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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- You've got to pass a hands-on procedure on each one of the four assemblies that are put in front of you
- currently uses USC's 10th edition manual of cross-connection control as a standard for BPAT testing procedures
- Procedures are slightly different.
Keywords:
water filtration, public drinking water, health and safety, well maintenance, water quality, Edwards Aquifer, water conservation, reclaimed water, aquifer storage, environmental protection, public utility agency, dissolution, local government, regulatory framework, municipal authority, Texas Water Bank, Texas Water Trust, water rights, water banking, instream flow
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill improves the revalidation process. process by outlining procedures if a provider acts in good
- The agency must follow these procedures to process the application in a timely fashion.
- we're in the community-based care model, each individual contract can have their own policies and procedures
Bills:
HB660, HB4845, HB3902, HB5396, HB4615, HB1825, HB1403, HB4336, HB4585, HB4371, HB863, SB1589, HB5223, HB3195, HB2734
Keywords:
child protective services, adult protective services, caseload limits, call processing goals, child-care licensing, employee workload, reporting requirements, employee caseload limits, protective services, workload management, accountability, Department of Family and Protective Services, employee goals, call processing, child care, human resources, government accountability, Medicaid, provider enrollment, revalidation
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Fiscal Policy Apr 17th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- with the Insurance agents are saddled with the extra effort of making sure they follow through this procedure
- members being present so that the council can have efficient meetings within the guidelines of our procedures
- Meetings within the guidelines of our procedures. Are there questions on the amendment?
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill recognizes that victims' families shouldn't be burdened by procedural hurdles during times
- bill would allow families of deceased victims to receive emergency funds without the current, uh, procedural
- It simply removes procedural limits for the most vulnerable climates, for the, sorry, vulnerable claimants
Bills:
HB104
Keywords:
property tax, ad valorem tax, tax rate election, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, de minimis rate, local government, special district, tax increase, tax notice, public hearing, tax code, Health and Safety Code, Texas property taxes, taxing unit, election threshold, two-thirds vote, majority vote, budget approval
ND
Transcript Highlights:
- Tribal consultation is more than just a procedural step.
- Tribal consultation is more than just a procedural step.
- judicial conduct, so it would say the Supreme Court shall adopt rules governing municipal court procedure
Bills:
HB1455
Keywords:
tribal consultation, Indian Affairs Commission, tribal governments, tribal sovereignty, state-tribal relations, Native American, tribal nations, consultation requirement, legislative process, jurisdiction, sovereignty, North Dakota tribes, government-to-government consultation, tribal chairpersons, 908, all
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee first heard House Bill 1455, which would require the North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission to review introduced legislation for tribal implications and conduct consultation with affected tribes. Rep. Collette Brown said the bill was intended to formalize and strengthen tribal consultation, and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe representative Ross Bell testified in support. Brad Hawk, executive director of the Indian Affairs Commission, testified neutrally, saying the office already does much of this work but that the bill would add structure; several senators raised concerns about duplication, possible future staffing costs, and whether the bill was necessary. The committee amended the bill to replace “each measure” with “all legislation,” then passed a do-not-pass recommendation on HB 1455 by recorded vote, with Sen. Luick designated as carrier.
The committee then took up House Bill 1032, dealing with municipal courts, appeals, and judge qualifications. Legislative Council and court staff walked through proposed amendments, including making municipal courts courts of record on a delayed effective date, clarifying appeal procedures, and adding standards for municipal judges. Members discussed whether to use the term “ethical standards” or “judicial conduct”; after questions about definitions and enforcement, the committee settled on replacing the language with “judicial conduct” in the amended bill. The committee adopted the amendments and then passed HB 1032 as amended on a do-pass vote, with Sen. Cory to carry.
Later, the committee heard House Bill 1263, which would make it easier for people with criminal records to seek sealing after a denial by allowing an appeal and reducing the waiting period for a new petition from three years to one year. Rep. Nels Christensen, Christopher Davis, Travis Fink, and Brad Peterson all supported the bill’s goal of giving people a better path to rehabilitation and employment. The main point of disagreement was whether to keep the statutory presumption that the benefit to the petitioner must outweigh the presumption of openness of criminal records; several witnesses urged removing that language, while others said it was part of the compromise that created the current law. The committee closed the hearing without taking final action and said it would review the House discussion before deciding later.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Apr 2nd, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Last week parents ought to be informed of what procedures are being provided for the children those responsible
- for these Procedures must be free of potential conflict of interest.
- We know that people routinely choose to not get elective procedures, but now they would have an incentive
Keywords:
healthcare, training, abuse, neglect, penalties, chemical dependency, safety, regulation, inpatient competency restoration, competency restoration, forensic mental health, mental health law, criminal competency, incompetent to stand trial, Chapter 46B, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission, state hospital, behavioral health, local mental health authority
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Health Policy Mar 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- , authorized facilities and safety devices, kind of eyes in the language and then the surrender procedures
- clear as to the that's going to be done and that they would they would be they've even though the procedures
- requirements about how often they need to be checked, but there's just that risk of human error in this procedure
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the STOP CSAM Act. Mar 11th, 2025 at 01:30 pm
Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- legislation would protect child... victims and witnesses in courts with new rights, new safeguards, new procedures
- The Big Tech companies often will fob them off on some complicated procedure that never bears any fruit
- And that is what this bill would do, among the other important procedural safeguards and reforms that
Keywords:
Stop CSAM Act, child exploitation, online safety, reporting requirements, tech accountability, NCMEC, survivor support, legislative testimony
Summary:
The committee meeting centered around the urgent need to address child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online, focusing primarily on the testimony and discussions surrounding the Stop CSAM Act. Several witnesses, including representatives from law enforcement and advocacy organizations, highlighted the significant drop in reports of child exploitation cases despite an alarming increase in actual incidents. Concerns were raised about tech companies' reporting practices, with calls for more stringent requirements to ensure timely and accurate reporting of suspected abuse. The legislation aims to fortify protections for child victims by imposing stricter obligations on tech platforms to report incidents and support law enforcement in investigations.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jan 23rd, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- There are none, Majority Leader Aguiar-Curry, you are recognized for your procedural motions.
- Members, this is a procedural vote. Clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote.
- resolutions, we are still in Ordinary Session, Majority Leader Aguiar-Curry, you are recognized for your procedural
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Children deserve protection, not experimental medical procedures pushed by ideology rather than sound
- <03:30:52.319>
pushed experimental medical procedures pushed experimental medical procedures - Yet all of these procedures are still legal, as they should be.
- <05:51:12.120>
while premature elective procedures while premature elective procedures while - specific list of acceptable procedures specific list of acceptable procedures for<05:53:31.120><
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 26th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill updates procedures to allow for operational continuity.
- Assembly Bill 1595 by Assembly Member Schultz, an act relating to criminal procedure.
- Assembly Bill 1681 by Assembly Member Ramos and relating to criminal procedure.
- Assembly Bill 2217 by Assembly Member Burr and others and relating to criminal procedure.
- Assembly Bill 2217 by Assembly members of Burr and others and act related to criminal procedure.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 027 Feb 10th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- understand the political benefits of this bill, but I really do not understand the public policy procedures
- understand the political benefits of this bill, but I really do not understand the public policy procedures
- understand the political benefits of this bill, but I really do not understand the public policy procedures
- really do not understand the public really do not understand the public policy<01:24:43.520>
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$5 policy procedures of this bill. $5 policy procedures of this bill. $5 million
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Like if you're a Hawaiian... >> Yeah. >> And to Chair's point, I think it's also the procedure and you
- Like if you're a Hawaiian... >> Yeah. >> And to Chair's point, I think it's also the procedure and you
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for - office to put an application procedures office to put an application together<00:47:06.760>
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Government Operations held an informational briefing with the State Procurement Office on its small business procurement program. SPO staff described the program’s purpose as expanding access to state contracting for small businesses, including veteran-, Native Hawaiian-, and women-owned firms, and said they are seeking to make the current five-year initiative permanent before it ends in June 2027. They reported outreach efforts, a new website and newsletter, statewide surveys, draft administrative rules, and a 38% increase in small business registrations in the HANS database. They also explained that the program is intended to support outreach, education, certification, compliance, and a statewide database to connect agencies with qualified small businesses.
Committee members focused heavily on whether the program is producing measurable contract awards, not just registrations. The chair and senators questioned the definition of “small business,” noting that SPO currently relies on SBA standards in HANS and is considering a Hawaii-specific definition based on employees, revenue, and Hawaii residency. Members raised concerns that the data showed only a small number of registered businesses receiving awards and that the database does not yet track awards well enough to evaluate performance. SPO responded that the database has had funding gaps, that the position was only filled in February 2025, and that the agency is still building the system and rules needed to track outcomes accurately.
A major theme was how to make the program more effective for very small or “micro” businesses and how to reduce the complexity of state procurement. Members discussed the difference between set-asides and bid preferences, with SPO explaining that set-asides are generally tied to RFPs and preferences to IFBs. The committee suggested that future rules should make participation easier, provide more training and hand-holding, and possibly create pathways for micro businesses or groups of small businesses to bid together. No votes or formal actions were taken; the briefing ended with the committee asking SPO to provide more performance data and clearer information on outreach results and database contents.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 04/09/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Optometrists already perform procedures that require similar technical precision, like removing foreign
- training is to safely performing procedures around the eye.
- training is to safely performing procedures around the eye.
- These hundreds of supervised procedures are irreplaceable.
- the standard and invites yearly debates here in the legislature about each new procedure.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- rules for expedited due procedural rules for expedited due hearings<00:58:10.480>
conducted <00 - This bill clarifies procedures around charter school closures, and the department is otherwise supportive
- It passed in 2022, and it's kind of a new procedure.
- It passed in 2022, and it's kind of a new procedure.
- 2022 and it's kind of a new procedure. 2022 and it's kind of a new procedure.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
EEP Public Hearing - Tue Mar 11, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST
Energy & Environmental Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- It authorizes retail wheeling of renewable energy and requires the PUC to establish policies and procedures
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to <01:05:51.160>implement <01:05:51.520>retail and procedures - to implement retail and procedures to implement retail wheeling<01:05:52.240>
and <01:05:52.359 - <01:15:41.360>
for establish policies and procedures for establish policies and procedures - And if it is feasible, then we will go ahead and establish policies and procedures for wheeling, and
Summary:
The committee on Energy and Environmental Protection heard testimony on Senate Bill 897, which would create a Wildlife Liability Trust Fund within DCCA for administrative purposes. The chair opened by noting the hearing had to end by noon because of floor session, and that written testimony would be considered if not all witnesses could speak. Testimony included support from DCCA, the Attorney General’s office, the Public Utilities Commission, Charter Communications, Ulupono Initiative, AES Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric, Clearway Energy Group, Kauai Island Utility Cooperative, Hawaiian Telcom, and IBW Local 1260, with opposition or concerns from the Hawaii Association for Justice and some others. Hawaiian Electric strongly supported the bill and asked for amendments, saying the fund would help address wildfire liability, protect customers and the economy, and support restoration of investment-grade credit; it also proposed a larger shareholder contribution and said the bill was part of a broader effort to raise settlement funds and improve grid safety and resiliency.
Committee members focused heavily on whether the bill would actually lower costs for ratepayers and improve credit ratings. DCCA said there was a nexus between limiting liability, creating a sufficiently large wildfire fund, and transparent mitigation requirements, but acknowledged there was no guarantee of a credit-rating improvement or precise estimate of rate impacts. Members questioned Hawaiian Electric about the assumptions in its cost comparisons, the 30-year securitization structure, and whether funding could be shifted later to shareholders after credit was restored. Hawaiian Electric responded that the bill assumes the fund is paid through securitization, that removing that presumption could undermine the credit-rating benefit, and that its models suggest credit-spread savings could offset the customer charge over time; it also said it would follow up with additional analysis. The company and Ulupono both described the measure as a difficult but potentially necessary way to socialize wildfire risk and avoid a larger crisis later.
The Hawaii Association for Justice opposed the bill’s liability caps and raised concerns about consumer rights, oversight discretion, statute-of-limitations changes, and evidence rules. Hawaiian Telcom suggested amendments to clarify compliance with FCC pole-attachment agreements. No vote or final action was taken during the portion of the hearing provided, and members indicated they wanted more analysis before being comfortable with the bill’s long-term ratepayer impacts.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/5/25
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- There’s a lot that needs to be done, and this is meant to clarify procedures and make sure that we have
- > done and this is meant to to clarify done and this is meant to to clarify um<00:05:01.560>
procedures - and make sure that um procedures and make sure that uh<00:05:06.240>
we <00:05:06.440>we - There's been the appearance of totally avoiding the procedures that are in our laws.
- But we have Representative Davis has a question. the procedures that are in our laws and the procedures
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm a pediatric interventional cardiologist, which means that I perform heart procedures on children
- Thanks. ...which means that I perform heart procedures on children born with heart defects.
- As an interventional cardiologist, I'm able to treat children with a simple procedure to close a defect
- For the hour or so that the child is in my procedure room, I can control all the factors that keep him
- But just like in my procedure room, these kids need their helpers to work together.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business held its final hearing of the session on H. 5187 and S. 3022, the Enough Act, with Chair Andy Vargas and Senator Adam Gomez opening by thanking committee members and stakeholders for their work during the session. The bills were described as a grant-based, place-based anti-poverty initiative intended to support cradle-to-career services by funding local nonprofits, schools, community organizations, and backbone entities that can coordinate housing, education, health, workforce, and family supports in high-poverty neighborhoods.
Testimony was overwhelmingly in support of the bills. Speakers including Strategies for Children, Chelsea Public Schools, Bunker Hill Community College, Senator Sal DiDomenico, Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian, Rep. Antonio Cabral, the Harlem Children’s Zone’s Kwame Owusu Kesse and Jeffrey Canada, former Education Secretary Paul Reville, AFT Massachusetts, United Way, the Boston Foundation, Give Black Alliance, Eastern Bank Foundation, and others argued that poverty is a systems issue that schools alone cannot solve. They emphasized the need for local control, community voice, coordinated services, and long-term public-private investment, often citing examples from Chelsea, New Bedford, Springfield, Lowell, Boston, and other communities, as well as the Harlem Children’s Zone and Maryland’s similar model.
Committee members asked several questions about how the bill would function in practice, including what organizations would do on day one, how it would interact with existing efforts like community schools, McKinney-Vento, and the Student Opportunity Act, and how it would be sustained over time. Witnesses said the act would help create or strengthen backbone organizations, reduce duplication, align existing resources, and leverage philanthropy and future revenue sources for long-term sustainability. No vote was taken during the hearing, but multiple speakers urged the committee to report the bill favorably and quickly.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Judiciary Committee Jun 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I just would like to avoid some kind of litigation, eviction procedure that takes months and months,
- There are existing procedural tools that give courts the ability to strike a meritless claim and to impose
- There are existing procedures... Sorry, I've lost my place.
- There are existing procedural tools that give courts the ability to strike a meritless claim and to impose
- By extending these procedural tools to priority care developments, SB 1344 would protect projects that
Summary:
The committee heard several bills focused on domestic violence protections, pay equity enforcement, Jewish demographic data collection, court transparency, auto glass insurance practices, pet policy disclosure for renters, and civil rights accountability for federal officers. SB 99 would require courts and law enforcement to better recognize military protective orders in domestic violence cases; supporters from the Department of Defense and military organizations said it would close jurisdictional gaps for military families, and the bill passed to Public Safety. SB 1237 would increase penalties for repeat noncompliance with California pay data reporting laws; supporters said stronger enforcement is needed to address persistent wage gaps, and the bill passed to Appropriations. SB 1387 would allow Jewish identity to be reported as an ethnic category in state demographic data; supporters said better data would improve policy and anti-discrimination efforts, while opponents argued the bill was unnecessary or divisive, and it passed to Privacy. SB 932 would require assignees filing civil actions to identify the original party in the case caption; supporters framed it as a transparency measure, and it passed to Judiciary/Appropriations on call.
The committee also took up SB 98, which would regulate auto glass insurance claims by restricting assignment of benefits, requiring clearer estimates and invoices, and limiting inducements to consumers. The sponsor and NICB said the bill would curb fraud and unsafe repairs, while independent glass shops and industry groups argued it could reduce consumer choice and favor insurer-aligned networks; the bill passed to Appropriations. SB 1296 would require landlords to disclose pet policies before collecting application fees and provide refunds if nondisclosure materially affected an applicant’s decision; supporters said it would save renters time and money, while rental housing representatives objected to a provision limiting eviction based solely on failure to sign a pet addendum. The bill passed to Appropriations.
Finally, SB 747, the No Kings Act, would create a California cause of action allowing people to sue federal officers for constitutional violations using standards similar to Section 1983. Senator Wiener and a witness who said he was unlawfully detained by Border Patrol argued the bill is needed because federal officers currently lack comparable accountability after the Supreme Court narrowed Bivens remedies. Law enforcement groups opposed the bill, warning that the qualified immunity language is unclear, could create a separate California standard, and might expose officers and governments to retroactive litigation; members discussed possible amendments on qualified immunity and retroactivity, and the bill was moved forward with an urgency amendment while negotiations continued.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 11th, 2026 at 05:14 pm
Senate Health & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Rights Act's core protections, including its prohibition on qualified immunity, and would erect new procedural
- We are working with individual agencies on their current processes, how to improve procedures, how to
- We are working with individual agencies on their current processes, how to improve procedures, how to
- We are working with individual agencies on their current processes, how to improve procedures, how to
- Again, the same procedure. Please introduce yourself, and you have two minutes each person.
Keywords:
massage therapy, licensure, health and safety standards, continuing education, establishment licensing, civil rights, sovereign immunity, damages, public body, lawsuit limitations, legal notice, child welfare, computing infrastructure, data management, Department of Health, appropriation, foster care, Indian children, cultural competency, training services