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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 28th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • No, there's not a requirement for a previous police report.
  • President, would this apply to let's say the treasurer's work on the energy discrimination act.
  • I'm working with the speaker on these two bills, and I've worked with a colleague over on the house for
  • A number of groups work in this area.
  • Thank you, members, for all your work today. Be prepared for a long day tomorrow.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 28th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It works in conjunction with the federal one.
  • It's telling OMEs to add a reporting function to reports to document whether a contract is a service-based
  • HB 3420 modifies several provisions related to the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act.
  • Members, this just relates to the Oklahoma law enforcement retirement system.
  • House Bill 3177 removes the court reporters that work at the Corporation Commission from the reporter's
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services REVISED Feb 9th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • substantiated reports but substantiated ones.
  • Works wants to work from a committee sub without objection. That'll be the order. Thank you, Mr.
  • It's just the reporting mechanism. We want to see how well we're doing in Oklahoma.
  • Is there a way to make sure that this report is publicly available?
  • It's important to make that report available to everybody.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, out of all of the reports, all of the things that you see from the retirement systems, the lifeblood
  • that the actuary that the of the work that the actuary that the system<00:09:36.959> retains<
  • I don't want to work. Or work 5 days and say, "Okay, that's enough. I'm not going to work anymore."
  • I don't want to work. Or work 5 days and say, "Okay, that's enough. I'm not going to work anymore."
  • I don't want to work." changed my mind. I don't want to work."
Summary: The meeting began with quorum, approval of the prior minutes, and an announcement that the June meeting had been canceled and replaced by this combined May/June meeting; the next official PPOB meeting was announced for July 21 at 2:30. Staff then gave an overview of the Public Pension Oversight Board’s required actuarial audit process, explaining that House Bill 238 requires a review every five years of the retirement systems’ actuarial assumptions and methods, funded by the systems themselves. The presentation distinguished this audit from a financial or forensic audit, described the three possible audit levels (full replication, limited/spot review, or basic review), and noted that the last audit in 2021 was a level one performed by Milleman Consulting at a cost of about $190,000. Members discussed timing for the next audit cycle, with a request to LRC likely needed in July or August to target the June 30, 2026 valuation, and several members expressed interest in another level one review. Questions also addressed whether prior audits found major issues; staff said the 2021 review was generally clean but recommended more consistency in reporting and assumptions across systems. The committee then welcomed new staff and interns, including Odet Guanzi of KPPPA and Team Kentucky intern Amamira Bowman. Bo Barnes of the Teachers Retirement System presented an overview of the statutory framework for reemployment after retirement under KRS 161.605. He explained that the law is intended to let retirees return to help with staffing needs, do so in an actuarially sound way through required contributions, and keep TRS compliant with federal tax rules for a qualified plan under section 401(a). Barnes described the required breaks in service and earnings limits for retirees returning part-time or full-time, including the three-month or 12-month break depending on the employer, the 6,900-day limit, and the daily wage threshold based on years of service. He also noted a lightly used critical shortage program that allows school districts to hire retirees without a wage cap, while still observing the break-in-service rules. Members asked questions about who decides the scope and level of the actuarial audit, how the audit would treat leave balances and other benefit-related items, and whether the prior level one audit identified substantial problems. Staff said the committee would request the audit, but LRC would handle contracting, and that the audit scope could include items like sick leave and annual leave costs if requested. On the reemployment topic, Barnes emphasized that the rules are designed to avoid pre-arranged retire-and-return arrangements that could jeopardize TRS’s tax-qualified status. No formal votes were taken beyond approving the minutes, and the meeting concluded with the presentations and discussion of these pension oversight issues.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

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  • Thank you for doing that for the work, and we...
  • I haven't worked on this bill for six months. Mr.
  • and through the prison system.
  • the money is used for that system.
  • into room and says you guys need to work together we need to have a system that provides victims rights
Summary: The Appropriations Committee met on March 25 for what was described as its last regular meeting, with a possible special meeting tentatively planned for the following Tuesday. The committee first took up Senate Bill 1112, as amended by a strike-everything amendment that would appropriate $1 million from the Special Services Fund in FY2027 to the Arizona Department of Corrections for holistic, studio-based rehabilitative programming, with a required report due by June 30, 2028 on spending and outcomes such as self-harm, discipline, and recidivism. Testimony from the founder of Art of Our Soul and a formerly incarcerated peer facilitator emphasized trauma-informed art and music therapy, reductions in disciplinary violations and self-harm, and benefits for both incarcerated people and staff. The committee adopted the amendment and then gave SB 1112 a do-pass recommendation. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1776, which would allow urban Indian organizations to provide traditional healing services reimbursable through AHCCCS or the Arizona Long-Term Care System. The sponsor said the bill was intended to align Arizona with federal approval and other states’ models. AHCCCS testified neutral but said the bill would require a waiver change, likely at standard FMAP rather than 100%, and estimated a $1.3 million general fund impact; the chair said a COW amendment and fiscal note were needed. Members raised concerns about cost and access, and the sponsor clarified the bill was meant for American Indians and family members served through IHS-related facilities. The committee ultimately passed the bill out with a do-pass recommendation, though several members voted no or present over funding concerns. Senate Bill 1537, which would rename the Peace Officer Training Equipment Fund as the Public Safety De-escalation and Life Safety Fund and repeal an inactive advisory commission, failed after testimony from a legislative liaison explaining the fund’s history and use for equipment and de-escalation tools. Some members supported the cleanup, but others objected after the Arizona Police Association opposed the change and argued the commission should be reformed rather than repealed. The committee then considered Senate Bill 1584, as amended, which would provide $1 million for Department of Corrections recruitment and training, funded instead from the Peace Officer Training Equipment Fund. Testimony supported the need to address DOC staffing shortages, but some members objected that the fund was restricted to peace officer equipment; the committee adopted the amendment and passed the bill out. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 1673, which would fund the law enforcement crime victim notification system. A chair amendment shifted the source from the general fund to the victim compensation fund and reduced the amount to about $2.5 million. Testimony from the Arizona Sheriffs Association, a vendor, and the City of Phoenix described the notification system as constitutionally required, widely used, and important for victim safety and communication, but several members argued the amendment would take money from victim compensation and “rob Peter to pay Paul.” The committee adopted the amendment and then gave SB 1673, as amended, a do-pass recommendation. The chair closed by noting the committee was adjourned and that a special meeting might be posted for the following week.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 2/25/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, so, uh Minnesota's tax system is sort of built on top of the federal system.
  • Um, as a general rule, the reason that our system is built on the federal system is that it simplifies
  • system separates from the federal system system separates from the federal system after<00:03:07.280
  • less state control over the tax system. less state control over the tax system.
  • >> lot of work there. >> lot of work there.
Bills: HR1, HF387
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • They discuss how it would work better if the insurance plans would combine the data and report the data
  • It's ever going to work best for them. But you said it's going to be double reporting.
  • The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is a national early warning system to detect possible
  • in reporting it.
  • Events Reporting System.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • We try to minimize kids' risks whenever they have to interact with the healthcare system as much as possible
  • Senator Schwertner worked on this issue through some of the work on sunset.
  • I look forward to working with you. y'all in the future and working to make sure that your profession
  • I appreciate the work by Senator Parker.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services (Part II) Apr 9th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • um, and then increased incured costs for delivering that healthcare as well, and undue burden on a system
  • Um, we try to minimize kids' risks whenever they have to interact with the healthcare system as much
  • Uh, Senator Schwertner worked on this issue through, uh, some of the work on sunset.
  • I look forward to working with y'all in the future and, uh, working to make sure that the, uh, that your
  • I appreciate the work by Senator Parker, and we'll, we'll continue to, uh, try to move this bill forward
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services (Part I) Apr 9th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • It also changes the date by which the work group will submit its legislative report from September 1,
  • I mentioned I worked for Memorial Hermann. DME reported to me at Memorial Hermann.
  • I mentioned I worked for Memorial Hermann. DME reported to me at Memorial Hermann.
  • But it's just take advantage of the system we have and be truthful about it and report it.
  • to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services met with several members initially absent, then later established a quorum. The committee heard multiple bills, with most testimony focusing on access to care, insurance practices, senior safety, and health care worker protections. Several bills were laid out with committee substitutes, and public testimony was limited to two minutes per witness. Most bills were left pending after testimony, with no final votes taken in the portion provided. Senate Bill 2069 would create a work group to study the feasibility of a statewide acute psychiatric bed registry; the substitute shifts appointment authority to the Health and Human Services Commissioner and extends reporting and sunset dates. Senate Bill 463 would expand workplace violence protections to additional hospice, home and community support, intermediate care, and state-supported living center settings. Senate Bill 1283 would require background checks and transparency measures for senior retirement communities after testimony about the Dallas-area serial killings of elderly residents. Senate Bill 1784 would require 60 days’ written notice before medical debt is sent to collections. Senate Bill 527 would require medical insurance coverage for general anesthesia for medically necessary pediatric dental procedures for children under 13 with qualifying conditions; pediatric dentists testified that denials delay needed care. A major portion of the meeting centered on prior authorization. Senate Bill 1380 would eliminate prior authorization for a broad list of services, including emergency, primary, mental health, substance use, chemotherapy, preventive, pediatric hospice, and certain chronic-condition care. Physicians and hospice advocates supported the bill, describing delays, administrative burden, and patient harm, while health plans opposed blanket exemptions and argued prior authorization helps prevent unnecessary care and control costs. Relatedly, Senate Bill 547 would require insurers to report gold-card prior authorization exemptions to TDI and create a centralized database and annual report; TMA supported better tracking, while health plans warned of duplicative reporting and administrative cost. Senate Bill 407 would require health care facilities to honor conscience- and religion-based vaccine exemptions for employees, with testimony from a physician and vaccine-choice advocate supporting the bill. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1383, which would regulate senior living referral agencies, allow more flexible compensation structures, and add disclosure and consumer protections; an out-of-state referral company and A Place for Mom supported it. Senate Bill 1511 would allow freestanding emergency centers to provide outpatient services in addition to emergency care, with consumer protections such as estimates, limits on facility fees, and restrictions on balance billing. The chair repeatedly announced that bills were being left pending after testimony, and no final committee action or recorded votes were taken in the transcript provided.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 16th, 2026 at 10:48 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Universal child care only works if it stays anchored in that high-quality, licensed system.
  • We're codifying a system.
  • They are the system.
  • We're working through.
  • But we also have to report.
Bills: SB132, SB241
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Children, Youth and Family Services REVISED: HB3637 - Added Feb 18th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Children, Youth and Family Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • is working.
  • Working on a roll here.
  • So we're thinking that the details of when enrollment is reported are going to have to be worked out
  • Cleveland County basically is the county that you're working with, and you've worked with county commissioners
  • , how it doesn't In discovering what the issues are and identifying how it works, how it doesn't work
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Hied Committee Meeting - 2026-04-09

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • As far as working with the State of Minnesota, we would be open to talk with the state and see what system
  • uh with the faculty have been working uh with the system<00:30:12.160> office<00:30:12.480>
  • You're not using as much of the landscape to do that work in multiple systems.
  • You're not using as much of the landscape to do that work in multiple systems.
  • work.
Bills: HF4698, HF4608
Summary: The committee first approved the March 26 minutes after Representative Coulter pointed out and moved a technical correction to add a missing “T” in “Regents.” The committee then took up HF 4698, which Representative Duran said would address enrollment fraud at Minnesota State Colleges and Universities by funding an automated identity-proofing system. Testimony from Chief Information Security Officer Craig Munson described a commercial software system that would verify student identities using a selfie and a state ID image, reduce ghost students and fraud, speed enrollment, and lessen staff time spent on manual investigations. Members focused heavily on privacy, data retention, and biometric concerns. Representative Cleveland asked what biometric data would be collected, and Munson said it would be limited to a selfie and ID images, not fingerprints or retinal scans. Chair Klippert and others urged stronger Chapter 13 protections and clearer data practices, while Chair Scott asked how long images would be stored; Munson said they should be deleted as soon as identity is validated, with possible revalidation later. Members also raised concerns about racial bias in biometric matching and the need for alternate verification methods. The bill was laid over, and Duran said he would work on the data practices with committee members. The committee then heard HF 4608, presented by Representative Allen for Representative Koznick, on developmental education reform. Allen said too many students are placed into remedial courses that do not count toward a degree, costing time and money and reducing completion rates. Jane Groatman of the International Institute of Minnesota supported the bill, describing students who spent years in noncredit remedial coursework and arguing for a one-semester cap on remedial classes and clearer notice that such credits do not count toward a degree. Mark Grant of Minnesota State College faculty opposed the bill’s approach, saying it imposed a one-size-fits-all model, could undermine open admissions, and should not limit colleges’ flexibility to meet diverse student needs. The bill was laid over for further consideration.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances REVISED: HB3851 - Added Feb 18th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances

Transcript Highlights:
  • staff; they didn't flag any, but again, it's always possible when you're adjusting the three-tier system
  • Is there unanimous consent to adopt a PCS as a working draft?
  • Is there unanimous consent to adopt the committee substitute as a working draft?
  • I've got a couple of the four groups that normally work on this kind of legislation on board.
  • So I just ask that you help me move this out of the committee so I can keep working on it.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances REVISED: HB3530 - Added Feb 11th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances

Transcript Highlights:
  • How does that work? So the fee is an annual fee, as was the bond.
  • Basically, it requires the able commission to report annually their discipline actions.
  • Filed on this bill, is there unanimous consent to adopt the committee's substitute as a working draft
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Ethics and Elections Jan 28th, 2026

Ethics and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • for ethics training for local officials to include known influence efforts and how to identify and report
  • Would a voting systems company headquartered in the United States or another non-designated country be
  • This bill would continue Florida's excellent work in terms of doing this.
  • This bill would continue Florida's excellent work in terms of doing this.
  • Yes, and by your action, the bill has been reported favorably. Thank you very much.
Bills: S1622, S1178
Summary: The committee met with a quorum present and first took up Senate Bill 1178, the Foreign Interference Restriction and Enforcement Act, sponsored by Senator Garcia. The bill would expand state restrictions on foreign countries of concern and designated foreign terrorist organizations, including creating a state registration framework for foreign agents, banning gifts to public officials from covered foreign entities, requiring ethics training on foreign influence, tightening procurement limits for information technology and critical infrastructure, restricting sister-city/sister-state encouragement, revising linkage institute rules and tuition provisions, and criminalizing certain conduct tied to foreign governments or unauthorized enforcement of foreign law. Members asked extensive questions about how the bill would affect election technology, software development, federal foreign-agent registration, educational exchanges, and the treatment of organizations such as CARE; the sponsor said the bill focused on ownership/control and foreign countries of concern, not specific components or general participation in events. An amendment by Senator Grall was adopted to clarify definitions, align penalties with willful violations, and specify that new ethics training content is additive. The committee then heard supportive testimony from Kelly Curry of State Armor and Rob Pierce of American Global Strategies, both of whom argued the bill would help Florida counter foreign influence, protect data and infrastructure, and improve transparency. CS for SB 1178 was reported favorably by roll call vote. The committee then considered Senate Bill 1622, which provides a one-time waiver of the automatic fine for a late-filed financial disclosure under specified conditions, including that the filer submitted the disclosure before the maximum fine accrued and had not previously received such a waiver. Carrie Stillman of the Commission on Ethics testified in support, saying the bill preserves transparency and compliance goals while making the fine and appeals process more workable. The bill was reported favorably by roll call vote. Finally, the committee took up confirmation hearings for appointments in tabs 3 through 26. No separate votes were requested, no public testimony was offered, and the block of appointees was recommended favorably to the full Senate by roll call vote. The meeting then concluded with no further business.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Some of it works together for both.
  • The report that's being handed out was handed out in January as well, but this is a report that our engineers
  • Our members are doing over $6 billion worth of work right now.
  • In February, ASCE Texas released the 2020 report.
  • New water, leaky distribution systems, and those kinds of things.
Bills: HB3077, HJR2, HJR7, HJR7