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NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 13th, 2026 at 04:01 pm
Senate Health & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- It adjusts contract language because in our 89 school districts, school-year contracts are varied lengths
- So the bill started with a nine-and-a-half-month contract, and we realized that did not work.
- So now it just says it matches the teacher contract. ...work.
- So now it just says it matches the teacher contract.
Keywords:
physician assistants, interstate compact, medical services, licensure, cross-state practice, military families, regulatory authority, physical therapy, licensure compact, interstate practice, healthcare, military spouses, criminal background check, HB34, school nurse, school nurses, nurse licensure, charter school, charter schools, school district
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
November 4, 2025 - 01:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act required a nuclear energy pilot program which entails contracting
- And then in 2022, BW xt Advanced Technologies was contracted by the DOD to design and construct the Pele
- on June. 11th of this year, the airforce announced plans to issue a notice of intent to award a contract
- I know there's one project where the data center contracted haven't some are built and the utility agreed
- century states that if you are have user, if you're an Amazon Google, you can essentially finance contract
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Transportation Infrastructure Revenue Subcommitee Jul 16th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Through that four-year contract, we have four data points for NHS routes for four consecutive years and
- Basically, what it does is it allows us to develop a contract with a definite quantity, and we'll put
- It allows contractors to bid on those types of contracts, whether it be pavement preservation, striping
- Chair, Representative Garrett, no, we do not have any, and it is all contracted out to private vendors
- In 2018, we completely switched over to using the state contract maintenance fund in order to pay for
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- In fact, the interlocal contracts here say that if, in this case, the city. decides to defund this project
- A bond proposition knows what the courts have termed a contract with a voter.
- Some have abandoned their contracts because of this situation and have walked away from the development
- clarifies the limitations on the district. ...authority to issue bonds secured by ad valorem taxes and contract
- For voter approval, the district would have unlimited eminent domain powers and the ability to contract
Bills:
HB9, HJR1, SB1331, SB1375, SB1443, SB1578, SB2251, SB2519, SB2553, SB2655, SB2764, SB2907, SB3030, SB3033, SB3035, SB3036, SB3037, SB3043, SB3047, SB3050, SB3051, SB3056, SB3057, SB3063, HB9, HB467, HB331, HB1244, HB1399, HB2559, HB2730, HB3307, HJR1, HJR99, SB3048, SB3052, SB3053, SJR78, HB1327, HB2723
Keywords:
HB 9, Texas Tax Code, property tax, ad valorem tax, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, truth in taxation, local government finance, municipality, county, special taxing unit, sales and use tax, sales tax revenue, tax rate calculation, tax levy, maintenance and operations, debt rate, unused increment rate, disaster relief rate, taxing unit
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- To meet this obligation, we contract with 26 different plans, including Medicaid.
- We also contract with organizations, dental maintenance organizations, and others.
- There's some things that are in statute, and then some... things that HHSC just applies through contract
- Lastly, health centers want to be a network for all community members, and so health centers contract
- some instances, that's what's so administratively difficult for health centers because we have to contract
Bills:
HB1531, HB2667, HB2809, HB2865, HB3589, HB3151, HB3748, HB3750, HB4419, HB4643, HB3597, HB4129, HB4130, HB4131
Keywords:
workplace violence prevention, health and safety code, Chapter 331, facility definition, home and community support services agency, home health agency, home health care, nursing staff, registered nurses, health care workplace safety, hospital, nursing facility, ambulatory surgical center, freestanding emergency medical care facility, mental hospital, Texas health care regulation, provider compliance, occupational safety, senior living, referral agencies
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine bipartisan legislative frameworks for digital assets. Feb 26th, 2025 at 01:30 pm
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Digital Assets
Transcript Highlights:
- financial services and agriculture. to clearly draw the line between a security and a non-investment contract
- Over the years, these investment contract transactions have involved all sorts of items. purchased not
- progressively monitor transactions and freeze stable coins, looking at ways to design the smart code of a contract
- And these ideas of essentially being able to program smart contracts so that transactions can't go through
- the SEC has tried to advance a legal argument that digital assets embody an underlying investment contract
Keywords:
Digital Assets, Bitcoin, Stablecoins, Legislation, Bipartisan, Consumer Protection, Regulatory Framework, Financial Innovation, Testimony
Summary:
The inaugural meeting of the Digital Assets Subcommittee brought a wave of excitement and anticipation regarding the future of digital assets, including Bitcoin and stablecoins. Chair Lummis expressed gratitude towards Senator Scott for establishing the subcommittee, indicating a commitment to promote responsible innovation while safeguarding consumers. Members discussed the necessity for a bipartisan legislative framework to regulate digital asset markets effectively while outlining the potential benefits such legislation could have on enhancing financial inclusion and streamlining payments. The meeting featured expert testimonies from key figures in the digital asset industry, highlighting the importance of creating clear regulatory guidance for digital assets to foster innovation without compromising consumer protections.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division III (03/28/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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to provided services under this contract to provided services under this contract - or to or to terminate new contracts or to or to terminate contracts<01:40:39.920>
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start contracts that start contracts that start after<01:40:42.800>May <01:40:43.119 - <01:41:36.800>
or department to enter into contracts or department to enter into contracts - back and say hold off on some contracts back and say hold off on some contracts uh<01:43:20.159>
Summary:
The Division 3 work session focused largely on amendment 1176 to HB 2, which would have incorporated the substance of HB 548FN, a House-passed bill creating a direct-pay or membership-based model for health care facilities. Representative Mlan described the proposal as a way to increase competition in health care by extending the direct-care model used in primary care to facilities, arguing it could encourage innovation and that concerns about widespread harm to critical access hospitals were overstated. He pointed to Oklahoma’s long-standing Surgical Center model as evidence that the approach had not spread broadly or displaced hospitals there.
Several members and witnesses raised concerns. Representative Stringham questioned whether the model would shift profitable services and patients away from existing hospitals, potentially worsening their finances and affecting Medicaid-related funding. David Ross, speaking for county nursing homes, opposed the language because it also removed moratoriums on nursing home, skilled nursing, inpatient rehabilitation, and self-pay beds, warning that it could increase pressure on Medicaid rates and undermine community-based care. Ben Bradley of the New Hampshire Hospital Association said the proposal appeared to create a separate regulatory framework for direct-pay facilities and raised concerns about patient safety, CMS participation rules, and a separate patient bill of rights.
The chair concluded that, because HB 548 was already moving through the Senate, the HB 2 process was not the best vehicle for the policy and that the issue should be left to the Senate’s more deliberative committee process. Representative Ferski moved to not accept or remove amendment 1176 from the agenda, and the committee approved the motion by roll call, 9-0, withdrawing the item from HB 2.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- Let's just say that there's a mistake somehow in the contract process.
- You you as the the contract process.
- Um, and that is another long-term contract.
- I'm originally from contract with SEPTA.
- So, that another long-term contract.
Summary:
The House convened with 127 members present, heard a prayer, and then recognized 2025 Maryland Blue Ribbon Schools and the Maryland Municipal League on its 90th anniversary. The Blue Ribbon resolution named Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Diamond Elementary School, Little Flower School, Meyersville Elementary School, St. Louis School, Stoneleigh Elementary School, and Wilson Whims Elementary School, with principals introduced from the gallery. The MML resolution honored the league’s service to Maryland’s cities and towns and invited members to meet municipal officials after the floor session. The clerk also noted a second printing of the 2026 rule book due to a table-of-contents error.
The chamber then took up House Bill 80, the Residential Leases Fee Disclosures bill. Floor debate focused on what fees must be disclosed, what counts as a utility versus a fee, whether the bill applies to oral leases, and how the measure applies to landlords with four or more units. Supporters said the bill is intended to ensure tenants know all upfront fees before signing and to create a clear enforcement pathway; opponents raised concerns about penalties, affordability, and the burden on landlords. The bill passed on third reading by a vote of 95-34.
The House next considered House Bill 153, which requires air conditioning in newly constructed residential rental units and units undergoing specified substantial renovations, with the standard that habitable spaces be kept at 80 degrees or lower. Members asked whether window units would satisfy the requirement, how the bill interacts with older buildings and ongoing renovations, whether it applies retroactively, how enforcement would work, and whether it references federal refrigerant rules; the sponsor said it does not require central air and is prospective only. Supporters argued it reflects existing practice in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties and clarifies habitability standards, while opponents cited costs and concerns about older homes. The transcript ends during debate on this bill, before a final vote is recorded.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- is once you get that treatment, you're really done except for those very few 3%. cases that may contract
- And you had said vitamin A, how supportive is that in someone who has... contracted measles in helping
- DSHS also contracts with local... health departments, hospitals, and community-based organizations to
- And this is a good point for me to explain, that we award every grant. by a written contract, and that
- contract includes goals and objectives. clear expectations, it includes a 5% limit on indirect costs
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
FIN Info Briefing - Thu Jan 16, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- for the state of Hawaiʻi because, at the end of the day, you are still entering into a long-term contract
- for the state of Hawaiʻi because, at the end of the day, you are still entering into a long-term contract
- c> long-term you are still entering into a long-term you are still entering into a long-term contract
- which you know the state is you contract which you know the state is you know<00:23:35.320>
basically - costs for a total contracted costs for a total of<05:30:29.320>
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NH
Transcript Highlights:
- When a minor hits 18, events happen and, as an operation of law, then you get to do the contract or not
- do the contract or whatever.
- They got a 5-year transportation contract. The cheapest one they got was 10% per year.
- The cheapest one they got was contract.
- This is a standard requirement in most government contracts.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (02/18/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- suppliers and developers can contract suppliers and developers can contract for<01:47:06.119>
- Use internal systems, or did you kind of contract both?
- Use internal systems, or did you kind of contract both?
- Use internal systems, or did you kind of contract both?
- Use internal systems, or did you kind of contract both?
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We have contracts with Haven. I don't understand.
- of community partners with whom DFPS contracts.
- Even having contracted case management services can sometimes be a challenge.
- saying our contracts and our funds end at age 21.
- But that's where I was saying our contracts and our funding end at age 21.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Oversight Committee (10/24/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- It does not capture that number. contracted programs. Very few are in contracted programs.
- Is Dartmouth in compliance with the contract on that issue?
- Is Dartmouth in compliance with the contract on that issue?
- Is Dartmouth in compliance with the contract on that issue?
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Summary:
The committee first approved the draft minutes from September 26. Senator Gray then raised the idea of creating a continuing subcommittee or recurring agenda item on palliative care and hospice, noting that the issues are evolving and suggesting the committee revisit the idea in coming months.
The bulk of the meeting focused on Department of Health and Human Services updates. Officials described contingency planning for SNAP amid the federal shutdown, including a USDA notice that November benefits may not be fully funded, letters to participants warning of possible delays, and coordination with the New Hampshire Food Bank and local pantries. They said New Hampshire serves about 42,000 SNAP households, with average benefits around $300 a month, and that the department is also preparing to transfer funds for a special fiscal committee meeting. WIC was discussed separately: officials said WIC benefits had been extended through November 7 using additional USDA funds, but that some community agency-based WIC services may need to pause while money is redirected to food benefits.
Officials also outlined New Hampshire’s rural health transformation grant application under the federal One Big Beautiful Bill, describing a potential five-year, up-to-$1 billion opportunity focused on critical access hospitals, small rural hospitals, federally qualified health centers, community mental health centers, and EMS. Members asked about transportation, workforce, and nursing retention; officials said transportation is included in the proposal, housing is not, and workforce supports may include lower tuition or awards but not loan repayment or traditional scholarships. They also said the final application would be submitted in early November and that priorities would be adjusted depending on the eventual federal award.
Finally, Medicaid director Henry Lipman gave a quarterly postpartum coverage update. He said postpartum coverage is now nearly universal nationwide, and in New Hampshire 2,351 women had used the benefit through May 2025. He reported that mental health services were the most frequently used postpartum service, followed by preventive care, substance use disorder treatment, and cardiovascular-related care, and noted that Medicaid women have experienced a disproportionate share of maternal deaths. Committee members asked about rural distribution and the share of women receiving mental health services, and Lipman said the department would follow up with additional data. The meeting then moved into the annual update on New Hampshire’s 10-year mental health plan, with staff describing progress toward a more integrated continuum of care and improved data infrastructure.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- So, this one, uh, it's funding for a contract for Medicaid long-term care eligibility determinations,
- So whether it's going back through fiscal or reducing services in another area or cutting a contract,
- The ayes have it. in another area or cutting a contract, I in another area or cutting a contract, I mean
- We go out to competitively bid and enter into a contract.
- <01:55:40.320>
out department, uh, to contract out department, uh, to contract out specifically
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 04/09/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- and that has review project contract and that has savings<00:09:16.560>
of savings of savings - The provision allowing the state to extend our contract with EBT providers to avoid a constant churn
- in contracting will support more efficient and effective government.
- in contracting will support more efficient and effective government.
- in contracting will support more efficient and effective government.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/27/25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- to all records reports plans contracts to all records reports plans contracts memoranda<00:07:34.319
- with the state in providing contract with the state in providing benefits<00:13:57.560>
goods - <00:14:51.800>
with <00:14:52.759>and actually we are Contracting with and actually - we are Contracting with and that's<00:14:53.160>
what's <00:14:53.320>in <00:14:53.440> - <01:27:29.280>
that's multi-million dollar contract that's multi-million dollar contract that's
Keywords:
pregnancy support, women's health, maternity homes, nonprofit organizations, grant funding, abortion, family services, Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill specifically talks about the fact that they can—the commissioner may enter into contracts for
- And if you go under the program itself, there's nothing stopping the commissioner from contracting with
- The bill allows for the contractual arrangement, so this Department of Motor Vehicles could contract
- with the state to provide the contract with the state to provide the services<00:13:01.440>
right - with the agency, they would do is contract these services out to be able to provide it.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 1/16/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- for you know first even have to contract for you know first responder<01:02:26.680>
services < - to serve 250 people you have a contract to serve 250 people but<01:04:46.279>
you <01:04:46.359 - Our city employers, as they have negotiated these contracts with unions, or had leave packages that they
- with might represent that they contract with might represent an<01:19:33.280>
8% <01:19:33.880 - They might even, you know, that might even be contracted out outside of their business.
Summary:
The committee’s first official meeting was framed as an informational session, with the chair saying no legislation would be acted on and that testimony would focus on what is working and not working for businesses and workers in Minnesota. The stated topics included earned sick and safe time, paid family and medical leave, labor shortages, and broader business climate concerns. The chair also noted the absence of DFL members and invited questions to be held until the end so testifiers could present fully.
Lauren Shodor of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce argued that Minnesota’s business climate has worsened because of high taxes, rising costs, regulation, and new workplace mandates. She cited chamber survey and research findings saying more businesses are considering leaving the state, that Minnesota companies are investing more in other states than vice versa, and that the state lags national growth rates. She said employers are especially concerned about earned sick and safe time and the upcoming paid family and medical leave program, which the chamber believes add compliance burdens and costs, particularly for small and medium-sized businesses.
Matt Hilgart of the Association of Minnesota Counties said the new leave laws affect county budgets and operations because labor is the main county cost and services are often state-mandated. He said the programs were imposed outside the collective bargaining process and can duplicate existing county benefits, increase costs, and create staffing and service challenges. He asked for changes including clearer premium-sharing language, exclusion of elected officials and short-term election workers from paid leave requirements, better exemption and private-plan rules, coordination requirements for intermittent leave, and more clarity for essential employees during weather emergencies. Owen Worth of the League of Minnesota Cities said cities are facing similar implementation problems, with overlapping leave policies and concerns about stacking state and federal leave rules, and he indicated the league would support changes to reduce administrative and budget pressures on cities.
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee Meeting Jun 23rd, 2026
Environment, Energy & Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- transmission and distribution system, the cost of electricity capacity procurement, a long-term contract
- We need things like early termination fees, longer contract lengths, and a rate design to ensure that
- We need things like early termination fees, longer contract lengths, and a rate design to ensure that
- And thirdly, having entered into a 15-year binding contract with the utility's regulatory body.
- And thirdly, having entered into a 15-year binding contract with the utility's regulatory body.
Summary:
The committee heard several bills focused on energy, public safety, and environmental cleanup. House Bill 455 would create a historic preservation license plate to raise funds and awareness for Delaware preservation efforts, and House Bill 471 would tighten rules and penalties for off-highway vehicles on shared private roads, with golf carts excluded. House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 439, the Truth in E-Bike Marketing Act, would require clearer disclosures when selling electric mopeds and electric motorcycles so consumers understand classification, power, and licensing/insurance requirements. House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 407, related to the Hazardous Substance Cleanup Act and brownfields, would shift funding for brownfield cleanup from the original realty transfer tax approach to a dedicated share of the hazardous substance cleanup fund and raise civil penalties for fraudulent acts. The committee also approved the June 18, 2026 minutes once quorum was reached.
Most of the meeting centered on House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 233, as amended, a large-load/data center bill intended to protect ratepayers from costs tied to massive new electricity users. The sponsor and Public Advocate said PJM’s warnings about a coming reliability backstop auction made it urgent to establish a Delaware framework now, requiring large energy users to sign utility agreements, cover their share of transmission, distribution, and capacity costs, and comply with curtailment and other protections. Supporters from environmental groups and some labor and business voices said the bill was needed to prevent cost shifts to households and small businesses, while opponents argued it was being rushed, could deter investment, and might unintentionally affect other industries; several asked for more time and clearer definitions. No vote was taken in the portion provided.
The committee also took up House Bill 470, which would authorize Delmarva Power, with PSC approval, to build and operate utility-owned battery storage and spread costs across the customer base. The sponsor and Delmarva said the bill would improve reliability quickly and help avoid outages, while the chair expressed concern that the state had not yet fully studied whether utility-owned or competitively procured storage is the best model, noting a recent SEU storage study and broader policy questions. Supporters said utility storage could be deployed faster and help with peak shaving, while others urged a competitive process; the transcript cuts off before any final action on HB 470.