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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
October 15, 2025 - 11:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- WE ALSO CERTIFIED EIGHT MARIJUANA TESTING LABORATORIES.
- CERTIFIED MARIJUANA TESTING LABORATORIES ANALYZE THE PROJECTS WITHIN THE TREATMENT CENTERR AND ISSUE
- ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE A LABORATORY TEAM OF FIVE MEMBERS THAT CONDUCT INSPECTIONS OF TESTING LABORATORIES
- WE WORK WITH THE VENDOR, THE TREATMENT CENTERS, AND THE TESTING LABORATORIES.
- FOR THE MMTC, THE TREATMENT CENTERS IN THE TESTING LABORATORIES I AM NOT SURE.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 13, February 24, 2026-PM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- the Department of Health, primarily for labor and delivery services, community choice waiver, and laboratory
- :59.119><c> and</c> services, community choice waiver and services, community choice waiver and laboratory
- </c><01:48:01.840><c> outside</c> laboratory service operations. outside laboratory service operations
- there was funds added to the University of Wyoming to support five Wyoming students in attending an accredited
- And with that, I will stand for questions. accredited college of veterinary accredited college of veterinary
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Finally, this bill allows crime laboratories to preserve any evidence they deem necessary to comply with
- accreditation.
- I'm the Chief of the Crime Laboratory Division with the Texas Department of Public Safety.
- tubes; we have about 40 to 50,000 blood tubes that we're storing for driving cases in our Houston laboratory
Bills:
HB 1194 , HB 1221 , HB1738 , HB1913 , HB2177 , HB2178 , HB2180 , HB2229 , HB2282 , HB2448 , HB2492 , HB2777 , HB2984 , HB3357 , HB3553 , HB3602
Committee:
House Criminal Jurisprudence
Keywords:
emergency protection order, protective order, magistrate, criminal procedure, victim safety, family violence, domestic violence, stalking, assault, magistrate's order, temporary protection, court order duration, defendant restrictions, Article 17.292, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, emergency restraining order, victim protection, firearm restriction, pretrial intervention, reimbursement fee
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Minnesota: Crookston, where we mainly have administrative personnel; Marshall, where we have analytical laboratory
- regulations by the accreditation authorities. licensed after they've gone through all licensed after
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Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (03/11/2026)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- , um, particularly, um, item F, uh, prescribing, ordering, administering, and interpretation of laboratory
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- And that line I just read to you is directly from the 2025 standards for accreditations of Doctor of
- And that line I just read to you is directly from the 2025 standards for accreditations of Doctor of
- And that line I just read to you is directly from the 2025 standards for accreditations of Doctor of
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Taxation and Revenue Feb 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- He's with Sandia National Laboratory, and I have Candice Seabenthal.
- She's with Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- The direct access to national laboratories is something no other state has, and we have figured out.
- Both Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories are really glad to be here to speak to this.
- At both Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories, Eden has participated in two TRGRs in the past,
Summary:
The committee first considered House Bill 82, which would extend the Technology Readiness Gross Receipts Tax Credit for 10 years and increase the annual cap from $1 million per lab to $5 million over time. The sponsor and witnesses from Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories said the program helps New Mexico businesses commercialize deep-tech innovations and is unique in the country. Multiple business and economic development representatives testified in support, describing successful projects and job creation. Committee members asked about specific companies, wages, and the program’s impact, but several members raised concerns about the bill’s fiscal effect and the lack of room in the tax package. The committee adopted a substitute that delayed the credit increase by one year, but then voted to table HB 82 by about 5-3.
The committee then heard House Bill 142, which would increase the Rural Health Care Practitioner Tax Credit and expand eligibility to underserved urban areas. Supporters, including Think New Mexico and the Greater Albuquerque Chamber, said the credit has not been updated in years and could help recruit more health professionals, especially EMTs. Members questioned whether urban areas should be included, how “underserved” is defined, the size of the current expenditure, and whether the credit actually changes provider behavior. Some members expressed concern that the bill could dilute support for rural areas, while others noted that most New Mexico counties are designated shortage areas. The sponsor moved to table HB 142, and the committee agreed.
Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 58, as amended, which extends the period for metropolitan redevelopment area property tax abatements from seven years to up to 14 years. The sponsor and MRA representatives said the longer period would help projects in blighted areas become financially feasible, especially for housing and redevelopment projects in Albuquerque and other cities. Support came from housing developers, Realtors, chambers of commerce, and economic development groups. Committee members asked about how MRAs are designated, how the abatements work, and why the bill also changed a separate 10-year reference; concerns were raised about the lack of statewide reporting on MRAs. The committee ultimately voted do pass on SB 58 as amended.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Taxation and Revenue Feb 13th, 2026 at 08:35 am
House Taxation & Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- He's with Sandia National Laboratory, and I have Candace Steventhal.
- She's with Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- Both Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories are really glad to be here to speak to this.
- At both Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories.
- Very few states have the ability to directly connect our small businesses to our national laboratory
Committee:
House House Taxation & Revenue
Keywords:
general obligation bonds, GO bonds, capital projects, bond election, property tax levy, state debt, state finance, capital outlay, senior centers, senior citizen facilities, aging services, long-term services, libraries, library acquisitions, broadband for libraries, higher education, university capital projects, community colleges, tribal schools, special schools
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Oversight Committee (04/17/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- 31.599><c> at</c> understand why we had that laboratory at understand why we had that laboratory at that
- We have a laboratory that's developed.
- </c> making sure that laboratory is safe. making sure that laboratory is safe.
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- So we just want to um our laboratory.
Summary:
The Health and Human Services Oversight Committee met on April 17 and approved the prior meeting minutes, then set its next meeting for May 29 at 9:30 a.m. Members also discussed a New Futures effort to collect questions about Medicaid changes and post answers as an FAQ, with a preference that the FAQ live on New Futures’ website rather than the state website. The commissioner’s office said it would coordinate responses and that the issue is still evolving.
The main presentation was an HHS update focused on the state public health laboratory and its work during Public Health Lab Week. Officials reviewed the lab’s history, its biosafety functions, and its role in disease prevention, food safety, preparedness, and response. They highlighted mosquito surveillance for eastern equine encephalitis, West Nile virus, and Jamestown Canyon virus, noting that the lab tested more than a quarter million mosquitoes last year and that mosquito testing helps provide early warning for local public health decisions. They also discussed rabies testing, saying New Hampshire’s lab is the only one in the state that performs it, that rabies is fatal once symptoms begin, and that the work is preventable through early prophylaxis.
Members asked about federal funding cuts, water testing, and whether CDC changes to rabies testing would affect New Hampshire. The department said it had been affected by an $80 million federal clawback but was managing through other funds and staff reassignments; for the water lab, temporary staff had been hired to continue swimming-area testing. Officials said the state remains able to handle rabies testing and that federal changes would mainly affect areas without similar services. They also answered questions on Jamestown Canyon virus, saying New Hampshire had one human case in 2025 and three in 2024, compared with zero West Nile cases in 2025 and one in 2024, and that weather and protective measures influence mosquito-borne disease levels. Additional questions covered biosafety levels, cyanobacteria coordination with the Department of Environmental Services, and the Brown Building flood mitigation, which was described as about halfway complete with a hoped-for reopening of the west side by June.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority -OMMA- Jan 7th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm the CEO of OKC-TL, a licensed testing laboratory in Oklahoma.
- There's an undue burden on testing laboratories and licensees alike.
- I am Brandon Moseley with Baseline Laboratories.
- and get a different result than you can at other laboratories.
- You don't need $10 million to have an honest laboratory.
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- The men and women whose staff our technology transfer offices serve as a vital bridge between the laboratory
- Program by permitting eligible students and their lineal descendants to use such funds to attend an accredited
- program by permitting eligible students and their lineal descendants to use such funds to attend an accredited
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Article III Feb 25th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Article III
Transcript Highlights:
- success through our education program, the environmental Institute of Houston, the High Technology Laboratory
- Association of American Law Schools, a key part in shaping the American Bar Association accreditation
- as insufficiencies in learning delivery, does not meet standards. raising a risk to continuing accreditation
Committee:
House Appropriations - S/C on Article III
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Assembly Select Committee on Biotechnology and Medical Technology and Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee Aug 4th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I'd like to invite up the three panelists. from Parker Institute and from Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
- Welcome. ...of the BioResilience Incubator at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Welcome.
- DOE national laboratories located in the Bay Area.
- It has to be generated in a laboratory.
- It has to be generated in a laboratory, usually via laboratory automation to keep costs low.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Assembly Select Committee on Biotechnology and Medical Technology and Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee Aug 4th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I'd like to invite up the three panelists. from Parker Institute and from Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
- Of the Bio Resilience Incubator at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Welcome.
- DOE national laboratories located in the Bay Area.
- It has to be generated in a laboratory. And that data does not exist on the internet.
- It has to be generated in a laboratory, usually via laboratory automation to keep costs low.
Summary:
The hearing focused on how artificial intelligence is being used across California’s life sciences sector, from research and drug discovery to digital health, medical devices, and patient care. Chair Ward and Chair Bauer-Kahan opened by emphasizing California’s leadership in biotech, the need to preserve that ecosystem, and the importance of balancing innovation with privacy, consumer protection, and equitable access. They also highlighted the potential role of public compute and public-private partnerships, including CalCompute, in keeping California competitive.
The first panel featured representatives from UCSF, the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Dr. Ida Sim described AI-enabled digital health tools, including sensor-based blood pressure monitoring and efforts to connect wearable data with electronic health records through open infrastructure. Dr. Karen Knudson focused on cancer, saying AI can accelerate drug discovery, improve learning from every patient, and expand clinical trial access. Dr. Shankar Sundaram discussed AI for public health and biosecurity, including outbreak prediction, antibody redesign, and the need to unlock data, expand compute access, and support public health agencies. Panelists also discussed privacy, HIPAA/CMIA protections, open-source versus closed models, validation, and the need for faster, more modern FDA pathways.
The second panel included speakers from Pangea Data, Dexcom, Eli Lilly Ventures, and Twist Bioscience. Dr. Vibhur Gupta described AI systems that identify care gaps in electronic health records and argued for reimbursement frameworks that would let such tools scale beyond large health systems into rural care. Dexcom’s Ginny Hu explained how the company uses AI in its continuous glucose monitoring products, with strong FDA-aligned verification, validation, cybersecurity, human oversight, and post-market monitoring. Eli Lilly’s Danjima Corliss emphasized AI as a scientific collaborator in drug discovery and highlighted Lilly’s high-performance computing investments in California. The discussion continued to return to data access, model transparency, regulatory modernization, and how California can support innovation while protecting patients.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- A digital forensic laboratory provides attribution support to DPS and the Attorney General.
- It's accredited by the NSA, right, in these cases, right, you know.
Bills:
HB146 , HB150 , HB1500 , HB1545 , HB1562 , HB2067 , HB2520 , HB2818 , HB3214 , HB3250 , HB3466 , HB3512 , HB3623 , HB4063 , HB4395 , HB4464 , HB4668 , HB4690 , HB5331 , HB3833 , HB146 , HB150
Committee:
Senate Business & Commerce
Keywords:
HB 146, Texas Capitol, State Capitol, State Preservation Board, Congress Avenue, Travis County, traffic lanes, lane closure, road closure, municipal authority, local control, Capitol area, downtown Austin, special events, construction traffic plan, pedestrian safety, public works, transportation policy, government code chapter 443, cybersecurity
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
October 8, 2025 - 10:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- So these are proprietary laboratory analyses.
- So we met with numerous laboratories, clinicians and the health plans to better understand what that
- We updated our rules are both are impatient role as well as our laboratory role.
- We've also met with a laboratory that is engaged in this testing.
- This laboratory stakeholder for rapid whole genome sequencing was not significant.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- schools, are specialized public schools affiliated with universities and designed to serve as laboratories
- With us we have the FAMU Developmental Research School, Florida Atlantic University Laboratory School
- , FSU Laboratory Schools, and P.K.
- The directors of Florida laboratory schools are happy to have this opportunity today to share with you
- Joel Earps from the Florida Atlantic University Laboratory School.
Committee:
Senate Education Postsecondary
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Education Postsecondary met to receive an update from Florida developmental research lab schools on articulated health care programs created under the Live Healthy initiative and Senate Bill 76. Chair Calatayud opened the meeting, confirmed a quorum, and heard presentations from P.K. Young/University of Florida, Florida State University Schools, FAMU Developmental Research School, and Florida Atlantic University Laboratory School. Each school described efforts to build K-12-to-postsecondary health care pathways, expand dual enrollment and industry certifications, and share replicable curriculum models with other districts.
FSU Schools highlighted its HERO program, including CNA and food manager certifications, dual enrollment growth, reserve seating at colleges, and a paid internship with the Department of Health tied to emergency shelter operations. P.K. Young described its Healthy Lives Blueprint, which combines K-8 wellness experiences, a new high school health and human performance pathway, AP and science course expansion, a planned gymnasium redesign, and partnerships with Santa Fe College and UF. FAMU DRS reported growing dual enrollment, partnerships with FAMU, Tallahassee State, and Lively, and a goal of serving at least 100 students and 40 staff through health career exposure, certifications, and AA/AS pathways.
FAU Lab School described a more advanced model that integrates elementary through high school research and health science experiences, including biotechnology, bioengineering, and partnerships with health and research institutions. The school reported 87 peer-reviewed student publications, more than $350,000 in student grants, six patents, and pipelines into FAU’s medical and nursing programs, including a Med Direct pathway and a National Merit Scholar pipeline. Committee members asked about student readiness for nursing programs, dual enrollment, articulation with state colleges, and how the lab school models could be disseminated statewide. The meeting concluded with praise for the programs and a motion by Senator Fine to adjourn, which was adopted without objection.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- On December 2nd, on December 5th of 2022, there was an event that happened at a government laboratory
- in California called Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
- That happened on that day at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. And you say, what is fusion?
- If we can reproduce what happened in that laboratory in a controlled experiment into the market, we will
Bills:
HB2809
Committee:
House Science & Technology
Keywords:
cybersecurity, post-quantum encryption, CMMC 2.0, state agencies, data protection, US-based vendors, 1182, all
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 10, 2026 - 01:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- First up, we will take HB 1347, Clinical Laboratory Personnel, by Representative Gerwig.
- The laboratory industry in Florida is experiencing a critical shortage of personnel qualified under Florida's
- care and would encourage more individuals with four-year science degrees to consider a career in laboratory
- House Bill 1347 addresses laboratory personnel shortages and strengthens the health care system for the
- Next up, we have Jessica Love with Laboratory Corporation of America waiting in support.
Summary:
The Health and Human Services Committee considered eight bills and reported all of them favorably, several as amended. HB 1347 on clinical laboratory personnel was presented as a response to staffing shortages in Florida labs; the sponsor and Quest Diagnostics supported aligning state licensure with CLIA standards to improve hiring and turnaround times. The bill passed 24-0. CS/HB 47, dealing with specific medical diagnoses in child protective investigations, drew extensive emotional testimony from parents and advocates who said children had been wrongly removed after misdiagnoses; the bill was amended to tighten timelines and record-sharing requirements, then passed 26-0. CS/HB 287 created a public records exemption for applicants, owners, operators, and references of family foster homes and passed unanimously.
The committee also approved CS/HB 439, allowing chiropractors to inject vitamins and nutrients under training and safety limits, after an amendment clarified they may not prescribe prescription drugs; it passed 26-0. CS/HB 1021 would allow pharmacists to administer medications in trauma centers under physician direction, and an amendment added pediatric trauma centers; it passed 26-0. HB 867 would let occupational therapists perform dry needling after specified training and supervision, and it passed 25-0.
HB 1309, which shortens deadlines for patients to access their medical records and aligns nursing home access rules with federal law, drew opposition from health information management groups over privacy and portal/data-security concerns, but supporters argued it simply speeds access to records; it passed 21-5. CS/HB 915 codifies and expands Medicaid eligibility protections for working people with disabilities so they can keep coverage while employed, with strong support from disability advocates and emotional testimony from the sponsor about her son’s benefits concerns; it passed 26-0. After these votes, the committee adjourned.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/26/2026 - House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation
House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- We are so privileged to be here today representing Sonora Quest Laboratories.
- Jennifer was my CFO for the first five years at Sonora Quest Laboratories, and she was recently elected
- If you are on the inpatient-outpatient side, on the laboratory sciences of Arizona side, not the Sonora
- We're not only the best in the laboratory industry with respect to that, we're the best in health care
- So, Laboratory Sciences of Arizona manages the 36 hospital laboratories for Banner Health.
Summary:
The committee began with a lengthy informational presentation from Sonora Quest Laboratories on how it is using artificial intelligence and innovation in laboratory medicine. Company leaders described current and planned uses of AI in digital pathology, digital cytology, predictive analytics, genomics, sepsis markers, pharmacogenomics, and “digital twin” modeling for treatment planning and drug trials. They emphasized that their systems are kept in a closed, secure ecosystem, that human experts remain in the loop for validation, and that AI is being used to improve accuracy, speed, and productivity rather than replace workers. Members asked about specimen handling, safeguards against incorrect AI outputs, data security, expansion into hospital labs, and whether AI could help with precision medicine, rare diseases, and reducing step therapy; the presenters said AI could improve diagnosis and tailor treatment, but stressed ongoing human review and regulatory controls.
The committee then took up Senate Bill 1786, which requires covered providers using generative AI to add provenance data to AI-created or significantly modified video, image, or audio content, using methods such as watermarking or metadata, with minor edits exempted. A Wilmot amendment was explained and adopted; it clarified the provenance requirements, added exceptions for certain interactive and non-user-generated media, protected trade secrets and confidential AI design information, and delayed the effective date to February 1, 2027. Members discussed the bill’s consumer-protection purpose, concerns about misleading AI-generated media, possible Commerce Clause issues, and the scope of the covered-provider definition. One member raised a concern about undefined “user” language, while others supported the measure as a needed disclosure requirement in a fast-changing policy area.
The committee voted to give SB 1786, as amended, a do pass recommendation. The amendment passed on voice vote, and the final roll call was 4 ayes, 2 nays, and 1 absent. The chair closed by thanking members for their work during the committee’s first year and noting the session’s collaborative tone.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/11/2026 - House Science & Technology
House Science & Technology Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- On December 2nd, on December 5th of 2022, there was an event that happened at a government laboratory
- in California called Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
- had for about 70 years to demonstrate that one could achieve a controlled fusion reaction in the laboratory
- That happened on that day at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. And you say, what is fusion?
- If we can reproduce what happened in that laboratory in a controlled experiment into the market, we will
Summary:
The Committee on Science and Technology met with a full audience and began with brief introductions, including an intern from Arizona State University. The committee heard two presentations before taking up its only bill. The University of Arizona’s Thomas Diaz de la Rubia spoke about fusion energy, describing it as a potential clean, safe, baseload power source and arguing Arizona should build the talent, supply chains, and research infrastructure to commercialize fusion. Members asked about timelines, regulation, competition with China, and the relationship to small modular reactors; he said fusion could be commercially relevant in roughly 12 to 15 years if public and private investment continues, and that the U.S. should avoid losing manufacturing and supply chains as it did in other technologies. He also discussed the university’s broader space and national security work. XRDNA CEO Charles Ableman then presented a spatial addressing and coordination system called EVA, describing it as a way to align data about where and when physical objects exist across systems, with a security layer called a sphere of influence. He said the company is testing with space and logistics partners, uses AI provenance tools, and sees its near-term use case in space operations and interoperability.
The committee then considered HB 2809, which would require state agencies handling sensitive or protected data to implement post-quantum encryption meeting or exceeding CMMC 2.0 standards, using a U.S.-based vendor and U.S.-developed or maintained components. The bill would place the master encryption key with the Auditor General and set procedures involving the Auditor General and Attorney General. Sponsor Rep. Gillette explained that the bill was simplified from a prior version after concerns that agencies would have to connect offline systems to the internet; the amendment clarified that encryption can be installed without internet connectivity and without requiring other systems to be online. He argued the measure is needed to modernize weak legacy systems and protect data after prior breaches and failed IT projects. Members generally supported the concept but raised questions about implementation, costs, vendor neutrality, and the Auditor General’s role; the Secretary of State’s office was described as neutral and still evaluating implementation. The committee adopted the Pingarelli amendment and then passed HB 2809 as amended on a 9-0 vote, with several members explaining that they supported the bill but wanted continued stakeholder input and careful attention to execution.