Video & Transcript Research : 'Texas Insurance Code'
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AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Texas, student of Auburn University. Texas, student of Auburn University.
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and <05:41:04.520>Florida ago in Texas and Florida ago in Texas and - This bill come from Texas and Louisiana. This bill come from Texas and Louisiana.
- welfare benefit plan as defined in 29 USC 10021, Insurer, as those terms are defined in Alabama Code
- of Alabama 1975, Chapter 29 of Title 36, Code of Alabama 1975, or Chapter 91 of Title 11, Code of Alabama
Summary:
The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a quorum present, then adopted a resolution honoring Dr. Todd Freeman, Superintendent of Vestavia Hills City Schools, as Alabama Superintendent of the Year. Senators praised his leadership in public education and noted the recognition was especially meaningful as one of the last such honors in the current chamber. The Senate also adopted a resolution commending the 2026 Alabama Law Institute Senate interns for their service, and members offered personal remarks thanking the interns and encouraging them to remain and contribute to Alabama in the future.
The chamber then took up several conference committee and House messages. The Senate concurred in the conference report on Senate Bill 341 after extended remarks, and later concurred in the conference report on Senate Bill 32, described as a veterans-related bill that would make benefits automatic for those under the federal poverty level and allow cities and counties to opt in for veterans above that level. The Senate also received House amendments to Senate Bill 199, concerning sex offenders, and voted to non-concur and send the bill to conference, naming conferees.
In resolutions from the Rules Committee, the Senate adopted an amended House Joint Resolution 198 establishing the Alabama Mental Health Task Force. It also adopted House Joint Resolution 326, which recognizes the need for a north-south transportation route in East Alabama. Throughout the meeting, senators made extended floor remarks about slowing down on legislation, focusing on rural hospitals and other priorities, and the importance of treating children, seniors, and low-income residents fairly.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Jun 24th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Can I get all my insurance covered? Can I just operate this year?
- So, looking at other states like Texas, sorry, Mr.
- Chair, so are they doing something remarkably different in Texas?
- Why would they have passed that in Texas? What's different? Mr.
- You did mention that financial insurance was increased.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- , Texas A&M.
- Texas is vast.
- of Texas and is separate from Texas A&M University itself.
- Students from Texas will stay in Texas.
- Its teamwork between West Texas A&M University. and Texas Tech.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 25th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- an employee payroll tax because the state of California has refused to pay off that unemployment insurance
- miserable that people literally are packing up and leaving this gorgeous state for the hot, humid Texas
- When I think about how we're talking about unemployment insurance and paying off and the Rainy Day Fund
- It requires standardized itemization of all lien-based medical bills so that you have the same codes
- for the same treatment, i.e., like a chiropractor will be X code or Y code.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So Texas remains open for business.
- Now, to date, we have not had a battery storage fire in Texas, and again, we have new codes, new standards
- County fire code. Yes.
- Well, so the rules around implementation of the bill are running through the Texas Department of Insurance
- in Texas.
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- And we didn't use insurance.
- They will be able to get insurance.
- We want a stable insurance market for patient access.
- that they can't insure Virginians if we were to pass this, they're insuring in those states that have
- They correct the code references to the code that gives those folks the authority to do that.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Feb 4th, 2026 at 11:20 am
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Bills:
HB95, HB111, HJR1, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM21, HM34, HB2, HB32, HB33, HB61, HJM2, HM23, HM24, HM26
Keywords:
HB95, additional judgeship, district court, judicial district, First Judicial District, Second Judicial District, district judges, court administration, judicial staffing, caseload, access to justice, New Mexico courts, judiciary, judge vacancy, court backlog, state courts, water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (02/06/2026)
State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
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guide In America, these religious codes guide In America, these religious codes - I ask Texas, Minnesota, and elsewhere.
- is basically it's a guide it's a code is basically it's a guide it's a code for<02:14:18.400>
- The interpretation code of behavior.
- um in terms of our our health insurance um in terms of our our health insurance providers.<04:56
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 2174, insurance modeling and data organizations. Finance.
- HB 2693, insurance, bona fide associates, and qualifications. Finance.
- relating to health insurance.
- relating to health insurance.
- It also clarifies that if a patient changes insurance during the three-year storage period, neither insurer
Summary:
The Senate convened, approved the journal, received House messages and first-read a large number of bills, then moved through several Committee of the Whole calendars. On Calendar 2, SB 1419 on solar energy inspection contractors was amended with a Carroll floor amendment and passed; a Sundareshan amendment aimed at requiring utilities to shield residential ratepayers from costs tied to large loads such as data centers was debated at length, but failed on a 12-15 division. SB 1498 (Department of Public Safety appropriation) and SB 1502 (unlawful flight/reckless endangerment) also received do-pass recommendations. The Committee of the Whole report was adopted, and the Senate later rejected an attempt to add the failed data-center amendment to the report by a 13-14 vote.
On Calendar 3, the Senate advanced SB 1165 (insurance cost sharing for breast exams), SB 1206 (storm-related insurance claims), SB 1212 (health insurance reimbursement rates for vaccines), SB 1215 (firefighters’ occupational disease/workers’ compensation), SB 1290 and SB 1291 (agricultural property notices/classification), and SB 1347 (fertility preservation coverage), with committee amendments adopted on most of them. A Warner substitute floor amendment to SB 1347 was adopted to address insurer concerns by allowing prior authorization with a 72-hour processing requirement and clarifying storage-cost responsibility. The Senate also retained SB 1503 on the calendar.
On Calendar 1 and the additional calendars, the Senate advanced SB 1013 (public employees merit hiring), SB 1108 (cash transactions and rounding, with an emergency clause added), SB 1178 (naturopathic physicians), SB 1186 (document retention/proposals/donations), SB 1286 (veterinary visits and prescriptions), SB 1366 (commercial buildings and telecommunications), SB 1431 (municipal design prohibitions), SB 1671 (gaming/racing/boxing conflict-of-interest continuation), SB 1004 (ESA students’ interscholastic activities), SB 1116 (AHCCCS access/claims review/behavioral health), SB 1162 (health care institution licensing complaints), SB 1179 (group home monitoring), SB 1475 (school district governing boards/eligibility), SB 1821 (DCS training and child placement), and SCR 1012. Several floor amendments were debated and adopted or rejected, including a Kavanaugh emergency-clause amendment to SB 1108, a failed Sears amendment to SB 1178 on prescription drug price gouging, a failed Sundareshan transparency amendment to SB 1186, a failed Kavanaugh amendment to SB 1286 on veterinary prescriptions, a Gowan amendment to SB 1366, a Payne amendment to SB 1077, a Carroll amendment to SB 1479, a Petersen amendment to SB 1566, and an Angius amendment to SB 1018 expanding the definition of foreign law to include certain harmful practices. The Senate adopted the Committee of the Whole reports and properly assigned the bills after each calendar.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (02/12/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- and tests to prevent Black people from voting, Texas didn't do that.
- the subcommittee uh for building codes the subcommittee uh for building codes we're<01:53:56.360
- It might be that the building code talks about inspectors, and each town can appoint its code inspectors
- It might be that the building code talks about inspectors, and each town can appoint its code inspectors
- 23-31 which says that the building code 23-31 which says that the building code shall<05:16:58.958
Summary:
The hearing opened on House Bill 192, which concerns the Joint Committee on Employee Classification process for state employee positions. Representative Peter Schmidt explained that the bill is a procedural step to send already-reviewed classifications to Korn Ferry and then into statute and the budget. Department of Corrections staff and Commissioner Helen Hanks testified that one Deputy Director of Medical Services position had been omitted from the bill by mistake even though it had already gone through the JCEC process, and they asked for an amendment to add it. Hanks clarified that the position is an existing classified job being converted to unclassified status, not a new position. The committee discussed how the amendment would work and the quorum requirements for the JCEC, then closed the hearing on HB 192 after no further testimony.
The committee then heard House Bill 435, sponsored by Representative Don McFarland, which would clarify professional engineering licensure law. McFarland said the bill is intended to make clear that work in IT security, electronics, digital systems, computing, and software is not the practice of engineering requiring a professional engineer license, while preserving licensure requirements for fields such as civil, structural, and building-related engineering. He said he had consulted with the American Council of Engineering Companies and that the bill is meant to remove ambiguity and legal risk, not deregulate engineering. Several members with engineering backgrounds spoke in support, describing the distinction between licensed PE work and other technical fields, and one member noted that software development and regulated software work typically do not require a PE license. The committee voted ought to pass on HB 435 by a roll call of 16-0 and placed it on consent.
Finally, the committee opened House Bill 210, which would create a commission to study the New Hampshire state flag. Representative Tom Corman argued that the current flag is a generic “state seal on a blue bedsheet” and does not meet common vexillological design principles such as simplicity, meaningful symbolism, limited colors, and distinctiveness. He said the proposed commission would include legislative members plus representatives of the New Hampshire Historical Society and the New England Vexillological Association, and would review the flag’s history and recommend whether to redesign it and how to do so. He also indicated he intended to add language to avoid costs, but the bill discussion was not completed in the portion provided.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (02/12/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- Could you detail a little bit if someone calls with a Texas area code and then you get the call, how
- <00:27:51.480>
area <00:27:52.240>code If someone calls with a Texas area code and - that care in Texas, and they do have that online resource directory.
- Final question for me is: this program mandatory in Texas? In Florida? Yes. Okay, thank you.
- Insurance isn't going to cover psychedelic therapy in New Hampshire, almost certainly.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Mar 18th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- TODAY OUR INSURANCE CODE REQUIRES A CHILD MIGHT BE DIAGNOSED BY AGE 8 AND SERVICES ARE MANDATED TO BE
- INSURANCE FOR HOSPITAL SYSTEMS.
- IT IS ONLY SERVED TO INSULATE THE INSURERS.
- YOU COMPARE THIS TO UM CLAIMS AND AUTO INSURANCE.
- MARK DEGAULLE WAIVING FLORIDA INSURANCE WAIVING AGAINST.
NH
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't know about Oklahoma, but two Texas schools received $1.6 million each.
- Oliverson, who was a House member in Texas from Houston.
- The same company that was involved in the Texas case at the Coleman Ranch.
- The same company that was involved in the Texas case at the Coleman Ranch.
- I live in Texas.
Summary:
The committee hearing focused on biosolids, sewage sludge, and PFAS contamination, with the opening remarks and first three presenters arguing that land application of municipal sludge poses serious risks to soil, water, livestock, and human health. Representative Shaw cited EPA and state data on detected pollutants and PFAS in biosolids, while Denise Travick Poyer described her background in chemical engineering and PFAS work and said the EPA’s draft sewage sludge risk assessment shows unacceptable risk at very low PFOS/PFOA levels. She urged source reduction, more testing, and consideration of total organic fluorine, and noted examples from Michigan where industrial pretreatment and source reduction reduced PFAS in biosolids. Johnson County, Texas Commissioner Larry Woolley and Investigator Dana Ames presented a case study of alleged runoff from land-applied biosolids affecting a ranch, with high PFAS readings in soil, water, fish, cattle tissue, and a stillborn calf, and said the county and state had pursued investigations, lawsuits, and legislative responses. Sandra Trawick of Save Oklahoma Farms and Ranches argued that Oklahoma’s biosolids program relies heavily on Class B sludge, that current rules are outdated, and that land application exposes farms and rural communities to pathogens, chemicals, odors, flies, and runoff; she cited examples from Maine, Texas, Georgia, Michigan, and Oklahoma to support calls for stronger regulation or a ban.
After the testimony, members asked about sampling methods, lab testing, EPA limits, and whether the cited PFAS blood levels were comparable to the soil and sludge measurements. Witnesses said the Johnson County samples were collected by a Texas A&M PhD contractor and tested at a single lab, and they explained that the EPA’s 4 parts per trillion figure applied to municipal drinking water standards. Questions also addressed whether sludge is incorporated into soil; Trawick said it had often been left on the surface, though she had seen better disking after public scrutiny. Members asked how biosolids compare with manure and feedlot waste, and witnesses responded that municipal sludge is more contaminated because it includes industrial, hospital, and household waste streams, unlike animal manure. The committee then moved to alternative solutions, hearing from Doug McKinney of Advanced Microbial Solutions, who promoted biological sludge removal using bacteria to reduce sludge volumes and avoid land application, citing cost savings for wastewater plants and correctional facilities. Jason Jepsen of Eden Energy followed with a pitch for an eight-stage waste-to-energy system that converts mixed waste into clean energy, biochar, and reusable products, framing waste as an asset and presenting his company’s technology as a no-land-application alternative.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, June 10, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- , Attorney's Office in Del Rio, Texas, Attorney's Office in Del Rio, Texas, where<00:52:43.520>
- On November 18th, 2002, she of Texas.
- Another researcher at ASU insurance.
- Texas who is the sponsor of this bill. Texas who is the sponsor of this bill.
- , legislation, the gentleman from Texas, legislation, the gentleman from Texas, Mr.<02:25:53.520>
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appr/Sub-Education REVISED Jan 13th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- Choose not to have the insurance, and there is an amount dictated for that in statute.
- As a school superintendent, could I get them to serve me with group insurance?
- I have family that lives in Texas, and they have cosmetology. They have firefighting.
- Why is there not technology center service in Texas County? It doesn't make sense to me.
- About like gas and car insurance and all that kind of stuff.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V Mar 5th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, remember We heard wonderful testimony from the Texas Commission of the Arts.
- All right, so KJ Curtis on page 30, please, with the Texas Public Finance.
- Okay, members, so we heard from the Texas Public Finance Authority last week.
- From the Texas Historic Infrastructure Sustainability. trust fund.
- I'll be presenting the Texas Commission on Fire Protection, the agency requests.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Select Committee on Wildfire Prevention Jun 12th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Hopefully, people have some insurance coverage for the code upgrades for those improvements.
- Hopefully, people have some insurance coverage for the code upgrades for those improvements.
- And insurers did not oppose that.
- I would say, you know, insurers really want to see the codes, the stronger building codes, in the counties
- building codes.
Summary:
The hearing focused on lessons from the 2017 Tubbs Fire and how Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, and local partners have changed wildfire prevention, recovery, and rebuilding practices since then. Assemblymembers emphasized that the region has become a model for the state, with a shift from suppression to prevention, and panelists described improvements in defensible space, home hardening, vegetation management, alerting, and community coordination. The discussion also highlighted the continuing importance of sharing Sonoma County’s experience with other wildfire-impacted communities across California and beyond.
Fire officials and local leaders described specific prevention measures now in place, including Santa Rosa’s vegetation management ordinance, ignition-free/Zone Zero requirements in rebuilding, restrictions on certain mulches, removal of dead and dying trees near roads and defensible space zones, and expanded prescribed burning authority. They also stressed the importance of community organization through block captains, Firewise/COPE-style networks, and the Mark West Area Community Fund. Speakers said these networks helped residents navigate recovery, avoid fraud and bad contractors, coordinate with local agencies, and support neighbors, but they argued that such efforts need more formal structure and stable funding.
Water and permitting officials discussed how the fires changed their work. Santa Rosa Water described new regional coordination, generator and backup power upgrades, emergency training, and lessons learned about wildfire-related contamination in water systems, including the need to restore pressure, flush, and test quickly after a fire. Permit Sonoma said rebuilding was balanced by streamlining permits while still requiring safer, more resilient construction, and noted that reduced fees and one-stop permitting helped speed recovery. United Policyholders described helping residents maximize insurance proceeds, organize information, and avoid scams, while warning that insurance availability and affordability remain major barriers and that insurers are increasingly rewarding risk-reduction measures.
Across the panels, the main policy requests were for faster and more flexible grant processes, more stable long-term funding for prevention and community programs, stronger support for home hardening and defensible space, better training and tools for local governments and legislative staff, and continued attention to insurance and utility-related resilience. No formal votes or actions were taken in the transcript excerpt; the hearing was informational and ended with a transition toward public comment and further discussion of remaining statewide wildfire policy needs.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- And I cover my own medical expenses that are not covered by insurance.
- Texas is on the verge of investing $1 billion in education savings accounts, or ESAs.
- Texas has passed funding for strong school choice options for families.
- Texas has passed funding for strong school choice options for families.
- going up, the cost... ...cost of utilities going up, the cost of insurance going up, the cost of, I
PA
Transcript Highlights:
- Providers with expertise are limited, misdiagnoses are common, and insurance coverage is inconsistent
- There's actually a provision in the school code that would allow administrators, if they are changed
- By putting this legislation into the public school code, we are involving the Department of Education
- Act 27 of 2020 is landmark legislation in Pennsylvania that amended the state's game and wildlife code
- This bill provides for the State Workers' Insurance Fund investment authority.
Summary:
The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognized several guests, including a student advocate and family members connected to a resolution on scoliosis awareness. The chamber first took up committee reports from Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness, Tourism and Recreation and Economic Development, and later Appropriations, Rules, Commerce, and Environmental and Natural Resource Protection, agreeing to the reported bills and resolutions. House Resolution 531, designating June 2026 as Scoliosis Awareness Month, was adopted 201-1 after remarks describing the condition and the advocacy of a young constituent. The House also adopted resolutions designating Diaper Need Awareness Week, directing a study on PANS/PANDAS, recognizing 717 Day, Little League World Series Week, and commemorating America 250 in Pennsylvania, with broad bipartisan support.
The House then considered several bills on final passage. House Bill 2146, updating the Sunshine Act’s 24-hour agenda notice rule after a court ruling, and Senate Bills 130, 511, 971, 972, 1181, and 1235 were agreed to. House Bill 1239, limiting HOA restrictions on rooftop solar, drew multiple amendments; some were withdrawn, and others failed on tied votes, after debate over HOA governance, native plants, and net metering. House Bill 2219, on license plates and transportation provisions, had an amendment agreed to removing indemnification language for elected officials at special events, and then passed as amended. House Bill 2558, banning non-compete agreements for broadcast workers, saw an amendment to preserve limited non-competes fail, and the bill passed. House Bill 2359, prohibiting government NDAs related to data centers, passed 171-31 after extensive debate over transparency and local control.
The chamber also passed House Bill 2455, granting Pittsburgh school administrators collective bargaining rights, despite objections that existing appeal protections already exist; it passed 106-96. House Bill 2460, creating hunting and trapping education provisions, passed 180-22 after debate over whether it duplicated existing law and imposed a mandate. House Bill 2499, expanding the State Workers’ Insurance Fund’s equity investment authority, passed 173-29. House Bill 2529, scheduling metatomidine as a Schedule III controlled substance, passed 198-4 amid testimony about overdose risks and concerns about criminalization. Senate Bill 604, joining the Counseling Compact, passed 188-14, and Senate Bill 1259, clarifying parole record privilege and expanding notice to denied parole applicants, passed unanimously 202-0. The House then made referrals and committee assignments, signed the two Senate bills for presentation to the Governor, and adjourned until July 1, 2026.