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OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Apr 27th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- What's been tested, what hasn't been tested.
- So we have lab folks that are what hasn't been tested out there.
- But it was kind of a just a standard pull of the title and action. The questions on the amendment.
- President, private schools are not bound to the same standards that we demand of our public schools.
- They can also refuse students based on test scores.
Bills:
SJR50, SJR51, SJR52, SJR53, SJR54, SJR39, SB1290, HB4028, HB4029, HB4073, HB4074, HB4075, HB4076, HB4077, HB4078, HB1250, HB2951, HB2961, HB3151, HB3581, HB3705, HB3970, HB3972, HB3980, HB3981
Keywords:
Medicaid, federal funding, state law, healthcare, low-income adults, Oklahoma Constitution, healthcare regulations, Oklahoma Health Care Authority, permanent rules, joint resolution, OHCA, health care rules, administrative rules, major rule, Title 75, Title 317, Oklahoma Administrative Code, OAC 317:30, health policy, state health programs
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Aug 18th, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- At a high level, they changed the state and local tax deduction, the standard deduction, and the car
- It has extended those at an increase in standard deductions and other things like that, such as the state
- So we've removed means testing from several programs.
- I think SNAP and And school lunches, maybe not SNAP, but school lunches, we've removed means testing.
- compliance is something we've done as a legislature, someone to qualify, or doing away with means testing
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
February 4, 2025 - 09:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- you've got kids and you give kids a laptop, not excusing anything—we had some kids that wanted to test
- They'll interview the inmate, the patient, and then they'll do a cadre of testing.
- The inmate, the patient, and then they'll do a cadre of testing to determine whether there's a mental
- sentenced to supervision in the Florida Department of Corrections, they're bound to the same 14 standard
- They can transfer supervision, place somebody on electronic monitoring, or do a drug test if they want
Summary:
The Justice Budget Committee heard detailed presentations from the Department of Juvenile Justice and the Department of Corrections on staffing, services, and budget needs. DJJ Secretary Hall emphasized that the agency’s main public safety strategy is education, along with prevention and recidivism reduction. He described major staffing improvements after pay increases for probation, detention, residential care, and prevention workers, and outlined DJJ’s mental health, aftercare, and education continuum, including the Florida Scholars Academy and Florida Youth College. He said the new statewide education model is showing early gains in progress monitoring, high school graduation, and postsecondary enrollment, while also noting ongoing operational issues such as IT connectivity, rural staffing gaps, and the need for geographic pay adjustments for teachers. He also discussed detention center replacement plans in Hillsborough, Broward, and Palm Beach, and said DJJ would transition the Broward JAC to a security contractor after the sheriff’s office pulls sworn officers from the site.
Members asked about campus performance differences, teacher pay, detention education quality, and concerns about the rollout and leadership of the Scholars Academy. Hall said some campuses face rural access and infrastructure problems, but the blended learning model provides continuity when internet or staffing issues arise. He defended the superintendent’s qualifications and said early problems with inappropriate online content were addressed. Representative Porras raised concerns about educational quality and the superintendent’s past disciplinary history, while Representative Barrera urged more mentorship and fatherhood-focused programming in juvenile facilities.
DOC Secretary Dixon said the prison system is under pressure from rising inmate populations, staffing shortages, and overtime costs. He argued that the system needs funded posts for every functioning housing unit, noting that the department has added housing units without enough staff and now relies heavily on overtime, mobile officer deployments, and shift conversions to keep facilities operating safely. He highlighted that many officers are new, that outside-hospital transports have risen sharply, and that mental health units require additional staffing. DOC’s mental health chief described a large and growing treatment system with outpatient, inpatient, intensive outpatient, and court-ordered services, saying about a quarter of the prison population has a diagnosed mental illness. Community corrections staff described treatment programs, employment specialists, mobile probation and reentry units, and a new mental health first aid training initiative. Reentry staff reported expanded substance abuse, education, CTE, chaplaincy, and digital learning programs, including Edovo and a forthcoming Work Bay platform. No votes were taken.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
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in state's academic standards in state's academic standards in mathematics, - aligned with the revised standards. aligned with the revised standards.
- There's no measurable standard.
- ,<00:39:18.400>
quote, statewide academic standards, quote, statewide academic standards, - There's no process for standard.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Decentralizing an aviation fleet's maintenance is not an option. ...alignment with industry standards
- Repealing this provision was a recommendation due to concerns of lacking standardized confidential information
- member, you know, what kind of effect does that have on the individual with regard to an evidentiary standard
- But, you know, it's something that we use to have a standard judgments about whether somebody was acting
- It was a long layout and I couldn't repeat it on a test right now. So... understandable.
Keywords:
overweight vehicle, vehicle weight limits, hazardous materials, hazmat, cargo tank, fuel transport, trucking, commercial vehicle, Transportation Code, criminal penalty, second-degree felony, loading violation, truck weight, axle weight, gross weight, public safety, commercial carrier, Texas, commercial truck, truck route
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Feb 11th, 2026
Ways and Means Education
Transcript Highlights:
- that are tied to our state standards. that are tied to our state standards.
- And, um, that is supporting the standards and what's being taught in the academic school day.
- and how do we attached to the standards and how do we best<00:32:48.240>
equip <00:32:48.720>< - 33:08.480>
in <00:33:08.720>third are standards where students in third are standards where - <00:33:47.200>
and that is supporting the standards and that is supporting the standards and
Keywords:
school safety, emergency response, training, public safety, Alyssa's Law, law enforcement, scholarship, tuition assistance, dependent education, Alabama, blackout license plate, HB360, Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday, sales tax holiday, firearms, guns, ammunition, bullets, primers, gun accessories
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
HHS, HHS DEFER Public Hearings 01-29-2025
Transcript Highlights:
- This is relating to mandatory coverage of standard fertility preservation services.
- um relating to mandatory<00:07:48.680>
coverage <00:07:49.039>of <00:07:49.240>standard - <00:07:49.599>
fertility mandatory coverage of standard fertility mandatory coverage of standard - We went into a user acceptance testing for the system last fall, and then in user acceptance testing
- Second, the audit did not state the financial impact on the health care that such standard fertility.
Summary:
The Committee on Health and Human Services began by explaining strict one-minute testimony limits, reliance on written testimony, and that it had quorum and would move directly to decision making on deferred measures. It first adopted the chair’s recommendation to pass SB 8 with amendments, creating a five-year trial period for a jury-duty exemption for actively practicing APRNs, delaying implementation to January 1, 2027, and adding a defective date. It then adopted amendments to SB 189 on breast cancer screening, replacing references to “woman” with “patient,” clarifying that supplemental imaging and mammograms must be medically necessary and ordered by the patient’s provider, deleting one subsection, and adding a defective date.
The committee then heard testimony on several bills. SB 46 on insurance/mental health coverage drew support from a member of the public and others, but later the chair said it would be deferred indefinitely pending a required sunrise analysis and a concurrent resolution. SB 642 on fertility preservation services received broad support from providers, advocacy groups, and an individual who described facing cancer treatment and high out-of-pocket costs; the chair later amended it to make coverage optional, limit it to those over 26, and add a defective date. SB 49 on terminal illness had limited testimony and was later passed with amendments incorporating agency and professional association changes plus a defective date.
The committee also heard strong support for SNAP-related bills. SB 53, expanding SNAP eligibility to 300% of poverty, drew testimony about the “benefits cliff,” but the chair later deferred it indefinitely, citing uncertainty about costs and system issues. SB 58 on public assistance had no testimony. SB 960 and SB 961, both SNAP-related, drew extensive support from nonprofits, health groups, and others; DHS said its modernization work would not be ready until fall 2026 and that current systems could not automatically extend certification periods. SB 963 on SNAP also received support, including testimony from a volunteer reentry advocate and a public health advocate, but the chair later said it would be deferred indefinitely because the committee could not determine the fiscal impact and wanted to wait until next year.
Finally, the committee heard SB 798 on child welfare and SB 974 on foster care. Testimony on SB 798 included support from child welfare and advocacy organizations, but also criticism from a witness who said the bill lacked voices of those harmed by the system and another who emphasized the need for independence, implementation, and accountability. The committee then recessed to regain quorum and later returned to decision making, where it deferred SB 46 indefinitely, passed SB 642 with amendments, passed SB 49 with amendments, and deferred SB 53 indefinitely. The transcript ends while the chair is continuing through the remaining measures.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The committee substitute includes conforming language from TCEQ to refer to the standard air permits.
- Is this an issue of new standards needing to be in place?
- Is it an issue that new standards have to be put in place, or is it an issue of just...
- amended standard air permit.
- Came in for that extension, we would evaluate the standards against the new amended standard permit versus
Keywords:
environmental enforcement, legislative oversight, inspection, concrete plants, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, environmental product declaration, grant program, ready-mixed concrete, manufacturers, sustainability, concrete plant, concrete batch plant, wet batching, dry batching, central mixing, standard permit, TCEQ, environmental regulation, air quality, construction permit
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 04/09/26
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- Minnesota's own mobile cause standards.
- the housing environment were put<00:57:23.520>
to <00:57:23.600>the <00:57:23.720>test - c><00:57:24.440>
through <00:57:24.600>this <00:57:24.760>pandemic put to the test - through this pandemic put to the test through this pandemic and<00:57:25.960>
the <00:57:26.040 - This legislation establishes clear and reasonable standards for when a landlord may evict a tenant
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- DEI the classrooms is why our test DEI the classrooms is why our test scores<00:53:36.160>
have - <01:55:52.480>
of reflecting installation standards of reflecting installation standards of - have a litmus test of things that<02:58:00.479>
you <02:58:00.800>must <02:58:01.200>- There were times we had to take tests and tell how many beans or marbles was in a jar before we could
- test seafood for<04:10:35.120>
the <04:10:35.279>first <04:10:35.439>time.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- ,<02:33:51.359>
his are built to life safety standards, his are built to life safety standards - dominant because it was standardized dominant because it was standardized early<02:44:33.680>
- international standards, we have multi-state<02:53:24.160>
standards <02:53:24.560>that <02:56:15.200>Any test data that backs that up. Any test data that backs that up. - So, it's not a standards will be used.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- This rigorous two-year program meets the state licensure standards while also transforming the traditional
- This rigorous two-year program meets the state licensure standards while also transforming the traditional
- job um so I know what I took the testing job um so I know what you're<00:36:50.960>
going <00: - The idea of assessments and taking tests is not even in our language.
- > not<00:58:17.480>
even <00:58:17.760>in <00:58:17.920>our and uh taking tests
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture and Wildlife Feb 16th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Agriculture and Wildlife
Transcript Highlights:
- Mi test check 12 mic test check 12.
- So we rely on the governor to issue a burn ban, and it's kind of been the standard of this governor not
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- The current habeas standards are very clear.
- It's a standard, the prejudice standard, that we apply in Strickland v. Washington.
- And for good tested models, we ought to be utilizing them as much as possible.
- The number of tests recruits must pass dropped by 25 to 9.
- , officer accountability standards.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- I know that currently the Maryland standard lease currently has a list of fees that the landlord and
- This law protects them by making the standard very clear so they're not unwittingly falling victim to
- protects them by making the standard protects them by making the standard very<00:31:54.480>
- So, there are all standard grant. 35%.
- ,<00:50:27.280>
and some way has been trained, tested, and some way has been trained, tested
Summary:
The House convened with 127 members present, heard a prayer, and then recognized 2025 Maryland Blue Ribbon Schools and the Maryland Municipal League on its 90th anniversary. The Blue Ribbon resolution named Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Diamond Elementary School, Little Flower School, Meyersville Elementary School, St. Louis School, Stoneleigh Elementary School, and Wilson Whims Elementary School, with principals introduced from the gallery. The MML resolution honored the league’s service to Maryland’s cities and towns and invited members to meet municipal officials after the floor session. The clerk also noted a second printing of the 2026 rule book due to a table-of-contents error.
The chamber then took up House Bill 80, the Residential Leases Fee Disclosures bill. Floor debate focused on what fees must be disclosed, what counts as a utility versus a fee, whether the bill applies to oral leases, and how the measure applies to landlords with four or more units. Supporters said the bill is intended to ensure tenants know all upfront fees before signing and to create a clear enforcement pathway; opponents raised concerns about penalties, affordability, and the burden on landlords. The bill passed on third reading by a vote of 95-34.
The House next considered House Bill 153, which requires air conditioning in newly constructed residential rental units and units undergoing specified substantial renovations, with the standard that habitable spaces be kept at 80 degrees or lower. Members asked whether window units would satisfy the requirement, how the bill interacts with older buildings and ongoing renovations, whether it applies retroactively, how enforcement would work, and whether it references federal refrigerant rules; the sponsor said it does not require central air and is prospective only. Supporters argued it reflects existing practice in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties and clarifies habitability standards, while opponents cited costs and concerns about older homes. The transcript ends during debate on this bill, before a final vote is recorded.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Testing, testing. Sorry, technical difficulties. Sorry, technical difficulties.
- Senator: I just want to make sure we're anchored to some standard.
- Recommendations also include standard conforming changes to the list.
- GRD 5173 is funded by revenues generated from forensic analyst licensing and testing fees.
- The first item makes standard conforming changes to rider 2. Item 2.
Bills:
SB 1
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Committee Jun 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- , to wage standards.
- If we're unraveling longstanding labor protections and standards, I think that that's concerning.
- Do we know what standard of health care there is?
- At the end of the day, prevailing wage sets the standard for all workers across our great region.
- There were no labor standards in it until we've seen an anonymous source.
Summary:
The Assembly Budget Committee held an informational hearing on the final three-party budget agreement and related trailer bills, with the Department of Finance outlining the major budget bill and omnibus measures. Finance described a package built around balancing the state budget amid economic uncertainty, preserving core health and safety-net programs, and making significant ongoing reductions in some state programs. The budget bill included major items such as shifting $1 billion from the General Fund to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund for Cal Fire, funding universal transitional kindergarten, deferring some UC and CSU funding, supporting foster care and homelessness programs, providing Proposition 36 implementation funding, and achieving Medi-Cal savings through changes to benefits and eligibility. The committee also heard that votes on the budget bills were expected later in the week and the following Monday.
Finance then walked through the trailer bills, including health, human services, early learning, education, resources, energy, transportation, labor, housing, tax, public safety, courts, general government, cannabis, and energy-related measures. Notable provisions included a Medi-Cal enrollment freeze for certain adults, new premiums and benefit changes for some immigrants, child care COLA changes, education funding for literacy, teacher support, universal meals, and community college student support, as well as resource and climate measures affecting Cal Fire staffing and energy permitting. The housing trailer bill drew the most discussion, with provisions on CEQA streamlining, a vehicle miles traveled mitigation banking program, a renters’ credit trigger, and a six-year moratorium on new residential building standards. Members also discussed a film tax credit expansion, cannabis enforcement funding, a tribal police pilot program, and changes to tax policy, including military retirement income exclusions and wildfire settlement payment exclusions.
Committee members largely praised the staff and the budget process, but several raised concerns and asked detailed questions, especially about the housing trailer bill’s new wage standards, tribal consultation provisions, and possible effects on prevailing wage protections. Finance explained that the housing language was intended to set wage floors for market-rate projects receiving CEQA streamlining, with different county-based tiers and a notwithstanding clause preserving existing prevailing wage laws. Members also questioned the size and timing of funding for the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, Clean Cars for All, Proposition 36, and the film tax credit expansion. Other members highlighted support for public safety, veterans’ tax relief, child care providers, housing production, and higher education, while some expressed concern that the budget’s policy changes were being negotiated too quickly or without enough stakeholder input.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Joint Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, May 15, 2026 - PM
Labor, Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
- With me I have Deputy Director Jason Wolf and our administrator of workforce standards, Karen Bebensee
- And we do uh, we have to do psychological pre-testing before we hire anybody.
- And that's tested through, uh, evaluated by a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist.
- So, they have the same standards that the other components of POST have.
- ,<02:37:38.880>
please standards, please standards, please signify<02:37:42.040>by <02:
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:17:47.039>
without <00:17:47.760>their these screenings and tests without their - these screenings and tests without their native<00:17:48.400>
language <00:17:48.799>is instructional materials and standardized instructional materials and standardized tests.<01:07:58.480- tests, health services, and guidance and counseling services.
- It also includes health services tests.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery
Transcript Highlights:
- I think that the real litmus test of a society is how we treat our most downtrodden citizens, and there
- So the first thing that it would do is it would create a realistic standard for physician coverage at
- We have set up a certain set of standards where only a physician can do certain things once they're in
- As you have heard and are aware, as an LMHC, I am held to the same rigorous standards...
- education, and ethical standards as my LCSW sisters and brothers.
Summary:
The committee held its fourth public hearing of the 2025-2026 session on bills dealing with involuntary commitment and access to addiction treatment, especially proposals to move Section 35 civil commitments away from jails and prisons and into facilities licensed or approved by DPH or DMH. Chairs Velis and Domb framed the hearing as a discussion of how to support people in crisis with compassion, while also warning against using involuntary commitment as a way to remove unhoused people from public view. The hearing also touched on related concerns about discharge practices, treatment capacity, and the need for a broader continuum of care.
Testimony split largely along two themes. Addiction researcher Keith Humphreys argued that many people enter treatment under pressure, that involuntary treatment can be ethically justified in the face of overdose risk, but that it should not be mandated unless high-quality services exist first; he emphasized the need for inpatient care when someone is a grave danger, followed by case management and outpatient support. MAMH’s Kate Alicante supported the bill, saying Massachusetts is the only state that commits people with substance use conditions to jails or prisons and that carceral settings add trauma and stigma; she pointed to prior legislative steps, including the Section 35 commission and the planned closure of DOC’s MESAC facility, as evidence that the Commonwealth is moving toward health-based settings.
A major portion of the hearing focused on Stony Brook, a sheriff-run stabilization and treatment center in Hampden County. Boston City Councilor John Fitzgerald, several committee members, and multiple people in recovery described the facility as humane, well-run, and effective, with longer stays, medical monitoring, medication-assisted treatment, counseling, and warm handoffs to aftercare. Several witnesses said Stony Brook saved their lives or helped family members recover, and they argued that the sheriff’s office model should be expanded rather than eliminated. Others, including family members and advocates, countered that even a well-run correctional setting remains stigmatizing and that people should not be treated in facilities run by sheriffs or corrections when they have committed no crime.
No vote was taken. The hearing concluded with continued testimony, including Senator Friedman’s support for Section 35 as a civil commitment tool but not in a criminal justice setting, and her separate support for a bill to speed inpatient mental health treatment.