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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Jan 28th, 2026 at 11:02 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • She cares about people very deeply and wants to make sure that we improve access to medical care.
  • House District 53 is filled with caring and tenacious health care providers.
  • our health care system.
  • And I know our laws have placed you in... ...of health care in our health care system.
  • hours for care.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 8th, 2025 at 10:05 am

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • provided to children in foster care.
  • HB 2298 by Lalani, relating to a health care facility grant program supporting the use of artificial
  • Shaheen to explain... ...care by physicians and health care practitioners. Chair recognizes Mr.
  • HB 175 by Gonzalez of El Paso, relating to establishing optional certifications for child care providers
  • Members, this is a really important bill for our child care providers to help them with kids with disabilities
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, received the invocation and pledges, and heard several announcements and recognitions before moving into floor action. Members honored the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley chess team for winning a share of the 2025 President’s Cup, recognized educator Jessica Lopez, and paid memorial tribute to Jennifer Maddenly, along with recognitions for Jeanette Valdez Duran’s food pantry work, TAMACC’s 50th anniversary, and Bernardine Steptoe’s retirement from WFAA. The House also granted permission for committees to meet while the House was in session, set a local consent calendar, and suspended posting rules for a Public Health Committee hearing on SB 2721. The chamber then considered a long series of Senate and House bills, with many passing on record votes. Measures addressed local law enforcement authority (SB 906), veterans highway designation (SB 1229), foster care medical billing (SB 855), massage therapy trafficking safeguards (SB 703), tax ballot language (SB 1025), occupational licensing for people with convictions (SB 1080), lien deadlines (SB 929), liquor sales complaints (SB 1355), higher education application fee waivers (SB 2231), utility data access (SB 1877), pediatric preceptorships (SB 1998), and several House bills on bond forfeiture notice, health workforce coordination, indigent civil commitment representation, consumer transaction cancellations, bird dispersal rules, theft venue for digital property, military grant applications, AI cancer-detection grants, cybersecurity contract language, in-state tuition for military-related programs, utility capital recovery, energy waste advisory oversight, gas utility rate recovery, psychedelic therapy study, teacher retirement funding transparency, pension changes, tax payment plans, and voter registration security. Some measures drew notable debate or amendments, including HB 5247, where a ratepayer-credit amendment failed, and HB 2298, HB 4014, HB 510, HB 561, HB 1128, HB 1904, HB 30, HB 200, HB 3045, and HB 5111, which all passed after recorded votes with varying margins. A major point of contention was SB 2420, the app store age-verification bill, which prompted extended debate over whether the bill should also require app developers to verify users’ ages. Representative Bryant offered an amendment to preserve developer verification obligations, arguing the bill would otherwise shift responsibility away from app makers; the author opposed it, saying the bill’s approach was more workable and raised concerns about First Amendment issues. Multiple points of order were raised and withdrawn during the debate, and the amendment discussion remained unresolved in the excerpt. The House also postponed further consideration of SB 17, SB 552, and SB 2420 at different points, and recessed for lunch after completing a large block of third-reading votes.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Corrections Apr 9th, 2025

Corrections

Transcript Highlights:
  • While incarcerated, inmates have the potential to access health care services, partially through what
  • The reentry process is an opportunity to provide people with essential health care services.
  • Last session, I passed legislation which... ...created a similar program for Texas game wardens.
  • This bill would require TDCJ to adopt rules related to the program. to the leave pool.
  • and access to the care they need outside of the criminal legal system for their healing.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Criminal Justice Jan 20th, 2026

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Child safety is our highest priority.
  • Child safety is our highest priority.
  • Changes the pretrial diversion program to a domestic violence deferred sentencing program and requires
  • The bill does not create a new program.
  • It shouldn't happen to any child.
Summary: The committee took up a series of criminal justice and public safety bills. SB 1084, which exempts certain identifying and location information for non-legal support staff in state attorneys’ offices from public records requests, was supported by prosecuting attorneys and reported favorably. SB 212, as amended, created new restrictions related to sexual offenders and predators, including a 200-foot restricted presence provision near certain locations and updated notification/supervision requirements; it drew strong opposition from researchers, advocates, and affected families who argued it lacked evidence and would increase homelessness, but it was reported favorably. SB 682, addressing domestic violence, coercive control, strangulation, animal abuse, injunctions, and related training and enforcement issues, received emotional survivor testimony and support from animal welfare and law enforcement groups and was reported favorably. SB 656, creating and renaming FDLE Internet Crimes Against Children funding and grant programs, was amended and reported favorably and unanimously. The committee also considered SB 810 on sealing criminal history records, which would expand eligibility for some non-conviction records and one low-level misdemeanor conviction after waiting periods and judicial review; supporters said Florida is unusually restrictive, while one senator raised concerns about the scope, and the bill was reported favorably. SB 890, creating a standalone battery by strangulation offense applicable outside domestic relationships, was reported favorably after the sponsor said it would close a gap in current law. SB 892, revising habitual offender and violent career criminal sentencing procedures and notice requirements, was reported favorably, with defense lawyers supporting the clearer pretrial notice. SB 928, “Missy’s Law,” requiring immediate remand to custody after conviction of certain dangerous crimes, was amended to include computer pornography/child exploitation offenses and reported favorably after a family member of the namesake victim testified in support. Later, SB 1284 modernized arrest and search warrant statutes, expanding judicial summons options for some misdemeanors and broadening warrant/arrest authority in certain DUI, injunction, domestic violence, and misdemeanor force cases; defense lawyers supported the judicial-discretion portions but raised concerns about DUI/BUI arrests, and the bill was reported favorably. Finally, SB 812, a technical companion to SB 810 updating public records treatment for sealed criminal history records, was amended to clarify prosecutorial access for later cases and reported favorably. Several bills were supported by law enforcement, prosecutors, and advocacy groups, while others drew opposition from civil liberties, treatment, homelessness, and criminal defense advocates. The meeting adjourned after members recorded additional votes on selected tabs.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I don't know that the substitute took care of that. care of that in any way, because you're going to
  • and so forth. and specialty care.
  • care and it was designed to make health care more accessible and affordable. have facility fees.
  • organizations, the managed care organizations contracted to provide Medicaid managed care services.
  • health care providers.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services Apr 8th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • They get care from private institutions.
  • The USDA, which runs the grading program, specifically says it is not a food safety program.
  • care.
  • Emergency medical care is my passion.
  • What do you do with that child and say, well, I'm just sorry you can't. child cannot take a vaccine.
Summary: The committee first took up several pending bills and reported them favorably: SB 968, SB 636 as substituted, SB 1137, and SB 1138 as substituted. Each was advanced by roll call vote, and the committee also recommended the approved bills for the local and uncontested calendar. The chair then moved to the posted agenda and heard SB 719, a mental health bed-capacity study bill by Senator Eckhart, with a committee substitute that refined the data collection to distinguish state and non-state beds, child and adult beds, include two point-in-time counts, and capture jail diversion data. Testimony on SB 719 was largely supportive from Integral Care, NAMI Texas, and the Children’s Hospital Association of Texas, all of whom said Texas needs better data on inpatient psychiatric capacity, workforce needs, and future demand. Several witnesses described long waits for beds, especially for forensic restoration, and argued the study would help target future investments. Senator Perry and others noted the state has already made major investments in new beds and urged the bill to account for beds already coming online; the committee ultimately withdrew the substitute and left SB 719 pending after public testimony closed. The committee then heard SB 1864, which would allow small egg producers to sell ungraded eggs more broadly, including to restaurants and retailers, with the substitute increasing the weekly sales threshold and addressing sanitation and labeling. Supporters said grading is about size, not safety, and that the bill would help small farms reach new markets; opponents from the Texas Poultry Federation argued grading and candling help identify cracks and defects that can affect safety and quality. The committee adopted the substitute and left the bill pending. It also heard SB 1467, requiring DSHS to share death record information with hospitals for record accuracy and quality review, and SB 912, which would modernize continuing education tracking for health licensing agencies; both bills drew supportive testimony and were left pending. Finally, the committee heard SB 2023, which would create an HHSC grant program to help counties pay for indigent burial costs, with county representatives testifying in support.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • And what they are both specialize in is family physician care.
  • Mary's commitment to public safety extends beyond traditional clinical care.
  • Representative, do you care to vote? Representative Pogo Miller, do you care to vote?
  • Is this on top of a program like that? I believe so.
  • Eaves Representative Banning, do you care to vote? Representative Hardin, you care to vote.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • It is my honor today to recognize a program that I've been able to watch grow.
  • We never, ever would have dreamed where this program would be. It started out with Mr.
  • dreamed where this program would be.
  • This accomplishment led to his participation in Putnam City's first aviation program.
  • This accomplishment led to his participation in Putnam City's first aviation program.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Apr 3rd, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • , or what the former witness referred to as the OmniBase program.
  • . ...child abductions and sex trafficking.
  • So I was like, I don't care so much.
  • The body passed the continuous sexual abuse of a child prosecution.
  • of a child.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Technology and Telecommunications 2ND REVISED Apr 16th, 2026 at 08:45 am

Technology and Telecommunications

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's gonna be a recurring because the FTEs required to keep the program going.
  • President Roosevelt went to a senator from Tennessee and discussed the need for building a nuclear program
  • The same principle of law would apply that a parent would say that some child under 18 is authorized
  • different county being able to take over that piece of property to ensure that those folks are taken care
  • And kind of maybe have some of these programs and Software has been implemented in their classrooms.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 2/25/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Representative Baker said that what they have seen is fraud in child care, through CCAP, and other nutritional
  • programs.
  • <01:20:02.760> that investing in in storing programs that investing in in storing programs
  • choose the right toring for your child choose the right toring for your child and<01:20:54.199><
Bills: HF1, HF779, HF1034
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Feb 12th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • a Medicaid waiver program does.
  • So this could be your child. This could be your grandchild. Your grandchild, your child can...
  • I take care.
  • continuing care of the department in extended foster care, who are under 21 will no longer need repeated
  • or in the continuing care of the department in extended foster care who are under 21 will no longer
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services heard and advanced a series of health, child welfare, aging, disability, and public records bills. CS/SB 1002, on child welfare and parental substance abuse, was described as clarifying that acute or chronic parental drug abuse can constitute harm or neglect when it creates an ongoing risk to a child; it passed after limited questions and supportive testimony from Florida Smart Justice Alliance. CS/SB 1630, a broad aging and long-term care modernization bill, would streamline eligibility screenings, allow temporary DOEA services during emergencies or lead agency failures, tighten oversight of area agencies on aging, permanently establish the Florida Alzheimer’s Care Center of Excellence, and expand guardianship training and enforcement tools; it drew support from AARP, area agencies, and the Alzheimer’s Association and was reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 1022 to add Bay County and Pompano to the Florida Children’s Initiatives, and CS/SB 1030, via strike-all amendment, to streamline regulation of substance abuse and behavioral health providers and clarify background screening and privacy rules. Several bills focused on health care practice and patient access. CS/SB 36, with an amendment, allows nurses with doctoral degrees to use appropriate titles while requiring clear identification as nurses and making misuse grounds for discipline; nursing organizations supported it and it passed. CS/SB 844 requires physicians and nurses to complete a one-time, board-approved continuing education course on sickle cell disease care management, with multiple patients and advocates testifying about delayed care, bias, and the need for better provider education; the bill was reported favorably after an amendment aligning it with the House version. CS/SB 560 streamlines procedures for psychotropic medication for children in DCF custody by reducing duplicative reports, clarifying evaluator qualifications, limiting repeated background checks, and simplifying consent documentation; an amendment removed postsecondary education language, and the bill passed. The committee also approved a public records exemption bill for a uterine fibroids research database (CS/SB 864). The committee also advanced measures affecting disability services and forensic care. SB 6, a claims bill, would pay $3.8 million to a trust for a child who suffered severe abuse-related injuries after DCF involvement; it passed without opposition. SB 778 updates the definition of forensic clients so certain individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism found incompetent to proceed can be housed in the same secure forensic setting, reducing duplicative staffing and space needs; it was reported favorably. CS/SB 1016 codifies the Working People with Disabilities Program, allowing eligible developmentally disabled adults to work while retaining Medicaid waiver benefits and requiring notice to enrollees; advocates described the bill as essential to employment and independence, and it passed. Throughout the meeting, most bills received supportive public testimony, few questions, and unanimous or near-unanimous favorable votes.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 21st, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Again, this bill simply aligns APRN transparency that currently exists for other health care programs
  • There's also charity care programs. There's emergency Medicaid in the state also.
  • And instead of getting this child the care they needed, they put, they held at the checkpoint for around
  • Prenatal palliative care offers families the opportunity to cherish the time they have with their child
  • And all I wanted to do as a mother was just take care of my child.
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • I just don't care.
  • It'll also better prepare students for the demands of professional health care programs.
  • It transfers authority to establish and administer a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly, commonly
  • It creates the statewide health care access and recruitment program account, provides certain transfers
  • It creates the statewide health care access and recruitment program account, provide certain transfers
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 59 (4-14-26) - Part 1

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Now I'm all for pilot programs.
  • Not throw it away, not throw it at stuff that doesn't do any good, but programs for health care, for
  • but programs but programs for<01:10:01.440> health<01:10:01.760> care,<01:10:02.480
  • care, for dental care for for health care, for dental care for kids,<01:10:04.800> for<01:10:
  • , if they can get dental care.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Apr 22nd, 2025

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Transcript Highlights:
  • This means that a teen mom can consent to her own prenatal care, plan for and deliver her child, and
  • has the right and responsibility to make sure her child gets medical care.
  • And for example, in this bill, a child having a child should be able to take care of their own medical
  • chemo treatment or something, and you say, I'm gonna let this person take care of my child but I'm not
  • I have Kate Murphy down as the Director of Child Protection Policy at Texans Care for Children.
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Morning Session Apr 8th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • You don't want the government taking over your child that much, so this is directly a program that I
  • I think one of the main reasons it gives me heartburn is what we just did with child care subsidies.
  • Case in point is the child care subsidy that was under sunset. We are now being asked to remove it.
  • That was a short-term program during COVID, and it is now a child care subsidy. Remove it.
  • If you fit the category of being a child who needs lunch, I don't care what school you go to.
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Afternoon Session Apr 8th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • But this is Military Child Month.
  • Every child is not the same.
  • The child is not meeting the standards for reading. They say, we're going to hold the child back.
  • I don't care about the burden to the school. I care about the loss of learning for the kid.
  • I don't care about the burden to the school. I care about the loss of learning for the kid.