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CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • advisory committee meetings to discuss H.R. 1 implementation updates.
  • advisory committee meetings to discuss HR1 implementation updates.
  • And all of this would be effective April 1st of 2027 when the current statute sunsets.
  • And then technically, you know, without the TBL, the benefit would sunset as of April 1st. Okay.
  • Thank you very much, Chairman Javar, and other members of the committee watching remotely.
Summary: The subcommittee heard presentations from the Department of State Hospitals (DSH), the Commission for Behavioral Health, and the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) on budget proposals and implementation updates. DSH outlined its proposed 2026-27 budget, including funding for patient operating expenses, IST solutions savings, conditional release program costs, LPS bed allocation changes, electrical infrastructure projects at Napa and Patton, SB 380 transitional housing feasibility work, and expanded dental services at Metropolitan and Patton. DSH also reported that it has met court-ordered IST treatment benchmarks in the Stiavedi v. Clinton case, with average time to initiate treatment down to about five days and pending placements reduced to roughly 250, while noting that Proposition 36 could increase referrals and SB 1323 may divert some individuals earlier into community-based treatment. Members asked about rising outside hospitalization costs, Medicare enrollment, the timing and structure of capital projects, and whether IST solution funds are being fully used; DSH said the savings reflect slower-than-expected ramp-up of community programs and that the Central California FACT replacement program is still on track for January 2027 activation. The Commission for Behavioral Health described its role under the Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA), including data, evaluation, grantmaking, technical assistance, and transparency work. It highlighted the new statewide Innovation Partnership Fund, a five-year, $20 million-per-year program with small and large grant categories; the first RFA drew strong interest, with more than 400 questions and over 1,000 bidders’ conference participants. The Commission also discussed a proposed extension to spend down about $4.1 million remaining for the Alcove Youth Drop-in Center grants so sites can finish implementation and Stanford can complete the final evaluation. Members asked about grant duration, whether projects can be renewed, what qualifies as innovation, and whether the fund could support service delivery rather than awareness campaigns or training; the Commission said awards are expected to be three-year contracts and that proposals must be new or meaningfully expanded approaches that support BHSA priority populations. DHCS reviewed major behavioral health changes under CalAIM and BH Connect, including peer support, mobile crisis, contingency management, traditional health care practices for tribal members, updated specialty mental health access criteria, and new substance use treatment standards based on ASAM’s fourth edition. DHCS reported strong contingency management results, with more than 13,000 members served and 95% testing negative for stimulant use during treatment, and said 21 Indian health care providers have been approved to offer traditional health care practices. It also described BH Connect initiatives such as the $1.9 billion access reform and outcomes incentive program, workforce investments, evidence-based practice expansion, IMD participation by four counties, and transitional rent services. On BHSA implementation, DHCS said it is not tracking individual county contract cuts but is monitoring county plans and statewide outcomes, while stakeholders raised concerns about local prevention and service gaps. DHCS also outlined its H.R. 1 implementation strategy, including outreach, streamlined renewals, exemptions for disabled, substance use, and medically frail individuals, and proposed clinic navigator and outreach funding; it said it has not yet produced a focused estimate of H.R. 1 impacts on behavioral health populations. The discussion ended with DHCS noting that B-CHIP bond funding has supported 437 infrastructure projects, creating 546 new or expanded facilities and more than 9,500 residential beds across the state.
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

January 13, 2026 - 03:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • Holcomb, Ranking Member Campbell and all committee members.
  • part of this is because we are expanding these cybersecurity exemptions, we are not addressing the sunset
  • The bill does two things: it broadens the exemptions to apply to all agencies but also extends the sunset
  • We are the first committee to hear most of these bills. We have more important work to do here.
  • Seeing no further business in the committee, Representative Weinberger moves that we rise.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • We're really Grateful to be here on behalf of the Legislative Finance Committee.
  • Finance Committee, all of the staff of the Legislative Finance Committee.
  • The committee has traveled to communities large and small.
  • The Appropriations Finance Committee has attended the Legislative Finance Committee meetings, which have
  • So it's not recurring; it's got, in effect, a built-in sunset.
Keywords: 996, all
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Senate in Session Apr 29th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Committee substitute for committee substitute for committee substitute for Senate Bill 1240, a bill to
  • Committee substitute for committee substitute for committee substitute for Senate Bill 1240, a bill to
  • Committee substitute for committee substitute for committee substitute for Senate Bill 1348, a bill to
  • Committee substitute for committee substitute for committee substitute for Senate Bill 1444, a bill to
  • Committee substitute for committee substitute for committee substitute for Senate Bill 1348, a bill to
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several member introductions recognizing interns, guests, and advocates. The Rules Chair added CS for CS for SB 622 to the special order calendar, and SB 80 on state land management was temporarily postponed. The chamber then moved through a series of bills, often substituting House companions for Senate bills when the measures were identical or nearly identical. The Senate passed SB 200/HB 295 on a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan, requiring DEP to develop a recycling and waste diversion roadmap by 2026; SB 492 on land development and mitigation banking, after adopting amendments related to mitigation credit use and former phosphate mine lands; and SB 494/HB 255 on aggravated animal cruelty, which increases sentencing consequences and creates a searchable FDLE database of convicted animal abusers, with an amendment clarifying the database language. The Senate also passed SB 500/HB 711 establishing the Spectrum Alert for missing children with autism, SB 524/HB 1089 adding Duchenne muscular dystrophy to newborn screening, SB 592/HB 393 revising the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program, SB 742/HB 1145 on workforce education, SB 936/HB 827 on a statewide study of automation and workforce impact, SB 964/HB 181 on parole guidelines, SB 976/HB 901 on court-appointed psychologists, SB 1084/HB 1451 on sexual cyber harassment, and SB 1156 on a home health aid program for medically fragile children. Most of these bills were adopted after brief sponsor explanations, questions, and in some cases amendments or House-substitute motions. Debate centered on several policy issues. Senators raised concerns about the constitutional and environmental implications of mitigation banking credits in SB 492, the scope and privacy implications of the animal abuse database in SB 494, the funding and eligibility details of the condo resilience program in SB 592, and the public-school/charter-school balance in SB 822, which drew extensive questioning about enrollment, governance, discipline, accountability, and data sharing before being placed on the third-reading calendar after amendments. The Spectrum Alert bill drew support from members who compared it to the Purple Alert and emphasized the risks faced by children with ASD. The medically fragile children home health aid bill also drew strong support, with senators describing it as a long-needed fix to help families provide in-home care without losing Medicaid coverage. Votes on the measures reported in the transcript were overwhelmingly favorable, with bills passing by margins such as 38-0, 35-3, 37-0, 36-0, and 35-0.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary Committee Jun 23rd, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • and committee members.
  • Bring it back to committee. The committee has no questions or comments.
  • The members of the committee are either sitting in different committees, The members of the committee
  • All right, back to committee. Questions by committee member? No, no question.
  • We'll bring it back to committee. Questions by committee members?
Keywords: 987, senate, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Mar 19th, 2025

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Committee on Rules will now come to order. Cindy, please call the roll. Chair Passidomo? Here.
  • Chair Hooper has done a great job in the last two committees speaking for this.
  • Chair Hooper has done a great job in the last two committees speaking for this.
  • Madam Chair, members of the committee, SB 7004 is an open government sunset review for a public records
  • Now we're going to go to the committee members' bills.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules met and considered a series of bills, beginning with CS/CS/SB 282 on home and service warranty association financial requirements. The bill would allow more than one collateral liability insurance policy to back a warranty license and make related financial requirement changes; an amendment clarifying policy options was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee also approved CS/SB 280 on candidate qualification, which creates an enforceable requirement and private right of action for party-affiliation qualification rules, and SB 7004, an open government sunset review bill that continues a public records exemption related to housing assistance program applicants or participants after disasters. The committee then took up several member bills. CS/CS/CS/SB 88 would create an opt-in framework for local governments to allow utility terrain vehicles on certain roads, with safety requirements and insurance clarification added by amendment; supporters emphasized local transportation benefits and law enforcement tools, while several senators raised concerns about misuse in urban areas, and the bill was reported favorably. CS/SB 106 would allow substitute service through the same electronic platform used by scammers in vulnerable adult exploitation cases, with a 30-day hold clarified by amendment; it received support from elder law and advocacy groups and was reported favorably. CS/CS/SB 262 made technical changes to the Florida Trust Code, including decanting, trustee actions, ademption by satisfaction, and homestead/community property trust treatment, and was also reported favorably. Additional bills approved included SB 402, which updates the unlawful use of uniforms, medals, or insignia statute by referring to armed forces as defined elsewhere in law; SB 700, which continues the public records exemption for site-specific location information for threatened and endangered species; and SB 7006, which preserves public records and meeting exemptions for building plans and related documents depicting 911, E911, and public safety radio communication infrastructure, including next-generation 911 systems. At the end of the meeting, senators requested to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on certain bills, and the committee adjourned without objection.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Tue Apr 14, 2026, 9:00AM HST - Day 44

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • their committee.
  • arborist advisory committees. arborist advisory committees.
  • committee reports. committee reports.
  • . committee. committee.
  • Standing Committee Report 2028. Standing Committee Report 2028.
Keywords: 910, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Health and Human Services - 04/10/25

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • We need to have the bill pass out of the committee and go to the tax committee.
  • and go to the pass out of the committee and go to the tax<00:01:50.040> committee.
  • Safety Committee. Safety Committee.
  • But we didn't have it in the health committee or the human services committee.
  • We are adjourned. committee. Um but we have another stop committee.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:03:04.000> to Elementary I'd like uh the committee to Elementary I'd like uh the committee
  • Chair, members of the committee.
  • I'm sure you would not oppose that committee substitute. So we have that committee sub.
  • I'm sure you would not oppose that committee sub. So we have that committee sub.
  • Thank you, committee members.
Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Education met and first handled introductions of guests and visitors from several school districts and education groups. The committee then took up Senate Bill 3, which relates to student athletes and includes an emergency clause. The bill sponsor and invited witnesses, including athletics directors from the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville, said the measure is intended to update Kentucky’s NIL laws in light of the House v. NCAA settlement and other national changes in college athletics. Supporters said SB 3 would let Kentucky universities directly compensate student athletes, help them secure third-party NIL deals, require reporting of deals over $600, and create guardrails and fair-market-value review to reduce pay-for-play concerns. They emphasized that the bill is meant to keep Kentucky institutions competitive, align with expected national standards, and prepare for changes expected around July 1, 2025. Witnesses also discussed the need for more uniform rules nationally, the role of the Power Four conferences in developing governance and clearinghouse systems, and the desire to preserve both athlete mobility and continuity in college sports. Several members raised concerns about the transfer portal, NIL incentives, and the broader effect on college athletics, with one senator saying NIL and the portal have damaged the sport but acknowledging Kentucky must compete. Witnesses responded that tighter portal windows and clearer national rules would help, while still preserving student-athlete transfer rights when needed. After discussion, the committee moved to a vote on SB 3; the roll call was taken, and the bill advanced out of committee, with at least one senator explaining a reluctant yes vote because of competitive pressures on the Commonwealth.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (03/18/2026)

Election Law and Municipal Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman and committee members.
  • 10% budget committee rule. 10% budget committee rule.
  • , statutory budget committee, a budget committee, as opposed to a finance committee.
  • <00:08:45.960> has the budget committee has the budget committee has recommended.<00:08:49.440
  • the methods uh, proposed here for sunset the methods uh, proposed here for sunset are<00:30:48.400
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you, committee, thank you, Chairman.
  • Thank you, members of this committee.
  • Chairman, members of the committee.
  • Chairman, members of the committee.
  • Basically, this just extends the sunset on the GBT that's carri collected.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Revenue Committee, February 24, 2026

Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:02:36.080> We a committee bill and department. We a committee bill and department.
  • Chairman, members of the committee.
  • And um committee, what's the bill? And um committee, what's the bill?
  • committee. Appreciate that very much. committee. Appreciate that very much.
  • So, committee, any other business before the committee? I do want to again thank everybody.
Bills: SF0079, SF0080, SF0039
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Greetings, Chair and the members of the committee.
  • Members of the committee, my name is Crystal Leatherman.
  • “Well, like mine’s on the committee.
  • Thank you so much for being here during committee days.
  • Thank you so much for being here during committee days.
Summary: The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee held a work session on food systems and food security, with no public testimony. The first panel focused on household food security and data. Marie Spiker of the University of Washington explained what food insecurity means, its health impacts, and the importance of reliable measurement, warning that the federal Census food security data is being terminated and that there is no true replacement. She described Washington’s WaFOOD surveys as a useful complement, not a substitute, and noted that they show food insecurity affects households at a range of income levels. Katie Raines of WSDA described the state’s food systems work, the need for shared data and dashboards, and the role of agriculture in both food production and the hunger safety net. Committee members asked about the $2.2 million state food assistance allocation, the scale of the SNAP gap, and how household size, housing costs, and other factors intersect with food insecurity. The committee then heard from Tracy Roof of the University of Richmond on the history of SNAP and its relationship to agriculture. She traced the program from Depression-era commodity distribution through the modern farm bill, emphasizing that food assistance has long functioned both as anti-hunger policy and as an agricultural and economic stabilizer. She highlighted how SNAP expands during recessions, supports retailers and farmers, and has become more important since the Great Recession because participation stayed high even as the economy recovered. Roof also noted that Washington has relatively high SNAP participation and low payment error rates, but that recent federal changes could reduce eligibility and shift more costs to states. Members asked how Washington compares to other states and why the program is structured as it is. A later panel featured the Washington State Food Policy Forum and a joint systems presentation from the Washington Farm Bureau, Washington Retail Association, and Washington Food Industry Association. The Food Policy Forum described its consensus-based recommendations on food insecurity, climate and water, regional food infrastructure, farmland protection, and farm viability, including more support for producer purchasing, water planning, and farmland conservation. The industry groups presented a systems map showing how agriculture, processing, retail, and transportation are interconnected, and argued that rising costs, regulations, labor and fuel expenses, retail theft, and thin margins make it harder to keep farms and stores viable. They said food security depends on store viability and local agricultural profitability, and promised to provide a more detailed list of policy recommendations. The final panel included state agency staff from DSHS, DOH, and WSDA. Bryce Montgomery said the Basic Food program serves about 920,000 Washingtonians monthly and warned that H.R. 1 could require Washington to pay up to 15% of SNAP benefits, broaden work requirements, and restrict immigrant eligibility. Karen Mullen described DOH nutrition programs, including WIC, farmers market nutrition benefits, fruit and vegetable incentives, and a fruit-and-vegetable prescription program, while noting funding instability and the end of SNAP-Ed. WSDA’s Katie Raines began describing ongoing food assistance and farmer support challenges, including farmer mental health and the need to address food insecurity across both producers and consumers.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 18th, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • You will, if it pleases the committee.
  • committee, for having me this afternoon. committee, for having me this afternoon.
  • Chairman, committee. I'm >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman, committee.
  • We were in another committee, Chairman Ingram's committee.
  • difficult committee meeting today. difficult committee meeting today.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

CPN DEFER, CPN, CPN-HHS, CPN-HHS DEFER Public Hearings 02-12-2025

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • Good morning, Chair, Vice Chair, members of the committee.
  • Vice chair members of the committee Vice chair members of the committee Winston<00:17:19.720>
  • Good morning, Chair, Vice Chair, and members of the committee.
  • Senator K, and committee members, can you hear me? Please go ahead.
  • <00:27:27.520> um proceeds to the Judiciary Committee um proceeds to the Judiciary Committee
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection held decision-making on SB 146, SB 147, and SB 1166. SB 146 and SB 147, both relating to condominiums, were recommended to pass with amendments. The committee adopted amendments based on testimony from Anne Anderson, including mediator/arbitrator qualifications, clarifications about disputes involving managing agents, small claims timing, lien rights, and refund determinations by an early neutral evaluator. For both bills, the effective date was deferred to July 1, 2050 for further discussion. Each measure was adopted with no objections. SB 1166, relating to insurance, was also passed with amendments. The committee removed language that would have required insurers to bring claims and condition rates on doing so, replacing it with encouraging language. The amended bill adds a private cause of action against responsible parties, authorizes insurer actions under certain conditions, defines terms tied to climate-related events and fossil fuel products, and requires HPIA to report to the insurance commissioner on whether it exercised direct action rights. The effective date was likewise deferred to July 1, 2050, and the measure was adopted without objection. The committee then heard SB 985, relating to consumer protection and gift card fraud, and SB 1525, relating to electronic smoking devices and e-liquids. SB 985 drew support from a consumer fraud victim and others who said gift card scams disproportionately harm kupuna, while the Retail Merchants of Hawaii opposed the bill’s packaging/display requirements and suggested stronger penalties instead. The committee voted to pass SB 985 with amendments, deferring its effective date to July 1, 2050, and noted it would move on to Judiciary next. SB 1525 drew significant opposition from the Attorney General’s office, Department of Taxation, Department of Health, and public health groups, who argued it conflicted with federal tobacco law, was hard for Tax to administer, and would not effectively remove unauthorized vape products. After testimony, the committee recommended deferral of SB 1525 without objection.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Committee, February 17, 2026

Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so, we had a sunset attached to a And so, we had a sunset attached to a couple<00:01:37.800> of
  • We are a forgiving committee. Committee, any questions of Representative Lock?
  • Committee, any other >> Appreciate that. Committee, any other questions? questions?
  • Committee any Thank you. Any follow-up? Committee any other<00:11:31.040> questions?
  • Committee Hoxtable? Any questions? Committee Representative<00:18:59.200> Warf.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Bringing it back up to the committee. Questions from our committee? Hearing none.
  • Today I'm happy to present AB 684 to the committee.
  • Thank you, Madam Chair, and the GEO Committee.
  • I’ll bring it back to the committee. Any questions or comments by the committee?
  • Good afternoon, Chair and members of the committee.
Summary: The Governmental Organization Committee heard a series of bills focused largely on alcohol licensing, nonprofit funding, tribal grants, public transparency, and tobacco policy. AB 342 (Haney) would allow local governments to create hospitality zones with extended last-call hours on certain days; supporters argued it would boost tourism, nightlife, and major-event readiness, while opponents warned of alcohol-related harms and public safety risks. AB 684 (Patel) would subject the UC Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools to open-meeting requirements, with supporters saying admissions-related changes should be more transparent and allow schools time to adjust. AB 1008 (Addis) would authorize up to 10 new on-sale general licenses in San Luis Obispo County to meet tourism demand, and AB 1039 (Hart) would require state agencies to offer advance payments on new nonprofit grants and contracts, which supporters said would help cash-strapped nonprofits deliver services. AB 221 (Ramos) would revise the Tribal Nation Grant Fund to provide more predictable annual distributions to eligible non-gaming and limited-gaming tribes, and it drew broad support from tribal representatives and others. AB 795 (Jeff Gonzalez) would create a California commission for the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration, with supporters describing it as a privately funded, nonpartisan planning body. AB 828/AB 28 (Mark Gonzalez, as referenced in the transcript) would expand neighborhood-restricted liquor licenses in Los Angeles County to reduce costs and support restaurant recovery, and AB 1246 (Hoover) would increase craft distillers’ direct sales limits and address barrel-storage rules; both were supported as small-business measures. AB 1428 (Ta) would require reporting of all surplus and underutilized state land, and AB 957 (Ortega) would prohibit tobacco sales in pharmacies, with strong public health support. Several bills were voted out on motions to Appropriations, some with amendments, while others were held or left on call until quorum was established; the committee also adopted a consent calendar and left rolls open for absent members on multiple measures.
OR
Transcript Highlights:
  • We have an electronic committee.
  • Can you share with me, or this committee, what academic units with low enrollment are going to be sunsetted
  • Good morning, Co-Chair, members of the committee.
  • Are there any announcements from the committee or from LFO staff?
  • Any announcements from the committee?
Keywords: 907, all
Summary: The Emergency Board met on June 17, 2026, and approved a series of subcommittee recommendations, mostly on consent, related to federal grant applications, agency funding adjustments, and position authority. Early actions included approval of four federal grant applications from natural resources agencies, three public safety grant applications, a one-time increase for Judicial Department court security, retroactive approval for an AmeriCorps volunteer-generation grant, and a $7.5 million allocation to Southern Oregon University from a special appropriation for short-term financial stability. Members supporting the SOU item emphasized the university’s structural deficits, declining enrollment, and the need for a long-term higher education plan; several members voted no or raised concerns about sustainability, but the motion passed. The board also approved a federal apprenticeship expansion grant for the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, a school nutrition equipment grant for the Department of Education, and an Oregon Health Authority request tied to Medicaid community engagement requirements under H.R. 1. Public safety items included funding for Oregon Military Department readiness facilities, a report on the stalled juvenile justice information system modernization project with a follow-up viability report due in 2026, and a statewide evacuation planning tool for emergency management. The evacuation tool drew strong support as a wildfire preparedness measure, with members noting it could significantly reduce alert times and save lives. A major point of debate was the Department of Justice request to add 16 permanent positions and increase other funds limitation for antitrust enforcement. Supporters argued the federal government has pulled back and Oregon needs capacity to pursue active cases and protect consumers; opponents objected to the process, the size of the expansion, and the incentive structure tied to settlements and awards. Despite those concerns, the motion passed. The board also approved Water Resources Department requests for the Water Well Abandonment, Repair and Replacement program, an assistant water master position in Washington County, and federal funding for Lower Umatilla Basin groundwater data collection. The water master item prompted questions about county cost shifts, but staff said the position would remain externally funded and would not be filled without those resources.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Apr 2nd, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • I believe there is a committee substitute, so the chair lays out the committee substitute to House Bill
  • Chairman, members of the committee, Vice Chair.
  • Thank you, Madam Chair, committee members.
  • I urge this committee to stand on the right side of history and pass House Bill 1363 out of committee
  • There is a committee substitute to House Bill 1610, and so the chair lays out that committee substitute
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII Feb 26th, 2025

Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII

Transcript Highlights:
  • Good morning, Chairman, members of the committee.
  • Riders for the Sunset Contingency Rider and Riders 6 and 7, which was continuing.
  • Was a sunset recommendation last session and they recommended we take the current biennium to develop
  • Energy Committee a few years ago. There was a letter the governor sent to, at the time, it was.
  • The committee stands in recess. 424 425 426 427
Keywords: 1184, house, all