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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Budget Dec 4th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Modernizing our internal systems and data infrastructure.
  • Modernizing our internal systems and data infrastructure.
  • And then strengthening our internal data systems as well.
  • So internally at Commerce is a big deal for us to ensure that that process is improved.
  • And whether or not there's actually a cost benefit of this because of code change updates.
Summary: The Capital Budget Committee heard presentations from the Department of Commerce, the Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO), and a consultant on the School Construction Assistance Program (SCAP) study. Commerce officials described their agency’s role in housing, energy, local government, broadband, and other capital programs, and reported on a $5 million pilot under Senate Bill 5200 that used trusted community messengers and technical assistance to help historically excluded organizations prepare for capital funding. They said 18 organizations received direct support and 79 smaller projects were also funded, but emphasized that statutory match rules, reimbursement-based payments, site-control requirements, insurance and audit costs, and extensive contracting rules remain major barriers. Commerce outlined efforts to expand outreach, digital modernization, internal contracting improvements, tribal MOUs, and innovation centers, and members asked about small business support, housing program placement, and outreach to Eastern Washington and communities of color. RCO described its grant programs for recreation, conservation, education, and salmon/orca recovery, and reviewed equity work done before and after a 2021-23 proviso. The agency had already created a small-communities carve-out in youth athletic facilities, piloted stipends for advisory committee members, and reduced match requirements where allowed. Under the proviso, RCO completed an equity review and a planning program that funded 54 projects across 34 counties, with many applicants being new or long-absent grantees. Staff said the review led to changes in scoring criteria, clearer application guidance, more objective data measures, expanded technical assistance, and targeted community engagement. Members asked about application burden, project sizes, outreach, and how the agency is broadening participation and representation on advisory committees. The final presentation summarized a planning study on SCAP, which examined rising construction costs, fragmented grant programs, local funding barriers, and uneven district capacity. The report recommended nine major changes, including stronger planning support, a new minor-modernization category, a mechanism to use unused funds more quickly, an education-specification prototype, a SCAP enhancement program for low-capacity districts, acceptance of non-SCAP funds, phased modernization, streamlined D-form and reimbursement processes, and revisions to the SCAP formula to better account for grade-band differences, enrollment projections, and regional cost factors. Additional recommendations included ongoing monitoring and evaluation, facilities-impact reviews, matching SCAP increases to construction-cost inflation, earlier locking of funding estimates, flexible program spaces, and updated statewide building-condition assessments. No votes were taken during the meeting.
PA

Pennsylvania 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Session (Jul 12 2026)

Pennsylvania House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill amends a fiscal code, with substantial language pertaining to appropriations and the General
  • changes the definition of alternative fuels as it relates to E85 flex fuel to align state vehicle code
  • to federal and international standards.
  • We ended the fiscal year just a week or so ago with a $1.1 billion revenue increase above estimate.
  • We have to tell people, We have to tell people either you support these programs and the revenues it
Summary: The House met in extended session with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, quorum call, and a series of journal, committee, and Senate bill reports. Members also received several referrals and Senate messages, and the Speaker signed multiple bills already prepared for the Governor. The chamber then took up a long slate of measures, largely budget-related and conference/concurrence items, with repeated roll-call votes and several brief floor remarks for and against the bills. Among the major actions, the House passed or concurred in a number of Senate bills addressing fiscal code and budget implementation, abusive towing practices, telemarketing robocalls and caller ID spoofing, prostitution penalty changes, veteran notification procedures, the cosmetology licensure compact, solar decommissioning, Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, E85 flex fuel definitions, local road transfers, civil penalties for unlicensed commercial driving schools, and trailer sales. The House also adopted House Resolution 580 designating July 18, 2026, as Piping Plover Day. Most of these measures passed overwhelmingly, many by unanimous or near-unanimous votes. The most significant debate centered on House Bill 2400, the General Appropriations budget for fiscal year 2026-2027, and House Bill 1505, the education-related budget implementation bill. Supporters described the budget as a bipartisan compromise that funds adequacy and tax equity for schools, public safety, mental health, roads and bridges, veterans, seniors, and workforce programs while avoiding broad-based tax increases. Opponents argued the budget used accounting maneuvers, deferred spending, and was structurally unbalanced. After extended debate, the House concurred in the Senate amendments to HB 2400 by a 167-35 vote and to HB 1505 by a 172-30 vote. The House also considered House Bill 2559, which included Commonwealth property conveyances and a controversial provision affecting Penn State branch campus properties. A motion to recommit the bill failed, and the House ultimately concurred in the Senate amendments by a 105-97 vote after members debated property rights, labor effects, and the future use of the campuses. The session concluded with the Senate later concurring in several House amendments, the Speaker signing the final bills, and the House adjourning until September 9, 2026, unless recalled sooner.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, April 7, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This de facto ban on internal combustion engines not only stifles innovation and blocks consumer choice
  • <00:07:09.840> in revitalization not only bring revenue in revitalization not only bring revenue
  • Jackie Robinson, Navajo code talkers, Jackie Robinson, Navajo code talkers, and<00:55:28.400> yes,
  • assistance under title 10 of such code assistance under title 10 of such code and<04:22:18.960><
  • <08:39:55.440> should negotiable, that their zip code should negotiable, that their zip code
ND
Transcript Highlights:
  • Some are doing cost versus revenue analysis.
  • And that SIP code is truly six digits long.
  • And that SIP code is truly six digits long.
  • Keeping it revenue neutral.
  • But you're still keeping the SIP codes, which...
Summary: The Higher Ed Funding Committee met to review how North Dakota might identify and address low-producing academic programs and to discuss draft funding formulas for the university system. Lisa Johnson of the NDUS explained that the State Board of Higher Education is already developing a system-wide policy, using models from other states such as Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Colorado, Kentucky, Ohio, and Connecticut. She described how low-producing programs are typically flagged by multi-year enrollment or completion thresholds, then reviewed for workforce demand, mission fit, cost, accreditation, and regional need before any action is taken. Committee members asked about what counts as a program, how costs are analyzed, whether certificates are included, how exemptions work for mission-critical or high-demand fields, and whether the board or legislature should set the rules. Johnson said the board is the appropriate body to lead the process, but legislators could use funding leverage if they wanted to encourage action; the chair asked the board to bring a detailed proposal to the June meeting. The committee then heard a Legislative Council presentation on a draft formula for UND and NDSU. The proposal uses fall census FTE enrollment, with a placeholder undergraduate rate of $7,000 per FTE and a graduate/professional rate of $10,500, plus incentives for completions in in-demand fields and research productivity. Alex from Legislative Council walked through the projected funding effects, noting that the model would increase funding for NDSU and reduce it for UND in the current biennium, with different results in the next biennium as enrollment changes are recognized. Members questioned the use of the placeholder rates, the definition of in-demand programs, the treatment of research funding, and the exclusion of state-appropriated dollars from the external grants calculation. The chair emphasized that the numbers were illustrative and that appropriators would set the actual dollar amounts later. A second draft formula for the other nine institutions was also reviewed. That model uses fall census FTE without a weighted economic factor, applies a higher undergraduate rate, and adds completion incentives for in-demand credentials and all other completions. Members noted that the formula would benefit some institutions, such as Bismarck State College, while reducing funding for others, such as Mayville State, and discussed whether the nine institutions should be treated more uniformly or split into smaller groups because of their different missions and sizes. Committee members and staff repeatedly stressed that the formulas are still being refined and that some institutions would likely need hold-harmless adjustments or other transition measures. The meeting ended with the chair directing the committee to continue the discussion later and to expect further work on both the low-producing program policy and the funding formulas.
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session, 3/19/2026 #1

Maryland House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • , energy codes, etc.
  • Revenue Code without first obtaining the consent of the entity.
  • Code without first obtaining the consent Code without first obtaining the consent of<01:20:24.400>
  • <01:42:27.600> from Authorized Uses of Revenues from Authorized Uses of Revenues from Development
  • The Revenue subcommittee will meet at 2:00 p.m. Delegate from Howard and Montgomery County.
Summary: The House convened with 122 members present, opened with prayer, and approved the previous day’s journal. The chamber then took up two congratulatory resolutions: one honoring Layla Wishard of Hagerstown for winning gold with Team USA at the Junior Roller Derby Association World Cup in Australia, and another recognizing Delores Millhouse as the 2026 Maryland Mother of the Year. Both resolutions were read and adopted with applause. The House then considered a series of committee reports, primarily from the Committee on Economic Matters, and advanced multiple bills to third reading after adopting committee amendments and favorable reports. Measures included consumer contract protections in House Bill 103, workers’ compensation presumptions for hypertension in House Bill 347, broadband access and affordability in House Bill 382, housing and land-use changes in House Bills 548 and 894, data privacy in House Bill 711, franchise law changes in House Bill 730, a blockchain-based real property title pilot program in House Bill 810, bankruptcy exemptions in House Bill 1098, and telecommunications infrastructure protections in House Bill 1100. Several bills drew questions and were special ordered for further review. House Bill 711, the Data Privacy Act, prompted extended discussion about whether its geolocation provisions could affect stadium and venue security tracking; the sponsor said the bill was intended to close loopholes around cell phone and vehicle location data and would not change existing permission-based rules, but the bill was still special ordered until the next day. House Bill 894, the transit-oriented development bill, also drew questions about local government concerns and was special ordered, with the floor leader saying county and municipal groups were generally satisfied with the amendments. House Bill 1100 was also taken up after the amendments were adopted, and the title amendment process began as the transcript ended.
VA
Transcript Highlights:
  • about... ...an overall rah-rah strategy, but specifically, we're talking about $300 billion worth of revenue
  • We are aware of the revenue projections and forecasts from our Secretary of Finance.
  • Compares to the target amount that's specified in the Virginia Code.
  • didn't set the solvency factor that's statutory, so we follow the guidance that's been given in the code
  • We've improved our technology, strengthened identity verification, improved internal controls, resumed
Summary: The Commission on Unemployment Compensation met, established a quorum, and elected Delegate Destiny LeVere Bolling as chair and Senator Mike Jones as vice chair. The commission also adopted its electronic meeting policy and heard introductions from new members, staff, and officials from the Secretary of Labor’s office and the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC). Secretary Jessica Lumen outlined the administration’s workforce and labor priorities, including supporting workers, employers, and program transparency, while members raised concerns about business climate, job losses, labor participation, and the implementation of paid family and medical leave. Staff provided legislative updates on recent unemployment-related bills. These included increases to the weekly unemployment benefit amount enacted in 2025 and 2026, a bill on labor dispute disqualification that changed how lockouts are treated for benefit eligibility, and a budget item providing $75,000 for actuarial support to the commission. The commission also discussed the 2025 work group on annual adjustments to weekly benefit amounts; staff reported that the work group did not complete its charge, and members agreed to revisit whether to reconstitute it at a future meeting. Delegate Martinez expressed support for continuing the work, and the chair said the issue would be taken up at the next meeting. Deputy Commissioner Joanna Darkus gave a detailed presentation on Virginia’s unemployment insurance system, including current claims data, eligibility rules, employer tax structure, benefit levels, trust fund solvency, fraud prevention, and customer service operations. She reported that Virginia’s unemployment rate remains low, weekly claims are modest, the current weekly benefit range is $160 to $478, and the trust fund balance factor is projected at 50.9 percent, near the threshold for additional employer charges. Members asked about the taxable wage base, trust fund solvency, the effect of benefit increases, fraud controls, and the planned paid family and medical leave program. VEC said it is implementing that program through regulations, staffing, IT procurement, public listening sessions, and consultation with other states. A public commenter from the Virginia Poverty Law Center urged the commission to strengthen state investment in unemployment insurance and warned that federal support is uncertain. The commission then adjourned without taking further action.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Jun 22nd, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • You'll also find a program featuring a QR code linking to the biographies of this year's 15 legendary
  • You'll also find a program featuring a QR code linking to the biographies of this year's 15 legendary
  • As president of Adventist Health International, he has supported hospitals and clinics in developing
  • Senate Bill 1437 by the Senate Committee on Revenue and Taxation, an act related to taxation.
  • Revenue taxation, also at 3.30 p.m. in capital room 126. Session schedules as follows.
Summary: The Assembly met in session, established a quorum, and opened with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Members then handled a series of procedural motions, including re-referrals of several Senate bills, notices for committee hearings, and a successful motion to suspend rules so ACA 20 could be taken up later in the week. The chamber also recognized former Assembly Member Christina Garcia and later moved into a Pride Month observance. The main ceremonial item was House Resolution 115 recognizing June 2026 as LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Assembly Member Ward opened on the resolution, and multiple members from different caucuses spoke in support, highlighting Pride history, LGBTQ+ rights, and the contributions of LGBTQ Californians. Assembly Member DeMaio offered supportive remarks while noting policy differences, and the resolution was adopted by voice vote after 53 co-authors were added. The Assembly then held a Pride honoree ceremony recognizing 15 individuals and groups for contributions to the LGBTQ community. On the floor file, members also adopted several resolutions by voice vote after adding co-authors: ACR 187 on Men’s Mental Health Month, ACR 157 marking the 50th anniversary of the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act, ACR 222 declaring Alzheimer’s Disease and Brain Awareness Month, and ACR 224 recognizing Social Media Harms Victim Remembrance Day. Each drew personal testimony from members about the underlying issues, including suicide prevention, caregiving and dementia, mining reclamation, and harms to youth from social media. The Assembly also concurred in Senate amendments to AB 46 on mental health diversion by a 51-1 vote, and later adopted the consent calendar 66-0. The House adjourned until June 25, 2026, at 9 a.m.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Apr 30th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I would also like to recognize our office intern, Alonis Rios Soto.
  • Amendment to substitute amendment, bar code 16178, by Senator Polsky.
  • This summer, he will be in Washington, D.C., interning in the U.S.
  • In the West Gallery, it's my turn to do interns. We had amazing interns.
  • She was an intern also for the office back home.
Summary: The Senate began with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness, and a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange on the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. The chamber also observed a moment of silence for former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron. After routine business, the Senate took up several special-order bills. The first major bill, transportation offenses involving death, increased penalties for repeat DUI/BUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide offenses. An amendment added penalties for refusal to submit to breath or urine testing and required law enforcement to notify suspects of those penalties. The bill passed 37-0. The Senate then passed SB 306 on Medicaid providers, requiring broader after-hours and holiday access to care and setting network standards for Medicaid managed care plans, also by a 37-0 vote. The chamber next considered a major condominium and cooperative associations bill responding to post-Surfside safety and financial concerns. Senators described the measure as balancing building safety with financial relief, extending reserve-study deadlines, allowing temporary reserve relief after inspections, tightening oversight of managers and inspectors, and adjusting voting, resale, and reserve rules. After extensive debate and praise from members for the bill’s sponsors and staff, the bill passed 37-0. The longest discussion centered on a constitutional amendments/petition process bill aimed at curbing fraud in citizen initiative petitions. Sponsors argued that the 2024 petition process was plagued by fraud and identity theft and proposed tighter rules for circulators, faster submission deadlines, voter notification, penalties, and limits on petition handling. Senators offered and adopted multiple amendments, including changes to petition-circulator definitions, invalid-signature thresholds, and voter notification procedures. After a substitute amendment was withdrawn, the Senate continued debating the underlying amended bill, with members split between concerns about election integrity and worries that the bill would burden volunteers and make it harder for citizen initiatives to qualify.
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES Jun 18th, 2026

ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

Transcript Highlights:
  • The department proposes to amend the Arkansas rules on pesticide use, which is codified at two Code of
  • The insurance code authorizes the commissioner to appoint a plan administrator.
  • And they thought it would be broader based on the codes that are out there.
  • or other codes, will receive that rate increase.
  • It does include dental services to all pediatric patients, whatever those dental codes are.
Keywords: 1204, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, September 8, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • International human rights groups like Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have as well.
  • Make him the international pariah he should be.
  • Make him the international pariah he should be.
  • And that's 10% of their revenue.
  • AND THAT'S 10% OF THEIR REVENUE.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAM Informational Briefing 01-07-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> The internal stuff, right?
  • Uh, so, and I can't remember offhand, I mean, other international, most of the international decline
  • broke broken up by zip code, do you? broke broken up by zip code, do you?
  • an update on the state tax revenue an update on the state tax revenue collections<01:43:52.320><
  • There's some increases in revenues.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

MS House Floor - 10 February, 2026; 10:00 AM

Mississippi House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It just brings up the code sections.
  • more revenues? more revenues?
  • Speaker, what this bill does is amends Code Section 99-5-11 of Mississippi Code that allows it will allow
  • So it just has a code sections in it.
  • They just got put in engineer intern.
Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then established a quorum and dispensed with the reading of the journal. Members also introduced a number of guests and visitors, including University of Southern Mississippi programs, 4-H participants from across the state, and several local constituents. A Mississippi 4-H president, Morgan White, addressed the chamber and spoke about the value of 4-H in building leadership, confidence, and agricultural skills, and noted the state’s first-in-the-nation 4-H slingshot curriculum and competition. The chamber then moved to the calendar and took up several bills. House Bill 943 was called up and passed after a committee substitute was adopted; the bill was explained as removing a repealer related to joint reports of examination by the Commissioner of Banking and Finance and the Federal Reserve Bank. House Bill 1265 also passed after being explained as extending a repealer for the debt service management act. House Bill 1477 was taken up next and generated extended discussion; it would create a process for abandoned safety deposit box contents, requiring notice to owners, allowing a period to cure delinquency, and then transferring contents to the Treasury Department for eventual disposition. Members asked several questions about House Bill 1477, especially about how long property would be held, how heirs would be notified, how cash and tangible items would be treated, and whether documents such as wills should be scanned or preserved before destruction. The bill’s sponsor said cash would remain unclaimed property, tangible items would generally be sold at public auction, and the Treasury Department would hold property for a minimum period before sale, with heirs still able to claim it for a time. The sponsor also said the bill had support from banking and credit union groups. No final vote on House Bill 1477 is shown in the transcript excerpt.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • I do have an updated revenue estimate.
  • I do have an updated revenue estimate.
  • <00:45:42.559> neutral intent of making it Revenue neutral intent of making it Revenue neutral
  • Yeah, so I asked our tax revenue officer to look into that.
  • <01:36:22.679> um uh yeah so I um asked our tax revenue um uh yeah so I um asked our tax revenue
Keywords: 910, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division I (03/03/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • so it really won't impact the revenue so it really won't impact the revenue number<03:22:05.600>
  • revenues were flat.
  • driven by the revenues the performance of<03:45:33.960> revenues<03:45:34.359> over<03
  • And so the revenue picture is also part of that, right? Yes, and our revenues have been okay.
  • our revenues are.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first heard from the Personnel Appeals Board, which explained that it became an independent state agency after Senate Bill 487 and was presenting its first standalone operating budget. The board described its quasi-judicial role in hearing appeals from classified state employees over disciplinary actions such as warnings, suspensions, and terminations, and said it handles about 25 to 35 cases a year, with some cases lasting longer because of their complexity. Members also outlined the need for a chair and vice chair who are attorneys, the board’s current staffing and space needs, and its plan to move away from reliance on Administrative Services for office support and website functions. The board requested about $353,500 for fiscal year 2026, including startup costs, routine operating expenses, and two new part-time positions: a program director and a paralegal. Members said the budget reflects the new independent status, includes funding for only four board members rather than the authorized five, and is designed to avoid full-time staffing costs and benefits. Legislators asked about the cost per case, the board’s relationship to DAS, whether appeals must go through the board before court, and how often cases are appealed further. The board said appeals must first go through it, that court appeals are infrequent but have increased recently, and that the board’s process is intended to resolve disputes more quickly and less expensively than court litigation. Committee members also asked about the board’s caseload, outcomes, and staffing. The board said that in the prior year there were 22 cases, with four decisions overturned in favor of employees, nine dismissals, and nine settlements, and that many disputes are resolved before reaching the board through a multi-step internal process. A member noted the governor and council had recently approved a new board member and were expected to approve a fifth soon. The discussion ended with questions about the board’s website and records access, which members said would need to be moved from Administrative Services as part of the agency’s transition. The committee then moved to the New Hampshire Council on Developmental Disabilities. The executive director explained that the council is 100 percent federally funded under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act and develops a five-year plan to address the needs of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She said the council works with state agencies and advocacy organizations on quality-of-life issues, accessibility, voter rights training, and plain-language or easy-to-read materials, and that 60 percent of its membership must be individuals with disabilities or family members/guardians. She also described the council’s funding structure, including reimbursement to the state for operating costs, and noted that it currently has three full-time and three part-time positions, with no new positions requested but one full-time position being eliminated and replaced after a pandemic-era staffing change did not work out as planned.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Economic and Rural Development Sep 4th, 2025

Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • So if that plant and mine close in 2031, a third of their taxes and revenues are lost.
  • Because that's how a lot of, especially in the international market, they travel internationally.
  • To taxation and revenue when we're talking about issues. So I think we have those connections.
  • When you have to generate 75% of your own revenue. As soon as gas goes over $3, guess what?
  • Every time the waters drop, so do our revenues.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Municipal and County Government (01/30/2026)

Municipal and County Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • . revenue. revenue. disproportionately<00:48:09.680> harming<00:48:10.240> fixed<00:48:
  • It is manufacturing revenue.
  • increase municipal revenue on its own. increase municipal revenue on its own.
  • Hampshire Department of Revenues Hampshire Department of Revenues website.<02:00:43.520> It's
  • <04:13:06.479> This probably be handled internally. This probably be handled internally.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Health Committee Jun 23rd, 2026

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • , or documentation... ...demands because of minor clerical, coding, or documentation errors.
  • A missing diagnostic code on prior claims.
  • The only thing missing was the gestational age code.
  • The only thing missing was the gestational age code.
  • And we had a lot of issues, I think, really defining that in our code on what that is, right?
Keywords: 988, house, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Health Committee Jun 23rd, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • A missing diagnostic code on prior claims was identified.
  • The only thing missing was the gestational age code. Why should an insurance...
  • The only thing missing was the gestational age code.
  • And we had a lot of issues, I think, really defining that in our code on what that is, right?
  • And we had a lot of issues, I think, really defining that in our code on what that is, right?
Summary: The Assembly Health Committee heard a series of bills focused on behavioral health, cancer screening, provider reimbursement, research funding, workforce licensing, and tobacco regulation. SB 16 would require counties to maintain procedures for designating and training professionals authorized to perform 5150 evaluations and initiate involuntary holds; supporters said it would expand the pool of qualified clinicians and reduce reliance on law enforcement, while opponents raised concerns about local control and implementation. SB 1124 would require CDPH to create and post lung cancer screening eligibility signage at tobacco point-of-sale locations; supporters emphasized low screening awareness and early detection, and the bill was advanced with amendments. SB 28, a CARE Court cleanup bill, proposed an ombudsperson, reporting, electronic petitions, remote participation, and other changes to improve accountability and access; it drew both strong support and significant opposition over concerns about coercion, scope, and whether the program is working as intended, but it passed the committee as amended to Judiciary. The committee also heard SB 874, which would strengthen oversight of Medi-Cal behavioral health treatment services, including background checks for providers and a stakeholder workgroup to develop standards; it passed to Public Safety. SB 1049 would let providers resubmit corrected claims within 90 days after a plan’s denial or recoupment action when the original claim had a correctable technical defect; supporters described delayed and withheld payments harming practices, while insurers argued the bill could duplicate existing dispute processes. The bill passed to Appropriations on call. SB 1224 would create a state framework to compete for federal ARPA-H funding for emerging therapies research, with testimony from a UC Davis psychiatrist and veterans’ advocates supporting expanded research into treatments for PTSD, depression, and other conditions; it passed to Military and Veterans Affairs. Later, SB 1057 would change how the Department of Public Health evaluates conviction history for certified nurse assistants and home health aides, shifting from automatic denial toward individualized assessment based on the offense, time elapsed, and rehabilitation; it passed to Appropriations with some no votes. Finally, SB 1314, a tobacco-related bill, sought to create a 600-foot buffer around schools and day care centers for certain tobacco retailers and address related issues such as cigar lounge definitions and nitrous oxide sales; several local government and public safety groups supported it, while health organizations and business groups opposed it unless amended. The chair announced that committee amendments were being set aside for now and the bill would move forward to Business and Professions with a commitment to continue working on the language; it passed out of committee.
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

February 12, 2026 - 09:15 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • There is an amendment that's bar code number 941, Chair: 889.
  • And I do see an Amendment Chairman: bar code number 718509.
  • Chair: You are recognized to explain the strike-all Amendment bar code number 873707.
  • Chair: Bar code number 897687. You're recognized to explain the amendment.
  • You know, they've got internal audits, they've got all sorts of eyes watching.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II) Feb 5th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Arizona, only 5% of the students that took advantage of the state's voucher program came from zip codes
  • The majority of the families that took advantage of the vouchers came from zip codes with a medium income
  • And while we can all recognize that not all students come from the same mold, background, or zip code
  • ESAs or vouchers divert resources from our public schools, from our general revenue fund, which is what
  • are skyrocketing, and we have a chance to provide opportunities for more. that are trapped in a zip code
Bills: SB2, SJR36, SB2, SB2, SR29, SB2