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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (01/16/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
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- And then in '22 became interim commissioner, and then in '23 became permanent commissioner.
- Our disability system, developmental disability system as well, strengthening that, making sure that
- developmentally disabled long-term care.
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to <01:46:48.199>have adults with disabilities to have adults with disabilities - disability.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Advancing Agriculture – Senator Aric Putnam Apr 28th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
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- Partially it's because the children in the House made some bad decisions.
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TX
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII Feb 25th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII
Transcript Highlights:
- Licensed and permanent specialists make about $43,000 a year. And what's the eligibility to become?
- In an SAO report from this past September, the agency implemented for the recommendation partially implemented
- have enacted protections for children against this abuse, Texas... unfortunately, is still allowing permanent
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill contains provisions related to insurance coverage for partially damaged siding on a house.
- My recollection is that that had to do with creating a cause of action where replacing or partial replacement
- for some type of co-pay or deductible as a result of that, you might very well elect to take the partial
Summary:
The Insurance Committee first heard House Bill 2250, sponsored by Representative Zimmerman, which would require insurers to cover replacement of all siding on a home when storm damage affects only part of the siding and matching materials are not reasonably available. Zimmerman said the bill is intended to codify Missouri case law and address homeowner complaints after hailstorms, where insurers allegedly paid only for the damaged side and left owners to pay for the rest if matching siding could not be found. Committee members generally expressed sympathy for affected homeowners and discussed possible refinements, including limiting the requirement to street-facing elevations and adding clearer consumer disclosures about coverage.
Opposition testimony came from the Missouri Insurance Coalition, which argued the bill could increase premiums and reduce affordability, especially for homeowners choosing lower-cost policies. Coalition witnesses said insurers should repair direct physical damage but raised concerns about extending coverage to cosmetic mismatch issues and noted that consumers can sometimes buy more robust coverage through riders or different policy options. They also said better disclosure and consumer education would help. Representative Castile raised additional ideas about certified payroll and contractor accountability, though those were not part of the bill under discussion.
After the HB 2250 hearing closed, the committee established a quorum and moved into executive session on House Bill 3328. The committee adopted a House Committee Substitute that, according to Representative Castile, removed the IBHS certification requirement in favor of a non-biased third-party testing lab and deleted an adjuster cap, while keeping the bill’s broader “stronger home” program intact. The committee then voted the substitute do pass by a 9-0 vote and adjourned.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Sep 10th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Because once you're disabled, you shouldn't have to go back every year and prove you're disabled.
- Once you are disabled, you should not have to go back every year to prove that you are disabled.
- The rest of the beauty industry has been given a permanent exemption to work as independent contractors
- , so a cosmetologist can paint nails as an independent contractor permanently in statute.
- A cosmetologist can paint nails as an independent contractor permanently in statute, but not a manicurist
Summary:
The Assembly convened, initially lacked a quorum, then returned to session with prayer, pledge, and a moment of silence for Charlie Kirk following news of his shooting. Members then handled a series of procedural motions, including suspending rules, moving several bills to the inactive file, re-referring bills to committees, and authorizing committee meetings. The chamber also observed adjournments in memory for several individuals, including Ermilo Don Rodas, John Burton, Nina Chomsky, and Barbara “Bobby” Samperey.
On the floor file, members considered and passed a long list of Senate bills, largely on bipartisan or unanimous votes. Topics included consumer protection and transparency for self-storage contracts (SB 709), adoption jurisdiction (SB 450), privacy and name/image protections (SB 683), an audit of the February 2025 bar exam (SB 47), data broker transparency (SB 361), used-car buyer protections (SB 76), state parks land acquisition streamlining (SB 630), cemetery work group deadlines (SB 777), financial enforcement authority (SB 825), utility outage reporting and reliability planning (SB 292), vital records confidentiality (SB 313), health care coverage and hormone therapy access (SB 418), workplace outreach (SB 578), Holocaust and genocide education (SB 472), county jail treatment for misdemeanor incompetency cases (SB 820), and AI companion chatbot safeguards for minors and self-harm risks (SB 243). Most measures passed with little or no opposition, though SB 578 drew sharp debate over the workplace outreach program and its funding.
The Assembly also took up concurrence items and approved numerous Assembly bills with Senate amendments. These included transparency in legislative nondisclosure agreements (AB 1370), affordable faculty/staff housing provisions at community colleges (AB 648), tribal youth foster care reforms (AB 1378), EV charger payment regulations (AB 1423), technical Political Reform Act changes (AB 1511), diacritical marks on vital records (AB 64), reproductive health protections with urgency (AB 260), union and collective bargaining protections (AB 288), bench trial statement-of-decision streamlining (AB 515), agricultural land stewardship (AB 524), geothermal exploratory project rules (AB 527), Medi-Cal field medicine changes (AB 543), tobacco-related provisions (AB 573), social media platform rules (AB 656), state parks transaction reporting (AB 679), professional licensing changes (AB 742), and child care staffing and assistant teacher pathways with urgency (AB 753). Votes were generally strong, with several measures passing unanimously or near-unanimously.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Aug 20th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- drawn to those on the margins: the homeless, refugees, and the displaced. by war, children with disabilities
- And then you tell your people not to disable the alerts because 29.5% of Texans know how to disable these
- We moved all of the campers from those cabins and relocated them up into permanent structures. ...up
- not, because we should be able to turn that off, either automatically or if we had to, you know, disable
- in mind, I hope you can... with comfort and confidence that your goal of doing something that is permanently
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 2 May 16th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We saw that Black and Brown students and students with disabilities were being suspended.
- Furthermore, students with disabilities, who comprise just 14 percent of the student body, receive Nearly
- suspensions, and expulsions have been both disproportionately given. ...to students of color and disabled
- We have a short call emergency substitute teacher program that was made permanent.
- The bill before us went back to conference about how to talk about funding this permanently.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Apr 8th, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- competency restoration. civil commitment, juvenile and adult beds, intellectual and developmental disability
- psychiatric inpatient system in Texas for adults, children, and individuals. with developmental disabilities
- I understand we don't have that intermediate step to get them to permanent. because there's rules there
- Boarding Home Task Force, with the Sheriff's Department, we have seen a significant increase in Permanent
- is a refile of Senate Bill 2009. from last session would impose a 30-day deadline after a child's permanent
Keywords:
SB 500, Texas adoption law, Family Code, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child-placing agency, prospective adoptive parents, adoption records, confidential information, nondisclosure agreement, child history report, health history, social history, educational history, genetic history, termination of parental rights, permanency plan, single source continuum contractor, privacy, redaction
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 3, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
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- disabilities should not be overlooked. disabilities should not be overlooked.
- facing entrepreneurs with a disability. facing entrepreneurs with a disability.
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An cuts permanent. An cuts permanent.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/25
Housing Finance and Policy
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- related to finding housing, designed to assist individuals with disabilities.
- In the long term, we urge the committee to appropriate adequate permanent statewide funding for this
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MN
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- There are many other cities and states that have permanent funding sources, and that's why we lose a
- funding source, and this bill permanent funding source, and this bill would<01:21:38.080>
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funding <01:21:43.360>sources, permanent funding sources, permanent funding- They spoke to our students specifically about having a learning disability, about being a multilingual
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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Higher Education Committee Apr 21st, 2026
Higher Education
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- longer than 75% of the school year are given the benefits and protections they are entitled to as permanent
- or more of the year, three out of five years on a consecutive basis, that then needs to become a permanent
- threshold, becoming a When someone is serving and potentially reaching that threshold, becoming a permanent
- They would be triggered for a layoff, and then, in fact, perhaps not reach their full time for permanent
- We could have just handed out a certificate of partial completion of a BA degree without any sort of
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
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- legal right to be transported to their public school of origin under McKinney-Vento, or kids with disabilities
- primarily used for students experiencing homelessness, students in foster care, and students with disabilities
- designed for full-sized school buses that don't really fit modern passenger vehicles, including a permanent
- Other students who are in the foster care system or have disabilities are the primary groups who would
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security held a public hearing with opening remarks from Senate Chair John Cronin and House Chair Dan Cahill, followed by member introductions and instructions limiting testimony to three minutes. The committee first heard testimony on S. 2743, an act addressing staged suicides. Elizabeth Sherin Feiner of Jewish Family and Children’s Service and later Susan Altman, a domestic violence advocate, described cases in which deaths initially treated as accidents or suicides were later found to be homicides, arguing the bill would improve training, investigation protocols, and accountability in deaths involving domestic abuse. Committee members asked about current police and medical examiner practices, and one member noted that sudden-death determinations are handled by the chief medical examiner in Massachusetts.
The committee then heard testimony on S. 2861, a special commission to examine school bus safety, led by Representative Sabadosa and Amanda Taylor, whose daughter Summer Steel was killed in a school bus door incident. Taylor urged adoption of anti-pinch sensor technology on new buses, saying it could have prevented her daughter’s death. Representative Sabadosa and later a Mazur USA representative supported the bill, explaining that anti-pinch and anti-drag technologies are already used in other transportation sectors and could prevent similar tragedies. The hearing also included discussion of costs and the fact that the proposal would apply prospectively to buses manufactured going forward.
Finally, the committee heard testimony on S. 3021, updating Massachusetts student transportation. Ever-Driven Technologies and Chamber of Progress supported the bill, saying it would modernize Section 7D requirements for smaller passenger vehicles used for alternative student transportation while keeping core safety standards in place. They argued the change would help districts serve students experiencing homelessness, in foster care, or with disabilities, reduce costs, and expand transportation options amid a statewide transportation crisis. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the committee adjourned after public testimony concluded.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Heresy are 1862 exempt permanently in statute by constitutional amendment that the gains will not be
- My name is Maya Volk and I'm testifying on SB 260 on behalf of of Disability Rights Texas, our state's
- protection and advocacy agency for Texans with disabilities.
- Disability Rights Texas supports these recommendations and urges this committee to consider implementing
Keywords:
school safety, Foundation School Program, education funding, student allotment, Texas education, SB 263, Texas franchise tax, cost of goods sold, COGS, broadcasters, television broadcasting, radio broadcasting, media tax, broadcast license, FCC, 47 C.F.R. Part 73, 47 C.F.R. Part 74, film production, television production, tax deduction
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- SJR 18 seeks to exempt permanently in statute by constitutional amendment that capital gains will not
- My name is Maya Volk, and I'm testifying on SB 260 on behalf of Disability Rights Texas, our state's
- protection advocacy agency for Texans with disabilities.
- Disability Rights Texas supports these recommendations and urges this committee to consider implementing
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The children's cabinet language I filed in this bill would create a permanent path to making policy focused
- President, to our Chair of Ways and Means, and to our Chair of Children's Families and Persons with Disabilities
- And so what this amendment does is codify the Youth Engagement Initiative so that it will be a permanent
Summary:
The Senate took up House No. 4646, an act enhancing child welfare protections, and considered a series of amendments focused on child welfare, school discipline, truancy, foster care transparency, and related services. Several amendments were withdrawn, including Senator DiDomenico’s proposal to create a Massachusetts children’s cabinet and Senator Tarr’s amendments on timeout and isolation standards, the best-interest-of-the-child standard, and mandated reporter definitions. Other amendments were adopted, including Senator Rauch’s amendments on student transfers and reasonableness, Senator Tarr’s amendment on information management integrity and youth engagement in the Office of the Child Advocate, and the Senate Ways and Means amendment. Amendments on school compliance before CRA filings, probation certification before accepting a child requiring assistance petition, and statewide truancy and engagement standards were rejected.
After the amendments were resolved, the Senate ordered the bill to a third reading and then passed it to be engrossed by a roll call vote of 39 in the affirmative and none in the negative. The chamber also adopted a motion to adjourn in memory of John Edwards and Hadley Boucher, with moments of silence held for each. Later, the Senate also adjourned in memory of former U.S. Representative Barney Frank, with remarks highlighting his civil rights work, his role in financial reform, and his historic service as the first openly gay member of Congress.
Before adjournment, the Senate took up a House amendment to the Senate bill establishing the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act, voted not to concur, and requested a committee of conference. The chair appointed Senators Creem, Finegold, and O’Connor to the conference committee. The Senate then adopted an order to reconvene on Monday at 11:00 a.m. and dispense with printing a calendar, and finally adjourned.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Jun 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I BELIEVE SOME SERVICES THAT ARE NOT BEING PROVIDED, LET'S SAY, DO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHO WERE
- $250 MILLION FOR ACCELERATED DEBT REDUCTION YOU ADD THAT TO THE TWO AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS OF PERMANENT
- THE NEW TAX PACKAGE ELIMINATES THE BUSINESS RENT TAX ENTIRELY AND CREATES PERMANENT SALES TAX EXEMPTIONS
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/30/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- There's partial restrictions in seven states, and 25 of our states have zero restrictions on firearms
- There's partial restrictions in seven states, and 25 of our states have zero restrictions on firearms
- There's partial restrictions in seven states, and 25 of our states have zero restrictions on firearms
- This bill makes Granite Staters less safe. ballot in their permanent resident home ballot in their permanent
- protected class of people that are considered, uh, to be unable to vote for religious reasons, disability
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- conflict is well represented in Grayson County, where there is a pending air permit with the TCEQ for a permanent
- $43 million, the program faces a $22 million annual shortfall, leaving fire departments with only partial
- “Those were temporary, not permanent.” “Okay. So it was more government but temporary.”
- up with in terms of higher education, given that we put in place that particular structure on a permanent
- up with in terms of higher education, given that we put in place that particular structure on a permanent
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation, received a House message announcing passage of H.B. 500, and a gubernatorial nomination for the Upper Neches River Municipal Water Authority Board. The chamber adopted several resolutions, including SR 409 recognizing Blue Ribbon Lobby Day, SR 402 honoring the discovery of the woolly devil plant at Big Bend National Park, and recognitions for Operation Christmas RGV and Wilson County Day. The Senate also heard an announcement that the Committee on Senate Nominations action report had been placed on members’ desks.
The body then took up and passed several bills. SB 2365 was passed to prohibit personal wireless communication devices by public school students during instructional time, with exceptions for health, special education, and safety needs. SB 1869 was passed to reaffirm the DSHS commissioner’s authority over controlled-substance schedule changes without rulemaking or judicial review. SB 1124 was passed to revise criminal discovery procedures in response to the Heath decision, with supporters saying it preserves exculpatory evidence protections while limiting suppression of inculpatory evidence when the defense already knew of it. SB 1758 was passed to create a Grayson County pilot study and temporary permitting hold concerning a cement kiln/quarry near a semiconductor wafer facility, and SB 2078 was passed to regulate composting in certain counties, after a clarifying amendment.
The Senate also passed SB 33, barring governmental entities from transactions that support abortion assistance or out-of-state abortion procurement; SB 34, expanding wildfire preparedness measures, studies, equipment databases, and rural fire department funding; SB 1208, increasing the penalty for interference with public duties from a Class B misdemeanor to a state jail felony; SB 1030, removing the maintenance, repair, and overhaul tax for general aviation; SB 505, creating processes to address election irregularities; SB 2411, updating the Business Organizations Code and changing filing-method requirements; and SB 1333, addressing unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, or conveyance of real property. Most measures advanced on voice vote or recorded roll call after motions to suspend the regular order and the constitutional three-day rule, with several members raising questions or objections, especially on the criminal justice, abortion, and public duties bills.