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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 7th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • Place additional burdens on an applicant Place additional burdens on an applicant well<00:44:11.680
  • Well, the applicant can make application if they feel that there's a rule that they cannot comply with
  • Thank you for coming here and testifying once again. application for if they feel that application for
  • if so have there been any applications if so have there been any applications for<01:06:13.400><
  • <04:18:24.199> for<04:18:24.399> an application for an application for an expansion<04:
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The Environment and Agriculture Committee held a hearing on HB 566, which would require permit applications for new landfills to include a detailed leachate management plan. The bill sponsor said the measure was prompted by recent reporting on leachate problems at New Hampshire landfills, including alleged violations at a Bethlehem facility and deficiencies at other sites, and argued the bill is meant to improve public health protections without dictating specific treatment methods or hindering innovation. The sponsor also said the proposal was developed with input from the Department of Environmental Services (DES) and industry representatives, and that a forthcoming amendment would revise the bill’s language to better fit the permitting process. The sponsor explained that the amendment would move several requirements out of the contract section and into the planning section, change references such as “permit for construction” to “operating approval,” include landfill expansions, and remove language that could be read as requiring long-term contracts. Questions from members focused on whether the bill would create enforceable consequences if a plan is not followed, whether it would limit operators’ flexibility, and whether existing DES rules already cover the subject. The sponsor said enforcement details should be addressed by DES and emphasized that the bill would not lock operators into any particular contract or technology. The Business and Industry Association testified in opposition to the bill as introduced, saying it appeared unnecessary because DES already regulates leachate through existing rules, including Env 806.53, and has authority to update those rules as technology changes. The witness argued that putting the requirements into statute could freeze the regulatory framework, create conflicts with future rulemaking, and make it harder for DES to respond quickly to new treatment methods or operational issues. No vote or final action was taken at the hearing.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • notification, we changed some language regarding lead investigative agency notifying the reporter and applicable
  • 01:17:21.440> the<01:17:21.520> reporter<01:17:21.960> and<01:17:22.080> applicable
  • notifying the reporter and applicable notifying the reporter and applicable um<01:17:23.640>
  • And I reject that as a provider, as a local elected official, and as a Minnesotan. You should, too.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

HHS Public Hearing 03-14-2025

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • HB 1194 rejects apprenticeship-based and traditional models, disproportionately harming Hawaiian practitioners
  • All applicants for licensure will be required to have completed an educational program or pathway accredited
  • new LIC January 1st 2020 in states with new LIC laws<01:43:53.679> all<01:43:53.960> applicants
  • c> for<01:43:54.599> lure<01:43:55.560> will<01:43:55.760> be laws all applicants
  • for lure will be laws all applicants for lure will be required<01:43:56.400> to<01:43:56.599>
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Health and Human Services committee heard extensive testimony on HB 1194 HD2, a bill to regulate midwifery and require accredited education for licensed midwives. Supporters, including the Midwives Alliance of Hawaii, ACOG, a pediatrician, and several licensed midwives, argued the bill would improve maternal and newborn safety, clarify the definition of midwife, strengthen accountability, and align Hawaii with national education standards. They said accredited training is necessary to avoid gaps in knowledge and to support safe transfers and collaboration with hospitals. Opponents, including many midwives, parents, cultural practitioners, and community groups, argued the bill would restrict access to care, criminalize traditional and apprenticeship-based midwifery, and undermine reproductive autonomy and Native Hawaiian and other cultural birthing practices. Several asked for amendments to preserve a birth attendant exemption, the PET/portfolio pathway, and cultural and religious protections. Others said the bill would disproportionately harm rural, Indigenous, and low-income families by making training and licensure less accessible. The committee also heard testimony from state and county entities and professional organizations, with some standing on written testimony and others offering brief comments. The chair repeatedly reminded testifiers of the one-minute limit and the possibility that final decision-making would be deferred if quorum was lost. The transcript does not show a final vote or action taken during this segment.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/25

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We had over 250 applicants ranked St.
  • c><00:19:10.120> had<00:19:10.280> over<00:19:10.840> 250<00:19:11.840> applicants
  • <00:19:12.720> ranked year we had over 250 applicants ranked year we had over 250 applicants
  • I know you had before you came on board with the offer from Stanford, and that was rejected, so maybe
Keywords: 1183, house
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division I (03/14/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • Or we're thinking there will be, and therefore there won't be any of these applications anyway.
  • Or we’re thinking there will be, and therefore there won’t be any of these applications anyway.
  • Or we're thinking there will be, and therefore there won't be any of these applications anyway.
  • Or we're thinking there will be, and therefore there won't be any of these applications anyway.
  • application application um<00:59:27.680> there<00:59:28.000> there's<00:59:28.640>
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 187, which would allow parents or guardians to seek restraining orders on behalf of a minor child even when the alleged perpetrator is not a family or household member. Tracy Sirles testified that the bill was prompted by her family’s experience after being told by state police to seek a restraining order, only to learn the current law did not allow it because the offender was the child’s best friend’s father. Members agreed the change was straightforward, noted the fiscal note reflected only a small indeterminate cost to the judicial branch, and moved House Bill 187 ought to pass; the motion was approved unanimously. The committee then discussed House Bill 66, a Right-to-Know bill that removes “citizen” language in favor of “person” in some provisions and allows certain New Hampshire-connected requesters to seek records electronically if the records already exist in that format. Members reviewed concerns about defining “member of the media,” the scope of electronic requests, and a sentence stating appeals would have no filing fee or search charge. After debate, the committee voted to amend the bill by removing that fee-waiver sentence, then recommended House Bill 66 ought to pass as amended. The vote was 6-3. Next, the committee heard from the Environment and Agriculture chair about several solid-waste-related bills being folded into trailer bill language, including House Bill 215 and House Bill 171, with discussion of a possible three-year landfill moratorium and the need to address DEES staffing and funding concerns. DEES later clarified that the revised approach would not require new positions or create a fiscal impact because the new solid waste commission would be self-funded through filing fees. The committee voted unanimously to retain House Bill 215. Finally, the committee considered House Bill 566, which requires landfill permit applications to include a detailed leachate management plan and more information about disposal contracts. The sponsor said the bill was developed with DEES to address leachate problems and improve safety oversight. DEES testified that the bill largely reflects current practice and would have no specific fiscal impact, with existing staff able to absorb any review workload. The committee moved House Bill 566 ought to pass, and the motion was approved unanimously. The committee also briefly discussed House Bill 624, a grant program for local river management advisory committees, but no vote was taken in the portion provided.
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 024 Feb 6th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We gave voices back to our rural and small areas through amendments, and those were rejected.
  • amendments<03:38:36.080> and<03:38:36.399> those<03:38:36.560> were<03:38:36.800> rejected
  • amendments and those were rejected. amendments and those were rejected.
Keywords: 981, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Children and Family Law (02/04/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • that there may be some sort of a family conflict or that the child may be showing signs of abuse or rejecting
  • <04:00:11.720> of<04:00:12.720> abuse<04:00:13.080> or<04:00:13.279> rejecting
  • be showing signs of abuse or rejecting be showing signs of abuse or rejecting that<04:00:14.000>
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The House Children and Family Law Committee opened its February 4, 2025 hearing with a business item on House Bill 553, appointing a subcommittee chaired by Representative Greg and including several named members. The committee then took up House Bill 486, which would revise New Hampshire’s grandparents’ visitation law. The prime sponsor said the bill is intended to address gaps in current law, especially in situations involving divorce, separation, kinship care, and parental substance use, so that children can maintain important relationships with grandparents or other kin caregivers. He emphasized that the proposal was meant to supplement existing law rather than replace it, and said the language was modeled on statutes from other states. Several witnesses testified in support of HB 486, describing painful family separations and arguing that current law can be interpreted too narrowly. One grandmother said the existing statute had been used to dismiss her visitation case because she was restricted while the parents were separated, and she asked for language changes so courts could still order visitation in similar circumstances. Another witness, testifying online, urged passage of the bill as being in the best interest of children. A third witness described a family living arrangement in which grandparents had been a consistent presence in their grandchildren’s lives but were later cut off during a contentious separation, and said the bill would help repair those relationships. Committee members asked about the six-month timeframe in the bill, whether the proposed language would affect cases where a grandparent does not live with the child but is still a regular caregiver, and whether the sponsor had written amendment language; the sponsor said the six-month language was taken from other states’ statutes and that the new language would not change existing visitation rights but would add to them. After hearing the testimony, the chair said the committee would hold HB 486 aside for a week or two while awaiting additional information before voting. The hearing then moved to House Bill 320, an act relative to enforcement of marital property settlements. The sponsor explained that the bill would require courts to enforce final property decrees and would clarify the difference between enforcement and contempt, arguing that courts should have clear authority to fashion remedies and that litigants, especially self-represented parties, need clearer statutory guidance. Committee members questioned the legal distinctions the sponsor drew, including whether the bill was aimed at enforcement rather than contempt and how the proposed language would operate in practice. The transcript cuts off before any vote or further action on HB 320.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, January 9, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • another example relevant to the situation in Los Angeles, the California Coastal Commission actually rejected
  • California Coastal<06:05:22.680> commission<06:05:23.280> actually<06:05:23.878> rejected
  • <06:05:24.878> the Coastal commission actually rejected the Coastal commission actually rejected
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division III (03/25/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate, on an amendment I think to SB 119, considered a repeal, a change to the repeal, and rejected
  • contract violates the provisions of this section, it shall terminate the contract in accordance with applicable
  • This is basically freezing it for new applicants while maintaining our commitment to those people
  • It just suspends new applicants. Um, so I think I made a motion OTP on 11:35. Is there a second?
  • It just suspended suspends<04:20:12.159> new<04:20:12.560> applicants.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee met in Division 3 work session on HB 2 and began by noting a delayed start to allow the Legislative Budget Assistant to finish a large packet of updated amendments and revisions. The chair said the goal for the day was to move as many items as possible, with any cleanup deferred to a Friday follow-up. Members also discussed the process for handling public and department testimony on selected items before votes. Several early amendments were taken up and voted on. The committee unanimously recommended items dealing with repealing the liquor transfer to the alcohol fund and redirecting liquor-related revenue to the general fund, and it also approved an amendment revising Granite Advantage funding so there would be no automatic transfer from the liquor fund, instead using a general fund appropriation. Members then approved repealing the foster grandparent program by a 5-4 vote, and later approved an amendment requiring DHS contractors to comply with the patients’ bill of rights by a 9-0 vote. The committee also approved incorporating House Bill 94 on Medicaid coverage of circumcision by a 5-4 vote, while deferring the Wick Farmers Market Nutrition Program repeal for more discussion. The committee spent substantial time on the youth risk behavior survey amendment. Supporters said the change was intended to clarify opt-out procedures and ensure parents, guardians, and students are clearly notified that they may opt out without negative consequences. Some members raised privacy concerns and said the language could add administrative burden, but the amendment was ultimately recommended to Finance by a recorded vote of 8-1. Another amendment on civil rights and contractor standards for DHHS was discussed but not voted on after concerns were raised about vague enforcement language and possible penalties. The committee also struck amendment 1026 as redundant, with members noting related work in existing law and Senate Bill 134, and then moved on to other items, including a revised equity/access-related amendment that was postponed for later discussion.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Agriculture (02/24/2026)

Environment and Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • exceed applicable standards.
  • <01:01:09.599> of we're talking about the application of we're talking about the application
  • <03:56:35.520> but be being paid by the applicant but be being paid by the applicant but they're
  • <04:27:48.399> what<04:27:48.720> go application needs to indicate what go application
  • certificate application. certificate application.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • Social Security, on average, denies over 70% of first applications.
  • before processing new applications. before processing new applications.
  • They often need time to resolve these issues before they can complete a Medicaid application.
  • Medicaid application. That was my life. Medicaid application. That was my life.
  • applications applications um<03:17:26.479> and<03:17:26.720> so<03:17:26.960> forth
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: Senate File 4612, a state government bill affecting the Department of Health, Human Services, and Children, Youth, and Families, was taken up with a House language amendment adopted at the outset. The bill’s authors gave sharply different perspectives: one described it as a limited, reactive measure tied to federal Medicaid changes and said it fell short of needed health care improvements, while the other argued it would avoid large federal penalties, add Medicaid work requirements, save taxpayer money, and help certain rural and disability-related services. Members then debated several amendments. A technical House research amendment was offered, followed by a contested amendment on the all-payer claims database. Supporters of that change argued the bill expanded data access and could allow sensitive health data to be sold or used outside the United States, raising privacy and jurisdiction concerns; opponents said the data would remain deidentified, access would be limited to researchers, and the fee structure was a cost-recovery mechanism rather than a sale. The amendment to the amendment failed on a 67-67 tie, and the underlying amendment was not adopted. The committee also adopted an amendment updating mortuary science rules for natural organic reduction and another that would automatically enroll certain people into medical assistance if they did not choose a program themselves. A later amendment creating a therapeutic psilocybin pilot program for mental health and PTSD treatment drew strong bipartisan support, especially from members citing veteran suicide, trauma, and promising research; it was adopted after discussion. The transcript ended while discussion continued on how the program would be administered, including questions about using the Office of Cannabis Management rather than the Department of Health.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (05/06/2025)

Energy and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is not a new tax, but a new application of an old tax.
  • This is not a new tax, but a new application of an old tax.
  • This is not a new tax, but is a new application of an old tax.
  • but is a new application of an old<00:45:57.040> tax.
  • Call it what you will, application of a different application of an old tax, but it's a tax that's not
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
OK
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including Veteran of the Week Colonel Stanley L. Evans, Oklahoma City Young Professionals, state contest winners for America’s 250th anniversary, and a long series of page introductions. The chamber then moved into floor action on a large number of measures, many of them Senate bills and House joint resolutions dealing with administrative rules and agency oversight, public safety, education, health, agriculture, business, and tax policy. Among the major bills discussed were SB 1543 on aggregating multiple DUI charges within one year into a single felony case, HB 1933 on nitrous oxide violations, SB 1859 creating an OSBI Cybercrimes and Fraud Unit, SB 237 on ad valorem tax NAICS code changes, SB 2065 designating pollinator-related state symbols, SB 44 extending nonprofit sales tax exemptions to contractors, SB 2030 updating automated expungement procedures, SB 2045 expanding the Grow Your Own education program, and several water and agriculture measures including SB 1509, SB 1314, and SB 2071. Members also considered multiple joint resolutions approving permanent administrative rules for education, energy and agriculture, business and commerce, health agencies, and building code rules, with Kendricks explaining that some major rules were separated out for transparency and, in one case, a cost mitigation agreement had been reached. Testimony and debate were generally brief and focused on clarifying amendments. Several authors explained that amendments were added to address constitutionality, remove outdated or incorrect language, or reflect negotiated changes with agencies and stakeholders. Notable discussion included concerns about forum shopping in SB 1543, questions about the scope of the Grow Your Own program in SB 2045, and clarification that SB 1618’s pretrial report language had been changed to a public safety report agreed to by sheriffs and district attorneys. The House adopted numerous amendments without objection and passed the bills by wide margins, including some unanimous or near-unanimous votes, while a few measures drew more opposition, such as SB 1403, SB 1509, SB 2071, and SB 1618. The House also adopted HCR 1027 setting sine die adjournment for Thursday, May 14, and adjourned until the next day, May 5, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> Chair Nash, Representative Davis, um, first, you know, I will reject the notion that nothing was
  • No, appreciate that, Chair Nash. >> Chair Nash, Representative Davis, um, first, you know, I will reject
  • No, appreciate that, Chair Nash. >> Chair Nash, Representative Davis, um, first, you know, I will reject
Bills: SF856, HF3168, HF3528, HF389