Transcript Highlights:

• are allowed through the DEA through the Missouri BNDD, the federal DEA to prescribe to dispense controlled
• The Missouri PDMP only called. controlled substances. Just a little note on that.
• So if they can prescribe or dispense controlled substances.
• If I know before I prescribe any controlled medication, I check the PDMP.
• But for continuing care, if the patient is not on a controlled medication, you don't have any reason

Committee: House Joint Committee on Administrative Rules

Summary: The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules met with a quorum and approved the minutes from the prior meeting. Members announced that two Department of Natural Resources rules had been withdrawn, leaving only the Missouri Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) rule proposal for consideration. Public testimony focused on a proposed expansion of PDMP access to additional licensed behavioral health professionals, including licensed clinical social workers, licensed master social workers, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, and psychologists, along with related clarifications to delegate access categories such as medical assistants and clinical nurse specialists. Testimony from the PDMP director and supporters from Compass Health and the Department of Mental Health argued the changes would improve care coordination, medication reconciliation, and overdose prevention within multidisciplinary behavioral health teams, especially in CCBHC settings. They said access would remain limited to licensed Missouri professionals working under supervision or collaboration with a prescriber or dispenser, and that the system is intended for treatment-related, view-only use. Opponents and skeptical committee members raised concerns that the rule would expand access beyond the original statutory framework without legislative change, could create privacy risks or misuse in non-treatment contexts such as custody disputes, and might exceed the committee’s rulemaking authority. One public witness opposed the rule, warning it could deter patients from seeking counseling and arguing the change should be made, if at all, by statute. After testimony, committee members debated whether the proposal was a permissible clarification or an impermissible substantive expansion of the law. Supporters of disapproval said the issue was legality, not the merits of PDMP access, and urged the department to seek a bill sponsor if it wanted the change enacted. A motion was made and seconded to disapprove Rule 1 CSR 60-1.010 on the grounds of lack of statutory authority, conflict with state law, and arbitrariness/capriciousness. The committee then took a roll-call vote and approved the motion by 7 ayes to 1 no, disapproving the rule and adjourning with no further business.

Transcript Highlights:

• Assembly Bill 2380 by Assembly Member Papin, an act relating to pest control.
• So this bill is about allowing boards of supervisors to raise the fees of pest control companies.
• It is out of control, and it's because this legislature passed a bad bill about It is out of control,
• It is out of control, and it's because this legislature passed a bad bill about two or three years ago
• that took best practice tools out of the hands of pest control companies.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> effective internal controls? effective internal controls?
• </c> to understand to understand the control to understand to understand the control environment<00:05
• </c><00:35:58.440><c> and</c> strengthens its internal controls and strengthens its internal controls
• And just controls that are robust.
• </c><00:53:47.320><c> over</c> so that we have the right controls over so that we have the right controls

Committee: House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• How will they be able to determine what that harm will be when they won't have any control?
• </c><00:21:02.640><c> Well,</c><00:21:02.799><c> I</c> they won't have any control?
• Well, I they won't have any control?
• </c><00:23:50.559><c> over</c> that, which you have no control over that, which you have no control over
• </c> boards do have that that local control boards do have that that local control or<00:32:10.559><c

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: 1136, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• . $15 million was awarded to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan to distribute oral contraceptives and...
• Passed the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which asserted Congress's constitutional power.
• Why then has USAID been spending so much money on information control and information operations both
• And controlling contracts in the future that will benefit his corporations.
• You know, censorship, disinformation, information control activities. Right, I agree. Thank you.

Committee: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Keywords: fiscal responsibility, government waste, foreign aid, funding resolution, legislative oversight

Summary: The committee meeting addressed government spending and foreign aid, with a particular emphasis on perceived wasteful expenditures. A significant portion of the meeting was dedicated to discussing a funding resolution for the committee, which received unanimous support from the members present. The chair noted a quorum at the beginning of the meeting, signaling that the committee was ready to conduct its business. Discussions highlighted ongoing debates concerning fiscal responsibility and the necessity of legislative oversight, notably regarding foreign aid allocations and their implications for domestic fiscal health.

Transcript Highlights:

• and local control.
• This bill does not usurp local control because that control is granted by the state.
• One of the gentlemen said earlier about local control causes state suburb. about local control causes
• So it's a really big force multiplier for command and control.
• So it's a really big force multiplier for command and control.

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 211, which would appropriate $5 million for the Las Vegas Rodriguez Park. Senator Campos said the money would help continue upgrades to baseball, softball, and little league fields and address fencing, flooding, and other park improvements as part of a larger regional park plan. There was no public opposition, and the bill received a unanimous do pass recommendation, 7-0. The committee then took up Senate Bill 131, a broad housing and zoning reform measure sponsored by Senator Maestas. The bill would allow more housing types by right, including accessory dwelling units, duplexes, townhomes, apartments in commercial zones, small-scale commercial uses in neighborhoods, and would eliminate minimum parking mandates; an amendment to remove height restrictions was adopted unanimously. Supporters, including Pew, housing advocates, chambers of commerce, builders, and some local officials, argued the bill would increase supply, lower costs, and modernize outdated zoning. Opponents, including the Realtors, Municipal League, neighborhood representatives, and several senators, argued it would preempt local control, ignore community differences, and could create infrastructure and neighborhood impacts. After extended debate, the committee tabled SB 131 by a recorded vote. Senate Bill 183 was next, proposing a feasibility study for a regional urgent care or emergency facility in Torrance County. The sponsor and local officials described long ambulance transports, heavy use of I-40, and the need for quicker access to care for rural residents and travelers. The bill drew support from a former hospital administrator and no opposition, and it passed 9-1. The committee then considered Senate Bill 222, which would appropriate $20 million for physician residency programs outside the federal system to help retain doctors in New Mexico. The sponsor and supporters said the state loses many medical graduates because of limited residency slots, while one witness urged accountability for large hospital systems. Some senators questioned the premise and feasibility, but the bill advanced on a 6-4 do pass vote to Finance.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:35:07.520><c> He</c> why he gave Trump this control. He why he gave Trump this control.
• </c> American women should not be controlled American women should not be controlled by<01:18:34.640>
• </c><02:35:23.040><c> by</c> hour equally dividing controlled by hour equally dividing controlled by
• The chair now control 30 minutes.
• </c><07:03:39.440><c> a</c> controls. What's in the settlement? a controls.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• No one from the Philippines is controlling?
• Remote assist is also remote control.
• It is not correct to say that remote assist is not control. It is control. It is control.
• San Francisco and San Jose from doing any local control.
• ...to not have that state-slash-local blend of control.

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:16:48.839><c> which</c> they negotiate drug prices control which they negotiate drug prices control
• </c><00:17:18.000><c> these</c> can access them and pbms control these can access them and pbms control
• Like I said before, vertical integration and market control makes this problem so much worse.
• </c><00:19:24.559><c> makes</c> integration and Market control makes integration and Market control makes
• </c> they negotiate prices control they negotiate prices control formularies<00:19:43.919><c> and</c>

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00 Roll Call: 00:10 SB145 Discussion: 02:23 SB145 Vote: 05:13 SB183 Discussion: 06:13 SB183 Vote: 11:37 HB413 Discussion Only: 16:15, 958, all

Summary: The House Standing Committee on Banking and Insurance met with a quorum and first took up Senate Bill 145, sponsored by Sen. David Givens. The bill would update retail installment contract statutes for automobile sales, allowing retailers with installment contracts shorter than 28 days to begin collections after three days instead of waiting for multiple missed payments, and it also harmonizes a related dollar amount in statute from $10 to $15. The committee asked no questions, and the bill received a favorable expression on a roll-call vote. The committee then heard Senate Bill 183 from Sen. Matt Nunn, with testimony from Chris Nolan of the American Property Casualty Insurance Association. The bill would require proxy advisers acting for the State Retirement System to act solely in the financial interest of current and future retirees and to avoid political or social considerations in shareholder voting recommendations. Supporters argued it would keep politics out of public pensions and align proxy advice with fiduciary duties; members praised the bill and noted Kentucky could be among the first states to adopt such a model. The committee approved the bill with favorable expression after a roll-call vote. The committee also reviewed administrative regulation 808 KAR 9:10 from the Department of Financial Institutions, with no vote required. It then took up House Bill 413, a PBM rebate pass-through bill, with testimony from Sarah Wood of the Diabetes Patient Advocacy Coalition. She said the bill would require 85% of negotiated drug rebates to be passed through to patients at the point of sale, lowering out-of-pocket costs, especially for high-rebate drugs such as insulin, while still allowing 15% to remain with plans. She cited examples from other states and argued the bill would benefit about 650,000 Kentuckians. Hope McClaflin of Anthem opposed the bill, saying it would reduce employers’ ability to use rebates to lower premiums, could disproportionately favor high-cost brand-name drug users, and could create significant costs for state and fully insured plans. Members asked questions about other states’ pass-through rates and the effect on premiums, but no final action on House Bill 413 was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• Practice Act to ensure that unlicensed dental assistants are able to complete important infection control
• an unlicensed dental assistant to either complete the Dental Assisting National Board's infection control
• He explained that the Dental Assisting National Board's infection control exam tests whether a person
• Act in order to ensure that unlicensed dental assistance are able to complete important infection control
• an unlicensed dental assistant to either complete the dental assisting national boards infection control

Committee: Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development

Summary: The Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee met first without quorum and heard several bills in subcommittee before later reconvening and taking formal votes. The consent calendar included SB 1263, SB 1148, SB 1376, and SB 1391. The committee also heard SB 1002, SB 1311, and SB 1416, all of which were ultimately advanced to the Senate Appropriations Committee, with SB 1311 amended. After quorum was reached, the committee later ratified the earlier actions and adjourned. SB 1002 by Senator Niello would expand the David Hall Act to allow certain patients who were originally eligible for out-of-state telehealth care because of an immediately life-threatening diagnosis to continue receiving that care after entering remission. Supporters, including a cancer survivor, said the bill would preserve continuity of care for patients who still need specialist monitoring. The Medical Board of California and the California Medical Association opposed the bill, arguing that licensure is an important consumer protection and that the bill would weaken oversight and standards of care. Senator Caballero supported the measure, emphasizing access to care, especially for rural patients. SB 1311, presented by the chair, updates the Dental Practice Act so unlicensed dental assistants can satisfy infection control training requirements either through the Dental Assisting National Board exam or approved courses. The California Dental Association and California Association of Orthodontists supported the bill, saying it would help strengthen the dental workforce and improve patient access. The California Academy of General Dentistry raised concerns that the exam option lacked hands-on training and should be limited unless amended. The committee approved the bill as amended. SB 1416 by Senator Wahab would shorten from 30 days to 21 days the time a physician or dentist has to refund duplicate payments to consumers. Support was brief and largely focused on the bill’s consumer affordability benefits, and no opposition was voiced. The committee passed the bill to Appropriations.

Transcript Highlights:

• As a local elected official, I believe deeply in local control.
• However, local control is not absolute.
• As a local elected official, I believe deeply in local control.
• However, local control is not absolute.
• It does not dismantle local control.

Committee: Senate Agricultural Affairs

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Proving that a person knowingly sold drugs mixed with another controlled substance can be difficult,
• It's already a controlled substance. Peace and harmony. Dogs and cats getting along. I love it.
• Right, but those aren't controlled substances. Right.
• it was mixed with another controlled substance.
• Right, but those aren't controlled substances. Right.

Committee: House Crime and Public Safety

Keywords: 959, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• QUALITY CONTROL, SO OUR STATUTE DOES REQUIRE FOR QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTIONS BASED ON A PERCENTAGE AND
• , PROPER CONTROLS IN PLACE FOR THE REIMBURSEMENTS THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
• LET ME SAY THIS, THE REVIEW OF THE POLICIES PROCEDURES AND CONTROLS THEY SAID WERE ALL GOOD.
• THE HEATING VENTILATION AND AIR-CONDITIONING AND BUILDING CONTROLS ARE ALSO RUN THERE.
• WE CAN CONTROL HOW MUCH WE USE.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Our next committee is the Gaming Control Board, 465. Whenever you're ready.
• To my far left is the DFA analyst for the Gaming Control Board.
• I'm the DFA analyst for the Gaming Control Board.
• I'm the Acting Executive Director for the New Mexico Gaming Control Board.
• The Gaming Control Board did not receive a flat budget last year.

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:

• We are doing an enhanced air traffic control school.
• On your proposed air traffic control school, how many students would you be able to accommodate?
• </c> on your proposed air traffic control on your proposed air traffic control school.<00:15:28.880><
• </c><00:16:05.600><c> Uh</c><00:16:05.839><c> so</c> traffic control uh certificate.
• Uh so traffic control uh certificate.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education met to begin hearing budget requests from Kentucky universities. Eastern Kentucky University President David McFaden highlighted EKU’s enrollment growth, its large population of Pell-eligible and first-generation students, and its role in producing graduates for Kentucky’s workforce, especially in health care, public safety, manufacturing, engineering, and aviation. He said EKU is seeking support for a Center for Health Innovation, including a doctor of osteopathic medicine program, with a $50 million accreditation escrow and startup funding that would be returned to the state after accreditation. He also described EKU’s health programs, which have strong pass rates and high in-state employment outcomes, and said the university wants continued asset preservation funding, inflationary operating support, and other recurring budget items. McFaden also outlined EKU’s aviation request, including $10 million for new aircraft and support for an enhanced air traffic control program created in response to a legislative study. He said the program would enroll cohorts of about 30 students, likely attract out-of-state students, and require a $5 million startup investment plus $1.5 million in annual recurring support. He added that EKU’s lab school is seeking a revised funding model tied to enrollment rather than a flat mandated amount. Committee members asked follow-up questions about the medical school escrow, aircraft needs, and program capacity, and McFaden clarified that the escrow would remain intact until accreditation and then be returned to the general fund. Kentucky State University President Kakpo then reviewed prior capital support that helped repair a dorm and several leaking roofs, and said the university is still addressing campus infrastructure problems. He said KSU’s main request is a new health sciences building to house its growing nursing program and language program, along with $40 million for additional dorm renovations and a carve-out for its aquaculture program. Kakpo said the aquaculture PhD proposal would be federally funded and could bring in more revenue, while the new building would help relieve overcrowding and support KSU’s research role. In response to questions, he said KSU’s campus housing capacity would be about 1,334 beds if all dorms were repaired, and that the university is rotating students through renovated buildings while trying to keep them on campus. Committee members also raised safety concerns about the December campus shooting at KSU. Kakpo said the incident was isolated, expressed sympathy for the families affected, and said the university has reviewed campus procedures, added police and security positions, and is strengthening safety processes. The meeting did not include any votes or formal actions; it was a budget presentation and question-and-answer session.

Transcript Highlights:

• Changing who controls the system does not fix the system.
• There's always been tension around who controls water in my city.
• We have to ask why structural control becomes urgent only...
• But it's got to be in the HDLC partial control district.
• Parts of control does. Well, it's...

Keywords: 965, house, all

Summary: The committee met at 5:13 p.m. on April 15 with 14 members present and took up several local and municipal bills. HB 87, which would increase the per diem for the Livingston Parish Gas Utility District No. 1 board, was presented as a local bill with no opposition and was reported favorably without objection. HB 162, authorizing the Jefferson Place/Bocage Crime Prevention and Improvement District to levy a fee after a local vote, was also moved favorably without objection. A lengthy discussion centered on HB 481, which would change the rate for publishing official proceedings and public notices. Supporters from the Louisiana Press Association said a prior agreement intended a 15% to 20% reduction in newspaper revenue, but a calculation error meant the current law would instead cut revenues by about 40% to 50% when it takes effect in 2027. Representatives from police juries and other local-government groups argued the bill should be corrected to restore the intended compromise, while some members questioned whether the change would break a prior deal and whether small or single-newspaper parishes would be harmed. The committee ultimately reported HB 481 favorably by a 10-5 vote, with members urging further negotiation and possible floor amendments. HB 573, as amended, would restructure oversight of the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board by giving the New Orleans City Council and mayor more authority over operations, contracts, and accountability measures. Representative Hilferty and Mayor Helena Moreno argued the current structure diffuses responsibility and has failed residents, while one witness from the Louisiana Justice Institute warned the bill could shift control without fixing infrastructure problems and could raise equity and financial concerns. Despite that opposition, the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also advanced HB 368, increasing fines for unauthorized demolition of historic properties in New Orleans; HB 441, clarifying that Sewerage and Water Board employees remain in city civil service; and HB 257, which would give the elected police chief of Central authority to hire, fire, and discipline police personnel, subject to consultation with the city attorney and a delayed effective date. All of those bills were reported favorably after discussion and, where needed, adoption of amendments.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:18:38.559><c> of</c> till we gain possession and control of till we gain possession and control
• </c> control of the space. control of the space.
• </c><01:57:42.239><c> The</c> Outdoor Advertising Control. The Outdoor Advertising Control.
• </c> state agreed to effectively control state agreed to effectively control outdoor<01:58:30.000><c>
• </c> outdoor advertising control statutes. outdoor advertising control statutes.

Committee: House Public Works and Highways

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I really do worry about what is controlling, what it's not controlling.
• I'm open to an extremely robust control over the use of this.
• In conclusion, Real ID is foundational to a control grid. He who controls the data makes the rules.
• They wanted to be the implementer, the controller, and that's not... Control.
• Speaker and the President that can control the master key.

Summary: The committee approved the minutes from March 10, 2026, and then heard several House bills, mostly on appropriations, fees, water, food assistance, technology, and licensing. HB 2056, which would appropriate $100,000 for an Arizona Department of Water Resources feasibility study on brackish groundwater desalination, passed 6-3 despite concerns raised in opposition about increased groundwater pumping, subsidence, and impacts to tribal lands and conservation efforts. HB 2057, reducing the Arizona Centennial Special Plate renewal fee from $25 to $20, also passed 7-2 after one senator objected that the plate’s purpose and discount were not well justified. HB 2224, appropriating $1 million annually to DES for the produce incentive program, drew supportive testimony from food access groups who said the program helps families, farmers, and local markets; members noted the amount was below the prior $2 million funding level and could force site closures, but the bill passed 9-0. The committee also advanced HB 2257, which changes the distribution of watercraft registration and fee revenue, shifting more money to lake improvement and boating safety funds and less to the watercraft licensing fund. It passed 6-3 amid criticism that the bill moved money away from Game and Fish and concern that the boating safety fund increase could support immigration enforcement. HB 2265, which bars courts from charging criminal defendants for public defender services and certain other criminal-case fees and assessments, passed 7-1 after extensive testimony from advocates who argued the fees burden indigent defendants and cost more to collect than they raise; opponents called it a cost shift to counties and other local governments and said more fiscal data was needed. HB 2311, regulating publicly available conversational AI services with disclosure, anti-gamification, sexual-content restrictions, parental tools, and self-harm protocols, passed 7-2 after the sponsor and supporters framed it as child protection, while opponents warned about privacy, surveillance, and overbroad definitions; an Epstein amendment broadening the bill was rejected. The committee then considered HB 2752, which would subject Arizona Commerce Authority trade offices to legislative appropriation and require annual reporting. The ACA said it was neutral but supported the concept of data-driven decisions; the sponsor said the Legislature should approve trade offices and that the bill reflected his prior trade-office initiatives. An Epstein amendment requiring objective research for trade-office appropriations was rejected, and the bill passed 6-3. Finally, the committee heard HB 2957, which would preserve non-Real ID driver’s licenses, prohibit mandatory participation in enhanced ID programs, restrict biometric collection and document retention, and bar government entities from requiring digital or mobile IDs. The sponsor and several supporters argued it protects privacy, state sovereignty, and informed consent, while opponents from ADOT and the trucking industry warned it could conflict with federal Real ID and CDL requirements and jeopardize federal compliance and funding. The discussion was still ongoing at the end of the transcript, with witnesses and members debating whether the bill would change current practice or create federal conflicts.

Transcript Highlights:

• And they would would control as well.
• </c> these lands to control. these lands to control.
• . controlled. controlled.
• </c> government is in control? government is in control?
• </c> control over state trust parcels. control over state trust parcels.

Committee: Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I think the bill presents a measured approach to protect access to justice, but also control costs.
• It focuses narrowly on access to justice, but also control costs.
• Patients deserve the ability to know who controls the care.
• What's a change of control? What is a significant change? What's substantial compliance?
• And it started with controlling the files and software and then eventually led to controls inside of

Bills: HB2255 , HB2320 , HB2548

Committee: House Civil Rights & Judiciary

Keywords: litigation finance, legal funding, lawsuit, financial services, access to justice, firearm regulation, manufacturing, safety standards, background checks, license requirements, health care market standards, hospital consolidation, merger review, health care transaction notice, attorney general review, antitrust, provider organizations, hospital systems, contracting affiliation, material change