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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 5/9/25 - Part 2

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House file numbers 2437 and 475. The first bill on the calendar for today is Senate File 1832.
  • Bakeberg moves to amend Senate file Bakeberg moves to amend Senate file number<00:20:25.840>
  • Hansen J moves to amend Senate file Hansen J moves to amend Senate file number<00:27:26.600>
  • what is not in it and that is House File what is not in it and that is House File 107,<01:35:10.880
  • As a proud rank and file nation.
Keywords: 1183, house
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

Transcript Highlights:
  • Do we need to file with the federal authorities and the U.S.
  • But there is the right to counsel once that case is filed in court. Thank you. Anyone else?
  • In 2024, DCF yet again came back into my life due to a 51A being filed.
  • When I made complaints and filed, I was told that it was all unsupported and that my child did it to
  • What I know now is that 15 separate 51A reports were filed against me by school personnel.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on a package of Department of Children and Families bills focused on care and protection proceedings, sibling placement, parenting time, foster parent eligibility, adoption timelines, and a proposed Harmony Montgomery Commission. Rep. Marjorie Decker framed her bills as a set intended to reduce trauma for children removed from home by promoting sibling placement, visitation, cultural continuity, and limits on barriers to foster/adoptive placement. Witnesses from CASA, the Massachusetts Child Welfare Coalition, CPCS, and others generally supported the sibling-placement and parenting-time bills and the Harmony Commission, while several urged that the commission include a birth parent with lived experience and that its scope remain focused on child safety and family rights. A former juvenile court judge also supported the Harmony Commission, citing failures in the Harmony Montgomery case and broader concerns about DCF power and child representation. No votes were taken during the hearing. A large portion of the hearing focused on Senate 114, the “Family Protection and Transparency Act,” which would require DCF to provide families with written and verbal notice of their rights during investigations, including the right to remain silent, consult counsel, and refuse entry absent legal authority except in emergencies. Supporters included parents, former foster youth, attorneys, advocates, and a peer mentor, many of whom described personal experiences of confusion, coercion, retaliation, and family separation when DCF became involved. They argued the bill would improve due process, language access, transparency, and accountability without limiting DCF’s emergency powers. Several witnesses also described intergenerational DCF involvement and said families often need resources and legal guidance rather than punitive intervention. Testimony on House 268 emphasized the importance of keeping siblings together in foster care whenever possible. Advocates cited research showing better mental health, educational, and reunification outcomes when siblings remain together, and several young people testified about being separated from brothers and sisters and the lasting impact of that separation. CPCS supported the bill and said regular sibling visitation should be required when joint placement is not possible. House 269, 270, 271, 288, and 293 were also on the notice, but the transcript reflects little or no testimony on some of those measures. The hearing concluded after the committee heard from all scheduled witnesses and invited written testimony for additional details.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Revenue and Fiscal Affairs May 11th, 2026

Revenue & Fiscal Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • This update concerns certain charges associated with LED programs and filing fees that are paid for by
  • This update concerns certain charges associated with LED programs and filing fees that are paid for by
  • It was too late to file any new bills.
  • And so it was too late in session to file new legislation.
  • And that's the state's one-stop shop for business filings.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Local Government (3-17-26)

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • a contract dispute or whatever with the employer, then they have to represent you under the bill's file
  • a contract dispute or whatever with the employer, then they have to represent you under the bill's file
  • Yes, so the original bill as filed um would have allowed the associations to not have to represent the
  • <00:16:04.400> um Yes, so the original bill as filed um Yes, so the original bill as filed
  • on the library bill something filed on the library bill seems<00:24:42.040> like<00:24:42.240
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • suspended and an urgency be declared and that the rules of the House be so far suspended so that House File
  • House File Number 3023 be given its third reading and placed upon its final passage.
  • Third reading, House File Number 3023. Third reading. Discussion.
  • Now, do I wish that we were on the floor today talking about House File 3030? Of course.
  • today talking about House File 3030? today talking about House File 3030?
Keywords: 1183, house
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • Authors say Senate File 853 revises the state's current debt limit.
  • We're now joined by Senate File 853's chief author and ranking minority leader of the Senate's finance
  • Senate File 1750 is a bipartisan bill that aims to reform homeowners associations and common interest
  • <00:24:54.399> 1750<00:24:55.320> is<00:24:55.440> a opportunity Senate file
  • an attorney general complaint to file an attorney general complaint when<00:25:22.640> we<00:
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Mar 18th, 2025

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senators, I filed SB 734.
  • Senators, I filed SB 734. issue were placed in law and is still on the books.
  • Senators, I filed SB 734 because the current exceptions in the subsection are unjust and they prevent
  • But in the case of an action being filed... ...of medical negligence or malpractice, but in the case
  • of an action being filed in the judicial process, then it does trigger a review to where the Board of
Summary: The committee met with a quorum and considered several health-related bills. SB 398, by Senator Burgess, would create a statewide Alzheimer’s and dementia awareness campaign through the Department of Elder Affairs, focused on early detection, brain health, risk reduction, clinical trial access, and community resources. Supporters said Florida has a large and growing Alzheimer’s population and that the campaign would help families and vulnerable communities; the bill was reported favorably after a roll call vote. The committee also adopted an amendment to SB 714, by Senator Burton, which would create non-opioid advanced directives and add liability protections for providers in medical emergencies involving opioids. Supporters framed it as a patient-choice measure, while opponents argued it was vague and could interfere with appropriate pain treatment; the amended bill was then reported favorably. The committee also approved CS/SB 756, which removes the current age-eight diagnosis requirement for autism-related insurance coverage and extends coverage beyond age 18 for those diagnosed with autism. Senator Burton said the bill would help families whose children are diagnosed later or whose needs continue into adulthood. There was brief discussion about existing lifetime benefit caps, but the sponsor said the bill did not change those limits. The committee then took up SB 734, a proposal by Senator Yarbrough to repeal Florida’s wrongful death exception that bars certain parents and adult children from recovering non-economic damages in medical negligence cases. The sponsor and supporters described the current law as discriminatory and unjust, especially for families of older adults and disabled individuals, while opponents warned it would raise malpractice costs, increase premiums, and worsen provider shortages. The bill drew extensive public testimony from both grieving family members and health care/insurance representatives, and members debated whether caps or other safeguards should be added. No final action on SB 734 is reflected in the transcript excerpt.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Legacy Finance Committee 3/12/25

Legacy Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • When multiplied by the multitude of returns that file on the sales and use tax filings, there's one specific
  • We identified that the lottery was actually filing on the variable rate line.
  • They are actually filing in lieu of tax. That's not technically a sales tax.
  • And that was what led us to ask questions about who was filing with air.
  • And that was what led us to ask him questions about who was filing with air.
Keywords: 1183, house
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Regulated Industries Mar 12th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Late-filed substitute amendment barcode 948-904. We will take that up.
  • Any objection to taking up the late-filed substitute amendment?
  • they feel like they'd like to make a rate filing.
  • Come on ahead and plead your rate filing. Through the chair.
  • Filed for a historic $8.9 billion rate increase over the next four years.
Summary: The committee met with a quorum and considered several bills, reporting each favorably after hearing sponsor presentations, public testimony, and member questions. SB 578 would allow wine to be sold in recyclable containers, aligning wine with beer container rules; it received support from Americans for Prosperity and passed without debate. SB 606 clarified when guests in public lodging or food service establishments may be removed for nonpayment, updated notice and checkout provisions, and removed a mandatory arrest requirement, with support from hotel and restaurant industry groups; it also passed favorably. Members then heard SB 202, which addresses a municipal water utility surcharge issue affecting Miami Gardens and North Miami Beach by requiring the utility to charge residents where the plant sits the same rate it charges its own residents. The sponsor and supporters described it as a fairness issue, while North Miami Beach argued it would shift costs and threaten utility finances; the bill was reported favorably. SB 570 modernized and clarified the scope of work for swimming pool and spa contractors, and SB 928, as amended, regulated non-approved disposable nicotine devices by restricting advertising and display, increasing inspections and penalties, and adding a school-buffer provision; both were reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 346, which repeals state preemption over local regulation of hoisting equipment and cranes, prompted by concerns after Hurricane Milton and a crane collapse in St. Petersburg. Supporters said local governments need authority to address storm-related crane safety, while industry representatives warned against patchwork regulation and said local oversight already exists in some areas. Finally, the committee took up SB 652, creating Veterinary Professional Associates to perform certain tasks, including limited surgeries under veterinarian supervision; animal welfare groups supported it as a way to expand access, while some veterinarians opposed the surgery provisions. The bill was reported favorably after amendment. The committee then began SB 354, a major overhaul of Public Service Commission oversight, including expanding the commission, adding financial expertise, tightening rate-setting and storm-hardening review, and increasing transparency for nonprofit water and wastewater utilities; the substitute amendment was adopted and public testimony was heard from consumer advocates and utility-related groups, but the transcript ends before final action on the bill.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Ethics and Elections Mar 10th, 2025

Ethics and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's timely filed. Senator Grall, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
  • It's timely filed. Senator Grawle, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
  • But really, there were 34 actually filed. So we don't just get the two.
  • Someone votes in one area or another, but it would have to do with what your address is on file with
  • Not everyone is required to have an email on file with the supervisor of elections, but everyone does
Summary: The Senate Committee on Ethics and Elections met to consider SPB 7016, a major bill revising Florida’s constitutional initiative petition process. Senator Grall presented it as a fraud-prevention and ballot-integrity measure that would add sponsor training, stricter circulator rules, more voter identification information, faster submission deadlines, notice to voters whose signatures are verified, and additional civil and criminal penalties. The committee also considered several amendments, including a $1 million bond requirement, font and page limits for petition forms, restrictions on incentive-based circulator pay, removal of a criminal-conviction prerequisite for certain fines, deposit and reimbursement procedures for supervisors of elections, invalidation of petitions gathered by ineligible circulators, mandatory circulator training, and a prohibition on public funds being used to advocate for or against constitutional amendments. All of the amendments were adopted, with some roll-call votes recorded and most passing on party-line or near party-line splits. The bill drew extensive questioning from senators, especially about the practical effects of the new requirements. Senator Polsky and Senator Rouson raised concerns about disenfranchising voters, burdening grassroots volunteers, the cost of bonds and deposits, the 10-day return deadline, and whether voters would be notified if a petition they signed was later invalidated. Grall said the measures were intended to protect the constitutionally significant initiative process, reduce fraud, and ensure sponsors—not taxpayers—bear administrative costs. Dave Ramba, speaking for supervisors of elections, supported the deposit and reimbursement concepts but warned that the bill’s implementation would be operationally difficult and that software vendors might not be ready for the changes by the effective date. He also said the process should avoid subsidizing petition drives with county taxpayer money. Public testimony was overwhelmingly opposed, with speakers from Common Cause Florida, the League of Women Voters, the NAACP Florida State Conference, Florida Rising, Equal Ground, Voices of Florida, and other civic groups arguing the bill would suppress direct democracy, criminalize volunteer activity, impose excessive costs, and create confusion and litigation risk. One speaker from the Florida Chamber of Commerce supported the bill, saying the initiative process should be protected from fraud and outside interests. During debate, Senator Polsky argued the Legislature has steadily made the initiative process harder after recent citizen-led amendments succeeded, while supporters framed the bill as a necessary integrity measure. The committee had not yet taken final action on the bill itself by the end of the transcript.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Republican Press Conference 2/20/25

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's House File 20. It's a very, very small bill.
  • So all we do in House File 20 is fix that Minnesota Supreme Court decision by adding to the definition
  • we<00:02:07.719> do<00:02:07.960> in<00:02:08.119> house<00:02:08.360> file
  • <00:02:08.640> 20<00:02:09.000> is 2022 so all we do in house file 20 is 2022 so all
  • we do in house file 20 is fix<00:02:09.479> that<00:02:09.640> Minnesota<00:02:10.119>
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: House Majority Leader Harry Niska discussed House File 20, a bill he said would amend Minnesota’s Data Practices Act by adding the words “on individuals” to clarify that the private-data exemption applies only to information actually tied to an individual person. He argued the bill would overturn a 2022 Minnesota Supreme Court decision in Energy Policy Advocates v. Allison that, in his view, allowed the Attorney General’s office to withhold policymaking and closed investigative data even when no individual privacy interest was involved. Niska framed the measure as a transparency and democracy issue, saying the Attorney General’s office should not have a special secrecy privilege that other state agencies and prosecutors do not have. In response to questions, Niska said the Attorney General opposed the bill, citing concerns about the cost and burden of data practices requests and raising a broader question about whether some businesses might have privacy interests similar to individuals. Niska said the bill is not meant to eliminate legitimate privacy protections for actual individuals, including sensitive investigative information, but to prevent the office from using the private-data category to shield non-personal information. He also said the issue arose in part from information about outside influence on the Attorney General’s office, including funding for positions through NYU and the Bloomberg Foundation. Niska said the bill had been introduced by Republicans two years earlier but did not receive a hearing, and he expected it to come to the House floor because Republicans now control committees. He said Democrats were expected to vote as a bloc against it, and he suggested the vote would show where members stand on transparency. He also said other GOP priorities may move through committees and to the floor as they are ready, mentioning permitting reform, repeal of the nuclear moratorium, and an OIG-related bill, but he did not provide a detailed schedule. No vote on the bill was taken during the exchange.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

January 15, 2025 - 03:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • Estimating conference, fiscal analysis on all tax bills filed, staff analysis to support that drafting
  • and the form filings that we get from the health and life and property and auto insurers that exist
  • And on the other hand, we have appeals that can be filed by public employees who are protected under
  • And we also receive complaints filed under the Drug-Free Workplace Act and whistleblower cases.
  • We streamlined the clerk's office to handle an increased number of cases being filed and processed and
Summary: The State Administration Budget Subcommittee met for an introductory overview of the agencies under its jurisdiction and their current-year budgets. Chair Vicki Lopez welcomed members and staff, and each member briefly introduced themselves and identified areas of interest, with recurring themes including fiscal restraint, insurance regulation, revenue administration, condominium issues, and government efficiency. The chair then outlined the subcommittee’s overall budget, about $3.1 billion, and noted major recent policy areas affecting the budget such as condominium legislation and emergency communications funding. Agency heads then presented high-level summaries of their missions and budgets. The Department of Revenue described property tax oversight, tax administration, and child support enforcement; the Department of Management Services reviewed state purchasing, telecommunications, fleet, state insurance, retirement, and digital services; DBPR highlighted licensing, enforcement, condominiums, and building code work; DFS covered insurance consumer services, risk management, unclaimed property, fire marshal functions, and criminal investigations; the Gaming Control Commission discussed pari-mutuel and tribal gaming oversight and enforcement; OIR explained insurer solvency and rate review; the Lottery emphasized education funding and record sales; OFR described regulation of banking, securities, lending, and money services; DOAH outlined administrative and workers’ compensation adjudication; PSC covered utility rate regulation and consumer complaints; PERC described labor relations and career service appeals; and FCHR summarized discrimination complaint investigations and outreach. Several members asked questions about utility returns, insurance regulation staffing, DMS’s state employee health plan deficit and prescription drug formulary management, agency recommendations for reducing regulatory burden, and state facilities usage. Responses generally emphasized that utility rates and insurer filings are determined through evidentiary and actuarial processes, that OIR has reduced vacancies but still seeks specialized staff and a Tampa office expansion, and that DMS acknowledged rising health plan costs and said the issue likely requires broader budget-level discussion. The chair also pressed multiple presenters to stay focused on agency operations and budgets rather than broader policy issues. No votes or formal actions were taken in the meeting.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/10/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, this today to carry House File 852.
  • For the for hearing house file 852.
  • Thank you so much for hearing House File Thank you so much for hearing House File 852.<00:18:01.360
  • House File House File 959,<00:40:34.720> which<00:40:34.960> would<00:40:35.200>
  • So, House File 366 crushed rock?
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, the first bill before us today is House File 2446, the Omnibus A Budget Bill.
  • Uh, but first I will move that House File 2446 come before the Ways and Means Committee and that the
  • They're required to make annual filings with the IRS. So, we know all that information.
  • with required to to make annual filings with the<00:23:50.480> IRS.
  • that, I renew my motion that House File that, I renew my motion that House File 2446<00:40:44.560
Bills: HF2446, HF2563, HF2444
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services (Part I) Apr 9th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • The difference between the bill as filed and the committee substitute is that the committee substitute
  • Would you like to lay out the originally filed bill or would you like for me to send up the committee
  • And Senator Parker, thank you so much for filing this bill.
  • We appreciate you taking the time to file it, and we'll shoot that out of here.
  • She filed a religious exemption and was ultimately denied.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services met with several members initially absent, then later established a quorum. The committee heard multiple bills, with most testimony focusing on access to care, insurance practices, senior safety, and health care worker protections. Several bills were laid out with committee substitutes, and public testimony was limited to two minutes per witness. Most bills were left pending after testimony, with no final votes taken in the portion provided. Senate Bill 2069 would create a work group to study the feasibility of a statewide acute psychiatric bed registry; the substitute shifts appointment authority to the Health and Human Services Commissioner and extends reporting and sunset dates. Senate Bill 463 would expand workplace violence protections to additional hospice, home and community support, intermediate care, and state-supported living center settings. Senate Bill 1283 would require background checks and transparency measures for senior retirement communities after testimony about the Dallas-area serial killings of elderly residents. Senate Bill 1784 would require 60 days’ written notice before medical debt is sent to collections. Senate Bill 527 would require medical insurance coverage for general anesthesia for medically necessary pediatric dental procedures for children under 13 with qualifying conditions; pediatric dentists testified that denials delay needed care. A major portion of the meeting centered on prior authorization. Senate Bill 1380 would eliminate prior authorization for a broad list of services, including emergency, primary, mental health, substance use, chemotherapy, preventive, pediatric hospice, and certain chronic-condition care. Physicians and hospice advocates supported the bill, describing delays, administrative burden, and patient harm, while health plans opposed blanket exemptions and argued prior authorization helps prevent unnecessary care and control costs. Relatedly, Senate Bill 547 would require insurers to report gold-card prior authorization exemptions to TDI and create a centralized database and annual report; TMA supported better tracking, while health plans warned of duplicative reporting and administrative cost. Senate Bill 407 would require health care facilities to honor conscience- and religion-based vaccine exemptions for employees, with testimony from a physician and vaccine-choice advocate supporting the bill. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1383, which would regulate senior living referral agencies, allow more flexible compensation structures, and add disclosure and consumer protections; an out-of-state referral company and A Place for Mom supported it. Senate Bill 1511 would allow freestanding emergency centers to provide outpatient services in addition to emergency care, with consumer protections such as estimates, limits on facility fees, and restrictions on balance billing. The chair repeatedly announced that bills were being left pending after testimony, and no final committee action or recorded votes were taken in the transcript provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House passes veterans policy and supplemental finance bill 5/4/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The next bill on the calendar for today is Senate File 4807. The clerk will report the bill.
  • Senate File 4807 is an act relating to state government, modifying benefits available to veterans of
  • author explains the bill, we have an amendment at the desk to insert the House language into the Senate file
  • Olson moves to amend Senate File 4807, the second engrossment. The amendment is coded DEA 4615.
  • Third reading, Senate File 4807 as amended. Discussion to the bill as amended.
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The House took up Senate File 4807, a bill relating to state government and veterans of the secret war in Laos, but the discussion focused on a House amendment that replaced the Senate language. Representative Olson explained that the amendment would tie Minnesota National Guard state active duty pay to the E-5, or sergeant, rate, rather than the current minimum pay structure, which he said can leave lower-ranked members earning about $15 an hour during emergency activations. He argued the change would better compensate Guard members who leave civilian jobs to serve and said it would mirror federal pay adjustments without affecting the Department of Military Affairs budget except when the Guard is activated. The amendment was adopted after brief discussion. On third reading of the bill as amended, Olson urged support, describing the Minnesota National Guard as highly trained and deserving of recognition for its service and sacrifice. No opposition was recorded. The House then took the roll call vote and passed Senate File 4807 as amended by a vote of 133-0. The title was agreed to.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 02-19-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • are made in accordance with the order of the day and any supplemental orders of the day that may be filed
  • supplemental orders of the day that may supplemental orders of the day that may be<00:05:09.360> filed
  • be filed later today. be filed later today.
  • Notice was filed in the clerk's office last night. >> Are there any other announcements?
  • The deadline to file standing committee reports on Senate bills that need to pass second reading and
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 02-13-2025 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • are made in accordance with the order of the day and the supplemental orders of the day that may be filed
  • are made in accordance with the order of the day and the supplemental orders of the day that may be filed
  • If not, the Chair has won the deadline to file standing committee reports on Senate bills that need to
  • c><00:04:14.439> the<00:04:14.640> deadline<00:04:15.079> to<00:04:15.280> file
  • the chair has won the deadline to file the chair has won the deadline to file standing<00:04:16.239
Keywords: 912, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary (02/04/2026)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • They file claims themselves.
  • They file claims themselves.
  • <04:14:46.560> But provided aren't filed currently. But provided aren't filed currently.
  • file claims themselves. they settle. file claims themselves. they settle.
  • when<04:47:07.360> there's would file a public filing when there's would file a public filing
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Municipal and County Government (05/05/2026)

Municipal and County Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • The amendment, the structure of the amendment mirrors the structure of the bill as filed.
  • The amendment, the structure of the amendment mirrors the structure of the bill as filed.
  • And to my knowledge the bill as filed.
  • <01:49:55.360> And<01:49:55.640> so um effort to to file this bill.
  • And so um effort to to file this bill.
Keywords: 1189, house, all