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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 4th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It ensures that the Community Reinvestment Program, Mr.
  • This bill does not expand the program, Mr. President.
  • Well, this bill is about the E-CAP program.
  • That is the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program. It's a well-regulated program.
  • And if the program is in a public school, Mr.
Bills: SB6061, SB6234, SB6176, SB6335, SB6047, HB2235, HB2340, HB2464, HB2619, HB1376, HB1796, HB2091, HB2249, HB2254, HB2353, HB2431, HB2441, SB5808, SB5949, HB2124, HB1069, HB2104, HB2624
Keywords: tourism, self-supported assessment, funding, statewide promotion, economic development, sewage, grinder pumps, residential buildings, regulation, construction, vehicle registration, enforcement, renewal, transportation, state law, state commission, infrastructure, traffic safety, responsibilities, state capital projects
Summary: The Senate opened with roll call, the Pledge of Allegiance, prayer, and approval of the previous day’s journal. It received a House message that the House had passed second engrossed substitute Senate Bill 5010, and then took up Senate Resolution 8700 honoring Yolanda Cortinas Trout Manuel for her community service, business leadership, and public service. Senator Fortunato sponsored the resolution and spoke warmly in support, and the Senate adopted it by voice vote and recognized the guest in the gallery. The chamber then confirmed Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9142, Maria Seguyenza to the Western Washington University Board of Trustees, after supportive remarks from Senators Bateman and Wilson-Clair. The Senate also passed Substitute House Bill 2248, described as a technical cleanup bill for Secretary of State corporate filings, and House Bill 2309, which removes postgraduate degree requirements for certain state jobs to broaden applicant pools. House Bill 2348 passed as a Department of Natural Resources efficiency measure allowing smaller land sales to be posted online and clarifying fair-market-value requirements. The Senate deferred Second Substitute House Bill 1128 at first, then later adopted a striking amendment and passed the bill as amended. The bill creates a child care workforce standards board to study workforce conditions and make recommendations; several proposed amendments by Senator King to add child-safety training language, add an expiration date, and narrow the board’s scope were rejected. Supporters said the board would professionalize child care work and improve wages and standards, while opponents argued it would add government and costs without solving affordability. The Senate also passed Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2523 on the Community Reinvestment Program, with supporters emphasizing accountability, periodic review, and an independent study, and passed Substitute House Bill 2428 to prevent unintentional lapses in life insurance policies by allowing third-party notices. Finally, the Senate passed House Bill 2340, expanding the CARES substance use disorder recovery program to nursing assistants, and Engrossed House Bill 2317, which streamlines licensing for Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program sites in certain educational settings. Most bills passed by wide margins, though Second Substitute House Bill 1128 passed with a narrower 28-19 vote. The Senate then recessed for lunch and caucus.
WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 4th, 2026

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's why they're in the program. That's why this program was started.
  • And so we have this program in place and this program has not worked.
  • This program doesn't work.
  • Let's look at programs that do.
  • Assistance program and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Senator Robinson.
Bills: SB6061, SB6234, SB6176, SB6335, SB6047, HB2235, HB2340, HB2464, HB2619, HB1376, HB1796, HB2091, HB2249, HB2254, HB2353, HB2431, HB2441, SB5808, SB5949, HB2124, HB1069, HB2104, HB2624
Keywords: tourism, self-supported assessment, funding, statewide promotion, economic development, sewage, grinder pumps, residential buildings, regulation, construction, vehicle registration, enforcement, renewal, transportation, state law, state commission, infrastructure, traffic safety, responsibilities, state capital projects
Summary: The Senate took up a series of House bills, often suspending the rules to move measures directly to final passage after brief debate. Messages from the House reported signed bills being transmitted, and the Senate later signed several measures in open session. The chamber also excused a few members from voting on specific bills. Among the first major actions, Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2508, clarifying the scope and authority of the Office of Independent Investigations, passed 44-4 after supporters described it as a technical housekeeping bill and opponents raised concerns about overlapping investigations. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1408, which dedicates 20% of sales tax revenue from the two large stadiums to a community preservation and development authority in South Downtown/Pioneer Square/Chinatown International District, passed 47-1 after supporters emphasized reinvestment in historic buildings and neighborhood safety. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1500, requiring more complete resale certificates for common interest communities and homeowners associations, passed 39-9 after a successful amendment clarifying litigation language. Substitute House Bill 1570, allowing collective bargaining for certain student employees at public institutions, failed an amendment to remove the emergency clause and then passed 29-19 despite objections that it blurs student and employee roles. The chamber then debated Substitute House Bill 1390, which repeals the Community Protection Program and directs DSHS to transition participants into other developmental disability services. Numerous amendments sought to preserve restrictions, add assessments, or create liability protections, but most were rejected; the committee striking amendment updating agency names and dates was adopted. The bill passed 29-20 after a lengthy, emotional debate over whether the program protects public safety or unfairly restricts people with developmental disabilities, with supporters citing civil rights concerns and opponents warning about risks to vulnerable residents and the lack of a detailed transition plan. Other measures passed with broad support, including Substitute House Bill 2114 on defective license plates (48-0), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2471 on collective bargaining if the NLRB loses authority (31-18), House Bill 1069 on bargaining over supplemental retirement contributions for Department of Corrections employees (31-18), House Bill 2441 expanding medical premium reimbursements for surviving spouses of line-of-duty deaths (49-0), and Engrossed Third Substitute House Bill 1710 adding preclearance requirements under the Washington Voting Rights Act, which drew debate over local control and litigation but had not yet reached a final vote by the end of the transcript.
HI
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

LAB Public Hearing - Tue Feb 17, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Labor

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, this is already a program that exists.
  • Uh, this is already a program that exists.
  • </c> this is already a program that exists. this is already a program that exists.
  • </c> approved teacher education program approved teacher education program within<00:27:57.279><c> that
  • </c> pathways, which this grant program pathways, which this grant program provides.<00:54:16.640><c>
Bills: SB3082, SB3110, SB3251
Keywords: military families, family leave, qualifying military exigency, Hawaii Revised Statutes, financial support, Hawaii National Guard, civil-military program, education, collective bargaining, exemption, SB3251, Hawaii public safety, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Border Patrol, law enforcement hiring, state employment ban, police powers, Department of Law Enforcement, DLNR
AZ
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair, members, House Bill 2608 establishes the military transitional housing grant program under the
  • bill appropriates $7 million from the State General Fund in fiscal year 2027 to the ADOH for the program
  • Chair, this is a new program and it is not coming out of Veterans Affairs. Thank you. Mr.
  • Chair, this is a new program and it is not coming out of Veterans Affairs. Thank you.
  • a home and they have these issues or they may have financial issues, these types of transitional programs
Bills: HB2424, HB2608, HB2775, HB2805, HB2908
Keywords: Arizona political parties, precinct committeeman, precinct committeemen, proxy voting, party bylaws, county committee, state committee, qualified elector, election administration, political party rules, precinct representation, adjoining precinct, county party meeting, proxy attestation, notary public, witnesses, transitional housing, military veterans, grant program, housing services
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WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee, February 10, 2026

Appropriations

WY
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations Committee, February 10, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • We've talked a lot about programs to, you know, use these computers and use all the technology we've
  • got to work on major maintenance and set programs together.
  • </c><00:20:36.440><c> to,</c> We've talked a lot about programs to, We've talked a lot about programs
  • </c> maintenance and set programs together. maintenance and set programs together.
  • </c> the School Foundation Program account. the School Foundation Program account.
Bills: HB0034, HB0035, HB0036, HB0106
Keywords: HB0034, Wyoming retirement system, Wyoming Retirement Act, firefighter retirement, public employee retirement, retirement benefits, state pension, wildland firefighting, wildland firefighter, crash and rescue, Wyoming National Guard, Office of State Lands and Investments, Wyoming Retirement Board, correctional forestry crew, correctional crew supervisor, correctional forestry crew manager, general fund appropriation, state agency employees, service credit, benefit eligibility
KY
KY

Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board (8-27-25)

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> put in the appropriate program. put in the appropriate program.
  • </c> the utilization of that that program. the utilization of that that program.
  • Correct. programs. So, I would say that would programs.
  • Across various programs.
  • </c> And uh the program will be out soon. And uh the program will be out soon.
Keywords: 1. Call to Order and Roll Call – 00:00:00 2. Approval of Minutes – 00:02:10 3. Discussion of State-Based Marketplaces and the Federally-Facilitated Marketplace – 00:02:31 4. Discussion of the Role of Kynectors and Navigators – 00:27:29 5. Discussion of Presumptive Eligibility – 01:11:57 6. Discussion of Medicaid Eligibility, Enrollment, and Redeterminations – 01:20:09 7. Update on Rural Health Transformation Program Application Process – 01:47:35 8. Public Comment – 01:59:57 9. Adjournment – 02:06:10, 958, all
Summary: The Medicaid Oversight Advisory Board met for its third meeting and approved the July 30 minutes. The chair outlined a full agenda covering the state-based marketplace versus the federally facilitated marketplace, connectors and navigators, presumptive eligibility, eligibility/enrollment/redetermination, and a rural health transformation update. Commissioner Lisa Lee and Assistant Director David Barry presented first on Kentucky’s state-based exchange, Connect, explaining that it is an integrated eligibility and enrollment system for Medicaid, CHIP, SNAP, TANF, child care, and qualified health plans. They reviewed Kentucky’s move from a state-based exchange to healthcare.gov in 2017 and back to a state-based marketplace in 2021, and said the system helps route applicants to the correct program and allows families to move more easily between Medicaid and exchange coverage as circumstances change. The presenters said the exchange is funded by carrier assessments on qualified health plans rather than general fund dollars, with costs allocated across programs based on use. They said Kentucky’s exchange fees are lower than the federal platform’s and that the state-based system provides local assistance through DCBS offices, connectors, and licensed agents in every county. Members asked about startup and operating costs, fee-setting, and whether any general fund dollars are used; the department said it would follow up with the CFO on fee details and said it was not aware of general fund support for exchange operations. Members also raised concerns about Medicaid eligibility verification and improper enrollment, while the department emphasized that the state system uses different questions than healthcare.gov and is designed to identify the correct coverage based on monthly Medicaid income and annual tax-credit income. The board also discussed enrollment trends, including a COVID-era spike during the public health emergency when disenrollments were largely paused, and current qualified health plan enrollment of more than 97,000 people on Connect. Commissioner Lee explained presumptive eligibility as temporary Medicaid coverage, noting it applies to pregnant women and hospital-based cases, with hospitals able to grant it and certain providers able to grant it to pregnant women. She said full eligibility is still determined within 30 days and that presumptive eligibility ends when full Medicaid eligibility is determined or at the end of the following month. The meeting then shifted to connectors, with representatives from Community Action Kentucky and the Kentucky Primary Care Association describing their statewide outreach network, local offices, and role helping residents apply for Medicaid, renew coverage, report changes, and navigate benefits; they said connectors do not determine eligibility but assist with applications, recertifications, and outreach events across the Commonwealth.
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Finance Apr 16th, 2025

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Madam Chair and members, Senate Bill 1574 relates to a Centers of Excellence program developed by the
  • Members, the Centers of Excellence program is an initiative by the Texas Judicial Council to identify
  • The program seeks to recognize courts that meet standards of excellence.
  • Generally then, Senate Bill 1574 would codify. by the Centers of Excellence Program that identifies,
  • And encourage them to join a program like this.
Bills: SB1211, SB1574, SB2774, SB2873, SB2900, HJR4
Keywords: hydraulic fracturing, sales tax exemption, oil and gas, environmental impact, water reuse, justice, judicial council, centers of excellence, court operations, recognition program, franchise tax, retail trade, tax classification, business regulation, economic impact, SB 2873, Texas Tax Code, electronic filing, e-filing, tax reports
AL
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Tourism Committee Apr 16th, 2025

Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • Allows a 20% allocation to the black belt unincorporated wastewater program and 40% to the councils throughout
Bills: SB268, SB262, HB237, SB90
Keywords: mixed spirit beverages, alcohol regulation, licensing, excise tax, distribution agreements, retail sales, wholesalers, SB262, White Hall, Lowndes County, pari-mutuel wagering, simulcast, historical racing, historical horse racing, dog racing, horse racing, charitable bingo, off-track betting, OTB, gambling
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Workforce Mar 25th, 2025 at 08:00 am

S/C on Workforce

TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Workforce Mar 25th, 2025 at 08:00 am

S/C on Workforce

TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Workforce Mar 25th, 2025 at 08:00 am

S/C on Workforce

TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Workforce Mar 25th, 2025 at 08:00 am

S/C on Workforce

MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/20/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:43:03.920><c> programming</c><00:43:04.520><c> comes</c> Development program programming comes
  • and programming for the young people that are part of the program.
  • and programming for the young people that are part of the program.
  • So once again, the program is growing, and it's a fairly new program.
  • I'm also a mentor in the program. We heard about Marcus a little in the program.
Bills: HF1936, HF849, HF989, HF1130, HF1223, HF1907, HF1847, HF1957
Keywords: workforce development, youth employment, career guidance, education, job skills, Duluth Promise, education funding, career training, employment support, youth apprenticeship, economic development, minority support, internship program, Bloomington, funding, youth mentorship, job training, disadvantaged youth, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Youthprise
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • that</c> this bill establish a program that this bill establish a program that provides<00:41:15.319>
  • <00:44:36.800><c> called</c> program called program called leave<00:44:38.960><c> um</c><00:44:39.880
  • </c> else by continuing to fund this program else by continuing to fund this program we<00:52:51.760>
  • </c><00:57:13.000><c> um</c> from the feds through this program um from the feds through this program
  • She noted that the Affordable Connectivity Program was a federal program with a subsidy, and that when
Bills: HF44, HF2102, HF2279, HF2280, HF2281
Keywords: HF44, Casey Jones State Trail, Pipestone Trailhead, Currie Loop, Minnesota bonding bill, capital investment, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, trail rehabilitation, trail reconstruction, recreational trail, bike trail, hiking trail, infrastructure, state trail, Pipestone, Currie, bonding authorization
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • But considering the issues in the program raised by the Office of the Legislative Auditor in their 2019
  • report, there's massive vulnerabilities in the CCAP program that can be addressed. aware the state has
  • raised by the the issues in the program raised by the office<00:20:59.440><c> of</c><00:20:59.600><c
  • </c><00:21:07.000><c> that</c><00:21:07.120><c> can</c><00:21:07.240><c> be</c> in the CCAP program that
  • can be in the CCAP program that can be addressed<00:21:08.559><c> so</c><00:21:08.840><c> looking</c
Bills: HF1169, HF1916
Keywords: child protection, child welfare, paperwork reduction, social services information system, SSIS, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, foster care, children in placement, county social services, Tribal governments, private child placing agencies, case management, administrative burden, information technology, human services, welfare administration, Minnesota tribes, child care assistance, CCAP, program integrity
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • program uh has has programs uh Farm Serv program uh has has experienced<00:27:06.520><c> a</c><00:27:
  • I have nothing against the program. The program is a good program.
  • I have nothing against the program. The program is a good program.
  • I have nothing against the program. The program is a good program.
  • And to be clear, it's a good program. I have nothing against the program.
Bills: HF601, HF271, HF1101, HF979
Keywords: agriculture, depredation compensation, livestock, crop damage, elk, wolves, wildlife management, skills path program, career and technical education, CTE, dual credit, postsecondary options enrollment, apprenticeship, apprenticeship readiness, dual training, work-based learning, career pathways, skilled trades, workforce development, high school to career
AL
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit Committee Feb 19th, 2025

Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit

KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Workforce Attraction and Retention Task Force (9-12-24)

KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Joint Meeting of House and Senate Committees on Health Services (1-19-23)