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TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate SessionReading and Referral of Bills Feb 24th, 2025
Texas Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 1024 by Bettencourt, relating to the issuance of certain anticipation notes and certificates
- Senate Bill 1037 by Sparks, relating to the issuance of certain anticipation notes and certificates of
- Senate Bill 1024 by Betancourt relating to the issuance of certain anticipation notes and certificates
- Senate Bill 1037 by Sparks relating to the issuance of certain anticipation notes and certificates of
Summary:
The Senate met briefly and referred a large number of first-reading bills and resolutions to standing committees. The measures covered a wide range of topics, including hemp regulation, dementia research funding, parental rights and public education, municipal library funding, tax and local government issues, criminal justice, health care, education, transportation, natural resources, and election law. Several constitutional resolutions were also referred, including proposals related to the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and a severance tax revenue fund.
Most of the transcript consists of the reading of bill captions and committee referrals, with no substantive debate or testimony recorded. The listed measures included proposals on school uniforms, charter schools, Medicaid fraud remedies, insurance practices, occupational licensing for people with criminal convictions, water and sewer utility cybersecurity, agricultural protections, public meeting broadcasting, and various local and state governance matters.
No votes were taken on the bills in this segment. The only formal action reflected was referral of the bills and resolutions to the appropriate committees, followed by adjournment of the Senate until the next scheduled meeting.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- We will have a certificate, Senator Townsend and Senator Rizzo, that will be read, and a bunch of guests
- to the provisions of the Gas-Operated Semi-Automatic Firearms Exclusion Act, and requiring the certification
- we'll do here, given that we're waiting for the House, and I know Senator James Townsend has a certificate
- That we return to the Senate 15 minutes after the joint session so that we can finish up the certificate
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force (9-17-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, but because it is based upon direct certification, if fewer people are directly certified, there
- direct certification, upon direct certification, if<00:35:55.280>
direct <00:35:55.680>if <00:36:00.640>On <00:36:00.800>direct <00:36:01.119>certification impact. - On direct certification impact. Yes.
- So I I into a teaching certification.
Summary:
The task force met with a quorum, approved the minutes from the August 20 meeting, and then heard testimony from Representative Steven Doan on House Bill 439, a school nutrition bill aimed at restricting certain ultra-processed foods in schools. Doan said the bill was inspired by his own health journey and his work in agriculture, and he described the measure as targeting specific chemical additives in foods served during the school day, not concession sales or after-hours activities. He said the bill would phase in later to give schools time to adjust and noted that the list of restricted additives was drawn from efforts in other states and advocacy groups. Members asked about the chemical abstract numbers, fiscal impact, summer meal programs, fundraisers, and whether the bill would affect parent-provided items; Doan said he had not done a fiscal note and explained that the bill was intended to apply only during instructional time on school property.
Committee members generally reacted favorably, with some raising practical concerns about cost and implementation. One member asked about high fructose corn syrup, which Doan said was not included because it is too pervasive in the food system. Another member noted that schools already limit some homemade items and asked about the line between school-provided and parent-provided food. Doan also said the list was based in part on Turning Point USA materials and similar laws in other states, and he referenced federal efforts to define ultra-processed foods.
The committee then heard from Kentucky Department of Education officials Matt Ross, Lauren Moore, and Katie Embry on school meals and nutrition programs. They outlined Kentucky’s school lunch, breakfast, summer meals, and other USDA child nutrition programs, including participation and reimbursement figures, and explained how community eligibility provision schools, meal patterns, offer-versus-serve, smart snacks, and local wellness policies work. They said USDA and FDA are currently seeking public input on a uniform definition of ultra-processed foods, that there are no current USDA requirements specifically on ultra-processed foods, and that schools already operate under federal and state rules governing competitive foods, including a state time restriction on smart snacks. They also discussed local purchasing, noting its benefits but also the procurement and staffing challenges schools face. No votes or final actions on the bill were taken in the portion provided.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (03/24/2026)
Children and Family Law
Transcript Highlights:
- The state then commenced what's called a certification proceeding to certify that minor as an adult,
- There is no time certification process.
- <00:48:01.040>
process, uh undergoing the certification process, uh undergoing the certification - I had to obtain my certificate. Okay.
- high school certificates from 60 years ago.<02:28:27.840>
Thank <02:28:28.080>you.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (03/26/2025)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- They've attained no certification. When we're just giving them a temporary student license to work.
- HB 236 permits the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification to grant an individual who has
- retired and previously held a certificate as a certified public accountant the honorific title of CPA
- They may not also perform or offer to perform services for which a licensed certificate or permit may
- previously held a certificate as a CPA. previously held a certificate as a CPA.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- This is for the Board of Certification of Operating Personnel Wastewater Treatment Plants.
- Board of Certification of Operating Personnel Wastewater Treatment Plants.
- , nobody hears about it, and so you're the kind of person we know that will make sure that the certification
- <00:18:39.400>
sure <00:18:39.760>that <00:18:40.000>the <00:18:40.760>certification - <00:18:41.720>
is will make sure that the certification is will make sure that the certification
Summary:
The Health and Human Services Committee heard several governor’s message nominations for health-related boards and commissions. Kanwardeep Kaleka was considered for the Substance Abuse Kauai Service Area Board; he said his work as a psychiatrist and family physician on Kauai motivates him to improve mental health and addiction services. Kunani Dryer was considered for the Hawaii Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse and Controlled Substances; he emphasized 26 years of personal recovery, harm reduction experience, and representation of rural, LGBTQIA+, and Native Hawaiian communities. Olivia Kim was considered for the Center for Nursing Advisory Board; testimony highlighted her experience in nursing leadership, long-term care, and LPN workforce issues. Trisha Lynn Yamashita was considered for the Kauai Subarea Health Planning Council; she described her hospice leadership, public health and palliative care background, and focus on data-informed, community-centered planning. Emily Dong was considered for the Board of Certification of Operating Personnel Wastewater Treatment Plants; she stressed wastewater’s public health importance and the need to strengthen the operator workforce pipeline.
Testimony in support came from the Department of Health and several organizations and individuals, including the Hawaii State Center for Nursing, Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition, Hina Mauka, the Kauai mayor, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and others. Committee members generally praised the nominees’ credentials and community ties, and repeatedly noted the value of lived experience, rural perspective, and workforce expertise. One nominee, Olivia Kim, was not present and was deferred to a later meeting for decision-making.
At the end of the hearing, the committee took up the governor’s messages and recommended advise and consent for GM707, GM537, GM545, GM724, and GM790, with Senator Fevella excused and no objections recorded. GM662 was deferred to Thursday, April 16, 2026, at 3:20 p.m. in Room 225 because the nominee could not attend. The committee then adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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During <00:04:35.840>this <00:04:36.080>time, certification. - During this time, certification.
- This includes the board certification.
- certification has also been around for at least 30 years.
- <01:00:58.799>
boards <01:00:59.119>as type of certification boards as type of certification
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- Providing legislative findings, providing for certification of value-added manufactured processes, providing
- And by them being able to verify that, the Wyoming Energy Authority can issue a certification saying
- saying that yes, we have a certification saying that yes, we have the<00:18:38.640>
cleanest < - He said they have a Wyoming certification saying this is the cleanest fuel and the cleanest energy on
- certification saying hey this is the<00:26:39.919>
cleanest <00:26:40.320>fuel.
Bills:
HB0120
Keywords:
energy production, natural gas, industrial sovereignty, manufacturing, tax exemptions, 916, all
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Feb 6th, 2026 at 11:19 am
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm pleased and honored to be able to give a certificate to a most deserving group of individuals and
- company, and if the clerk could read that certificate?
- Gentlemen, we're at the point where we cannot read the certificate, but kindly introduce our guests and
- may paraphrase the spirit of the certificate, and we will have the certificate presented to the guest
- A favorable committee report for House Bill 50 with a certificate of correction.
Bills:
HB111, HJR1, HB61, HB8, HB30, HB43, HB156, HJM2, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM23, HM24, HM26, HM2, HM16, HM11, HM14, HM21, HM34, HM50, HB70, SB3, HJM3
Keywords:
water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- PSTC certification PSTC certification until<04:28:13.840>
such <04:28:14.159>time < - grants the request for certification. grants the request for certification.
- Any outstanding or pending certification Any outstanding or pending certification matter<04:28:27.920
- <04:33:08.480>
or <04:33:08.879>reertification certification or reertification certification - criminal statutes, certification criminal statutes, certification standards,<04:38:12.240>
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TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V Feb 27th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- all these things we’re trying to free them up to do, but then we’re saying they’ve got to get a certificate
- You’ve got to get a certificate to allow you to do the things we say we’re trying to allow them to do
- all these things we’re trying to free them up to do, but then we’re saying they’ve got to get a certificate
- all these things we’re trying to free them up to do, but then we’re saying they’ve got to get a certificate
- You’ve got to get a certificate to allow you to do the things we say we’re trying to allow them to do
Keywords:
rural health, healthcare access, state funding, health transformation, appropriations, fiscal policy, healthcare funding, economic development, mental health, maternal health, antitrust, competition, market regulation, business practices, consumer protection, anaphylaxis, epinephrine, auto-injector, public health, school safety
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Joint Select Committee on Collective Bargaining Jan 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- plan would require our members to invest their time and money to obtain identified training and certifications
- plan would require our members to invest their time and money to obtain identified training and certifications
- plan would require our members to invest their time and money to obtain identified training and certifications
- suppression services—those who worked fire rescue—were provided a 20% pay additive for the enhanced certification
- Troopers, and a lot of the ones that just left and went to PBSO, they all have a lot of certificates
Summary:
The Joint Select Committee on Collective Bargaining met to hear impasse presentations from the Department of Management Services and several bargaining units. The department reported that most articles had been resolved in each of the full-book contracts, with remaining disputes centered largely on wages and a handful of non-economic issues. For the FDLE special agents, security services, law enforcement, Florida Highway Patrol, and Florida State Fire Service units, the state described its wage offers as generally a 2% competitive increase plus a 3% special pay increase, along with various bonuses, retention funds, or career-development funding in some units. The department also said it wanted to keep existing language on work schedules, seniority, grooming, equipment, grievance procedures, and other items, often characterizing its changes as housekeeping or alignment with current practice. The department noted that insurance had been agreed to with no increased employee cost, and it confirmed that correctional officers do receive overtime pay.
Representatives for the Florida State Fire Service Association strongly disputed the state’s position, arguing that firefighters should not be required to perform major construction work, that their work schedules and on-call/callback arrangements unfairly suppress overtime, and that wildfire and fire-rescue employees are underpaid and underprotected. They also pressed for better compensation for EMT/paramedic-certified firefighters, additional protective clothing, on-site decontamination and shower/laundry facilities, and stronger cancer-prevention language. The association said the state had not bargained in good faith and urged the committee to support the union’s proposals.
The Police Benevolent Association’s Florida Highway Patrol unit focused on wages and a career development plan, saying troopers remain underpaid compared with other states and are leaving for better-paying agencies. It also sought a veteran stipend, broader grooming/tattoo language, safety improvements for high-mileage vehicles, and changes to seniority and inflation-related pay. The PBA law enforcement unit raised similar safety concerns about aging vehicles, sought limits on performance evaluations tied to case presentations, and requested a $7,000 across-the-board wage increase. The security services unit, representing correctional officers, probation officers, and ISS officers, said its main issue was wages and asked for an $8-per-hour starting pay increase, retention bonuses, special pay for death row and close-management staff, added pay for SOTEC officers, and overtime pay for lieutenants and captains who currently receive comp time instead. No votes were taken, no public testimony followed, and the committee adjourned after taking the presentations under advisement.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Transportation - 02/24/2026
Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- Next bill: S. 3249 by Senator Cooney, an act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic Law in relation to driver
Summary:
The Senate Transportation Committee met with a quorum and considered eight bills. Members discussed measures on motor vehicle repair shop disclosure requirements (S.516-A), the Rider Representation Act for public authorities (S.1148), community input in reviewing repair shop applicants (S.2329), driver education (S.3249), Blue Star Mother and Family distinctive license plates and a related support fund (S.7720), disabled person’s plates for those transporting severely disabled persons (S.7763), license suspension for failure to pay fines for impaired driving violations (S.8692), and dedicating part of the state and county highway system to the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway (S.9057). Several members spoke in support of the repair-shop disclosure bill as a consumer-affordability measure, and Senator Cooney noted the driver education and impaired-driving bills as part of the agenda.
Most bills were advanced by committee vote. S.516-A, S.1148, S.2329, S.3249, S.7763, and S.9057 were reported. S.7720 was approved by the committee but referred to Finance because it created a support fund. S.8692 was approved and referred to the Codes Committee. Senator Oberacker recorded opposition on S.1148 and S.2329, while the other measures were approved without recorded opposition.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Under the present law, as an acupuncturist, one must hold active status with the National Certification
- Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and pass a certification exam.
- and pass a certification exam.
- “Which is on commemorative birth certificates.
- Basically, the commemorative birth certificate is an option for parents to purchase a valid birth certificate
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Health and Welfare met on May 13 with a quorum present and approved the prior meeting minutes. The committee first heard HB 971, which would equalize Medicaid reimbursement rates between independent clinics and hospital-owned rural health clinics; supporters said independent clinics are disadvantaged by a large payment disparity, and the bill was reported favorable without objection. The committee also recognized visiting Alpha Phi Alpha members and other guests during personal privilege remarks.
Members then considered HB 414, which would bar hiring certain health care workers and direct support professionals with serious disqualifying convictions from other states and address background-check issues for therapeutic group homes. After adopting three amendment sets, the bill was reported as amended. HB 740, creating an independent review process for Medicaid behavioral health claim disputes in the coordinated system of care, was amended to clarify applicability and CSOC definitions and then reported as amended. HB 288, which would place the term “miscarriage” alongside “spontaneous abortion” in medical documentation, drew emotional testimony from affected parents and advocates; the committee reported it favorable.
The committee also advanced several more bills: HB 405, updating the name of the national acupuncture certifying body, was reported favorable; HB 786, prohibiting extrapolation in certain managed-care claims recoupments, was reported favorable; HB 1095, allowing alternative backup power sources for nursing homes, was reported favorable; HB 403, raising the cottage food gross-sales cap, was amended from $50,000 to $150,000 and then reported favorable; HB 930, modernizing cosmetic-product regulation and creating a small-producer exemption, was reported favorable; HB 557, defining long-term pharmacies for policy purposes, was reported favorable; HB 779, on expedited partner therapy for sexually transmitted diseases, was reported favorable; HB 915, setting utilization-management timelines and standards, was reported favorable; HB 546, expanding criteria for peace officers to take someone into protective custody during a mental health crisis, was reported favorable; HB 796, creating a chiropractic preceptorship program, was reported favorable; and HB 933, authorizing commemorative birth certificates, was reported favorable.
The final major item was HB 1041, a “no-mandate” bill barring discrimination based on medical intervention status. The sponsor and Surgeon General said it was aimed at healthy, asymptomatic individuals and not at public health quarantine powers, but Senator Boudreaux objected to exemptions for schools and hospitals and offered an amendment to restore broader coverage. That amendment failed on a roll-call vote, and the bill remained under discussion as the transcript ended, with no final committee disposition shown in the excerpt.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Bill to ban semiautomatic military-style assault weapons 2/24/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It allows Minnesotans who possess these guns now to continue to possess them with a certification process
- process that will be run certification process that will be run through<00:03:20.800>
the <00: - of ownership under uh the certificate of ownership under uh the first<00:34:29.440>
bill, <00: - Representative Hudson: The amendment clarifies that the certification data is private under the Data
- Um, as both the certification acknowledges, if folks want to keep their legacy weapon, what they have
Summary:
The committee took up House File 3433 and House File 3402 together, both aimed at restricting assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines. The bill authors described the measures as bans on the sale and possession of enumerated military-style semi-automatic weapons and magazines over 10 rounds, while allowing current owners to keep firearms through a BCA certification process. They framed the bills as a response to the Annunciation School shooting and broader gun violence, emphasizing public support and the need to act to protect children and communities.
Testimony in support came from Annunciation families and a Hennepin Healthcare emergency physician. Survivors and family members described the shooting’s aftermath in personal detail, including the death of children, severe injuries, long-term trauma, and ongoing medical treatment. They argued that the type of weapon mattered because it increased the speed and severity of the attack, and that limiting access to these weapons could slow future mass shootings and save lives. The physician said the injuries he treated showed how high-velocity rifles cause far greater tissue damage and urged swift action to limit access.
Opposition testimony came from the Minnesota Gun Owners Law Center and the NRA. They argued the bills would not have prevented the Annunciation shooting, contended that the 1994 federal assault weapons ban did not reduce crime, and said the legislation would likely face constitutional challenges because the firearms and magazines are in common use and protected by the Second Amendment. They also raised concerns about the bill’s grandfathering, registration, renewal, inspection, storage, and ammunition restrictions, and suggested lawmakers should instead focus on mental health intervention and other upstream causes of violence. The hearing ended with the committee moving into member discussion; no vote or final action was taken in the excerpt.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- and certificates through our programs<01:09:55.840>
is <01:09:56.159>invaluable <01:09: - stage receiving degrees and certificates stage receiving degrees and certificates for<01:10:14.960
- <01:12:01.360>
in completing degrees and certificates in completing degrees and certificates - Students who complete work through early college, those credits flow into our degree and certificate
- And under the work certificate programs.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor (2-12-26)
Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor
Transcript Highlights:
- in order to operate a public water system, if that certification is issued by default, it could put
- in order to operate a certification in order to operate a public<00:20:31.760>
waterway <00:20 - <00:20:34.880>
If <00:20:35.120>that <00:20:35.440>certification <00:20:36.000 - If that certification is water system.
- If that certification is issued<00:20:36.559>
by <00:20:36.799>default, <00:20:37.360>
Keywords:
Meeting start: 00:00
Roll call: 00:24
SB 52 discussion: 01:28
SB 52 voting: 25:08, 958, all
Summary:
The Senate Standing Committee on Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor met with a quorum and adopted a committee substitute for Senate Bill 52. The sponsors, Senators Rawlings and Elkins, explained that the substitute narrowed the bill to state public agencies, exempted cities and counties, extended the basic decision deadline from 30 to 60 days, added an additional extension for safety, health, and public welfare concerns, removed an earlier jury-trial provision, and exempted Kentucky State Police exams. They said the bill is intended to require clear permit criteria, timely agency decisions, and meaningful appeal rights for permits tied to constitutionally protected activity, without eliminating existing licensing or permitting requirements.
Senators supporting the bill described long agency delays and uncertainty in permitting as costly for contractors, schools, landfill projects, and energy development. Senator Elkins gave a detailed example of a landfill permit process that took years, and other members said agencies should be held to timelines or at least provide reasons for delay. Senator Boswell and Senator Clemens raised concerns that the safety/health/welfare extension could remain subjective and that hard deadlines might pressure agencies and risk public safety. Senator Thomas also said he supported the goal but was voting no because he wanted a safer middle ground.
Audrey Ernsburger of the Kentucky Resources Council testified in a neutral-to-cautious position, saying the group agreed that complete applications should be reviewed in a timely and predictable way, but objected to the default-approval mechanism and some burden-shifting provisions in the original language. She warned that deadlines could begin before an application is complete, that deficiencies might not toll the clock, that automatic approval could create public-health risks in some licensing contexts, and that KRS Chapter 13B already governs administrative hearings and judicial review. She said KRC would prefer a statutory process without a hard deadline. After discussion, the committee voted 9-2 to report Senate Bill 52 favorably, as amended.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- back the start date of when uh that training has to be accomplished by and it also sets out some certification
- standards and says that if you have uh met those certification standards uh towards you can put that
- <00:02:40.879>
standards <00:02:41.680>and <00:02:41.920>says some certification - standards and says some certification standards and says that<00:02:42.400>
if <00:02:42.640>< - standards uh towards you certification standards uh towards you can<00:02:47.599>
put <00:02:47.760
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, $450,000 in fiscal year 27 for certificate of ownership contracting costs.
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of in fiscal year 27 for certificate of in fiscal year 27 for certificate of - system for the certificate of ownership. system for the certificate of ownership.
- <01:07:25.119>
of <01:07:25.280>ownership certificate of ownership certificate of ownership