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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am
Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development
Transcript Highlights:
- In addition, the bill would strengthen the law's provisions requiring employers to provide notice to
- provisions, which would require notice 417 views by 15,452 active users or people.
- This information is included in the multilingual notice.
- provisions which would require notice ...and supports the PFML improvement bills’ enhanced notice, which
- would require notice at the time the worker needs to leave and not just when they are hired.
Summary:
The hearing focused on employment rights legislation, especially the Protect Labor Act (H. 2086/S. 1327), which would create state-level labor protections if federal private-sector labor law is weakened or struck down, and would also add protections such as bans on captive audience meetings, virtual elections, stronger misclassification rules, and protections for health care workers and immigrant workers. Supporters from the AFL-CIO, nurses, SEIU, UAW, building trades, teachers, graduate workers, and policy groups argued that the bill is needed because of Trump administration actions, Project 2025, and threats to the NLRA and NLRB. They described the bill as a “trigger” law meant to preserve organizing and bargaining rights in Massachusetts if federal protections disappear or if the NLRB declines jurisdiction over certain workers.
The committee also heard testimony on bills to restore a limited right to strike for certain public employees (H. 2078/S. 1311 or related filings). Supporters, including a representative, educators, and labor advocates, said the current ban on public employee strikes weakens good-faith bargaining and leaves workers without leverage to secure wages, staffing, and student supports. They argued that strikes are used as a last resort and that legalizing them under defined conditions would improve negotiations and better reflect the realities of recent teacher strikes in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Municipal Association opposed the strike bills, warning that public employee strikes are already prohibited by state law, that strikes disrupt students and communities, and that local governments face budget constraints under Proposition 2 1/2.
The committee also took testimony on paid family and medical leave bills (S. 1351/H. 2110 and S. 1352), which would improve notice to workers, expand public reporting on claim denials and demographics, and fix a technical definition issue that has limited access for some covered contract workers. Witnesses from legal aid, policy organizations, and a small business owner said the changes would improve transparency, equity, and access to benefits without imposing major burdens on employers. Additional testimony supported a railroad sick leave bill and a private construction transparency bill, with Senator Keenan urging favorable action on both. No votes were taken during the hearing; members asked questions, and several witnesses and legislators requested favorable reports on the bills.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- So they get a 30-day written notice, correct? And so they have that...
- So they get a 30-day written notice, correct?
- Chair, I've noticed... In very extreme cases, Mr.
- So say within those 30 days, it gets noticed.
- That are, you know, given written notice of as a hearing of this process.
Committee:
House House Education
Keywords:
student use, wireless devices, public schools, policy implementation, education technology funding, driver education, driver's ed, driving school, motorcycle safety, traffic safety, vulnerable road users, pedestrian safety, bicycle safety, cyclist, bike lane, micromobility, scooter, moped, motorcycle training, DWI prevention
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Financial Services Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joint Committee on Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Also opposed to House Bill 1123 and Senate Bill 701, these are regarding cancellation notices, and we
- There is a hard copy mailing that comes out to consumers for a cancellation notice.
- This would provide for an opt-in to allow for those cancellation notices.
- There is a hard copy mailing that comes out to consumers for a cancellation notice.
- This would provide for an opt-in to allow for those cancellation notices.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Financial Services
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Financial Services heard testimony on a wide range of insurance-related bills. Topics included public adjusters (H. 1100/S. 785), electronic cancellation notices (H. 1123/S. 701), insurance rebates and loss-mitigation devices (H. 1233), flood hazard determinations (H. 1087 and related flood bills), organ donor insurance protections (H. 1248/S. 727), mental health parity in disability policies (S. 780), motor vehicle service contracts (H. 1139/S. 812), modernization of business-to-business insurance transactions (H. 1105), and a bill changing the GIC withdrawal notice deadline (H. 1150). Committee chairs set a three-minute testimony limit and heard from legislators, industry representatives, advocates, and affected consumers.
Testimony on public adjusters was sharply divided. Insurance agents and property-casualty industry representatives argued that bills barring insurers from prohibiting public adjusters would interfere with policy terms, while public adjusters and several consumers described cases where adjusters helped secure substantially higher settlements and said some surplus lines policies already contain anti-public-adjuster endorsements. On electronic notices, the insurance industry supported consumer opt-in email communications, while agents warned that email-only cancellation notices could cause consumers to miss cancellations. On rebates/loss mitigation, insurers supported allowing risk-mitigation devices outside the policy to encourage innovation, while agents opposed the bill as an improper inducement. Flood-related bills drew opposition from insurers who said flood determinations are complex and federally governed.
The committee also heard strong support for organ donor protections from a kidney transplant recipient and the American Kidney Fund, who said the bill would prevent insurance discrimination against living donors and could encourage more donations. On disability parity, a disability insurance specialist opposed S. 780, arguing that mental health limitations are a consumer choice that helps keep coverage affordable, while the bill’s sponsor said it would prevent unequal limits on behavioral health claims. The committee also heard support for H. 1139/S. 812 from the service contract industry, and support for H. 1105 from APCIA as a modernization measure for specialty commercial lines. No votes were taken; after testimony concluded, the chairs closed the hearing.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Care & Wellness Feb 4th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Health Care & Wellness
Transcript Highlights:
- These carriers must provide notice of significant payer contract modifications to the relevant health
- The notice must specify the provider contract to which the modification applies and be conspicuously
- Carriers must include a summary of all modification notices in a single location and in their newsletters
- You'll notice that the distinct clients remains pretty similar across that time period, but you'll notice
- that the distinct clients is our last complete year of data you'll notice that the distinct clients
Committee:
House Health Care & Wellness
Keywords:
phthalates, medical equipment, healthcare regulation, intravenous therapy, toxic substances, Medicaid, healthcare, traditional practices, health insurance, coverage expansion, therapy, psychotherapy, mental health, regulation, professional standards, tribal data, data protection, privacy, sharing of information, Indigenous rights
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- The reason for such waiver was that SB 946 was inadvertently left off the original hearing notice.
- The public notice requirement pursuant to Senate Rule 21 to hold a hearing on SB 946.
- The reason for such waiver was that SB 946 was inadvertently left off the original hearing notice.
- The notice was filed in the clerk's office this morning. The waiver is granted.
- The notice was filed in the clerk's office this morning. Thank you.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Seeing none, members, please watch for our notice for our next meeting.
- Seeing none, members, please watch for our notice for our next meeting.
- As a reminder, we are on a one-hour notice.
- Seeing none, members, please watch for our notice for our next meeting.
- As a reminder, we are a one-hour notice.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assessment data in property tax litigation 2/26/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- government can unilaterally make non-public data public simply by introducing it at trial with no notice
- government can unilaterally make non-public data public simply by introducing it at trial with no notice
- government can unilaterally make non-public data public simply by introducing it at trial with no notice
- government can unilaterally make non-public data public simply by introducing it at trial with no notice
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MD
Transcript Highlights:
- So, you have to download a form, fill it out, provide 10-day notice, post the notice on the property,
- So, you have to download a form, fill it out, provide 10-day notice, post the notice on the property,
- So, you have to download a form, fill it out, provide 10-day notice, post the notice on the property,
- So, now notice, so they reschedule.
- We live in a very moment's notice.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services May 5th, 2025
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- , the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau nationally promulgated a standardized model validation notice
- Do you have a notice that goes out about some that is minor, but then that simple message could get lost
- the... consumer, giving them the 30 days to dispute the debt as the primary issue, or the written notice
- The bill is asking basically to repeat the information in the notice, the initial notice, the collection
- notice that goes to a consumer.
Keywords:
private activity bonds, housing, residential rental projects, low-income, affordable housing, bond measures, funding equality, political subdivisions, public communications, election fairness, debt collection, consumer rights, disclosures, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, settlement agreements, State Board of Education, group benefits program, health insurance, state employees, dependents eligibility
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Mar 31st, 2025
S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, so recently, several Texas medical providers sent out notices to parents of minor children stating
- The notice even inaccurately stated that this is required by both state and federal law.
- The fact that a notice went out that violates state and federal law requires a clear remedy in our statute
- There have been um certain Providers and uh hospital systems who have sent out notices to parents saying
- Well, that means if you are blocked, then you, there's a process where they send a 30 day notice and
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- We'll also bring increased efficiency, requiring agencies to publish a notice of intended agency action
- Requiring agencies to publish a notice of intended agency action within 90 days of the effective date
- Technical changes are to be published as notices of correction, emergency rules are to be published in
- the Florida Administrative Code, and a notice of renewal of an emergency rule is to be published in
- And so that may not be sufficient for the agency to prepare and publish a notice of proposed rule.
Committee:
Senate Rules
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Rules met with a quorum present and took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 108 on administrative procedures. That bill, as amended, would require agencies to review all rules on a five-year cycle, submit regulatory plans and annual reports, publish intended agency action within 90 days of new rulemaking authority, improve public access to incorporated materials, and streamline rule publication and correction procedures. After brief testimony from the Florida Bar’s Administrative Law Section and support from Americans for Prosperity and the James Madison Institute, the committee adopted two amendments and reported CS for SB 108 favorably.
The committee then approved several other measures, including the Senate veterans package (CS for CS for SB 116), which made technical changes and was supported by veterans and advocacy groups; SB 118 on presidential libraries, which preempts local barriers while preserving state and federal law and building codes; CS for SB 126 allowing mail distribution of prescription hearing aids after a Florida-licensed professional examination; CS for SB 150, “Trooper’s Law,” making it a third-degree felony to abandon restrained animals during declared disasters; SB 294 limiting collaborative pharmacy practice expansion for complex cardiac conditions; SM 314 urging Congress to increase Florida National Guard force structure; CS for SB 322 creating a nonjudicial process to remove unauthorized persons from commercial property; CS for SB 348 on ethics, addressing false military rank claims and delinquent ethics fines; SB 356 designating January 27 as Holocaust Remembrance Day; CS for SB 160 expanding CPA licensure pathways and clarifying administrative outsourcing; and CS for SB 50 promoting nature-based coastal resilience measures. Most of these bills received supportive testimony and were reported favorably.
The committee also considered and reported favorably the annual reviser bills SB 36, SB 38, SB 40, and SB 42, which adopt the 2025 Florida Statutes, conform statutory names, remove expired provisions, and clean up obsolete language and cross-references. Throughout the meeting, members asked questions on a few bills, but no roll-call votes were recorded as opposed; each measure was approved and reported favorably. At the end of the meeting, senators requested that a few missed affirmative votes be recorded, and the committee adjourned without objection.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- So, number one, even though the House rule stipulates that hearing notices have to be filed no later
- than 48 hours, we are going to, and do intend to, file all of our notices with at least 72 hours' notice
- have to be filed no later than notices have to be filed no later than 48<00:07:35.720><c> hours</c><
- </c><00:07:39.639><c> with</c> intend to file all of our notices with intend to file all of our notices
- um there are at least 72 hours notice um there are times<00:07:42.800><c> where</c><00:07:42.960><c>
Committee:
House Higher Education
Summary:
The House Committee on Higher Education met on January 31 and heard six bills. The chair opened by outlining committee practices, including giving at least 72 hours’ notice for hearings, releasing testimony by 5:00 p.m. the day before hearings, and deferring bills needing substantive HT1 changes so members would not vote “blind.” Members briefly thanked the chair for the transparency approach before moving to the agenda.
HB 223 would create a Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy special fund and workforce assessment fee to support a pharmacy center. Testimony from the Board of Pharmacy, the Hawaii Pharmacists Association, the University of Hawaiʻi Hilo College of Pharmacy, Mokai Drugs, and others generally supported the measure, emphasizing workforce data, rural access, student loan repayment, and retention. The committee later advanced HB 223 with amendments, including leaving fee amounts blank for further discussion and inserting a defective date, and the motion passed unanimously.
HB 940 would appropriate funds for the rat lungworm lab at UH Hilo; HB 546 would establish the Aloha Intelligence Institute at UH to advance AI; HB 549 would create an early learning apprenticeship grant program; HB 1172 would add the Department of Taxation to the Statewide Longitudinal Data System for wage-data sharing; and HB 1320 would require UH to collect and publicly report graduate outcome data and create a dashboard. Testimony on these bills was largely supportive, with some privacy concerns raised on HB 1172 and a request to protect taxpayer confidentiality. In decision-making, the committee passed all five bills with amendments, generally deleting or blanking appropriations and FTEs for Finance Committee review, adding defective dates for further discussion, and in HB 549 adding a statement that the program is a matter of statewide concern. The committee recessed briefly for decision-making and then adopted the chair’s recommendations on each bill.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, watch for our next meeting notice. Members, watch for our next meeting notice.
- As a reminder, we are now on a one-hour notice.
- Without objection, the meeting is adjourned. meeting notice.
- As a reminder, we are now on a one-hour notice.
Summary:
The House Budget and Senate Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development met to organize the conference and begin budget negotiations. Members unanimously adopted motions naming Representative Schof as chair and Senator DeSigley as vice chair. The committee was presented with the initial side-by-side comparison of the TED budget materials, including spreadsheets, projects, proviso, back of the bill, implementing bill, and conforming bill, along with a House offer to the Senate. The House explained that gray rows on the spreadsheet indicate items already agreed to, while black-highlighted rows show changes in the House offer intended to move closer to Senate positions.
The Senate chair said the first offer would take time to review and that the Senate team would study it and respond soon. No public comment was offered. Members were reminded that the committee was on one-hour notice for the next meeting, and the conference adjourned without objection.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- You'll notice that a lot of that, for those of you that aren't used to reading these sheets, a lot of
- Seeing none, please watch for a notice for our next meeting, which hopefully will be relatively quickly
- As a reminder, we are on one-hour notice, so don't go anywhere.
- Seeing none, please watch for a notice for our next meeting, which hopefully will be relatively quickly
- As a reminder, we are on one hour notice, so don't go anywhere.
Summary:
The conference committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government convened and was formally organized by adopting motions naming Senator Brodeur as chair and Representative Esposito as vice chair. Members were welcomed, and the committee was reminded to keep phones off and to remain on one-hour notice for a possible quick reconvening.
The main discussion centered on the Senate’s first budget offer and the conference budget spreadsheet, including proviso items, back-of-the-bill provisions, and implementing and conforming bills. Senator Brodeur explained that many items were already agreed to and grayed out, while highlighted yellow items reflected areas where the Senate had moved closer to the House position in a good-faith effort to narrow differences.
The House indicated it would review the Senate offer and respond at the next meeting. There was no public comment or additional committee business. The committee then adjourned without objection after Senator Truenow’s motion.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Age verification requirement to view "material harmful to minors" 3/26/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- She went on a rant about how offended she was that we noticed something.
- We noticed what you said and the context in which you said it.
- </c> that we noticed something. that we noticed something.
- </c> We noticed what you said We noticed what you said and<00:26:54.360><c> the</c><00:26:54.480><c>
- </c><00:28:53.720><c> it</c> people, it's somehow wrong to notice it people, it's somehow wrong to notice
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- And I first noticed it, started to notice it around the early '70s.
- Such notice is received and shown on the return received.
- Furthermore, such notice may be given by delivery personnel or such notice if intended for the state.
- Such notice is received and shown on the return received.
- Furthermore, such notice may be given by delivery personnel or such notice if intended for the state.
Summary:
The committee first heard HB 2825, which would replace criminal enforcement for unpaid court fines, fees, restitution, and incarceration costs with a civil collection framework and end arrest warrants and contempt proceedings for nonpayment. Representative Chris Lopez said the bill would let people keep working and repay debts through wage garnishment and other civil tools, while a Justice Action Network representative testified in support. The committee adopted the Blackman amendment limiting challenges to a second default judgment entered within one year of a prior one, then passed HB 2825 with a 7-0 due pass recommendation.
The committee then took up HB 2070, an emergency appropriation of $25 million for Gila County flood relief. Gila County supervisors, mayors from Globe and Miami, the county emergency manager, and public works staff described severe flooding, deaths, major debris and sediment removal, damaged roads and utilities, and the county’s inability to meet matching-fund requirements for federal or state grants. Members discussed FEMA denials, federal review, and the need to act before monsoon season. HB 2070 passed unanimously with a due pass recommendation.
Next, HB 2129, which moves the deadline for municipal library trustees’ annual report from the first Monday in July to the second Monday, was supported by the Arizona Library Association as a simple timing fix for smaller and rural libraries. It passed 6-1. HB 2439, exempting public and semi-public cold plunges from ADEQ water pollution rules, was presented as a way to reduce regulatory confusion and costs for small businesses; it also passed 6-0 with one member absent. The committee then approved HB 2773, barring Arizona and its entities from assisting the International Criminal Court, after debate over sovereignty and constitutional authority, by a 4-3 vote.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Community Safety Jan 26th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Community Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- I want to give the public advance notice that any testimony received will be limited to two minutes.
- House Bill 2349 is the bill related to notice requirements related to sexually violent predators.
- Notice of an SVP's conditional release, change of address, or unconditional discharge must be provided
- The bill clarifies the timing and exceptions for required notices.
- I'm assuming you'd get the notice too, though. I would. Yeah, thank you.
Committee:
House Community Safety
Keywords:
sexual exploitation, minors, human trafficking, child safety, law enforcement, victim support, sexually violent predator, SVP, civil commitment, community notification, release notification, conditional release, unconditional discharge, escape notification, victim notification, witness notification, prosecuting attorney, Department of Social and Health Services, DSHS, Department of Corrections
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government & Tribal Relations Dec 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And then, unfortunately, a pattern you'll notice today is that the Supreme Court stepped in and really
- And so this is a perfect. based on the notice that we brought in that case.
- And, you know, our notice to the Sunnyside School District... ...in Yakima Valley.
- And you'll notice a couple things.
- And you'll notice a couple things.
Summary:
The committee held a work session on voting rights in the United States and Washington, beginning with testimony from Marissa Wright of Campaign Legal Center and David Montes of the ACLU of Washington. They described the federal Voting Rights Act’s main protections—preclearance, vote suppression, and vote dilution—and argued that Supreme Court decisions such as Shelby County v. Holder and Brnovich have weakened those tools. They said Washington should consider stronger state-level protections, including a preclearance program and broader safeguards against discriminatory voting practices. Members asked about Washington’s history of discrimination, voter roll purges, noncitizen registration, and remedies under the Washington Voting Rights Act, including ranked-choice voting and district-based systems.
The committee then heard from the Office of Equity and several commissions, which described their roles in advising state government and working with communities. They focused on the immigration sub-cabinet created under Executive Order 2509, saying it is intended to improve coordination across agencies, the legislature, the courts, and community organizations on issues such as data privacy, language access, health care, education, and accountability under the Keep Washington Working Act. Members asked about the use of NGOs, accountability for KWW violations, and the sub-cabinet’s goals, and the panel said the effort is meant to help government respond more quickly and collaboratively while centering immigrant, disability, LGBTQ, and other communities.
The final panel was from the University of Washington Elections Database Project, which presented data on vote-by-mail ballot challenges, cures, and rejections from 2020 to 2024. They reported that about 1.5% of ballots are signature-challenged in most elections, roughly 60% of challenged ballots are cured, and overall rejection rates are about 1% in general elections and 1.5% in primaries. The researchers said voters of color, younger voters, and some tribal-area voters experience higher rejection rates, and that differences appear tied to signature mismatch, language access, ballot timing, and familiarity with the system. In the last panel, Maria Fernandez and Vicki Frausto of EIA described voter education and civic engagement work in Yakima County and Sunnyside, including concerns about intimidation, language barriers, signature mismatch, and at-large election systems; they said stronger Washington Voting Rights Act protections would help communities elect candidates of choice. No votes were taken during the work session.
FL
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- In case of wildfire risk, the notice must include specific information on the community's specific reasons
- We know, unfortunately, that California policyholders receive a non-renewal notice from their insurers
- And one of the problems we saw throughout this process with the non-renewal notices that people receive
- Short-notice consumers receive vague and even contradictory instructions from the insurance company.
- It would give consumers better notice, better disclosure of the reasons and evidence for a non-renewal
Committee:
House Insurance