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PA
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill authorizes Pennsylvania to join the dental and dental hygienist compact.
- This bill authorizes Pennsylvania to join the dental and dental hygienist compact.
- working on for three sessions now that would allow Pennsylvania to join the dental and dental hygienist compact
- According to the Council of State Governments, 14 states have already adopted this compact, and it is
- , should determine the standards of practice for dental professionals here in Pennsylvania, not a compact
Summary:
The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, welcomed numerous guests and interns to the chamber, and established a quorum with 202 members voting on the master roll call. The House then received committee reports on several bills and a resolution, including measures from Consumer Protection, Finance, Communications and Technology, Rules, and Appropriations, and agreed to the reports. House Bill 1877 was reported as passed by the Senate without amendment and was signed by the Speaker for presentation to the Governor.
The chamber adopted House Resolution 363, as amended, directing the Joint State Government Commission to study Pennsylvania’s early childhood education system, including the role of public and private equity in child care and recommendations to improve access and affordability. The House also advanced several bills on final passage, including House Bills 2551, 75, 76, 426, 1127, 2234, and 1585. These measures addressed issues such as banning government text-message collection of fees and tolls, medical licensing for physician assistants and physicians, native habitats at Commonwealth facilities, joining the dental and dental hygienist compact, a spent grain donation tax credit, and restrictions on mugshot removal fees. Most passed with broad support, though House Bill 1127 drew opposition over concerns about licensing standards and the compact structure.
Members also considered House Bill 2650, creating the Governor’s Responsible Infrastructure Development Certification for data centers, and House Bill 2496, establishing a temporary pause on data center proposals while local ordinances are reviewed. Both bills were amended several times. Debate on HB 2650 focused on data center impacts on electricity costs, water use, noise, community benefit agreements, and farmland protection; one farmland-protection amendment was tabled, while other amendments on closed-loop cooling and enforceable local criteria were adopted. Debate on HB 2496 centered on preserving local control and home rule authority for municipalities, with amendments clarifying that local governments could continue curative amendment procedures and retain zoning powers. The House agreed to both bills as amended.
The House also re-reported several bills from Appropriations and Rules, reconsidered and re-accepted a prior committee report on House Bill 2359, and announced caucus and committee meetings. At the end of the session, the House moved several bills to Appropriations, removed Senate Bill 1058 from the table calendar to the active calendar, and adjourned until Wednesday, June 24, 2026, at 11 a.m., unless recalled sooner.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Jan 26th, 2026 at 11:12 am
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- An act relating to licensure, enacting the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, providing for the appointment
- of New Mexico Compact Commissioners, requiring...
- Compact, providing for the appointment of New Mexico Compact Commissioners, requiring the public posting
- of the Medical Practice Act, providing for a contingent repeal of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2026-05-12 - 10:00AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- loss of a compact license, or privilege. loss of a compact license, or privilege.
- we have expanded our use of compact we have expanded our use of compact licensure.<01:46:42.800>
- without and lost their compact licensure without and lost their compact licensure without this<01
- are seeking services from compact are seeking services from compact licensees.<01:47:06.440>
- this enabling language allowing compact this enabling language allowing compact license<01:53:11.240
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (01/16/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- accept us um that's more of a compact accept us um that's more of a compact model<00:22:35.360><
- <03:35:07.319>
that's <03:35:07.520>been compact that's been compact that's been referenced - if the is that a lot of the compacts if the is that a lot of the compacts that<03:35:20.560>
- <03:35:38.199>
and this exam to the interstate compact and this exam to the interstate compact - if there is a an effect with the compact if there is a an effect with the compact if<03:35:42.080
Summary:
The meeting was an orientation-style overview from the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification (OPLC), led by Executive Director Deana Jurus and staff. They described the office’s mission to protect public health, safety, welfare, the environment, and the public trust, and outlined the agency structure: enforcement, licensing and board administration, operations, legal counsel, board counsel, and the hearings bureau. OPLC said it currently supports 57 boards, including seven advisory boards, and has about 104 filled positions out of 120 authorized. They also noted new voluntary certifications for doulas, lactation consultants, and community health workers that are in rulemaking.
A substantial portion of the discussion focused on how boards and staff divide responsibilities under RSA 310:4. Staff explained that the office handles application processing, complaint intake and initial review, records retention, 91-A requests, and rule drafting, while boards make final decisions on licensure criteria, complaint dismissals or investigations, disciplinary actions, and some hearing matters. They also described the rule structure by chapter number ranges and the distinction between full licensing boards and advisory boards. The committee asked about complaint notifications, and OPLC said it is tightening policies so complainants are told whether a matter is closed or moving forward.
The licensing process was discussed in detail, especially for nursing. Bethany Katrell explained that applicants apply through an online portal, may receive approval to sit for exams, can work under provisional authority in some cases, and then receive full licensure after exam results and criminal background checks are complete. OPLC said the portal now reduces back-and-forth paperwork and that, as of the latest biweekly report, 87% of applications were decided within the statutory 90-day period and 57% within 14 days. Members also raised questions about why some professions require board approval before taking an exam, and OPLC said that requirement varies by statute or board rule. No votes or formal actions were taken during the discussion.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Mar 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Senator Collins: LET'S TAKE A TAB 2 SB 400 INTERSTATE COMPACT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MILITARY
- SINCE 2008 SENATE BILL 400 BASICALLY REMOVES THE REPEAL DATE OF THE INTERSTATE COMPACT AND EDUCATIONAL
- PARTICIPATION OF THE COMPACT ENABLES MEMBER STATES OF WHICH ALL 50 STATES OUR MEMBERS TO ADDRESS EDUCATIONAL
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-09 (1:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This is the Senate bill related to the expenditure of funds for the Indian Gaming Compact.
- that will put money, dedicated money each year, gaming compact that will put money, dedicated money
- HB 27, Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact.
- This bill allows the state of Florida to become a compact state as part of the Social Worker Compact.
- This compact would allow our military families to designate a compact home state, and if they get assigned
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the pledge, quorum call, and several recognitions, including guests for Education and Sharing Day, law enforcement officer of the day Detective Miata Anderson, and later FAMU Day at the Capitol and other visiting groups. The chamber adopted the special order report and then moved through a series of budget-related bills and conforming measures, with debate focused largely on recurring funding, environmental programs, housing, insurance reserves, and tax policy.
Members approved HB 5011/SB 2506, which conform environmental resource funding to the proposed budget by shifting Seminole Gaming Compact-related dollars from recurring to nonrecurring funding; supporters said this preserves annual legislative review, while opponents warned it would reduce funding for the Resilient Florida program, wildlife corridor protection, invasive species removal, and other conservation efforts. The House then passed HB 5013, reducing state-funded property reinsurance reserves by lowering the RAP program and repealing FORA funding, and HB 5501, which redirects documentary stamp tax revenues from housing and transportation trust funds to general revenue; Democrats argued the housing changes would reduce affordable housing support, while Republicans said the move was needed to control recurring spending. The chamber also passed HB 5015 on state group insurance, HB 5201 on Florida PALM accounting conforming changes, HB 5203 on Capitol Center tenancy and utilities control, and HB 5009 creating a Florida Accountability Office and revising audit and budgeting functions.
The most extended debate came on HB 7031, which permanently reduces the state sales tax rate from 6% to 5.25% and also lowers several related tax rates. Supporters described it as broad-based, immediate tax relief for Floridians, while opponents said property tax relief would be more targeted and that sales tax cuts also benefit tourists and out-of-state visitors. The bill passed 112-0. The House then took up the main budget bill, HB 501, and subcommittee chairs outlined the proposed $112.9 billion budget, including education, health care, transportation, agriculture and natural resources, higher education, state administration, justice, and IT spending. Members began questioning the pre-K-12 budget on school funding, vouchers, proration, mental health and safety allocations, and inflation, with the discussion continuing beyond the excerpt provided.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/23/2026 - Arizona Off-Highway Vehicle Study Committee
Arizona Off-Highway Vehicle Study Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- I think you mentioned something about a compact and other transferring...
- Senator Dunn, the compact I was speaking of was being able to have some consistency that you all are
- The way we have it now under the federal compact on regular driver's licenses, you know, a red octagon
- If we can, there's a way of doing a compact for those kinds of training and stickers and things like
- That would be a separate compact legislation reciprocity, basically, yes.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- of 1922 or the Upper Colorado River Compact of 1948.
- 00:31:04.880>
the <00:31:05.039>Colorado <00:31:05.520>River <00:31:05.840>Compact - be used for the Colorado River Compact be used for the Colorado River Compact of<00:31:06.559>
- of 1922 or the upper U upper Colorado of 1922 or the upper U upper Colorado River<00:31:10.080>
compact - River compact of 1948. River compact of 1948.
- of 1922 or the upper U upper Colorado of 1922 or the upper U upper Colorado River<00:31:10.080>
Keywords:
911 services, emergency response, grant funding, next generation technology, government accountability, public safety, mental health, detention, competency evaluation, treatment, contractual agreements, Wyoming, budget, funding, education, wildfire prevention, healthcare, community colleges, grants, economic development
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, Texas joined the Interstate Mining Compact Commission, the IMCC, in the 1970s, when lignite
- coal production... ...Compact Commission, the IMCC, in the 1970s, when lignite coal production was on
- would withdraw Texas from the IMCC and abolish the statute that authorizes our involvement in the compact
- caption: Senate Bill 1147, relating to the withdrawal of the state of Texas from the Interstate Mining Compact
- caption: Senate Bill 1147, relating to the withdrawal of the state of Texas from the Interstate Mining Compact
Summary:
The Senate opened with a quorum, an invocation, and routine motions to excuse Senator King and dispense with the reading of the previous journal. Members then took up several ceremonial resolutions and recognitions, including honoring Duncanville High School’s boys basketball state championship, recognizing the city of Palestine, welcoming the Texas African American Lawyers Foundation and Barbara Jordan Leadership Institute, acknowledging the Cibolo Chamber of Commerce, and designating Texas County Treasurer’s Day and Mesquite Day. A memorial resolution for Clyde Vance Dunham of Waco was adopted, with multiple senators speaking in tribute to his long legal career and community service; the Senate agreed to adjourn in his memory.
The chamber then considered a series of bills, most of which were advanced on expedited motions. Senate Bill 1948, concerning fire prevention standards for certain agricultural facilities, passed after suspension of the rules and the three-day rule. Senate Bill 1394, updating weight and tire-load rules for ready-mix concrete trucks, passed unanimously. Senate Bill 1814, creating an electronic database to provide information to certain veterans, also passed unanimously. Senate Bill 241, tightening enforcement of the public camping ban and authorizing state enforcement and reimbursement mechanisms, drew questions about impacts on unhoused people but ultimately passed. Senate Bill 1147, withdrawing Texas from the Interstate Mining Compact, passed unanimously.
The Senate also passed Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 921 on Medicaid ex parte renewals after a narrower vote, and Senate Bill 609, requiring school districts and charter schools to comply with legally required policies, after rejecting an amendment by Senators Menendez and Perry that would have added a good-faith/resource-limitation safeguard for districts. Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 660, requiring bollards or similar barriers near certain hospital emergency rooms, passed with rural exemptions and exceptions for existing protections. Senate Bill 2155, a cleanup bill returning veterinary board authority from TDLR to the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, passed with amendments. Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1209 on election dates and Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1396 prohibiting national sex education standards in public schools also passed. The Senate then received first-reading bills and adjourned until the next day.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Apr 14th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Commerce & Economic Development Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, this would move Oklahoma into a compact for dentists and dental hygienists.
- So, SB 1653 would enact the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact and would authorize Oklahoma to enter
- Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact and would authorize Oklahoma to enter into the compact with participating
Keywords:
bail bondsman, bondsman license, multicounty agent bondsman, surety bondsman, Insurance Commissioner, bail bond regulation, bond deposit, forfeiture, deposit ratio, writing capacity, license transfer, power of attorney, surety bond, bail industry, Oklahoma insurance law, financial solvency, administrative action, SB1061, Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act, SAFE Act
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/03/2026 - House Republican Caucus Calendar #8 and #9
Transcript Highlights:
- Madam Witt, members, House Bill 2437 adopts the EMS personnel licensure interstate compact to allow EMS
- personnel to obtain the privilege to practice in other compact states and establishes the interstate
- The bill declares the compact effective once enacted by the 10th member state, and currently 25 states
- have adopted the compact.
Summary:
The meeting was a caucus-style review of two packets of bills, with staff reading summaries and members briefly explaining several measures. Topics included appropriations for pregnancy resource centers, home- and community-based services for the elderly and people with disabilities, veteran specialty courts, child care grants and infrastructure, language acquisition services for deaf or hard-of-hearing infants and toddlers, ambulance service regulation, short-term rental rules, tourism improvement areas, manufactured home installer licensure, CPR/AED training in schools, veterans’ park fee exemptions, and multiple child welfare and family-court bills. Several Senate bills were also reviewed, including optometry standards, behavior analyst licensure transfer, virtual mental health hearings, and assisted-living residency rules.
Members speaking for bills emphasized themes such as supporting aging in place, improving rural ambulance access and reporting, protecting children in DCS cases, preventing poverty alone from being treated as neglect, and expanding access to health screenings and services. Other sponsors described measures to help veterans, strengthen school safety, and create local funding or improvement mechanisms for tourism and child care. Some bills were described as technical or administrative changes, such as post-nuptial agreement rules, tax lien procedures, and local government contract posting requirements.
No formal votes were taken in the transcript excerpt, but many bills were noted as being on the consent calendar or third-read consent calendar, while a few had been removed from consent or were not yet on a calendar. The meeting concluded after the final bill on the second packet, HB 4025, was summarized as creating a study committee on gasoline and petroleum refinery feasibility.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Senate Floor Session Jan 22nd, 2026 at 08:30 am
North Dakota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It deals with a compact, as you can see in the amendment written, that we need for this particular group
- omitted last session, and so this is just really a fix so that this group can participate in the compact
- It deals with a compact, as you can see in the amendment written, that we need for this particular group
- omitted last session, and so this is just really a fix so that this group can participate in the compact
Keywords:
SB 2401, North Dakota, Century Code, occupational therapy, occupational therapy board, criminal history record check, background check, licensee investigation, physician continuing education, medical license renewal, nutrition education, metabolic health, chronic disease prevention, health occupation boards, medical board, licensure fee, audit response, disciplinary action, Title 43, board of medicine
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present. It adopted the procedural employment committee report naming Senate staff for the special session. The chamber then took up several health-care and appropriations measures, first adopting amendments to Senate Bills 2401, 2402, and 2403 before moving them to final passage.
Senate Bill 2401 passed 44-2 and requires physicians to complete at least one hour of continuing education in nutrition and metabolic health, part of a broader rural health care package. Senate Bill 2402 passed 46-0 after major amendments negotiated between the medical and pharmacy boards; as amended, it expands pharmacists’ prescriptive authority and therapeutic substitution in limited areas while excluding categories such as antidepressants, antipsychotics, chemotherapy agents, Schedule II drugs, biological products, and narrow therapeutic index drugs. Supporters said it would improve rural access and help secure rural health transformation funding, while questions focused on how pharmacist competence would be measured and enforced.
Senate Bill 2403, also passed 46-0, creates a short-term medical facility emergency operating loan program through the Bank of North Dakota, reduced by amendment from $10 million to $5 million, to help a financially distressed rural hospital. Senators discussed the hospital’s mismanagement, the need for a bridge loan, and safeguards including a limited application window and expiration in 2027. Senate Bill 2404 passed 46-0 and provides supplemental appropriations to the Information Technology Department for ADA-related website accessibility compliance and to the Public Service Commission for additional legal costs in federal energy-rate litigation. The Senate then made announcements about a Highway Patrol safety presentation and filing deadlines, excused an absent member, and adjourned until the next morning.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 04/08/25
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, compact discussions are ongoing with multiple nations.
- that your office and the the compact that your office and the governor<00:46:36.720>
might <00 - Uh compact<00:46:44.079>
discussions <00:46:44.480>are <00:46:44.720>ongoing <00: - 46:45.119>
with compact discussions are ongoing with compact discussions are ongoing with multiple - So, this kind of relates to the timeline question and when compacts may be in effect.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Rules and Administration - 02/14/25
Rules and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- And then members being appointed to the ITRB, the military Interstate Children's Compact, and then flip
- And then members being appointed to the ITRB, the military Interstate Children's Compact, and then flip
- And then members being appointed to the ITRB, the military Interstate Children's Compact, and then flip
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (03/25/2025)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- So as I understand it, in the language of the bill, the air rifle will be prohibited in a compact area
- area, as far as it discards any cannon gun pistol area—oh yeah, compact area.
- A compact area would be no different than a bow or any other weapon.
- area, as far as it discards any cannon gun pistol area—oh yeah, compact area.
- A compact area would be no different than a bow or any other weapon.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 5th, 2025
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
- executive Lieutenant Shane plyer who's executive Lieutenant Shane plyer who's executive director of compact
- in Shelby County I director of compact in Shelby County I director of compact in Shelby County I have
- does in Shelby exactly what the compact does in Shelby exactly what the compact does in Shelby county
- as a resource as well we've got compact as a resource as well we've got compact as a resource as well
- with here now usually we have a compact with here now usually we have a compact with other states that
Keywords:
SB82, warrant recall, outstanding warrants, stale warrants, misdemeanor warrants, Class B misdemeanor, Class C misdemeanor, municipal magistrate, circuit court clerk, criminal procedure, court administration, docket cleanup, warrant audit, law enforcement notification, domestic violence, sex offense, weapons offense, deadly weapon, dangerous instrument, felony-related charges
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Mar 18th, 2025
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- The two existing purposes are for compact compliance for existing river compacts, and to address endangered
- effective water management tool that the ISC has effectively used to keep more water in our rivers for compact
- We believe it will provide additional resources for interstate compact compliance, assist with environmental
- if it's for aquifer recharge, and remember, it has to be one of those three primary purposes: the compact
- It would be anything that, as the water went downstream for endangered species or compact compliance,
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 11, 2025 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- CS for HB 29, public records and meetings, social work licensure compact, by Representatives Hunschofsky
- to House Bill 27 that will create exemptions to comply with the requirements of the social worker compact
- This includes public meeting exemptions for commission meetings which govern the compact, along with
- exempting personal identity Public meeting exemptions for commission meetings which govern the compact
- , along with exempting personal identifying information of a social worker practicing under the compact
Summary:
The Government Operations Subcommittee heard several measures focused on government structure, oversight, and public policy designations. The most debated bill was HJR 1325, which proposed a constitutional amendment to create a statewide Commissioner of Government Efficiency, abolish the lieutenant governor office and the Government Efficiency Task Force, and eliminate the constitutional requirement for an Auditor General appointment. Sponsors said the new commissioner would be a watchdog over waste, fraud, and abuse across state and local government, while opponents raised concerns about cost, single-subject issues, lack of implementation details, and whether existing oversight structures were sufficient. After extensive debate, the resolution was reported favorably by a recorded vote.
The committee also approved HB 575, which redesignates the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America in Florida statute, and HB 1445, which requires certain state officials and agency heads to have stronger ties to Florida and, for some positions, to live in the county where their agency headquarters is located. HB 1445 drew questions about practicality and whether a proximity standard would be better than a strict county requirement, but the sponsor said he would continue working on that issue. Both bills were reported favorably, with HB 1445 passing unanimously.
In addition, the committee unanimously approved HB 259, designating August 21 as Fentanyl Awareness and Education Day, with supporters emphasizing the need for public education about fentanyl overdoses. The committee also passed CS/HB 29, the public records and meetings bill linked to the social work licensure compact, which creates confidentiality and meeting exemptions needed for the compact to operate. Public testimony on that measure was supportive, and it too was reported favorably without opposition.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Nov 17th, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- To even suggest that we are going to violate the Rio Grande Compact in a new case in the middle of the
- There are three things that need to be funded this session: compliance with the compact, even though
- As of 2025, it can be used for three purposes: to assist the state in meeting our compact compliance
- We have been We are picking up about 25,000 acre-feet of debit under the compact, which puts us two or
- new comment a little bit on that and how we're working with the seven other states in that compact.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/30/2026 - House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference
House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm also concerned because it's been brought to my attention that we're currently working on a compact
- As far as compacts, these are good for performance... ...decisions.
- As far as compacts, these are good for professionals and licensees because it tightens up the regulation
- It actually helps the board, and it gives them the standard of criteria you must have to be in a compact
- So compacts are actually good in this situation, and I would highly encourage members to re-look at that