Video & Transcript : 'compensation prohibition' :
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Specifically, if a certified educator Engages in activity that violates a that engages in certain prohibited
- to us if we are going to increase compensation for teachers specifically not just public education in
- Things like performance-based compensation, the TIA, et cetera.
- how are, you know, compensation. compared to other states with the mean?
- That is the crux of a strategic. a change in compensation. Great. Tremendously helpful responses.
Committee:
House Appropriations
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- The financial burden of fertility preservation is very often cost prohibitive.
- This bill prohibits individuals or entities from leaving migrant vessels in Florida waters, and that
- Which currently prohibits local governments from adopting customary use ordinances that permit public
- These objectives, if met, allow the dealer to receive compensation.
- It also prohibits a minor account holder from using messages that are designed to disappear.
Summary:
The Senate convened with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including guests from Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Clay County, and others. Senators also observed a moment of silence for Pope Francis. After routine announcements, the chamber moved to the special order calendar and took up a long series of bills, often substituting House companions for Senate bills before final passage.
Among the measures approved were bills creating an expedited DNA testing grant program for local law enforcement, adding aggravating factors in capital cases involving gatherings for religious, school, or government activities, requiring state health coverage for fertility preservation services for cancer patients, authorizing indemnification for commuter rail providers, prohibiting abandonment of migrant vessels in Florida waters, and creating new specialty license plates. The Senate also passed bills on Alzheimer’s awareness, relocating the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys to Florida Memorial University, charter schools, sex offender registration, utility worker protections, juvenile justice, student mental health reporting, foster home licensure transfers, water access facilities, Florida Virtual School, school readiness, sexual images involving children, tampering with electronic monitoring devices, certified recovery residences, the FSU Election Law Center, the Office of Faith and Community, and bonuses for county property appraiser employees. Several other bills were temporarily postponed, including measures on social media use by minors, veterans’ nursing homes, Parkinson’s disease, mental health and substance use disorders, education, educator preparation, officers injured in the line of duty, school social workers, and Brownfields.
Debate was especially extensive on the Office of Faith and Community bill, where an amendment to bar political activity by office staff was offered but failed 13-23 after arguments over election-related communications and the scope of existing law. The certified recovery residences bill also drew notable debate, with supporters emphasizing housing as essential to recovery and opponents raising concerns about implementation and local control. Most other bills passed with little or no opposition, though a few drew dissenting votes, including the capital aggravating factors bill, charter schools, and the Office of Faith and Community measure.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Law & Justice Jan 15th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 5855, concerning the use of face coverings by law enforcement officers, would prohibit law
- Again, it would only be used for the investigation, and dissemination otherwise is prohibited by law.
- A specially commissioned peace officer is any officer, compensated or not, who is commissioned by a law
- This bill also prohibits the use of volunteers and youth cadets for certain tasks, such as using firearms
- These prohibitions, additionally, include a couple of things that are overly broad that might restrict
Summary:
The committee first took up executive action on several bills. SB 5865 on garnishment forms was amended to require the Washington Pattern Forms Committee to finish the new forms by December 31, 2026, with an effective date of January 1, 2027; a competing amendment was withdrawn, and the bill received a due pass recommendation. SB 5880 on toxicology testing by certified laboratories was amended to clarify that local governments may accept private donations to help fund ISO-IEC 17025 testing, without requiring them to do so, and it also received a due pass recommendation. SB 5912 to reinstate the Indigent Defense Task Force was amended to remove legislators from the task force, add members, revise duties and reporting, and adjust staffing and reimbursement provisions; it too was advanced. SB 5855 on law enforcement face coverings drew extensive amendment debate. The committee rejected amendments that would have narrowed mask exceptions, added weather/environmental language, created a private right of action against federal officers, and established a claims account for officers, but adopted the proposed substitute and sent the bill forward on a due pass recommendation.
The committee then heard public testimony on SB 6011, which would let Court of Appeals bailiffs conduct threat assessments and access certain criminal history information for Court of Appeals judges and staff, mirroring authority already given to Supreme Court bailiffs. The bill’s sponsor and the acting chief judge for Division I said the change would address increasing threats and allow bailiffs to investigate and refer matters efficiently; there was no opposition testimony. SB 6009, which would make permanent direct-review procedures for certain administrative and land-use decisions, was described as a successful COVID-era process that reduces unnecessary court steps and conserves resources. The sponsor and a Court of Appeals judge supported making the sunset provisions permanent, and testimony was generally favorable.
Public hearing also continued on SB 5868, which would add one Superior Court judge each in Skagit and Yakima counties. Court officials, county leaders, and the Administrative Office of the Courts testified that both counties have growing caseloads, trial delays, and backlogs, and that the counties had budgeted their share of the cost. The committee then heard SB 5974, which would add eligibility requirements for sheriffs, police chiefs, and marshals, restrict the use of volunteers and specially commissioned officers, and clarify duties of sheriffs. Supporters argued the bill would improve professionalism, accountability, and public trust, especially in immigrant and survivor communities. Opponents, including several sheriffs, cities, and counties, argued it would undermine local control and voter authority, impose costly background checks, and raise constitutional concerns. Public testimony on SB 5974 closed when time expired, and the committee adjourned.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- She asked where the tax people trying to maintain their budget are getting compensated for these gaps
- 01:07:39.839><c> the</c> prohibits planning boards and the prohibits planning boards and the wording<
- </c><01:16:37.679><c> any</c> you feel like this would prohibit any you feel like this would prohibit
- </c> that is a lot more compensation that is a lot more compensation and<01:54:35.280><c> did</c><01:
- </c> prohibiting someone who's already prohibiting someone who's already working<02:38:08.479><c> or<
Committee:
House Housing
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Professional Registration and Licensing Feb 25th, 2026 at 08:30 am
Professional Registration and Licensing
Transcript Highlights:
- It goes into some definitions of pornography, prohibited establishment, and prohibited purchase.
- purchase and prohibited item.
- or for prohibited items. ...that are at either prohibited establishments or for prohibited items, and
- And if they couldn't, or they'd be prohibited anyway except for prohibited purchase... ...And if they
- couldn't, or they'd be prohibited anyway because of prohibited purchase, that problem would be taken
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- One that identifies a very clear line of conduct that, if seen, is very clear that it would be prohibited
- And then clarifies on page eight, lines 10 and 14, what kind of conduct is prohibited under positions
- </c> education or or what does compensation education or or what does compensation look<00:41:38.760>
- </c><01:20:34.120><c> Um</c><01:20:34.240><c> if</c> um a prohibition at this point.
- Um if um a prohibition at this point.
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 25th, 2026
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And does the bill place any limits on the number of hours worked or compensation levels or positions
- ...compensation levels or positions eligible for rehire after the shortened separation period.
- the free exercise thereof clause if we are prohibiting someone from... ...the free exercise thereof
- I think everything will remain constant as far as compensation goes.
- This specifically prohibits state... Of care.
Bills:
SB1778 , SB1570 , SB134 , SB1966 , SB1636 , SB1725 , SB1726 , SB259 , SB504 , SB592 , SB2030 , SB1572 , SB843 , SB1242 , SB1255 , SB1262 , SB1264 , SB1286 , SB1581 , SB1290 , SB1316 , SB1319 , SB1369 , SB1379 , SB1381 , SB1400 , SB1427 , SB1436 , SB1461 , SB1496 , SB1509 , SB1534 , SB1553 , SB904 , SB1592 , SB1645 , SB1684 , SB1767 , SB1772 , SB1813 , SB1894 , SB1928 , SB1946 , SB1980 , SB2040 , SB2060 , SB2061
Keywords:
reading instruction, literacy, educational equity, intervention services, third grade retention, Strong Readers Act, child welfare, child safety, administrative transition, Department of Child Safety and Well-being, Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, juvenile justice, foster care, retirement, public employees, reemployment, benefit adjustment, Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, memorial highways, bridge designations
Summary:
The Senate first handled several gallery introductions recognizing visiting groups, including Muskogee Day, domestic violence advocates, Wagner High School leadership students, the Bixby Chamber and football team, and the Heartland Home Educators co-op. The chamber also adopted a motion to suspend debate rules for the remainder of the day so third-reading bills could be debated under shortened time limits.
Senate Bill 134, which shortens the waiting period for Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System retirees to return to public employment from one year to six months, drew questions about “double dipping,” actuarial impact, and workforce shortages. The author said the bill was requested by the Association of County Commissioners to help counties retain experienced workers, noted an actuarial estimate that the system would drop from 107% to 105% funded, and explained there were no special safeguards beyond existing limits. The bill advanced and then passed 47-0.
Senate Bill 196, a measure naming multiple bridges, highways, and interchanges for veterans, law enforcement officers, and other honorees, was presented as a personal bill by the author, including a bridge named for his grandfather. After brief questions, it advanced and passed 47-0. Senate Bill 1636, which allows immediate family members or similar individuals to request OSBI review of cold homicide cases after a local law enforcement case-file review, also advanced after questions about eligibility, timing, and workload; supporters said it would give families a path to seek answers in long-unsolved cases. It passed 47-0.
The chamber then considered Senate Bill 1725, which addresses expressive activity on higher-education campuses by allowing content-neutral security fees, limiting discipline to narrowly defined harassment, and requiring free speech training for first-year students. Debate centered on campus free speech, university accountability, and whether the bill would add costs or sufficient enforcement; it passed 40-17 and was advanced as an emergency measure. Senate Bill 1726, a companion bill requiring training for graduate assistants who teach, emphasizing classroom management, academic integrity, and viewpoint neutrality, passed 41-7 and was also advanced as an emergency measure. Finally, Senate Bill 259, a long-debated water bill requiring metering or approved measuring devices for groundwater use, drew extensive discussion over costs, property rights, regional differences, and regulation of irrigators; the bill was advanced to final passage after a 34-8 vote, with debate continuing at the end of the transcript.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 113 May 7th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill would allow double compensation under the workers' compensation and the cancer trust due to
- the workers compensation under the workers compensation<02:43:53.279><c> and</c><02:43:53.359><c> the
- </c><02:44:14.160><c> The</c> workers compensation. The workers compensation.
- This will increase litigation on the workers’ compensation program if they bring claims.
- </c><03:26:44.479><c> claims</c><03:26:45.200><c> to</c> workers compensation claims to workers compensation
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- with our neighboring Quabbin Reservoir border towns in expressing continuing concern for fair compensation
- For 84 years, without recognition, fair compensation, or relief, the Commonwealth has drawn billions
- Thousands of acres were removed from the rolls with minimum payment in lieu of taxes compensation.
- It's been said that we are sufficiently compensated already, but sufficient compensation would be $2.8
- Is 1.1% truly sufficient compensation?
Summary:
The hearing covered a broad set of environmental and water-related bills, with much of the testimony focused on blue economy and circular economy proposals, drought management, drinking water safety, flood resilience, and water infrastructure funding. Supporters of bills such as H. 987 and H. 988 described grant programs for blue economy workforce development, research, small businesses, and public education about a circular economy. Other speakers backed measures on coastal erosion research, recreational boating dredging, cranberry water-right transfers, sand mining oversight, and a voucher program for home water filtration in PFAS-impacted communities. Several elected officials and advocates also urged passage of bills to require private well testing, improve school drinking water safety, and address sand mining pollution and PFAS contamination.
Water supply and drought issues drew extensive testimony. Senator Eldridge and others supported legislation to let the state, through DEP and the drought management task force, impose regional water-use restrictions during droughts and make the task force permanent in statute. Advocates from watershed groups, farms, and environmental organizations said the current town-by-town approach is inconsistent and ineffective, and they described drought impacts on rivers, farms, private wells, and wildfire risk. A related bill on private wells was supported as a way to help homeowners test and remediate contaminated wells, especially in rural areas without public water.
The committee also heard testimony on a bill to allow the Lynnfield Water District to join the MWRA, with local officials saying the move would help address PFAS and other contamination and improve supply reliability. Another major panel supported a water infrastructure funding bill, arguing that aging drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater systems need major new investment, including support for PFAS treatment, sewer rate relief, biosolids research, and regional interconnections. Members asked about costs, funding sources, and the relationship to existing revolving loan funds; witnesses said the bill would need to be paired with future bond funding and new revenue ideas. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chairs repeatedly invited written testimony and noted the large number of speakers.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 950, an act relating to compensation for certain state employees, the pay act, introduced
- H. 950, an act relating to compensation... times, "No one takes my life from me.
- <00:05:21.240><c> for</c><00:05:21.400><c> certain</c><00:05:21.760><c> state</c> compensation for certain
- state compensation for certain state employees,<00:05:22.760><c> the</c><00:05:22.880><c> pay</c><00
- </c> H. 950, an act relating to compensation for certain state employees, the pay act.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 1/22/25
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- There are a few that are actually compensated for their work, but that's rare.
- </c><00:18:52.039><c> of</c> very broad statement for compensation of very broad statement for compensation
- </c><00:19:13.120><c> over</c> services and you're compensated over services and you're compensated over
- The lobbying program also has the gift prohibition.
- They can't be compensated for representing an entity at the legislature.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair and members, House Bill 2016 prohibits late-filing penalties from being assessed on a taxpayer
- six-page amendment in your name dated March 10, 2026, at 3:09 p.m. removes the late-filing penalty prohibition
- The amendment in your name dated March 10, 2026, at 3:09 p.m. removes the late-filing penalty prohibition
- Lastly, the bill removes the prohibition on a loan being authorized only if approved by a majority of
- Lastly, the bill voids any certificate of insurance that violates the bill's prohibition.
Committee:
Senate Senate Finance Committee of Reference
Summary:
The committee approved the March 9, 2026 minutes and held HB 29 and HB 2939 at the sponsor’s request. It then took up HB 2016, which would bar late-filing penalties when a taxpayer’s income tax liability is zero; after an amendment narrowed the bill to income tax filers, the Department of Revenue was neutral on the bill but supported the amendment, and members debated whether removing the penalty would reduce incentives to file. The committee adopted the amendment and returned HB 2016 with a do-pass recommendation on a 4-3 vote.
The committee also heard HB 2289, which updates the property-value examples used in bond/override election pamphlets and truth-in-taxation notices from older low values to a $300,000 home example. The sponsor and Arizona Tax Research Association said the update would better reflect current home values and improve voter understanding, while some members argued the bill could confuse voters or that the second example should be closer to the current median home price. The committee passed HB 2289 on a 4-3 vote.
Several bills related to school district bonding and agricultural property classification were then considered. HB 4103 would prohibit school districts from calling bond elections if enrollment is below 50% of capacity; supporters said districts should use or monetize excess space before seeking more debt, while school administrators and several senators argued it would block needed maintenance and local voter choice. HB 2104 and HB 2105 would give agricultural property owners a temporary reprieve from repeated reclassification and inspections after winning an appeal, with farm groups supporting the measures and county assessors opposing them as limiting oversight; both bills passed 4-3 after amendments. The committee also passed HB 2256 on a 7-0 vote, which creates a process for salvage auction dealers to obtain abandoned titles when insurers do not complete salvage title transfers, and HB 2979 and HB 2996 unanimously, addressing credit union regulatory timelines and clarifying that certificates of insurance do not alter policy coverage. Finally, the committee heard HB 2174 on insurance modeling organizations and HB 2477 on AZ 529 plan updates, with HB 2174 discussed at length over regulatory treatment of models and HB 2477 described as a conformity bill expanding K-12 and credentialing uses and rollover options.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government & Tribal Relations Jan 13th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
State Government & Tribal Relations
Transcript Highlights:
- Federal law does not prohibit foreign nationals from spending money on ballot measure elections.
- State law similarly prohibits such activity, but expands the prohibition to ballot measures and political
- Federal law already prohibits foreign contributions to candidate campaigns.
- Federal law does not prohibit foreign contributions to ballot measure campaigns.
- Ranked choice voting is not currently prohibited under Washington law.
Committee:
House State Government & Tribal Relations
Keywords:
local representation, fair elections, government accountability, voter rights, transparency, foreign nationals, elections, Washington state, voter participation, government oversight, voting rights, uniform standards, overseas voting, civilian voting, state legislation, tribal relations, government, state policy, sovereignty, federalism
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Mar 19th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We do not support the prohibition on this.
- We support the restrictions, but we do not support the prohibition on that.
- We support the restrictions, but we do not support the prohibition on that.
- They have a narrower ability to compensate during evolving disease.
- They have a narrower ability to compensate during evolving disease.
Summary:
The House Health and Welfare Committee continued testimony on House Bill 864, which would schedule kratom as a Schedule I substance. Testimony was sharply divided. Family members of people who died after using kratom urged a full ban, arguing that kratom leaf and extracts can be lethal, that labeling is misleading, and that regulation would leave loopholes. Retail and industry witnesses, along with the American Kratom Association, argued that the problem is synthetic 7-OH and other adulterated products rather than natural kratom leaf, and said the bill would criminalize users and push products into the black market. A physician who worked in corrections testified that kratom is an addictive opioid-like substance and supported the bill, while other witnesses said kratom helped them manage pain or avoid stronger opioids. After debate, the committee adopted a motion to hold HB 864 to a time certain of March 25 by a roll call vote of 11-5.
The committee then took up House Bill 903, a SNAP-related bill clarifying which foods can be purchased with benefits. The sponsor said the bill was intended to clean up the earlier SNAP restrictions and keep more nutritious items eligible, but he also announced planned amendments to remove cookies, cakes, brownies, sprinkles, chips, and snack bars from the allowable list. Retailers and related industry groups supported the bill as a clarification measure, but several members objected to advancing it before the proposed amendments were formally available and before stakeholders could weigh in. A substitute motion to hold the bill failed, and the committee then voted to send HB 903 to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
Finally, the committee began hearing House Bill 757, which would define medical neglect in state law and create protections for parents and guardians from bad-faith or false reports. The sponsor said the bill narrows medical neglect to life-threatening conditions, adds a reasonable-person standard, and provides safe harbors for parents seeking care or dealing with complex medical situations, including alternative treatments. Members began asking questions about what qualifies as life-threatening as the hearing moved into testimony.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- We do not support the prohibition on this.
- We support the restrictions, but we do not support the prohibition on that.
- We support the restrictions, but we do not support the prohibition on that.
- They have a narrower ability to compensate during evolving disease.
- They have a narrower ability to compensate during evolving disease.
Committee:
House Health and Welfare
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- personnel as necessary to assist the board in performing duties, prescribe the duties of the personnel, compensate
- as necessary to assist the board and performing duties, prescribe the duties of the personnel, compensate
- And what this bill does, it prohibits school districts from charging a transportation fee to students
- And what this bill does, it prohibits school districts from charging. a priority and what this bill does
- it prohibits school districts from charging a transportation fee to students living within two miles
Committee:
Senate Education K-16
Summary:
The Committee on Education K-16 heard several bills focused largely on special education transparency, school safety, and student support services. Senate Bill 1908, by Senator Zaffirini, would direct the Higher Education Coordinating Board to study the feasibility of a statewide system for coordinating clinical training placements, including regional portals for healthcare clinical slots, with a report due by December 1, 2026. A representative of the Texas Nurses Association and the Nursing Legislative Agenda Coalition testified in support. The bill was left pending subject to the call of the chair.
The committee then took up Senate Bill 111, by Senator Hall, which in its committee substitute was narrowed to a reporting bill requiring school districts to disclose legal proceedings involving special education due process complaints when legal fees exceed $10,000, rather than capping spending. Several parents and advocates testified that districts spend large sums on litigation against families of children with disabilities and that greater transparency is needed; some senators raised concerns about unintended consequences, including possible pressure to settle cases. The committee adopted the substitute and left the bill pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1551 on automated external defibrillators in public schools, Senate Bill 865 on CPR instruction requirements for certain volunteers, Senate Bill 1032 on the Governor’s University Research Initiative, and Senate Bill 571 on school employee misconduct reporting and access to the Do Not Hire Registry; each was reported favorably after committee substitute adoption and roll-call votes.
Additional bills discussed included Senate Bill 1884, which would formalize and expand dedicated staff support for the State Board of Education and give the board chair hiring authority over that staff; members questioned whether it duplicated TEA functions, while a witness argued the workload increase justified the change, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 625 would replace the current half-credit economics requirement with a half-credit in personal financial literacy; educators and advocates strongly supported making the course required, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 582 would make TEA settlement agreements in special investigations publicly available when sanctions are imposed, and Senate Bill 2600 would bar transportation fees for students living within two miles of campus unless districts do not receive state transportation funding; both were left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 2751, which would require TEA inspections of non-public special education programs to consider medical standards of care and crisis-prevention training; testimony from a program operator described severe student behaviors and the need for more flexibility, and the bill was left pending after the substitute was adopted.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 06/03/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And this bill would prohibit this practice.
- It would prohibit state and local correctional facilities from denying entry or denying contact visits
- AND THIS BILL WOULD PROHIBIT THIS PRACTICE.
- IT WOULD PROHIBIT STATE AND LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES FROM DENYING ENTRY OR DENYING CONTACT VISITS
- GENERALLER ISER SERVICES TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION TO CATHOLIC GUARDIAN SERVICES.
Summary:
The Senate convened, approved the journal, and then moved through a large number of motions to discharge bills from committees and substitute identical Senate bills for third reading. The chamber also received and accepted a Finance Committee report on nominations for Kathleen Mosier as Commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Terrence O’Leary as Commissioner of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, and John Kagia as Executive Director of the Office of Cannabis Management. All three nominees were confirmed, with Mosier and O’Leary confirmed unanimously and Kagia confirmed 57-1, with Senator Walczyk voting no.
The Senate adopted previously approved resolutions recognizing June 2026 as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month and mourning the death of Susan Irene Wright of Harlem. Senators Brisport and Bottcher spoke at length in support of Pride Month, emphasizing LGBTQ+ history, resilience, and ongoing threats to the trans community. On the Susan Wright resolution, Senators Cleare, Bailey, and Bottcher praised her community leadership, philanthropy, and family legacy, and Assembly Member Jordan Wright was recognized in the chamber.
The body then considered and passed many bills on the calendar, including measures on insurance, environmental conservation, public health, education, business law, labor, social services, highway law, and local tax exemptions. Several bills drew brief explanations of vote, including a measure to end higher insurance premiums for widows, a bill to prohibit correctional facilities from denying visitation because of menstrual products or IUDs, and a Medicaid-related bill to expand access to blood pressure monitors for pregnant people. Most bills passed with broad support, though some had notable opposition from a small group of senators.
Late in the session, the Senate took up a proposed constitutional amendment on redistricting. Senator Stewart-Cousins sponsored the measure, and Senator Walczyk questioned it extensively, arguing voters had previously approved an independent redistricting process and objecting to changes that would remove the Legislature’s two-thirds map-approval requirement and alter the commission’s role. The sponsor said the changes were needed in response to aggressive partisan redistricting in other states and would still require voter ratification in future sessions. The transcript ends during that debate, with no final vote on the amendment shown.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Thirty Five - Tuesday, March 10 - Morning Session
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- who was my rep when I was in high school, and I ask that she be made page for the day without compensation
- Madam Clerk, please make Laura Pride a page for the day without compensation.
- Has filed House Bill 3342, which would prohibit personal property tax levies from being assessed prior
- And part of the provisions in this Constitution to the contrary are going to include the prohibition
- There was also a prohibition on ever taxing real estate transactions.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/02/2026 - House Health & Human Services
House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- Madam Chair, members, House Bill 2448 prohibits the Arizona Department of Economic Security from seeking
- Additionally, the bill prohibits DES from exercising the state's option to provide any exemption...
- Additionally, the bill prohibits DES from exercising the state's option to provide any exemptions from
- the work registration requirements for Social Security or under the federal state unemployment compensation
- Our implementation prohibits DES from seeking a waiver of SNAP work requirements for able-bodied adults
Summary:
The committee heard a JLBC presentation on H.R. 1’s SNAP impacts, including expanded work requirements, higher state administrative costs, and a potential state share of benefits if Arizona’s payment error rate remains above 6%. JLBC estimated the administrative cost increase at about $33 million in FY 2027 and $44 million in FY 2028, and said a 2024 error rate of 8.8% could expose the state to about $139 million in benefit costs starting in FY 2028. The chair also opened the meeting by asking members and speakers to keep remarks shorter to improve efficiency.
The committee then considered several SNAP-related bills. HB 2797, which requires DES to more frequently verify eligibility through data matching, post fraud/noncompliance data, and address out-of-state EBT purchases, passed 7-5. HB 2442, requiring certain able-bodied SNAP adults with school-age children to participate in employment and training unless exempt, also passed 7-5. HB 2448, which limits DES’s ability to seek work-requirement waivers or discretionary exemptions without legislative authorization, passed 7-5. HB 2206, which sets a goal of reducing the SNAP payment error rate to 3% by 2030 and adds reporting and corrective-action requirements, passed 7-5 after debate over staffing, technology, and whether the target was realistic.
The committee also advanced HB 2180, appropriating $2.5 million to the University of Arizona for AZ REACH, a hospital transfer coordination program serving rural facilities. Supporters said it improves patient transfers and reduces burdens on rural hospitals; some health system representatives were neutral but asked for operational improvements. HB 2180 passed 11-1. HB 2184, as amended, passed 7-4-1; it would extend fetal death certificate filing and require patients to be informed of the option to transfer fetal remains to a funeral home, with supporters describing it as a matter of parental dignity and closure. HB 2188, as amended, creating a Language Acquisition Grant Program for deaf or hard-of-hearing infants and toddlers, passed unanimously after testimony about balancing spoken-language and ASL options. The committee then began hearing HB 2194, a bill requiring insurers to provide a contact for detailed explanations after claim or prior-authorization denials, but the transcript ends before action on that bill.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Nov 18th, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- So really There are prohibitions in the fourth section with Bullitt highlighting that there are prohibitions
- These are codified into statute, so there are phase-outs and then prohibitions coming.
- So we're asking for the rest of last year's funding for our employee compensation benefits, et cetera
- I think 5 million for the compensation and maybe 2 million for the water reuse portion.
- So, are there any policies or rules in that regard that prohibit like a wait time before they can go
Committee:
House Water & Natural Resources Committee