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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- provisions that within 5 days of returning to the U.S., a veterinarian in Mexico is supposed to evaluate
- Additionally, when they land at customs, there should be another checkpoint there where they're evaluating
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people <01:05:10.960
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 5, February 13, 2026-AM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- our local facilities, we are housing people who are in a big long waiting list for mental health evaluations
- And so my question really is around whether this is to support those evaluations actually occurring because
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And <01:33:33.520>so <01:33:33.840>my mental health um evaluations - And so my mental health um evaluations.
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actually support those evaluations actually support those evaluations actually
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
CPC/CPN Joint Info Briefing - Wed Dec 17, 2025 @ 9:30 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So that's not regulation, but it is a third-party evaluation of the ability of a reinsurer to deliver
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ability <01:44:17.040>of <01:44:17.280>a <01:44:17.600>a evaluation - of the ability of a a evaluation of the ability of a a reinsurer<01:44:18.719>
to <01:44:19.760 - So there is no... and it creates some trickiness when we do this evaluation.
- We are we are trying to evaluation.
Summary:
The joint committees held an informational briefing on efforts to expand insurance capacity in Hawaii’s property market, especially for condominium and homeowners coverage. The Insurance Commissioner reviewed the background: a legislative task force, the governor’s emergency proclamation in August 2024, and Senate Bill 1044 in May 2025 led to new condo insurance products. He said the work over the past two and a half years was producing positive results and introduced representatives from HPIA and HHRF/HHR to provide updates.
HPIA’s board chair and its administrator described the organization’s history, structure, and current products. HPIA said it was created in 1991 as a residual market for homeowners insurance, now writing four residential products: HO2 homeowners, renters, HO6 condo unit owners, and dwelling fire. They reported policy counts have grown again as admitted-market carriers tightened underwriting, and they discussed financial pressure from reinsurance costs, though those costs had declined in 2025 after different purchasing decisions. They also said the market has become more favorable overall, with some capacity returning and deductibles beginning to ease.
Members focused much of their questioning on HPIA’s proposed higher dwelling limits. HPIA explained that the current $450,000 limit for homeowners and dwelling fire was set in 2023, but agents are now asking for a higher limit in the $650,000 to $750,000 range because construction costs have risen and many policies are not being submitted when the limit is too low. HPIA said it has the authority to raise the limit through a filing with the Insurance Division and expects more submissions if the cap increases. They also discussed the shift in the book of business from roughly 70% lava-zone coverage to closer to a 50/50 split between lava and non-lava risks.
HPIA outlined strategic initiatives: a new policy administration system that went live October 1 and now allows online payments, online claims reporting, and electronic notices; a filed request to raise the homeowners and dwelling fire limit to $650,000 effective March 1 for new business and April 1 for renewals; an increase in the HO6 condo unit owners limit from $5,000 to $100,000; and a planned commercial property all-other-perils-excluding-hurricane condo product targeted for filing by January 31. No votes were taken, and the meeting was informational only.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Funding (09/09/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- some analysis, you know, when a project would be submitted and the Department of Education would evaluate
- some analysis, you know, when a project would be submitted and the Department of Education would evaluate
- funding being available, the DOE did not accept application because it would have been pointless to evaluate
- funding being available, the DOE did not accept application because it would have been pointless to evaluate
- funding being available, the DOE did not accept applications because it would have been pointless to evaluate
Summary:
The subcommittee opened its first meeting on retained education funding bills, focusing on HB 366, which concerns school building aid for eligible projects, and HB 295, which would make school building aid program funds non-lapsing. The chair framed the discussion broadly around whether school building aid should remain a state program, how to address limited revenues, and whether the current system should continue to prioritize debt service and the existing formula or move toward a different model such as per-pupil allocations, a dedicated fund, or a split between new construction and renovation. He also raised questions about whether leasing should be included and how to manage any new fund under current law and the school building authority structure. Representatives and department staff discussed the current backlog of applications, the age and condition of school facilities, and the possibility that large projects can consume available funding for a year while other districts go unsupported. Tim Carney of the Bureau of School Facilities introduced himself and provided technical context on the program and current debt levels.
Representative Luneau argued that under the ConVal decision, the state’s responsibility includes school buildings, construction, and renovation, and that the program also serves an equity function by helping districts with less property wealth. He noted that construction and renovation have long been recognized categories and asked about leasing, which staff said is already supported in statute for charter schools and possibly CTE, with a cap of 30% of annual lease cost or $50,000. The discussion also covered CTE facilities: staff explained that capital funding for CTE centers is state-funded, that federal Carl Perkins funds cannot be used for construction, and that the current rotational capital model means only a few centers are funded each year, which may not match changing program needs. A committee studying CTE capital needs was referenced, along with concerns that the report from that work had not yet been received.
Representative Papich urged the subcommittee to focus on policy, principles, and structure rather than just numbers, saying the current system produces a few winners and many districts that never receive aid. He favored a simpler, more equitable per-capita or formula-based approach, while acknowledging the need for a transition plan for projects already in the pipeline. The chair later cautioned against mixing maintenance and operations with construction and renovation, noting that operation and maintenance are already part of the adequacy formula and should not be confused with capital funding. No votes were taken during the meeting; the discussion was exploratory, with members and staff laying out competing approaches and identifying issues for further work.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Public Pension Oversight Board (8-26-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, first they have to do the annual evaluation for 2025 because that's one of the five years that's
- And then after that annual evaluation is complete, then they can use it with the prior four years to
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Summary:
The meeting opened with a quorum call, the Pledge of Allegiance, a prayer, and approval of the prior meeting minutes. The first presentation was from Bo Craycraft of the Judicial Form Retirement System, who gave an update on investment performance, asset allocation, cash flow, and projected employer costs. He reported strong fiscal year 2025 investment results, with both the legislative and judicial retirement plans outperforming their actuarial assumed rates of return and benchmarks, driven largely by U.S. equity performance. He also noted the plans remained near their target asset allocation and continued to experience negative cash flow, though he said that was manageable in context of strong asset growth.
Craycraft then discussed a recent experience study and actuarial assumption changes, especially a revised salary growth assumption and a higher cash balance interest credit rate. He said these changes increased projected employer costs, with contributions rising from about $700,000 to a projected $2 million in later years, though he expected the eventual 2025 valuation and investment gains to reduce that estimate. Members asked about mortality assumptions, the impact of the experience study on liabilities, and the sharp increase in the judicial plan’s projected employer cost. Craycraft explained that the increase was driven mainly by the updated assumptions and that no other major plan changes were involved.
At the chair’s request, Craycraft also addressed the recent rise in Medicare Advantage premiums for the plan’s health coverage, saying the 2025 increase was largely tied to Part D changes and the Inflation Reduction Act and had been about 45%, but that future growth was expected to be under 5%. After his presentation, the committee moved to the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority update, where the next speaker began by saying the funds had exceeded actuarial assumed returns for the fiscal year.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes the omnibus education policy bill, SF1740 5/16/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- There'll be a number of districts that do it, and then we can evaluate the results.
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the do it and then we can evaluate the do it and then we can evaluate the results - through the special education process because there's a process that they have to go through to evaluate
- through the special education process because there's a process that they have to go through to evaluate
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - Part 1 - 04/02/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- made a lot of good progress with the Department of Commerce to develop a straightforward process to evaluate
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to develop a straightforward process to develop a straightforward process to evaluate - evaluate equivalent plan applications. evaluate equivalent plan applications.
- Um, when we didn't meet those, we had a process for evaluating why we were above or below our threshold
- Um, when we didn't meet those, we had a process for evaluating why we were above or below our threshold
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- protections against highway pollution and the resulting health hazards with this new process to evaluate
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cumulative this new process to evaluate cumulative this new process to evaluate - The process of evaluating alternatives has led us into the EIS process with the purpose and need for
- . the uh the atgrade intersections. the uh the process<01:07:02.559>
of <01:07:02.799>evaluating - <01:07:03.520>
alternatives <01:07:04.319>that process of evaluating alternatives that
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Again, the paid leave law as enacted in 2023 required an actuarial analysis evaluating the activity,
- enacted in 2023 required an actu Law as enacted in 2023 required an actu analysis<00:09:28.399>
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Bills:
HF3
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- In fact, our evidence collection kits were evaluated here in New Hampshire and then subsequently sent
- evidence collection kits were evaluated evidence collection kits were evaluated here<01:39:35.360
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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I urge you to extend the hold harmless period and carefully re-evaluate the repercussions of the revenue
- the whole harmless period and extend the whole harmless period and carefully<01:19:20.880>
re-evaluate - <01:19:21.639>
the <01:19:21.760>repercussions carefully re-evaluate the repercussions - carefully re-evaluate the repercussions of<01:19:22.480>
the <01:19:22.560>revenue <01: - their effects on our students evaluating their effects on our students today<01:26:27.159>
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- resources, delivers wide-ranging educational programs focused on research-based crop production, evaluation
Summary:
The House Committee on Agriculture and Livestock met with a quorum present and heard testimony on House Bill 5085, which would create a report on the impacts of seed banks and seed preservation, especially as they relate to food access, biodiversity, disaster recovery, and education. Representative Gervin Hawkins presented the bill, citing examples such as the Bastrop wildfire and the role of seed banking in restoring ecosystems and supporting food security. No one testified against the bill, and the author closed after questions.
The committee then voted to report HB 5085 favorably to the full House without amendment, with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion passed on a 6-3 vote. The committee also considered Senate Bill 1035, with a committee substitute adopted that made a minor wording change from "or" to "and." SB 1035, which creates a legal pathway for agricultural operators to challenge unlawful local regulations and recover court costs and attorneys' fees, was reported favorably on a 9-0 vote.
Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 2155, which implements TDLR recommendations to modernize the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners by improving licensing, complaint resolution, and enforcement processes. The bill was reported favorably to the full House without amendment on a 9-0 vote. After disposing of these items, the committee adjourned subject to the call of the chair.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It evaluates technologies and environmental stewardship, which impacts our measured economic. economically
Bills:
HB5085
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- We still have a number of bills that we're evaluating and reviewing.
Summary:
The Committee on Finance and Tax met with a quorum present and took up one bill, Senate Bill 182, the Home Away from Home Tax Credit Program. Senator Kalata explained that the bill would create a tax credit to encourage business donations supporting charitable health and hospitality homes that house families of children receiving long-term medical treatment away from home. He described the program as a way to help families avoid sleeping in cars or hospital lobbies and said it was modeled after Florida’s Strong Families Tax Credit. Senator Gates asked who could contribute and how the credit would work; the sponsor said it would apply to corporate insurance premium tax contributions and would be capped at $2.5 million. Gates noted the need was significant and said he would support the bill, though he questioned whether the cap was enough to start. No one appeared in opposition and there was no debate.
The committee then voted on SB 182, and it was reported favorably. Afterward, the chair said the committee was taking a measured approach to reviewing bills with financial impacts, citing a tightening fiscal outlook and the need to consider budget effects before advancing additional proposals. With no further business, the committee moved to adjourn.
NH
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uncomplicated.
TX
Texas 89th 1st C.S.
89th Legislative Session - First Called Session Jul 21st, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Legislation to evaluate and streamline rules and regulations to speed preparedness for and recovery from
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Apr 22nd, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 2843 mandates a comprehensive study to evaluate the effectiveness of current Parks and Wildlife's
Keywords:
deer breeding, chronic wasting disease, wildlife management, release site, landowner rights, TCEQ, environmental quality, administrative actions, public notice, legislative oversight, water supply, Angelina and Neches River Authority, ownership transfer, public utilities, Certificate of Convenience and Necessity, SB 2801, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Parks and Wildlife Code, field trial permit, hunting dog field trial
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Legislative Session - Session 2 - 42nd Legislative Day Jun 30th, 2026
Delaware House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This includes modernizing Medicaid payment methodologies, evaluating global budgets, and other value-based
- To accessibility and hallucinations and the unintended consequences so that tools are evaluated before
- So my question was around lines 44 and 45: what is 'evaluating options for a public option or other publicly
- So it's always designed to evaluate students across 50 states in regard to an apples-to-apples comparison
- It has nothing to do with evaluating students' proficiency, really, in how they're doing within the state's
Summary:
The House convened with quorum, offered prayers and moments of silence for community members who had recently died, and recognized several guests and family members in the chamber. After routine communications and passage of consent calendar 29, the chamber took up a series of measures on the main and colored agendas, with several bills and resolutions passing by voice vote or roll call.
Among the measures approved were House Concurrent Resolution 157, which as amended requested a State Lottery report on options to support traditional lottery retailers; Senate Bill 53 on the Delaware Farm to Community Program; Senate Bill 307 on PSC authority for Lifeline telecommunications carriers; Senate Bill 339 clarifying health directive forms in mental health facilities; Senate Bill 235 on manufactured home community rent increases; Senate Bill 325, as amended, updating fire prevention and volunteer fire/EMS background check rules; Senate Bill 309 on inmate work and discharge of incarceration-related balances; Senate Bill 324 on deadly weapons and constable agency representatives; Senate Bill 293 on youth camp child care licensing; Senate Bill 94 on respiratory care practitioners and ECMO medication delivery; and Senate Substitute 2 for Senate Bill 100, proposing a constitutional amendment protecting the right to marry regardless of race or gender while preserving religious freedom. House Bill 188, changing Delaware primary elections to allow unaffiliated voters to choose a party primary, also passed after debate.
Two measures drew extended discussion and amendments. Senate Bill 233, requiring snow and ice to be removed from vehicles, was tabled once, then later amended and passed after debate over whether the law was workable for truck drivers and other vehicle operators; a proposed truck-related exemption amendment failed. House Substitute 1 for House Bill 404, creating a pilot program for artificial intelligence and extended reality in schools, passed after testimony from the Department of Education emphasizing guardrails, privacy, and educator oversight, alongside concerns from members about data, bias, and long-term effects. Several items were tabled or reconsidered during the session, and the House adjourned after completing the day’s business.
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Legislative Session - Session 2 - 42nd Legislative Day- REASSEMBLE Part 1 Jun 30th, 2026
Delaware House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This includes modernizing Medicaid payment methodologies, evaluating global budgets, and other value-based
- attention to accessibility and hallucinations, and the unintended consequences so that tools are evaluated
- So my question was around lines 44 and 45: what evaluating options for a public option or other publicly
- So it's always designed to evaluate students across 50 states in regard to apples-to-apples comparison
- It has nothing to do with evaluating students' proficiency, really, in how they're doing within the state's
Summary:
The House convened on June 30, 2026, with opening ceremonies, guest introductions, and moments of silence for Gerlindy Lancelotti and Iva Durham. Members then took up a long agenda of bills and resolutions, including consent calendar items and several measures related to agriculture, lottery reporting, health care, fire service membership standards, inmate work, telecommunications, rent increases, youth camp licensing, primary elections, respiratory care practice, and marriage equality. The chamber also heard extended debate on Senate Bill 233, concerning removal of snow and ice from vehicles, and on House Bill 188, which would allow unaffiliated voters to choose a party primary while barring participation in both parties’ primaries.
Among the notable actions, House Concurrent Resolution 157 passed as amended, directing the State Lottery to report on options to support traditional lottery retailers. Senate Bill 53, preserving the Delaware Farm to Community Program if federal support declines, passed unanimously. Senate Bill 307, giving the Public Service Commission authority to designate eligible Lifeline carriers, and Senate Bill 339, clarifying advance health care directives, also passed. Senate Bill 235, removing a sunset on manufactured home rent increase calculations, passed, as did Senate Bill 325 after House Amendment 1 narrowed disqualifying offenses for fire service membership and adjusted related background-check rules. Senate Bill 309, discharging remaining incarceration-cost balances, and Senate Bill 324, addressing constable-related firearm permit provisions, both passed.
The chamber tabled Senate Bill 233 once to consider a proposed amendment for trucks and other hard-to-clear vehicles, but the amendment failed and the bill later passed as amended by the Senate. Senate Joint Resolution 19, directing DHSS to study strategies to reduce health care costs, was tabled pending legal review. Senate Substitute 2 for Senate Bill 100, proposing a constitutional amendment to protect the right to marry, passed after extensive floor debate and personal statements from members on both sides. Senate Bill 293, creating a licensure pathway for summer camps to participate in purchase-of-care, passed after House Amendment 1. House Bill 188 on open primary access for unaffiliated voters passed 22-17, and Senate Bill 94, concerning respiratory care practitioners and ECMO medication delivery, passed after House Amendment 2. The transcript ends as the House begins consideration of House Substitute 1 for House Bill 404.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- One dealer even asked the division to evaluate, and I'm quoting, whether it is contributing to a pattern
- As the science for chemical safety evaluation improves, it progressively moves away from animal testing
- of thousands of hours conducting rigorous field and laboratory tests on animal capture devices, evaluating
- S. 634 would allow the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife to evaluate these devices and permit those
- biologists and researchers to use right now. 634 would allow the division of fisheries in wildlife to evaluate
Summary:
The committee hearing covered a wide range of animal, wildlife, hunting, and environmental bills. Early testimony focused on deer management, with Rep. Markey urging creation of a deer commission to address crop damage, vehicle collisions, and Lyme disease, and Sen. Durant supporting bills to allow Sunday bow hunting, expand crossbow use, and reduce the 500-foot dwelling restriction for archery hunting. Supporters framed these measures as practical wildlife-management tools, while questions centered on how they would differ from existing Fish and Wildlife authority and whether they would allow hunting closer to residences. Later, Rep. Sena also spoke in support of a bill to increase protected wildlife management areas and another to require non-lead ammunition, arguing both would benefit biodiversity and reduce environmental harm.
A substantial portion of the hearing addressed animal welfare and commerce. Multiple witnesses supported bills to ban or phase out the retail sale of dogs, cats, rabbits, and guinea pigs in pet shops, arguing that pet stores rely on puppy mills and obscure the source of animals, while opponents said the bills would hurt responsible breeders, small businesses, and consumer choice. The committee also heard strong testimony for bills to ban the sale of cats and dogs in pet shops, with supporters citing sick animals, consumer deception, and the need to cut off the puppy mill supply chain. In a separate animal-testing segment, witnesses backed bills requiring non-animal testing methods for cosmetics and household products, saying alternatives are more accurate and humane; biomedical research representatives opposed those bills and a related research-animal measure, warning of unintended restrictions on research institutions and arguing animal models remain necessary for many studies.
The committee also heard testimony on horseshoe crab conservation, with supporters of H. 898 urging an end to taking horseshoe crabs for bait because of population declines, shorebird impacts, and the species’ importance to biomedical science. On wildlife trafficking, witnesses backed bills to ban intrastate sales of ivory and rhino horn, saying Massachusetts should close loopholes that aid poaching and align with federal law and other states; one antique dealer testified in support, saying he avoids such items and still sees them in the marketplace. Additional testimony supported bans on fur products from factory farms and on force-feeding birds for foie gras, with advocates emphasizing cruelty, public health, and environmental concerns. The hearing was lengthy and heavily attended, with the chairs repeatedly limiting testimony to three minutes and inviting written submissions; no committee votes or final actions were taken during the transcript excerpt.