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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Banking and Insurance Feb 11th, 2026

Banking and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • But these companies, too, their pharmacies can also be hit for massive fraud settlements.
  • So they're settling their own fraud cases while, you know, purporting to find fraud in pharmacies like
  • You know, criminal investigations, the Medicaid fraud control unit, all of that stuff is exempt.
  • So they just need to say that it's a fraud investigation and why.
  • And I think it's important that, you know, if fraud is suspected, there's no kind of cap or limit.
Bills: S0326 , S0598 , S0632 , S0786 , S1110 , S1256 , S1380 , S1588 , S7042 , S7044
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Elections Apr 17th, 2025

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • That would be maybe open to fraud.
  • Under current law, election fraud is a Class A misdemeanor.
  • Also, someone just said it will make it harder to commit fraud.
  • This is a punishment after the fact, so it will not make it harder to commit fraud.
  • And some of these offenses that are in this bill were already considered election fraud.
Committee: House Elections
Summary: The committee first voted out two previously heard Senate bills without amendment: SB 688, relating to the date of the meeting of presidential electors, and SB 914, relating to authorizing certain cities to change the date of their general election for officers. Both motions passed on 8-0 votes with one member absent. The committee then heard HB 3909, which would change the current prohibition on wireless device use from a 100-foot boundary around a voting station to only inside the room where voting is taking place, with a committee substitute also adding state-prescribed signage. The author and supporters said the change would reduce confusion and make enforcement easier for election workers, while opponents argued the existing 100-foot rule helps prevent electioneering, recording, and possible technical interference with election equipment. The bill was left pending. Members also heard HB 1968, which would repeal a provision that requires counties to provide election services to certain political subdivisions in odd-numbered years but not even-numbered years, making county-provided election services consistent across years. Supporters said it would improve consistency for smaller cities and school districts, while opponents warned it could strain county equipment and staffing during heavy election cycles. The bill was left pending. HB 2279 would require voter registrars to remove a person from the rolls if the person swears under oath during jury service that they are not a U.S. citizen; supporters said this would streamline removal of ineligible voters, while opponents raised concerns about mistaken identity and loss of due process. The bill was left pending. Finally, the committee heard HB 2803, which would require a presiding judge to give a poll watcher a signed statement explaining any removal from service. Supporters said this would improve documentation and accountability, and one witness asked for clarification that improper removal would remain a criminal offense; the author said he would consider a floor amendment and further discussion. The committee also heard HB 4253, which would create a more uniform voter-roll maintenance process based on inactivity, sending confirmation notices to voters who have not voted in the prior 25 months and eventually removing those who do not respond after multiple election cycles. Supporters said it would clean up outdated records and help keep voters registered where they actually live, while opponents argued it could wrongly remove eligible voters who simply do not vote regularly. HB 4253 was left pending as well.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 2nd, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • TWC has a strong... commitment to preventing fraud, waste, and abuse in all agency programs.
  • However, current statute does not provide a specific fraud, waste, or abuse. and abuse provision for
  • Is for the purposes of preventing fraud, waste, and abuse.
  • risk in an effort to reduce tax fraud in the state and it.
  • My job here is to either find efficiencies, fraud, waste, abuse. I don't think this is fraud.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • It establishes a licensure framework that ensures professionals working on commercial interior spaces
  • Architects, engineers, and landscape architects all operate under clear, unified licensure frameworks
  • This is Jing Guo Gao. I'm a licensed acupuncturist. I strongly oppose this bill. Thank you.
  • My name is Gao Ping Lee. I'm a patient from San Jose.
  • This supports compliance and advances the broader goals of California's cannabis framework.
Summary: The committee heard a long agenda of bills, with members repeatedly noting the lack of quorum while testimony continued. AB 1693 by Assemblymember Zbur would streamline local permitting for retail tenant improvements by allowing qualified professional certifiers to review plans and requiring local action within set deadlines; the California Retailers Association supported the bill, citing lengthy permit delays, and there was no opposition. AB 2010 by Assemblymember Soria would expand access to high-volume spay and neuter services, including mobile clinics, to address pet overpopulation; supporters said it would improve access in rural and underserved areas, while opponents and the Veterinary Medical Board raised concerns about safety standards and asked for amendments. AB 2195 by Assemblymember Rodriguez would stop automatic occupational license suspensions for low-income parents behind on child support; supporters argued the policy is counterproductive and hurts earning capacity, while the California Child Support Association and others said license suspension is an effective enforcement tool that brings parents to the table. The committee also heard AB 2311 by Assemblymember Chiu, which would let public health care district hospitals directly employ physicians; supporters said it would improve recruitment and access to care, while medical groups warned about physician autonomy and institutional influence. AB 1796 by Assemblymember Jackson would create a licensure pathway for professional interior designers and add an interior designer to the California Architects Board; supporters framed it as a public safety and professional recognition measure, while opponents said it would create confusion, unnecessary regulation, and no demonstrated public harm. AB 1739 by Assemblymember Ward would make it a crime for clergy providing therapeutic services to engage in sexual contact with a counselee, closing a gap in existing law; it drew strong support from survivor advocates and no opposition. Finally, AB 2497 by Assemblymember Johnson began testimony on modernizing the physical therapy practice act, with the author noting committee amendments that removed imaging and other provisions, but the transcript cuts off before testimony or action on that bill was completed.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, May 19, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • c><04:26:37.279><c> member</c><04:26:37.600><c> said,</c><04:26:38.319><c> the</c><04:26:38.560><c> GAO
  • </c><04:26:39.040><c> has</c> the ranking member said, the GAO has the ranking member said, the GAO has
  • GAO is then required to complete five subsequent annual reviews of VHA's and VBA's budget execution for
  • Upon comp completion, GAO will 2025.
  • to review VA's budget each requires GAO to review VA's budget each year<05:12:52.560><c> of</c><05:12
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part III) Mar 19th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • officials by removing this Austin lobbyist middleman and frankly this practice Practice is waste, fraud
  • during the interim, we heard numerous concerns about the increase in forms of theft, including various fraud
  • Senate Bill 1450. one addresses the issue of theft and fraud involving checks the bill simply enhances
Bills: SCR5 , SCR13 , SB3 , SB6 , SB10 , SB12 , SB13 , SB15 , SB17 , SB18 , SB19 , SB24 , SB35 , SB57 , SB65 , SB112 , SB284 , SB290 , SB388 , SB400 , SB402 , SB412 , SB495 , SB499 , SB502 , SB509 , SB621 , SB706 , SB740 , SB815 , SB842 , SB854 , SB875 , SB893 , SB917 , SB974 , SB1025 , SB1061 , SB1073 , SB1106 , SB1268 , SB1281 , SB1300 , SB1362 , SB1379 , SB1447 , SB1451 , SB1555 , SB1902 , SJR36 , SJR12 , SCR13 , SCR25 , SCR5 , SCR22 , SCR12 , SCR24 , SB495 , SB412 , SB10 , SB18 , SB565 , SB372 , SB842 , SB765 , SB62 , SB19 , SB666 , SB707 , SB888 , SB687 , SB706 , SB847 , SB290 , SB13 , SB1248 , SB740 , SB14 , SB1006 , SB504 , SB917 , SB925 , SB388 , SB1902 , SB1121 , SB995 , SB857 , SB305 , SB296 , SB284 , SB35 , SB6 , SB815 , SB3 , SB1281 , SB1379 , SB1300 , SB1497 , SB1499 , SB1498 , SB1451 , SB1061 , SB15 , SB65 , SB241 , SB304 , SB402 , SB499 , SB621 , SB974 , SB1023 , SB1024 , SB1025 , SB1106 , SB686 , SB112 , SB371 , SB204 , SB400 , SB609 , SB1447 , SB670 , SB502 , SB427 , SB850 , SB854 , SB413 , SB1555 , SB1362 , SB1346 , SB1033 , SB1220 , SB1073 , SB810 , SB987 , SB1539 , SB893 , SB447 , SB875 , SB406 , SB509 , SB985 , SB965 , SB17 , SB1119 , SB1505 , SB12 , SB24 , SB57 , SB1194 , SB1253 , SB1215 , SB1532 , SB1268 , SB1302 , SB856 , SB650 , SB583 , SB673 , SB840 , SJR57 , SCR8 , SB213 , SB681 , SB1172 , SB1252 , SB378 , SB610 , SB918 , SB1343 , SB608 , SB487 , SB955 , SB957 , SB988 , SB990 , SB1019 , SB1021 , SB1120 , SB251 , SB958 , SB535 , SB761 , SB1 , SB541 , SB315 , SB379 , SB1018 , SB1737 , SB266 , SB1415 , SB3 , SB6 , SB15 , SB35 , SB290 , SB706 , SB842 , SB917 , SB1281 , SB1451 , SB1902 , SB12 , SB13 , SB17 , SB19 , SB388 , SR261 , SR265 , SR276 , SR277 , SR281 , SR286 , SR293 , SCR5 , SCR13 , SB2425 , SB2880 , SB10 , SB12 , SB13 , SB17 , SB18 , SB19 , SB388 , SB412 , SB495 , SB2425 , SB2880
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, February 10, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • further we will require report<04:08:56.080><c> from</c><04:08:56.359><c> the</c><04:08:56.600><c> GAO
  • to identify any report from the GAO to identify any additional<04:08:59.319><c> inconsistencies</c><
  • framework in a generation<05:08:08.520><c> to</c><05:08:08.718><c> both</c><05:08:09.080><c> effect<
  • But the existence of a few frauds should not and cannot be an excuse to ignore the desperate cries of
  • should not and cannot be an frauds should not and cannot be an excuse<07:46:47.040><c> to</c><07:46:
Bills: HR736 , HR692 , HR965 , HR975 , HR386 , HR224
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 9, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • First, fraud is wrong.
  • It says fraud should be condemned.
  • Fraud is not a victimless crime. truth. Fraud is not a victimless crime.
  • </c> term waste and fraud. term waste and fraud.
  • </c> fraud before taxpayer dollars disappear. fraud before taxpayer dollars disappear.
Bills: HB7892 , HR1352 , HB5408 , HR1140 , SB2 , HR1345
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:02:50.640><c> prevention</c> investigations, and fraud prevention investigations, and fraud prevention
  • </c> fraud in Minnesota. fraud in Minnesota.
  • </c><00:04:56.240><c> in</c> responsibility to investigate fraud in responsibility to investigate fraud
  • </c> Representative Joy said he could end up in fraud situations there.
  • Look, I think fraud is absolutely—we cannot accept any, and I'm fully on board with that.
Bills: SF856 , HF4482 , HF3672 , HF1234 , HF4591 , HF3554 , HF936
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Apr 2nd, 2025

Finance and Taxation General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's a bill that absolutely prevents fraud. absolutely prevents fraud.
  • This particular bill is essentially the framework for the bill. essentially the framework for the bill
  • So on that basis, this bill simply took the framework of that very limited audit and expanded it to statewide
  • He put together a voter fraud reform task force, and I was actually mad at first about being appointed
  • would we have to do to make it statistically significant and relevant to say that we don't have any fraud
Bills: SB245 , SB246 , HB30 , HB30
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Insurance Apr 9th, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • States' unlimited contract pharmacies have been identified by GAO and OIG as program integrity concerns
  • In fact, GAO shows over probably about 1.4% of a discount for paid patients, while covered entities are
  • This incentivizes fraud and increases litigation costs, leading insurers to settle for amounts exceeding
Committee: House Insurance
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Business and Professions Committee Apr 21st, 2026

Business and Professions

Transcript Highlights:
  • It establishes a licensure framework that ensures professionals working on commercial interior spaces
  • professions, architects, engineers, and landscape architects all operate under clear, unified licensure frameworks
  • Before creating a new licensure framework, we think it's important to clearly demonstrate both the risk
  • This is Jing Guo Gao. I'm a licensed acupuncturist. I strongly oppose this bill. Thank you.
  • My name is Gao Ping Lee. I'm a patient from San Jose.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> examples of brazen fraud. examples of brazen fraud.
  • </c> we have fraud here in Minnesota. we have fraud here in Minnesota.
  • Is there any more fraud? Are off topics. Is there any more fraud?
  • </c> there any more fraud questions? there any more fraud questions?
  • </c> talking about the fraud issue? talking about the fraud issue?
Summary: Senate Republican leaders held a press event to roll out a package of anti-fraud proposals focused on state welfare and human services programs. Mark Johnson opened by citing recent fraud scandals, including a shuttered housing program and reports of vulnerable adults being left without care while providers billed for full services, and said Republicans want top-down reform, stronger accountability, new technology, and tighter oversight of taxpayer dollars. Michael Kreun said Republicans support an independent Office of Inspector General and argued the Senate-passed bill should not be weakened in the House; he also said the Senate should restore its role in confirming agency commissioners, especially at DHS, which he described as central to the fraud problem. Jordan Rasmusson outlined a plan to stop “blank checks” for DHS and DCYF services by requiring legislative audit review when a program exceeds budget by 5 percent and legislative approval for additional spending at 10 percent over budget. He also said DHS should adopt basic integrity tools such as electronic visit verification and client sign-off. Steve Drazkowski described two bills: a statewide “do-not-pay” list to block payments to ineligible people or entities, and an “I’m Not a Robot” proposal for Medicaid managed care that would require enrollee verification forms, with a 2 percent payment withhold used to encourage compliance and potentially fund county system upgrades. Mark Krueger said the state should improve technology and data use for eligibility determinations, citing other states’ rapid fraud-fighting systems, and proposed penalties for false reporting to the Legislative Auditor after a DHS audit found falsified site-visit records. Steve Gruenhagen said his bill would require DHS and DCYF to resume annual fraud-prevention and oversight reports to the legislature, which he said had stopped after 2017 despite rising fraud cases. Michael Holmstrom proposed unannounced site visits for all DHS and DCYF providers before enrollment, reenrollment, and revalidation, funded through provider service fees, and cited a recent case involving a woman with autism who was billed for far more care than she received. In the Q&A, Kreun said House Democrats’ delete-everything amendment to the inspector general bill removed the law enforcement division and stripped the bill of its “teeth,” and he suggested the governor’s office may have been involved in efforts to replace the bill with a weaker coordination council model. No votes were taken in the press conference.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • If I committed, say, 34 counts of felony business fraud, would I deserve to be raped?
  • They were forced to commit the alleged conduct through force, fraud, or coercion.
  • Election fraud in Texas is vanishingly rare.
  • Election fraud is, at least to my mind, near impossible.
  • opposed to election fraud. I think it's unnecessary, so I'm speaking in opposition.
Bills: SB6 , SB7 , SB8 , SB11 , SB12 , SB13 , SB15 , SB 6 , SB 7 , SB 8 , SB 11 , SB 12 , SB 13 , SB 15 , SB 17 , SB6 , SB7 , SB8 , SB11 , SB12 , SB13 , SB15 , SB17
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • The victims of human trafficking are transported to what is called fraud dens.
  • This legislation would protect our seniors from fraud and strike at the heart of one of the most lucrative
Bills: SB244 , SB28 , SB289 , SB323 , SB389 , SB414 , SB428 , SB433 , SB582 , SB613 , SB759 , SB792 , SB841 , SB843 , SB97
Summary: The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held an important meeting where they discussed various bills aimed at addressing pressing issues like consumer protection, technology, and environmental management. Chairman Cruz opened the meeting by emphasizing the role of subpoenas in ensuring accountability and oversight, highlighting a recent compliance from several parties following such threats. The meeting progressed to consider several bills, including the Romance Scam Prevention Act championed by Senator Blackburn, which seeks to protect vulnerable populations from online dating scams that have resulted in enormous financial losses, particularly among seniors. The committee also nominated Michael Kratios for the Office of Science and Technology Policy and Mark Medder for the Federal Trade Commission, underscoring the significance of leadership in fostering innovation and consumer protection in technology sectors.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • So we looked to the GAO and a study that was done for the federal government in '23 that used the standard
  • I don't think anyone in here wants a scenario or situation where we saw the fraud and waste that we saw
Summary: The LOFT Oversight Committee met with a quorum, approved the prior minutes, and then received LOFT’s report on state office space utilization in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. LOFT presented three main findings: OMES is not fully exercising its statutory authority over state property and relies on flawed self-reported data; state office space is being used inefficiently and often below policy benchmarks; and better use of state-owned space could save tens of millions in private lease costs. LOFT also described errors in the state’s real property inventory, low utilization rates across OMES-owned, agency-owned, and privately leased space, and recommended stronger data verification, clearer space standards, and more active oversight of underused property. OMES responded that it believes it is meeting its statutory obligations and said it tries to balance oversight with being a partner to agencies, placing them in space that best fits their mission and service needs. OMES officials said they rely on agency-reported data, do not have enough staff to independently verify all inventory information, and do not “police” daily occupancy. Members questioned the distinction between meeting statutory duties and exercising full authority, the use of “shall” versus “recommend,” the lack of enforcement for agencies that decline space recommendations, and whether OMES should more aggressively consolidate or divest underused buildings. LOFT and OMES also discussed the methodology behind utilization calculations, including badge-swipe data, space standards, and common-area adjustments. In the final finding, LOFT estimated that relocating agencies from private leases into existing state-owned space could save roughly $16 million to $28.8 million annually, depending on the scenario used. LOFT cited other states and federal reforms as models and recommended that OMES more actively assess underutilized properties, verify data, and use actual utilization analysis to reduce private leasing. OMES said it would review the comments and work to improve. The committee then unanimously approved a rapid-response evaluation request for LOFT to examine DHS child care subsidy verification and reimbursement processes, citing concerns about possible improprieties and the need to confirm whether fraud or waste is occurring.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, May 14, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> crime around interstate insurance fraud crime around interstate insurance fraud was<03:12:17.920
  • I would love the insurance fraud?
  • </c> insurance fraud in the United States. insurance fraud in the United States.
  • </c> insurance fraud statute. insurance fraud statute.
  • </c><03:33:07.520><c> people</c> criminalize as insurance fraud people criminalize as insurance fraud
Bills: HB8365 , HB5625 , HCR75 , HB6260 , HB8469