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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Special Committee on COVID-19 - March 31, 2020

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 8 (1-15-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Amen. and your boundless nature and grace. and your boundless nature and grace.
  • to promote peace and order and justice. to promote peace and order and justice.
  • House Bill 281; to Appropriations and Revenue: House Bills 237, 238, 241, and 262; to Banking and Insurance
  • to Transportation: House Bills 258, 267, and 282; and to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection
  • appropriations and revenue. appropriations and revenue.
Summary: The House convened with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, then established a quorum with 95 members present. Members approved excusing absences, suspended rules to allow co-sponsorships and vote modifications, and approved the journal from January 14, 2026. The clerk reported second readings of House Bills 176, 184, and 265, and the Health Services Committee reported favorably on House Bills 178 and 280, as well as House Joint Resolution 24, which would direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to withdraw a previously submitted 1115A waiver application for a mandatory community engagement program; those measures were advanced to first reading and placed on the calendar. During announcements, members noted a KPA breakfast the next morning, a House Committee on Local Government meeting cancellation, a POB meeting after adjournment, a “Bags of Hope” service project for children in foster care, an open house for higher education leaders, and a Legislative Oversight and Investigation Committee meeting after adjournment. The House then received a large batch of new bill and resolution introductions covering school bus safety, education, literacy funding, local public agency transactions, Alzheimer’s services, tax-dollar restrictions, curriculum, public holidays, trophy catfish, electric generating unit decommissioning costs, sexual offenses against children, fertility treatment, medicinal cannabis, workers’ compensation, occupational license fees, pension supplemental payments, certificate of need, end-of-life patient-directed care, risk protection orders, affordable housing, physician continuing medical education, constitutional term limits for governor and lieutenant governor, jail booking procedures, educators, farmland preservation loans, domestic violence, and several resolutions including Burn Awareness Week, Profound Autism Day, and Suits and Sneakers Day. The House recessed for a Committee on Committees meeting, then received the committee’s report assigning numerous bills to standing committees and making several membership changes, including appointing Representatives Burke, Gentry, and Camuel to specified committees and removing Representatives Gentry, Watkins, and Stevenson from others. No floor amendments were introduced. The House then adjourned by unanimous consent until 9:00 a.m. Friday, January 16, 2026.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare May 19th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • And lo and behold, I became elected.
  • There was a component that required labeling and disclosure of the ingredients that are included.
  • There was a component that required labeling and disclosure of the ingredients that are included.
  • And then they grew up and become adults.
  • And that act was occurring, and that infant died. And that infant died.
HI
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Safety Apr 7th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so, if we don't have any funding and we're... and perhaps we're not anticipating any, then I don't
  • to test out.
  • This is simply an extension of the sunset for the board of tests for alcohol and drug influence to 2031
  • The author in the House and I have met and talked about this several times, and I don't believe that
  • on the agenda this afternoon and it's already passed out of the cabinet, and so are there nooks and
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/23/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • We offer pregnancy tests and ultrasounds and post-delivery care, parenting classes, parenting resources
  • ...pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, support for struggling mothers such as diapers, wipes, and also we
  • So this bill will address working along with ADEQ and addressing those issues to test soil and water
  • and conduct home testing, and to partner with tribal...
  • Our teachers and our educators and our teachers and our educators and our teachers.
Summary: The committee first took up HB 2211 only for discussion, not a vote. The strike-everything amendment would make it unprofessional conduct for certain health care licensees to submit an independent dispute resolution offer above 300% of Medicare or 300% of the qualified payment amount. The chair said he wanted more stakeholder meetings and broader consensus before moving the bill. Testimony was split: an ARMA representative opposed the measure, arguing it reflected insurer concerns, QPA data lacked transparency, and licensing discipline was the wrong tool for billing disputes; a Blue Cross Blue Shield representative supported it, saying a small number of private equity-backed providers were driving up surprise-billing costs and abusing the No Surprises Act. No action was taken on HB 2211. The committee then considered HB 4028 on accessory dwelling units. The bill would remove the 1,000-square-foot cap as an absolute limit, change setback rules, bar municipalities from requiring an administrative use permit and certain elevation criteria, and extend the deadline for cities to adopt ADU regulations. Rep. Kyle Powell said the bill was meant to give homeowners more flexibility and help address housing shortages. Supporters framed it as a property-rights and housing issue, while opponents from neighborhood and city groups warned it would allow oversized ADUs, increase density, create safety and parking concerns, and weaken local zoning control. After extensive debate, the committee voted 8-9 with one present, and HB 4028 failed. The committee next passed HB 2620, as amended, by a 17-0 vote with one member not voting. The bill appropriates $300,000 per year for five years to the Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services for grants to emergency shelters serving veterans. An amendment removed age and non-congregate-setting limits for eligible shelters. Rep. Blackman said the bill was intended to help homeless veterans, and shelter advocate Nathan Smith supported it, saying targeted resources could help veterans exit homelessness and stay housed. The committee then took up HB 2960, which would create a veterans specialty court grant program. The bill was amended to have the Office of the Courts administer the fund and to allow support for expansion of existing veterans courts. Testimony highlighted the success of the Lake Havasu veterans court and the need for more standardized programs and data collection; the transcript cuts off before the final vote on HB 2960.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • and in many ways this is a way to Give parents the chance to know if their psychological testing going
  • I think what you were about to say is sometimes we have to take action and get your test results.
  • ' rights to know what is happening in schools and be able to consent or not. not to certain testing or
  • For decades, Texas has required parental consent for psychological examination, testing, and treatment
  • And how you label indecent, portrays sexual organs, and that kind of thing. profane, grossly offensive
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II) Aug 18th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • and modeling to improve weather forecasting accuracy and enhance flood management and the timeliness
  • Install and maintain and operate the siren.
  • And members.
  • And that once and for all...
  • And the...
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Aug 18th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members of the Senate will come to order, and the Secretary will call the roll.
  • Would everyone in the gallery please stand and everyone on the floor.
  • For all the families that are suffering in Central Texas from the horrific tragedies and storms of last
  • and loved ones.
  • Give us guidance in every action and every step each and every day.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Aug 15th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, please rise for the invocation in the gallery, and on the floor, delivered by Senator Sparks
  • Colossians 3:12 says, "Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with
  • Humility, gentleness, and patience.
  • Father, this is my prayer for today, that we may do all of this with wisdom and courage as we go about
  • President and members, I move that the Senate of the 89th Legislature first called session adjourned,
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Aug 15th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • our spirits to resonate with yours, that we would operate in love. ...and wisdom, and encourage, and
  • To evaluate and streamline rules and regulations to speed preparedness and recovery from natural disasters
  • Legislation to eliminate the STAAR test and replace it with effective tools to... ...assess student progress
  • Bills and resolutions on first reading and reference to committee.
  • Monday, August 18, pending the reading and referral of bills and the receipt of messages and committee
KY
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary: The subcommittee met with a quorum present, approved the minutes without objection, and then reviewed a series of administrative regulations from multiple agencies. Most of the regulations received staff-suggested amendments and were approved without objection, including fish and wildlife rules on fishing limits and deer hunting on local government property, veterinary board changes to responsible party and veterinary manager requirements, election procedures for safe-at-home voters, attorney general regulatory relief rules, emergency gasoline tax pricing, public pensions updates, controller fraud-prevention policies, physical therapy licensure and English proficiency standards, school nutrition and fee-waiver rules, public health conference procedures, and Medicaid waiver regulations. Several agencies briefly identified themselves and answered procedural questions, but most items drew no substantive opposition. The Board of Veterinary Examiners regulation included an agency amendment that removed a proposed limit on the number of facilities a veterinary manager could oversee. The Department of Education regulations updated fee waiver and meal program procedures, while the Department of Public Health regulation clarified notification and conference-request procedures. The Department of Revenue and Kentucky Public Pensions Authority items were largely technical or conforming changes, including a special-needs trust definition added for consistency with Senate Bill 85. The most extensive discussion involved the Department for Medicaid Services’ 1915C child waiver regulations. Kentucky Protection and Advocacy testified in opposition to the waiver’s lack of participant-directed services, arguing that consumer-driven services such as respite and community living support are required and especially important in rural areas and for higher-acuity children. Cabinet representatives responded that the waiver is intended to provide wraparound services to keep children in homes and communities, that it has CMS approval, and that the program is limited to 100 slots with about 21 participants already enrolled. Members did not move a deficiency motion, and the chair indicated the regulations would continue through the process. The meeting adjourned after setting the next meeting for Tuesday, August 11 at 1:00 p.m.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary: The committee received an informational presentation from the Kentucky Department of Education and the School Facilities Construction Commission on school facilities funding. Staff explained the main funding sources used for school construction and renovation, including the mandatory “nickel” property tax levy, growth and equalized growth nickels, the equalized facility funding nickel, the Fort Knox/BRAC-related nickel for Hardin County, and the recallable nickel that districts can adopt locally. They also described the state equalization formula, noting that local construction costs have risen and that state support is formula-driven rather than a dollar-for-dollar match. The SFCC outlined how unmet facility need is calculated through district facility plans, which are developed locally with community, staff, and board input and then reviewed by KDE staff for consistency and reasonableness. The commission said it will update the statewide unmet need report this fall, adopt it in December, and provide the figure to the committee in January 2026. It reported that the statewide unmet facility need was about $7 billion in 2023, with about $951 million in local revenue available, and said its offers of assistance are paid as debt service over eight years. The commission also said the most recent legislative offer of assistance was its smallest since SFCC’s creation in 1985, and requested an additional $60 million for the next biennium. Members asked about how districts use nickel tax levies, who determines facility need, whether the process includes physical inspections, and how bonding capacity affects offers of assistance. Staff said nickel levies are generally adopted with regular tax rates, that facility need is locally developed but reviewed by KDE, and that KDE project managers and district-hired architects review plans on paper rather than through in-person inspections. They also explained that bonding capacity can affect a district’s ability to use or receive assistance. Questions were also raised about federal funds tied to earlier KIX grants and about districts with zero remaining offers of assistance; staff said most grant-funded projects are underway or complete, and that a zero balance means a district has spent its available assistance. No votes or formal actions were taken.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
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  • Thank you, Miss Bates. a part of this and and being able to a part of this and and being able to kind
Summary: The first meeting of the Medicaid Oversight Advisory Board opened with Chair Ken Fleming and Co-Chair Rocky Adams welcoming members, explaining the board’s purpose, and introducing the diverse membership of legislators, providers, advocates, and state officials. Fleming said the board would meet monthly, allow public comment at the end of meetings, and operate transparently with materials posted online and distributed in advance. Both chairs emphasized that the board’s work would focus on improving Medicaid outcomes, efficiency, and oversight, while preparing for possible federal changes and avoiding premature assumptions about what Congress may do. Members then gave brief introductions describing their backgrounds in medicine, nursing, hospital administration, behavioral health, insurance, budgeting, pharmacy, and Medicaid administration. Several noted direct experience with Medicaid populations or managed care, including the Department for Medicaid Services commissioner, health plan representatives, hospital and clinic leaders, and legislators with health care backgrounds. The board also heard from Stephanie Bates of the LRC Office of Health Data Analytics, who said her office supports the General Assembly with health-related data, policy, and research and would serve as a resource to the board. Bates then began a presentation on Medicaid basics, explaining that House Bill 695 created the board and that the presentation would cover eligibility, enrollment, covered benefits, waivers, managed care, the budget, and the federal reconciliation bill. She described Medicaid eligibility as complex, noted that Kentucky had more than 1.4 million enrollees, and explained enrollment churn and the unwinding of pandemic-era continuous coverage. She also outlined mandatory and optional Medicaid benefits, the requirement that services be medically necessary and provided by enrolled providers, and the main waiver types used in Kentucky, including 1115, 1915(b), and 1915(c) waivers. No votes or formal actions were taken at this meeting beyond organizational setup and receiving the initial informational presentation.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • for the presence, if there's a positive, is this a one-and-done test or would it be your intent that
  • Had Minnesota not delayed further testing of groundwater, wells, lakes, and rivers, then maybe Tartan
  • Today, I'll detail a couple of challenges. and Prism will be in a continual testing and Prism will be
  • And then, um, we do have some concerns about the changes about the requirements for aquifer tests.
  • Even when test results come back, that analysis of results are stalled or delayed, and it is never clear
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Health Committee Apr 30th, 2025

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • We carry that bill over and sit and wait and see what happens.
  • testing.
  • and Have the freedom to be the parents and grandparents and adults that we are.
  • and outbreaks are most likely to occur and to quickly and effectively deploy resources to address and
  • This is for all vaccinations and testing. Yes, sir. Okay. Any questions? Representative O.
Bills: HB491, SB85
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 13 (1-23-26) - Resumed

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And the families in my district and my community that called and texted me and emailed me about this,
  • > up<00:02:08.560> and that fear and anxiety and stand up and that fear and anxiety and stand
  • 02:27.680> and community that called and text me and community that called and text me and emailed
  • And we know education and healthcare.
  • To families and Bills 394, 404, and 413.
Summary: The House took up House Bill 312, which would expand concealed carry rights to 18- to 20-year-olds. Debate focused heavily on gun violence, public safety, constitutional rights, and whether the bill would make schools, parks, and other public places less safe. Opponents argued that young people are not ready for the responsibility, cited recent shootings and gun deaths in their districts, and said families had not asked for this bill. Supporters said 18- to 20-year-olds already may possess firearms, that concealed carry is safer than open carry for law-abiding adults, and that the bill includes training and background-check provisions. Several members also discussed differences between rural and urban gun culture and whether crime trends were related to constitutional carry laws. During floor discussion, members exchanged questions about crime rates since constitutional carry was enacted, with a sponsor responding that crime had decreased in the Commonwealth. Other members raised concerns about suicide, mental health, and the impact on students and women, while supporters emphasized self-defense and constitutional rights. After debate, the House voted on HB 312 and passed it 73-17. The bill was then clinched. After HB 312, the House handled routine business. Members moved House Resolutions 30, 33, and 7 from committee to the floor, and several committee schedule announcements were made, including possible changes due to weather. The Committee on Committees reported referrals for a number of bills to standing committees, and the Rules Committee posted House Bills 134 and 306 for the regular orders on Monday, January 26, 2026. The House then adjourned until 4:00 p.m. Monday, January 26, 2026.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Direction of previous day's journal, House and Senate bills and joint resolutions on second reading,
  • And so, I cannot tell you how much I appreciate him being here with me today and Supporting me.
  • She's an RN, BSN, and is a trauma burn nurse and trauma burn coordinator at OU Health.
  • a legacy and consistency and competitive superiority.
  • sportsmanship, and serving as a lasting source of pride and inspiration for the school community and