repealed. She also said the bill’s drafting was confusing and that the Consumer Advocate’s role is to push back on utilities on behalf of consumers. Other members raised questions about whether the DOE would simply inherit the same political appointment structure and whether the bill would meaningfully lower bills. No vote was taken in the excerpt; the chair indicated additional testimony would follow, and the Department of Energy was present to answer questions.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 04/08/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
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- Unfortunately, the private equity model is the exact opposite of what health care delivery is.
- investors in health care to make profit-driven medical decisions affecting care quality, service delivery
- Uh, in Minnesota, 45% of rural hospitals no longer provide labor and delivery services.
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Agriculture Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am
Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries
Transcript Highlights:
- Moreover, in 2016, Massachusetts residents overwhelmingly voted in a ballot measure to give farm animals
- Voted in a ballot measure to give farm animals protections against extreme confinement, like battery
- Over 77 percent of voters were in support of this ballot initiative.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Agriculture opened its first hearing by outlining procedures, including three-minute testimony limits, written testimony options, and the plan to hear 27 bills in docket order. The committee then took testimony on H.11/S.53, a resolve promoting equity in agriculture, with advocates from the Massachusetts Food System Collaborative, Southeastern Mass Agricultural Partnership, and urban farming organizations describing racial and economic disparities in farming, lack of data on BIPOC farmers, barriers to land and capital, and the need for a commission to collect information and recommend policy changes. Committee members asked questions about the importance of data collection and future policy development, and the bill was repeatedly urged to be reported favorably out of committee.
Testimony also supported H.118, which would create a special commission to examine the strengths and sustainability of the Commonwealth’s emergency food network. The Amherst Survival Center described serving 1.6 million meals last year and explained that food pantries are now functioning as essential parts of the state’s food system while relying heavily on donations, volunteers, and unstable funding. Members discussed the need for a more holistic look at food security infrastructure. The committee then heard H.119/S.60 on climate change impacts on farms and fisheries, with regional planners and farm advocates describing flood damage, rising costs, canceled federal climate-smart funding, and the need for direct state support for adaptation, resilience, and infrastructure improvements.
The committee also heard testimony on H.125/H.142/S.65, a healthy soils bill, from landscape professionals who said construction sites often leave poor or stripped soil and that the bill would require better post-construction soil standards to support healthier landscapes and reduce long-term maintenance and environmental problems. Finally, the committee took extensive testimony on H.127, which would prohibit aquaculture of octopus for human consumption. Supporters, including legislators, scientists, veterinarians, students, and animal welfare advocates, argued octopus are highly intelligent and sentient, cannot be farmed humanely, and that octopus aquaculture would create environmental harms such as waste runoff, pressure on wild fish stocks, and ecosystem disruption. No votes were taken during the hearing; the bills were heard and testimony was received.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Forty Six - Thursday, April 2
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And the only ballot that they are eligible for are presidential and vice presidential electors.
- I got to the point, and I want to make sure that you know that this bill changes the provisional ballot
- Ballot possibility to all elections, where before it was in federal elections, and now we have all elections
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Forty Six - Thursday, April 2
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And the only ballot that they are eligible for are presidential and vice presidential electors.
- I got to the point, and I want to make sure that you know that this bill changes the provisional ballot
- The ballot possibility is now for all elections, where before it was in federal elections, and now we
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior day’s journal by a 124-1 vote, and numerous introductions of student groups, health professionals, and other guests. Committee reports were then read, including several bills recommended “do pass.” The chamber also heard a personal privilege speech from a St. Louis County member responding to a North St. Louis County school track meet shooting, calling for stronger action on gun access and firearm safety.
The main floor work focused heavily on appropriations and capital projects. House Bills 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 were debated and passed, covering reappropriations, maintenance and repair projects, new capital improvements, and remaining ARPA pandemic funds. HB 2017 passed 137-9, HB 2018 passed 127-21, HB 2019 passed 98-48, and HB 2020 passed 127-24. Members emphasized that the bills largely used previously appropriated or federal funds, while some Democrats raised concerns about general revenue spending and one-time infrastructure projects.
The House also adopted and finally passed Senate-amended HB 2641 on hemp/cannabis-related regulation, with changes on privacy, worker organization, effective date, and age restrictions; it passed 125-21 on adoption and 126-23 on final passage. HB 2423, dealing with Department of Finance staffing and capacity, passed unanimously after Senate adoption. Other measures passed included HB 1919 on electronic filing parity with IRS rules, HB 1768/2060 on short-term rental property tax classification, HB 1855 adding Alpha-Gal Syndrome to reportable conditions, HB 2355 creating a Food is Medicine pilot option, HB 1717/1643 on psilocybin therapy for veterans and first responders, HB 2372, a broad health care package, HB 2408 on the deaf-blind fund, HB 3000 on auditor/siganture-related procedures, HB 2898 restoring land bank tools, and HB 1740, “Melanie’s Law,” strengthening DWI penalties and ignition interlock requirements.
Not all bills advanced: HB 3239, which would have expanded and funded the workforce diploma program through MoCAP, failed 55-95 after criticism that it shifted K-12 formula money and stripped vendor standards. HB 2760, the “Praise Act” on treatment of houses of worship during emergencies, drew extended debate on religious liberty, public health, and consistency in emergency orders; the transcript cuts off before the final vote is shown. Throughout the day, members frequently cited bipartisan support for health, public safety, and administrative bills, while several measures drew sharper partisan or policy disagreements over funding, regulation, and local control.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- I have never seen a constitutional amendment get 100% approval in a committee or on the ballot, but I
- I have never seen a constitutional amendment get 100% approval in a committee or on the ballot. but I
- am confident that this amendment on the ballot.
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Children and Families Jan 20th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Children and Families
Transcript Highlights:
- One of the issues we debated was the gender transition surgery language on the ballot initiative.
- One of the issues we debated was the gender transition surgery language on the ballot initiative.
- One of the issues we debated was the gender transition surgery language on the ballot initiative.
Committee:
House Children and Families
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Rules Mar 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
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DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session - Session 2 - 39th Legislative Day Jun 23rd, 2026
Delaware Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- impede, hinder, or interfere with the peaceful conduct of the election or reading and counting of ballots
- of Elections Office or any meeting of the Board of Canvass when an election is occurring or when ballots
Summary:
The Senate received House communications listing numerous House-passed bills, substitutes, amendments, and concurrent resolutions, and then took up committee reports and a consent calendar. Consent Calendar 65 passed unanimously with 20 yes votes and included Senate Resolution 26 recognizing Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, House Concurrent Resolution 131 on apprenticeship programs for school-based mental health professionals, House Concurrent Resolution 137 on mathematics instruction review, and House Concurrent Resolution 148 on a statewide menopause education strategy. Later, Consent Agenda N also passed with the required two-thirds vote and included a large group of bills on evidence and witnesses, Family Court jurisdiction, theft by impersonation, realty transfer tax, auto insurance practices, child services and educational services, STD prevention, agricultural and forestry matters, menstrual disorder materials, a Smyrna charter change, massage/body work, dry needling, and lead poisoning screening.
Several substantive bills were debated and passed. Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 314, modernizing Delaware’s rape shield law and clarifying how courts handle evidence of prior false sexual assault allegations, passed 21-0. Senate Bill 347, a cleanup bill to the Medical Debt Protection Act that expands prohibited collection actions and requires disclosure when a collector is a large health care facility, also passed 21-0. House Bill 300, creating a statewide Title IX coordinator in the Department of Education to support compliance and data collection for interscholastic athletics, passed after debate; Senate Amendment 1 to the bill, which would have required athletes to compete according to biological sex, was defeated 6-14 with one absent, and the underlying bill then passed 20-0 with one absent.
The Senate also passed House Substitute 1 for House Bill 84, which limits mandatory employee attendance at meetings where employers convey political or religious views, after questions about employer, union, and exemption coverage; House Substitute 1 for House Bill 301, which clarifies criminal penalties for violence, threats, and intimidation at polling places and election-related sites, passed after discussion of what conduct it would cover; House Bill 63, addressing fireworks disclosures and related regulation, passed 19-2 after senators discussed enforcement and impacts on veterans, children, and pets; and House Bill 348, updating the electric vehicle rebate program to give DENREC more flexibility and expand eligibility, passed 16-5. The chamber then recessed until the next day.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- were required that... ...gentleman referred to previously, were required that sales tax go on to the ballot
- They were enacted through local ballot measures reflecting the will of our citizens.
Committee:
House Rules - Legislative
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- their district, the appropriate course of action would be to place that matter back on their local ballot
- for the... ...at course of action would be placing that matter back on their local ballot for their
Committee:
House Local Government
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Feb 23rd, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- John Lewis and the moral clarity of Fannie Lou Hamer, generations of Americans gained access to the ballot
- Right. ...of Fannie Lou Hamer, generations of Americans gained access to the ballot and a voice in our