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VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2026-05-15 - 10:00AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Let's get back to work. kids. Let's get back to work. >> [applause] [applause] [Applause.]
- in this field here in Vermont more options and not less. to work here and move here, but these to work
- It means working with an animal means.
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any <01:03:48.640>capacity, working or volunteering in any capacity, working - I actually worked work in data centers.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
WAM-GVO, WAM-WLA Informational Briefings 01-13-2026
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- How is that going to work? another pot? How is that going to work?
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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- They're not working on it.
- out, it just has to work.
- We're good. really a a work JP a work on the really a a work JP a work on the counties<03:14:06.319><
- I do appreciate the work that's been done, this committee, and the work that's gone to this bill.
- I do appreciate the work that's been done, this committee, and the work that's gone to this bill.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- Last year, the stop sign worked really well.
- We're always very willing to work with those folks.
- I just don't know how that works.
- I just don't know how that works.
- Well, one thing that does not do that and actually does work on my pain and does work on the inflammation
NH
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on perspective as someone who worked on perspective as someone who worked on - I worked with a survivor who was sexually assaulted by a work colleague at a conference, and when they
- I worked with a survivor who was sexually assaulted by a work colleague at a conference, and when they
- I worked in assault survivors rights.
- never should have been working for TCYF. never should have been working for TCYF.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Health Services (2-26-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Right now, that's not defined in statute, so we're working collaboratively to come up with that.
- , so I appreciate your work on this.
- on this and uh couple of weeks to work on this and uh that's<00:03:17.680>
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Summary:
The committee first took up Senate Bill 27, as amended by committee substitute, which would create a Kentucky Parkinson’s disease research registry. The sponsor said the substitute was developed with UK, U of L, the Michael J. Fox Foundation, and Parkinson’s in Motion to better define a movement disorder center, add Parkinson’s experts from both universities to the advisory committee, require automated reporting, and delay implementation until 2027. Testimony emphasized the need to track diagnoses and testing while protecting confidentiality and allowing people to opt out. The committee adopted the substitute and then voted unanimously to pass SB 27 with a favorable expression.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 93, dealing with hearing aid coverage for children. A parent described the high cost of hearing aids for her son and the financial burden created by insurance limits, while a pediatric audiologist explained that early identification and treatment improve language outcomes and that families can spend about $30,000 on hearing aids from birth to age 18. The committee substitute removed adults from the bill and added an in-network requirement for pediatric audiologists, along with a replacement interval consistent with Medicaid guidelines and repair/loss coverage provisions. After questions about costs, replacement timing, and insurer practices, the committee voted unanimously to pass SB 93 with a favorable expression.
Finally, the committee considered Senate Bill 153, a transparency and due-process bill concerning Medicaid prepayment review. The sponsor and witnesses from Addiction Recovery Care and Frontier Behavioral Health said prepayment reviews can be imposed with little notice or explanation, disrupt cash flow, and burden rural and smaller providers; they argued the bill would require clearer notice, reasons, and timelines without stopping legitimate reviews. Members asked about managed care organizations, contract issues, and whether the bill would conflict with existing agreements, and the sponsor said it would not. After discussion and an explanation of vote from Senator Douglas, the committee voted to pass SB 153 with a favorable expression.
AL
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Um worked on it with us on last year. - Um worked on it with us on last year.
- with Annayia's law and we're working with Annayia's law and we're<00:57:43.520>
working <00:57 - It's going to start there and it's going to work its way back.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on State Government (11-13-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- I would say Senator Rawlings got some work to do.
- I would say Senator Rawlings got some work to do.
- I would say Senator Rawlings got some work to do.
- Our work is always in continual basis.
- We're one of the scope of our business.
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Discussion of BR 25 (2026 RS) 04:15
Presentation on voting systems by ES&S 48:14
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Summary:
The committee met, approved the October 21 minutes, and then took up BR 25 for the 2026 regular session, a proposal to prohibit the use of tax dollars and public resources to advocate for or against ballot questions, including constitutional amendments. Senator Rawlings and the other presenters argued the current law already bars such advocacy but lacks meaningful enforcement, citing the 2024 school choice amendment campaign and other examples where public officials and school systems allegedly used taxpayer-funded resources to influence voters. They said the bill would add civil and criminal penalties, while preserving First Amendment rights for public employees acting in their personal capacities.
Much of the discussion focused on whether the bill should be limited to school districts or broadened to cover other public entities, and on how to define terms such as “advocating in impartial terms.” Members raised concerns about possible effects on county and city lobbying through groups like KLC and KCO, on legitimate factual explanations by public officials, and on whether the bill could unintentionally restrict needed representation for local governments. The sponsors said the measure was intended to be narrow, would be vetted further, and would not bar individuals from speaking on their own behalf.
Several members suggested revisions. Representative Lockett asked that schools and school employees be specifically named, and suggested separating the lobbying restrictions from the ballot-measure provisions into different bills. Representative Layman questioned the meaning of the bill’s language and whether it would cover factual testimony by officials. Representative Heen asked about a Jefferson County example involving legal fees used to challenge petition signatures; counsel said that situation would likely be allowable under the bill as drafted, though some members thought it should be covered. No final vote was taken on BR 25 during this discussion.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (02/12/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- So for me, that worked. I don't know that that would work for anyone else.
- So for me, that worked. I don't know that that would work for anyone else.
- So for me, that worked. I don't know that that would work for anyone else.
- So for me, that worked. I don't know that that would work for anyone else.
- So for me, that worked. I don't know that that would work for anyone else.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Pension Policy May 19th, 2026
Select Committee on Pension Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Does that work for you? It works, yes. Okay. Well, then let's ask staff to start working on it.
- Is that work? That works. Thank you. So very good. That was one issue that people had here.
- are we working together, I guess, is what I'm asking.
- on their kind of work plan for this interim.
- It is adopted, and staff, thank you for your work this month.
Summary:
The Executive Committee approved the April minutes by roll call vote, with members present voting aye and the minutes adopted. The committee then received an Attorney General update on several pension-related cases. Counsel discussed the newly filed Dawson class action, which seeks to invalidate Gross Second Substitute House Bill 2034 on federal and state constitutional grounds; she said the pleadings were unclear, the committee’s involvement was uncertain, and the case would need monitoring. She also reported that the Dolan case appears concluded after the Court of Appeals upheld the trial court’s ruling on constructive payment of attorney fees, and that the Fowler case remains pending after an oral ruling for plaintiffs on retroactive interest and possible disgorgement of state gains, with a written ruling still awaited.
The actuarial update said June would include the preliminary 2025 valuation results and contribution-rate discussion, along with commentary on the demographic experience study, and staff noted actuarial resources were limited for additional items until later in the summer or fall. The committee then discussed the interim work plan and correspondence, including letters supporting a Plan 1 COLA recommendation, retiree organization comments, and a request from Senator Robinson to study whether certain animal control technicians should be included in PERS. Members emphasized the need to keep working on an ad hoc COLA for Plan 1 retirees while also exploring a longer-term COLA mechanism, including possible budget proviso language to require COLA consideration each budget cycle.
Staff also explained changes to correspondence handling: materials will no longer be posted publicly on the website, but will still be available through public records requests and distributed securely to members by email or form submission. The committee agreed to add a June briefing on the PERS animal control technician issue and an introductory discussion of Plan 3, and to bring back COLA proposals in July for further executive committee review. The agenda was approved as amended, and the meeting adjourned.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Pension Policy May 19th, 2026 at 12:20 pm
Select Committee on Pension Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Until then, we're happy to work with you on ad hoc COLAs.
- Would that work for you? It works, yes. Okay. Well, then let's ask staff to start working on it.
- Is that work? That works. Thank you. Very good. That was one issue that people had here.
- are we working together, I guess, is what I'm asking.
- on their kind of work plan for this interim.
Summary:
The Executive Committee approved the April minutes by roll call vote, with members present voting aye and the minutes adopted. Staff then provided an Attorney General update on pension-related litigation, including the newly filed Dawson class action challenging Gross Second Substitute House Bill 2034, the concluded Dolan case, and the Fowler case, where the trial court orally ruled for plaintiffs on interest calculations and potential disgorgement of state gains, with a written ruling still pending. Committee members emphasized the need for ongoing monitoring and regular reporting on the Dawson case because of its potential impact on the committee and retirement systems.
An actuarial update followed, noting that June will include the preliminary 2025 valuation results and contribution-rate information, along with commentary on the demographic experience study. Staff said actuarial resources are limited and asked that any additional actuarial agenda items be scheduled for July or later. The committee also discussed the draft interim work plan and agreed to move the OSA annual update to July.
A substantial portion of the meeting focused on Plan 1 COLA policy. Retiree representatives urged the committee to keep working on both immediate ad hoc COLA relief and a longer-term ongoing COLA solution. Members discussed a possible budget proviso requiring legislators to consider a COLA each budget cycle, and staff was asked to develop proposals for further discussion. The committee also agreed to add a June briefing on the PERS/PEACERS request involving animal control technicians, and to include an introductory Plan 3 briefing, with possible comparison to Plan 2, on the June agenda. Staff also explained changes to correspondence handling, including removing letters from the public website to better protect privacy while still making records available upon request. The committee approved the revised June agenda and adjourned.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee Oct 23rd, 2025
A&B General Government Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for working with me on the dates. This worked out really good for me.
- talking about, right, is bonded work, is the retainage for construction management at risk work.
- However, as far as the CMs go, once the dirt work—most of our dirt work companies are doing final grading
- and allows for the repair of any substandard work.
- , we don't have work.
Summary:
The committee held an interim study on retainage in public construction projects, with representatives from the Associated General Contractors of Oklahoma, the Subcontractors Association of Oklahoma, and construction firms discussing how retainage works and whether current law should be changed. AGC speakers said retainage is a statutory tool that helps ensure completion and closeout, and warned that eliminating it could create more problems by shifting leverage to owners or general contractors and leaving contractors with fewer remedies. Subcontractor representatives said retainage often functions as delayed profit, can tie up cash flow for one to two years, and can be especially burdensome for early-phase trades such as dirt work, concrete, and demolition.
Several participants explained that retainage is typically withheld from monthly progress payments and paid at final closeout, with current law generally allowing retainage to drop from 5% to 2.5% after 50% completion on public projects. Subcontractors said that in practice they often still have to fight to get the reduced rate applied, and that some owners or construction managers do not follow the statute consistently. They also noted that bonding companies are a last resort but still an important enforcement tool, while AGC cautioned that bond claims and litigation are not ideal substitutes for a workable retainage process.
The discussion focused on possible benchmarks or compromise approaches, including line-item or trade-specific release of retainage when work is complete, especially for demolition or other early-finish subcontractors. Committee members emphasized that owner, GC/CM, and subcontractor issues may need different solutions and that the study was intended to gather perspectives rather than produce immediate legislation. No vote was taken, and no formal action was announced.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs Feb 4th, 2025
House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- What you can do is a limited scope, all right? It's outdated.
- government to go into that line of work versus some other areas of work that accountants get into that
- Like I said, this is challenging audit work.
- So we're trying to work through that.
- We work extensively... ...with, like I said, DFA, but we've also worked with the Office of the State
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (02/11/2025)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
- They can work when they want to work.
- They can work when they want to work.
- <01:36:13.239>
they can work when they want to work they can work when they want to work they - work out didn't work that didn't didn't work out didn't work out<01:38:22.679>
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um working has been working Tuesday um working has been working Tuesday um
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- that is then evaluated in what I call the sister contract that you all approved in a scope of work on
- the system and how we do the work that we do to build consistency.
- And then the other is the CQI and the reviews and all of that work. Follow-up, Mr. Chair.
- And all of our work is driven by the needs of child welfare agencies like DCFS.
- So our communications team is working with that nutritionist, and there will...
Summary:
The committee reviewed three DHS service contracts: a $690,000-plus sole-source contract for DCFS with Evident Change for maintenance and operation of the Child Welfare Structured Decision-Making Assessment tools; a $1.2 million contract with Sifter Solutions for a SNAP waiver compliance solution and related app; and a $156,000 contract with Samaritan Integrative Services for psychiatric services at the Southeast Arkansas Human Development Center. Staff said the Evident Change contract was needed to keep daily safety risk assessments, case planning, and reunification tools functioning, and that the vendor’s proprietary system made it sole source. Members questioned DHS about reliance on the vendor, the lack of an off-ramp, whether the state was paying more or less annually, and why the contracts were not aligned on the same cycle. DHS and the vendor said the new Evident Change contract was limited to maintenance and operations, that no additional services or employees were being added, and that the broader CQI/review contract would come up separately later.
For the SNAP waiver contract, DHS explained that the waiver is intended to exclude certain unhealthy foods from SNAP purchases to improve nutritional value, and that Sifter Solutions would provide a dynamic list for retailers and an app for clients to check products by barcode. DHS said the contract is sole source because it is tied to the waiver implementation and because the vendor can provide the needed dynamic list and education features. Staff said the contract would be funded with remaining federal SNAP Nutrition Education dollars that would otherwise revert to the federal government, and that the University of Pennsylvania would conduct the evaluation at no cost. Members asked about the public benefit, future renewals, and whether the state would own the application; DHS said the two-year term was designed to match the waiver period and allow time to reassess future procurement options.
Members also asked about the nutrition education component, and DHS said it is developing videos with a nutritionist on preparing budget-friendly healthy meals and plans to link them to the app and website. After discussion, no objections were raised, and the items were reported as reviewed. The meeting then adjourned.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Committee Feb 5th, 2025
Veterans and Military Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- There's already a broad network of employers working on this, so we're working to really capitalize on
- that, as well as the work that the state's already doing on... ...work that the state's already doing
- Jake, we thank you for all of your work on this. It's great. ...all of your work on this.
- I don’t know how long this bill has been in the works, but I've just been... ...the works, but I've just
- I want to mention here that we worked... ...mention Paul here that we worked with the Military Advisory
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (01/28/2025)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
- for a ton of work it's hard as you work for a ton of work it's hard as you work over<04:17:59.680
- In July 2016, Tom Wooten, who worked for the Northfield Department of Public Works, was working, and
- In July 2016, Tom Wooten, who worked for the Northfield Department of Public Works, was working, and
- uh was working and the town had a Works uh was working and the town had a it's<04:41:38.760>
like - Public Works people do some of the most dangerous work.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Apr 10th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- This type of public works.
- The small businesses impacted by public works construction. The answer is no. Okay.
- Kuntz of public works construction and state.
- If it were a municipal public works, construction or state construction works project in theory, they
- The reason for the last reason for this for their work is this bill, excuse me.
MS
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill has a reverse repealer in it because there's still some work to be done on it.
- So, uh, I'm going to continue to work on this bill. Any questions from the committee?
- still some work to be done on it. But still some work to be done on it.
- One is bankruptcy or one is they can work with us and we pass this bill.
- Two members at large who live or work in the service area to be appointed by the governor.
Summary:
The committee first considered House Bill 1049, which was explained as a House vehicle used to insert two previously introduced Senate bills: the rural water oversight committee bill and a measure expanding PSC authority to reject certain certificated areas for municipalities serving customers more than one mile outside city limits, with water utilities added to the existing electric utility language. The committee adopted the strike-off amendment and then passed the amended bill, which was reported out.
Next, House Bill 1305 was taken up. The bill would expand oversight of municipally owned electrical distribution systems by allowing the Public Service Commission to conduct audits, but it included a reverse repealer because further work was still needed. The sponsor said he wanted to ensure systems that do not need auditing are not unnecessarily included. The committee adopted the strike-off amendment and then reported the bill.
The final and most detailed item was a bill creating the Metro Jackson Water Authority. The sponsor described it as a response to Jackson’s water crisis and warned that without action the city could face bankruptcy and bondholder enforcement. The bill would create a new authority covering Jackson water and wastewater service areas, establish a board with appointments by the mayor, governor, lieutenant governor, and others, transfer operations when the court-ordered process ends, and give the authority powers over rates, contracts, bonds, procurement, reporting, and related financial matters. A committee member asked whether population-based language would capture any city other than Jackson; the sponsor said Jackson is the only city over 100,000 population and acknowledged a drafting issue, noting the reverse repealer was included because the bill was not yet perfect. After the strike-off was adopted, the committee voted to report the bill.
FL