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AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/21/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- the Health and Human Services and Public Safety Committee. ...and now this is my third year as an assistant
- from the State General Fund to the Department of Health Services to establish a grant program to assist
- Madam Chair, members, Senate Bill 1052 allows assisted living homes and assisted living centers to provide
- It enables hyperbaric oxygen treatment therapy to be allowed in assisted living facilities.
- So if we have to give permission, why hasn't it been allowed to be in assisted livings before?
Bills:
SB1001 , SB1011 , SB1016 , SB1052 , SB1072 , SB1100 , SB1112 , SB1113 , SB1116 , SB1118 , SB1120 , SB1121 , SB1122 , SB1123 , SB1124 , SB1125
Keywords:
appropriation, economic security, blind individuals, older adults, state funding, medical examiners, sudden infant death, autopsy protocols, forensic pathology, public health, assisted living, health care, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, physician orders, informed consent, reimbursement rates, intellectual disabilities, community services, funding appropriations, foreign adversary
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Currently under the code, DFPS may enter into a caregiver assistance agreement to provide monetary assistance
- As they require 24-7 assistance from trusted adult caregivers.
- And on the other hand, almost 1,100 assisted living facilities, so over half Half of our assisted livings
- I'm with the Texas Assisted Living Association known as TALA.
- Nursing and assisted living facility residents.
Bills:
HB741 , HB 1199 , HB2070 , HB2402 , HB2542 , HB2665 , HB2789 , HB3096 , HB3396 , HB3595 , HB3747 , HB4116 , HB4127
Committee:
House Human Services
Keywords:
child welfare, relative caregiver, monetary assistance, Department of Family and Protective Services, child custody, family law, emergency power, nursing facilities, assisted living, generator requirements, health and safety, emergency generators, power outage, emergency generator, assisted living facilities, power source, child abuse, neglect registry, court findings, Medicaid
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- That relates to the monetary assistance provided by DFPS to certain parents.
- I think the most important of these is that it assists us as prosecutors.
- Moore's first assistant two and a half years ago, from my perspective, is it going to?
- percent of our drugs from foreign entities? Does Amazon have that ability?
- with these foreign entities who produce these drugs to get this price down.
Bills:
HB741 , HB 1199 , HB2070 , HB2402 , HB2542 , HB2665 , HB2789 , HB3096 , HB3396 , HB3595 , HB3747 , HB4116 , HB4127
Committee:
House Human Services
Keywords:
child welfare, relative caregiver, monetary assistance, Department of Family and Protective Services, child custody, family law, emergency power, nursing facilities, assisted living, generator requirements, health and safety, emergency generators, power outage, emergency generator, assisted living facilities, power source, child abuse, neglect registry, court findings, Medicaid
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- One, to address the direct housing assistance through housing vouchers to make sure that Minnesotans
- One, to address the direct housing assistance through housing vouchers to make sure that Minnesotans
- One, to address the direct housing assistance through housing vouchers to make sure that Minnesotans
- One is for rental assistance, and 25% to be allocated to Bring It Home Minnesota.
- ,</c><00:58:23.920><c> and</c> access to down payment assistance, and access to down payment assistance
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
Keywords:
housing, sales tax, homeownership, rent assistance, community stability, education, counseling, financial assistance, housing development, culturally appropriate services, HF1417, manufactured home parks, manufactured housing, mobile home parks, housing development fund, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, MHFA, infrastructure grants, infrastructure loans, affordable housing
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Children, Youth and Family Services REVISED: HB3637 - Added Feb 18th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Children, Youth and Family Services
Transcript Highlights:
- for the author, I honor the integrity that you put into the thought behind this and the desire to assist
Bills:
HB3131 , HB3380 , HB3502 , HB3552 , HB3849 , HB3886 , HB3907 , HB4201 , HB4302 , HB3448 , HB3409 , HB4095 , HB3637
Committee:
House Children, Youth and Family Services
Keywords:
homelessness, shelter standards, safety, accountability, state funding, local governance, regulation, Oklahoma Homeless Shelter Safety and Accountability Act, foster care, child welfare, Department of Human Services, educational opportunities, employment support, technology in child welfare, faith-based organizations, self-sufficiency, financial literacy, HB3502, Oklahoma, children's code
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/04/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- physical therapist, and I'm proud to be here today with my physical therapist, physical therapist assistant
- applying for, accepting, or renewing any waiver of work requirement under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
- Over 600,000 Arizonans rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to meet their household.
- Over 600,000 Arizonans rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to meet their household
- The state has implemented many provisions of H.R. 1 in the nutrition assistance program, including new
Keywords:
informed consent, surgical procedures, healthcare professionals, patient rights, regulatory compliance, child welfare, dependency hearings, foster care, court procedures, parental rights, healthcare compliance, behavioral health technicians, licensing, monitoring, administrative burdens, basic first aid, good samaritan, medical licensing exemption, Arizona medical board, A.R.S. 32-1421
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- In Florida, our specialty courts assist individuals by addressing their problems through a continuum
- And you have just been an open door in assisting and making sure we finally get this right.
- It isn't moral because when we get into the crimes against children, it does not assist in preventing
- Pete is called the Community Assistance and Life Liaison Program, or the call program.
Bills:
S0092 , S0110 , S0192 , S0212 , S0260 , S0350 , S0394 , S0422 , S0434 , S0442 , S0484 , S0546 , S0556 , S0684 , S0696 , S0706 , S0748 , S0786 , S0820 , S0824 , S0838 , S0840 , S0848 , S0856 , S0962 , S1000 , S1014 , S1036 , S1050 , S1054 , S1080 , S1118 , S1134 , S1338 , S1480 , S1500 , S1506 , S1622 , S1724
Committee:
Senate Rules
Keywords:
employee protections, whistleblower, retaliation, public trust, ethics complaint, Commission on Ethics, Public Employees Relations Commission, public employee, local government attorney, public officer, adverse personnel action, protected disclosure, whistleblower retaliation, state agency, independent contractor, public employment, civil service, reinstatement, back pay, front pay
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- So in the first bullet point here, we talk about a down payment assistance loan.
- What is your criteria in terms of making sure that all people qualify for this down payment assistance
- We administer a number of down payment assistance programs. Homeownership.
- We administer a number of down payment assistance programs, including a program created by the state,
- We are providing down payment assistance. And so part of our mission is to... Assistance.
Committee:
House Capital Budget
Keywords:
embodied carbon, building materials, sustainability, construction, environment, broadband, infrastructure, loan assistance, economic development, technology access, HB 2353, predesign thresholds, capital construction, capital budget, major capital projects, Office of Financial Management, OFM, Washington state, state agencies, infrastructure planning
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The investments must adhere to the Universal Credit Act. the Foreign Prudent Investment Act standard
- The Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Program is actually the 2604 grant managed by the Texas Forest
- a HUD-code or manufactured home, and it provides a practical solution by offering down payment assistance
- and use tax revenues on manufactured housing, enabling the VLB to issue grants for down payment assistance
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
Texas Future Fund, investment review board, economic stabilization, innovative technology, national defense, HB 2054, Texas volunteer fire department assistance fund, Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program, volunteer fire departments, wildfire mitigation, wildland fire, rural fire protection, insurer assessment, insurance premium tax, state appropriations, firefighting grants, emergency services, high-risk wildfire areas, Texas Comptroller, Texas Government Code
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- This is Senate Bill 466 by Senator Seabaugh, which provides relative to expropriation by foreign entities
- thing it does is, actually the second thing, if you read it chronologically, is it confirms that no foreign
- power, alien, or corporation that is designated or considered a foreign adversary, and it cites the
- federal statute that defines foreign adversaries, can avail themselves of expropriation authority in
Committee:
House Civil Law and Procedure
Keywords:
liability, regional transit, streetcars, trolley cars, motor vehicles, HB986, vehicular homicide, child support, surviving child, minor child, parent killed in crash, criminal restitution, family law, Louisiana child support schedule, R.S. 9:315.48, R.S. 14:32.1, victim compensation, traffic fatality, wrongful death, sentencing enhancement
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Committee Mar 17th, 2026
Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure
Keywords:
HB542, district attorney, prosecutor, supernumerary district attorney, Employees' Retirement System, ERS, Alabama retirement, public employee retirement, pension, retirement benefits, post-retirement employment, salary cap, dual participation, double dipping, District Attorneys' Plan, assistant district attorney, deputy district attorney, state pension, survivor benefits, Office of Prosecution Services
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The first bill is House File 3403, emergency rental assistance.
- </c> County, our emergency housing assistant County, our emergency housing assistant fun<00:09:22.800
- </c> fun assistance funds have have run out. fun assistance funds have have run out.
- And so this bill is not just emergency rental assistance.
- ><c> not</c><00:19:17.440><c> just</c> Emergency rental assistance is not just Emergency rental assistance
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
Keywords:
HF3403, emergency rental assistance, rental aid, homelessness prevention, housing crisis, imminent risk of homelessness, eviction prevention, county aid, Tribal governments, local government aids, general fund appropriation, Minnesota revenue commissioner, poverty level, low-income housing, housing stability, family homeless prevention and assistance, emergency housing assistance, HF2687, single-family homes, corporate landlords
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- Frankly, I've been before this legislature for years asking for additional assistance on utilities and
- Harbor counties, and as this problem emerges, we will probably also be providing whatever technical assistance
- As a reminder, House Bill 2470 is the bill that relates to providing a school construction assistance
- compared to the original bill, the proposed substitute removes language requiring state funding assistance
- The proposed substitute also provides that the computed state funding assistance percentage, which is
Committee:
House Capital Budget
Keywords:
HB 2514, global war on terror, GWOT, war on terror memorial, Capitol campus memorial, Washington veterans, fallen service members, military memorial, post-9/11 veterans, Iraq War, Afghanistan War, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation New Dawn, veterans memorial, capitol grounds, state memorial, Secretary of State, Capitol Committee, Department of Veterans Affairs
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs May 5th, 2025
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- organizations, or VSOs, to provide resources on service-related employment opportunities, housing assistance
- We think that the TAP, the Transition Assistance Program, is underfunded from the get-go.
- The Transition Assistance Program, TAPS, is a couple days long.
- like Bexar County, where I reside, are required by state law to maintain veteran service offices to assist
Committee:
House S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Keywords:
veterans, service members, military transition, Texas Veterans Commission, pilot program, self-reliance, employment assistance, housing assistance, mental health services, career training, veterans service organizations, spouses and dependents, military families, Texas military forces, post-separation support, reentry services, workforce development, benefits navigation, transition assistance, SB 651
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Feb 17th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And it's going to assist children and families, which is lovely.
- programs that address mental, social, behavioral, and physical health, as well as shelter and rental assistance
- county is imposing $2 in total tax per thousand, and they have 10 cents per thousand for veterans' assistance
- Under the bill, it would allow that veterans' assistance to come outside of that, yet they would still
- Veterans' assistance would come outside of that, yet they would still collect that entire $2 plus the
Bills:
HB1160 , HB1289 , HB1339 , HB1798 , HB1065 , HB2113 , HB2124 , HB2125 , HB2134 , HB2140 , HB2185 , HB2191 , HB2205 , HB2219 , HB2245 , HB2283 , HB2343 , HB2406 , HB2501 , HB2574 , HB1544 , HB1834 , HB2156 , HB2188 , HB2206 , HB2478 , HJM4012 , HB1104 , HB1152 , HB1254 , HB1443 , HB1982 , HB2006 , HB2179 , HB2203 , HB2297 , HB2322 , HB2329 , HB2379 , HB2388 , HB2399 , HB2462 , HB2464 , HB2495 , HB2544 , HB2551 , HB2636 , HB2192 , HB2251 , HB2262 , HB2266 , HB2298 , HB2320 , HB2323 , HB2351 , HB2401 , HB2405 , HB2442 , HB2523 , HB2593 , HB2632 , HB2661 , HB1496 , HB1898 , HB2095 , HB2157 , HB2225 , HB2274 , HB2311 , HB2325 , HB2333 , HB2476 , HB2508 , HB2552 , HB1343 , HB1634 , HB1707 , HB1906 , HB1909 , HB2196 , HB2244 , HB2339 , HB2361 , HB2384 , HB2389 , HB2410 , HB2468 , HB2475 , HB2521 , HB2548 , HB2619 , HB2637 , HB2720 , HB1160 , HB1289 , HB1339 , HB1798 , HB1065 , HB2125 , HB2134 , HB2140 , HB2185 , HB2191 , HB2205 , HB2245 , HB2283 , HB2343 , HB2406 , HB2501 , HB1544 , HB1834 , HB2188 , HB2206 , HB2478 , HJM4012 , HB1104 , HB1152 , HB1254 , HB1443 , HB1982 , HB2006 , HB2297 , HB2322 , HB2329 , HB2379 , HB2388 , HB2399 , HB2462 , HB2495 , HB2544 , HB2551 , HB2636 , HB2192 , HB2262 , HB2298 , HB2351 , HB2401 , HB2442 , HB2593 , HB2661 , HB1496 , HB1898 , HB2095 , HB2157 , HB2225 , HB2311 , HB2325 , HB2552 , HB1343 , HB1634 , HB1707 , HB2361 , HB2389 , HB2410 , HB2468 , HB2521 , HB2619 , HB2720 , HB1295 , HB1591 , HB2092 , HB2168 , HB2176 , HB2248 , HB2255 , HB2281 , HB2438 , HB2590 , HB2610 , HB2650 , HB2685 , HB1526 , HB1960 , HB2236 , HB2364 , HB2416 , HB1073
Keywords:
design review, local government, land use, zoning, project permits, housing density, middle housing, affordable housing, parking minimums, single-family zoning, infill development, growth management, comprehensive plan, permit streamlining, objective development regulations, architectural review, administrative review, transit-oriented development, accessory dwelling units, ADU
HI
Bills:
SB903 , SB2101 , SB2550 , SB2983 , HB2433 , SCR8 , SCR20 , SCR28 , SCR32 , SCR40 , SCR48 , SCR55 , SCR57 , SCR69 , SCR74 , SCR83 , SCR87 , SCR94 , SCR99 , SCR114 , SCR139 , SCR160 , SCR165 , SCR177 , SCR178 , SCR179 , SCR41 , SCR78 , SCR90 , SCR130 , SCR159 , SCR162 , SCR173 , SB2024 , SB2075 , SB2730 , HB2581 , SB2050 , SB2471 , SB2466 , HB1163 , HB1514 , SB3082 , SB2135 , SB2727 , SB3097 , HB1696 , HB2021 , SR20 , SCR110
Keywords:
public land trust, Hawaiian affairs, OHA, ceded lands, financial reporting, income settlement, trust responsibility, organic waste, solid waste, waste diversion, composting, bioconversion, recycling, food waste, green waste, food-soiled paper, wood waste, landfill diversion, waste reduction, waste management
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- The department stands ready to offer technical assistance in clarifying the statute; however, in order
- to provide that assistance, the underlying policy questions would need to be resolved through the legislative
- It does provide clarity and does assist, maybe not cure the difference in audits, but it does assist
Keywords:
public safety, retirement system, investments, trust fund, board of trustees, financial report, income tax rebate, Pinal County, taxpayer eligibility, state revenue, financial assistance, transaction privilege tax, business location, tangible personal property, shared vehicle, sourcing, income tax, veterans, donations, tax refunds
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Care & Wellness Jan 27th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Health Care & Wellness
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 2340 applies both of these provisions to nursing assistants.
- And this bill honestly just allows nursing assistants to utilize the program now because nursing assistants
- And this bill honestly just allows nursing assistants to utilize the program now because nursing assistants
- And this bill honestly just allows nursing assistants to utilize the program now because nursing assistants
- And this bill honestly just allows nursing assistants to utilize the program now because nursing assistants
Committee:
House Health Care & Wellness
Keywords:
anesthesia services, healthcare access, reimbursement, patient care, equitable treatment, emergency services, healthcare outcomes, health infrastructure, system improvement, charity care, residency requirements, medical assistance, low-income, HB 2340, nursing assistants, nurse aide, substance use disorder monitoring program, monitoring program, credentialing, licensure
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- It establishes a baseline on the stadium's current condition to assist the MSFA and the stadium operator
- It establishes a baseline on the stadium's current condition to assist the MSFA and the stadium operator
- It establishes a baseline on the stadium's current condition to assist the MSFA and the stadium operator
- the</c><00:15:08.880><c> MSFA</c><00:15:09.680><c> and</c><00:15:09.920><c> the</c> condition to assist
- the MSFA and the condition to assist the MSFA and the stadium<00:15:10.560><c> operator</c><00:15:11.040
Committee:
Senate Taxes
Keywords:
local government debt, municipal bonds, county bonds, capital improvements, public financing, bond issuance, public hearing, notice period, bond guarantee, Minnesota Public Facilities Authority, volume cap, private activity bonds, housing finance, residential rental bonds, LIHTC, low-income housing tax credits, redevelopment, courthouse financing, jail financing, law enforcement center
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- If you need assistance registering, Please feel free to ask the clerk up front.
- What are the benefits of partaking in that loan assistance? Right, so it helps.
- payment assistance.
- Would assist with that. Okay, correct. And then what's the other part?
- Housing assistance to find and secure a home.
Bills:
HB158 , HB714 , HB 1198 , HB1630 , HB1998 , HB3509 , HB3788 , HB3875 , HB3948 , HB3977 , HB4097 , HB4313 , HB4314 , HB4317 , HB158
Committee:
House Intergovernmental Affairs
Keywords:
housing, veterans, surplus government property, affordable housing, funding sources, housing assistance, homeless prevention, landlord incentives, rural housing, domestic violence, community development, tenant readiness, program participants, financial assistance, homelessness, rental support, Texas Tenant Readiness Program, tenant assistance, housing stability, Texas Department of Housing