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OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Business and Insurance 2ND REVISED Feb 26th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Business and Insurance
Transcript Highlights:
- Bill 1625 will be laid over.
- Chairman, and thank you for hearing this bill, members. I'm glad to present this bill.
- Further questions on the bill? Seeing none. Will there be debate on the bill?
- Senate Bill 1646.
- Further questions on the bill? Seeing none, will there be debate on the bill?
Keywords:
prosthetics, health insurance, medical necessity, patient rights, insurance liability, pharmacy benefits manager, healthcare providers, claims processing, reimbursement, insurance regulation, employees insurance, contract awarding, certifications, state procurement, insurance plan, mental health, substance use disorders, utilization review, benefit coverage, pharmacy
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/10/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- Was this bill vetoed last year?
- Senate Bill 1418 all...
- Is this bill nearly identical to two other bills that were vetoed last year?
- It was, Madam Chair, my bill.
- bill sponsored by Mr.
Keywords:
groundwater, water conservation, Arizona water resources, drought management, water quality, irrigation, active management area, domestic use, stock watering, water rights, small modular reactors, energy regulation, environmental compatibility, utility construction, agricultural use, industrial users, water storage, recovery well, Arizona Revised Statutes, water management
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Conference Committee on S.F. 1832 - Jobs and Labor Omnibus - 05/15/25
Transcript Highlights:
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in the 1980s, but uh there was a bill in the 1980s, but uh there was a bill - Um, so when the program was originally drafted in the larger cannabis omnibus bill in, I believe, 2023
- Um, so when the program was originally drafted in the larger cannabis omnibus bill in, I believe, 2023
- <00:33:56.640>
anyway whole idea of this of this bill anyway whole idea of this of this bill - Was this carried in a bill?
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Licensing and Occupations (3-5-25) - Upon Adjournment
Transcript Highlights:
- We have one bill on for consideration: Senate Bill 202.
- But it was under House Bill 544, so no, it's law.
- But I mean, it says it in that bill as well that passed."
- I save someone's life or I let a a bill I save someone's life or I let a a bill survive<00:41:18.200
- Title amendment to Senate Bill 202 is adopted.
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum and took up Senate Bill 202, adopting a committee substitute before hearing testimony. Senator Julie Rocky Adams explained that the substitute would require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate regulations by January 1, 2026 for intoxicating hemp-derived beverages, direct the University of Kentucky to study manufacturing, testing, distribution, sales, and consumer effects of those beverages, and impose a moratorium on their sale until July 1, 2026. Supporters, including Rep. Matt Cook, said the measure was intended as a consumer-protection step rather than a ban, citing concerns about youth access, inconsistent labeling, and the need for a clearer regulatory framework.
Members asked about the legal status of the products, whether the bill could unintentionally sweep in non-intoxicating hemp beverages, and whether there was evidence of harm. Senators were told the products are legal under the federal farm bill loophole, but that testing has shown THC levels on sampled cans did not match labels and that current regulations do not specifically address intoxicating hemp-derived beverages. Senator Higdon said CHFS had already been authorized to regulate hemp products and was moving forward with regulations and enforcement, while Senator Meredith questioned whether a moratorium would unfairly punish businesses that had already invested in the market and suggested setting a THC standard instead.
Public testimony then shifted to industry opposition. Jim Higdon of Cornbread Hemp said his company had invested heavily in a beverage line and argued the moratorium would function like a ban and harm small businesses. Dee Taylor of 502 Hemp and the Kentucky Hemp Association also opposed the moratorium, saying existing rules already require age limits, behind-the-counter sales, and licensed retailers, and arguing that a cap on milligrams would be preferable to a shutdown. He said retailers were seeing approved and unapproved products in the market and urged work with the Cabinet and ABC rather than a moratorium.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health Apr 21st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I had a bill that took much longer than I thought, but I appreciate all of you.
- grantees who were awarded funding on April 1 received only six-month awards, and last week a leaked early draft
- including OB-GYNs, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, and for many health center staff that cannot bill
- And then there was also a recently leaked Health and Human Services draft president's budget.
- ETE is a statewide coalition that advocates budget and bill priorities that address the syndemic of HIV
Summary:
The subcommittee held an oversight hearing on federal actions affecting California’s public health and family planning systems, focusing first on the freeze to Title X family planning funds and then on broader CDC/public health grant terminations. Chair and members described the cuts as abrupt, harmful, and likely to create major gaps in disease surveillance, vaccination, contraception, STI testing, and other preventive services, while also criticizing the federal administration’s explanation that the actions were tied to DEI or civil-rights compliance. The chair thanked Attorney General Bonta for legal action and said the hearing was intended to document the real-world impacts and inform state budget responses.
Witnesses from Essential Access Health, Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, a Central Coast clinic, and other providers said California’s Title X network serves more than half a million low-income patients annually and relies on the funds for staffing, outreach, training, mobile and school-based clinics, and confidential care. They warned that the freeze has already forced reserve spending, delayed services, and could lead to layoffs, reduced hours, longer waits, and fewer appointments, especially for sexual and reproductive health care. Public comment included support for a proposed state backfill of Title X losses, with advocates emphasizing impacts on low-income, LGBTQ+, and communities of color.
On the public health side, CDPH, county health officials, and local health officers testified that the CDC’s rescission of $11.4 billion in grants would affect California by an estimated $840 million and threaten lab capacity, immunization programs, health disparities work, and data systems such as CalConnect and vaccine registries. Sacramento County and others described how the grants supported outbreak response, sequencing, community vaccination clinics, and equity-focused partnerships, and said terminations had already led to canceled appointments, stopped contracts, and layoffs. Several speakers urged the Legislature to preserve and expand state “future of public health” funding and to backfill federal losses, while public commenters from HIV, immunization, labor, and county organizations echoed concerns about workforce losses and worsening health outcomes.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Permanent Joint Rules 2025-2026 Jun 21st, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- To my left is Representative Bill Galvin from Canton.
- What remains unresolved is who must ultimately draft the summaries.
- A Senate language would only apply to bills filed by members to enable joint votes on bills filed by
- There was an issue of bills filed by the governor.
- Appropriation bills.
Summary:
The conference committee on legislative rules, led by House Chair Michael Moran and Senate Chair Senator Creem, reviewed the many differences between House and Senate versions of the rules and reported that the branches had agreed on 24 of 52 disputed items. Members said they were moving closer to a final compromise, with several provisions already settled and others still being negotiated offline. The discussion emphasized transparency, committee administration, and ways to move bills through the process earlier in the session.
Items agreed to included committee name changes such as adding fisheries to Agriculture and changing elder affairs to aging and independent, adopting House language on joint rules, making committee reports and bill/resolution materials available electronically and online, allowing public access to summaries, and several technical or administrative updates. The committee also agreed on rules for executive sessions, temporary employees, committee travel, favorable/unfavorable reporting, joint petitions, home rule expiration, and special commission meetings. Some provisions were tabled for further discussion, including Mason’s Rules, notice and posting timelines, hearing scheduling, in-person hearings, bill reporting deadlines, and several other administrative topics.
A few issues remained unresolved, especially who should draft bill summaries, how to handle notice periods for hearings and postings, and how to structure committee votes and reporting deadlines. The committee also discussed Rule 35, agreeing in principle to a public hearing and broader public comment on rules review, which members said would improve transparency. At the end of the meeting, members praised the work of the committee and staff, said there was “light at the end of the tunnel,” and adjourned after a motion and second.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Committee Feb 26th, 2025
Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill is simply a property. This bill is simply a property rights bill.
- So, House Bill 323 amends Section 32-9-29.
- I'm just introducing the purpose of this bill.
- However, as drafted, this bill is both, in our opinion, unnecessary for reasons I'll explain, and it
- And so this bill removes that legal And so this bill removes that legal requirement for a load that large
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- They are paying $71 for their water wastewater bill.
- They are paying, um, $10 for their stormwater bill. Our stormwater bill is also set up on.
- So what's your average water bill then in, in Houston?
- And we've had a lot of success, uh, bringing bills to the Capitol, uh, over a dozen bills over the last
- So when Ron was carrying that bill and the Senate bill came over to the house, he said, you know, we're
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Billing. Billed. And the only factor. It would be water loss or deficiency in your meter.
- They are paying $71 for their water waste water bill. They are. $10 for their stormwater bill.
- So what's your average water bill then in Houston?
- We've had a lot of success bringing bills to the Capitol, over a dozen bills over the last decade.
- So when Ron was carrying that bill, the Senate bill came over to the House.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 18th, 2026 at 09:43 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- We've got Senate Bill 273 and 274. Vice Chair Dixon is Going to be there.
- To House Bill 9.
- So that bill focused on four different things.
- So right now, these are two different appropriations bills.
- The other thing it does is for Senate Bill 273.
Keywords:
general appropriation, budget, Medicaid, education funding, public safety, telecommunications, low-income assistance, lifeline, broadband, rural broadband, universal service fund, public regulation commission, PRC, 911 surcharge, telecommunications relay service, VoIP, mobile service, internet affordability, digital equity, digital inclusion
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Natural Resources and Energy. (2-17-26)
Natural Resources & Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, we do have a quorum, and we're waiting on the sponsor of the bill, who was in the Senate, is on
- We don't normally have meetings this quickly, but Senate Bill 172 is a bill that's related to fuel adjustment
- We don't normally have meetings this quickly, but Senate Bill 172 is a bill that's related to fuel adjustment
- And so, that's the reason for the bill. And, um, Patrick, did you have anything?
- Okay, we have a motion on the bill. Are there any questions or comments from the members?
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum to consider Senate Bill 172, which would address utility fuel adjustment charges and include an emergency clause. The sponsor, Senator Philip Wheeler, explained that the bill is intended to give the Public Service Commission another tool to help consumers by allowing fuel costs from recent winter storm spikes to be spread over several months instead of being collected all at once. He emphasized that the bill does not eliminate the fuel adjustment clause or reduce the total amount owed, but is meant to ease the immediate burden on households facing large charges.
Members asked about how the bill would work and whether other entities, such as the PSC or Attorney General, could already do something similar. Wheeler said utilities have sometimes done this in the past, but the bill would make the process clearer and more usable, especially for investor-owned utilities, and the emergency clause is needed so utilities can request the relief in time for the current situation. Representative Fugate clarified for the public that the bill would not raise rates, but would simply spread a charge like $100 over multiple months. Representative Smith raised a separate issue about a different co-op charge, and Wheeler said that was outside the scope of the bill but reflected a broader need to give the PSC consumer-friendly tools.
The committee then took a roll call vote and reported the bill favorably for passage on the House floor. The motion passed with broad support, with Representative Chester-Burton passing and Representative Watkins voting present. The chair also announced that the committee would not meet again that Thursday and would have no further meetings that week.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Mar 26th, 2025
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Transcript Highlights:
- But it'll be in a conforming bill later.
- Back on the bill as amended. Any questions on the bill as amended? I have a question.
- So with the bill as amended, walk me through how this process will now happen should this bill become
- Appearance form on the bill as amended.
- Thank you, Madam Chair, for bringing the bill.
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice met to review its proposed fiscal year 2025-2026 budget, totaling about $7.6 billion. The chair highlighted funding for the Department of Corrections, including health services, food inflation, and prison population growth; the Department of Juvenile Justice for residential beds and higher food/medical costs; FDLE for a law enforcement apprenticeship program and officer wellness services; justice administration for court-appointed attorney rates and VOCA shortfalls; major IT projects; and court operations, including funding for 29 new judges. Members asked about where the new judgeships would go and whether staffing would accompany them, and staff said the judge positions would be listed later in a conforming bill and that associated court staff were included, but not additional state attorney or public defender staffing. Several members also asked whether the budget addressed pay and staffing shortages in state attorneys’ and public defenders’ offices, and staff said those decisions had not yet been finalized.
The committee then heard public testimony from several speakers who urged more funding for prison safety, medical care, and oversight. Speakers described personal experiences involving deaths or serious harm in correctional facilities and jails, alleging inadequate medical treatment, excessive force, isolation, and failures to investigate. One speaker said her son died after being beaten and denied timely medical care in a correctional facility; another said her son was not receiving adequate health care at Charlotte Correctional; and another described her brother’s death in the Marion County Jail after repeated tasing and pepper spraying. The committee adopted a motion allowing staff to make technical adjustments and then approved the committee’s budget proposal as a recommendation to the full Senate Appropriations Committee.
The committee also took up CS for CS SB 48 on alternative judicial procedures and foreclosure sales. Senator Garcia offered an amendment to standardize judicial sales, increase transparency, limit preferences in bidding, preserve public notice requirements, restrict plaintiff credit bids to the amount of the judgment unless a deposit is posted, and prevent deviations from statutory timelines and procedures from being hidden in court orders. Garcia said the bill was intended to close loopholes and protect homeowners, especially condominium owners, from unfair foreclosure practices. A representative for Auction.com said similar laws have been used in other states and offered to provide data. After debate, the amendment was adopted, and the bill passed the committee favorably on a roll call vote.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Congressional Redistricting, Select Jul 26th, 2025
Congressional Redistricting, Select
Transcript Highlights:
- The big ugly bill, the big ugly bill that takes $17 million, the big ugly bill that takes food away from
- That got rolled up into that one big, ugly bill, a thousand-page bill, done in the dark of night.
- Ugly steel of a bill by one vote.
- The Chair calls Bill Robinson. Bill Robinson is here.
- The Chair calls Bill Kelly.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Oct 7th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- I forget the number. 385 maybe, but I was given a copy of the current draft of the bill that you're considering
- I just wondered if there was a bill that I had not read that we were considering, a bill draft.
- And their water bills doubled.
- When you can't pay your water bill, when you can't pay your electric or gas bill, what happens?
- In 2024, we're looking for the bill number. It's one of the dummy bills, so it's harder to find.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- It's taken me a week to get this bill drafted and get it the way we want it.
- It's taken me a week to get this bill drafted and get it the way we want it.
- Thank you for passing Senate Bill 3 in the special session.
- And so I have a bill today to do that.
- This was before Senate Bill 42. This was before Senate Bill 42 passed last session.
Keywords:
high-quality literacy instruction, science of reading, structured literacy, reading instruction, literacy assessment, dyslexia screening, phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, biliteracy, English language learner, ELL, bilingual education, dual language program, reading intervention, reading difficulty, reading improvement plan, literacy coach
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Jul 2nd, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- In this panel, we'll cover one of the bills and two of the memorials.
- My comments are about the implementation of Senate Bill 33.
- We start Senate Bill 81 Senate Bill 81.
- Well, the more I read into this, and the more I read into bills.
- And I'm still able to get Five bills this time passed.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE AND HOUSE Feb 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- introduced and just had a House companion bill drop.
- 1184, the trigger lead bill, if you guys remember that.
- We draft an affidavit for a warrant. The warrant gets issued.
- , their gas bill, their electric bill, their insurance bill—they've got to change it.
- their gas bill their electric bill their insurance bill they've got to change it the account changed
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
State Committee Meeting - 2026-04-07
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- you will, of the implementation of House File 3 that was in our committee, that was in our omnibus bill
- <00:08:55.320>
here <00:08:55.440>in bill and presented the bill here in bill and presented - Chair, I think I signed on to that bill. bill. bill. >> Oh,<00:35:22.200>
great. - the audit uh gets to review a draft the audit uh gets to review a draft report<00:43:15.640>
- a finance bill. a finance bill.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- I'll just note that both of the documents, even when they were in draft form, were being used for both
- form were being used for their uh draft form were being used for both<00:35:02.480>
new <00:35 - So there's 10 states with bottle bills.
- Um seven of them including us are bills.
- <01:14:01.760>
and I did some research on bottle bills and I did some research on bottle bills
Summary:
The informational briefing focused on the Office of the Auditor’s recent audit of Hawaii’s deposit beverage container program and the Department of Health’s response. State Auditor Les Condo reviewed the program’s structure, noting it was created to increase recycling and reduce litter, but said prior audits have repeatedly found weak internal controls, reliance on self-reported data, and an “honor system” approach. He cited examples of underreporting and overpayment risks, including a Whole Foods settlement and secret-shopper testing at a redemption center where the program reimbursed more than what was actually paid to consumers. Condo said the special fund continues to grow, increasing by more than $12 million between FY24 and FY25, and that the 2024 audit found no meaningful progress in implementing earlier recommendations. He also noted that many prior recommendations were later codified in law, including risk-based audits and internal control requirements, and said the office will audit the program again in about a year.
Senator Fevella said the briefing was needed because he has seen little progress over the years and emphasized the program’s goals of reducing litter and promoting recycling. He noted that Hawaii has lost a glass recycler, underscoring broader challenges in the system. Department of Health Deputy Director Kathleen Hoe said the department is committed to addressing longstanding problems and said the director’s office meets with the program twice a month. Program staff outlined steps being taken to respond to the audit, including revising accounting and inspection/enforcement manuals, retaining third-party services, and implementing risk-based audits of distributors and redemption centers. They said internal control process documents from distributors were due June 30, with about 200 received and roughly 100 still outstanding, and that enforcement letters are being sent.
The department also described plans for electronic reporting to reduce manual entry and improve accuracy, as well as a broader legislative proposal for a tiered audit system. Under that proposal, larger distributors would remain subject to the current every-other-year audit requirement, middle-tier distributors would be audited every five years, and smaller distributors would be exempt. Officials said the governor had temporarily waived enforcement of the 2025 independent audit requirement because of cost concerns for smaller distributors, while the department reviews submitted audits and considers a longer-term fix. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the informational briefing.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House HB340 Working Group Apr 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- In your document, the substitute bill, I went and highlighted the main areas.
- resources bill.
- I don't know about defining the bill because if the... ...defining the bill because if the DHR lead team
- In objecting to the bill or other things?
- But as far as actual voting on the bill, We'll have this and whatever she said.