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HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
EDN Public Hearing - Tue Apr 1, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Transcript Highlights:
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testimony and we're submitting test testimony and we're submitting test testimony - science um the vs as um the other test science um the vs as um the other test of<00:36:08.800>
- Vaccines are not tested for safety when given at the same time or near the same time as other vaccines
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for vaccine vaccines are not tested for vaccine vaccines are not tested for- which included a a physical fitness test which included a 600<01:09:42.199>
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Summary:
The House Committee on Education met on April 1 at 2:04 p.m. and first heard HCR 129/HR 125/HD1, which asks state and county transportation and education agencies to work together on pedestrian safety and traffic congestion around Haiku Elementary School. The Department of Education said it stood on its written testimony, and no other testimony was offered on that measure.
The committee then took up HCR 173/HR 169/HD1, urging the Department of Health to begin education outreach and vaccination drive efforts at schools with vaccination rates under 30 percent, starting in the 2025-26 school year. The Department of Education and Department of Health both supported the resolution and stood on their written testimony. Support also came from the Hawaii Public Health Institute, Hawaii Nurses Association, the Democratic Party of Hawaii Health Committee, and Free Citizens of Malua.
A number of testifiers opposed the measure, arguing that vaccination efforts do not belong in schools, that the proposal would pressure families and undermine parental rights and religious freedom, and that it could create liability and misuse public funds. Several opponents also raised concerns about informed consent, government overreach, and vaccine safety. One supporter, Kye Swan, said vaccines are the way to fight infectious disease and asked the committee to pass the resolution so children could be vaccinated before the school year starts.
No vote or final committee action on the resolutions was announced in the portion of the transcript provided.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Children and Family Law (02/03/2025)
Children and Family Law
Transcript Highlights:
- That's in lawyer talk the strict scrutiny test.
- That means the compelling state interest test is not appropriate.
- That's in lawyer talk the strict scrutiny test.
- That means the compelling state interest test is not appropriate.
- should just use the rational basis test should just use the rational basis test which<01:11:31.000
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- grantees were tested that we tested were grantees were tested that we tested were required<00:08
- I is there a test that says, do you follow up on this?
- effort in doing some amount of testing effort in doing some amount of testing to<00:21:16.880>
- And then, we found issues with 10 of the 12 grants we tested detailed below.
- And in the tested detailed below.
Bills:
HF3564
Summary:
The Legacy Finance Committee met to approve the prior meeting minutes and then heard a presentation from the Office of the Legislative Auditor on its performance audit of the Department of Natural Resources’ administration of Outdoor Heritage Fund grants. OLA explained that the DNR generally complied with the criteria tested, but the audit identified two main problem areas: grant payments and grant monitoring. The audit covered 13 grants, mostly legislatively named grants awarded in fiscal year 2020, and reviewed agreements, amendments, payments, monitoring, and some site visits.
OLA reported that for three grantees, totaling about $400,000, invoices lacked enough detail to determine whether costs were allowable, and about $5,000 was paid to two grantees without sufficient supporting documentation. The auditors also said DNR lacked policies defining allowable costs and what “directly related to and necessary” means under state law. On monitoring, DNR missed required annual visits for six grants, made payments on current progress reports that were missing or not on file, and had weaknesses in closeout evaluations, including missing required elements, late completion, and two grants with no closeout evaluation at all. OLA recommended stronger documentation, clearer guidelines with the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, timely monitoring and closeout, obtaining progress reports before payment, and improved internal controls.
Members reacted strongly to the findings, especially the repeated failures to follow grant procedures and the risks of legislatively named grants and advance payments. Representative Heintzeman and Vice Chair Skraba questioned whether the issues reflected broader problems in state grant oversight and asked about prepayments, follow-up, and whether more legislative action was needed. OLA officials said they do not rely on self-attestation, but instead retest agencies after 2 to 3 years, and noted a new annual update-report process that will track whether agencies implement prior recommendations. Judy Randall, the Legislative Auditor, said the laws and policies already exist and emphasized that the issue is ensuring agency staff follow them; she also said most recommendations in the recent update report had been implemented. No further committee action or vote was taken on the audit during this portion of the meeting.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, March 2, 2026
Labor, Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
- It uh positive strep tests and so forth.
- So we can test a patient to see if they have the flu.
- We can test a patient to see if they have... ...have the flu.
- We can test a patient to see if they have strep.
- created by the board of pharmacy test created by the board of pharmacy test and<00:43:49.599>
Keywords:
medical necessity, insurance, healthcare policy, independent review, claim processing, shared parenting, family law, joint custody, child well-being, parental rights, pharmacy, collaborative care, healthcare, prescriptions, patient safety, Wyoming Pharmacy Act, welfare, Medicaid, employment, eligibility verification
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- These practices can include, but of course are not limited to, soil testing every four years, use of
- These practices can include, but of course are not limited to, soil testing every four years, use of
- These practices can include, but of course are not limited to, soil testing every four years, use of
- to provide free tests.
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finds if somebody gets their well tested finds if somebody gets their well tested finds
Keywords:
HF363, property tax credit, agricultural water quality credit, Minnesota agricultural water quality certification program, clean water fund, class 2a, class 2b, certified acres, conservation incentive, water quality, agricultural property, county assessor, county auditor, Department of Revenue, Department of Agriculture, property tax reimbursement, school district reimbursement, legacy finance, taxes committee, southeastern Minnesota
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, those are being field tested in a very early stage right now.
- these fees, we would also encourage the Uh, the legislature to, uh, recommend or to put in stronger testing
- Um, so we, we recommend expanding, uh, the test components to include PFAs and NORM and characterizing
- Um, when you say stronger testing requirements, with the testing requirements give some sort of a certificate
- but we would recommend increasing that to include PFAs and NORM, which is, um, the radioactive, uh, Testing
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Feb 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We've seen problems with getting arrested quickly and cause it and concisely tested when that Uresti
- The testing of arrests teases in this circumstance is not consistent.
- after a medical professional determines exposure with significant and provides at a station that testing
- When that individuals tested in the jail already, you should be no delays in the blood draws because
- The test is already done.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 16, 2026 - 10:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- Just to clarify, they're going backwards on the testing and development of this program.
- they get addressed in the future, is it seems like it's requiring the mortgage lenders to actually test
- software and to have... penetration testing done, and it may not even be their software.
- This might be a purchased asset, and so those organizations typically do their own testing.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Friday, September 26, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Public Works and Highways (03/24/2026)
Public Works and Highways
Transcript Highlights:
they <00:36:22.320>are When species are tested, they are When species are tested, they- The Canadians tested differently than the Americans tested.
- The Canadians tested differently than the Americans tested.
- Uh, I tried to understand the Senate test.
- Uh, I tried to understand the Senate test.
Summary:
The committee first heard Senate Bill 497, a technical correction to last year’s capital budget. Shannon Reid of the Community College System of New Hampshire explained that the bill removes leftover state-agency boilerplate from a repurposed capital appropriation and replaces it with community college language, without changing any dollar amounts. She also described a requested amendment to rename a respiratory therapy renovation appropriation at Nashua Community College as an allied health instructional center, so the space can be used more flexibly for programs such as phlebotomy, radiologic technology, and LNA training. Terry Poff of the General Court then testified on the second part of the bill, which changes legislative space references to support the move of General Court offices from the second floor to the fourth floor of the annex as part of the legislative office building reconfiguration.
Members asked whether the community college changes affected funding, and Reid confirmed the amounts do not change and that the bill simply speeds up a correction that otherwise would have been handled later in the lapse process. Poff said the annex space change is part of a permanent transition, though the work cannot proceed until the General Court has legal control of the space. The committee then entered executive session, adopted Amendment 1031H on a 12-0 vote, and voted ought to pass as amended on SB 497 by a 12-0 vote, with several members absent. The bill was placed on the consent calendar.
The committee next opened a hearing on Senate Bill 529FN, which would give preference to lumber sourced in the United States on state-funded building projects. Representative Davis, introducing the bill for Senator Roachford, argued that New Hampshire timber is disadvantaged by grading rules that treat U.S. lumber differently from Canadian SPF lumber, even when the wood is from similar species and climates. He said the bill is intended to support New Hampshire’s timber industry and that architects and engineers would still be able to specify stronger materials when needed. Committee members questioned whether the bill should instead refer specifically to New Hampshire lumber, how it would be enforced, and what the cost impact would be. Davis and later witness Mike Olette said the issue is tied to industry grading standards rather than a government code, that the bill is meant to create a preference rather than a mandate, and that price differences are hard to pin down because lumber is a commodity. Olette, who lives near the border, testified that New Hampshire logs are often sent to Canada for milling and then return under a different grade, which he said puts New Hampshire loggers and mills at an economic disadvantage.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session-Day 14, February 25, 2026-PM
Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- President, Senate File 28, Election Voting Machine and Voting System Tests, passed on third reading in
- voting machine and voting system tests voting machine and voting system tests passed<00:03:56.000
- And if they can't answer those certain tests, they can be issued a citation.
- And if they can't answer those certain tests, they can be issued a citation.
- So, that reference is there to give a standardized test, and that was the standardized test that's been
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 24 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The House bill authorizing the town of North Attleboro to establish a means-tested senior citizens' property
- The House bill authorizing the town of North Attleboro to establish a means-tested senior citizens' property
- An act authorizing the town of North Attleboro to establish a means-tested senior citizens' property
- An act authorizing the town of North Attleboro to establish a means-tested senior citizens' property
Summary:
The House first took up a series of bills reported by the Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling, including measures on Brockton residency requirements for local offices, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, non-competition agreements, election administration in Salem, school nutrition, local election procedures in Longmeadow, Charlemont, Conway, and Concord, a senior property tax exemption for North Attleboro, Holyoke City Council special meetings, renter consumer rights, alcohol licensing in Southbridge and Raynham, and the Reading Home Rule Charter. The House suspended Rule 7A, ordered the bills to a third reading, and then advanced them accordingly.
The chamber then considered several engrossed bills for final action. House No. 4763, validating the results of Bourne’s May 20, 2025 annual election, was passed and, after a separate constitutional vote, its emergency preamble was adopted. The House also passed to be enacted bills concerning the Cuttyhunk Fire District, Otis Fire District funding for the Historical Society of Endicott and Cuttyhunk, and the Salem licensing board.
Additional third-reading actions included House No. 4321, allowing the Dalton Fire District to continue employing interim fire chief Christopher Francis Chahat, which was ordered to a third reading, and House Nos. 4267 and 4582, directing the Boston Police and Fire Departments respectively to waive maximum age requirements for named individuals, both of which were passed to be engrossed. The House then adopted an order to meet the following Wednesday at 11 a.m., and adjourned to that time in formal session, with a Democratic caucus announced for noon.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, it includes different things: standing orders, test-to-treat, expanding access through community
- I mean, it has just been amazing, the test and how they analyze what's actually happening in my body.
- I mean, it has just been amazing, the test and how they analyze what's actually happening in my body.
- I mean, it has just been amazing, the test and how they analyze what's actually happening in my body.
- I mean, it has just been amazing, the test and how they analyze what's actually happening in my body.
Keywords:
consumer protection, app store, age verification, parental consent, data protection, minors, HB146, ivermectin, pharmacist, standing order, prescription drug, non-patient-specific order, dispensing, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, licensed health care provider, pharmacy board, medical licensure, disciplinary action, drug access
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/18/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- In the feasibility study to test the feasibility of the cultural mall project that my firm conducted
- <00:36:14.839>
in the zoo launched our own pilot test in the zoo launched our own pilot test - > from for your test test uh testimony from for your test test uh testimony from remote<00:52:59.040
- For surface waters, we test our water to see if there's anything wrong with it.
- Can they ask you to do those testing, or do you do that?
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 01/30/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- or trained their IT staff or tested or trained their IT staff or their<00:59:04.079>
staff <00 - Then if we kind of switch over to our non-IT area of testing, we looked at lottery retailers and the
- Did you see any major holes in there, any test fires? Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr.
- that, but it is something that we didn’t test further.
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further something that we didn't test further something that we didn't test
Summary:
The committee first heard Senate File 563, a bill to change the board makeup of the Northern Koochiching Area Sanitary District. Senator Hild said the proposal had been heard the previous year and had broad support from local officials and stakeholders. Cali Briggs, the district’s executive director, explained that the board structure no longer reflected current populations and sewer service patterns: International Falls now holds six of eight seats after earlier consolidations, while East Koochiching has grown through sewer expansions and should receive additional representation. The bill would reduce the board to seven members, with International Falls having three seats, East Koochiching two, Rainier one, and one at-large member chosen by the board. The committee raised no substantive objections, and Senator Gustafson moved the bill to pass and go to general orders; the motion prevailed.
Members then briefly joked about the topic and moved on to an overview from the Office of the Legislative Auditor. Legislative Auditor Judy Randall described the office as a nonpartisan legislative branch agency serving both chambers, with a mission of strengthening oversight, promoting accountability, and producing objective, useful reports. She outlined the office’s structure, including financial audits, program evaluations, and a growing special reviews unit, and explained the Legislative Audit Commission’s role in appointing the auditor and selecting program evaluation topics. Randall also emphasized the office’s broad access to records and data, its independence, and its responsibility to protect nonpublic information.
Randall answered questions about the office’s authority over entities such as the University of Minnesota, explaining that OLA has audit authority there but often relies on the university’s internal audit function and can also conduct special reviews and program evaluations. She noted that public employees are required to cooperate and that subpoenas are available if needed, though the office prefers to maintain cooperative relationships. Special Reviews Director Katherine Tyson then described how her unit handles complaints and allegations involving misuse of public funds, data, or noncompliance with law, including preliminary assessments, communications with complainants and agencies, and deeper reviews when warranted. She said allegations and reports have increased steadily, with 481 received from 2020 through 2024 and nearly 10 per week on average last year, contributing to a heavier workload for her small team.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Seventy - Thursday, May 14 - Afternoon Session
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- more problematic addition is exempting agriculture motor vehicles 10 years or older from emissions testing
- Testing, testing. Thank you very much. I'm sorry. You're all. You're all. I don't know. I don't.
- Testing, testing. Thank you. Testing one, two. I'm not here. I don't know. I'm like a good.
- Testing, testing one. I don't know. I can't have that. You can't have that. I think you're all.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (3-17-26)
Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection
Transcript Highlights:
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- We're tested on it and<00:20:24.600>
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going <00:20:52.920>to <00:20:53.000>test - them on it and they're going to test them on it and policy.<00:20:54.600>
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AR
Transcript Highlights:
- and noted exceptions for 32 of the 39 students tested.
- Of the $350,000 in scholarship awards tested, nearly 32% were awarded to ineligible students.
- A disbursement test was conducted for the review period.
- The disbursement test was conducted for the review period, excluding payroll expenditures.
- Disbursements tested were properly posted to the general ledgers.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- You are still required to undergo annual vehicle inspections, emissions testing due to federal mandate
- Estimating that half of half of the emissions test currently have were either improperly done or outright
- So we can't just unilaterally singling out emissions testing because...
- Some of our constituents don't like to go get their car tested once a year.
- testing program. is primarily some light, medium commercial sprinter vans, things of that nature.
Keywords:
solid waste management, exclusive contracts, public agency, contract amendment, notification requirements, Texas Health and Safety Code, Texas Emissions Reduction Plan, TERP, air quality, emissions reduction, clean fleet, alternative fuel, natural gas vehicles, hydrogen fuel, hydrogen infrastructure, diesel replacement, fleet grants, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, clean school buses
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture - 04/21/2026
Agriculture
Transcript Highlights:
- by Senator Hinchey, an act to amend the Agriculture and Markets Law in relation to requiring the testing
- of baby food and formula for toxic heavy metals and disclosure of such test results.
- by Senator Hinchey, an act to amend the Agriculture and Markets Law in relation to requiring the testing
- of baby food and formula for toxic heavy metals and disclosure of such test results.
Summary:
The Standing Committee on Agriculture considered a full agenda of bills covering animal welfare, school food standards, farm succession planning, microchipping, electronic reporting, and baby food safety. Several measures were reported or advanced without objection, including S.1743 (referred to Codes), S.30738 on a civil remedy for companion animals denied proper care, S.5488 on microchipping certain animals, and S.5689 on authorizing electronic reporting. S.3214B, which would prohibit the sale of foods containing synthetic additives in schools, was advanced to the Education Committee; two members were recorded without recommendation on that bill.
The committee also discussed S.4755A, Senator Bailey’s farm ownership succession planning program, though the transcript does not capture a final vote on that item. The most detailed discussion centered on S.8701A, Senator Hinchey’s bill requiring testing of baby food and formula for toxic heavy metals and disclosure of results. Members asked about federal standards, supply-chain impacts, and whether ingredient suppliers should also be covered. Supporters said there are limited federal standards, cited similar laws in California, Virginia, Maryland, and Illinois, and argued the bill would protect consumers without disrupting supply. The bill was then moved to the Consumer Protection Committee.
At the close of the meeting, the chair noted the large number of animal-related bills on the agenda and mentioned upcoming Animal Advocacy Day. The committee then adjourned.