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WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, February 23, 2026
Labor, Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
- So there's multiple codes that can be billed for a 911 response, that's at the basic life support level
- So there's multiple codes that can that.
- So there's multiple codes that can be<00:04:41.759>
build <00:04:42.639>uh <00:04:42.720 - Additional questions of the commissioner. Okay, seeing none, thank you, gentlemen, for joining us.
- Okay, seeing none, thank commissioner.
Bills:
HB0004
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- recapture and located in first- or second-tier coastal counties, as defined by the Texas Insurance Code
- windows, reinforced roofing, and other structural features that are required under local and state codes
- These costs are... ...required under local and state codes in wind-prone areas.
- It appears, in my understanding, that due to the legislative amending the code that year, it caused a
- Within two years of a takeover, the education commissioner has to schedule elections to return local
Summary:
The Committee on Education K-16 heard testimony on SB 1635, which would give certain coastal, recapture-paying school districts a credit against recapture payments for mandatory windstorm and hail insurance costs. Senator Hinojosa said the bill is intended to offset unusually high insurance expenses for districts in Tier 1 or Tier 2 coastal zones, and he estimated about a $12 million impact to state revenue. Witnesses from Port Aransas ISD and Gregory-Portland ISD described sharp premium increases, reduced coverage, higher deductibles, and the effect on teacher pay and classroom spending. Senators asked about the number of affected districts, the accuracy of the fiscal estimate, and whether the bill might encourage districts to maintain coverage. Public testimony was closed and SB 1635 was left pending.
The committee then took up several other bills and committee substitutes, adopting and reporting favorably SB 2786, SB 2623, SB 646, SB 843, SB 2392, SB 1998, SB 1418, SB 2788, and SB 2076, with most votes unanimous or near-unanimous. SB 2392 was amended to add improper relationship between educator and student to mandatory reporting offenses and to authorize an attorney general civil penalty for failure to report. SB 2623 was revised to clarify duties and exemptions related to the Safe Schools and Neighborhood Task Force and school proximity restrictions. SB 843 would create a TEA database of school district bonds and related projects, and SB 2788 would exempt certain PSAT scorers from the Texas Success Initiative assessment.
The committee also heard SB 2929, which would allow referees and other officials at school athletic events to immediately eject disruptive spectators. The Texas Association of Sports Officials testified in support, citing abusive spectator behavior and a shortage of officials. SB 2929 was left pending. Finally, the committee heard a substitute for SB 2927 on 1882 partnerships and a substitute for SB 2619, which would require more transparency and accountability for failing school districts, superintendent hiring, trustee training, and takeover timelines. Testimony on SB 2619 was mixed, with one witness from Texas 2036 supporting parts of the bill’s accountability provisions. The committee adopted the substitute for SB 2619, left it pending, and then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- He's one of our Uniform State Law Commissioners.
- Commissioners in New Hampshire. Commissioners in New Hampshire.
- and volunteer lawyers and commissioners and volunteer lawyers and commissioners are are are uh uh
- , they appoint a commissioner?
- , they appoint a commissioner?
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
October 14, 2025 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- ROLL RIGHT INTO THE ONE AND ONLY AGENDA ITEM FOR OUR MEETING TODAY, WE ARE JOINED BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
- FOR LIFE AND HEALTH WITH THE OFFICE OF INSURANCE REGULATION, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER WILL BE TALKING ABOUT
- DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Ms.
- THANK YOU DEPUTY COMMISSIONER.
- COLLINS, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND TAKING THE TIME TO EXPLAIN THIS.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 on Public Safety Mar 24th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm Assistant Commissioner Robin Johnson from the California Highway Patrol and with me is Captain Ty
- The department is commanded by Commissioner Sean DeRee, who is appointed by the Governor and confirmed
- We'll start with Assistant Commissioner. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
- None of us are going to pretend to know what it's like to understand the vehicle code.
- Assistant Commissioner Johnson mentioned 25 cases that CHP worked with CSAM in 2024.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Would there be a long-term fiscal capacity to subsidize high utility rates through the tax code, right
- Another opportunity, quite frankly, and this is something I discussed with Commissioner Cousson, former
- Like, you know, a PSC staff or commissioner or whatever certainly could participate in the hearing itself
Keywords:
water utility, tax credit, excessive rates, residential service, subcommittee, local sales tax, local use tax, sales and use tax, tax audit, local collector, tax collector, prescriptive period, prescription waiver, interest suspension, delinquency penalties, estimated assessment, arbitrary assessment, certified mail notice, audit notice, taxpayer rights
Summary:
Yes. This appears to be a meeting of the House Ways and Means Committee, based on the chairman’s roll call, the committee’s tax-related agenda, and the motions to report bills favorably.
The committee first announced that SB 436 by Senator Cloud was deferred. It then heard SB 442 by Senator Stein, which would extend and clarify a local sales and use tax exemption in Calcasieu Parish for repairs, upgrades, and overhauls of certain aircraft at qualifying facilities like Chennault. Testimony from Citadel Completions emphasized the bill’s economic-development purpose, competitiveness with other states, and job retention/expansion in Southwest Louisiana. Representative Orgeron moved favorable passage, and the bill was reported favorably without objection.
The committee next considered HR 118 by Representative Wright, which would create a legislative subcommittee to study a possible state income tax credit for certain water utility customers affected by high rates tied to private water system upgrades and brown-water/manganese issues in parts of the Florida parishes and elsewhere. Members questioned the fiscal impact, eligibility, and whether the proposal would merely be a Band-Aid or a fair way to offset costs; Wright said it was only a study and not an automatic trigger for a tax credit. Representative Jackson moved to report the resolution favorably, and it was adopted without objection.
Finally, HB 1039 by Representative Desotel was not presented and was held in committee. The committee then adjourned.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Ways and Means Apr 27th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Would there be a long-term fiscal capacity to subsidize high utility rates through the tax code, right
- Another opportunity, quite frankly, and this is something I discussed with Commissioner Cousson, former
- Like, you know, a PSC staff or commissioner or whatever certainly could participate in the hearing itself
Summary:
Yes. This appears to be a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee, based on the roll call, the committee chair’s remarks, and the committee’s consideration of bills and resolutions with tax and fiscal implications.
The committee first announced that SB 436 by Senator Cloud was deferred. It then heard SB 442 by Senator Stein, which would provide a local sales and use tax exemption in Calcasieu Parish for repairs, upgrades, and overhauls on certain aircraft at qualifying facilities such as Chennault. The bill was presented as an economic development measure to keep aviation maintenance work and jobs in Southwest Louisiana. After testimony from Citadel Completions representatives describing the company’s operations, local partnerships, and job creation, the committee voted to report SB 442 favorably without objection.
The committee next took up HR 118 by Representative Wright, which would create a legislative subcommittee to study a possible state income tax credit for certain water utility customers facing high rates tied to water system upgrades and brown-water issues in parts of the Florida parishes and elsewhere. Members questioned the fiscal impact, eligibility, duration, and whether the proposal would simply subsidize private utility rates or address a broader regulatory problem. Wright emphasized that the resolution was only for study and would gather testimony and numbers before any credit was considered. The resolution was reported favorably without objection.
Finally, HB 1039 by Representative Deshotel was called but no presenter was present, so the committee held the bill in committee. The meeting then adjourned.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee Apr 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We do a lot of international engagement, IAEA, we do codes and standards adoption.
- And when codes and standards are developed, the NRC understands how that answer will be done.
- If I want to write code, you can do that at least 10 times faster than I can without it.
- I might go say, well, if you code it just like this, nobody will ever be able to crack through.
- So we work on buildings and very sophisticated codes. We call it all together force.
Summary:
The meeting opened with remarks about the value of public engagement and the quality of questions from the group, followed by a series of technical presentations from Idaho National Laboratory staff. Joe Renovitz described recent nuclear regulatory changes tied to presidential executive orders, including NRC Part 53 for advanced reactors, the forthcoming Part 57 for very small reactors, and DOE updates to reactor authorization standards. He emphasized efforts to align DOE and NRC processes, use risk-informed and performance-based licensing, support reactor deployment for AI/data centers and national security, and use AI to speed communications and crosswalks between DOE and NRC requirements. In response to questions, he said there was no plan to merge agencies, but rather to improve coordination and public outreach through groups like GAIN and NEI.
David Tolman then discussed the nuclear fuel cycle, including uranium mining, conversion, enrichment, fuel fabrication, spent fuel storage, transportation, disposal, and reprocessing. He explained high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU), why it is needed for advanced reactors, and DOE’s HALEU Availability Program and related investments in enrichment, transportation, deconversion, and supply chain development. He also covered spent fuel management, the possibility of centralized storage or a fuel-cycle campus, the Center for Used Fuel Research, and ongoing work on high-burnup cask testing and reprocessing technologies. Tolman described aqueous, pyrochemical, and fluoride-volatility reprocessing approaches, noting the advantages and waste characteristics of each, and said several companies are working with INL on these technologies.
Ashley Shields presented INL’s AI and nuclear work, focusing on the Genesis initiative and the Prometheus effort to use AI to design, license, build, and operate reactors with far less human intervention. She described INL’s broad use of generative AI tools, the need to manage large volumes of legacy technical data, and applications in reactor design, materials discovery, autonomous laboratories, and digital twins. Shields said AI is being used to reduce the enormous documentation burden in nuclear licensing and to support autonomous or remotely operated reactor demonstrations, while stressing that humans remain in supervisory roles. In discussion, she addressed data security, model access, and the continued need for software engineers. The session then recessed briefly and resumed with Mitch Kerman beginning a presentation on critical minerals and materials.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Housing Committee Meeting - 2025-03-26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So it says the Commissioner will publish this information, and then how do you anticipate that they get
- Representative Obamage, I think that that's probably the best pathway forward, is to have the Commissioner
- statute, which, as we know, is harder than it isn't sometimes, so I think having it come from the Commissioner
- Whether it be Energy, we see a lot of these types of new mandates, code regulations, and changes that
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (04/01/2026)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- The second panel is New Hampshire Code for medicine standards of conduct.
- Association Code of Medical Ethics. Association Code of Medical Ethics.
- The second panel is New Hampshire Code The second panel is New Hampshire Code for<00:16:03.720><
- And this is writes the code of ethics.
- Next I'm going to call Associate Commissioner Landry and her staff.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
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- The commissioner may impose an administrative fine of up to $5,000 for each offense.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Jan 15th, 2025
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Transcript Highlights:
- Commissioner Wyant, excuse me, Chairman Wyant, wishes he was able to attend.
- Parole and conditional medical release are discretionary, meaning that the commissioners make a release
- Parole and conditional medical release are discretionary, meaning that the commissioners make a release
- The individual often comes to Tallahassee to appear in front of the commissioners, and the commissioners
- . ...differently by judicial circuits, counties, cities, and zip codes.
Summary:
The committee met to hear an overview of the Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice budget area and then received performance-measure presentations from the Department of Corrections, the Commission on Offender Review, and the Department of Juvenile Justice. Staff reviewed the roughly $7.4 billion criminal justice and judiciary budget, noting major funding areas such as corrections, law enforcement, victim services, courts, and due process, along with recent investments in prison health care, security equipment, fentanyl enforcement, court staffing, and juvenile justice salaries and education programs.
Secretary Dixon of the Department of Corrections described staffing and population pressures, including growth in inmate population, overtime-driven deficits, and the opening of additional housing units. He emphasized the department’s use of performance measures and highlighted reforms such as incentivized prisons, administrative management units, reentry planning, faith-based programs, and expanded education and vocational training. Members asked about teacher hiring, public defender pay parity, fentanyl funding, staffing capacity, and the role of the National Guard; Dixon said teacher vacancies had improved, public defenders had received comparable pay increases, fentanyl funding would be addressed further by FDLE, and the Guard had helped stabilize staffing.
The Commission on Offender Review reported on parole, conditional release, addiction recovery supervision, and revocations, saying its recidivism/success rates had improved over a three-year measurement period. Senator Rouson pressed the commission on clemency and pardons, saying that work was omitted from the presentation and asking for backlog and case data; the commission said it did not have those figures on hand and would follow up. The committee also discussed a conditional medical release pilot study, and members questioned the report’s conclusion that no suitable elderly inmate population could be identified, asking what criteria were used and whether stakeholders were consulted.
Secretary Hall of the Department of Juvenile Justice outlined the agency’s prevention-to-residential continuum and its emphasis on education, data-driven decision-making, and evidence-based programming. He said salary increases had reduced vacancies, juvenile arrests and residential commitments had fallen sharply over time, and tools such as civil citations, risk assessments, and quality-improvement reviews were being used to guide placements and services. Hall also described the department’s use of dashboards, monthly data check-ins, and the dispositional matrix to improve outcomes and reduce recidivism.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Finance (Part II) Jan 28th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Is that the criminal code? Is that a federal rule? What is it?
- There's a thing called Title 32, which is Title 32 of the federal U.S. federal code, right?
- I'm not sure in the counties where there really are no building codes, right?
- And I'm not sure they're limited on codes and such there.
- Again, there are codes, mostly local jurisdictional codes, except when you get out into the county.
Summary:
The Senate Finance Committee heard the Legislative Budget Board’s overview of the Texas Department of Public Safety’s 2026-27 budget, followed by extensive testimony from DPS leadership. The LBB presentation covered funding and staffing changes across driver license services, facilities, troopers and recruit schools, crime labs, vehicle and aircraft operations, and border security. The recommendations included added support for customer service staffing and trooper hiring, but did not include several DPS exceptional items such as major driver license staffing and technology requests, new regional headquarters in El Paso and San Antonio, and other capital projects. Members also discussed proposed rider changes, including a new rider to lapse unused trooper funding and require reporting after recruit schools.
Much of the committee’s questioning focused on driver license operations, where senators criticized long call wait times, low call-answer rates, appointment delays, and what they viewed as an overreliance on adding staff rather than improving processes. DPS and LBB witnesses said the agency is pursuing some technology upgrades, including automation, online pre-population of applications, and appointment-system improvements, but acknowledged that the driver license division remains a major problem area. Senators also raised concerns about whether the 2019 efficiency study led to meaningful changes and whether the agency should consider broader process redesign or even a different administrative structure.
Colonel Freeman and other DPS officials then defended the agency’s broader law enforcement and border-security work, emphasizing the need for the Williamson County training academy, the 500 additional troopers funded in prior sessions, and continued support for Operation Lone Star. They described DPS’s role in border interdiction, threat-to-life investigations, oilfield theft cases, Capitol and Alamo security, and highway safety, and said the agency is stretched thin by deployments and overtime. Members asked about border reimbursement possibilities, regional staffing differences, pursuit safety, fleet and aircraft replacement needs, and the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame museum. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, each state has three commissioners.
- Uh, each state has three commissioners.
- commissioners as well. Very interesting. commissioners as well. Very interesting.
- Um, I echo Commissioner Buck's uh, Commissioner Buck's testimony there is that this commission has been
- As a commissioner, we agenda right now?
Summary:
The committee took up several gubernatorial nominations, beginning with GM 640 for Juanita Rio Colón to the Commission on Water Resource Management. Public testimony and the nominee’s remarks strongly emphasized her water-system management background, Native Hawaiian stewardship values, and representation for Molokai. Committee members praised her qualifications and neighbor-island perspective, and also discussed broader concerns about reforming the Water Commission, including a separate bill to create a more independent authority and reduce politics in water decisions. Colón said she supported the restructuring effort and would serve with integrity and attention to constitutional water rights and climate resilience.
The committee then heard GM 639 for Moses Haia III to the same commission. DLNR and OHA testified, and Haia described his long legal career, prior work on the Waihole contested case, and experience with Native Hawaiian rights and water law. Members asked about his ability to serve impartially given his advocacy background; Haia acknowledged that some may perceive a conflict from his prior work but said he did not believe it was a reasonable conflict and would follow the law and balance competing interests. The discussion again returned to the proposed Water Commission restructuring, which Haia said he supported as a way to provide independence and balance.
Next, the committee considered GM 649 for Gilbert Coloma to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. DLNR and other testifiers explained that this was a new interstate commission created under the 2024 act, with Hawaii joining six U.S. states to address fisheries issues across state boundaries. Coloma, a commercial fisher from Hilo, said he brought more than 40 years of industry, cultural, and traditional experience and would represent Hawaii’s fishing communities. Members asked about the commission’s structure, meeting rotation, and funding, and were told the state covers dues through special funds. The committee also briefly took up GM 692 for Riley Smith’s reappointment to the Board of Land and Natural Resources. The Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council supported him, while Sierra Club Hui raised concerns about prior decisions affecting Native Hawaiian rights and public trust resources. Smith said he supported more residential uses in East Kapolei if the necessary planning and environmental review changes were made, and he began responding to questions about prior BLNR litigation before the transcript cut off.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- label a reduced label that had a QR code label a reduced label that had a QR code and<01:01:54.640
- Um, and then the QR code or web address for ingredients.
- Are these Uh, health code inspections.
- You must build a code. There's no shortcuts here at all.
- You must build a code. There's no shortcuts here at all.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice Jun 30th, 2025
Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Juvenile, the juvenile Criminal Code, um, needs to be, needs to be updated.
- I think we've all agreed, um, that something needs to be done regarding the juvenile code, especially
- We know that we're outnumbered, the ones that think we do need to change the children's code.
- Um, how do we fix the problem and exactly what do you think we can do with that children's code that
- Um, that we have the sentencing commissioner here.
NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Senate Committee on Government Affairs May 30th, 2025 at 03:30 pm
Government Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Usually when there's an impact, you guys take that to probably city council or county commissioners or
- Into fixing those things, you have to bring everything else up to code.
- been very supportive of this measure. into fix those things, you have to bring everything else up to code
- And so we added language to the bill to look at zip codes that have the highest rate of unemployment
- What the commissioners have the power to do.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee Apr 27th, 2026
Revenue and Taxation
Transcript Highlights:
- Deputy Legislative Director at the California Department of Insurance under the leadership of Commissioner
- As a proud sponsor of AB 1726, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara thanks Assembly Member Calderon for
- As the proud sponsor of AB 1726, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara thanks Assembly Member Calderon
- On behalf of Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, I respectfully ask for your aye vote. Thank you.
- There are, the more spending through tax codes, the fewer resources we have to allocate in the budget
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation heard several bills, with the chair explaining that measures with significant revenue impacts would be sent to the suspense file. AB 1726, which would create a catastrophe savings account for homeowners to save pre-tax dollars for disaster mitigation and recovery costs, drew support from the Department of Insurance and the California Bankers Association, while the California Teachers Association opposed it because of the effect on the General Fund and Prop. 98. The bill was referred to suspense.
AB 1768, authorizing Los Angeles and Contra Costa counties to ask voters to approve a local transaction and use tax to offset federal funding cuts to health and social services, received broad support from county, health care, labor, and community groups. Opposition focused on the bill as a tax increase and on concerns about local spending priorities, while supporters argued it would preserve access to care and essential services. The committee approved the bill on a 5-2 vote and sent it to the Assembly Local Government Committee.
AB 1790, which would repeal California’s water’s-edge corporate tax election and require worldwide combined reporting for multinational corporations, generated extensive testimony. Supporters argued it would close a major corporate tax loophole, raise billions in revenue, and make the tax system fairer; opponents warned of double taxation, compliance burdens, retaliation from foreign governments, and job losses. After lengthy debate, the committee referred the bill to suspense. The committee also heard AB 2020, providing a full property tax exemption for the primary residence of 100% disabled veterans and surviving spouses, and AB 2069, creating a sales and use tax exemption to spur development on fairgrounds; both drew support but were referred to suspense. Finally, AB 2705, which would cap fees and require disclosures for third parties assisting with claims to excess proceeds from tax sales, was presented as a consumer protection measure and drew support from county officials, while asset-finder companies opposed it as too restrictive and harmful to claimants; the transcript ends during that item’s testimony.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 13th, 2026 at 10:19 am
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I think that's the reasonable thing we have in our code right now.
- their taxes using a statewide electronic data processing system network devised by the state tax commissioner
- The tax commissioner is not required to implement the system the system would be voluntary.
- The tax commissioner is not required to implement the system until the July 1 following at least 12 months
- The commissioner may charge a 1% administrative fee to offset the costs of developing and operating the
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (04/01/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- As the code changes every three years, once it’s currently adopted by the state, the testing questions
- Make sure that they’re relevant to the code, the local adopted code, because you might talk about arc
- faults and it’s different in the 23 code than it is in the 20 code.
- . than it is in the 20 code.
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