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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (01/29/2025)
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Summary:
The committee held a public hearing on House Bill 552, which would remove the “full-time student” requirement for children ages 19 to 25 covered under the state retiree health insurance plan. The prime sponsor said the change would align retiree coverage with state employee and ACA plans, would not cost taxpayers because retirees pay the premiums, and could even reduce administrative burden and possibly state costs. The chair noted the bill simply removes the words “if full-time student” from statute and said the proposal affects very few retirees and has no cost to the state. No opposition was presented, and the chair closed the hearing on HB 552 after no further testimony.
The committee then opened a public hearing on House Bill 648, which would require commercial insurance coverage for glucose monitoring devices and supplies for people with diabetes. The prime sponsor, a retired dietitian and diabetes educator, gave extensive testimony describing diabetes as common, costly, and serious, and argued that continuous glucose monitoring is important for managing type 2 and gestational diabetes, preventing hypoglycemia, and improving safety and decision-making. She said CGMs can alert users to dangerous blood sugar changes, help people understand how food, activity, and medication affect glucose, and save lives while offering a strong return on investment.
During questions, a committee member asked whether the bill should specify that the monitoring be tied to prescribed treatment, and the sponsor agreed that adding “prescribed” would be appropriate. The member also asked about the proper threshold for coverage and whether the bill should be tied to fasting-test diagnosis; the sponsor responded that A1C is only one measure of control and does not show daily fluctuations, and said she was not prepared to recommend a specific threshold but could provide clinical guidelines later. No vote was taken during the hearing, and the sponsor indicated support for the bill’s general approach to broader CGM access.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 04/03/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
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you. - as co-authors.
- as co-authors.
- Hoschild uh and your co-authors on this Hoschild uh and your co-authors on this bill.<01:13:49.280>
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I co-authored with Dr. Manjeet Reggae uh I co-authored with Dr.
- the bills author who has joined us. the bills author who has joined us.
- I'd also like to thank Senator Maye Quade for authorizing this legislation.
- Question for the author.
- Um, any further discussion or questions for our author?
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 47 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the bill authorizing the Division of Capital Asset
- reports recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting therefor a bill authorizing
- The Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the bill authorizing the Division of Capital Asset
- Second reading of the bill: An act authorizing the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance
- House 5317, an act authorizing the City of Boston to grant easements in or takings of certain parcels
Summary:
The House took up several Senate and House bills, mostly under suspension of the rules, and advanced a number of measures to third reading or engrossment. Early in the session, the House dealt with a Senate bill on student learning and mental health by insisting on its position and appointing a committee of conference. It also referred a Senate petition on alleviating poverty to the Committee on Children and Families after the House declined to concur with a Judiciary referral. The chamber then considered and advanced multiple Ways and Means bills, including legislation on police interactions with people with autism spectrum disorder, honoring Blue Star families, land conveyance in Bolton, newborn screening for congenital cytomegalovirus, affordable housing and cultural space in Brighton, increasing access to epinephrine, and civil rights and technology.
Several bills drew extended floor debate. Supporters of the epinephrine bill emphasized its life-saving purpose and described the death of Michael Brown as a catalyst for the measure; the House adopted the bill after a roll call vote of 149-0. The newborn CMV screening bill also prompted substantial testimony in favor from public health advocates and parents, who argued that universal screening would enable earlier treatment and reduce long-term harm; an amendment to add other rare diseases was withdrawn, and a later amendment creating a broad opt-out was defeated 1-153 before the bill passed 154-1. The civil rights and technology bill focused on banning weaponized drones and robotic devices, restricting misuse, and preserving law enforcement and civil liberties; it passed 154-1. The Blue Star families bill, creating commemorative plates for families of fallen law enforcement officers, passed 156-0 after emotional remarks from members and supporters.
The House also passed without recorded opposition a bill facilitating better interactions between police and people with autism, and it approved a Bolton land conveyance bill and the Brighton affordable housing/cultural space bill. The chamber observed moments of silence for former Congressman Barney Frank and State Trooper Kevin Traynor, welcomed several guest groups, and concluded by adopting an order to meet the next day at 11 a.m. before adjourning.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I think what Senate Bill 6 does is it clarifies and focuses and makes specific our authority and ability
- The bill grants authority for the PUC to approve, deny, or modify a co-location agreement.
- And the legislature puts prescriptive language in this bill that says you can't go into shedding load
- One of the areas Chairman Anchía, you mentioned, is where does the PUC have authority and where does
- The PUC does not have authority to pick one subset of loads and say you're off right now.
Keywords:
electric power, interconnection, utilities, ERCOT, large load customers, water supply, sewer service, demand management, school prayer, Bible reading, religious text, public schools, Texas Education Code, student prayer, silent prayer, meditation, religious liberty, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, church and state
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Health Policy Jan 14th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- A senior adviser for the authority will be joining us virtually in. There she is on our screen.
- This authority. His focus is maternal and infant health. Innovation.
- So ad, then New Jersey, maternal and Infant Health Innovation Authority is a mouthful.
- Our our New Jersey Economic Development Authority was there as well.
- So the maternal and infant health Innovation Authority, I will be calm the for sure.
MN
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to <00:35:19.119>do - With the authority to raise the ballpark tax from 0.15% to a full 1%, the anticipated revenue raised
- With the authority to raise the care.
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So <01:18:03.440>that <01:18:03.600>is ballpark authority. - So that is ballpark authority.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Revenue Stabilization and Tax Policy Dec 16th, 2025 at 09:08 am
Revenue Stabilization & Tax Policy Committee
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Health Policy Apr 1st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Cs for Senate Bill 772, authorizes the school District or charter school to acquire and maintain
- All the bill currently authorizes specific healthcare practitioners to perform stem cell therapies for
- individual to get them through their durable medical equipment benefit as well as through their prescription
- became a vaccine to bypass strict regulation and Russia to market and are emergency youth through authorization
- to the with the politicians, the same months created the mess, the legislature, the governor and authorities
MN
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- And thank you, Senator McEwen, for introducing and authoring this bill.
- I would need to go back to staff to understand what authorities we have.
- My guess is that it is an authority issue, where if there are errors that are revealed several years
- My guess is that it is an authority issue, where if there are errors that are revealed several years
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currently participants um The Authority currently participants um The Authority
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Section 24-14-28 gives the state registrar the authority to release the data to the agency of the United
- Upon the condition, the data shall not be used for other than statistical purposes unless so authorized
- In the recent challenge to that statute and the authority to regulate abortion in State ex rel.
- It also expressly authorizes parole board members to receive per diem reimbursement for closed parole
- The Training Council already has that authority. So anyway, I'm talking this bill too much.
Keywords:
SB30, induced abortion, abortion reporting, vital statistics, public health reporting, medical records, health care providers, repeal, New Mexico, pregnancy termination, abortion data, state reporting requirements, confidentiality, reproductive health, parole, life imprisonment, rehabilitation, criminal justice, victim rights, law enforcement
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Criminal Jurisprudence S/C New Offenses and Changed Penalties May 8th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Mixed with other prescription medication. Do you see that in your practice?
- governmental entities in Texas from recognizing or enforcing red flag orders unless explicitly authorized
- Violence Prot protective orders or magistrate's orders of emergency protection are specifically authorized
- The practice at TCFU when we're working with an author on a substitute or potential language change,
- By authorizing the temporary removal of firearms and prohibiting individuals from purchasing or possessing
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, are there any questions for the author?
- A matter of pending business, Senate Bill 455, recognizes the author.
- Questions for the author? With that, we're going to open up public testimony.
- Members, questions for the author? With that, we're going to open up public testimony.
- The questions are from the author. We have seven individuals who will testify.
Keywords:
dispatchable generation, electricity, natural gas, ERCOT, energy credits, utilities regulation, renewable energy, arbitration, insurance contracts, surplus lines, Texas law, insurance policy, boiler inspection, boiler safety, inspection report deadline, certificate inspection, authorized inspector, inspection agency, Health and Safety Code, board of boiler rules
MN
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- adopted by the bill's authors. adopted by the bill's authors.
- Appreciate the with the author of it.
- discussion before we go to the author discussion before we go to the author for<01:38:05.600>
- I would concur with my uh co-author I would concur with my uh co-author Senator<01:42:45.119>
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have urgent and because the authors have urgent and because the authors have
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Resources, Recreation and Development (02/04/2026)
Resources, Recreation and Development
Transcript Highlights:
- It does not expand the authority to regulate water treatment, and so that would have to be in statute
- It does not expand the authority to regulate water treatment, and so that would have to be in statute
- and then there was a no voting authority and then there was a optional<00:59:51.440>
certification - And I'll open the hearing on HB 1089, extending the authorization of the Department of Environmental
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of <01:49:39.440>the extending the authorization of the extending the
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The chair lays out his pending business, HB1464 by Tallarico, relating to a prescription drug purchasing
- We want to thank the author of the bill for his willingness to work with us on this alternative language
- In fact, I actually had conversations with the author of the bill. the bill, and I think the original
- It grants the Texas Department of Insurance authority to audit and inspect a utilization review agent's
- Is there an author? All right. Sounds good. There are no witnesses registered to testify.
Bills:
HB345, HB721, HB2580, SB815, HB3057, HB4603, HB3233, SB495, HB3863, HB3914, HB4570, HB5099, HB5173, SB458
Keywords:
insurance, appraisal process, disputed losses, residential property, policyholder rights, insurer obligations, natural disasters, appraisal expenses, umpire selection, policyholder, insurer, umpire, claims management, health care, cost disclosure, benefit plan, administrators, traumatic brain injury, health benefit plans, insurance coverage
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Oversight Committee (06/26/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- And I just, to extend from that, I'm thinking that I am assuming that the department, if authorization
- to adopt those exceptions, authorization to adopt those exceptions, we<00:34:52.320>
need <00: - is received from the authorization is received from the federal<00:35:31.119>
government <00:35 - It also stores information about their provider networks, authorizations made on services and drugs,
- It also stores information about their provider networks, authorizations made on services and drugs,
Summary:
The committee first approved the draft minutes from its May 29 meeting and then received an informational update from the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing about the state’s ASL interpreter pipeline. Representative Woods and Associate Commissioner Ann Landry explained that the American Sign Language program at UNH Manchester, the nation’s first fully accredited program, is facing viability concerns because high tuition has left only two of a potential 20 students committed so far. They warned that if enrollment does not recover, the program could face a teachout and eventually be lost, which they said would be detrimental because many state services and legal proceedings require qualified interpreters. Members discussed possible alternatives, including whether community colleges could help, and asked for follow-up research and contact information for UNH officials. The committee also heard that interpreter demand across DHHS continues to rise and that the department must ensure compliance with civil rights and service-access requirements.
The committee then turned to Medicaid policy changes tied to Senate Bill 134 and a new federal interim final rule on Medicaid community engagement, or work, requirements. DHHS officials Olivia May and Ann Landry explained that the state law and federal rule align in many areas, but the committee still needed to decide how to implement several remaining policy choices. The department recommended adopting all four short-term hardship exceptions because the federal rule requires states to take them all or none: inpatient or institutional care, federally declared emergencies, high-unemployment areas, and extensive out-of-state travel for serious medical care. Members generally supported the exceptions but raised concerns about how they would be defined and applied, especially the emergency and medical-travel categories.
Several legislators asked for more clarity on terms like “extensively” and “serious or complex medical care,” and DHHS said the federal rule does not rigidly define them, though the state could refine implementation through rulemaking if authorized. The department also said the emergency exception would apply only to federally declared emergencies, not state declarations, and would be tied to the emergency event itself. No final vote on the Medicaid policy was recorded in the portion provided, but the discussion indicated the committee was reviewing the remaining decisions needed to implement Senate Bill 134 under the new federal framework.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 055 Mar 9th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
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- Regional homeless authorities, they cost between 10 million and $50 million per year.
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drugs clarifying the use of prescription drugs clarifying the use of prescription - <04:58:39.600>
including 2025 sunset report, including 2025 sunset report, including authorizing - c> the<04:58:40.638>
executive <04:58:41.040>director <04:58:41.280>of authorizing - the executive director of authorizing the executive director of the<04:58:41.440>
Department <
Summary:
The House convened with a color guard presentation by Colorado Military Academy cadets and the pledge led by Olivia and Owen Curry. After roll call established a quorum, members approved the journal of Friday, March 6, 2026, as corrected. Several committees then announced upcoming hearings, including Agriculture, Water, and Natural Resources; State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs; and Finance.
The chamber then took up House Joint Resolution 1020, designating March 8, 2026, as International Women’s Day in Colorado. The resolution praised women’s contributions across history and society, highlighted Colorado’s early adoption of women’s suffrage, and recognized trailblazing women in the General Assembly. Sponsors and supporters spoke at length about women’s leadership, economic and civic contributions, and the need to continue advancing equality. The resolution also drew recognition of women and advocacy organizations present in the chamber.
Representative Bradley and other Republican members criticized the resolution as partisan and said Republican women were not included in drafting or sponsoring it. They argued the measure should have been more inclusive and should have better reflected women’s roles in the home and the broader bipartisan history of women’s history observances. Bradley announced she would vote no. In response, Representative Ricks said an amendment would be accepted from the minority caucus to address concerns about traditional roles of women, and he moved Amendment L002 for consideration.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- From the Stadium Authority, GM 512, Tracy Lester Smith, who's joined by her husband Shawn Smith and their
- From the Stadium Authority,<00:05:29.000>
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Lester <00:05:30.880>Smith Authority, GM 512 Tracy Lester Smith Authority- Also joining them in the gallery is Stadium Authority Executive Director Mike Gadow and Samantha Spain
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Bills:
SCR47, SCR21, SCR163, SCR169, SCR170, SCR50, SCR75, SCR149, HCR83, HCR111, HCR110, HCR122, HCR118, HCR61, HCR162, HCR36, HCR19, HCR106, HCR14, HCR178, SB3022, SB3102, SB3144
Keywords:
sister-state, Hawaii, Okayama, Japan, cultural exchange, economic partnership, tourism, agriculture, international relations, healthcare, rural clinic, feasibility study, access to care, community health, Volcano community, Hawaiʻi Health Systems Corporation, emergency services, health assessment, Pacific Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, Legislative Cooperation
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Mar 31st, 2026
Ways and Means General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- to the Historical Commission, and I might note that $975,000 of that is to the historic Blakeley Authority
- Finance, $34 million from the Alabama Energy Infrastructure Fund to State Industrial Development Authority
- <00:21:52.960>
uh <00:21:53.039>in Industrial Development Authority uh in Industrial - Development Authority uh in the<00:21:53.360>
amount <00:21:53.520>of <00:21:53.760> - Authority, and then finally $387,500,000 from the Public Road and Bridge Fund to ALDOT, and related to
Bills:
SB146, SB143, SB144, SB145, HB224, SB152, SB153, SB154, SB162, SB226, SB146, SB143, SB144, SB145, HB224, SB152, SB153, SB154, SB162, SB226
Keywords:
supplemental appropriation, FY2025 budget, general fund, Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy, Unified Judicial System, court automation, advanced technology and data exchange, judiciary funding, transportation debt service, highway bonds, bridge bonds, Alabama Department of Transportation, ALDOT, public highways, federal matching funds, state appropriations, bond principal and interest, special funds, budget amendment, SB143