Video & Transcript Research : 'First Amendment rights'

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VA

Virginia 2026 Regular Session

June 29, 2026 - Special Session 1

Virginia House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In 2020, Virginia became the first state in the South to enact comprehensive civil rights protections
  • those rights.
  • So do you move the amendments, sir? I move the amendments. Shall the amendments be agreed to?
  • This is Amendment 1. This is Amendment 1. Is this number one? This is Amendment 1. Okay. Yes. Mr.
  • Speaker, I move the amendment. Shall the Mr. Speaker, I move the amendment.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Apr 2nd, 2025 at 01:00 pm

North Dakota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so I would move that we concur with the Senate amendments. Is there any discussion? Amendments.
  • Like, I thought we were maybe like three and three the first time, the first half.
  • In fact, it says, yes, you were right. You were right on eight years and eight years.
  • We're telling them, yep, you're right. I don't think we're there right.
  • Right?
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The North Dakota House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present, then received a gubernatorial veto message on Senate Bill 2261. The governor vetoed the bill creating a prison industries workforce development tax credit, citing dormant Commerce Clause concerns and arguing the tax credit would create an unfair market advantage and not meaningfully help Rough Rider Industries. The House agreed to place SB 2261 on the next day’s calendar for a possible veto override. The chamber also re-referred Senate Bill 2159 to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee and appointed a conference committee for Senate Bill 2133 after the Senate refused to concur with House amendments. The House then took up a series of Senate amendments and final passage votes on several bills. It concurred in amendments and passed House Bill 1140 naming the Specialist John P. Fettig, Iraq Bridge; House Bill 1241 allowing funeral home vehicles to display flashing purple lights and clarifying emergency vehicle lamp rules; House Bill 1316 imposing additional penalties for repeated violations of temporary restricted licenses; House Bill 1127 expanding Department of Financial Institutions authority and data security provisions; House Bill 1564 on Indian child welfare; House Bill 1167 requiring AI disclosure statements in political communications; House Bill 1170 on state employee annual leave; House Bill 1447 regulating virtual currency kiosks; House Bill 1278 creating a cash management board for state treasury funds; House Bill 1024, the deficiency appropriation bill; House Bill 1205 on newborn safety devices; House Bill 1204 expanding false-information rules for political ads to text messages and telephone calls; House Bill 1001, the governor’s budget; House Bill 1206 increasing penalties for DUI offenses involving a minor; House Bill 1088 on insurance penalties and restitution; and House Bill 1515 on motor vehicle warranty work compensation. Most passed with strong margins, though HB 1170 and HB 1024 drew notable opposition, and HB 1447 and HB 1204 also had several nays. The most extended debate came on Senate Concurrent Resolution 4008, which proposed a constitutional amendment to change legislative term limits from the current structure to four four-year terms and repeal a constitutional restriction on proposing such changes. Supporters argued the measure would preserve institutional knowledge, allow voters to reconsider the 2022 term-limit decision, and let the public decide on the ballot. Opponents said the people had already spoken, the measure was confusing or unnecessary, and it could distract from other ballot issues. After reconsideration was granted, the House passed SCR 4008 by a vote of 53 yeas to 39 nays. The session ended with announcements, committee meeting notices, and adjournment until April 3, 2025.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • , but appreciate the amendments that are moving the bill in the right direction.
  • All right. First award. Something in our word. Great.
  • Committee amendments outlined on pages six and seven. All right, perfect. Okay.
  • First and foremost, these units were covered at the very beginning, right?
  • They want to build luxury developments, first and foremost, right?
Summary: The committee heard several housing bills, with the longest discussion focused on SB 79, which would allow more housing near high-capacity transit stops and on transit agency-owned land. The author and supporters argued it would address California’s housing shortage, reduce vehicle miles traveled, and strengthen transit systems by putting more residents near rail and rapid transit. Supporters included housing advocates, local officials, environmental groups, and transit-oriented development organizations. Opponents, including many cities, the League of California Cities, and some tenant and legal advocacy groups, raised concerns about affordability requirements, displacement, demolition protections, local control, and the bill’s interaction with existing local planning efforts. The committee discussed amendments to strengthen anti-displacement protections, minimum density, affordability standards, and a local flexibility alternative, and SB 79 was moved out on a due-pass-as-amended vote of 8-1, with one member not voting. The committee then took up SB 21, which would amend the Housing Crisis Act to allow limited unit reductions when converting deed-restricted SRO buildings into larger, more livable affordable units with private bathrooms, kitchens, and supportive services. The author and nonprofit housing providers said many SRO buildings are financially unsustainable and that the bill would preserve deeply affordable housing while improving conditions for residents. There was no organized opposition testimony at the hearing, though one business property group registered opposition. Members expressed support for the preservation-focused approach, and SB 21 was approved on an 8-0 vote and sent to the Assembly Committee on Local Government. Next, SB 92 was heard, a measure to close a density bonus loophole by limiting how much additional commercial floor area a project can receive and preventing the law from being used to justify very large nonresidential projects with only minimal affordable housing. The author cited a San Diego project as an example of the problem, and the City of San Diego supported the bill as a reasonable fix. Several labor and housing groups also supported it, while no formal opposition witnesses testified. The committee accepted amendments, members praised the effort to curb abuse while preserving feasibility, and SB 92 passed on a 7-0 vote. Finally, the committee began hearing SB 522, which would extend just-cause eviction protections to units rebuilt after disaster if they had previously been covered by the Tenant Protection Act. The author and the Los Angeles City Attorney said the bill would help preserve rental housing in disaster-affected communities, especially after the Pacific Palisades fires, and would not create new rent control. Opponents, including apartment, realtor, and property owner groups, argued it would add burdens to rebuilding and could discourage reconstruction. Members raised questions about whether existing law already protects returning tenants and whether the bill was necessary, and the hearing continued into committee discussion.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Finance (05/23/2025)

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • All right, first of all, I'll call the meeting out of recess.
  • Any further know amended. So, all right. Any further discussion?
  • So, we're separated out 10 because it needs an amendment. Okay. All right.
  • Um, let's remove 12 from the list first. All right. And we'll divide the question.
  • All right. whether or not it's going to be amended whether or not it's going to be amended with<03:46
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Heen, are you going first, or who's going first? All right, introduce yourself for the record.
  • Members, any questions to the oral<00:35:53.960> amendment? oral amendment? oral amendment?
  • your bill as amended. your bill as amended.
  • All right.
  • All right. So, the oral amendment is to put the bill in the shape that the author wishes.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session-Day 8, February 18, 2026-PM

Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I would move um amendment >> All right.
  • And folks, I'll go right into the amendment and the bill together because the amendment actually kind
  • First of all, I want to thank the bringer of the amendment.
  • First of all, I want to thank the bringer of the amendment.
  • First of all, I want to thank the bringer of the amendment.
Keywords: 916, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Feb 11th, 2026

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Are there amendments? On the desk, Mr. President. Please read the first amendment.
  • Amendment barcode 722464 by Senator Berman, delete lines 15 to 17 and insert amendment.
  • Are there amendments? None on the desk, Mr. President. Please read the first amendment.
  • While we always respect the right of every senator to offer amendments, we respectfully request that
  • Are there amendments? No on the desk, Mr. President. All right, let's read that first amendment.
Summary: The Florida Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of introductions recognizing visiting groups and guests, including college students and leaders, health and nonprofit organizations, Catholic Days at the Capitol participants, foreign dignitaries from Morocco, and others. Senators also observed a moment of silence for the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, with remarks honoring the Parkland community and the school safety law that followed. The chamber then took up a special order calendar of bills, beginning with several claims bills and local relief measures. SB 14 for Jose Correa against Miami-Dade County passed 37-1, and HB 6517 for A. Sanchez-Mayan against the City of St. Petersburg passed after substitution. HB 6515 for Lordes Latour and Edward Lator against Miami-Dade County also passed 38-1. The Senate then approved SB 52 on volunteer armed security at places of worship (39-0), SB 124 updating Florida Virtual School statutes (39-0), SB 504 on code inspector body cameras (39-0), and SB 506 on related public records (38-1). A lengthy debate centered on SB 7040, which recreates the Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund through December 31, 2027. Several senators argued for tighter oversight and supported an amendment by Senator Berman that would have limited fund use and required Legislative Budget Commission approval for continued spending; that amendment failed 12-27. The underlying bill then passed 29-10. Senators also adopted SB 594 on local housing assistance for mobile home owners (39-0), SB 656 strengthening Internet Crimes Against Children programs (39-0), SB 806 creating right-to-repair protections for wireless devices and agricultural equipment (39-0), SB 816 establishing the University of Florida Diabetes Institute (39-0), SM 1186 urging Congress to increase Florida National Guard force structure by voice vote, SB 308 creating the Florida Museum of Black History with a late-filed amendment clarifying ex officio nonvoting legislative members (39-0), and SB 572 updating ethics law to include foster children and foster parents, as amended (38-0). The Senate also withdrew SB 1360 from further consideration, certified passed bills to the House, and adjourned until February 19.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Apr 10th, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • amendments, 440 with amendments, 641 with amendments, 1037 with amendments, 55 with amendments, 551
  • with amendments, 563 with amendments, 753 with amendments, 601 with amendments, 890, 1172 with amendments
  • , 354 with amendments, 468 with amendments. 10.06 with amendments, 10.11 with amendments. 1144 with amendments
  • , 571 with amendments. 405 with amendments, 626 with amendments, 794 with amendments, 990. 1122 with
  • amendments, 1217 with amendments. 1888 with amendments, 1361 with amendments. 808 with amendments, 1286
Keywords: 988, house, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • amendments Beyond do taxes amendments Beyond do taxes amendments<00:22:14.960> I<00:22:15.080>
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  • amendments.
  • Chair's recommendation will be to pass this measure with amendments. We have technical amendments.
  • This measure will pass with amendments. We have technical amendments.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several housing-related measures, with most witnesses supporting bills aimed at expanding affordable housing tools and financing. SB 1169, creating a Community Land Trust Equity pilot program, drew support from HHFDC and Nahal UI, which said revolving funds would help community land trusts build permanently affordable housing more efficiently. SB 1200, establishing a workforce housing regulatory sandbox within HHFDC, also received support from HHFDC and others, though HHFDC noted concerns about whether the measure could be read to preempt county permitting and zoning powers. SB 511, which would require county legislative bodies rather than HHFDC to approve certain housing project exemptions, prompted HHFDC to suggest revised language and a possible processing deadline for applications; the discussion focused on avoiding indefinite delays and clarifying county and state roles. SB 1283, creating an emergency home loan assistance revolving fund, was introduced with comments from the Department of Budget and Finance and HHFDC. SB 612, on rent-to-build equity agreements for exempt housing projects, drew support and questions about how many affected projects are rentals versus for-sale units. SB 944, extending and expanding low-income housing tax credit provisions, received support from Sugar Creek Capital, Hawaii Housing, and the Chamber of Commerce, while the Tax Foundation raised a technical concern about inconsistent use of the term “taxpayer.” HPHA-supported bills SB 1413 and SB 1412 were also heard, along with SB 1632, which would direct DBEDT to develop a comprehensive action plan for a local housing market; testimony on that measure was strongly supportive but included calls to examine constitutional and legal issues and broader market-structure concerns. The committee also began discussion of SB 1033 and noted it was closely related to SB 1131, with the chair indicating an inclination to move only one of the two similar tax proposals forward.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee Jun 23rd, 2026

Privacy and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • These amendments also address the encroachment on First Amendment rights that opposition raised last
  • It does not impact First Amendment protections for information that is truly publicly available.
  • There are limitations that we have a right to enact even under the First Amendment.
  • But I've also seen some really bad bills go through this body that overly restrict First Amendment rights
  • Amendment rights, their point of view.
Keywords: 988, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Finance (03/17/2026)

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Can we do the amendment by a All right.
  • There's no amendment. Right. There's no amendment. Right.
  • Maybe you want to vote on the amendment Maybe you want to vote on the amendment first. first. first
  • So that's the amendment >> All right.
  • <04:41:40.080> is moved right now but amendment 1201 is moved right now but amendment 1201
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jun 21st, 2026 at 12:00 pm

Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Question comes on passing the bill, being engrossed, coming first on an amendment offered by Senator
  • Question comes on ordering the bill to a third reading, coming first on the amendment offered by Senator
  • Question comes on ordering the bill to a third reading, coming first on the amendment offered by Senator
  • So this amendment aims to close a gap that we are seeing playing out in real time, a gap that right now
  • So this amendment is aiming to honor the intent that was created under VERB in the first place.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Senate began with routine formalities, then took up several final-passage and engrossment matters. It adopted emergency preambles for House Bill 1590, establishing a sick leave bank for Eric J. Iwanek, and House Bill 1024, authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer service to a parcel in Sharon. The Senate also passed to be enacted Senate Bill 2528, allowing Marblehead to establish fines related to parking violations, and adopted a pair of congratulatory resolutions. Later, it ordered several House bills to third reading, including measures for an additional off-premises alcohol license in Somerset and sick leave banks for David A. Russell and Jean McCarran, and concurred in a gubernatorial amendment to a vital statistics bill. The chamber then considered major committee reports and amendments on military and veterans issues. It advanced a Ways and Means substitute for a bill on free expression and a substitute for a bill on assault and battery upon a transit worker, placing both on the Orders of the Day. The Senate also debated and amended Senate Bill 2503, the EASE Act for military-connected families, with remarks emphasizing school stability for military children, special education continuity, juvenile justice transfers, and use of military protective orders in domestic violence cases. Several proposed amendments were withdrawn or rejected, including tax relief proposals for 100% disabled veterans, while an amendment requiring tracking of veteran suicides was adopted. The bill was then ordered to third reading and passed to be engrossed by roll call, 39-0. Another major item was Senate Bill 2501, clarifying the duties of the adjutant general. The Senate adopted a Ways and Means substitute and considered multiple amendments, including one withdrawn proposal on entry by non-federalized armed forces from other jurisdictions and another adopted amendment requiring recruit training on lawful orders; other amendments were withdrawn. The bill was then ordered to third reading and passed to be engrossed. The Senate also passed House Bill 3388, designating September 22 as Military Service Members and Veterans Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Day. Throughout the session, members also offered and adopted several adjournment motions honoring the lives and service of Judge Leslie E. Harris, former Newton Mayor Seyi Warren, and Anthony P. Dwingnan, and the Senate adjourned to meet again the following Monday at 11:00 a.m.
MI

Michigan 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session 26-06-18

Michigan Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • First reading of the bill. Senate Bill 1044, a bill to amend the Income Tax Act of 1967.
  • First reading of the bill. Senate Bill 1045, a bill to amend the Income Tax Act of 1967.
  • First reading of the bill. Senate Bill 1045, a bill to amend the Income Tax Act of 1967.
  • First reading of the bill. Senate Bill 1051, a bill to amend the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act.
  • First reading of the bill. Senate Bill 1052 will amend the Medicaid False Claim Act.
Summary: The Senate met with 27 members present and a quorum, opened with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then moved through a series of motions, recesses, and introductions of bills. Several new bills were read and referred, including measures affecting the Income Tax Act, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, public utilities, nondisclosure agreements, data centers and community benefit agreements, zoning, Medicaid false claims, and the Neighborhood Enterprise Zone Act, with referrals mainly to finance, energy and environment, and housing and human services committees. In the Committee of the Whole, Senate Bills 592, 49, and 50 were reported without amendment and advanced. On third reading, the Senate passed Senate Bills 900, 820, 966, 967, 968, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977, and 978. SB 900 dealt with the Vehicle Code, SB 820 with election law, SB 966 and SBs 974-978 with housing and insurance-related changes, and SB 967 with the Income Tax Act. SB 966, 967, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977, and 978 all passed on 20-16 votes, while SB 900 passed 35-1. Senate Bill 973, creating a state-based health insurance exchange as a nonprofit corporation, drew the most debate. Senators Weber, Lindsay, and Halk offered amendments, all of which were defeated after recorded votes; Weber argued for cost controls and consumer savings, while supporters said the bill would give Michigan more control over health care decisions and could lower premiums. Senator Irwin spoke in support of the housing-related package, saying it would help address the state’s housing shortage. Senate Bill 592, concerning the Corrections Code, was also passed after a 31-5 vote, with Senator Lindsay explaining his no vote as concern about how the bill treats juvenile offenders. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 133, urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to honor commitments to Michigan farmers participating in the Rural Energy for America Program. Senator McCann supported the resolution, citing farm losses from federal rollbacks, while Senator McBroom gave a strong no-vote explanation criticizing state energy policy and the resolution’s framing. The session ended with remarks recognizing Juneteenth and an anecdotal bipartisan exchange between senators before the chamber adjourned until June 23 at 10:00 a.m.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Children and Senior Advocacy Committee Feb 26th, 2025

Children and Senior Advocacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Amendment rights of adult users.
  • The bill, by being contract focused, is especially designed not to have First Amendment... ...have First
  • It's Avid to the First Amendment because it's the parent who decides its content...
  • Folks have said multiple times that this is a violation of the First Amendment.
  • There is an argument that you heard that age verification violates the First Amendment.
Bills: HB285, HB317
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session - 2026-05-05 - 9:30AM

Vermont Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • right now. right now.
  • I understand the first instance of amendment by the committee would feel strongly about that one.
  • I understand the first instance of amendment by the committee would feel strongly about that one.
  • it's only a first step. it's only a first step.
  • Chile, for example, has already done a constitutional amendment to enshrine neurological rights in their
Keywords: 927, senate, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/09/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • All right, let's start with the Airmen of the Airmen First Class Ian Wheeler, please stand.
  • That's a direct attack on the First Amendment, too, again in an age where the government uses—I don't
  • Attack on the First Amendment, too, again in an age where the government uses drones to spy on people
  • And to the point of my floor amendment, it just says, look, we do respect property rights.
  • This is part of the Second Amendment, in other words, to be able to have the right to bear and keep arms
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, journal approval, and several guest introductions and recognitions, including military award honorees, a resident doctor of the day, and visitors from Sahuarita and Buckeye. The chamber also later paused to honor the University of Arizona men’s basketball team for its Final Four run with a formal proclamation and remarks from legislative leaders and Coach Tommy Lloyd. A separate announcement recognized Motorcycle Awareness Day at the Capitol. The main legislative work centered on a large consent calendar and multiple Senate bills considered in Committee of the Whole and an additional Committee of the Whole. The House adopted committee amendments and advanced bills including SB 1067, 1100, 1137, 1174, 1189, 1206, 1215, 1235, 1254, 1413, 1503, 1620, 1668, 1671, and 1754, while SB 1428 was retained on the calendar. The House also referred SB 1160 and SB 1193 to an additional Committee of the Whole for further amendment, then advanced both as amended. On third reading, the House passed SB 1058, SB 1237, SB 1294, and SB 1372. SB 1058 drew debate over merchant category codes for firearm-related transactions, with supporters arguing it protected Second and Fourth Amendment rights and opponents warning it would hinder business compliance and privacy concerns. SB 1237 and SB 1294 passed with little substantive debate. SB 1372, dealing with reimbursement for certified registered nurse anesthetists, prompted extensive debate over rural health care access, insurance reimbursement, and whether the legislature should set payment rates; it ultimately passed 33-20. The House also concurred in Senate amendments to several House bills and passed HB 2050 on final reading, sending it to the governor. The session adjourned until April 13, 2026.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Education Pre-K - 12 Jan 20th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • All right, seeing none, I don't have any appearance forms on the amendment.
  • All right. At this time, we're going to take up tab nine. All right.
  • Right?
  • There's one amendment. We're going to take up Amendment 7344-4.
  • That is the amendment. Are there any questions on the amendment?
Summary: The Senate Education Pre-K through 12 Committee met with a quorum and considered several education-related bills. SB 1036 on school counselors was amended with a technical clarification and reported favorably. SB 1136 on dental screenings for K-12 students was converted by delete-all amendment to place the screening definition in the School Health Services Act and align notice and parent-exemption procedures; it also passed favorably, with support noted from PTA and other witnesses. SB 920 on mathematics education was reported favorably after discussion of applied algebra courses tied to career pathways, while preserving Algebra I standards, the end-of-course exam, graduation requirements, and university admission eligibility. SB 1216 on public school personnel compensation, which would give districts more flexibility on pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and advanced degrees, also passed favorably with broad support from educators and former school board members. The committee then approved SPB 7022, which reenacts and extends a public records exemption for classroom examination and assessment instruments through 2031 and expands coverage to district school boards and public schools. SB 464 on observance of Veterans Day in K-12 schools was reported favorably after extensive debate about whether schools should be closed or could instead hold Veterans Day programs; supporters emphasized statewide consistency and honoring veterans, while some members raised scheduling and instructional-day concerns. SB 538 on physical education and extracurricular participation was amended to establish standardized eligibility rules for public, private, virtual, and home education students, limit duplicate participation across schools, require annual participation in the Presidential Youth Fitness Program, and leave coach compensation to district discretion; it was then reported favorably. SB 178 on athletics and public K-12 schools was amended to add a $15,000 annual cap on coach personal spending per team and was reported favorably after discussion about good-faith support for student-athletes, recruiting concerns, and the need for guardrails. A temporary postponement was announced for SB 430 on the oath of school personnel. At the end of the meeting, Senator Osgood recorded a favorable vote on SB 1036, and the committee adjourned without further business.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division III (03/28/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • The first 54, right? Yeah. Oh, there are two of them. That's so cool. Um, okay. So, Mr.
  • The the first 54, right? Geez. Yeah. The the first 54, right?
  • any issues with this amendment? any issues with this amendment? All<01:39:16.800> right.
  • If they amend the same statute, it would come down to effective date first.
  • If they amend the same statute, it would come down to effective date first.
Keywords: 928, house, all
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.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House debate on MN emergency powers bill Feb 28th, 2025

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • First, it is adding in our constitutional rights that we have been granted that we cannot ever forget
  • The clerk will report on the first portion of the amendment.
  • Members, as a reminder, we are voting on the dividing of the first portion of the A6 Amendment.
  • There being 127 ayes and six nays, the divided amendment first portion is adopted.
  • <00:32:50.519> the Amendment first portion is adopted the Amendment first portion is adopted
Keywords: 1183, house
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Jan 30th, 2026 at 08:03 pm

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • "All right.
  • That's right. All right.
  • All right.
  • So I'll work with the staff to make sure we get that right. Very good. We now have an amended bill.
  • All right. Those wishing to speak in favor... All right.
Keywords: 996, all