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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Care & Wellness Jan 20th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Health Care & Wellness
Transcript Highlights:
- I often compare health centers to the Postal Service.
- We have concerns that expanding the 340B program would increase costs to employers and workers.
- that includes clinical training, or a licensed or certified health care worker who is CPR-certified
- that includes clinical training, or a licensed or certified health care worker who is CPR-certified
- that includes clinical training, or a licensed or certified health care worker who is CPR-certified
Committee:
House Health Care & Wellness
Keywords:
340B drug pricing, healthcare access, patient rights, discounted medications, manufacturer limitations, health professions, plasma donation, physician substitutes, medical regulation, nursing titles, healthcare, regulation, professional standards, licensure, accreditation, opioid treatment, health services, fee authority, public health
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Elections Committee Jul 2nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Postal Service change-of-address data to ensure residency confirmation and vote file maintenance. ...
- Postal Service change-of-address data, we can help mitigate these issues and ensure that we have cleaner
- of State and/or other election officials take the additional steps of utilizing the United States Postal
- So I think this Postal Service database update because of a fall in town.”
- Postal Service. I urge you, I vote. Thank you.
Summary:
The Assembly Elections Committee met on July 2, 2025, with a quorum present and took up eight agenda items, including four consent bills. The committee first approved the consent calendar, which included SB 280, SB 621, SB 851, and SB 852, all moving forward without objection. The committee then heard several bills from Senator Umberg focused on election administration and campaign finance, along with SB 408 on voter-roll maintenance.
SB 249 would require county board of education elections to be consolidated with the statewide general election. Supporters, including the League of Women Voters, argued this would increase turnout and make those elections more representative; opponents, including Orange County education officials, argued it would override local control, increase costs, and add ballot fatigue. The bill passed 5-2 and was re-referred to the Committee on Education. SB 398 would make it a crime to pay or offer contingent payments or other valuable consideration to induce voting or voter registration, closing what supporters described as a loophole involving lotteries and incentives. It passed 5-0 as amended and was re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety.
SB 42 would remove the state ban on public financing for campaigns in general law cities and counties, allowing local voters to decide whether to adopt such systems. Supporters from Common Cause, the League of Women Voters, and many local advocates said it would broaden participation and reduce the influence of big money; opponents raised concerns about taxpayer funding, guardrails, and local oversight. The bill passed 5-2 and was re-referred to Appropriations. Finally, SB 408 would require election officials to use U.S. Postal Service change-of-address data to help maintain voter rolls; supporters said it would improve accuracy and trust in elections, while one commenter questioned reliance on postal data. The bill passed unanimously 6-0 and was re-referred to Appropriations. The committee then completed the remaining roll calls and adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 04/08/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Why aren't you trying to bring the workers back to work like the rest of the world is?
- That's because postal costs have increased 41% between 2022 and 2024. That's not our fault.
- Postal Service that has raised rates, price of stamps, the... for a while know that this is a program
- That's because postal costs have lot.
- That's the US Postal Service that fault.
Committee:
Senate State and Local Government
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- It seems like volunteer work, but they are paid seasonal workers or temp workers, whether it's signature
- The poll workers process the VBMs, the EVs, the EV sites.
- All right, so our poll workers, those are our most valued assets.
- Federal law does classify these workers as critical infrastructure.
- No one wants poll workers to be harassed.
Committee:
Senate Ethics and Elections
Summary:
The committee heard a presentation from several county supervisors of elections and the Florida Supervisors of Elections Association on the 2024 election cycle and priorities for the 2025 session. They described very high turnout in the presidential election, major operational planning needs, and the heavy reliance on seasonal workers, list maintenance, ballot-on-demand systems, and secure chain-of-custody procedures. They also discussed the impact of recent legislative changes on voter-roll maintenance, including inactive voter removal, and said Florida’s election administration has improved to what they called a “platinum standard.”
The supervisors outlined several legislative requests: allowing more than one non-government “wild card” early voting site to improve access and emergency flexibility; requiring newly naturalized citizens to update driver’s license information so voter records match DHSMV data; exempting home addresses of certain election workers and ballot transporters from public records to improve safety and recruitment; restoring a checkbox on vote-by-mail return envelopes so voters can stay on the vote-by-mail list for the next cycle; aligning base salaries for supervisors, property appraisers, and clerks with other constitutional officers; and reducing ballot length by removing precinct committee races from the ballot. They also said they expect a committee bill to carry some of these proposals.
Members questioned the panel about ballot transport security, signature verification, vote-by-mail expiration, public records transparency, and the petition process for constitutional amendments. The supervisors said ballots are transported under detailed county plans with tamper-evident seals, chain-of-custody logs, trained workers, and in some cases two-person transport teams. On petitions, they said the process is labor-intensive and expensive, that fraud has occurred in some cases, and that they favor reforms such as requiring more personal identifying information and having initiative sponsors mail petitions to voters rather than making supervisors handle the mailing. They also said signature mismatches can be cured within 72 hours after Election Day and that voters are notified when possible. After the supervisors’ presentation, the committee also heard brief public testimony from Kathleen Griffiths, who urged adoption of commercial-style risk management standards in election systems and referenced several election-related bills her group supports.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/25
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- end of town to the other end of town, so it does ring with a lot of not just recreationalists but workers
- it does uh ring with a lot of not just recreationalists<00:01:40.479><c> but</c><00:01:40.640><c> workers
- </c><00:01:41.439><c> in</c><00:01:41.600><c> many</c> recreationalists but workers in many recreationalists
- but workers in many communities<00:01:42.600><c> like</c><00:01:42.840><c> my</c><00:01:42.960><c> own
- Postal Service postage, and that anything they can do to save time and money for businesses is a great
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy
Keywords:
electric bicycles, tax rebate, transportation, environment, local economy, fleeing peace officer, culpable negligence, traffic laws, public safety, motor vehicle offenses, driving violations, penalties, license suspension, traffic enforcement, all-terrain vehicle, ATV, class 1 ATV, class 2 ATV, road rights-of-way, public roads
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, May 6, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It would also mean the loss of strong middle-class jobs for over 640,000 postal workers across the country
- It would also mean the loss of strong middle-class jobs for over 640,000 postal workers across the country
- It would also mean the loss of strong middle-class jobs for over 640,000 postal workers across the country
- </c><02:10:35.840><c> Under</c> reinvest in their own workers. Under reinvest in their own workers.
- Americans are hard workers. That's why we have the best country in the world.
Bills:
HR377
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 44 Afternoon Session Apr 21st, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- know, this through this deal, we have had thousands of people be able to come licensed healthcare workers
- , this nursing and other healthcare workers were spread out over 18 Russo colleges and eleven career
- supportive of this bill because a lot of the complaints that we have is through the United States Postal
Bills:
HB4028 , HB4075 , HB4077 , HB4074 , HB4076 , SB1221 , SB1921 , SB2118 , SB1932 , SB2134 , HCR1025 , SB1432 , HCR1024 , HCR1022 , SB1122 , HB4029 , HB4063 , HB4073 , HB4078 , SB1936 , SB44 , SB237 , SB248 , SB1360 , SB985 , SB1204 , SB1239 , SB1307 , SB2143 , SB1428 , SB1390 , SB1400 , SB1405 , SB1732 , SB1832 , SB1859 , SB1989 , SB2018 , SB1427
Keywords:
tax deduction, venture capital, economic development, Oklahoma, investment, water resources, appropriations, funding, state treasury, infrastructure projects, emergency act, emergency management, disaster relief, pandemic response, state appropriations, HB4074, Health Care Workforce Training Commission, Health Care Workforce Revolving Fund, health workforce, health care workforce
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 44 Morning Session Apr 21st, 2026 at 09:30 am
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, National Lineman Appreciation Day honors more than 115,000 workers who maintain America's electrical
- Rachel, mama hen, the one who watches out for all of us, a true social worker at heart.
Bills:
HB4028 , HB4075 , HB4077 , HB4074 , HB4076 , SB1221 , SB1921 , SB2118 , SB1932 , SB2134 , HCR1025 , SB1432 , HCR1024 , HCR1022 , SB1122 , HB4029 , HB4063 , HB4073 , HB4078 , SB1936 , SB44 , SB237 , SB248 , SB1360 , SB985 , SB1204 , SB1239 , SB1307 , SB2143 , SB1428 , SB1390 , SB1400 , SB1405 , SB1732 , SB1832 , SB1859 , SB1989 , SB2018 , SB1427
Keywords:
tax deduction, venture capital, economic development, Oklahoma, investment, water resources, appropriations, funding, state treasury, infrastructure projects, emergency act, emergency management, disaster relief, pandemic response, state appropriations, HB4074, Health Care Workforce Training Commission, Health Care Workforce Revolving Fund, health workforce, health care workforce
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Business and Financial Institutions - Room 216, 2 March, 2026; 4:30 PM
Business and Financial Institutions
Transcript Highlights:
- opted into this already is that the response rate on email notifications is much higher than through postal
- "Starting in the fall, we send through postal service and then 60 days after that first one the business
- we<00:12:07.440><c> send</c><00:12:08.320><c> um</c><00:12:08.880><c> through</c><00:12:09.120><c> postal
- </c><00:12:09.519><c> service</c><00:12:10.000><c> and</c> we send um through postal service and we send
- um through postal service and then<00:12:10.480><c> 60</c><00:12:10.720><c> days</c><00:12:10.959><c
Committee:
Joint Business and Financial Institutions
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Jan 21st, 2026
Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Postal Service to communicate with customers.
- Postal Service to communicate with customers.
- That's that 9, 10 workers out of the 100 that make it.
- You don't want these skilled workers going to fast food.
- That pulls skilled workers out of the industry.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 23 (2-9-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Resolution 88, a resolution recognizing the 250th anniversary of the United States Postal Service
- >> Senator Thomas, Senate Resolution 89, a resolution honoring the members of the 6,888th Central Postal
- the recognizing the 250th anniversary of the United<00:43:32.240><c> States</c><00:43:32.560><c> Postal
- Service on July United States Postal Service on July 25th,<00:43:34.960><c> 2025.
- Directory Battalion for Central Postal Directory Battalion for its<00:43:51.280><c> outstanding</c><
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Business, Trade & Economic Development Jan 22nd, 2026 at 08:00 am
Business, Trade & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- be either hand-delivered, emailed, or sent by any method of mailing offered by the United States Postal
- be either hand-delivered, emailed, or sent by any method of mailing offered by the United States Postal
- be either hand-delivered, emailed, or sent by any method of mailing offered by the United States Postal
- of SB 5844, specifically in favor of clear non-monetary default procedures to protect customers, workers
Keywords:
tourism, self-supported assessment, funding, statewide promotion, economic development, storage rental, tenancy agreements, tenant rights, landlord obligations, termination notice, insurance, wildfire prevention, policy nonrenewal, cancellation, risk management, sports wagering, sports betting, sports gambling, bookmaking, gambling regulation
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- The postal worker goes to your house, at least to my, and they deliver the mail, right?
- The postal worker goes to your house, at least to mine, and they deliver the mail, right?
- That fear doesn't just harm immigrant workers.
- An immigrant worker who sought support from the Filipino Worker Center experienced this firsthand while
- and refugee workers.
Committee:
House Judiciary
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- out cutting grass. maintenance workers out cutting grass. maintenance workers out cutting grass.
- cutting have the the maintenance worker cutting have the the maintenance worker cutting grass before
- , could be a custodian cafeteria worker, could be a custodian cafeteria worker, could be a custodian
- service work with the way the postal service work with the way the postal service work now, uh I don't
- service is listening and the postal service is listening and the postal service is listening and understand
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- program that pays for school resource officers, school safety officers, school counselors, social workers
- Case workers regularly visit the children every month under their care, and they should be able to provide
- So in there, they have this language on the education and the training for public safety workers.
Bills:
SB1071 , SB1315 , SB1317 , SB1416 , SB1493 , SB1537 , SB1542 , SB1584 , SB1626 , SB1740 , SB1751 , SB1804 , SCR1047 , SCR1049
Keywords:
Arizona Rangers, statutory repeal, security, state law, regulatory changes, school safety, interoperable communications, law enforcement, emergency response, funding, reentry programs, criminal justice, grants, recidivism, attorney general, missing children, kidnapping, reporting requirements, child safety, training
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Oversight REVISED: 11:15 a.m. - New Start Time
Health and Human Services Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- size post information about veterans benefits in a conspicuous place, kind of similar to some of the worker
Committee:
House Health and Human Services Oversight
Keywords:
HB3043, Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, ODVA, seasonal employees, project labor, pro rata jobs, unclassified service, state personnel law, state employee benefits, paid leave, paid holidays, retirement benefits, health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, temporary workers, veterans affairs, Title 72, Oklahoma Personnel Act, budget reporting
DE
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Postals. Representative Snyder Hall. Representative Shannon Morris. County 4th.
- Representative Postals, absent. Representative Snyder Hall, absent.
- Representative Postals, absent. Representative Snyder Hall, absent. Representative Vanderwyn, yes.
Committee:
House Agriculture
Summary:
The House Agriculture Committee met with a quorum present and considered three bills. Senate Bill 53 would codify and continue the Farm to Community Program if federal support is reduced or unavailable, prioritize Delaware farmers, and require reporting and transparency. Testimony in support came from the Delaware Farm Bureau, the Academy of Medicine and Public Health, and Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Jimmy Crone, who said the department supports the bill. Members raised no questions, and the committee voted to release the bill by roll call.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 311, a Department of Agriculture maintenance bill updating Title 3 provisions related to plant industry and pesticides. The bill removes an outdated $100 license fee, requires certified private applicators to keep pesticide application records available for inspection, expands the definition of landscaper to include commercial entities installing their own nursery stock, and removes a good-character requirement for grain inspector applicants. With no public comment or questions, the committee voted to release the bill by roll call.
Finally, House Bill 371, sponsored by Representative Vanderwyn, would streamline the Agland Preservation Act by eliminating a redundant county advisory board step for farmland preservation districts. Representative Vanderwyn and Deputy Secretary Crone explained that the advisory boards were more useful when the program was new, but now the county planning and zoning commissions and the Department of Agriculture already provide the needed review. After brief discussion, with no public comment, the committee voted to release the bill by roll call and then adjourned.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Care & Wellness Jan 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I often compare health centers to the Postal Service.
- Just as the Postal Service delivers that last mile where other carriers will not go, health centers reach
- We have concerns that expanding the 340B program would increase cost to employers and workers.
- It has been reported that the 340B program is costing Washington employers and workers about $218 million
- that includes clinical training, or a licensed or certified health care worker who is CPR certified
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 2437, which would put the Department of Health’s authority to accredit opioid treatment programs into statute and allow the department to set a fee to cover the cost of those services. The prime sponsor and DOH said the bill would preserve a service that is especially important to tribal and rural providers and would be self-sustaining rather than supported by the general fund. Members asked about the relationship between DOH and HCA and whether the bill would duplicate existing authority; staff and the department said DOH already performs the accrediting role and the bill mainly formalizes that authority and fee-setting power. Public testimony on the bill was then closed.
The committee then held an extensive work session on the federal 340B drug pricing program and later opened public testimony on House Bill 2145, which would prohibit manufacturers, distributors, and third-party logistics providers from restricting 340B drug acquisition or delivery and from requiring claims or utilization data as a condition of access. Committee staff and NCSL gave background on how 340B works, recent growth in the program, contract pharmacy issues, and state efforts in other jurisdictions. Testimony on HB 2145 was sharply divided: hospitals, community health centers, tribal representatives, contract pharmacies, and labor groups said the bill would protect safety-net providers, rural access, HIV and behavioral health services, and tribal programs from manufacturer restrictions; business groups, pharmaceutical companies, and employer coalitions argued the program has expanded beyond its original intent, lacks transparency, shifts costs to employers and taxpayers, and should be addressed through federal reform instead. No vote was taken in the excerpt.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2155, which would bar non-human entities from using nursing titles such as RN, APRN, or LPN or otherwise implying they are licensed nurses. The prime sponsor said the bill is intended to protect patients from being misled by AI systems and to preserve transparency and public safety as health care technology expands. The Washington State Nurses Association testified in support, saying AI can be useful but should not replace nurses or be presented as a licensed professional. A member asked about enforcement and liability, and staff said they would follow up on those details.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Care & Wellness Jan 16th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Postal Service, common carriers, express companies, and interactive computer services.
- No injured workers should be forced to spend precious time, energy, or money trying to obtain...
- Injured workers should be forced to spend precious time, energy, or money trying to obtain documents
- Washington State is already an expensive place to live; the idea that an injured worker, possibly out
- Workers should be able to get their records without serious financial hardship. Thank you.
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on three health care bills. HB 1496 would cap charges for electronically stored medical records at $50 for patients and certain authorized recipients, while removing a free-copy provision tied to SSI/SSDI appeals and changing attorney fee language to “prevailing patient.” Supporters, including patient advocates, attorneys, and injured workers, said current record fees can reach thousands of dollars and block access to justice; opponents, including hospitals, home care providers, and records vendors, argued the bill would not cover the labor and HIPAA compliance work involved in large third-party requests and could shift costs to providers and patients. The bill remained in hearing with testimony continuing after the committee moved through other bills.
HB 2182 would change how the Department of Corrections distributes its stockpile of mifepristone and misoprostol, removing the requirement that the medications be sold at cost plus a $5 fee and instead allowing, but not requiring, payment while directing DOC and the Department of Health to coordinate distribution to providers and facilities. The prime sponsor and supporters said the bill is needed so the state’s stockpile does not go unused or expire and to remove barriers to access for abortion and miscarriage care; opponents argued the bill subsidizes abortion, raises legal and taxpayer concerns, and should be rejected. Public testimony on HB 2182 was closed after hearing from both supporters and opponents.
HB 2196 would require certain fully insured health plans to cover IVIG for PANS and PANDAS, with initial and medically necessary follow-up courses, and would bar denials based on prior treatment, age, out-of-state care when unavailable in Washington, or treatment guidelines that only address psychiatric symptoms. The sponsor, families, and physicians described severe, sudden-onset symptoms in children and said IVIG can be life-changing after other treatments fail, while insurers warned the mandate could add to already rising premiums and noted the treatment can be very expensive. HB 2242 would shift vaccine and preventive-service recommendation authority from federal bodies to the Department of Health, while preserving no-cost coverage for preventive services and updating the reference date for protected services; the governor, insurance commissioner, public health officials, and many physicians supported it as a way to preserve access amid federal instability and rising vaccine-preventable disease, while questions focused on whether the bill would change school or daycare requirements, which staff said it would not.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
ECD Public Hearing - Thu Apr 17, 2025 @ 10:30 AM HST
Economic Development & Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- My name is Cody Sula with the Iron Worker Stabilization Fund.
- </c> the Iron Worker Stabilization Fund. the Iron Worker Stabilization Fund.
- I'm with the Iron Workers Union Stabilization Fund.
- 10.559><c> Stabilization</c> the Iron Workers Union Stabilization the Iron Workers Union Stabilization
- Those are me postal board of my family.
Committee:
House Economic Development & Technology
Summary:
The Economic Development Technology Committee met on April 17, 2025, to hear STR 121, a resolution to form a working group to explore legalized gaming in Hawaii. Supporters, including DBED, labor representatives, and some industry interests, argued the measure would allow the state to gather more information, consider economic growth, job creation, investment, and tax revenue, and include a range of viewpoints before any final policy decision. Several supporters emphasized that a working group would help ensure informed decision-making and community input.
Opponents argued that legalized gambling would disproportionately harm low-income residents and Native Hawaiians, increase addiction and related social harms, and bring crime, corruption, and human trafficking. Some cited examples from other states, illegal game rooms in Hawaii, and concerns that gambling revenue would be limited while social costs would be high. Others said the conversation should be led by local communities rather than industry stakeholders, and one testifier requested community representation on any working group for a potential stadium-area project.
The committee also heard from witnesses who framed the measure as a way to address money leaving the state and to create a regulated alternative to illegal gambling. No vote or final action on STR 121 was taken during the hearing, and the chair noted the committee would need to adjourn in time for floor session if the hearing ran long.