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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 3/19/25

Veterans and Military Affairs Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • :08:20.000><c> with</c> operate, have seen it, have worked with operate, have seen it, have worked with
  • I don't have anything else. for the work that they did. And in their for the work that they did.
  • He's a combat wounded worked with.
  • </c> legislation does need some work on it. legislation does need some work on it.
  • </c><01:45:16.159><c> Thank</c> can work on this bill. Thank you. Thank can work on this bill.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/27/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:27:07.279><c> on</c> really I I'm so glad you're working on really I I'm so glad you're working
  • I appreciate that your committee is going to work on this some more and figure out how to make this work
  • </c> those facility, none of those unlicensed those facility, none of those unlicensed facilities<00:
  • And she kind of put her foot down and said, "No, I'd rather work a full day's work and watch after him
  • </c><00:59:00.400><c> with</c> certainly to continue working with certainly to continue working with
Bills: HF1027 , HF2226 , HF1916 , HF1915 , HF1567 , HF1986
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES Jun 15th, 2026

ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

Transcript Highlights:
  • They can just be made to work the right way, I believe, with a little bit of work on them.
  • And, you know, it is a lot of work.
  • And, you know, it is a lot of work.
  • Why put more people, who could be working toward other things, to work unnecessarily to pre-approve something
  • We have been working with ClassWallet over the last seven to eight months on trying to work on these
Summary: The Administrative Rules Subcommittee reviewed a long agenda of agency rules, with most items approved without objection after brief presentations and no public comment. Early items included Department of Energy and Environment rules on landfill post-closure trust fund spending thresholds and liquefied petroleum gas standards, DFA’s electronic odometer disclosure rule, and several Department of Health rules covering ionizing radiation, mobile home and RV parks, lead-based paint, counseling board revisions, hearing instrument dispensers, athletic training, dental examiners, nursing, pharmacy, medical board, speech-language pathology and audiology, radiologic technology, massage therapy, community health workers, doula certification, and cosmetology/body art. Most of these changes were described as updates to match recent acts, federal standards, compact participation, fee adjustments, or cleanup/clarification, and the committee repeatedly approved them without objection. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on the Arkansas State Board of Nursing’s broad set of rule changes implementing multiple 2025 acts. Those changes included creating a dialysis patient care technician registry, updating contact information requirements, expanding APRN authority to delegate certain tasks, clarifying death certificate and pronouncement authority, allowing substitution of therapeutically equivalent medications, permitting purchase of compounded products, and updating certified medication assistant rules and training standards. Members asked detailed questions about the meaning of therapeutically equivalent substitutions, delegation limits, compounded products, and how often medication lists would be updated; the board said it would review rules annually and use future rulemaking as needed. The committee also approved new nursing rules for declaratory orders and the new dialysis registry. The Department of Education’s rules drew the most discussion, especially the Arkansas Children’s Educational Freedom Account Program. The department said the revisions, based on Act 920 of 2025, were intended to add guardrails, clarify eligible expenses, and streamline approvals. Changes included defining core educational expenses, limiting sports-related spending, adding an intentional misuse standard, restricting certain technology purchases and requiring extra justification over $1,000, capping carryover funds at $8,500, and creating a reconsideration process for denied expenses. Members raised concerns about oversight, appeal timelines, sports equipment, provider credentialing, and whether the rules were too restrictive; department officials said the rules were meant to protect taxpayer funds while preserving flexibility, and they noted the program had received extensive public comment. The committee also approved Education rules for scholarships, residency classification, teacher programs, accelerated learning, and graduate medical education, as well as Labor and Licensing rules on wage and hour standards, boiler rules, motor vehicle commission requirements, professional wrestling regulation, appraiser qualifications, and military recruiting incentives.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Human Services - 04/02/25

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • They're not working on it.
  • out, it just has to work.
  • We're good. really a a work JP a work on the really a a work JP a work on the counties<03:14:06.319><
  • I do appreciate the work that's been done, this committee, and the work that's gone to this bill.
  • I do appreciate the work that's been done, this committee, and the work that's gone to this bill.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • unlicensed unlicensed personnel.<00:10:37.839><c> House</c><00:10:38.240><c> sections</c><00:10:39.040
  • Didn't work, but uh, if you quorum.
  • </c> So, at DHS, we're very grateful to work So, at DHS, we're very grateful to work with<00:46:38.000
  • I know the work is abundant and difficult, but this is the work that truly does change and save lives
  • I know the work is abundant and difficult, but this is the work that truly does change and save lives
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Transportation (01/28/2025)

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • I need one that works for them.
  • Far as the actual bill, you know, if it were to pass, we'll make it work. Work, work.
  • </c><00:16:39.880><c> in</c> owning driver red schools and working in owning driver red schools and working
  • work work um<00:16:59.639><c> you</c><00:16:59.759><c> know</c><00:17:00.000><c> I</c><00:17:00.120>
  • how does it work and why is it more work how does it work and why is it more secure<01:11:16.520><c>
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Labor & Commerce Feb 20th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Labor & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • I worked for ETS for nine years.
  • This bill grants authority for these local jurisdictions to stop work by unlicensed companies and uncertified
  • , but I just want to acknowledge her work.
  • Absolutely love working with children.
  • The work our child care center is...
Bills: HB1347 , HB2091 , HB2264
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 16th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, I'm going to ask that you please work your way to your desk.
  • Louisiana Works is funded at $362.1 million.
  • So our money is stuck there, not working for the state.
  • Thank you for your work. Thank you.
  • It's a lot of work. And guess what? It's not a small task. It's a lot of work. And guess what?
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and received Senate messages, including several Senate bills and resolutions that were referred or laid over. The chamber also adopted a series of House resolutions honoring local organizations, commemorations, and community events, and referred one resolution on climate action to Natural Resources. Several Senate bills were read and referred to the appropriate committees, including measures on peer review confidentiality, higher education research security, pre-K program standards, police civil service, and a memorial highway designation. The main floor business was the budget. The House considered House Bill 1, the general appropriations bill, in Committee of the Whole and reviewed major funding levels and committee changes across state government. The bill included significant funding for early childhood education, higher education, TOPS, health care, corrections, public safety, transportation, and other agencies, along with adjustments tied to LASERS debt payoff, Medicaid, MFP, and various one-time or recurring items. Members heard brief questions on higher education funding and DOTD road needs, but no amendments were offered on the floor during the schedule-by-schedule review. HB 1 was reported from Committee of the Whole with amendments and then finally passed by a vote of 104 yeas. The House then took up House Bills 2 and 3, the capital outlay bill and the omnibus bond authorization act, both of which were explained as the financing measures for the capital program. HB 2 emphasized limited member project funding, reallocation of dormant projects, and bundling of projects to move them forward more efficiently; HB 3 authorized the bond sales needed to fund HB 2. Both bills passed unanimously or near-unanimously. The chamber also passed supplemental and fiscal bills including HB 312, HB 313, HB 383, HB 314, HCR 3, HB 983, and HB 1126, covering supplemental appropriations, treasury fund transfers, ancillary funds, hospital assessments, judiciary funding, and legislative expenses. The meeting ended with personal privileges, staff recognition, announcements, and adjournment to Monday at 1:00 p.m.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Apr 14th, 2025

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I'll work with Ledge Council on that. Okay. All right. I don't have any witnesses.
  • I will work with the Legislative Council on court orders and guardianship.
  • We are actually working on a committee subcommittee.
  • We're working on a committee.
  • Down and get what they need, then it's not going to work.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:58:36.079><c> My</c> lucky to work at a school. My lucky to work at a school.
  • with the school communities, working with the school communities, working<01:09:59.040><c> with</c><
  • </c> administrator someone happens to work administrator someone happens to work under.<01:19:36.800>
  • We're people who are working towards licensure. We want to be there. We're working hard.
  • And it's the reason why I came to work in this Capitol was to work on education.
Summary: The committee on Education heard testimony on HB 1895, which would add education-worker protections by expanding harassment-related offenses. The Department of Education, HSTA, HGA, and several school employees and principals testified in support, describing increased harassment and threats toward teachers and staff, especially since COVID, and saying the bill would help deter bad actors. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the measure, saying the language was vague and overbroad, could criminalize ordinary parental advocacy or speech, and might not survive constitutional scrutiny. In response to questions, the public defender said existing statutes already cover threatening or assaultive conduct against educational workers, while DOE representatives said the bill was aimed at excessive and repetitive disruptive behavior. No vote or final action was taken in the excerpt. The committee then took up HB 1592, concerning protections for educational workers and sports officials. DOE, the Charter School Commission, HGA, HSTA, school principals, athletic programs, and many individual testifiers supported the bill, with several describing threats, harassment, and aggressive behavior at schools and athletic events. One principal said he had repeatedly involved law enforcement after threats and incidents on campus, and a teacher testified about the need to keep school environments safe and orderly. The Office of the Public Defender again opposed the bill, arguing that current law already enhances penalties for assaults and terroristic threatening against educational workers and sports officials, and that new offenses would have little deterrent effect. Committee members questioned whether the bill should be a separate statute and how to distinguish passionate advocacy from harassment; DOE said the line was crossed when conduct became excessive and repetitive, while the public defender urged clearer drafting and more emphasis on prevention, education, security, and de-escalation. No vote or final action was announced in the excerpt.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Appropriations Committee Aug 13th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • She's going to be retiring after working within the Assembly for a long time.
  • I also want to thank my colleagues for their work on the committee.
  • SCR 82, Nilo, AI use working group, holding committee.
  • SB 342, Umberg, contractors unlicensed work, due pass as amended to correct a drafting error.
  • SB 342, Umberg, contractors unlicensed work, due pass as amended to correct a drafting error.
Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee held its August 13, 2026 suspense-file hearing on Senate bills, with the chair opening by thanking staff and recognizing consultant Jennifer Swenson’s retirement after 30 years in the Legislature. The committee explained that it was weighing the fiscal impact of 293 bills and that some would move forward while others would be held because of cost, duplication, or competing budget priorities. The committee then took up the suspense file in alphabetical order and acted on a large number of measures, sending many to the Assembly floor as due pass or due pass with amendments. Examples included bills on battery recycling, wildfire resilience loans, mobile home park disaster assistance, price gouging, veterans’ property tax exemptions, housing and insurance issues, energy and utility regulation, election procedures, criminal justice, health care, education, housing, environmental protection, and artificial intelligence. Many bills were amended to narrow scope, delay implementation, add reporting requirements, clarify definitions, or reduce costs; others were held in committee. Among the notable actions, several bills were advanced on roll calls while others were held, including measures related to water quality, utility rate information, juvenile detention, CARE Court, and various housing and energy proposals. The committee also moved a number of sunset and technical cleanup bills, and several members requested to be added as principal or joint authors on amended measures. At the end of the hearing, the chair noted that the committee had moved a large number of bills to the Assembly floor, usually with amended language, and that the amended versions would be posted online. The hearing then adjourned.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Health and Human Services (02/11/2026)

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> unlicensed providers. unlicensed providers.
  • </c> &gt;&gt; Unlicensed. Okay. Thank you. &gt;&gt; Unlicensed. Okay. Thank you.
  • It's working well.
  • We are working on that working on.
  • </c> wasn't any uh, good data to work with. wasn't any uh, good data to work with.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • We are working with the providers.
  • We do working with the providers.
  • So, um, Za had been working. This is all stuff that I've been working in and out throughout.
  • I think this would work with you.
  • We are happy to work with you.
Summary: The committees resumed discussion of amendments to a bill dealing with licensing moratoria, change-of-ownership rules, and related provider oversight issues. Amendment A8 would prevent a licensing moratorium for certain intermediate care service settings from blocking a new license when the change is due to a change of ownership, including temporary licenses and transitional licenses. Department of Human Services staff said they were still reviewing the language but explained the department’s concern was maintaining program integrity and ensuring owners go through full change-of-ownership review so the agency can see who owns a provider and check compliance history. Senators supporting the amendment argued it would keep legitimate businesses from being harmed by a moratorium and could help preserve providers when ownership changes or family members take over after a death. A8 was adopted on a roll call, with both committees voting in support. Amendment A9, also on the moratorium topic, would exempt a change of ownership from the moratorium so long as it does not increase license capacity or service scope. The department said it needed more analysis to avoid unintended consequences, but the amendment was added to the working bill. Amendment A10 proposed a more detailed, data-driven framework for the moratorium and included a provision about refunds after implementation; department staff said the language would add cost and would require technical assistance, while senators emphasized the need to address licensure backlogs and avoid making provider delays worse. A10 was approved by the committees, though not unanimously. Amendment A11 would have set standards for how the commissioner designates provider types or program areas as moderate or high risk, with added transparency criteria. The department said the commissioner already has that authority and raised concerns about federal requirements and the state’s corrective action plan, and Senator Hoffman withdrew the amendment. Amendment A12, offered by Senator Fateh, would preserve remote supports by removing bill language that repealed the service and would add safeguards for remote overnight supervision, including staffing ratios to ensure emergency response times can be met. Several senators supported keeping remote services as an important, cost-effective option amid workforce shortages, while the department said it had program integrity concerns and supported the governor’s proposal to remove the service. The committee nevertheless advanced A12, with members noting the need to balance safety and integrity with access to services.
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES Jun 15th, 2026

ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then the other... ...unlicensed person.
  • So thank you for your heavy work on that.
  • They can just be made to work the right way, I believe, with a little bit of work on them.
  • Why put more people who could be working towards other things working needlessly to pre-approve something
  • So we have been working with ClassWallet over the last seven to eight months on trying to work on these
Summary: The Administrative Rules Subcommittee met to review a long agenda of agency rule changes, beginning with housekeeping on the order of business and then taking up rules from multiple state agencies. Early items included Department of Energy and Environment rules on landfill post-closure trust fund spending thresholds and liquefied petroleum gas standards, DFA’s odometer disclosure rule allowing electronic signatures and disclosures, and several Department of Health rules covering ionizing radiation, mobile home and recreational parks, lead-based paint, counseling licensure, hearing instrument dispensers, athletic training, dental specialties and compacts, nursing, pharmacy, physician assistants, medical compacts, speech-language pathology and audiology, radiologic technology, massage therapy, community health workers, doula certification, and cosmetology/body art. Most of these were described as technical updates, conformity with recent acts, federal standards, or compact participation, and nearly all were approved without objection after brief questions and, in many cases, no public comment. The committee also reviewed Department of Labor and Licensing rules on minimum wage/independent contractor standards, boiler rules, motor vehicle commission requirements for ATV/LSV dealers, professional wrestling regulation, appraiser qualifications, and military recruiting and retention programs. Testimony generally emphasized that the rules implemented recent legislation, updated fees or licensing standards, or streamlined existing processes. Members asked a few questions about fee structures, the rationale for regulating professional wrestling, and how the National Guard’s public-private partnership and incentive programs would work; the department said the recruiting incentives would be funded from existing appropriations and were intended to improve retention and force strength. These rules were also approved without objection. The most extensive discussion came on the Department of Education’s Arkansas Children’s Educational Freedom Account Program rule. The department said the revisions, based on Act 920 of 2025, were intended to add guardrails, clarify allowable expenses, and speed approval of core educational purchases. Changes included defining core educational expenses, limiting certain sports-related spending, adding an intentional misuse standard, restricting phone purchases except for disability-related needs, setting a $1,000 threshold for additional review of technology purchases, capping carryover funds at $8,500, and creating a reconsideration process for denied expenses. Members raised concerns about safeguards, appeals, sports equipment, provider credentialing, rural vendor access, and whether the department would be flexible or overly restrictive. The department said it would review every request, provide written explanations for denials, allow appeals up to the State Board, and refer suspected fraud to prosecutors if necessary. After hearing from 13 members of the public, the committee continued to discuss the rule, but the transcript ends before any final vote on the EFA rule is shown.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:13:57.320><c> with</c> and uh and look forward to working with and uh and look forward to working
  • chapter</c><00:54:08.160><c> 704</c> already a working group that chapter 704 already a working group
  • </c> enforcement Authority against unlicensed enforcement Authority against unlicensed cannabis<01:01
  • </c> caregivers to be operating uh unlicensed caregivers to be operating uh unlicensed dispensaries<01
  • </c> that we are all committed to working that we are all committed to working together<02:27:23.680>
Committee: House Health
Summary: The committee first took up SB 1494 on hearing aids. Testimony was generally supportive of expanding hearing-aid coverage, with the Insurance Division raising concern about possible federal defrayment issues, SHPDA supporting the goal of hearing augmentation, DCAB strongly supporting the bill as an important access issue, and health plans and insurers asking for amendments. Kaiser Permanente and the Hawaii Association of Health Plans requested changes to add a medical-necessity standard and clarify annual notice language, while HMSA suggested the proposal should be studied by the auditor. The chair noted concerns about federal preemption and the lack of an audit, and deferred the bill in favor of a related resolution calling for a study. The committee then heard SB 1448, an emergency appropriation for the Hawaii State Hospital. DAGS and the Department of Health supported the measure, with the hospital administrator saying the funding would improve the environment of care, support cleaning, and allow a third-party review of the building. Committee members questioned the size of the request and the status of litigation against the design-builder. Administration witnesses said they were pursuing a comprehensive study involving destructive testing, had made a demand on the design-builder to fund the study, and were using different processes than before. They also said the roof work would be handled through a separate CIP request. No final action was taken in the portion provided. The committee next heard SB 1432, relating to the future responsibilities of the Department of Health and land issues at Kalaupapa after the last patient dies. DOH supported the bill in part but said its long-term role would be limited mainly to environmental cleanup, with operations expected to continue under the National Park Service and land-use decisions left to DHHL and beneficiary consultation. DHHL asked that the measure reflect that any land-use or zoning changes on homeland lands require commission approval and beneficiary consultation. Testifiers from Kalaupapa and Maui County, including Degra Vanderbilt-Papa and Council Member Keani Rollins-Fernandez, supported deferring the bill, saying there had been no meaningful community discussion about provisions affecting Kalaupapa’s future management and possible transfer of responsibilities to Maui County. The committee also read into the record written testimony from Gloria Marks emphasizing that Kalaupapa stakeholders must be included in future discussions. Finally, the committee heard SB 955 on fitness-to-proceed examinations. The Judiciary and the Public Defender’s Office both supported raising pay and standardizing expectations for private examiners, but opposed reducing felony fitness evaluations from three examiners to one and opposed expanding use of expedited reports. They argued that a single examiner would reduce reliability, create a more adversarial process, and likely increase costs and contested hearings, while expedited reports do not contain enough information for a proper fitness determination. The Department of Health also supported the bill’s intent but asked to preserve a three-examiner framework and said the goal was to reduce the number of people sent to the State Hospital, where admissions have reportedly risen about 20% year over year since Act 26. The bill remained under discussion in the excerpt, with no final vote shown.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Labor & Commerce Feb 20th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • I worked for ETS for nine years.
  • I worked for ETS for nine years.
  • work, and planned responsibly.
  • This bill grants authority for these local jurisdictions to stop work by unlicensed companies and uncertified
  • I think everybody agreed with the concept, but working, as Jan said, working through the math and statute
Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 1347, which would streamline cannabis testing lab accreditation by requiring the Liquor and Cannabis Board to accept Department of Agriculture accreditation as the basis for initial certification under certain conditions and to reduce duplication between agencies. The prime sponsor and several industry witnesses said the bill is intended to clarify authority, improve efficiency, and preserve consumer safety, while LCB said it had no policy objection but wanted implementation concerns addressed. Several witnesses supported the concept but said an amendment was needed to clearly assign accreditation authority to WSDA and avoid overlapping requirements. The committee also heard and later took action on several bills. House Bill 2229 would update the Professional Engineers Registration Act by changing board membership rules, increasing pro tem members, and revising registration and exam provisions; the sponsor and board director said it modernizes qualifications without changing licensure standards. House Bill 2091 would require more complete employee contact information to be shared with exclusive bargaining representatives under the Personnel System Reform Act; union witnesses supported it and a policy witness opposed it as a privacy intrusion. Second Substitute House Bill 1128 would create a Child Care Workforce Standards Board to make recommendations on child care worker standards; supporters said it addresses workforce shortages and retention, while providers and associations argued it duplicates existing work and could lead to unfunded mandates. In executive action, the committee voted do pass on Substitute House Bills 2492, 2107, 2151, 2355, and Gross Substitute House Bill 2471, and sent them to Rules. It also voted do pass on Second Substitute House Bill 2105 and referred it to Ways and Means. Other bills heard included House Bill 1701 on shared liquor license premises, where a small business owner supported more flexible shared-space arrangements and LCB suggested amendments to prevent undue influence; House Bill 2264 on unemployment benefits for employer-initiated layoffs, which was supported as a clarification to protect workers who opt into reduction-in-force programs; Substitute House Bill 2472 on fire sprinkler work enforcement, supported by labor and industry witnesses; and Second Substitute House Bill 2345, which would adjust paid family and medical leave premium allocations to address IRS tax guidance, with broad support from labor, business, and the agency.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Early Learning & Human Services Jan 14th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Early Learning & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • kind of work that you've done with the ECAP bill, so thank you so much for that work.
  • We believe that child care is the work that makes all the other work possible. Thank you.
  • We believe that child care is the work that makes all the other work possible.
  • on rulemaking to figure out how to make it work so that way people don't become unlicensed by accident
  • on rulemaking to figure out how to make it work so that way people don't become unlicensed by accident
Bills: HB1544 , HB2219 , HB2253
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Administrative Rules Jan 21st, 2026 at 12:00 pm

Administrative Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you for the work that you do.
  • So if a contractor Or if a person is working with three unlicensed people, it's $500 dollars times three
  • And it works good. Works really good. Yeah.
  • I appreciate the work that DEQ does.
  • Qualified individuals who work in the field, but if they haven't been working in the field for 20 plus
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Transportation Jan 26th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • It does work for a lot of people.
  • with to Educate people on the dangers of cannabis use and driving, working with other states, working
  • This is a problem in our state work zones, where our crews work every day to make the roadway safer and
  • So this is not working.
  • So this work group is going to look at mostly e-motos.
Bills: SB5234 , SB6110 , SB6176
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare May 12th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you for your work. Thank you, members. Thank you for your work, Representative.
  • Thank you for your work. Thank you, members. Thank you for your work, Representative.
  • We work with all 68 parishes.
  • Continue to work with Senator Stein. I'm sure he'll make sure that everything works out fine.
  • So this allows them to work in a provisional way as they're working toward their license.
Bills: HR174 , HR194 , HCR98 , SB39 , SB124 , SB190 , SB236 , SB270 , SB273 , SB359 , SB415 , SB426 , SB437 , SB451