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NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Executive Departments and Administration (03/04/2026)

Executive Departments and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • that the overall quality of care and, again, those wage rates and, like you said, retention of RN staff
  • </c><00:14:53.800><c> or</c> like you said retention of RN staff or like you said retention of RN staff
  • and beefs up a few references in the unlicensed practice statute.
  • </c> therapeutic chatbots as unlicensed therapeutic chatbots as unlicensed practice practice practice
  • </c> the unlicensed the unlicensed uh uh uh practice<01:22:04.080><c> statute.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Jun 1st, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So thanks a bunch, and I look forward to seeing you guys in the back hall staff next session.
  • And so if your constituents use CapWeb, or your staff, or the member uses CapWeb, And we also said that
  • This bill is not about completely unlicensed Texans impersonating doctors.
  • There is and will continue to be a process to hold people accountable for the unlicensed practice of
  • My chief of staff would tell his teachers all the time, I told you the story about the fact that he'd
Bills: HCR158 , HCR159 , HCR160 , HCR161 , HCR162 , HCR163 , HCR164 , HR174 , HR427 , HR790 , HR810 , HR857 , HR866 , HR882 , HR883 , HR962 , HR966 , HR1001 , HR1045 , HR1085 , HR1097 , HR1127 , HR1138 , HR1141 , HR1150 , HR1152 , HR1292 , HR1296 , HR1304 , HR1305 , HR1306 , HR1308 , HR1309 , HR1310 , HR1311 , HR1312 , HR1313 , HR1315 , HR1317 , HR1318 , HR1320 , HR1321 , HR1322 , HR1323 , HR1324 , HR1325 , HR1327 , HR1328 , HR1329 , HR1330 , HR1331 , HR1332 , HR1333 , HR1334 , HR1335 , HR1338 , HR1340 , HR1341 , HR1342 , HR1343 , HR1344 , HR1345 , HR1346 , HR1347 , HR1348 , HR1349 , HR1352 , HR1353 , HR1354 , HR1355 , HR1358 , HR1359 , HR1360 , HR1361 , HR1362 , HR1363 , HR1364 , HR1365 , HR1366 , HR1368 , HR1369 , HR1370 , HR1380 , HR1383 , HR1384 , HR1385 , HR1386 , HR1387 , HR1388 , HR1389 , HR1390 , HR1392 , HR1393 , HR1396 , HR1397 , HR1398 , HR1399 , HR1400 , HR1402 , HR1403 , HR1404 , HR1405 , HR1406 , HR1407 , HR1408 , HR1409 , HR1410 , HR1411 , HR1412 , HR1413 , HR1414 , HR1415 , HR1417 , HR1418 , HR1419 , HR1420 , HR1421 , HR1422 , HR1424 , HR1425 , HR1426 , HR1427 , HR1428 , HR1429 , HR1430 , HR1431 , HR1432 , HR1433 , HR1434 , HR1435 , HR1436 , HR1437 , HR1438 , HR1440 , HR1441 , HR1442 , HR1443 , HR1444 , HR1445 , HR1447 , HR1448 , HR1449 , HR1450 , HR1452 , HR1453 , HR1454 , HR1455 , HR1456 , HR1458 , HR1459 , HR1460 , HR1461 , HR1462 , HR1463 , HR1464 , HR1465 , HR1466 , HR1467 , HR1469 , HR1470 , HR1471 , HR1472 , HR1473 , HR1475 , HR1477 , HCR132 , HCR154 , HR17 , HR49 , HR170 , HR275 , HR355 , HR356 , HR364 , HR369 , HR672 , HR690 , HR755 , HR756 , HR759 , HR762 , HR763 , HR781 , HR785 , HR848 , HR1240 , HR1265 , HR1303 , HR1307 , HR1314 , HR1316 , HR1319 , HR1326 , HR1336 , HR1337 , HR1350 , HR1351 , HR1367 , HR1371 , HR1372 , HR1373 , HR1374 , HR1375 , HR1376 , HR1377 , HR1378 , HR1379 , HR1382 , HR1391 , HR1395 , HR1451 , HR1457 , HR1468 , HR1474 , HR1476 , SB1637 , SB2878 , HB2885 , HB2017 , HB5246 , SB8 , SB2308 , SB1405 , HB 119 , SB3059 , SB15 , SB568 , SB2900 , HB3642 , HB3909 , SB268 , HB493 , SB2217 , HB2516 , SB650 , HB2963 , SB1610 , HB705 , SB2972 , SB1540 , HB40 , SB2753 , SB1660 , SB2024 , HB1545 , HB46
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs May 7th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • require assistance with the registration or the testimony process, please consult with my committee staff
  • According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, unlicensed drivers are involved in nearly
  • As the number of new folks on Texas roadways continues to rise, so, too, does the risk posed by unlicensed
  • Senate Bill 857 by Senator Schwartner would grant. discretion to tow vehicles if the driver is unlicensed
  • We already have five FAA airframe and power plant mechanics on staff, and quite frankly, what all this
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 16th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So members of the House and staff of the House, since the Senate's out, there are 300 of them.
  • Members, this will help the, and staff, this will help the bill be better.
  • So it includes all of the judges' salaries currently that we have and all of the staff.
  • At this time, I'm going to ask our staff to stand.
  • Members, it's always important to recognize the staff.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and received Senate messages, including several Senate bills and resolutions that were referred or laid over. The chamber also adopted a series of House resolutions honoring local organizations, commemorations, and community events, and referred one resolution on climate action to Natural Resources. Several Senate bills were read and referred to the appropriate committees, including measures on peer review confidentiality, higher education research security, pre-K program standards, police civil service, and a memorial highway designation. The main floor business was the budget. The House considered House Bill 1, the general appropriations bill, in Committee of the Whole and reviewed major funding levels and committee changes across state government. The bill included significant funding for early childhood education, higher education, TOPS, health care, corrections, public safety, transportation, and other agencies, along with adjustments tied to LASERS debt payoff, Medicaid, MFP, and various one-time or recurring items. Members heard brief questions on higher education funding and DOTD road needs, but no amendments were offered on the floor during the schedule-by-schedule review. HB 1 was reported from Committee of the Whole with amendments and then finally passed by a vote of 104 yeas. The House then took up House Bills 2 and 3, the capital outlay bill and the omnibus bond authorization act, both of which were explained as the financing measures for the capital program. HB 2 emphasized limited member project funding, reallocation of dormant projects, and bundling of projects to move them forward more efficiently; HB 3 authorized the bond sales needed to fund HB 2. Both bills passed unanimously or near-unanimously. The chamber also passed supplemental and fiscal bills including HB 312, HB 313, HB 383, HB 314, HCR 3, HB 983, and HB 1126, covering supplemental appropriations, treasury fund transfers, ancillary funds, hospital assessments, judiciary funding, and legislative expenses. The meeting ended with personal privileges, staff recognition, announcements, and adjournment to Monday at 1:00 p.m.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Jan 26th, 2026

California Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • My staff and I have worked with industry, veteran service organizations, and key stakeholders to explore
  • you need not forfeit the entirety of the contract, only forfeit that portion for which you are unlicensed
  • There's a challenge here in California considering unlicensed treatment facilities and the enforcement
  • of the law in relationship to unlicensed treatment facilities.
  • Last summer, a massive explosion and fire at an unlicensed, unpermitted fireworks factory in my district
Keywords: 987, senate, all
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Regulated Industries Mar 19th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our small rural districts often lack funds for full-time staff.
  • It enhances the penalties for when an unlicensed individual holds themselves out as a contractor.
  • The FHBA is concerned with the amount of unlicensed bad actors that are allowed to fly under the radar
  • Contractor fraud in Florida is a big problem, and the bill's increases in penalties for unlicensed activity
Summary: The Committee on Regulated Industries met with a quorum and heard several bills, with SB 1742 on condos temporarily postponed. SB 1298 on building construction was reported favorably after sponsor testimony about continuing education for building professionals, rural sharing of building officials, residential inspector limits, a planning examiner internship, permitting modernization, and contractor transition liability. SB 638 on home inspectors was also reported favorably after discussion of increasing required education from 120 to 200 hours, adding subject-specific exam and course requirements, and requiring $300,000 in errors and omissions insurance. SB 960 on elevator accessibility requirements was reported favorably, allowing additional shorter support rails in elevators while keeping the existing 42-inch rail requirement. The committee also unanimously recommended confirmation of a block of board and commission appointees. The committee adopted amendments and reported favorably CS/SB 940 on third-party restaurant reservation platforms, aimed at stopping bots and unauthorized resale of restaurant reservations; the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association and Booking Holdings supported the bill, and members discussed how the measure would preserve direct restaurant-platform relationships like OpenTable and Resy while targeting third-party marketplaces that resell reservations. CS/SB 196 on foods containing vaccines or vaccine materials was reported favorably after amendments that defined mRNA vaccine use and added a cosmetics-related amendment addressing harmful chemicals such as PFAS, phthalates, formaldehyde-releasing agents, and mercury compounds; the Florida Retail Federation raised concerns but said it was working with the sponsor. CS/SB 1418 on heated tobacco products was reported favorably after an amendment clarifying the definition of heated tobacco products and excluding hookah, with support from the Florida Retail Federation and comments that the bill would distinguish these products from cigarettes for tax purposes. The committee also adopted a strike-all amendment and reported favorably CS/SB 1262 on construction contracting, which adds consumer protection and financial literacy topics to contractor continuing education, increases penalties for unlicensed contracting, creates a standardized disciplinary reporting system, and requires timely refunds and project completion standards; the Florida Home Builders Association supported the measure. Finally, CS/SB 1304 on solar facilities was reported favorably after extensive testimony from county commissioners and local officials supporting greater local oversight and decommissioning requirements for utility-scale solar on agricultural land; the bill would remove the current statewide by-right treatment for solar on agricultural land and authorize counties to adopt decommissioning ordinances. The meeting ended with members recording additional affirmative votes on selected bills and adjourning.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:59:41.040><c> leaving</c><00:59:41.359><c> left</c> of staff. um their staff is leaving left
  • of staff. um their staff is leaving left and<00:59:41.839><c> right</c><00:59:42.000><c> and</c><00:59
  • </c><01:59:52.800><c> and</c> harder for them to get good staff and harder for them to get good staff
  • </c><02:11:55.360><c> as</c> nonpartisan staff and our other staff as nonpartisan staff and our other
  • I said this this morning to thank our nonpartisan staff and our other staff as well.
Keywords: 918, senate, all
Summary: The committees resumed discussion of amendments to a bill dealing with licensing moratoria, change-of-ownership rules, and related provider oversight issues. Amendment A8 would prevent a licensing moratorium for certain intermediate care service settings from blocking a new license when the change is due to a change of ownership, including temporary licenses and transitional licenses. Department of Human Services staff said they were still reviewing the language but explained the department’s concern was maintaining program integrity and ensuring owners go through full change-of-ownership review so the agency can see who owns a provider and check compliance history. Senators supporting the amendment argued it would keep legitimate businesses from being harmed by a moratorium and could help preserve providers when ownership changes or family members take over after a death. A8 was adopted on a roll call, with both committees voting in support. Amendment A9, also on the moratorium topic, would exempt a change of ownership from the moratorium so long as it does not increase license capacity or service scope. The department said it needed more analysis to avoid unintended consequences, but the amendment was added to the working bill. Amendment A10 proposed a more detailed, data-driven framework for the moratorium and included a provision about refunds after implementation; department staff said the language would add cost and would require technical assistance, while senators emphasized the need to address licensure backlogs and avoid making provider delays worse. A10 was approved by the committees, though not unanimously. Amendment A11 would have set standards for how the commissioner designates provider types or program areas as moderate or high risk, with added transparency criteria. The department said the commissioner already has that authority and raised concerns about federal requirements and the state’s corrective action plan, and Senator Hoffman withdrew the amendment. Amendment A12, offered by Senator Fateh, would preserve remote supports by removing bill language that repealed the service and would add safeguards for remote overnight supervision, including staffing ratios to ensure emergency response times can be met. Several senators supported keeping remote services as an important, cost-effective option amid workforce shortages, while the department said it had program integrity concerns and supported the governor’s proposal to remove the service. The committee nevertheless advanced A12, with members noting the need to balance safety and integrity with access to services.
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES Jun 15th, 2026

ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

Transcript Highlights:
  • staff.
  • And then the other... ...unlicensed person.
  • I also want to thank the ADE and their staff. It's a big job.
  • I also want to thank the ADE and their staff. It's a big job.
  • I also want to thank the ADE and their staff. It's a big job.
Summary: The Administrative Rules Subcommittee met to review a long agenda of agency rule changes, beginning with housekeeping on the order of business and then taking up rules from multiple state agencies. Early items included Department of Energy and Environment rules on landfill post-closure trust fund spending thresholds and liquefied petroleum gas standards, DFA’s odometer disclosure rule allowing electronic signatures and disclosures, and several Department of Health rules covering ionizing radiation, mobile home and recreational parks, lead-based paint, counseling licensure, hearing instrument dispensers, athletic training, dental specialties and compacts, nursing, pharmacy, physician assistants, medical compacts, speech-language pathology and audiology, radiologic technology, massage therapy, community health workers, doula certification, and cosmetology/body art. Most of these were described as technical updates, conformity with recent acts, federal standards, or compact participation, and nearly all were approved without objection after brief questions and, in many cases, no public comment. The committee also reviewed Department of Labor and Licensing rules on minimum wage/independent contractor standards, boiler rules, motor vehicle commission requirements for ATV/LSV dealers, professional wrestling regulation, appraiser qualifications, and military recruiting and retention programs. Testimony generally emphasized that the rules implemented recent legislation, updated fees or licensing standards, or streamlined existing processes. Members asked a few questions about fee structures, the rationale for regulating professional wrestling, and how the National Guard’s public-private partnership and incentive programs would work; the department said the recruiting incentives would be funded from existing appropriations and were intended to improve retention and force strength. These rules were also approved without objection. The most extensive discussion came on the Department of Education’s Arkansas Children’s Educational Freedom Account Program rule. The department said the revisions, based on Act 920 of 2025, were intended to add guardrails, clarify allowable expenses, and speed approval of core educational purchases. Changes included defining core educational expenses, limiting certain sports-related spending, adding an intentional misuse standard, restricting phone purchases except for disability-related needs, setting a $1,000 threshold for additional review of technology purchases, capping carryover funds at $8,500, and creating a reconsideration process for denied expenses. Members raised concerns about safeguards, appeals, sports equipment, provider credentialing, rural vendor access, and whether the department would be flexible or overly restrictive. The department said it would review every request, provide written explanations for denials, allow appeals up to the State Board, and refer suspected fraud to prosecutors if necessary. After hearing from 13 members of the public, the committee continued to discuss the rule, but the transcript ends before any final vote on the EFA rule is shown.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am

A&B Education Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • I would love to see the impact, which I've asked OsDE, and I think the physical staff has asked them
  • And if you'll give us a second, the staff will control the queue. OK, let's try this again.
  • Staff, please open the vote. Representative Waldron votes nay.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Over the next week, my staff and I met with all of our state and we crafted what is before you.
  • Staff are prepared for every conceivable scenario.
  • It mandates clear procedures for evacuation or shelter-in-place, traffic control, staff communication
  • It requires minimum hours of pre-session staff training.
  • Members, if TDEM already has staff in place, that's great.
Bills: HB1 , HB 2 , HB 3 , HB 5 , HB20 , HB 22 , HB 1 , HB 2 , HB 3 , HB 5 , HB 20 , HB 22
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I would also like to express my gratitude to you, Chairman Schwertner, and your staff at the Lieutenant
  • receive the information must sign the confidential agreement, which would be the member and/or their staff
  • And against our personal safety, not just the commissioners, but also the staff as well.
  • don't have any resource person to answer the question, I'm going to reach out to Senator Creighton's staff
  • So that provision allows court staff, or clerk staff, or Judicial Conduct Commission staff to use their
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Conditions and ban rescue organizations from sharing staff premises or any affiliation with breeder workers
  • And if this bill passes, it will eliminate regulated businesses like ours and will encourage unlicensed
  • Members and staff have the right of access.
  • There's evidence of staff indicating it's kind of a predatory lending type procedure, similar to a payday
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Apr 22nd, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • In registering or testifying, please contact the committee staff.
  • This situation puts our students, our staff, and our taxpayers at risk.
  • So, when you have these unlicensed school staff who are administering OTC medications to kind of skirt
  • This is critical funding we would use to support our students, staff, and core programs.
  • At Command and Staff College, we're taught about national power, DIME, and diplomacy.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Human Services Apr 8th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Prohibits against referrals to unlicensed communities where required, criminal background checks for
  • referral agency staff, required employee training and liability insurance, and limits on how long referral
  • To remove the financial burden on DFPS staff, HB 3748 would allow the department to use existing resources
  • reason, and we also have, I think someone from the agency too that OK, and it may just be in my, my staff
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Apr 8th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Prohibitions against referrals to unlicensed communities where required, and criminal background checks
  • for referrals. agency staff, required employee training, and liability insurance, and limits on how
  • Okay, and it may just be in my staff.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Apr 8th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • It will ensure that hospice workers and similar healthcare staff will be afforded the same critical workforce
  • Representative Howard for her leadership. and continued support of this important issue in hospice, and to her staff
  • The last several months, my staff and I have been in close communication with local law enforcement agencies
  • I've had communication with the program's regional director, who has implemented changes, but with staff
  • Staff smoke in neighbors' driveways, park their vehicles in neighbors' driveways, or take personal phone
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Child Committee Meeting - 2025-04-02

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you to the staff, and thanks so much for hearing the bill and to the testifiers.
  • The nonpartisan research staff did a survey of every single state.
  • This is why we have such amazing nonpartisan staff to guide us on the journey of lawmaking.
  • And thank you, Chair Moeller and Chair West, and the nonpartisan staff.
  • We also provide a thankful bonus around the holidays so staff don't feel pinched.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Helping us to stabilize pay our staff a fair wage and continue serving our communities.
  • Thank you to the staff, and thanks so much for hearing the bill and the testifiers.
  • They also do a thankful bonus around the holidays so staff don't feel pinched.
  • </c> same benefits and compensation to staff same benefits and compensation to staff without<01:19:53.400
  • </c><01:20:13.440><c> we</c> additional compensation to our staff we additional compensation to our staff
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/27/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, however, at this current moment, none of those facility, none of those unlicensed facilities qualify
  • Um, however, at this current moment, none of those facility, none of those unlicensed facilities qualify
  • </c> those facility, none of those unlicensed those facility, none of those unlicensed facilities<00:
  • We represent roughly 300 police chiefs across the state and a few hundred command staff members that
  • members that work in those command staff members that work in those agencies.<01:09:37.120><c> I'm</
Bills: HF1027 , HF2226 , HF1916 , HF1915 , HF1567 , HF1986