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WA
Transcript Highlights:
- Intent is the most important element of the common law fixtures test.
- The defined terms differ from and replace the common law test.
- To make that determination, there is what's called the fixture test, and John talked about the kind of
- common law fixture test that stems from an 1853 Ohio Supreme Court case, and it has three prongs that
- I would also say that the common law test is not exactly the most intuitive or reliable yardstick for
Committee:
House Finance
Keywords:
excise tax, definitions, tax law, taxation, fixtures, affixed, tax exemption, agriculture, hazardous substances, crop protection, warehousing, 904, all
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Government, Elections And Indian Affairs Feb 16th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Test. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Test. Test. Testing, testing, sound check. Testing okay.
Summary:
The subcommittee heard a bill aimed at protecting New Mexico elections from outside interference and codifying emergency election procedures. The sponsor argued New Mexico already ranks first nationally in election administration, but said the bill was needed in response to threats of federal interference, including possible deployment of federal agents at polling places. The bill would create state prohibitions on stationing troops or armed federal personnel at polling places, interfering with election workers or voters, or changing voter qualifications or election rules contrary to state law. It would also create civil enforcement authority for the Attorney General, Secretary of State, county clerks, or affected voters, with injunctions and civil penalties, and make violations a fourth-degree felony.
A second major section would allow emergency changes to polling locations and voting procedures during declared disasters such as wildfires or floods without first obtaining a court order, including use of mobile voting units and secure online ballot return options for some voters. The Secretary of State’s office said these procedures were already largely in rule and that the fiscal impact would be minimal, with existing voter education materials and law enforcement guides covering implementation. The office also said the bill would extend who may request law enforcement assistance and strengthen existing election offenses by adding “under color of law” language and a new offense for intentionally obstructing access to a polling place.
Committee members raised concerns about definitions, possible effects on military personnel, police, federal officers, county clerks, tribal jurisdictions, and polling places on federal property, as well as the scope of civil penalties and how intent would be proven. Several members questioned whether the bill was rushed, whether all analyses had been received, and whether the emergency provisions could disadvantage rural communities if notice requirements could not be met during disasters. The sponsor and Secretary of State representative responded that the bill would not prevent qualified voters, including military members, from voting, that local police were treated differently from federal personnel, and that courts would determine intent and appropriate defendants. No vote was taken; the chair said the hearing was being held as a subcommittee and would reconvene later, likely the next day, for a vote.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Labor & Workplace Standards Jan 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Super appreciate people's willingness to sort of let us test this out before going to permanency.
- I worked at ETS Educational Testing Service for about nine years.
- Sure, we just might not get to all the test.
- When PTs are involved in work-related musculoskeletal injuries, they're constantly testing the actual
- When PTs are involved in work-related musculoskeletal injuries, they're constantly testing the actual
Summary:
The Labor and Workplace Standards Committee held its first meeting of the session and heard four bills. HB 2107 would make permanent and slightly narrow a temporary L&I requirement that, after an on-site safety inspection at a building construction site, the agency make a good-faith effort to notify the owner or employer within 10 working days if an immediately identified hazard could injure a worker. Construction industry groups and L&I supported the bill and said the pilot had worked well, with L&I reporting it had been able to notify owners almost 96% of the time during about 1,400 inspections.
HB 2137 would remove the population threshold for binding interest arbitration for correctional employees in city and county jails. Teamsters representatives said the change would give corrections officers in smaller jurisdictions the same bargaining rights as other uniformed personnel and help address safety, staffing, and wage inequities. County representatives opposed the bill, saying it would increase bargaining and compensation costs for many counties, and asked for amendments requiring arbitrators to consider county finances and making awards nonbinding on county legislative authorities.
HB 2264 would clarify unemployment insurance eligibility for workers who opt into an employer-initiated layoff or reduction-in-force plan, even if they can rescind their decision, so long as the termination results from the employer’s plan. Supporters said current court rulings create confusing and unfair denials of benefits for workers who leave in good faith during layoffs; NFIB raised questions about severance, retirement, and UI solvency. HB 2243 would allow physical therapists and occupational therapists to serve as attending providers in the workers’ compensation system. Physical therapy and occupational therapy advocates said this would speed care and return workers to work sooner, while retailers, food industry representatives, NFIB, the Washington State Medical Association, and L&I raised concerns about diagnosis, scope of practice, added costs, and the possibility that all PTs and OTs would have to join the provider network. No votes were taken; the committee heard testimony and then adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 1 May 18th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Test, test, test. This next is going to be a test. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah.
- One more thing: we provided 1.5 million to an emergency fund to test for avian flu in case that decides
- Half of which goes to testing workers in the supply chain as we work through to eventually getting those
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee May 7th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Extending the required age for booster use and implementing straightforward testing can significantly
- Endorsed by the Strategic Highway Safety Plan Occupant Protection Committee, the five-step test was designed
- to continue to sit in the rear seat in a child passenger safety seat unless they meet the five-step test
- ; and to require children starting at the age of 13 to meet the five-step test before being allowed to
- Starting at the age of 13, children must meet the five-step test before being allowed to sit in the front
Summary:
The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on May 7, 2025, considering a large number of bills, with several measures heard in detail before the committee moved through consent and suspense items. Early in the hearing, AB 876 by Assemblymember Flora was heard on CRNA scope of practice and anesthesia access. Supporters said it would clarify that certified registered nurse anesthetists may provide anesthesia services independently, while opponents from physician and medical groups argued that anesthesiologists and CRNAs are not interchangeable and that physician-led care is needed for patient safety. The bill was ultimately voted out, with a later vote change recorded for Mr. Tangipa from not voting to aye.
The committee also heard AB 379, a major human trafficking and child exploitation bill, which would expand penalties for solicitation of a minor, create a misdemeanor for loitering with intent to purchase commercial sex, increase fines on businesses that fail to post trafficking notices or knowingly allow trafficking, create a survivor support grant program, and establish a vertical prosecution grant program. The bill drew strong support from the author and some members who emphasized tougher enforcement and victim services, but also significant opposition from sex worker and civil liberties advocates who argued the bill would worsen criminalization, disproportionately harm Black and Brown communities, and fail to address housing and other root causes. After extensive discussion, the committee voted the bill out, with one member later changing from not voting to aye.
Other bills heard included AB 435 on child passenger safety, which would adopt a five-step test and update booster-seat and front-seat rules; AB 1415, which would give the Office of Health Care Affordability more access to information from health systems and private equity-related entities; AB 539, the Timely Care Act, which would extend the duration of approved prior authorizations for treatment; AB 1466, relating to groundwater adjudication and sustainability disputes; AB 127, which would tie the cap-and-trade price ceiling to the social cost of carbon; and AB 672, which would require public employers to notify PERB of certain court actions and allow intervention to protect labor rights. The committee also approved a large consent calendar and then deemed the suspense calendar approved, sending many bills onward. The hearing concluded with several bills reported out, some on call, and the committee adjourned.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Uh contrast that with a historical test Uh contrast that with a historical test year<00:24:37.279
- Cologne's comments about a forward-looking test year versus a historical test year, I agree that that's
- year versus a forward-looking test year versus a historical<00:53:12.880><c> test</c><00:53:13.119><
- I agree that historical test year.
- </c><02:55:21.359><c> those</c> recommendations, test those recommendations, test those recommendations
Summary:
The Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee held an informational briefing on the Public Utilities Commission’s performance-based regulation (PBR) framework and the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ whistleblower complaint process. Chair Jared Kohole opened the meeting, noted it was informational only with no public testimony, and explained that members would hear presentations and then have an opportunity for questions. The committee heard first from Ulupono Initiative, which provided background on why utilities are regulated, how Hawaii’s cost-of-service model and rate cases work, and why PBR was adopted to shift utility incentives away from a capital-investment bias and toward performance, efficiency, cost control, and policy goals such as renewable energy and reliability.
Ulupono described Hawaii’s PBR structure as a five-year multi-year rate plan with annual revenue adjustments, a customer dividend, a Z factor for extraordinary exogenous events, and an exceptional project recovery mechanism for large projects. It also outlined performance incentive mechanisms tied to renewable portfolio standard progress, interconnection speed, reliability, and shared savings. The presentation said the current docket is evaluating a possible hybrid approach that would combine forward-looking forecasting with historical results, and Ulupono advocated for stronger incentives, arguing the current rewards are too small relative to utility revenues and should be more meaningful to better align utility behavior with legislative intent.
The PUC then presented its own overview, emphasizing that the PBR docket is open and active and that the briefing was limited to the record to avoid ex parte concerns. The commission described the development of PBR in Hawaii through multiple phases beginning in 2018: an initial collaborative phase to set goals, a formal contested-case phase that produced the initial framework, later phases adding scorecards, reported metrics, and additional performance incentive mechanisms, and subsequent refinements including sunset of some mechanisms and adjustments after the August 2023 Maui wildfires. The PUC said the framework is intended to be customer-centric, administratively efficient, and protective of utility financial integrity, and that current work includes evaluating how to balance forward-looking and historical test-year approaches within the rebasing process. No votes or formal actions were taken at the briefing.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> grantees were tested that we tested were grantees were tested that we tested were required<00:08
- I is there a test that says, do you follow up on this?
- </c> effort in doing some amount of testing effort in doing some amount of testing to<00:21:16.880><c
- And then, we found issues with 10 of the 12 grants we tested detailed below.
- And in the tested detailed below.
Bills:
HF3564
Committee:
House Legacy Finance
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, March 2, 2026
Labor, Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
- It uh positive strep tests and so forth.
- So we can test a patient to see if they have the flu.
- We can test a patient to see if they have... ...have the flu.
- We can test a patient to see if they have strep.
- </c> created by the board of pharmacy test created by the board of pharmacy test and<00:43:49.599><c>
Committee:
House Labor, Health & Social Services
Keywords:
medical necessity, insurance, healthcare policy, independent review, claim processing, shared parenting, family law, joint custody, child well-being, parental rights, pharmacy, collaborative care, healthcare, prescriptions, patient safety, Wyoming Pharmacy Act, welfare, Medicaid, employment, eligibility verification
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- These practices can include, but of course are not limited to, soil testing every four years, use of
- These practices can include, but of course are not limited to, soil testing every four years, use of
- These practices can include, but of course are not limited to, soil testing every four years, use of
- to provide free tests.
- 14.080><c> finds</c> if somebody gets their well tested finds if somebody gets their well tested finds
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
Keywords:
HF363, property tax credit, agricultural water quality credit, Minnesota agricultural water quality certification program, clean water fund, class 2a, class 2b, certified acres, conservation incentive, water quality, agricultural property, county assessor, county auditor, Department of Revenue, Department of Agriculture, property tax reimbursement, school district reimbursement, legacy finance, taxes committee, southeastern Minnesota
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Children and Family Law (02/03/2025)
Children and Family Law
Transcript Highlights:
- That's in lawyer talk the strict scrutiny test.
- That means the compelling state interest test is not appropriate.
- That's in lawyer talk the strict scrutiny test.
- That means the compelling state interest test is not appropriate.
- </c> should just use the rational basis test should just use the rational basis test which<01:11:31.000
Committee:
Senate Children and Family Law
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Capital Planning Advisory Board (5-21-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- There are certain things that it does, like biohazard testing.
- This is the only facility in the state that does that testing.
- There are certain things that it does, like biohazard testing.
- This is the only facility in the state that does that testing.
- There are certain things that it does, like biohazard testing.
Summary:
The Capital Planning Advisory Board met for its first meeting of the year, confirmed a quorum, approved the prior year’s minutes, and welcomed new co-chairs and members. The board reviewed the capital planning timeline and a list of agencies that submitted plans but would not testify. Members were reminded to keep presentations brief because of a packed agenda.
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services presented first, outlining priorities centered on public safety, infrastructure preservation, and preventive maintenance. Its requests included a $21 million maintenance pool, phase two funding for a new state public health laboratory, construction of an 18-bed children’s psychiatric hospital, and several projects at Western State Hospital and Western State Nursing Facility, including HVAC work, cooling tower repair or replacement, and chiller plant repiping. Additional projects covered elevator upgrades at Hazlewood and phased cottage renovations at Oakwood. Board members asked about vacant buildings, the cost per bed for the youth psychiatric facility, and the relationship between the CHFS youth facility and a separate DJJ facility; CHFS said the youth facility would serve DCBS-involved youth and be separate from the DJJ project.
The Kentucky Department of Education then described its state-operated facilities, including the Kentucky School for the Deaf, the Kentucky School for the Blind, and the FFA leadership training center. Its priorities included additional funding for the FFA classroom and activity building, a rewrite of the SEEK education finance application system, renovation and repair of the FFA swimming pool, electrical upgrades, campus education enhancements, safety and security work, door and window replacements, and HVAC maintenance. Members asked about student outcomes, the size and cost of the swimming pool project, and construction cost assumptions; KDE said it tracks student outcomes through special education staff and that current estimates reflect higher post-COVID construction costs.
The Education and Labor Cabinet began its presentation with 12 priority projects, including a state labor exchange system, renovation of the McDow Vocational Rehabilitation Center, and a new adult education and family literacy management information system. The cabinet said the labor exchange would connect job seekers and employers at no cost, while the McDow renovation was needed because the 30-year-old facility faces safety and code concerns. The cabinet planned to continue through the remaining priorities and answer questions at the end of its presentation.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (01/14/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- e e e e e e e e Testing, testing, this one sounds... testing, testing, testing, one, two. e e e [No
- It may be assisting to transport or test for rabies, another very important disease in the state.
- From private business who can also inspect, test, and certify those devices.
- So, in terms of what might be tested under scales, would your division test the scales that are used
- :43:56.720><c> scales</c> would your division uh test the scales would your division uh test the scales
Summary:
The Environment and Agriculture Committee held an introductory orientation for members, many of whom were new or newly assigned to the committee. Leadership emphasized that the committee is intended to operate in a nonpartisan, collaborative way, and members introduced themselves and described their backgrounds in farming, gardening, food service, environmental work, water and waste issues, veterinary work, and related fields. Several members noted personal ties to homesteading, livestock, orcharding, food security, landfill concerns, and animal welfare, while others said they were eager to learn the committee’s work.
The chair then reviewed committee procedures and expectations. Members were told the committee would generally meet on Tuesdays, with hearings starting around 10 a.m. and often running until about 4:30 p.m., and that absences, substitutes for executive sessions, and email communications would be handled through House rules and the committee’s email system. The chair also covered decorum rules for live-streamed meetings, including professional dress, limiting food and drink at the table, and giving full attention to witnesses. Members were reminded that legislative emails are subject to public records laws and that the committee may soon transition to a new email domain.
The chair also explained logistics such as bill folders, committee room storage, and emergency procedures for evacuation or shelter-in-place. No bills were debated or voted on in this meeting, but the chair noted that the committee already had roughly two dozen bills pending, including animal welfare, landfill, policy, and cat-and-dog related measures. Members were told to expect a broad mix of topics beyond agriculture, including solid waste and animal-related legislation.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- This is typical from the Miller test case law that has serious artistic, literary, political, or scientific
- This is typical from the Miller test case law that has serious artistic, literary, political, or scientific
- While this version narrows some definitions from the 2024 law and more fully embraces the Miller test
- especially small and rural libraries, will have little choice but to remove a restricted material. test
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Rules
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- through the process, I didn't necessarily feel ready for the classroom because I just had to take the test
- And I think that we probably will make some changes to allow for testing because if you're doing a test
- We can improve test scores, and if you look at this.
Committee:
House Common Education
Keywords:
HB4274, Oklahoma schools, interdistrict transfer, open transfer, school enrollment, military families, active duty, National Guard, Reserve orders, military installation, residency requirements, district of choice, public school transfer, student transfer, special education, IEP, Section 504, military housing, base housing, electronic enrollment
ND
Transcript Highlights:
- in and intends a public school is eligible to receive an ESA of $1,000, but I don't see the means-testing
- Chairman Heinert, Representative Hoke, that means test, that 500% was specifically supposed to be Representative
- Hoke, that means test, that 500% was specifically supposed to be for the students that go to a non-partisan
- So that means test was specifically for the non-public students.
Committee:
House Education
Summary:
The committee reconvened to work on re-engrossed Senate Bill 2400, which dealt with education savings accounts and related school-choice provisions. Members discussed several amendments already incorporated into version 4.006, including changes affecting the Center for Distance Education, homeschool language, marketplace penalties, and an increase in the ESA amount from $500 to $1,000. The committee first reconsidered its prior action, then adopted the 4.006 amendments unanimously, while noting that an updated fiscal note was still needed.
A Department of Public Instruction fiscal officer, Adam Tessier, explained the revised fiscal impact. He estimated the bill would cost roughly $124.4 million in the first year, based on assumptions about student participation and utilization rates. He also clarified that the means test at 500% of poverty applied to non-public students in participating schools, and estimated that the private-school portion of the bill accounted for about $5 million of the total cost. Members asked several questions about the assumptions behind the estimate and the scope of the program.
After discussion, Representative Conmy moved a do not pass recommendation, citing concerns that the marketplace structure was administratively cumbersome and that direct aid through another mechanism would be preferable. The committee voted 11-3 to adopt the do not pass motion. Representative Hauck was designated to carry the bill to the floor.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Cancer. screenings, and SDI testing, not more barriers.
- STI testing and screening. cancer screening, prevention methods for diabetes treatment, pregnancy counseling
- patients must navigate. access basic life-saving services like breast and cervical cancer screening, STI testing
- STI testing, education on contraception, and access to birth control.
Keywords:
Texas, healthcare, reproductive health, Care No Matter What Act, Planned Parenthood, maternal mortality, teen pregnancy, funding cuts, community health
Summary:
The meeting addressed critical health care concerns in Texas, highlighting the consequences of funding cuts on access to reproductive health services. Key speakers emphasized the urgent need for the Care No Matter What Act, which aims to restore funding to healthcare providers like Planned Parenthood. They underscored the alarming statistics of maternal mortality and the rising rates of teen pregnancies, particularly in Black and Latina communities. Testimonies shared during the meeting illustrated the real-life impacts of healthcare access issues on individuals and families across the state, illustrating the necessity for legislative action to ensure comprehensive reproductive health services.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Press Conference: C.A.R.E. No Matter What Bill Rollout Mar 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Texans need access to birth control, cancer screenings, and STI testing, not more barriers.
- STI testing and screening, cancer screening, prevention methods for diabetes treatment, pregnancy counseling
- navigate just to access basic life-saving services like breast and cervical cancer screening, STI testing
- I was able to access my first annual exam, STI testing, education on contraception, and access to birth
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Feb 9th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It is where they go for cancer screenings, birth control, STI testing and treatment, annual exams, and
- Planned Parenthood provides primary and preventative care, cancer screening, STI testing and treatment
- Parenthood every single week will continue to be able to get their care, whether that's pregnancy testing
- These health centers provide the basics people depend on: cancer screenings, STI testing, treatment,
- They rely on Planned Parenthood for STI testing services.
NV
Transcript Highlights:
- So now we will be evaluated on a test that has nothing to do with what we're teaching?
- For non-tested grades and subjects, I think there's permissive language in here to ensure that where
- it's aligned, it's aligned, and then there's language also for those sections that are not tested in
- a tested grade or subject.
- And are you saying because there's only one test for high school, if I teach freshmen, am I going to
Committee:
Assembly Education
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- One of these teachers has five tested math preps.
- He's taken three STAR tests this spring, and they were very stressful for him.
- If I do well on this test... and I assumed that had to be inaccurate.
- Hayden, you did you test? We had you downlisted as for the bill; was that accurate?
- Why are we looking at, frankly, sunsetting that test, that certification?
Bills:
HB2
Committee:
Senate Education