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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 20, 2025 - 02:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- I urge you to support House Bill 1083 today to help create a more patient-centered, efficient health
- on this e-prescribing, or electronic prescribing, bill are patient safety, fraud prevention, and efficiency
- prices for their prescriptions, and a paper script does give them the ability to do that much more efficiently
- From a policy perspective, it is patient safety, fraud prevention, elimination, and efficiency.
- technical aspects of these procedures and evaluated with respect to entry-level competency by objective regulatory
Summary:
The subcommittee met with a quorum present and took up five health-related bills. HB 1089, which would add Duchenne muscular dystrophy to Florida’s newborn screening panel, was presented as a way to enable earlier diagnosis and treatment; a pediatric neurologist from Nemours testified in support, noting existing FDA-approved therapies and ongoing clinical trials. After supportive debate, the bill passed 17-0 and was reported favorably.
HB 1083 would standardize patient access to medical records by setting deadlines for providers to produce or allow inspection of records and requiring electronic delivery when available. Supporters said it would reduce delays in care and costs, while two industry groups appeared in opposition. Members from both parties spoke in favor, and the bill passed 17-0 and was reported favorably. HB 1297, which aligns Florida’s electronic prescribing rules more closely with federal law and removes some state exceptions, drew opposition from physicians who argued paper prescriptions are still needed for emergencies, shortages, and price shopping. The sponsor said the bill’s goals were patient safety, fraud prevention, and efficiency; despite concerns, it passed 18-0 and was reported favorably.
The committee then considered PCS for HB 1421, the Emily Adkins Family Protection Act, which would create a statewide blood clot and pulmonary embolism registry, require hospital reporting and risk-assessment policies, and expand training requirements in hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities. The bill was presented with emotional testimony from Emily Adkins’ parents, who urged support and co-sponsorship in her memory. Members from both parties praised the family’s advocacy, and the PCS passed 18-0 and was reported favorably.
Finally, HB 449 on optometry would expand optometrists’ authority to prescribe certain medications and perform specified laser and non-laser eye procedures after certification. The bill and amendment drew strong opposition from ophthalmologists and their association, who raised patient-safety, training, and delegation concerns, while optometrists argued the bill would improve access, especially in rural areas and counties without ophthalmologists. The amendment was adopted, and the bill as amended passed on a recorded vote and was reported favorably.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Human Services Jan 19th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- businesses are primarily performed by relevant divisions of DSHS, while also being subject to the regulatory
- So this bill is about efficiency, right?
- And again, when we think about efficiencies and we think about giving folks more time to provide service
- As such, we looked for ways to create efficiencies so that our focus could remain squarely on client
- customer experience, simplify processes, improve service clarity, and provide opportunities for efficiencies
Summary:
The Senate Human Services Committee heard several Department of Social and Health Services-related bills. Senate Bill 6024, sponsored by Senator Gildon, would streamline oversight of community residential service providers by limiting DSHS to one annual routine review per subject area when possible, requiring better document sharing within the department, and preserving investigations tied to complaints, incidents, mortality reviews, and other legally required oversight. Supporters said the bill would reduce duplicative audits and paperwork so providers can spend more time on direct client services. No vote was taken during the hearing.
The committee also heard Senate Bill 6063, an agency-request bill sponsored by Senator Bateman and supported by DSHS Secretary Angela Ramirez, to update statutes to reflect DSHS’s recent reorganization into the Home and Community Living Administration and the Behavioral Health and Habilitation Administration. Testimony described the measure as a technical cleanup with no fiscal impact. In addition, Senate Bill 6036, sponsored by Senator Kaufman, would exempt certain former foster parents and kinship caregivers from adult family home licensure when they continue caring for a former foster youth who is now an adult and the only unrelated adult in the home. DSHS supported the bill as a narrow way to preserve continuity and stability for vulnerable young adults.
The committee spent the most time on Senate Bill 5681, sponsored by Senator Cortez, as amended in a proposed substitute. The bill would lower the age for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to access employment and community inclusion services from 21 to 20, and rename community access as community inclusion. Senator Cortez and multiple advocates, educators, and service providers argued that earlier access would reduce service gaps, support transition from school to work, and help young adults maintain employment. Staff explained that the substitute changed the eligibility age from the original bill’s 19 to 20. No final action was taken; the chair closed the hearings and announced upcoming executive sessions on previously heard bills.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (04/03/2025)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> regulatory barriers to innovation. regulatory barriers to innovation. allowing<00:24:27.360><c>
- </c> to allow for more efficient to allow for more efficient implementation.<00:25:05.120><c> The</c>
- So um lines 17 efficiency program.
- Um, investments in energy efficiency.
- </c> market barriers to energy efficiency? market barriers to energy efficiency?
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority -OMMA- Feb 27th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- As a regulatory agency, we do not influence legislation. We just track it.
- station weed or whatever is, you know, when it comes to OMMA and the MET team, our authority, our regulatory
- When it comes to the criminal stuff, like I said, regulatory, we have, we're the only game in town basically
- So when we are asked to support, I don't know what that means We're a government regulatory body that
- just want to be part of a bigger group to take advantage of economies of scale and operational efficiencies
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 03/05/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> utilize fertilizer more efficiently utilize fertilizer more efficiently improve<00:03:09.000><c>
- </c> they provide a voluntary and Regulatory they provide a voluntary and Regulatory framework<00:04:
- They're compacted to provide more efficient hauling and spreading of the products in the field.
- </c><01:06:12.319><c> and</c> both make our farm more efficient and both make our farm more efficient
- </c><01:07:28.880><c> and</c> drill allowed us to efficiently and drill allowed us to efficiently and
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee (9-23-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Kentucky Community and Technical College System reported several allocations from its $90 million efficient
- Kentucky Community and Technical College System reported several allocations from its $90 million efficient
- And I don't know whether we've made any legislative changes, statutory or regulatory, and how we procure
- We want our dollars to go the furthest it will and be very efficient with our money. Thank you.
- </c> and be very efficient with our money. and be very efficient with our money.
Keywords:
00:01 Call to Order and Roll Call
01:49 Approval of Minutes
02:06 Information Items
03:48 Project Rpt from Finance and Admin Cabinet
14:38 Lease Rpt from Finance and Admin Cabinet
18:50 OFM – Ky Infrastructure Authority
26:40 OFM – Cabinet for Economic Development
31:50 Office of Financial Management
40:40 Remaining 2025 Meeting Dates
41:25 Adjournment, 958, all
Summary:
The meeting opened with prayer and a quorum call, then the committee approved the prior meeting minutes. Staff reported several informational items, including University of Kentucky medical and research equipment purchases, school district debt issues, leasehold improvements, and Kentucky Community and Technical College System bond allocations.
The committee then approved a line-item appropriation increase of $350,000 in federal funds for the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources’ Cumberland Forest Conservation Program, along with two Department of Military Affairs projects: the Ashland Readiness Center window replacement and the MATES HVAC replacement at Fort Knox. It also approved four larger maintenance-pool projects without further action: HVAC and smoke evacuation work at the Kentucky State Penitentiary, HVAC and hot water tank replacements at Oakwood, a Green Bank energy-savings performance project across state facilities, and roof replacement at Lake Barkley Lodge. Members asked about the prison project, the roof procurement process, and whether minority-owned firms receive special bidding preference; staff said capital projects are awarded through open low-bid procurement with qualification and warranty requirements, and that minority participation is preferred but not a bidding criterion.
Two lease modifications were approved for Franklin County agencies: an expansion and renovation for the Auditor of Public Accounts and a downsizing and renovation for the Kentucky Workers Compensation Funding Commission. The committee also approved Kentucky Infrastructure Authority items, including a Monticello sewer loan, several Cleaner Water Program grants and reallocations, and a House Bill 1 water grant that required no action. Members questioned engineering costs and were told the KIA board reviews technical details and anomalies before approval.
Finally, the committee approved six economic development grants: one EDF grant for V Simple in Jefferson County and five KPDI EDF grants for projects in Breckinridge, Erlanger, Todd, and Washington counties. The last action item was approval of Western Kentucky University’s up-to-$10 million general receipts revenue bond issue for athletic facilities. An informational Kentucky Housing Corporation multifamily bond item prompted concern from members about rising per-unit costs for affordable housing, and they requested further explanation from the housing corporation at a future meeting.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Transportation Infrastructure Revenue Subcommitee Jul 16th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- What efficiencies can we find if we look at them as a system?
- So by co-locating these systems, it's just more efficient.
- So when we think about how to catch up in a hurry, there are regulatory permitting activities.
- That's creating more capacity by simply being more efficient with how we do it.
- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has an eight-year cycle process.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Business and Commerce (Part II) Apr 3rd, 2025
Business & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- It can reduce costs and deliver more efficient services to Texans.
- This is the right regulatory framework, the right level of balancing guardrails while at the same time
- The ever-fraught spectrum of civil liberties, efficiency in government, and importantly, it reifies Texas
- The most efficient industry is the grocery industry, and their cost is 4.7 percent.
- We promote a secure, efficient, and electronic payments ecosystem.
Bills:
SB231, SB584, SB600, SB668, SB841, SB986, SB1003, SB1244, SB1625, SB1960, SB1963, SB1964, SB2026, SB2056, SB2368
Keywords:
temporary emergency electric energy facility, temporary generation, emergency power, backup generation, mobile generator, portable generator, grid resilience, power outage restoration, transmission and distribution utility, TDU, Public Utility Commission of Texas, PUCT, Utilities Code Section 39.918, competitive bidding, lease authorization, emergency procurement, bulk power system, locational marginal pricing, reliability model, black start
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children.(6-17-26)
Families & Children
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> we are not meeting the state regulatory we are not meeting the state regulatory wait<00:27:04.600
- Examples of this include shifting regulatory and medical necessity interpretations and determinations
- Uh thank you for the efficiency that this has happened today.
- </c><01:43:58.560><c> that</c> Uh thank you for the efficiency that Uh thank you for the efficiency that
- </c> having four that are very efficient? having four that are very efficient?
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Article II Feb 25th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Article II
Transcript Highlights:
- On slide 17, obviously, attention of our staff is a huge efficiency for us, even with the gains that
- Request from the list and have achieved some efficiencies, but we do think some additional staff are
- Eligibility area, just over 10,000 staff, our regulatory area, just over 2,500.
- Impairs their efficiency, it turns a task that could be done in a matter of minutes... minutes into a
- Trends and anomalies across larger data sets, and of course, that would improve our efficiency.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So this bill is a critical step toward building a regulatory system that supports that work. four-star
- Uh, also, I'm sure it makes it more efficient for the inspectors.
- </c><01:28:51.440><c> Uh</c> more efficient for the inspectors.
- Uh more efficient for the inspectors.
- Today we see we do agree on some regulatory changes that can help.
Keywords:
HF1918, Department of Children Youth and Families, DCYF, child welfare, foster care, out-of-home placement, permanency planning, relative search, noncustodial parent, kinship care, family preservation, African American Child and Family Well-Being, racial disproportionality, maltreatment reporting, educational neglect, truancy, school attendance, Great Start compensation, child care provider payments, TEACH early childhood program
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- The other one— The other one, this seems that the authority wants to exercise, you know, regulatory influence
- And there won't be private if we don't change how we do business as far as our permitting, our regulatory
- It's not just kind of optimization in terms of a little efficiency.
- stay just outside of the downtown frame somewhere with this massive station and do it much more efficiently
- Yeah. somewhere with this massive station and do it much more efficiently. Yeah, I understand.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Mar 24th, 2025
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- It, it really helps them, um, have a much more efficient, uh, means of replacing those assets.
- cities have gotten very scientific and mathematical with how they turn over their fleets to be most efficient
- This legislation provides important regulatory clarity for earned wage access products while fostering
- This bill, supported by the industry, would create a durable regulatory framework for EWA providers and
- So if you want to qualify for the earned wage access specific like, uh, regulatory scheme, you can't
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Health Committee Apr 7th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- sure everyone understands our committee procedures to ensure we maintain order and run a fair and efficient
- In addition to this, the tendency towards regulatory arbitrage, internal tool development, and a still
- immature emergent regulatory ecosystem means that currently deployed tools do not always go through
- Raji, spoke to it, kind of allowing for there to be a regulatory arbitrage so that we can kind of have
- ... ...there to be a regulatory arbitrage so that we can kind of have people skirt through the naming
Summary:
The Assembly Health Committee heard a long agenda of health-related bills, beginning with AB 2651 by Bonta, which would require schools to notify parents when school vaccination rates fall below herd immunity thresholds. Supporters, including family physicians, PTA representatives, and medical groups, said the bill would improve transparency and help parents protect children and vulnerable family members. Opponents argued the data could be misleading, could identify medically exempt or conditional students, and might lead to stigma or discrimination. The bill was later moved out of committee on a due-pass-as-amended motion, with one no vote recorded on the roll call.
The committee also heard AB 2123 by Aguirre-Curry on medical debt relief, AB 1570 by Wilson to eliminate out-of-pocket costs for medically necessary breast diagnostic and supplemental imaging, AB 2201 by Berner to restore Medi-Cal eligibility and renewal flexibilities, AB 2448 by Berman to strengthen privacy protections for reproductive and gender-affirming care records, AB 2034 by Addis on food additive safety and transparency, and AB 2598 by Krell to require better notification of next of kin when a patient dies in a hospital. Each bill drew strong support from authors, advocates, and affected individuals, while some drew opposition from insurers, industry groups, or transparency critics who raised concerns about cost, duplication, implementation, or unintended harm. Several bills were moved forward on due-pass-as-amended motions, including AB 2123, AB 2201, AB 2448, AB 2034, and AB 2598.
The committee also heard AB 2551 by Elhawary, which would require health plans to collect and publish data on how often enrollees must go out of network for behavioral health care and why. Supporters said the measure would expose access barriers and high out-of-pocket costs, especially for communities of color and people with language access needs; opponents said it would add another reporting mandate and might not solve provider shortage problems. Members generally expressed support for the bill’s goals and several described personal or district-level experiences with behavioral health access problems. The bill was then moved out of committee on a due-pass motion. The committee also took up consent items and other procedural motions, with multiple bills reported out and some placed on call.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- President, your Committee on Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency, having had under consideration
- Chair, I move that the Regulatory Affairs Committee amendment to HB 2660 be adopted. Very good.
- Seeing none, the question before you is adoption of the Regulatory Affairs Committee amendment to House
Summary:
The Senate met in Committee of the Whole on several calendars and advanced a series of House bills, mostly on party-line or voice votes after brief committee reports and some floor debate. Measures considered included HB 2028 (licensing timeframes/court assessments), HB 2047 (forcible entry and detainer), HB 2168 (nuisance actions), HB 2411 (coerced abortion/abortion-inducing drugs), HB 2557 (patient records), HB 2060 (educational facilities), HB 2086 (vaccination mandates and mask prohibitions), HB 2144 (child support), HB 2830 (fetal and prenatal development instruction), HB 2015 (tax administration), HB 2100 (small subdivision requirements), HB 2327 (records confidentiality), HB 2460 (business property theft/shopping carts), HB 4056 (public records fees exemption for legislators), HB 2417 (speed-detecting devices), HB 2601 (I-11 environmental engineering study), HB 2660 (health boards/licensure investigations), and HB 2975 (state land soil maps). Several bills were amended in committee before being recommended do pass, including HB 2028, HB 2557, HB 2060, HB 2086, HB 2830, HB 2327, HB 2460, HB 4056, and HB 2660.
Floor debate focused mainly on HB 2086 and HB 2830, where Democrats argued the bills would undermine public health guidance and education expertise, while supporters framed them as limiting mandates and directing curriculum. HB 2100 drew criticism over water supply concerns and the Rio Verde Foothills example, and HB 2975 drew opposition over concerns it would hinder renewable energy development. HB 2460 prompted debate over whether shopping carts were abandoned or stolen and whether the bill improperly preempted local control. HB 4056 was criticized as giving legislators special treatment on public records fees and potentially enabling harassment of schools and local governments.
The Senate then took up third-reading roll-call votes. HB 2016, HB 2140, HB 2195, HB 2439, HB 2028, HB 2557, HB 2086, HB 2830, HB 2327, HB 2460, HB 4056, and HB 2660 all passed, with recorded votes ranging from 16-10 to 26-0. Members explained several no votes on public health, education, tax, and transparency grounds, while supporters emphasized enforcement, local control, or administrative efficiency. The chamber also adopted Committee of the Whole reports and transmitted the passed bills to the House, then adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Licensing and Occupations (2-4-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- , we could pass all the statutes we want, but really where the rubber meets the road is in this regulatory
- road is<00:05:21.479><c> in</c><00:05:22.080><c> this</c><00:05:22.680><c> um</c><00:05:22.960><c> regulatory
- c><00:05:23.840><c> process</c><00:05:24.440><c> so</c><00:05:24.800><c> this</c> ...is in this regulatory
- I think we want our government to work together and work efficiently, and we want everybody to show up
Keywords:
00:00 Call to Order
00:07 Roll Call
02:14 SB 23 Discussion
13:11 SB 23 Vote
13:51 Adjournment, 958, all
Summary:
The Licensing and Occupations committee met for its first meeting under Chair Rocky Adams, who opened by announcing a more flexible approach to committee procedure, including no egg timer, less emphasis on interim vetting, and a collaborative process with the House chair on amendments. The committee then took up its only agenda item, Senate Bill 23, sponsored by Senator Steve West, which would allow the Administrative Regulations Committee to conduct preliminary review of non-enacted regulations and require cabinet representatives to appear, provide information, and have authority to respond to deficiencies. West said the bill is intended to increase transparency earlier in the regulatory process and address past problems with cabinet participation.
Members generally supported the bill and emphasized the importance of transparency and oversight in the regulatory process. Several questions focused on a possible notice requirement for committee review; West said the administration had requested five days’ notice, and he was open to that idea so long as no loopholes were created, including whether the same notice should apply to deferral requests. He also explained that the bill does not create strong enforcement teeth beyond existing committee powers to find a regulation deficient or request deferral, and that any stronger response would still come through separate legislation.
Before the vote, members explained their support while noting concerns about notice and fairness. Senator Berg warned against surprise agenda changes and wanted a level playing field, while Senator Douglas said the bill would help constituents better understand regulations. The committee then voted to pass Senate Bill 23 with favorable expression and sent it to the Senate floor. The meeting adjourned afterward.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee REVISED: Time changed to 11:00 a.m.
Transcript Highlights:
- We extended out the internal formula that we did several years ago, that concentrates on the most efficient
- And we have increased the obligations that the board must meet regarding regulatory enforcement across
Summary:
The committee considered two bills. House Bill 1239 was presented as a cleanup measure that shifts apportionment and distribution of motor vehicle fees from the Oklahoma Tax Commission to Service Oklahoma, reflecting the agency restructure. The bill also extends an internal county bridge funding formula from 2026 to 2031 and repeals a duplicate motorcycle-related section of law. After brief questions about who controls the distribution of funds, the committee voted 4-1 to report the bill out do pass.
Senate Bill 1732 addressed Construction Industries Board fee increases. The author explained that the board’s fees have remained largely flat since 2009 even as the legislature added duties such as expanded continuing education, compliance, licensure tracking, and enforcement responsibilities. In response to a question about whether higher fees could create barriers to entering the trades, the author said the increases were not exorbitant and were intended to keep the board functioning without expanding its spending. The committee again voted 4-1 to report the bill out do pass.
After both measures were approved, the chair noted that this was likely the last general government meeting and adjourned the meeting.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- They're asking for the regulatory relief. They're asking for the financial incentives.
- They're asking for the regulatory relief. They're asking for the financial incentives.
- They're asking for the regulatory relief. They're asking for the financial incentives.
- They're asking for the regulatory relief. They're asking for the financial incentives.
- </c> um the cost of certain energy efficiency um the cost of certain energy efficiency products<02:04
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- discussion in our committee over the last several years is how can we create some type of a baseline regulatory
- facility, it is nameplate capacity, and that no plant ever achieves full capacity, no matter how efficient
- politically and who operate within an institutionalized environment closely connected with the regulatory
- industry, or the regulated industry. closely connected with the regulatory industry, or the regulated
- We are a 501(c)(3) that promotes renewable energy and energy efficiency across the state.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Rules Feb 3rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It's keeping the environment calm, efficient, and responsible.
- It's keeping the environment calm, efficient, and respectful, so people feel confident and cared for.
- be very clear: I think litigation financing should be permitted in Florida, but only with clear regulatory
- But we also provide regulatory framework around that universe.
- and we certainly allow that and in essence it's third-party guarantees right but we also provide regulatory
Summary:
The Committee on Rules met and first approved several open-government sunset repeal bills and related measures. SB 7024 and SB 7026, both sponsored by Senator Mayfield, were explained as consolidating and extending public records/public meetings exemptions for cybersecurity information and trade secrets held by agencies; both were reported favorably. SB 7020, sponsored by Senator Trumbull, reenacted an aquaculture records exemption for records held by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and was also reported favorably. Later, the committee approved SB 14 and SB 24, claims bills for relief involving Miami-Dade County, and SB 16, a claims bill for Heriberto Sanchez Mayan against the City of St. Petersburg; all were reported favorably without opposition. The committee also approved CS for SB 806, a consumer right-to-repair bill creating portable wireless device and agricultural equipment repair acts, despite opposition from several industry groups, and reported it favorably.