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OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget REVISED Feb 18th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding
Transcript Highlights:
- So, the $2 million is for that single supervising entity. Is that correct? That's correct.
- But aren't some of those entities and certainly the coordinating entity receiving funding this year from
- So, this supplemental would cover fiscal year 2026 contractual obligations. Is that right?
- So, the the entity the contract that's being covered through this supplemental is to an entity that may
- In fact, the legacy piece we're talking about today doesn't even cover the full request.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 14th, 2026 at 08:34 am
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- We received 12 of 13 applications for the accountable entities.
- The accountable entities were identified as either a county, a tribal, or quasi government entity.
- We have two quasi-government entities, and the rest are county accountable entities.
- decide which entities they would also like to include.
- Chair, I think I covered that.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
February 19, 2025 - 09:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- But they don't feel like they have the legal cover to do it just yet.
- The government entities like cities, the Exposure to governments.
- The government entities, like cities, the exposure to liability is immense.
- That government entities rely on.
- Bob certainly covered that issue. They get their money from the state.
Summary:
The subcommittee first heard HB 6507, a claims bill for Marcus Button, who suffered severe permanent injuries in a 2006 school bus crash. Representative Andrade explained that a jury awarded Button more than $2 million in 2009, but only a small amount was paid under sovereign immunity limits. He said Pasco County later reached a settlement with Button, but believed it lacked legal authority to pay without legislative approval. The bill would give the county that authority. There was no opposition testimony, and the bill passed unanimously, 18-0.
The committee then took up HB 301, which would substantially revise Florida’s sovereign immunity framework. Representative McFarland said the bill would raise liability caps for state and local governments from $200,000/$300,000 to $1 million/$3 million, with a later increase in 2030, align statutes of limitations with private suits, allow governments to settle above the caps without a claims bill, and prevent insurance policies from conditioning payment on legislative approval. She framed the bill as a way to reduce the need for the claims bill process and provide faster redress to injured people.
Testimony on HB 301 was sharply divided. Local governments, school districts, counties, cities, hospital groups, and insurance representatives opposed the bill, arguing the higher caps would sharply increase insurance and taxpayer costs, especially for small or fiscally constrained entities, and that the claims bill process and special masters provide useful review and leverage. Supporters, including the Florida Justice Association and several members, argued the current system is too slow and political, leaves seriously injured people waiting years for compensation, and should be modernized to better hold government accountable. No vote was taken on HB 301 in the portion of the meeting provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 04/04/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:36:40.800><c> um</c> application fee for those entities um application fee for those entities
- Chair, how many new entities do you think will be covered under this new structure of licenses, if any
- Senator Westrom asked whether the proposal would cover any new entities.
- At this point, it would not cover any new entities.
- anything more or expanding to covering anything more or expanding to other<00:42:17.280><c> entities
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Children and Family Law (01/30/2025)
Children and Family Law
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> confidentiality covers confidentiality covers everybody<00:15:30.040><c> so</c><00:15:30.199><c>
- He said they understood the need for an executive branch entity such as the Office of Child Advocate
- </c><00:22:33.080><c> um</c> talking about contracted entities um talking about contracted entities um
- know to this entity so I probably<00:23:26.760><c> more</c><00:23:26.960><c> than</c><00:23:27.120><
- We did have conversations with Senator Whitley and the other sponsors about making sure this covered
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tribal and State Relations Committee Apr 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So here's what I plan to cover in my presentation today.
- We're not going to cover heart disease. Please.” “We're not going to cover heart disease.
- Those items were not covered before, but then became covered in Medicaid.
- And the waiver actually can cover both.
- I think there's a number of other entities.
Summary:
The meeting focused heavily on behavioral health and substance use treatment, especially the IMD exclusion and whether North Dakota should pursue a Section 1115 waiver to allow Medicaid reimbursement for services in institutions for mental diseases for adults ages 21 to 64. Turtle Mountain representatives described major local needs, including limited access to care, high syphilis rates, and the importance of timely public health data. They also discussed the tribe’s recovery center, which opened the prior year, now operating five levels of care with 16 beds, and the desire to expand capacity, possibly through an IMD waiver or related policy changes. Committee members also raised related issues such as rural health transformation funding, telehealth, workforce retention, and the need for better coordination between tribal and state public health systems.
A central issue was Turtle Mountain Public Health’s long-running effort to secure a data use agreement with the state so it can receive surveillance data and respond directly to infectious disease cases among tribal members. Speakers said the tribe had a successful COVID-era agreement that allowed faster contact tracing and case management, but that agreement ended with the pandemic. They argued that current delays in sharing data, especially for sexually transmitted infections, leave the tribe unable to respond quickly, while the state and county epidemiology workload is too distant and stretched to be effective. Committee members expressed support and said they would look into the issue, noting that other tribes have secured similar agreements.
The committee also heard a detailed presentation from the National Health Law Program on the IMD exclusion. The presenter explained that federal Medicaid law generally bars payment for care in facilities with more than 16 beds, but that states can use other tools such as state plan amendments, managed care arrangements, telehealth, and community-based services. He said IMD waivers are administratively complex, time-limited, and have shown mixed results in other states, with some gains in residential treatment access but limited evidence of improved overdose outcomes or stronger community-based care. He urged the committee to consider broader continuum-of-care solutions and cautioned that waivers alone are not a cure-all.
No final vote was taken on the bill draft during the portion shown, but the committee discussed the proposal to appropriate $49,000 and one FTE to HHS to pursue an IMD waiver and report back in the next interim. Members also debated the policy rationale for the 16-bed limit, the role of the state versus tribal sovereignty, and whether the bill should move through the Health Care or Human Services committee in the future.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
CPN, CPN DEFER Public Hearings 01-31-2025
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill would not cover those surplus lines entities that are actually charging the higher premium.
- Should you guys cover surplus lines? Should we regulate...
- The bill would not cover those surplus lines entities that are actually charging the higher premium.
- The bill would not cover those surplus lines entities that are actually charging the higher premium.
- The bill would not cover those surplus lines entities that are actually charging the higher premium.
Summary:
The committee opened by outlining hearing procedures, including a two-minute limit for live testimony, a request not to repeat written testimony, and a reminder about decorum. The first bill heard was SB 697, which would create a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for expenses to retrofit residences with wind-resistive devices. The Insurance Division said it supported the concept but noted it may need an appropriation or outside expertise to develop certification standards, while the Department of Taxation said the bill should retain a third-party certification requirement if the Insurance Division cannot administer the credit. The Hawaii Insurers Council supported the bill, and the Tax Foundation suggested a subsidy-style program would be more efficient than a tax credit and criticized the bill’s 100% credit structure. A testifier in support argued the measure would help homeowners fortify houses against hurricanes and reduce shelter demand; written testimony from several others, including HIEMA, was noted as supportive.
The committee then moved through SB 76, which would require the Hawaii Property Insurance Association to provide commercial property coverage after two private-market denials, and SB 83, which would require insurers to give advance written premium-change notices and explanations to common-interest community policyholders and the insurance commissioner, along with a report on premium increases. For SB 76, the State Insurance Division stood on its written comments, and testimony in support came from Michael Honda, the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, and Jessica Herzog. SB 83 drew more extensive discussion: the Insurance Division supported the need for better transparency, while the Hawaii Insurers Council opposed the bill, arguing that agents—not insurers—typically communicate with AOAO boards and that the measure could worsen an already difficult market. Insurance Division staff acknowledged widespread complaints from condo associations about lack of transparency and said the division had received many calls about premium increases and nonrenewals.
The discussion on SB 83 expanded into broader concerns about condo insurance, nonrenewals, surplus lines, and the difficulty of getting timely explanations for large premium increases. Committee members and testifiers described older buildings struggling to fund repairs and upgrades while facing steep insurance costs, and some urged the committee to craft baseline statutory protections for unit owners. The Insurance Division said surplus lines serve a critical gap-filling role and warned against regulating that market in a way that could slow access to coverage. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
CPN DEFER, CPN-HOU, CPN, CPN-EDT Public Hearings 02-03-2026
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> don't have that for all those entities. don't have that for all those entities.
- So, those other entities like the banks, they'll double check with our office to make sure an entity
- So, those other entities like the banks, they'll double check with our office to make sure an entity
- So, those other entities like the banks, they'll double check with our office to make sure an entity
- </c> cover 100% of the costs on our own. cover 100% of the costs on our own.
Keywords:
combat sports, boxing, mixed martial arts, health regulations, safety standards, licensing, event regulation, 912, senate, all
Summary:
The committees first took up SB 2071 on rent-to-own housing. Testimony was generally supportive from HHFDC and Hawaii Realtors, but Sierra Club of Hawaii and others opposed the bill unless it was amended to exclude ceded lands from the 99-year lease provision. Members discussed the scope of ceded versus non-ceded lands and whether an inventory exists. The committees ultimately recommended passage with amendments, including HHFDC’s proposal to make the fixed-price period flexible by tying it to an option period and Sierra Club’s language limiting the program to non-ceded state or county land.
They then heard SB 2191 on limited profit housing associations. HHFDC supported the measure, while the Tax Foundation of Hawaii and the Office of the Auditor urged caution about tax exclusions and asked for clearer, more targeted limits and measurable outcomes. The committees adopted amendments to add a statement of purpose, include measurable metrics, apply the tax provisions to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025, and delay the effective date to allow for administrative changes. SB 2191 was recommended for passage with amendments.
The committees also considered SB 2197, which would have replaced the five-year fixed-price period in rent-to-own housing with an option period set by HHFDC, but deferred it indefinitely because its issues were addressed in SB 2071. SB 2180 on deposits of public funds drew comments from the Hawaii Bankers Association questioning definitions and noting banks are already subject to Community Reinvestment Act requirements; decision-making was deferred to the next day in the CPN committee and to a later date for the housing committee. Finally, SB 2210 on housing discrimination received support from disability advocates and the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, which asked for one additional investigator; the committees passed it with amendments adding a blank appropriation for one full-time position and planned to notify Ways and Means for possible re-referral.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> covered under the general fraud statute. covered under the general fraud statute.
- </c><00:16:26.600><c> that's</c> and the political or the entity that's and the political or the entity
- </c> I mean an individual, an entity I mean an individual, an entity you<00:25:51.280><c> know,</c><00
- And really, the feasibility part is... local um entity as opposed to being local um entity as opposed
- ,</c><00:48:03.520><c> running</c> tools, picking four entities, running tools, picking four entities
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> that that it's covered and included Ed. that that it's covered and included Ed.
- That's a criminal cover up. anyone. That's a criminal cover up.
- cover their faces, cover their badges, turn off their body cameras, cover their names.
- You are not covered with a mask."
- there's three entities?
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Tribal and State Relations Committee Apr 13th, 2026
Tribal and State Relations Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- So here's what I plan to cover in my presentation today.
- We're not going to cover heart disease. Please. We're not going to cover heart disease.
- Those items were not covered before, but then became covered in Medicaid.
- And the waiver actually can cover both.
- I think there's a number of other entities.
Summary:
The meeting focused on Turtle Mountain’s public health and behavioral health priorities, especially access to rural health transformation funding and a long-running data use agreement with the state. Tribal public health leaders described how, during COVID, a temporary data-sharing arrangement allowed them to do their own contact tracing and case management, and they argued that a similar agreement is now needed to respond more quickly to very high syphilis rates and other infectious disease concerns. Committee members generally expressed support and said they would follow up with state officials, while tribal representatives emphasized that they already have the staff and infrastructure to use timely data effectively.
A major portion of the meeting was devoted to the Turtle Mountain Recovery Center and the broader issue of the IMD exclusion and residential treatment capacity. Tribal leaders described the center’s opening, its five levels of care, its 16-bed limit, and its efforts to become financially sustainable through billing, grants, and partnerships. They shared success stories and argued for an IMD waiver or similar flexibility so the center could expand to 32 beds and better meet local need. Committee members discussed the policy barriers to expanding residential treatment, including federal approval timelines, state funding choices, and the need to preserve a continuum of care that includes outpatient and community-based services.
The committee then heard a detailed presentation from Hector Hernandez-Dogato of the National Health Law Program on the history and mechanics of the IMD exclusion and Section 1115 waivers. He explained that the exclusion limits Medicaid payment for services in facilities with more than 16 beds, but noted existing exceptions and alternatives such as state plan options, managed care arrangements, telehealth, and community-based services. He also reviewed mixed results from states that have used IMD waivers, warning that they do not automatically improve overdose deaths, emergency room use, or access to community care, and may risk reinforcing institutionalization if not paired with strong upstream services. The committee discussed a draft bill to appropriate $49,000 and one FTE for HHS to pursue an IMD waiver, with members suggesting the bill may need to explicitly include serious mental illness as well as substance use disorder and asking for department input at a future meeting.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It is an effort by 27 entities—both public entities, private entities, local entities, state entities
- As I said, there are 27 multiple entities across the region.
- , municipalities, districts, counties, and other qualified entities, and to allow more entities to apply
- We provide a system to entities in completing their audits, but we aren't reaching out to entities to
- entities or to retail public water systems who are completing the audits.
Keywords:
water audit, water loss, water loss mitigation plan, municipally owned utility, municipal utility, water conservation, Texas Water Development Board, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water leakage, leak detection, billing data accuracy, utility validation, water audit validation, water scarcity, water management, infrastructure, public utility, conservation plan, administrative penalty
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- We have licensed entities and then we have chartered entities.
- We have licensed entities jurisdiction.
- For and then we have chartered entities.
- We each of those entities annualized.
- </c> requested that we some of the entities requested that we some of the entities asked<01:12:34.400
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/03/2026 - House Democratic Caucus Calendar #3
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 2248, Medical Interventions Prohibition, prohibits a business entity from refusing to provide
- The bill entitles a person who prevails against a covered entity to the following relief, as noted in
- your caucus sheet, including damages in the amount of at least $100,000 against the covered entity.
- Madam Chair, Representative Liguori, HB 2135 defines covered entity as a corporation, organization, institution
- So by that definition, I believe the utilities would be covered. Thank you. Okay, thank you.
Summary:
The caucus reviewed a long minority calendar covering a wide range of bills, with sponsors giving brief descriptions and members frequently raising concerns about constitutionality, cost, federal preemption, and policy impacts. Topics included medical intervention and vaccination/mask prohibitions, state treasurer investment rules, vacant state positions reporting, shooting range closure limits, congressional term limits, audit penalties, cellphone use while driving, procurement restrictions tied to China, air ambulance regulation, hospital immigration-status reporting, SNAP purchase restrictions, school assessment changes, school contract transparency, religious excusals from school, student contact information, fitness reporting, and several property tax, water, and agriculture measures. Members also discussed bills on AI-generated sexual material consent verification, DEI liability, hate-crime sentencing, commercial driver forfeiture tied to immigration status, speed-limiting devices for repeat speeding offenses, PFAS firefighting foam, name changes for sex offenders, abortion-inducing drugs, prisoner transition services, sexual extortion penalties, solar radiation management bans, and cultivated-cell food labeling and sales bans.
Several bills drew explicit opposition or requests to pull them from consent, especially those affecting abortion access, immigration-related hospital reporting, school testing, religious release programs, DEI policies, and cultivated-cell foods. Members noted that some measures appeared duplicative, overly broad, or likely unconstitutional, and in multiple cases referenced prior vetoes or prior-year versions of the same bills. Supportive comments were also made on selected bills, including the PFAS foam prohibition, the assistive technology study committee, the digital goods consumer protection bill, and the prisoner transition services extension.
The caucus also considered water and infrastructure measures, including brackish groundwater funding and studies, water augmentation authority bonds, Pima County water rates, groundwater transport rules, and HOA drought watering limits. Toward the end, members reviewed election-related memorials and resolutions, including a proposal to limit voting centers, a memorial urging withdrawal from the United Nations, and another urging defunding the IMF; all three were noted as being on consent and were pulled for further discussion. The meeting closed with announcements, including a note about a local missing-person concern and a caucus recognition program called the Affordable Arizona Award.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
CPC-CPN Joint Info Briefing - Tue Jan 13, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- . entity. entity.
- As a general matter, if they are covered entities under HIPAA, which would occur if they meet certain
- </c> uh as as as general, if they are covered uh as as as general, if they are covered entities<00:44
- In an integrated entity, entities.
- </c> that they cover. that they cover.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/21/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> grant to another entity. grant to another entity.
- </c> requires adequate funding to cover requires adequate funding to cover administrative<00:10:21.080
- entity, the fourth estate, right?
- entity, the fourth estate, right?
- entity, the fourth estate, right?
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 01/28/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, the state as an entity, MDH as an agency, have to cover those employer-related costs: escalating
- mdh as an agency have state as an entity mdh as an agency have to<00:53:20.920><c> cover</c><00:53:21.280
- —0.5% of the entities we oversee.
- uh 05% of stop payment to 750 entities uh 05% of the<01:38:24.920><c> entities</c><01:38:25.360><c>
- —0.5% of the entities we oversee.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Local Government Jan 16th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- There are obviously other permitting entities involved that require their own review.
- There are obviously other entities. The permitting office is just one piece of this puzzle.
- There are obviously other permitting entities involved that require their own review.
- The State Building Code Council must adopt rules to define covered products and how that 90% of covered
- And she already covered the changes in this bill from last year.
Summary:
The committee heard public testimony on several housing, building code, and permitting bills. HB 2228 would direct the State Building Code Council to convene a technical advisory group to recommend code amendments allowing scissor stairs in buildings with more than two dwelling units. Supporters, including architects, builders, and housing advocates, said scissor stairs could improve safety, reduce corridor and stair footprint, lower costs, and allow more efficient and denser housing layouts. The bill was then closed to public hearing.
HB 2381 would create a performance-based code pathway for low-rise residential buildings and allow recognition of third-party certifications. The chair described it as a move from prescriptive to performance-based standards, with flexibility for builders and potential alignment with clean building goals. The Building Industry Association of Washington opposed the bill as written, saying the main need is a performance pathway in the energy code rather than the IBC, while FutureWise supported the concept but urged caution about the complexity and timeline of converting code to performance-based standards. The public hearing on HB 2381 was closed after testimony.
HB 2418 would change permit review processes, including vesting rules for residential project permits in urban growth areas, pausing review clocks in certain circumstances, extending timelines to other fee-charging reviewing entities, and requiring a single permit responsible official and point of contact by 2027. Builders, developers, and housing advocates generally supported the bill’s coordination and timeline provisions, saying they would reduce delays and costs, though several groups raised concerns about the vesting section and completeness definitions. FutureWise and county representatives warned the vesting changes could create litigation or records issues, while the sponsor said the vesting portion might be reconsidered. The committee also heard HB 2273, which would require embodied carbon reduction standards for larger building projects through reuse, product-based reductions, or whole-building life-cycle assessment. Support came from architects, Commerce, and environmental justice advocates, who said the bill would reduce climate impacts and encourage innovation; opponents from the concrete and aggregate industry and a taxpayer group raised concerns about costs, supply-chain issues, conflicts with other legislation, and exemptions such as for schools. No votes were taken, and the committee adjourned after closing the public hearings.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 098 Apr 21st, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- ." entity." entity."
- school, or the following covered school, or the following entities<01:00:04.320><c> as</c><01:00:04.480
- Subsection five A reads an entity. An entity. Let's stop there. What is the definition of entity?
- </c> entity entails. entity entails.
- It covers the ability to find covers.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Mar 18th, 2026
Public Safety and Homeland Security
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh I know on the definition of vessels it also covers rafts too in any type of kayaks and I'm up at Smith
- Because if if If you make it over broad, then it covers everything from kids out there kaying and because
- </c><00:06:57.120><c> everything</c> over broad, then it covers everything over broad, then it covers
- , um, that we did not want to make a lot of specifications in the bill that would impact other entities
- uh entities.