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MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 1 April, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- mitigation program for rental fitting insurable homes. >> Any idea of where we are?
- has regulation or has The Department of Insurance has regulatory control over.
- And we need to make sure that the Department of Insurance... ...Insurance is working with our insurance
- This is going to lower insurance costs...
- This is going to lower insurance costs, and my hat’s off to you. “Thank you, sir. I appreciate it.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> it's</c><00:07:42.400><c> you</c> The unemployment insurance is it's you The unemployment insurance
- I'm Eustace Keau, unemployment insurance administrator.
- </c><00:20:17.600><c> as</c> to get um unemployment insurance as to get um unemployment insurance as
- As it relates to conformity with the unemployment insurance security law, correct.
- And so, insurance security law, correct.
Committee:
Senate Labor and Technology
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 2455, HD2, relating to employment practices. Testimony was limited, with support from the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women and UPW; the committee noted nine support, zero opposition, and zero comments. No vote was taken on this bill during the portion provided.
The committee then took up House Bill 2165, HD2, relating to the Hawaii Employment Security Law. DLIR supported the measure but requested an amendment moving language in Section 2 from subsection A to subsection C to preserve the legal structure. Members questioned DLIR about a January 8 U.S. Department of Labor letter and whether the bill would keep Hawaii in conformity with federal unemployment insurance requirements. DLIR said the federal guidance requires the state to remove the carve-out for labor-dispute claimants, though unions with hiring halls and members in good standing could still be exempt from work-search requirements under an authorized list. UNITE HERE Local 5 opposed the bill and said the current law already gives the department discretion to exempt striking workers. The committee recessed the bill before any final action was taken in the portion shown.
In the joint hearing with Commerce and Consumer Protection, the committees heard House Bill 1509, HD2, relating to workers’ compensation. DLIR supported the bill, DHER offered comments and requested an amendment, UPW supported it, and one Zoom testifier described personal experience with delayed care and urged faster decisions. After testimony, the committees voted to pass the bill with amendments. The adopted amendments restored the 7-day treatment-plan deadline from 10 days, changed the effective date to January 1, 2077, and struck the proposed $500 fine for employers who fail to respond within 10 days.
Back in the Labor and Technology agenda, the committee heard House Bill 1515, HD2, also relating to workers’ compensation, with testimony noting seven in support, one in opposition, and one comment, but no action was taken in the excerpt. The committee also heard House Bill 1514, HD2, relating to workers’ compensation vocational rehabilitation plans. A Zoom testifier opposed the bill, arguing the 120-day timeline was unrealistic for complex cases. DLIR said the bill would give the director discretion to extend the vocational rehabilitation plan timeline beyond 120 days with no cap on extensions, and the committee noted five support, four opposition, and zero comments. Finally, the committee began House Bill 2458, HD3, relating to surveillance pricing. OCP said it stood on written testimony, while supporters argued the bill would prevent corporations from using personal data to set prices, especially for groceries. Retail and grocery interests opposed the measure, saying it was too broad and could restrict loyalty programs, promotions, and discounts; one witness asked that a loyalty-program exemption be restored.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- , or no insurance.
- And LCMC picked up their own insurance as well. Okay.
- We don't bill any of the insurance companies.
- So one big driver is the cost of health insurance for all employees.
- One big driver is the cost of health insurance for all employees.
Committee:
House Appropriations
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 04/08/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Nursing homes that have been acquired have laid off staff, cut employee health insurance, and performed
- Nursing homes that have been acquired have laid off staff, cut employee health insurance, and performed
- The legislature has already been briefed on how corporate insurers, through vertical integration, own
- </c><00:33:11.840><c> through</c> on how corporate insurers through on how corporate insurers through
- insurance region in Minnesota,<00:34:03.760><c> the</c><00:34:04.000><c> southeast,</c><00:34:04.559
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- for everyone who elects to participate in the teacher's insurance program, which right now is going
- We're also going to be paying in teachers' insurance for everyone that participates in it.
- for everyone who elects participate in the teacher's insurance program, which right now is going to
- We're also going to be paying in teachers insurance for everyone that participates in it.
- Founds. $300 million we're also going to be paying in teachers insurance for everyone that participates
Committee:
All JBC-PERSONNEL
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Feb 24th, 2026
Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- The license operators at the DMV, and it allows them to accept a physical proof of insurance and not
- This came to my attention by a constituent when they walked inside, presented the proof of insurance,
- walked outside, canceled the insurance.
- over, and that is currently acceptable. gmail.com, a proof of insurance over, and that is currently
- acceptable for proof of insurance.
Bills:
HB2936 , HB2937 , HB2951 , HB2960 , HB2979 , HB2980 , HB3062 , HB3082 , HB3087 , HB3148 , HB3152 , HB3262 , HB3264 , HB3266 , HB3268 , HB3269 , HB3278 , HB3299 , HB3544 , HB3606 , HB3678 , HB3790 , HB3903 , HB3996 , HB4139 , HB4140 , HB4142 , HB4143 , HB4144 , HB4260 , HB4272 , HB4296 , HB4324 , HB4339 , HB4341 , HB4342
Committee:
House Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
Keywords:
HB2936, children, child protection, adoption, Oklahoma Adoption Code, gestational carrier, gestational agreement, surrogacy, intended parent, preplacement home study, home study, prospective adoptive parent, foster placement, child abuse, child neglect, child sexual abuse, child sexual exploitation, lewd molestation, sex offender registry, Oklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act
Summary:
The committee heard a long series of House bills, mostly on criminal justice, public safety, transportation, and administrative procedures. Measures included lowering school-zone speed issues on certain highways (HB 2979), allowing DMV staff to accept physical proof of insurance (HB 2980), barring people convicted of pedophilia from adopting children (HB 2936), allowing lawful weapon carry on boats (HB 2937), and restricting fire departments from hiring people required to register as sex offenders (HB 382). Other bills addressed warrant fee increases for counties (HB 3262), making strangulation in domestic violence cases an 85% crime (HB 3264), creating offenses for reckless driving tied to racing and collisions (HB 3266), criminalizing knowingly making or displaying fictitious license plates (HB 3268), and allowing electronic arrest warrants (HB 3269). The committee also advanced bills on Open Meetings Act enforcement, OCC port-of-entry arrest authority, expanding protections for municipal officials and notaries, creating vessel titling, and modernizing vehicle inspection/title procedures.
Several members raised questions about costs, enforcement authority, and whether new penalties would shift burdens to consumers or local governments. For example, HB 3262 drew concern about passing warrant-fee costs to the public, and HB 3268 prompted questions about existing law and the need for a new felony for fake tags. The OCC port-of-entry bill generated extended discussion about whether a regulatory agency should have arrest authority, with supporters arguing it would free up Highway Patrol and sheriff resources and opponents questioning the expansion of quasi-law-enforcement powers. Other bills were presented as request bills from agencies or constituents, including the Attorney General, Oklahoma City police, the Bomb Squad, the Corporation Commission, and local residents.
The committee also approved a number of bills with little or no opposition, including a domestic violence strangulation measure, a bill on Open Meetings Act remedies, a bill allowing sentence modification requests by district attorneys, and a bill requiring domestic violence incident reports and judicial training. Later, the committee considered additional public safety and criminal procedure bills such as making firearm theft a felony, increasing the damage threshold for police response in property-damage crashes, and requiring the state to pay expert witness costs in capital appeals. Most measures were reported out do pass, with several unanimous votes and a few split votes, including HB 3262 and the OCC port-of-entry bill. The meeting ended after laying over a few bills and adjourning.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Health insurance exchange, requiring rules for the immunization of children attending schools to be based
- , we've used this benefit to dramatically lower the number of people in our state without health insurance
- This allowed 170,000 New Mexicans to get health insurance.
- the emergency room is always open, and hospitals are not going to turn away those who don't have insurance
- The bill requires the Superintendent of Insurance to approve proposed settlements paid from the patient's
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House DFL Media Availability 6/9/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, I'll continue to have health insurance. Uh, so I'm fine.
- Uh, what I worry about is the people who will lose their health insurance.
- Uh what I insurance. Uh so I'm fine.
- lose worry about is the people who will lose their<00:02:35.120><c> health</c><00:02:35.440><c> insurance
- I I know that their health insurance.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, July 3, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> insurance. Largest health care cut ever. insurance.
- </c><02:23:56.080><c> Insurance</c><02:23:56.560><c> costs</c> too high. Insurance costs too high.
- insurance insurance won't<02:42:25.120><c> cover.
- , insurance, insurance, employer<03:22:05.359><c> provided</c><03:22:06.239><c> insurance.
- </c> of the children's health insurance of the children's health insurance program.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> to buy other insurance companies with. to buy other insurance companies with.
- </c> Insurance companies under Title 27 are restricted to insurance-related activities.
- </c><00:47:01.359><c> So</c> the insurance regula regulations. So the insurance regula regulations.
- </c> they have reduced insurance regulations. they have reduced insurance regulations.
- </c> them and what the other insurance has. them and what the other insurance has.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 76 Jul 30th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Third reading of the bill, An Act Further Regulating Insurance Claims, Senate No. 785.
- They paid their insurance diligently and believed themselves to be covered.
- With no insurance standing behind them, there was no one left to investigate a claim, defend it, or pay
- And it's done at a pace under this bill that gives our provider networks and insurance payers enough
- And it's done at a pace under this bill that gives our provider networks and insurance payers enough
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- Number two, we have one grant from the Insurance Department.
- Number two, we have one grant from the insurance department.
- Number 27, with the Insurance Department and Computer Aid.
- Number 28, Insurance Department with Timesis LLC.
- Contract 48, Arkansas Tech University with Stevens Insurance, is for ongoing health insurance-related
Committee:
All ALC-REVIEW
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Legislative Audit Committee Jun 1st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- agencies information sharing, submitted by Senator Archuleta; Item 3, audit 117, EDD unemployment insurance
- information sharing, by Senator Archuleta; 2026-117, Employment Development Department unemployment insurance
- Despite being one of the largest national insurers, decades of inflation and recent hikes in health care
- And obviously, potential insurance isn't even really that.
- I mean, it's a discount plan, which is Insurance isn't even really that.
Summary:
The Joint Legislative Audit Committee met to hear new audit requests and receive a status update from the State Auditor. The auditor reported 10 JALAC audits in progress, noted that all 2025-approved audits are underway, said the first 2026 audit is focused on DMV license revocations, and described several statutory and high-risk audits already in progress. The committee also approved a consent calendar of four audit requests: UC library resources, law enforcement information sharing, EDD unemployment insurance claims, and Housing and Community Development housing development monitoring.
The committee then considered Assembly Member DeMaio’s audit request on SANDAG road project management. DeMaio argued the audit was needed to examine whether transportation funds, including voter-approved and restricted revenues, were used for allowable purposes and whether past management failures warranted outside review. SANDAG’s CEO and CFO said the agency already undergoes extensive oversight and audits, that funds are tracked by multiple “colors of money,” and that internal controls have improved. Several members questioned whether the issues were already addressed in public records or existing audits, and the request failed on a roll call vote.
Next, Senator Valadares presented an audit of the Board of State and Community Corrections’ Proposition 47 grant administration, arguing that more transparency is needed on outcomes, recidivism data, and oversight of grantees. The BSCC said it already has oversight mechanisms, that the State Controller conducts biennial audits, and that program data shows positive outcomes. The committee approved the audit unanimously. Senator Cortese then presented an audit of CalHR’s dental benefits procurement and Delta Dental contract, citing long-standing benefit caps, provider network concerns, and retiree out-of-pocket costs. CalHR said its network remains strong, that it recently completed an RFP adding MetLife as a second carrier starting in 2027, and that contracts include performance guarantees. Members from both parties expressed concern about access and competition, and the audit was approved unanimously. The committee then completed add-on votes on the consent calendar and adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Majority Leader Erin Murphy Media Availability - 04/16/26
Transcript Highlights:
- and subsidies making it impossible for some to be able to afford their health insurance.
- and subsidies making it impossible for some to be able to afford their health insurance.
- and subsidies making it impossible for some to be able to afford their health insurance.
- and subsidies making it impossible for some to be able to afford their health insurance.
- insurance.
Summary:
A Senate DFL leader discussed the upcoming supplemental budget and said nearly half of it is being shaped by the federal budget bill passed last July, which he argued is driving hospital distress, higher county costs, and pressure on family budgets. He said the budget will focus on affordability, health care, and responding to federal actions, including an uncompensated care fund for hospitals in distress and possible one-time county technology upgrades to handle new Medicaid-related requirements. He estimated Senator Wiklund’s health and human services proposal includes about $50 million for those upgrades and said that item would likely be handled in an appropriation bill rather than a bonding bill.
The leader also said bonding is a top priority this year and that public asset maintenance remains important, including projects tied to sports and civic facilities. On HCMC and broader hospital funding, he said he is confident the Legislature will act, but wants to address the hospital within the context of the statewide hospital delivery system. He also said the Senate has not yet taken a position on a proposed tax related to fraud restitution, but emphasized support for fraud prevention, an independent inspector general, and more resources for the Attorney General.
School safety was another major topic. He said Senate Democrats plan to bring a comprehensive package to the floor that includes school safety funding, mental health care, and measures addressing weapons of war, and he expressed hope that some Republicans will support it. He said the Senate education finance bill already includes more school safety funding than the House GOP version, less funding for private school safety, and no weapons-of-war language, but that a broader package will come through the Finance Committee soon. He also said the Senate expects to take up a stand-alone building security package to cover ongoing screening and staffing costs, and he supported creating a special security response unit for threats against lawmakers.
Other issues mentioned included support for banning NDAs for local governments, continued attention to public safety and accountability in response to federal immigration enforcement actions, and interest in a bill affecting Minneapolis sports-related taxes and PGA funding, though he said those proposals are still being worked on and may not pass this year.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- After the Great Recession, the unemployment insurance system was in bad shape.
- Let's change, let's completely change unemployment insurance so that very few people get it.
- Let's change, let's completely change unemployment insurance so that very few people get it.
- It sounds to me, based on this bill, that we just don't want unemployment insurance.
- That number of 10% of people that apply get unemployment insurance should horrify us all.
Committee:
Senate Fiscal Policy
Summary:
The Committee on Fiscal Policy heard and advanced a series of bills covering transportation, unemployment benefits, public records, education, law enforcement, and health. Senator Massullo’s SB 488, the DHSMV agency package, would update fuel tax and motor carrier definitions, raise the crash-reporting damage threshold from $500 to $2,000, expand email use for certain DHSMV transactions, and align tank vehicle definitions with federal rules; SB 490 would create a related public records exemption for certain email records. Both bills were reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 892, revising enhanced sentencing procedures for repeat offenders, and SB 124, which cleans up and clarifies Florida Virtual School statutes without changing day-to-day operations.
The most debated measure was SB 216, which would tighten reemployment assistance eligibility by adding work-search and interview requirements, requiring more frequent identity and eligibility verification, and expanding fraud reporting and information sharing. Supporters said the bill targets fraud and improves program integrity; opponents, including labor advocates and several senators, argued it would create burdens for legitimate claimants, especially rural residents, seniors, and workers facing layoffs, and could sharply reduce access to benefits. Despite those concerns, the bill was reported favorably. The committee also approved CS/SB 382 on e-bike safety, requiring riders to yield to pedestrians, sound an audible signal before passing, and limit speed near pedestrians, while creating a task force to study broader regulation. Testimony from a parent who lost her son in an e-scooter crash prompted discussion about whether scooters should be included in the bill.
Additional bills advanced included SB 584, strengthening oversight of commercial driving schools and giving DHSMV and county tax collectors more enforcement tools; CS/SB 656, formally codifying the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force within FDLE and renaming the related grant program; and SB 816, establishing the University of Florida Diabetes Institute in statute to support research, treatment, education, and outreach. All were reported favorably with support from law enforcement, advocacy groups, and institutional representatives. At the end of the meeting, senators requested to be recorded on specific bills, and the committee adjourned without further business.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Jan 28th, 2025
House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- So the only way you can buy ground insurance is through dry land farming, not dry land irrigation.
- Right now, you can buy drought insurance, and you can insure your irrigated crop.
- If your wells go down, you're insured.
- You have a history of what you've been producing, and the insurance will insure you for years.
- Versus the negative impact it would have on landowners, banks, and insurance agents if I want to insure
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 21st, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Assembly Bill 1680 by Assembly Member Calderon and others, and relating to insurance.
- The clerk will read: Assembly Bill 1931 by Assembly Member Papin, an act relating to insurance.
- We know how important that is given the cost of insurance.
- This causes hesitancy from insurers.
- This bill will create a state financial backstop to allow companies to insure these California-based
Summary:
The Assembly met on May 7, 2026, after an initial delay caused by the absence of a quorum, then proceeded with prayer, a moment of silence for victims of a hate-motivated attack at the Islamic Center in San Diego, and the Pledge of Allegiance. The Speaker pro tempore then moved through the daily file, repeatedly urging members to be on time and at their desks as the House of Origin deadline approached. Procedural actions included dispensing with the journal, deferring some items, and moving AB 1667 to the inactive file.
The bulk of the session was devoted to floor consideration of many bills, most of which passed with little or no opposition. Measures approved included bills on artificial intelligence provenance information (AB 2713), community college trustee compensation (AB 2528), transit camera enforcement and privacy (AB 1837), excess proceeds claims in taxation (AB 2705), HOA technical cleanup (AB 1892), hepatitis C treatment access (AB 1843), child care planning in local general plans (AB 1914), greenhouse energy code flexibility (AB 2200), rent-now-pay-later consumer protections (AB 2350), housing cleanup and density bonus measures (including AB 2390, AB 2480, AB 1567, AB 1751, and others), spay/neuter access (AB 2010), workforce housing financing tools (AB 2110), supportive housing and homelessness-related changes (AB 2146), mental health and health plan notification measures (AB 1598, AB 2613), student aid and education bills (AB 1534, AB 1636, AB 1669, AB 1728, AB 1784, AB 1871), public safety and criminal justice bills (AB 1546, AB 1572, AB 1872, AB 1877, AB 1932), and several health and social services measures (AB 1602, AB 1628, AB 1680, AB 1825, AB 1845, AB 1906, AB 1907, AB 1925). Most bills were described as support measures, often with bipartisan backing and no opposition, and passed by wide margins.
A few bills drew more discussion, especially AB 1751, a housing/townhome bill that sparked extended debate over wages, prevailing wage, stakeholder engagement, and whether the measure could depress pay for construction trades; despite concerns and an opposition speech, it ultimately passed 44-0. AB 1793, which would allow symmetrical rounding of cash transactions to the nearest nickel in light of the penny’s phaseout, also drew light debate and passed 47-1. AB 1932, an urgency measure expanding community-based crisis response, passed with one no vote on both the urgency and the bill. Several urgency or 54-vote bills, including AB 1534 and AB 1932, required later roll calls or calls to be lifted, but all measures described in the transcript were ultimately approved.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- One, they participate in the part-time community college faculty health insurance program.
- In this decade, we know how important health insurance has been for everyone in our community.
- Number two, those teachers that have no insurance, this provides to make sure they get health insurance
- Number two, those teachers that have no insurance, this provides to make sure they get health insurance
- And they don't have health insurance, so they have to do that.
Committee:
Senate Education
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- How did you come up with the one-year extension for the life insurance payment?
- I could have all the DRF insurance that I want.
- by our insurance.
- Okay, I'm not on Banking and Insurance and I'm not on Regulated Industries.
- Okay, I'm not on banking insurance and I'm not on regulated industries.
Committee:
Senate Appropriations
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh I think this larger insurance side.
- There's a savings on the insurance side, right?
- </c><00:38:02.000><c> So</c> ins on the insurance side, right? So ins on the insurance side, right?
- It's like an HMO plan for medical insurance, right?
- ,</c> HMO plan for um medical insurance, HMO plan for um medical insurance, right?
Committee:
Senate Economic Development and Tourism
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on HB 449 relating to economic development, HB 1006 relating to the Agribusiness Development Corporation, and then began HB 1467 relating to housing resiliency. On HB 449, Director Wayne Enoy of the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation and several business groups, including the Chamber of Commerce and Hawaii Food Industry Association, testified in strong support. They said the measure would help local manufacturers and tech-focused businesses adapt to uncertainty around tariffs and federal funding pauses, diversify Hawaiʻi’s economy, and expand workforce training and apprenticeship efforts tied to innovation and manufacturing.
The bulk of the discussion focused on HB 1006 and proposed agritourism authority for ADC. ADC, the Hawaii Farm Bureau, and other supporters said agritourism can be a value-added tool that helps farmers diversify income while keeping agriculture as the primary use of the land. One testifier opposed the bill’s direction without stronger guardrails, urging that a high percentage of revenue or land use remain tied to actual agricultural production. Committee members questioned ADC and Farm Bureau witnesses about how much land should remain in production, whether agritourism could expand on public lands, how enforcement would work, and whether responsibilities should be shifted from the Department of Agriculture’s marketing functions to ADC. Witnesses said ADC currently has no tenants engaged in agritourism, but would support standards, annual reporting, site visits, and the ability to reclaim land if production requirements are not met.
No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided. After concluding HB 1006 testimony and questions, the committee moved on to HB 1467 and called the first witness, Luke Meyers, before the transcript ended.