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NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Election Law (02/11/2025)

Election Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • In addition, there's actually a process at TSA, I learned, if you don't have any ID.
  • In addition, there's actually a process at TSA, I learned, if you don't have any ID.
  • process<00:30:20.279> at<00:30:20.440> TSA<00:30:20.919> I<00:30:21.000> learned
  • <00:30:21.919> if<00:30:22.039> you<00:30:22.159> don't process at TSA I learned
  • uh if you don't process at TSA I learned uh if you don't have<00:30:22.440> any<00:30:22.640>
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Municipal and County Government (01/23/2025)

Municipal and County Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • I know that was the intention of that; it was meant to be good, and I've learned this morning I might
  • Now, I know that was the intention of that; it was meant to be good, and I've learned this morning I
  • I've since learned that Massachusetts and Maine have changed their shelter to be 30 days, and Maine has
  • Our association opposes the bill as initially written, since our association learned about this bill
  • written uh since our association learned written uh since our association learned about<02:56:27.880
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 1/22/25

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm here to tell you virtually every aspect of the health care industry is under stress right now.
  • I'm here to tell you virtually every aspect of the health care industry is under stress right now.
  • I'm here to tell you virtually every aspect of the health care industry is under stress right now.
  • I'm here to tell you virtually every aspect of the health care industry is under stress right now.
  • I'm here to tell you virtually every aspect of the health care industry is under stress right now.
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The Health Finance and Policy Committee heard testimony from the Minnesota Hospital Association and several hospital leaders about the financial strain facing hospitals across Minnesota. The association’s CEO said hospitals are essential 24/7 safety-net providers, but rising labor, supply, technology, and drug costs are outpacing reimbursement from Medicaid, Medicare, and commercial payers. He warned that many not-for-profit hospitals are struggling, that workforce shortages remain significant, and that the committee should consider help on Medicaid rates, discharge/boarding problems, mental health services, workforce development, protecting the 340B drug discount program, and avoiding new mandates that add costs. Relle Schultz of Winona Health described a community hospital with a 49-bed facility and long-term care services that has faced years of losses, including a $17 million loss in 2023 and $12 million in losses the following year. She said government payers now make up about 65% of the hospital’s mix, and each 1% increase in that mix costs about $1 million. She highlighted the difficulty of sustaining services such as dialysis, which was nearly closed until a local donor provided $3 million to keep it open for three years, and she emphasized the importance of 340B savings and the need for higher Medicaid payments. Carrie Mulski of Riverview Health in Crookston said critical access hospitals are also under pressure despite their federal designation. She explained that federal support has eroded, that Medicaid and other public programs do not cover full costs, and that her hospital’s 340B savings help keep the doors open. She said Riverview opened a new hospital in 2020 but was hit by the pandemic and inflation, leading to annual losses of $5 million to $6 million and a negative operating margin of 9% to 10%. She also described bond covenant problems, low cash on hand, the prior closure of the nursing home, and the need for rapid state action to stabilize rural hospitals and preserve access to care.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:53:36.079> today but that's something I learned today but that's something I learned today
  • If you have to hand someone your driver's license, they learn your street address as well as proving
  • someone your driver's license they learn someone your driver's license they learn your<00:56:00.400
  • That's how I learned about it. Um, I do also want to recognize something interesting.
  • That's how I learned about it. with you. That's how I learned about it.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The meeting began with roll call and approval of the prior meeting minutes, which passed unanimously. Members then introduced the day’s presentations, including one on the Canton network and another on tokenizing real-world assets, with a focus on how blockchain systems can support regulated financial institutions and asset tokenization. Julie, the director of policy and government affairs at Digital Asset, presented on the Canton network, describing it as a privacy-enabled public blockchain designed for regulated finance. She said tokenization should preserve the same legal and economic rights as the underlying asset, and argued that blockchain-based books and records can shorten settlement times, improve 24/7 trading, and reduce friction in capital markets. She identified three main barriers to institutional adoption of public blockchains: lack of privacy, limited throughput/scalability, and lack of control for compliance purposes such as freezing assets, pausing transactions, and meeting AML/sanctions obligations. She explained Canton’s structure as a public, permissionless network with application-level privacy controls, a global synchronizer, and super validators chosen by vote. She also highlighted current ecosystem participants and use cases, including Broadridge, Circle, and the DTCC’s planned tokenization of U.S. Treasuries on the network. Members and online participants asked about the relationship between tokenized assets and the Clarity Act, tokenized deposits, safeguards for faster settlement, and whether the platform could be used for municipal or property records. Julie said Digital Asset was not taking a position on rewards, but supported clearer statutory definitions because tokenized securities should carry the same rights as the underlying assets and investors need to know whether a token is a true tokenized security or a synthetic/reference token. She said the company is agnostic on whether the cash leg is stablecoins or tokenized deposits, though it expects both to develop. In response to concerns about rapid settlement, she pointed to institution-level permissions and SEC disclosure expectations as safeguards. She also said the technology could be used for other records, including potentially property-related records, if those assets can be tokenized.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, virtually every other sentence that Trump spoke was a deflection, a distraction, or an outright lie
  • as much as we can about our job to learn as much as we can about that<00:09:50.399> which<00:
  • I mean it's good to learn from these people that have been with us today and at other meetings too.
  • I mean it's good to learn from these people that have been with us today and at other meetings too.
  • And, yeah, I think it's a good idea if we take what we've learned and do something with it.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Jun 1st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • sadness and profound regret that the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana has learned
  • well and you present bills in committee oftentimes on things that I don't know anything about, and I learn
  • Despite the ups and downs of ministry, where I served for years on staff at that church, what I learned
  • sadness and profound regret that the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana has learned
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Jun 1st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • sadness and profound regret that the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana has learned
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer, the pledge, and a national anthem performance, then moved through several personal privileges and recognitions. Members welcomed a student cancer survivor and entrepreneur, Bella of Brave Bella Bead Company, and also recognized a new legislative assistant, a page leaving for college, and a resolution honoring National Mississippi River Day. The chamber also received conference committee reports and enrollment reports, and returned some previously failed measures to the calendar, including H.R. 119 and H.B. 410. The main floor action centered on a series of Senate concurrent resolutions, most of which were adopted overwhelmingly. These included SCR 59 on re-evaluating flood maps and insurance rates tied to the Comite River Diversion Canal, SCR 61 urging higher reimbursement for behavioral health crisis centers, SCR 62 calling for review of school-zone safety and speed limits, SCR 68 creating a blockchain and digital innovation task force, SCR 69 encouraging continued research to reduce sugarcane burning, SCR 70 supporting the Major Richard Star Act for medically retired combat-wounded veterans, SCR 54 supporting the Mississippi River Basin Fishery Commission Act, SCR 55 designating the Peggy Martin Rose as the official state rose, SCR 64 creating a construction manager-at-risk task force, SCR 75 studying a Louisiana maneuvers museum and trail, and SCR 80 creating a task force on the minimum foundation program and long-term teacher pay funding. Most passed with little or no opposition, with SCR 84 on earthquake seismic activity in several parishes amended to adjust task force membership before final adoption. The House also heard a personal privilege statement honoring the late Ponder P.C. Clinton Jr., a noted Black farmer, cattleman, and community leader in Shreveport’s Cedar Grove neighborhood, and expressed condolences to his family. Later, members received a hurricane-season reminder from Rep. Jay Galle about disaster response procedures and the need to work through parish emergency offices. The transcript ends as the House moves into additional concurrent resolutions returned from the Senate with amendments.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget Apr 6th, 2026 at 04:35 pm

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • circling back to the $10 million in school safety funds, does that appropriation still incorporate virtual
Bills: SB1177, SB1177
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Yeah, so we held community meetings around each of the islands, both in-person and virtual.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The Committee on Tourism met on March 31, 2026, to hear several resolutions related to tourism management, sustainable tourism, and visitor safety. HCR 188/HR 178 would ask the Hawaii Tourism Authority to create an agriculture tourism working group to review laws and ordinances and recommend ways to grow agritourism. HCR 51/HR 47 would direct HTA to require 30% of signature event funds be used to market events to out-of-state audiences. HCR 50/HR 46 would request a destination management task force, and HCR 49 focused on sustainable tourism and preserving cultural and natural resources. HCR 48 urged the governor to assure visitors they will be treated safely, legally, and ethically by state law enforcement. Testimony was limited and mostly supportive or informational. The Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity and HTA offered written support/comments on the agritourism measure. HTA also testified on the signature event and destination management measures, and members asked questions about making destination management more statewide rather than county-by-county. HTA explained its DMAP process, including island advisory groups, community meetings, and identification of “hot spots” that could face overcrowding or resource impacts. For HCR 49, HTA submitted amendments, and the committee later narrowed the resolution to one specific recommendation: obtaining certified sustainable destination designation from the Global Sustainable Tourism Council. HCR 48 had no registered testimony. In decision-making, the committee adopted HCR 188 and HR 178, and HCR 51 and HR 47, as introduced. HCR 50 and HR 46 were deferred. HCR 49 was passed with amendments reflecting only the sustainable destination designation recommendation. ACR 48 was also passed with amendments to extend the visitor-safety effort to all counties. The committee then adjourned.
WV

West Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Mar 14th, 2026 at 01:53 pm

West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Joining us virtually from Lyon, France, you'll remember George Hess, he's former page coordinator, and
Keywords: 994, senate, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Health Care Financing Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

Transcript Highlights:
  • In search of a solution, I reached out to Health Law Advocates, where I learned about UMass Memorial's
  • I think, given the variability from hospital to hospital, there's a lot to learn from each institution
  • From hospital to hospital, there's a lot to learn from each institution, but what we're saying here right
  • But as students, we're quick learners, and we quickly learn how little the system values those things
  • They are angry, or perhaps not learning in school in the way that adults see is their potential.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Health Care Financing held a public hearing on a large docket focused on primary care, workforce development, and medical debt. Chairs Cindy Friedman and John Lawn outlined hearing procedures and noted that testimony would be taken on 17 matters. The committee first heard testimony on bills to establish a community health center nurse practitioner residency program and to strengthen mental health centers. Senator Keenan, Rep. Keefe, and health center leaders described the Worcester nurse practitioner residency as a successful pipeline and retention strategy, citing workforce shortages, training needs in community health centers, and the cost of the program. Rep. O’Day also supported the mental health centers bill, saying it would raise payment rates, improve reimbursement for behavioral health services, and help clinics retain staff and expand access. The committee then took testimony on bills to address medical debt through hospital financial assistance reform. The Attorney General’s Office, Health Care for All, Health Law Advocates, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and individual patients supported the measure, arguing that hospital financial assistance policies are inconsistent, hard to find, and difficult to navigate. Witnesses said the bill would standardize eligibility criteria, create a uniform application, improve notice requirements, and expand access to discounted care up to 400% of the federal poverty level. Several personal stories described medical bills being sent to collections, confusion over insurance billing, and the burden of debt on low-income and chronically ill patients. Committee members asked about hospital concerns, the role of the health safety net, and whether the bill addressed root causes of medical debt; testimony emphasized that the proposal was meant to improve transparency and access rather than replace broader insurance reforms. The hearing also focused heavily on “Primary Care for You” legislation, H. 1370 and S. 867, which would increase primary care investment and create a new payment model. Rep. Haggerty, physicians, a patient, community health center leaders, and the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers described a primary care crisis marked by low reimbursement, staffing shortages, long waits, burnout, and difficulty recruiting clinicians. Supporters said the bills would shift spending toward preventive, team-based care, improve access and equity, and reduce long-term costs. The Massachusetts Association of Health Plans said it was directionally supportive of increased primary care investment but warned that any new spending must stay within the cost growth benchmark and preserve existing contracting structures. The hearing ended with additional testimony on a community health center workforce and loan repayment grant bill from Rep. Stanley, and with further discussion from Dr. Alan Garo about the need for payment reform in primary care.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I will also say they had some requests like taking virtual driving tests, which I don't know about that
  • Through that, I learned a lot that nobody really owns it.
  • Cognitive programs being key where you're trying to help them learn how to think of things differently
  • So this unit is designed to provide that structured learning and support system to help prepare these
  • Director Collier: ...that we're continuing to grow, and we're learning from that.
Bills: SB 1
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Session (05/14/2026)

New Hampshire Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I hope everyone's having a wonderful time here at the State House learning a lot about your state's history
  • here at the having a wonderful time here at the state<00:34:22.240> house<00:34:22.639> learning
  • And at that moment I learned the truth of the adage, when seconds count, the police are just minutes
  • our public universities and colleges, they expect campuses to prioritize safety, stability, and learning
  • stability, and learning environments. stability, and learning environments.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy and Administration (02/02/2026)

Education Policy and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • That was an alternative way of learning, looking at learning style versus teaching style and mathematics
  • has to m match up with the learning has to m match up with the learning style<00:15:49.040> of
  • I've learned. I have to apply it. And you learn the language of computers.
  • Um and they said, "Well, learn those.
  • <00:30:27.520> there's a different styles of learning. there's a different styles of learning
Keywords: 1189, house, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • What was more upsetting was learning that, even though we have some of the strongest labor laws in the
  • But that's the past, and today is about moving forward and learning from what the audit has shown us
  • to And learning from what the audit has shown us to build new strategies, new protocols, new ways of
  • And so, given what you've learned through the audit, how detrimental would it be for us to see an elimination
  • in the Senate at the time, Senator Hurtado, our Senate Agricultural Chair, and I held a de facto virtual
Summary: The hearing focused on a state audit of Cal/OSHA titled “The Division of Occupational Safety and Health: Process Deficiencies and Staffing Shortages Limit Its Ability to Protect Workers.” Committee leaders and the audit team described serious workplace tragedies, argued that California’s worker protections are not being adequately enforced, and said the audit was prompted by concerns that Cal/OSHA was too often relying on letters instead of inspections, delaying investigations, and closing cases without enough documentation. Members repeatedly emphasized that the issue was not just staffing, but also outdated policies, weak oversight, and inconsistent enforcement. State Auditor Grant Parks said the audit found a 32% vacancy rate in 2023-24, heavy reliance on hard-copy files, outdated or unclear policies, and inconsistent decision-making in complaints, accidents, citations, and fine reductions. He said Cal/OSHA conducted on-site inspections in only about 20% of complaints, used letter investigations more than 80% of the time, often lacked evidence that hazards were corrected, and sometimes failed to inspect serious injury cases on time. The audit also found weak documentation for fine calculations and settlement reductions, with some penalties reduced substantially without clear explanations. Parks said the agency had accepted the findings and would provide progress updates later in the year. Committee members pressed the auditor on vacancy rates, the use of letter investigations, the low rate of criminal referrals, and whether fines were being reduced too often. Cal/OSHA and DIR officials responded that the vacancy rate had fallen to 12% partly because 66 vacant positions were eliminated in a statewide budget reduction and partly because of hiring; they said 126 people had been hired in the first half of the year. They also said they had hired a policy writer, were updating several policies, were planning periodic internal audits, and were developing a new data management system expected to go live in late 2026 or early 2027. On fines, officials said Title 8 sets base penalties and allows adjustments based on factors like employer size, history, and good faith, with appeals and informal conferences also affecting final amounts. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Mortgage Finance Authority Act Oversight May 28th, 2025

Mortgage Finance Authority Act Oversight Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is very exciting for me and for the rest of you, you get the benefit of not having to learn to say
  • Parito Mesa in the South Valley, and I'm excited to be on this committee, um, looking forward to learning
  • I, I just, I learned a lot from listening to those legislators about how this bill came to be and how
  • It's also a great place for people experiencing homelessness to learn skills, make artwork together with
  • continuum and um is making housing more expensive as you can see on this slide in, in 2023, there was virtually
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I want to know what you've learned.
  • I'm eager to learn from this panel how we can do a better job.
  • I'm proud of what I learned while I was there, too.
  • I think we want them to learn, but we want them to be challenged while they're learning, too.
  • Freely, can speak openly and learn respectfully.
Summary: The joint Senate and House Select Committee on Civil Discourse and Freedom of Speech in Higher Education convened for its first public hearing, adopted its proposed rules without objection, and framed the hearing as an organizational, invited-testimony-only session. Members repeatedly condemned political violence and the assassination of Charlie Kirk, saying the committee was created in response to concerns about civil discourse, intimidation, and hostility on college campuses. Several members emphasized that the goal was not to suppress speech but to protect open expression while maintaining order, due process, and institutional accountability. The first witness, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Commissioner Wyn Rosser, outlined implementation of Senate Bill 37. He described the General Education Advisory Committee, which is reviewing broad core-curriculum knowledge and skills and may recommend reducing the current 42-hour core, while leaving review of specific courses to individual institutions. He also explained the new Office of the Ombudsman, the board’s role in supporting it, and existing training and certification requirements for governing board members. Members asked about enforcement tools, transparency, and whether the ombudsman would investigate complaints involving censorship, retaliation, or political bias; Rosser said some enforcement exists in certain laws, but he deferred on the exact scope of the ombudsman’s investigatory authority and on issues outside the agency’s role. University of Texas at Austin President Jim Davis testified that UT Austin supports free speech, academic freedom, and civil discourse, and he described three areas of focus: speech on campus grounds, classroom discourse, and how people treat one another. He said the university enforces time, place, and manner rules, expects professors to present alternative views on controversial topics, and has created internal reporting and appeal processes for students and faculty. Members questioned him about heckler’s veto incidents, protests, off-campus participants, complaints about professors, hate speech, and whether the university would protect speakers and students from disruption or unfair targeting. Davis said the university would not tolerate disruptions, would use due process and factual review, and is working to align campus practices with the new law and regents’ expectations. Ricky Adam Jr. of Turning Point USA’s Club America described the group’s campus and high-school organizing, praised Charlie Kirk’s approach to open debate, and said the organization is expanding in Texas. He raised concerns about school administrators and a counselor at an Early College High School in Killeen allegedly interfering with a student club and withholding footage, and committee members said they would seek information and, if necessary, use legislative process to investigate. Members from both chambers reiterated support for free speech, criticized political violence and campus suppression of viewpoints, and stressed that future hearings would continue examining implementation and enforcement issues.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Apr 16th, 2025 at 12:30 pm

North Dakota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • legendary school board training, which we've had some good results, and the idea is that they will learn
  • Madam President, at the end of the day, the House amendments do virtually the same thing as the Senate
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge, a quorum call, and approval of journal corrections. It then handled several House messages, appointing conference committees on Senate Bills 2004 and 2006 and House Bills 1018, 1019, and 1363, and re-referring House Bill 1216 to Appropriations. The chamber also adopted amendments to House Bill 1601, which would have expanded special assistant attorney general authority for certain offices, but the bill failed on final passage after strong opposition centered on preserving the Attorney General’s control and avoiding a solution in search of a problem. A major portion of the day focused on education funding. House Bill 1369 was amended to raise per-pupil aid from 2% and 2% to 3% and 3% and to increase the school construction loan transfer from $75 million to $100 million; supporters said this would help local schools and military base projects, while opponents raised questions about special education placement language and state coordination. The bill passed 44-3. House Bill 1013, the DPI budget, was also amended extensively to adjust staffing, funding sources, grants, meal assistance, teacher training, and other education programs; it passed 45-2. House Bill 2234, dealing with Choice Ready grants, was amended to shift funding away from general funds and toward federal or other sources, but then failed on final passage after the sponsor urged a red vote. The Senate also approved House Bill 1482, restricting bond and indebtedness elections for counties, cities, school districts, and park districts to primary or general election days, and House Bill 1332, creating a value-added agriculture facility incentive program with an emergency clause. House Bill 1010, the Insurance Department budget, passed unanimously after amendments reflecting the merger of the Securities Department into Insurance and adding staff and fee changes, while House Bill 1011, the separate Securities Department budget, failed because its funding was already included in HB 1010. House Bill 1584, a major pharmacy benefit manager reform bill, passed with an enforcement fund and new licensing/enforcement structure despite debate over ERISA and market transparency. In other action, the Senate concurred in House amendments and passed Senate Bills 2226, 2230, 2069, 2082, 2387, 2385, and 2186, with SB 2186 on parenting time interference and a child custody task force passing 27-20 after debate over whether the issue should be left to the courts. Senate Bill 2234, on Choice Ready grants, and Senate Bill 2243, on driver’s license points and traffic penalties, both failed after concurrence motions were adopted but final passage votes were overwhelmingly negative. The chamber also advanced Senate Bill 2291 to conference committee consideration near the end of the transcript.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Jan 22nd, 2026

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • conduct within an app and billed by an app store, including, but not limited to, the acquisition of virtual
  • currency, digital acquisition of virtual currency, digital goods,<00:34:52.480> digital<00:34
  • After I couldn't find it, I reached out to LSA and I learned that there is only an administrative rule
  • c><02:38:57.840> I find it, I reached out to LSA and I find it, I reached out to LSA and I learned
  • 38:58.880> there<02:38:59.120> is<02:38:59.280> only<02:38:59.520> an learned
Keywords: 1136, house, all