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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 22nd, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We just kind of mirrored the language that was in the Lafourche Parish program.
  • Well, I think that was some hyperbolic language coming from the previous mayor.
  • Members, this bill simply repeals some language from legislation that we passed in 2003, and it does
  • what a resolution that we passed last year said we would do this year, repealing language.
  • This is a cleanup of language requested by industry. Any questions on the amendment?
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • 1.5, January 1, 2025, to apply for a certificate under Section 1.5, manufacture an additional 40,000
  • The language specifically says retail stores in that bill. Thank you very much. Senator Titus.
  • This is kind of some unusual language.
  • The next alteration reverts back to the original language.
  • This was done to encompass the state of Nevada, as the current language could be interpreted to mean
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • further investigation under the Board's policies, and can open a complaint against a licensee or certificate
  • , is my understanding. ...a burden-of-proof language that requires clear and convincing evidence and
  • The Senate amended the bill to remove that language and instead require the State Land Department, to
  • There were concerns raised by defense attorneys that the language is too restrictive and potentially
  • Even with the language, folks are still not comfortable with it, so there you go.
Keywords: 1182, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 3/26/26

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • If this language is approved, just the simple change in the language actually applies that increased
  • <00:07:41.360> the<00:07:41.560> the language is approved, just the the language is
  • ,<00:07:43.440> uh simple change in the language, uh simple change in the language, uh actually
  • We know have all the correct language.
  • We'll work language for anything else.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • The site it's which has had underperforming as it relates to math and language arts scores.
  • >> I'd be very comfortable vice chair pizzo to work with you on language that focus both.
  • And I think this also may may language that focus both.
  • Just listen to your language as you come out here to make these cases for whatever you believe in.
  • Thank you, chair. >> That language shared with me, sir. >> Okay.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
DE
Transcript Highlights:
  • Sorry, House Amendment 1 removes the original language regarding accreditation and instead clarifies
  • Sorry, House Amendment 1 removes the original language regarding accreditation and instead clarifies
  • This also regulates having regular management audits, rate transparency, plain-language requirements,
  • The Department of Education will take a look at this in epilogue language.
  • It also makes a technical correction by deleting duplicated language. Happy to take any questions.
Summary: The House convened on June 30, 2026, with opening ceremonies, guest introductions, and moments of silence for Gerlindy Lancelotti and Iva Durham. Members then took up a long agenda of bills and resolutions, including consent calendar items and several measures related to agriculture, lottery reporting, health care, fire service membership standards, inmate work, telecommunications, rent increases, youth camp licensing, primary elections, respiratory care practice, and marriage equality. The chamber also heard extended debate on Senate Bill 233, concerning removal of snow and ice from vehicles, and on House Bill 188, which would allow unaffiliated voters to choose a party primary while barring participation in both parties’ primaries. Among the notable actions, House Concurrent Resolution 157 passed as amended, directing the State Lottery to report on options to support traditional lottery retailers. Senate Bill 53, preserving the Delaware Farm to Community Program if federal support declines, passed unanimously. Senate Bill 307, giving the Public Service Commission authority to designate eligible Lifeline carriers, and Senate Bill 339, clarifying advance health care directives, also passed. Senate Bill 235, removing a sunset on manufactured home rent increase calculations, passed, as did Senate Bill 325 after House Amendment 1 narrowed disqualifying offenses for fire service membership and adjusted related background-check rules. Senate Bill 309, discharging remaining incarceration-cost balances, and Senate Bill 324, addressing constable-related firearm permit provisions, both passed. The chamber tabled Senate Bill 233 once to consider a proposed amendment for trucks and other hard-to-clear vehicles, but the amendment failed and the bill later passed as amended by the Senate. Senate Joint Resolution 19, directing DHSS to study strategies to reduce health care costs, was tabled pending legal review. Senate Substitute 2 for Senate Bill 100, proposing a constitutional amendment to protect the right to marry, passed after extensive floor debate and personal statements from members on both sides. Senate Bill 293, creating a licensure pathway for summer camps to participate in purchase-of-care, passed after House Amendment 1. House Bill 188 on open primary access for unaffiliated voters passed 22-17, and Senate Bill 94, concerning respiratory care practitioners and ECMO medication delivery, passed after House Amendment 2. The transcript ends as the House begins consideration of House Substitute 1 for House Bill 404.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Remembering that, Representative Noble requested that we add the language that is in many bills, which
  • So, the committee substitute merely adds that language providing for immediate effect with a two-thirds
  • The committee's substitute will no longer include language that authorizes inspections of a building
  • However, there does seem to be some general agreement that when the legislature. adopted language in
  • We're still waiting on some language from... I do want to get this bill moving.
Bills: HB111
Keywords: 1185, senate, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Blank. ...the new language there.
  • The test is, the new language is engaging.
  • I've got some really good language.
  • The revised language in the current bill removes...
  • I believe the current Chapter 37 language should remain.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 3, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill is important to certification.
  • Self-certification invites fraud.
  • 787, a bill to require plain language 787, a bill to require plain language and<03:36:44.160>
  • language used in government contract solicitations.
  • <03:40:49.600> is enough, but when the language is enough, but when the language is challenging
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Finance - 01/23/25

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:21:10.960> of should be treated given the language of should be treated given the language
  • <00:23:31.120> to uh uh values unless there's language to uh uh values unless there's language
  • ongoing unless there is language ongoing unless there is language specifying<00:23:52.919> otherwise
  • they use regular uniform language they use regular uniform language informed<00:24:39.960> by
  • <00:48:05.119> is practices um an election certificate is practices um an election certificate
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
Summary: The Finance Committee met for its first 2025 meeting, with co-chairs Senator Marty and Senator Pratt opening the session and members and staff introducing themselves. No bills were heard; the meeting was focused on orientation and on reviewing the committee’s budget rules for the new biennium. Committee members and staff from both caucuses, Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB), and legislative fiscal offices were introduced before the presentation began. MMB fiscal staff Brian D. and committee fiscal staff explained that budget rules are a nonbinding agreement between MMB and House and Senate fiscal staff that guides how fiscal proposals are tracked and understood. They reviewed the history of the rules, noting that the current document reflects the most substantial update since the rules were first adopted in the early 2000s, and that the 2025 version was reorganized into eight sections after extensive interim work by House, Senate, and MMB staff. The presenters emphasized that the rules are updated annually, are intended to promote consistent fiscal tracking and transparent communication, and are used as guidance for budget bills rather than as law. The presentation highlighted several substantive rule areas: general tracking rules and comparison points for budget documents; appropriation drafting guidance; treatment of transfers, revenues, and inflation; planning estimates and “budget tails”; and rules for extending, canceling, or reappropriating existing appropriations. Staff also described new or revised provisions, including guidance on understanding current-law changes, using Department of Revenue estimates for tax revenue, and treating inflation in the forecast as a general pressure estimate rather than appropriated dollars. The committee was asked to review the updated rules, but no vote or formal action was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

2026 Legislative Session - Day Seventy - Thursday, May 14 - Morning Session

Missouri House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • language, and for the telehealth component.
  • The existing language does not do that.
  • The existing language does not do that.
  • So the way that it works currently and the language in the bill as it stands, the language... ...that
  • works currently, and the language in the bill as it stands, the language that would be stripped out
Keywords: 959, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session - Part 2 - 05/17/26

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:25:53.360> This<00:25:53.679> will this language to the floor.
  • This will this language to the floor.
  • > in<00:31:21.039> House<00:31:21.360> File language that is currently in House
  • File language that is currently in House File 4492<00:31:23.279> was<00:31:23.600> amended<
  • Um, you know, this language really bill.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
Summary: The Senate first received a House message reappointing a conference committee on Senate File 2077, the environment and natural resources appropriations bill, and took no further action on that message. The chamber then moved through motions and resolutions, including a failed attempt to suspend the rules to make House File 4102 a special order for immediate consideration. Senator Howe argued the bill was urgent because it would extend a study on state law enforcement pay and help address State Patrol recruitment and retention, while Senator Friends opposed suspending the rules; the motion failed on a roll call vote, 35 ayes to 32 nays. The Senate then took House File 3629 from the table, made it a special order, and adopted the A5 amendment. The bill, relating to grants management and the Department of Administration, was described as refining agency authority over exemptions, adding reporting requirements, expanding whistleblower protections, and broadening fraud-prevention tools. The A5 amendment added stronger payment-withholding authority for agencies based on credible allegations of fraud, removed the 60-day withholding limit, allowed cross-agency withholding in some cases, replaced court appeal with agency reconsideration, made the authority permanent, and added a reporting requirement for DHS and DCYF inspector general activity. Supporters said it would improve transparency and protect taxpayers; the bill then passed final roll call 67-0. Finally, the Senate took up House File 4492, which was amended with the A4 delete-everything amendment. The new version combined three articles: READ Act provisions, a veterans diploma provision, and early literacy field-experience changes. Senators described the veterans section as requiring school districts to award diplomas to veterans who left high school to serve in the Korean or Vietnam Wars, and the READ Act and literacy provisions as aligning teacher preparation and early literacy instruction with state standards. Members also discussed school discipline and classroom safety issues in the course of debate. The bill was then read for final passage, with senators speaking in support of the combined package and its education and veterans provisions.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Public Health Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am

Joint Committee on Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • patient and family in end-of-life symptom management, prescribing medications, and signing death certificates
  • And recently, I created the first certificate program for training in aesthetics associated with the
  • allowed to go practice without any oversight, without any compliance issues, without any CME certifications
  • Navigating a gluten-free diet with a language barrier was easier.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Health heard testimony on four bills: H. 5013 and S. 2928, which would establish a three-year celiac disease screening pilot program for children during routine cholesterol/lipid screening at ages 8 to 12; H. 5087, regulating medical spas; and H. 5115, establishing statewide food truck regulations, though the transcript focused almost entirely on the celiac and medical spa bills. For the celiac proposal, Rep. Badger and Sen. Lovely described long diagnostic delays, the lack of a cure, and the potential for a simple blood test to identify children earlier and reduce long-term harm. Multiple patients, clinicians, and researchers supported the pilot, saying celiac is frequently missed because symptoms vary widely or are absent, and that early detection could prevent malnutrition, growth problems, osteoporosis, and other complications. Testifiers also emphasized that the bill would study feasibility, accuracy, cost, and acceptability, and would include family education and support resources if diagnoses are made through the program. Several experts and advocates backed the celiac screening pilot, including a pediatric gastroenterologist from Italy who described successful national screening efforts there, a Celiac Disease Foundation representative, pediatric gastroenterologists from Massachusetts and Colorado, a pediatric dietitian, and a parent whose child was diagnosed after severe malnutrition. They argued that routine screening alongside existing pediatric bloodwork could identify many undiagnosed children and improve health equity, since celiac disease is often overlooked in people of color and lower-income patients. Committee members asked about how the screening would work, and witnesses explained it could begin with a blood test, followed by confirmatory endoscopy if needed. No vote was taken in the hearing. On H. 5087, witnesses from the medical aesthetics industry largely opposed the bill as written, saying it was outdated, redundant with existing Massachusetts licensing and board oversight, and too restrictive for nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other licensed providers. Testifiers, including a retired lobbyist, a nurse practitioner, a PA, a plastic surgeon, and a clinic owner, said the bill could reduce access, raise costs, and push care into less regulated settings, while not addressing the real issues of training, compliance, and patient safety. Committee members pressed for more specific feedback on what provisions were unnecessary or duplicative, and witnesses said they had submitted position papers and written testimony identifying conflicts with current law. The hearing ended with the chair noting that all oral and written testimony would be reviewed before any decisions are made.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Apr 16th, 2025

Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • provides for cost recovery funds to be used as follows: to cover the cost for required training and certification
  • Lastly, this bill seeks to make nonsubstantive technical changes in updating existing code language in
  • back pure, but I'm just saying... well, they would lose their DEA... ...they would lose their DEA certification
  • I've just worried about the certification of or your standing as being organic.
Keywords: 923, senate, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • process for both Medicare, certification process for both Medicare, Medicaid,<00:14:31.680> and
  • If I were to condense<00:37:22.560> the<00:37:22.960> language<00:37:23.359> of<
  • >> I think the language is strong.
  • <00:41:28.960> I<00:41:29.040> think I think the language is strong.
  • I think I think the language is strong.
Summary: The committee first heard from Personnel Cabinet officials on House Bill 6, which required the Kentucky Employees Health Plan to offer a qualified high-deductible health plan by the 2026 plan year. Officials said the plan was already added for 2025, described it as the lowest-premium option with higher deductibles, and explained that federal rules prevent first-dollar coverage except for limited preventive services. They said 264 members had selected the plan out of about 142,000, and noted it also allows health savings accounts. Members asked about the plan’s benefits, what “catastrophic” meant, the deductible amounts, and whether employees were aware of the option; the cabinet said it would continue to highlight the plan in communications and that the deductible is above $8,000 for individuals and above $16,000 for families. The committee then received an update from the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs on the Bowling Green veterans center. Officials said the current target is to move into the building on October 28, with first admissions about two months later, pending final fixes and certification steps for Medicare, Medicaid, and the VA. They explained that about $7 million in FY25 appropriations lapsed because of construction delays, staffing ramp-up was postponed to avoid unnecessary spending, and the unspent funds should be considered in the next budget request. Members praised the project and asked about annual operating costs; officials said the current operating budget is about $15 million, though they do not expect to spend all of it this year. The commissioner also announced the fifth annual state commanders conference in Lexington, focused on veterans issues and featuring state, federal, and advocacy leaders. State Auditor Allison Ball then outlined her office’s budget priorities. She said the office is primarily a billing agency that charges audited entities for its work, and warned that some agencies are now signaling they may refuse to pay for audits related to kinship care and the medical cannabis application process. She said the office plans to continue requesting outlier credits for unusually burdensome county audit fees, funding for the ombudsman office’s transition and expanded in-office operations, and revenue replacement for local government audits and possibly state audits and special examinations. Ball also said the office conducts about 500 audits, reviews, and examinations a year and wants to restore performance audits with seed funding, as well as add investigators to the ombudsman office to focus more on child abuse and neglect cases. Members discussed the value of performance audits, the possibility of raising certain board thresholds to account for inflation, and the need for additional capacity to handle more audits.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

EIG-HRE, EIG DEFER, EIG, EIG Public Hearings 02-04-2025

Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • provisions; we're going to add recommended language by DLNR regarding flood hazardous areas; and we're
  • provisions; we're going to add recommended language by DLNR regarding flood hazardous areas; and we're
  • provisions; we're going to add recommended language by DLNR regarding flood hazardous areas; and we're
  • I will say I made a mistake in putting in other language.
  • <00:41:24.680> it mistake in putting in other language it mistake in putting in other language
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committees heard testimony on several measures, with the main discussion centered on energy policy. SB 993 on geothermal exploration drew support from the State Energy Office and others, who described geothermal as a key low-cost, firm renewable resource and said the state should fund community outreach and resource research. However, the chairs deferred further action on SB 993 because a similar bill, SB 1068, had already passed the prior week. SB 202 on renewable energy also received broad support, including testimony that net energy metering benefits households and helps clean energy adoption, while Hawaiian Electric opposed the bill’s changes to the NEM forfeit feature as unfair to non-solar customers. SB 1588 on nuclear energy drew sharply divided testimony: supporters argued the bill would only study nuclear options and that the state should consider all tools, while opponents from 350 Hawaii and Greenpeace said nuclear is unsafe, costly, and inconsistent with Hawaii’s clean energy goals and constitution. The committee also heard SB 73 on county permits, SB 100 on intoxicating liquor, SB 1234 on government efficiency, and SB 1336 on a greenhouse gas sequestration task force. SB 100 was described as helping a Maui nonprofit recruit board members by addressing liquor commission-related fingerprinting or background-check issues, and the Attorney General’s technical amendments were accepted. SB 1234 was framed as improving coordination among state, federal, and local agencies, though HGEA opposed it as an opening to privatize government services. SB 1336, which would establish a task force to study greenhouse gas sequestration and related mitigation topics, drew some questions about its scope but was supported as a way to study climate mitigation and green infrastructure. In the later portion of the meeting, the committee took votes and adopted recommendations on several bills. SB 73 was passed with an amendment setting a defective date of May 13, 2040. SB 100 was passed with amendments, SB 202 was passed with amendments including technical changes and allowing the PUC to set the customer credit rate, SB 1234 was passed with amendments and a defective date of May 13, 2040, SB 1336 was passed as is, and SB 1588 was passed with amendments and a defective date of May 13, 2040. The committee also took up SB 161 on county permitting and inspection, agreeing to a package of amendments that would soften exemption language, remove some inspection and certificate-of-occupancy provisions, add flood-hazard language, require reporting and a working group, and set a defective date of May 13, 2040; the bill was then passed with those amendments. SB 635 on energy efficiency was passed with amendments assigning the State Energy Office to lead a survey and prioritizing first responder facilities, and SB 700 on renewable energy was introduced with proposed amendments, though the transcript cuts off before its final disposition.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Mar 18th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • that the bill be turn to the original language as filed.
  • the original bill language here.
  • Not have that language of sorts.
  • Vague language leads to unfair discipline.
  • So I provided some language and yeah, I can. Thank you.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • further investigation under the Board's policies and can open a complaint against a licensee or certificate
  • It strikes a burden of proof language that requires clear and convincing evidence and strikes board liability
  • The Senate amended the bill to remove that language and instead require the State Land Department, to
  • There were concerns raised by defense attorneys that the language is too restrictive and potentially
  • Even with the language, folks are still not comfortable with it. So there you go.
Summary: The caucus reviewed a series of Senate-amended bills, with staff summarizing each measure and noting whether the sponsor intended to concur. HB 2305 would revise Arizona’s private towing laws and remove a requirement that municipalities or law enforcement enforce the prescribed towing rates; HB 2398 would impose insurance requirements for watercraft rentals, charters, and peer-to-peer sharing; HB 2957 would bar state and local governments from requiring a digital or mobile driver’s license for identification, while dropping a House provision on biometric identifiers. Members asked for Senate vote counts on several bills and clarified that HB 2305 and HB 2398 were separate from other towing and boot-related measures. The committee also discussed HB 2321, which requires DCS caseworkers to place a security freeze on a child’s credit record after entry into care, with the Senate removing a $100,000 appropriation and one FTE; HB 2408, which changes Nursing Board complaint and expungement procedures and expands how anonymous complaints may be investigated; HB 2397, which updates HOA/condo disclosure rules and drew noted opposition from the Community Associations Institute and home builders; HB 4005, which requires public school districts to provide AI instruction at specific grade levels and directs ADE to adopt curriculum; and HB 2755, which shifts state land lease renewal language to notice and sale procedures for underperforming commercial leases. Senate vote counts were provided for several of these measures, generally showing narrow or party-line margins. The final items were HB 2406, a heavily amended bill now restricting access to records and images related to deceased minors, including child abuse images, with supporters citing concerns about misuse through AI and opponents raising disclosure and media-access concerns; and HCR 2001, a ballot referral on citizenship, voting, and election-related contributions that was substantially narrowed in the Senate but still requires voter ID, limits voting to citizens, bars foreign nationals from election spending, and mandates on-site tabulation for early votes, prompting continued county opposition because of cost and implementation concerns. The caucus ended after members were reminded that the agenda and caucus sheets had been emailed rather than printed.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Labor and Employment Committee Jun 24th, 2026

Labor and Employment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Some of these requirements in the bill, such as the LEED certification, are impossible to perform during
  • permitting because LEED certification happens after construction.
  • We've provided language that would align registration more closely with the registration requirements
  • We've provided language that would align registration more closely with the registration requirements
  • We went through a three-and-a-half-year regulatory process where they created a certification process
Keywords: 988, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on State and Local Government - 03/27/25

State and Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Oil if we're putting new language in this bill, and I don't love that.
  • Uh, when a metal or mineral, new language, gas or oil, and that's throughout.
  • So using consistent language is the attempt that was made here.
  • <01:38:31.480> came on their uh education certificates came on their uh education certificates
  • <01:41:15.960> of they've got their certificate of they've got their certificate of training
Keywords: 1187, senate, all