Transcript Highlights:

• At a minimum, an employee that is suspended, for whatever reason, should be entitled to know why, so
• At a minimum, an employee that is suspended, for whatever reason, should be entitled to know why, so
• How does this, um, how does the minimum, uh, I forget what it's called, the health insurance minimum
• One of the really interesting things, Representative Hall, you asked a question about minimum coverage
• <04:47:27.680> coverage And so the the minimum coverage And so the the minimum coverage requirements

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee began with procedural announcements about report turnaround, amendment submission methods during split operations, a possible January 29 session, the governor’s State of the State on February 5, parking, cafeteria opening, and the plan to finish work by February 10. It then moved into executive session on HB 1123, which would require certain companies to post salary ranges on public job listings. Representative Granger moved ITL, arguing the bill would interfere with negotiations, especially for higher-level jobs, and raise compelled-speech concerns. Supporters, including Representatives Schultz, Sullivan, Cahill, Staub, and others, said salary ranges help applicants avoid wasted time and travel, improve transparency, and are already a common workplace disclosure. The committee voted 10-9 to ITL HB 1123. The committee next took up HB 177, concerning a definition of remote work in labor law. Representative Murphy moved ITL, saying the bill could burden employers, create vague obligations, duplicate existing protections, and potentially require intrusive compliance measures. Representative Sullivan described a proposed amendment that would narrow the bill to a definition of remote work and remove broader requirements, but the committee ultimately voted 11-9 to ITL HB 177. Members also noted that the amendment had not been fully circulated in time and that the issue might merit further review. Finally, the committee opened HB 1352, a workers’ compensation bill focused on repricing and payment practices. The sponsor withdrew an initial ITL motion and moved OTP after amendment review. Members discussed concerns raised at the hearing about delayed payments, third-party administrators, and the need for better accountability. Representative McKenzie’s amendment would define good faith, create a voluntary three-year dispute-resolution pilot, restore fines to prior levels, and add reporting/accountability requirements for carriers that miss the 30-day payment deadline. Several members supported the amendment as a way to help small businesses and providers, while others said repricing needed broader study through the workers’ compensation advisory council. The Department of Labor explained that the amendment would require carriers and related payers to report missed determinations to the department and would increase oversight of payment timeliness.

Transcript Highlights:

• The Government Claims Act is a maximum, where your individual is a minimum and the sky's the limit.
• Even if they have the minimum 25/50, the max they can get is 25.
• Even if they have the minimum 25/50, the max they can get is 25.
• So again, more than the 250,000 minimum.
• [clears throat] And these kinds minimum.

Bills: HB0068, HB0062, HB0127, HB0109

Keywords: veterans, property tax exemption, disabled, service-connected disability, Wyoming, governmental claims, liability limits, inflation adjustment, public safety, local government insurance, HB0127, recreation mill levy, recreational facilities, public recreation, mill levy, property tax, local tax, county commissioners, school district levy, voter approval

Transcript Highlights:

• we used to have visitors, folks hired by the department under contract to go out and look at the minimum
• superintendent or a person that worked in the school districts to go out and look to see if those minimum
• and look to see if those minimum and look to see if those minimum standards<01:47:06.320> being
• standards for public school minimum standards for public school approval.<01:56:19.199> Those
• And keeping them at a three-month minimum is not giving them enough time to work their way through it

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• fmap and we'll we'll look of the minimum fmap and we'll we'll look at<01:12:16.679> that<01:12
• Real quickly here is just a federal map of the U.S. in terms of the various minimum federal matching
• Real quickly here is just a federal map of the U.S. in terms of the various minimum federal matching
• Real quickly here is just a federal map of the U.S. in terms of the various minimum federal matching
• minimum federal matching percentages<01:32:45.880> that<01:32:46.080> exist<01:32:46.560

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Finance Division III held an informational hearing on Medicaid, Medicare, Choices for Independence, and related financing, while postponing nursing facility financing and the county cap discussion to a later date. DHHS officials Ann Landry, Jonathan Ballard, and Medicaid Director Henry Litman provided an overview of Medicaid’s role, noting it is a federal-state partnership with state-specific eligibility and benefits, and emphasizing that Medicaid is a major funding and programmatic support for other DHHS initiatives. They also distinguished Medicaid from Medicare and explained that Medicaid funding is not the same as grant funding, though some providers may also receive federal grants through other channels. The presentation focused on New Hampshire’s relatively small Medicaid program and why it differs from national averages. Officials said about 184,000 residents are covered, roughly one in seven Granite Staters compared with one in five nationally, and attributed the difference largely to the state’s higher per-capita income and older population. They highlighted that about 65% of Medicaid-enrolled adults in New Hampshire are working, that only 22% of births are covered by Medicaid versus 42% nationally, and that the state’s uninsured rate is lower than the national rate. Members asked about covered services, income limits, federal matching rates, and the names of optional eligibility groups; staff explained that New Hampshire offers the optional groups discussed, with matching rates varying by category, including 90% for Granite Advantage and certain other groups, and 65% for children above the required level. A substantial portion of the hearing covered eligibility rules and recent policy changes. Officials reviewed the history of Medicaid, including HCBS waivers, the CFI program, Katie Beckett, the Olmstead decision, the ACA, and the end of continuous enrollment after the public health emergency. They also discussed the 2023 legislative expansion of postpartum coverage from 60 days to 12 months and child eligibility changes. In response to questions, DHHS said it is tracking utilization and costs for the postpartum expansion and reported that many maternal deaths occur after the prior 60-day coverage period, often involving substance use disorder or suicide; they said the longer coverage is intended to improve access to treatment and prevention. The committee also walked through household-income examples, clarified that Medicaid eligibility is based on household income and categorical rules, and confirmed that Granite Advantage ends at 138% of the federal poverty level unless another categorical basis applies. No votes were taken, and the hearing remained informational.

Transcript Highlights:

• So what we're seeking to do in this language is to ensure that there is a bid process for a minimum of
• So what we're seeking to do in this language is to ensure that there is a bid process for a minimum of
• of this that minimum staffing standards of this type<02:03:35.599> can<02:03:35.840> save<
• nursing staff ratios or minimum standards.
• league baseball players from a minimum league baseball players from a minimum wage<04:24:19.279>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Because in some cases, I feel if you have some minimum qualifications, you could always do additional
• The requirement is, I think, a minimum of two years of management experience.
• if you have some minimum if you have some minimum qualifications<01:12:59.560> you<01:12:
• to the employee is interesting minimum to the employee is interesting minimum wage<01:16:58.360>
• But when they actually hire a guard, they're minimum wage, um, don't have no benefits, no nothing.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• A resource-based model is one where all districts receive a minimum amount of resources.
• receive a minimum amount of resources. resources. resources.
• And then there is a minimum allocation that kind of, you know, the small states that may not meet that
• still receive minimum.
• Local districts, there is a minimum allocation of 15,000, very low, in terms of what they kind of need

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Budget Process 00:02:28 Allotment Process 00:10:30 School Facilities Construction Commission 00:29:10 Role of KDE in School Facilities Funding 00:47:00 Kentucky School Boards Association 01:13:25 Elementary and Secondary School Construction 01:20:40 Perkins V Funding 01:35:32, 958, all

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• And this bill clarifies that the state is not subject to local minimum wage.
• And so you could have a situation where, say, Aspen, the much maligned Aspen, raises their minimum wage
• And this bill clarifies that the state is not subject to local minimum wage.
• And so you could have a situation where, say, Aspen, the much maligned Aspen, raises their minimum wage
• And the much maligned Aspen raises their minimum wage to $30 an hour, and if the state has one or two

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the journal, and received committee and House messages on a large number of bills. Committee reports advanced several measures, including House Bill 1335 from Health and Human Services, House Bills 1281, 1315, and 1255 from Judiciary, House Bills 1345 and 1417 and Senate Bill 139 from Education, Senate Bill 192 from Transportation and Energy, and a number of Appropriations recommendations. The chamber also received House-passed and revisor-transmitted bills, and later laid over the special-order second reading calendar until later in the day. A major floor action was adoption of Senate Resolution 26-009, which proclaimed May 2026 as ALS Awareness Month. The resolution described ALS as a fatal neurodegenerative disease, highlighted the need for research, multidisciplinary care, and support for patients and caregivers, and recognized Colorado ALS advocates and medical professionals. Senators spoke personally about the disease’s impact, including the minority leader’s remarks about his mother’s death from ALS. The resolution passed 35-0, and the current roll call was added as co-sponsors. The Senate then took up third-reading consent calendar bills and passed Senate Bill 186, Senate Bill 188, House Bill 1420, House Bill 1341, House Bill 1015, and House Bill 1423, with recorded no votes on Senate Bill 188 and House Bill 1015. Senate Bill 191, concerning gifts, grants, and donations for nursing-facility reimbursement, was amended on third reading to correct reporting language and then passed 32-3. Senate Bill 125, which would codify disability-rights protections in public schools in response to reduced federal enforcement capacity, generated debate over state responsibility and passed 24-11. Senate Bill 187, creating a commission to study Medicaid and adding managed care entities as stakeholders, passed 31-4 after supporters cited rising Medicaid costs, fraud concerns, and data problems. Senate Bill 189, concerning automated decision-making technology and consequential decisions, was introduced and discussed as an AI-regulation measure, but no final action is shown in the excerpt.

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• c><00:20:29.679> about<00:20:29.840> the<00:20:30.000> bare<00:20:30.159> minimum
• <00:20:30.480> that though it's about the bare minimum that though it's about the bare minimum
• Cloud area who were struggling financially and were only receiving the minimum $15 a month.
• <01:11:50.400> Asset<01:11:50.880> testing<01:11:51.600> with minimum $15 a
• Asset testing with minimum $15 a month.

Bills: HF3831, HF3603, HF1900, HF495, HF3750, HF4316, HF2136, HF4384

Keywords: SNAP, income limits, asset limits, nutrition assistance, children and families, federal poverty guidelines, federal waiver, food assistance, low-income families, nutritional support, day care, tax subtraction, child care costs, licensed child care, dependent care assistance, child care, family child care, child care center, licensing, correction order

Transcript Highlights:

• It could be done more, but at minimum it would be done on an annual basis.
• It could be done more, but at minimum it would be done on an annual basis.
• It could be done more, but at minimum it would be done on an annual basis.
• The minimum GPA to get into our program is 2.5. We pride ourselves in serving the academic middle.
• The minimum GPA to get into our program is 2.5. We pride ourselves in serving the academic middle.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Should a big retailer making trillions in profit and paying minimum wage be able to buy a politician
• that is going to continually say we can't raise minimum wage, can't give people more money?
• 01:20:30.800> profit<01:20:31.360> and<01:20:31.679> paying<01:20:32.239> minimum
• trillions in profit and paying minimum trillions in profit and paying minimum wage<01:20:34.000>
• Can't give people more minimum wage.

Bills: HF4133, HF3419

Keywords: homeowner's insurance, peace officer, property damage, just compensation, exclusion policy, corporate powers, entity law, business corporations, nonprofit corporations, LLC, limited liability company, cooperative, partnership, trust, foreign entity, campaign finance, election spending, political spending, ballot measure, ballot initiative

Transcript Highlights:

• It goes out for public comment for a minimum of 55 days, I believe it is. It comes back later.
• for<00:52:30.960> a goes out for public comment for a goes out for public comment for a minimum
• minimum of 55 days, I believe it is. minimum of 55 days, I believe it is.
• piece that this bill does is it addresses professional development and credentialing of teachers at a minimum
• piece that this bill does is it addresses professional development and credentialing of teachers at a minimum

Bills: HB0023, HB0024, HB0025

Keywords: extracurricular activities, public school participation, enrollment, Wyoming, student access, charter schools, application process, authorizers, public hearing, community support, scholarship, education, eligibility, continuous enrollment, 916, all

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• Um, so the sponsors that are listed here were sponsors for the bill in regards to the minimum standards
• c><00:30:43.120> 306<00:30:43.679> rules,<00:30:44.000> the<00:30:44.159> minimum
• revision of the 306 rules, the minimum revision of the 306 rules, the minimum standards<00:30:44.880
• <00:31:05.520> standards<00:31:05.919> of<00:31:06.080> public minimum standards
• of public minimum standards of public education.<00:31:08.080> None<00:31:08.320> of<00

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Do you have any kind of criteria or any feedback about what that training at minimum must include, or
• 00:53:46.920> at feedback about what that training at feedback about what that training at minimum
• must include or what folks are minimum must include or what folks are looking<00:53:50.040> for
• c><00:55:08.599> includes<00:55:09.319> of<00:55:09.440> course that that at minimum
• includes of course that that at minimum includes of course we<00:55:09.760> hear<00:55:10.000

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• The minimum felony under this statute is a three-year, $5,000 felony, so it's not even a one-year felony
• > inappropriate<01:42:27.000> conduct<01:42:27.440> if<01:42:27.560> you minimum
• inappropriate conduct if you minimum inappropriate conduct if you will<01:42:28.000> that<01:
• <01:42:36.960> felony<01:42:37.960> under which um the uh the minimum felony under
• which um the uh the minimum felony under this statute<01:42:42.760> um<01:42:43.239> is

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• There is a statutory reference to a minimum contribution.
• And so $225 is the minimum required contribution.
• So $225 is the minimum required contribution by employers to TRS.
• I will say most, or many, employers contribute more than the minimum.
• It's a minimum of 50% health care coverage is what I have to pay as the employer.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So, to clarify, they just stated that at a minimum complete an education and training program in clinical
• stated<00:08:43.880> that<00:08:44.520> at<00:08:44.640> a<00:08:44.680> minimum
• <00:08:45.200> complete<00:08:45.640> an stated that at a minimum complete an stated
• that at a minimum complete an education<00:08:46.320> and<00:08:46.400> training<00:08
• At a minimum, completed an education and training program in clinical At a minimum, completed an education

Bills: HB1626, HB1643, HB1668, HB1550, HB1974, HB1858, HB1871, HB1966, HB1972, HB1973

Keywords: youth penalties, juvenile justice, community service, fees and fines, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, reform, court costs, cultural connection, pharmacy, pharmacist, pharmacy audit, audit reform, pharmacy benefit manager, PBM, recoupment, extrapolation, claims audit, pharmacy reimbursement, dispensing fee

Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 847, which would create a Kauai pilot program allowing qualified psychologists limited authority to prescribe psychotropic medications. The Board of Psychology supported the bill’s intent but asked for amendments to delay the effective date or extend the pilot so rules could be written first, and to clarify the education/training language. Supporters, including the Hawaii Psychological Association, Hawaii Mental Health Coalition, and several psychologists, argued that prescribing psychologists have long safety records in other jurisdictions and that the pilot could improve access to care on Kauai, especially amid ongoing mental health needs and storm-related stress. They cited studies and examples from New Mexico, Louisiana, the Department of Defense, and other places. Opponents, including the Hawaii Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, Queen’s Medical Center, and a Department of Health representative, said the bill needed substantial work, raised concerns about training, liability, and workforce impacts, and urged a team-based model with psychiatrist oversight rather than independent prescribing. Some testimony also referenced a GAO report, with witnesses disagreeing over its meaning and cost-effectiveness. No vote was taken during the discussion, and members asked questions about how the bill would address the workforce shortage and whether a psychiatrist on Kauai could already meet the need. The committee then moved to SB 2271 on hospital licensing and SB 2272 on home health care licensing. The Department of Health, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities supported both measures, which were described as streamlining and clarifying licensing oversight by relying on accreditation or certification reports. A member asked whether the bill language on hospital accreditation reports was duplicative, and the response was that the second provision was intended to strengthen enforcement by requiring hospitals to provide the actual report to DOH. The committee did not take final action in the portion of the hearing provided, and the chair noted that all bills on the agenda would later be considered for decision-making.

Transcript Highlights:

• We provided a district minimum of 17 teachers to address some concerns from small school districts.
• district or minimum school size, and so we put that in.
• But the teacher positions are still allocated at a grade band level, and there is a minimum number of
• So the model still recognizes on a grade band level that you need a minimum level of teacher positions
• So at an elementary grade band, that minimum is six; middle school is seven; and a high school is nine

Bills: HB0159

Keywords: student rights, free expression, K-12 education, speech protection, religious views, political speech, 916, all

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• conditions and prohibits the unauthorized use of motor vehicle kills, which introduces a mandatory minimum
• And those specific things need to include, at a minimum, information about wage under the Fair Labor
• Florida leads the nation in minimum wage violations among large states.
• When I deal with that security mother that's making minimum wage, they do not want that for their children
• And right now, Gulfstream is also doing the minimum amount of racing that's required by statute, which

Bills: HB 118, HB 388, HB 114, HB 205, HB 2789, HB 2791, HB 499, HB 2960, HB 3163, HB 3135, HB 2427, HB 1618, HB 1672, HB 1722, HB 1338, HB 787, HB 2618, HB 879, HB 1126, HB 4134, HB 3513, HB 718, HB 1536, HB 1445, HB 1640, HB 1893, HB 1734, HB 3229, HB 3306, HB 1276, HB 3272, HB 3276, HB 3516, HB 4145, HB 1585, HB 4810, HB 2989, HB 2558, HB 3014, HB 2742, HB 1695, HB 29, HB 125, HB 145, HB 171, HB 255, HB 50, HB 363, HB 116, HB 491, HB 1495, HB 368, HB 1285, HB 1905, HB 2002, HB 917, HB 2723, HB 2067, HB 1238, HB 745, HB 1188, HB 1606, HB 2003, HB 2147, HB 2355, HB 2546, HB 2495, HB 2818, HB 2249, HB 3228, HB 3240, HB 1507, HB 658, HB 1748, HB 1851, HB 1922, HB 2798, HB 107, HB 1587, HB 3684, HB 118, HB 388, HB 114, HB 205, HB 2789, HB 2791, HB 499, HB 2960, HB 3163, HB 3135, HB 2427, HB 1618, HB 1672, HB 1722, HB 1338, HB 787, HB 2618, HB 879, HB 1126, HB 4134, HB 3513, HB 718, HB 1536, HB 1445, HB 1640, HB 1893, HB 1734, HB 3229, HB 3306, HB 1276, HB 3272, HB 3276, HB 3516, HB 4145, HB 1585, HB 4810, HB 2989, HB 2558, HB 3014, HB 2742, HB 1695, HB 609, HB 630, HB 420, HB 767, HB 1708, HB 1404, HB 2457, HB 140, HB 227, HB 913, HB 2198, HB 2763, HB 1261, HB 1135, HB 1318, HB 2358, HB 2765, HB 2735, HB 3307, HB 1242, HB 2842, HB 333, HB 201, HB 694, HB 2415, HB 155, HB 272, HB 405, HB 519, HB 1136, HB 1275, HB 1437, HB 1532, HB 1675, HB 1868, HB 1888, HB 1990, HB 2286, HB 2523, HB 3129, HB 3251, HB 3354, HB 3479, HB 3803, HB 3804, HB 3805, HB 3806, HB 3887, HB 4163, HB 4238, HB 1240, HB 1842, HB 2029, HB 2622, HB 3255, HB 654, HB 4643, HB 4945, HB 3611, HB 3724, HB 3623, HB 3810, HB 4127, HCR 78, HCR 12, SB 767

Keywords: HB 388, HB388, coordination of benefits, COB questionnaire, health benefit plan, health insurance, insurance commissioner, Texas Department of Insurance, uniform form, primary payer, secondary payer, multiple coverage, dual coverage, Medicaid, CHIP, managed care, HMO, small employer health plan, school district health coverage, self-funded plan

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• And so it seems to me there at a minimum should be a more transparent process with an appeals process
• And so it seems to me there at a minimum should be a more transparent process with an appeals process
• And so it seems to me there at a minimum should be a more transparent process with an appeals process
• either and so it seems to me there<01:37:34.440> at<01:37:34.520> a<01:37:34.679> minimum
• should be uh a more there at a minimum should be uh a more transparent<01:37:37.760> process<

Keywords: 1187, senate, all