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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/11/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- The commissioner urged quick action to protect Minnesota consumers who purchased their own health insurance
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health consumers who purchased their health consumers who purchased their health - group and individual market consumers group and individual market consumers customers<00:42:32.880
- reinsurance program with direct consumer reinsurance program with direct consumer subsidies.<01:
US
Transcript Highlights:
- The United States Department of Justice must protect this nation. It must protect its people.
- We must secure our borders, and it must protect all of our rights and freedoms.
- The Antitrust Division's only aim should be to protect consumers and preserve competitive markets.
- consumers.
- our country Protecting all of its citizens.
Keywords:
nominations, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Todd Blanch, Gail Slater, confirmation hearing
Summary:
The meeting focused on the nominations of Todd Blanch and Gail Slater for the positions of Deputy Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, respectively. The committee considered the qualifications of both nominees, with opening statements provided by the nominees themselves. There was an evident emphasis on the rigorous vetting process that nominees undergo before their selection, highlighting the importance of the roles within the Department of Justice. Members of the committee engaged in a structured question-and-answer session to further evaluate the nominees' capabilities and fit for the positions they were nominated for, with each member allotted seven minutes to pose questions.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (04/23/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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is <00:09:03.760>raised consumer protection priority is raised consumer protection priority - Then... amends the consumer protection chapter amends the consumer protection chapter 358A<01:45:53.760
- That's why it's in the consumer<01:46:14.239>
protection <01:46:14.719>law. - So the only consumer protection law.
- Secondly, it is our ongoing commitment to consumer protection.
Summary:
The committee first heard Senate Bill 47, sponsored by Senator Regina Birdsell at the request of the Insurance Department. The bill would clarify that a birth mother’s health insurance is the primary policy for a newborn’s care unless the mother has no coverage or no employer-sponsored coverage. Birdsell and Insurance Commissioner DJ Benton Court said the measure simply codifies the department’s long-standing interpretation of existing law. Representative Miles asked whether the coverage would extend to a grandchild if a young woman on her parents’ plan had a baby, and Birdsell said it would. The hearing on SB 47 was then closed.
The committee next heard Senate Bill 121, introduced by Grant Bosi for Senator Kevin Avard. The bill requires insurers to notify the Insurance Department when they stop writing an entire line of business or, in some cases, when they change Medicare Advantage offerings. Benton Court said the bill was prompted by disruption in the Medicare Advantage market, where consumers and the department were confused by carriers exiting, changing plans, or narrowing offerings. He said the department does not regulate Medicare Advantage itself, but does license the carriers, and the notice requirement would help the department advise consumers; he also said noncompliance could affect a carrier’s license and could lead to fines. Members discussed the notice period, and the department and AHIP indicated support for changing it from 120 days to 90 days to align with federal timing. The hearing was closed with plans to work on an amendment in subcommittee.
Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 247, introduced by Representative Brian Cole, which would prohibit network exclusion for pharmacies that refuse to dispense prescriptions when PBM reimbursement is below acquisition cost. Cole said the bill is meant to stop pharmacies from being forced to sell at a loss. Members questioned whether pharmacies voluntarily enter PBM contracts, whether the bill would raise consumer prices, and whether it would mainly affect independent pharmacies. Cole and others said the issue has changed over time because PBMs now control a much larger share of the market, and that the bill would let pharmacies refuse loss-making fills and direct patients to mail order instead. The discussion also noted that the bill excludes Medicare and Medicaid and that the current proposal does not create a middle-ground option for patients to pay a premium at the counter.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-15 (4:30PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- THE EXEMPTION IS NARROWED TAILORED AND NECESSARY TO PROTECT PROPIETARY BUSINESS INFORMATION.
- THE LAWS ON INTANGIBLE ASSETS PROTECTS AGAINST TERRORISTS HIDING ASSETS AND HELPS WITH WIRE TRANSFERS
- THE BILL REQUIRES THE TRUTH IN LABELING FOR MEAT, MILK, POULTRY AND EGGS WHILE ALSO PROTECTING CONSUMERS
- WE IN THE LEGISLATURE SHOULD DO THE SAME AND PRIORITIZE PUBLIC HEALTH AND PREVENT, PROTECT OUR FUTURE
- I THINK THEY DO CONSUMER SERVICES AND THIS IS A CONSUMER SERVICE OR SOMETHING THAT IS A PUBLIC ORIGINATED
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And improving purchasing options for consumers. Thank you, Mr.
- Um, what is the benefit to consumers of having graded eggs?
- Your other aspects is your consumers are wanting good quality.
- Um You could also look at this from a frame of reference of consumer choice.
- Giving them more options and frankly HEB likes giving consumers choices.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (02/11/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- And I go, well, our Attorney General's office is interested only in our Consumer Protection Law, is only
- And I go, well, our Attorney General's office is interested only in our Consumer Protection Law, is only
- And I go, well, our Attorney General's office is interested only in our Consumer Protection Law, is only
- And I go, well, our Attorney General's office is interested only in our Consumer Protection Law, is only
- That's consumer protection, but they look at the penalties and they'll say, “All right, this needs to
Summary:
The discussion focused on a cannabis legalization/regulation bill and whether it should be retained for further study or moved forward. Members debated the fiscal impact, with one side emphasizing that the bill would cost about $7.1 million in the first two years before generating revenue, while supporters argued the House should make a statement in favor of legalization despite likely opposition from the Senate and governor. There was also disagreement over strategy: some said retaining the bill until closer to the next election would give the issue more visibility, while others said delaying would only avoid sending a bill the Senate was unlikely to take up anyway.
A major point of contention was whether cannabis should be regulated by a new cannabis commission or placed under the Liquor Commission. Supporters of the Liquor Commission argued it already has enforcement infrastructure, especially for age restrictions, and could handle cannabis more efficiently without creating a new bureaucracy. Opponents said cannabis is a different industry that would require specialized expertise, and they objected to expanding the Liquor Commission, which they described as unpopular and costly. The committee also discussed past versions of the bill, including concerns about limited licenses and the perception that the earlier approach favored large businesses.
Members reviewed specific provisions such as licensing fees, THC limits, and cultivation categories. One member noted a $10,000 fee for retail cannabis stores and cannabis product manufacturers authorized to perform extractions, while a smaller tier-one cultivator fee was described as a lower-cost option for small growers. There was also discussion of whether the bill would allow sales through general retail outlets or only dedicated cannabis stores, and whether plants and seeds were covered. No final vote or action was clearly recorded in the excerpt, but the main procedural question was whether to retain the bill for more work or advance it as written.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Families and Children.(3-24-26)
Families & Children
Transcript Highlights:
- If they do, the cabinet shall establish an account, which there are federal accounts to protect Social
- recognize their ability to be consumers recognize their ability to be consumers and<00:07:55.920
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I <00:08:20.880>think protect our most vulnerable. - I think protect our most vulnerable.
- in the foster care and protections in the foster care and placement<00:10:34.680>
system.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee Jul 15th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- The act established liability for AI use that violates consumer protection laws when not properly disclosed
- Utah passed SB 149, which establishes liability for the use of AI that violates consumer protection laws
- And this is an element that you'll see AI that violates consumer protection laws if not properly disclosed
- And this is an element that you'll see across comprehensive laws, this focus on consumer protection and
- really notifying consumers of the use of AI tools and then protecting the use of their data.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, February 25, 2026
Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- So providing the consumer protection, that's something that we can do with some confidence.
- So providing the consumer protection, that's something that we can do with some confidence.
- So providing the consumer protection, that's something that we can do with some confidence.
- So providing the consumer protection, that's something that we can do with some confidence.
- So providing the consumer protection, that's something that we can do with some confidence.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 03/02/26
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
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Consumers <00:19:36.640>may <00:19:36.880>be consumer push back - Consumers may be consumer push back.
- consumers feel every time they fill up. consumers feel every time they fill up.
- an early an early season protection an early an early season protection makes.<01:30:42.159>
- safeguards capability protects farms, safeguards capability protects farms, safeguards our<01:37:
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Task Force on Homeowners and Commercial Property Insurance 9/10/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So, just at a high level, Commerce's mission is to protect and help consumers across the wide breadth
- So, just at a high level, Commerce's mission is to protect and help consumers across the wide breadth
- protect um a unit owner's possessions. protect um a unit owner's possessions.
- But also paired with that, a consumer education element so that consumers are more aware of the issues
- with that uh consumer education element so<00:46:14.880>
that <00:46:15.119>consumers <
Summary:
The task force held its first meeting on the insurance affordability crisis affecting single-family housing, common interest communities, and multifamily rental housing. Members and staff introduced themselves, including representatives from insurers, the Department of Commerce, housing advocates, affordable housing developers, and HOA/community association interests. Representative Steve Elkins was elected chair by roll call vote with 10 members in favor, after discussion that the Senate appointee’s formal appointment had not yet arrived; the group noted the intent to later move to co-chair leadership once that appointment is finalized.
Staff reviewed the task force’s enabling statute and open meeting law requirements. The task force is charged with studying homeowners and commercial property insurance, property resilience and risk mitigation, liability laws and possible tort reform, notice and oversight issues, public reporting, and the state-supported insurance program, including possible expansion to a catastrophic reinsurance fund or self-insured pool. The final report is due February 15 and will go to the commissioners of commerce, housing finance, and employment and economic development, as well as relevant legislative committees. Members were also briefed on meeting logistics, a draft charter to be voted on at the second meeting, a resource page for shared materials, and the schedule of future meetings.
The Department of Commerce then gave an overview of Minnesota’s property and casualty insurance market. Commerce described its regulatory role, the state’s competitiveness test, and how homeowners insurance is often filed under a “file and use” process rather than prior approval. The presentation emphasized that homeowners coverage has been under pressure for years: insurers have lost money in many recent years, premiums have risen, some consumers are taking on more risk through higher deductibles or reduced coverage, and some are moving into the surplus market. Commerce also highlighted the impact of severe weather losses, the growth in premiums since 2014, and gaps in oversight for homeowners associations and related policies.
The meeting then shifted to brainstorming the problems the task force should address. Early discussion focused on climate and construction-related resilience, including hail and wind-driven rain damage, discontinued building materials, and whether stronger materials are reflected in insurance pricing. Members also raised the need to study programs like Alabama’s fortified roof model and Minnesota’s own Strengthen Minnesota Homes effort, along with questions about whether the construction industry is prepared to support broader resilience measures. No additional votes were taken during the discussion segment.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Who is a Minnesota consumer? Well, a Minnesota consumer is a resident of Minnesota.
- Who is a Minnesota consumer? Well, a Minnesota consumer is a resident of Minnesota.
- One reasonable way to think about this is that it's a consumer protection measure.
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protection is that it's a consumer protection is that it's a consumer protection - consumer? consumer?
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Friday, January 9, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I might consume. I might consume.
- Consumers will continue to be protected by HUD's existing process, and manufacturers will have a regulatory
- Consumers will continue<00:24:04.320>
to <00:24:04.480>be <00:24:04.640>protected such time as I may consume. such time as I may consume. - So before I came to Congress, I served in the Oregon legislature, and I chaired the Senate Consumer Protection
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House committee considers bill to ban sale of flavored nitrous oxide, HF325 3/5/25
Transcript Highlights:
- applies to selling direct to Consumers applies to selling direct to Consumers so<00:08:04.960>
- Representative Inan: Yeah, that is how the bill is currently structured, that if you are a consumer,
- Representative Inan: If you are a consumer, you cannot purchase the flavored nitrous oxide, or Galaxy
- <00:10:04.240>
sale that flavored uh to Consumer sale that flavored uh to Consumer sale representative- um but we we determined direct consumer um but we we determined that<00:14:25.759>
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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 19 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- An Act protecting motorists and emergency personnel, House No. 3729.
- We are building in a great amount of consumer protections around this, while also, for the first time
- Closing this loophole protects the public health.
- It protects working families from unnecessary costs and protects the integrity of our clean energy laws
- This amendment provides important consumer protection for budget-billed customers, protection not offered
Summary:
The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several procedural matters, including adopting a resolution recognizing the work of Ukraine Forward and suspending Joint Rule 12 for a number of petitions. The chamber also scheduled several bills for later consideration, including measures on unemployment insurance for fluctuating work schedules, the Medical Society mission statement, a youth training wage, bridge and intersection namings, handicapped parking fines, public-way safety, excavation restoration, motor vehicle safety, and a Newton police age requirement. Two engrossed local bills were passed to be enacted: one authorizing retired police officers as special police in Plainville and another allowing Orange to increase its Board of Selectmen membership.
The main policy debate centered on House No. 5151, An Act relative to energy affordability, clean power, and economic competitiveness. Supporters described it as a broad affordability and clean-energy package that would cut costs for ratepayers, reform Mass Save, speed clean-energy procurement and interconnection, return a portion of alternative compliance payments to customers, and address biomass and other energy issues. Opponents argued the bill relied too heavily on long-term programs and new administrative structures while offering little immediate relief, and raised concerns about costs being shifted to consumers, impacts on natural gas, and the pace of implementation. Several amendments were debated and rejected, including proposals to shift public benefit charges away from peak hours, pause public benefit charges for a year, require greater utility disclosure before rate increases, and add a forest-clearing penalty for solar development.
One amendment to the energy bill was adopted: a consolidated amendment that included budget-billing consumer protections for gas customers, requiring notice and conservation recommendations when usage rises significantly. The House also adopted an amendment to a separate conservation-restriction bill for Hanson, changing a figure in the underlying law, and passed that bill to be engrossed as amended. The energy bill’s consolidated amendment passed by roll call, while several other amendments failed by roll call votes. The House observed multiple moments of silence honoring Jaden Booker, Thomas Skip Karam, former Freetown Police Chief Carlton Abbott, and former Representative and Senator William Q. “Biff” McLean, Jr.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 12 Feb 19th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- young mothers, protecting mothers in general, and making sure they have the resources when they do choose
- Their ask was for RAVE at $1.6 million to help fund, again, for schools to protect children.
- to have as a consumer to submit a request to those businesses.
- It's enforced through the already existing Consumer Protection Division within the Attorney General's
- Consumer Protection Division within the Attorney General's office.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Commerce and Tourism Jan 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- These right-to-repair bills are very, very pro-consumer.
- These right to repair bills are very, very pro-consumer.
- For instance, this came to be from a consumer.
- The goal is simple: protect consumer choice, reduce frivolous litigation, and ensure that Florida law
- I’m hoping to look at this from a pro-consumer standpoint, that the bill is pro-consumer.
Summary:
The Commerce and Tourism Committee heard and reported favorably several bills. SB 386, by Sen. Trumbull, would create consumer rights and manufacturer obligations for defective farm equipment, modeled on lemon-law concepts, and passed without opposition. SB 528, also by Sen. Trumbull, would strengthen Florida’s manufacturing sector through Department of Commerce responsibilities, a chief manufacturing officer role, workforce grants, and reporting requirements; it drew questions about whether it differed from last year’s bill and was supported by several appearance forms before passing favorably. SB 806, a right-to-repair bill for portable wireless devices and agricultural equipment, drew the most testimony: supporters said it would expand consumer choice and repair access, while dealers and industry representatives argued existing manufacturer agreements already provide access and warned the bill could disrupt dealer/manufacturer relationships and future technology; it nevertheless passed favorably.
The committee also approved SB 696 on trademark registration, which would modernize the trademark classification system, allow online applications, and clarify document verification procedures, and SB 930, which creates a 15-member Florida Retirement Savings Task Force to study retirement coverage gaps and recommend policy options without imposing employer mandates. SB 826, by Sen. Leak, would address reward cards that function like gift cards but expire, while excluding loyalty programs; the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association raised concerns about unintended consequences and the need for tighter definitions, but the bill was reported favorably after the sponsor said the language would be refined. SB 874 would expand professional licensure reciprocity for experienced out-of-state surveyors and mappers to address workforce shortages, and it also passed favorably.
After a pause, the committee took up CS/SB 838 on electronic payments of retail installment contracts. Sen. Yarbrough said the bill clarifies that reasonable convenience fees for optional electronic payments are permissible, provided they are disclosed and a fee-free option remains available, to reduce ambiguity and litigation. Members questioned whether the bill could authorize or expand fees and whether the “reasonable” standard was sufficiently clear; the sponsor said the fees are tied to processor costs and are not intended as revenue. An amendment adding the word “retail” was adopted, and the committee substitute was reported favorably. Several members later asked to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on bills they had missed, and the meeting adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/04/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
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fee protected by easement protected in fee protected by easement protected - that that is part of the protecting that that is part of the protecting measure<00:35:52.119>
- the opportunity for Minnesota consumers the opportunity for Minnesota consumers to<01:29:35.880>
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- uh working group on student protections uh working group on student protections from<00:05:51.480
- <00:27:41.240>
know to make sure that our consumers know to make sure that our consumers know - what they're getting and are protected what they're getting and are protected from from from situations
- And then Part 682, consumer information required.
- This act shall take effect on July 1, 2026. consumer commodities is into incidental consumer commodities
Summary:
The House began with routine business, including referral of Senate Bill 211 on motor vehicle inspections to the Transportation Committee and Senate Bill 298 creating the Vermont Voting Rights Act to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs. The chamber also referred House bills reported by Ways and Means to Appropriations, including H. 211 on data brokers and personal information and H. 931 on miscellaneous education law changes. JRH9, a joint resolution urging the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association to reconsider its opposition to rapid prompting method communication instruction for students with apraxia of speech or autism, was read and referred to Human Services.
Several announcements followed, including a welcome to members of the Vermont chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association, a reminder about an education reform meeting, and a correction regarding a prior reference to S. 138 of 2023 and the working group on student protections from harassment and discrimination in schools. The House also recognized guests in the gallery, including Donnie Kanovsky, who was described as a proponent of JRH9. The Speaker announced that H. 606 on firearms procedures, H. 642 on youthful offender proceedings, and later H. 585 would be bumped to later in the calendar.
The House then took up H. 537, the right to grow vegetable gardens. The committee explained the bill would protect vegetable gardening in common interest communities and rental housing, while allowing reasonable restrictions and landlord or association oversight; witnesses included a South Burlington resident, HOA and landlord representatives, and legislative counsel. The committee reported an 8-0-0 vote, the House adopted the committee amendment, and ordered third reading. The chamber then passed H. 171 on Attorney General investigations into a law enforcement officer’s use of a firearm and H. 519 allowing Randolph police officers to enroll in Group C of the state retirement system.
The House also passed H. 536 on toxic heavy metals in baby food products after extended debate over whether infant formula should be included. Supporters said the bill would help parents make informed choices and noted the amendment was intended to align with federal action; opponents argued formula-specific federal work was still underway and urged waiting. The chamber then passed H. 550 on gender equity in correctional facilities, H. 733 on franchise agreements, H. 775 on housing production tools, H. 887 on crime victim status under the Fair Employment Practices Act, H. 917 on military affairs, and H. 921 on alcoholic beverages. Action on H. 930 addressing chronic absenteeism was postponed one legislative day, and H. 942 on miscellaneous agricultural subjects began second reading with the committee outlining sections on water quality training, non-sewage waste management, and unit pricing.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (05/14/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- This—the idea that we're sticking this under the Consumer Protection Act."
- It is dealing with the fly-by-nights, which is what the consumer protection.
- This—the idea that we're sticking this under the Consumer Protection Act."
- It is dealing with the fly-by-nights, which is what the consumer protection.
- This—the idea that we're sticking this under the Consumer Protection Act."
Summary:
The committee took up an amended bill, sponsored by Rep. Lily Walsh, aimed at requiring certain foreign principals involved in New Hampshire real estate transactions to file an affidavit electronically with the Department of Justice. Walsh explained that she revised the proposal after the first hearing by limiting it to leases longer than 14 days, removing notarization, allowing electronic filing, shortening notification timelines, and clarifying that lessors or agents would not have to verify the affidavit’s truthfulness. She asked the committee to recommend the bill ought to pass with amendment and also noted a technical correction to use “real estate licensee” rather than “realtor.”
The main opposition came from a real estate practitioner on the committee, who argued the bill was burdensome, could create discrimination concerns, and would place real estate professionals in an improper enforcement role. He also questioned the bill’s practical effect and pointed to existing federal CFIUS procedures as a better mechanism for handling foreign investment concerns. Several members echoed concerns about whether the state had authority to regulate in this area, whether the bill would actually stop bad actors, and whether it could be enforced without discriminatory impacts.
Representatives from New Boston Space Force Station testified in support, saying the legislation was critical to national security because proximity to the installation could allow adversaries to observe operations or interfere with radio frequency communications. They argued federal processes were too slow or ineffective and that state action could better push hostile actors away from the base. Committee members questioned the technical basis for the 10-mile buffer, whether it would really help, and why federal agencies were not handling the issue. No vote was taken during the exchange shown in the transcript.