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CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee Apr 8th, 2026

Revenue and Taxation

Transcript Highlights:
  • In addition, Californians pay the highest gas taxes in the nation, often paying 50 to...
  • Californians pay the highest gas taxes in the nation, often paying 50 to 60 cents more per gallon in
  • pay more to purchase their goods in stores.
  • and survivor benefit pay.
  • The average military retirement pay, as... California.
Summary: The committee heard several tax and revenue-related bills. SB 1277, by Senator Grove, proposed a California Cost of Living Tax Credit modeled on the 2022 middle-class tax refund to provide direct relief to low- and middle-income Californians facing high housing, fuel, and utility costs. Supporters argued it would help families struggling with affordability, while opponents, including the California Tax Reform Association and CTA members, said California’s tax system already provides relief and that the bill would reduce General Fund revenue and harm schools. After extended debate, the bill was put on call and later failed on a 1-4 vote, though reconsideration was granted. SB 1287, by Senator Retado, would create a performance-based tax credit for short-line rail investments; supporters said it would improve freight efficiency, safety, emissions, and rural access, while opponents preferred direct grants. The bill was placed on call and later passed 5-0 to Transportation. SB 1407, by Senator Archuleta, would exempt military retirement pay and survivor benefits from state taxes; the author, State Treasurer Fiona Ma, and veterans’ groups said it would help retain veterans and their economic contributions in California, while CTA and CTRA opposed on General Fund grounds. The bill passed 5-0 to Military and Veterans Affairs. SB 1349, by Senator Gonzalez, would direct the LAO to review major tax expenditures for effectiveness and impacts on schools and the budget; CTA and CTRA supported it as a way to increase accountability, and it passed 4-1 to Governmental Organization. SB 1120, by Senator McNerney, would extend the California Competes Tax Credit through 2035 and make credits refundable for certain strategic industries; business and industry witnesses said this would help startups and manufacturers monetize credits and attract investment, and it passed 5-0 to Appropriations. SB 1275, also by Senator McNerney, proposed converting the state sales tax on vehicle purchases into a deductible vehicle license fee to reduce Californians’ federal tax burden; the LAO provided technical testimony, and the bill passed 4-0 to Transportation. The committee also heard SB 1078, by Senator Laird, to let Santa Cruz County voters consider a temporary local tax increase for health and safety-net services, but it was put on call. Later, the committee returned to SB 1314, by Senator Min, addressing youth tobacco and illicit smoke shop sales, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that bill.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/16/2026 - Senate Finance

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • have to pay it also.
  • And that's how we know if you owe or not, to pay your fair share.
  • First, you have to pay bond debt down.
  • What is going to be the mechanism for paying for those things?
  • With your permission as the owner of the vehicle, the insurance company would pay the tower and pay the
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Feb 2nd, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is that because they're not paying any taxes right now? Ms.
  • They already don't pay enough taxes, so their income is lower.
  • You can't cut taxes on people who don't pay taxes.
  • If people aren't paying taxes, we can't cut their taxes.
  • So if they're not paying it, that's fine.
Summary: The House Revenue and Taxation Committee heard House Bill 559, which would conform Idaho tax law to portions of the federal “One Big Beautiful Bill,” including changes affecting individual tax cuts, senior deductions, overtime and tips, and business research and experimentation expensing. Representative Jeff Ehlers, the sponsor, argued the bill is primarily a tax cut for Idahoans, said the fiscal note of about $155 million was reasonable, and emphasized that the bill does not conform to bonus depreciation. He also said the bill spreads some corporate impacts over time and that the measure is about tax conformity rather than budgeting. Committee members questioned the sponsor closely about the research and experimentation provisions, the timing of deductions, and whether the bill would affect the current budget year or require cuts elsewhere. Ehlers said some business tax effects would “wash out” because of timing, that some taxpayers may have underpaid in anticipation of conformity, and that any budget decisions would be handled by JFAC rather than this committee. He also said interest and penalties would apply to underpayments like any other tax liability. During closing, he reiterated that the bill’s revenue impact was already reflected in the fiscal note and that the measure benefits individuals more than businesses overall. Public testimony was sharply divided. Supporters such as Ron Nate, Ken McClure, Mark Wynn, and Miguel Legoretta urged conformity for simplicity, filing clarity, and tax competitiveness, though some of them criticized the bill for not fully conforming on the business side or for eliminating the state R&D credit. Opponents, including seniors, taxpayers, disability advocates, mental health advocates, and faith-based speakers, argued the bill’s cost was uncertain, could worsen budget pressures, and could lead to cuts to Medicaid, education, and other services. After testimony and debate, Representative Monks moved HB 559 to the floor with a due pass recommendation; the motion was debated by several members, with concerns raised about uncertain fiscal impacts and possible service cuts.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Jan 22nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Agriculture & Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Staff, but fertilizer pays into the hazardous materials tax.
  • Also, fertilizer does pay hazmat, so. There would be one possibility.
  • Also, fertilizer does pay hazmat.
  • I think that's what we're paying right now, $600-something.
  • So we're paying that same fee as someone that has 49 acres.
Bills: SB5816, SB5971
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government & Tribal Relations Jan 21st, 2026 at 01:30 pm

State Government & Tribal Relations

Transcript Highlights:
  • You want to pay by the signature. I think it's really up to them. It's their right to do so.
  • But there's also a price to pay when you write out a check, I think, for a cause.
  • When pay is tied to... Pay-per-signature compensation model rewards volume rather than care.
  • Courts have upheld bans on pay-per-signature based on factual records linking volume-based pay to fraud
  • When wealthy individuals drive ballot measures and pay... truthful information.
Bills: HJR4209, HB2260, HB2259
UT

Utah 2025 Regular Session

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee - November 19, 2025

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • We were number 49 or 50 in multiple pay categories.
  • You know, we have to pay rent to the businesses, we have to pay for the armored cars to pick up cash,
  • You can't just pay the fine or even go to court to pay the fine. You have to appear in court.
  • And we want them to pay a fine and have a consequence.
  • In many districts, they're paying for the training.
Keywords: 985, all
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> We know that undocumented residents pay We know that undocumented residents pay taxes<00:04:48.080
  • Undocumented immigrants pay taxes in Minnesota.
  • </c> around hourly worker pay around hourly worker pay for<00:24:37.520><c> unemployment</c><00:24:38.240
  • So the purpose of cutting MinnesotaCare is not to pay for other things.
  • They're not going to pay for million.
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: Lawmakers and advocates from the POCI Caucus held a news conference focused on protecting recent DFL-enacted policies in a newly divided Legislature. They highlighted accomplishments from the last biennium, including earned sick and safe time, ethnic studies, unemployment insurance changes, environmental protections, and MinnesotaCare coverage for undocumented immigrants, and argued these measures should not be rolled back in budget negotiations. Speakers said Republicans were pushing cuts or carveouts that would disproportionately harm Black, brown, immigrant, women, and low-income communities, and they urged the House and Governor Walz to reject those changes. A major theme was opposition to proposed carveouts to earned sick and safe time. Amanda Otero of TakeAction Minnesota said the proposed changes would remove benefits from more than 100,000 workers based on employer size, and lawmakers said sick leave should be universal. Another major topic was MinnesotaCare for undocumented immigrants. Representative María Isa Pérez Vega, Council Member Jason Chavez, and others argued the program is affordable, reduces uncompensated emergency care, and improves public health by expanding preventive care. Chavez and Emilia Gonzalez Avalos shared personal stories about family members who benefited from health coverage and said cutting access would worsen disparities and hurt families and communities. The event also included remarks on ethnic studies and historical memory. Representative Samantha Sencer-Mura connected the Ethnic Studies for All Act to her family’s experience with Japanese American incarceration during World War II, and Sally Sudo described her family’s removal and imprisonment under Executive Order 9066. Speakers framed these stories as warnings against scapegoating and exclusion. In the question-and-answer portion, lawmakers said they were still in negotiations but emphasized that certain protections were non-negotiable and that any compromises should be distributed equitably rather than targeting specific groups.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Ways & Means Mar 3rd, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • And of course, on top of that, we, we pay sales taxes, payroll taxes, um, I pay the property taxes in
  • And then the taxes he's paying is not on the $5000 piece of equipment.
  • not to pay that tax, but you know how much you pay, right?
  • Sort of, I mean, an increase in the rate that everybody's going to pay.
  • We're going to pay this tax for you. That, that is what this bill does.
Bills: HB8, HB9, HJR1, HB 22
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Workforce Apr 1st, 2025

S/C on Workforce

Transcript Highlights:
  • They're literally taking money from their pockets, from their families, from their ability to pay their
  • We don't want to put anybody who has accidentally going to be put on this, but it notifies them to pay
  • This addition helps motivate employers to pay the owed wages.
  • It leaves families unable to pay for basic needs like groceries, utilities, rent, and childcare.
  • Paying that after six years, you can look to your respective one-pagers.
CT
Transcript Highlights:
  • That includes things like co-pays.
  • they join Medicare, and some co-pays. ...whatever monthly they join Medicare and some co-pays.
  • co-pay for.
  • There's a lot of ways, right, that we know that Medicare Advantage plans stop paying.
  • No, no, no, no, the state pays. My mother was, no, I'm driving my mother.
Keywords: 962, all
Summary: The Complex Care Committee meeting focused first on a new Diabetes Caucus launched at the Capitol. Rep. Johnson described the caucus as a forum to educate people about type 1 and type 2 diabetes, genetic risk, early testing, pregnancy-related diabetes, and ways Medicaid policy might improve prevention and lower long-term costs. Members agreed the caucus could intersect with care management, and Carolyn Grandell of CHNCT offered to share information about current diabetes-related care management services at a future meeting. The committee then heard a detailed presentation from Alex Rigger of the Office of Health Strategy, who is moving to the Office of Policy and Management. He reviewed Connecticut health care benchmark data, including total health care expenditures, medical spending, and market-by-market trends. He said 2023 to 2024 per-capita spending grew more than 8.5% statewide and 14% in Medicaid, with long-term care accounting for about 46% of Medicaid spending and retail pharmacy also identified as a major cost driver. Members asked about enrollment changes, dual-eligible populations, Medicare Savings Program members, 340B drug pricing, and value-based payment models. Rigger explained that his office tracks alternate payment models and quality benchmarks, but does not separately capture 340B data. Discussion then shifted to Medicare Advantage, dual eligibles, and hospital discharge planning. Members said they want better data on how many Medicaid members are in Medicare Advantage plans and whether those plans shift costs back to Medicaid or affect access to care, especially for complex-care patients. Staff noted DSS does have some Medicare Advantage indicators and that CMS is developing encounter-data rules for states. Kathy Holt and others raised concerns about denials, nursing home stays, and the need to compare Medicaid spending for dual eligibles in Medicare Advantage versus traditional Medicare. The meeting ended with plans for follow-up data sharing, including Alex Rigger’s slides, the diabetes caucus materials, and a future discussion with DSS and other agencies; no formal votes were taken.
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

HOUSE CONVENES Apr 27th, 2026

Arkansas All Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, not pay raises, pay scales. That's what this amendment does. Any questions?
  • Well, this $73 million is not going into Franklin County, and that's stuff way above my pay grade.
  • And the players won't like what I'm about to say, but we do not need to be paying them.
  • Of that, $10 million goes to the pay plan.
  • Then we're going to use the $70 million to pay for the 52,000 students. Is that correct?
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, quorum call, leave requests, and routine business, including reading gubernatorial approval letters for several recently enacted acts. Members also recognized guests in the chamber. The body then took up a motion to send House Bill 1034 back to the Joint Budget Committee, which passed, with Representative Jean explaining the bill would be revised to remove pay raises and address cybersecurity and bank fees later. On the red and budget calendars, the House passed House Bill 1103 to increase the homestead property tax credit by $75, with supporters noting it would be the fourth straight annual increase and total $300 per household over four years. The chamber also adopted amendments to House Bills 1007, 1022, 1036, and 1064, then passed Senate Bill 76, a $2 million appropriation for county extension office capital improvements. Several appropriation bills were then considered in batches and individually, with mixed results: House Bills 1005, 1051, 1089, 1090, 1093, and Senate Bills 8, 10, 16, 20, 23, 36, 43, 55, 58, 63, 67, and 30 passed; House Bills 1023, 1035, 1053, 1066, and Senate Bills 41 and 59 failed; Senate Bills 10 and 24 were initially passed over for later consideration. A major portion of the meeting focused on Amendment 1 to House Bill 1100, the RSA/one-time funding package. Representative Jean outlined increases for corrections, state police, LEARNS/freedom accounts, Medicaid, vehicle purchases, and other set-asides, plus a proposed $300 million economic development reserve for a confidential project with clawback provisions. The amendment drew extended debate: supporters argued it could bring major job creation and broader economic benefits, while opponents criticized the secrecy, size of the subsidy, and opportunity cost. The amendment ultimately passed 54-36-3. The House then adjourned until 1 p.m. the next day after announcements about upcoming budget and House Management meetings.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Mar 18th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • It just puts it back to us that we continue to make sure growth is paying for itself.
  • So they're paying for that growth that they're causing.
  • So they're paying for that growth that they're causing on the current system. Follow-up, Mr.
  • We are the ones who pay those impacts.
  • You don't have the growth to pay for growth. You don't have the growth to pay for growth.
Summary: The Senate Local Government and Taxation Committee heard several bills related to fire districts, impact fees, and housing. House Bill 765 would allow partial annexation and merger of fire districts/departments to better align boundaries and improve efficiency; fire chiefs and city representatives supported it as a fix to problems created by prior law, and the committee sent it to the floor with a due pass recommendation. House Bill 766 would streamline the process for fire and EMS districts to adopt development impact fees by reducing the number of required hearings and agreements; supporters said it would save time and attorney costs while preserving public input, and it also passed the committee with a due pass recommendation despite some concern about public visibility. House Bill 797, a cleanup bill to ensure fire district sub-districts retain representation, also passed unanimously to the floor. House Bill 767, which would allow fire districts to use up to 50% of development impact fees for replacement fire apparatus, drew the most debate. Fire chiefs argued it was needed because apparatus costs have risen sharply and growth is wearing equipment out faster, while the Idaho Home Builders Association opposed it as a departure from the intended use of impact fees and a potential step toward broader fee expansion. Several senators said the bill was a response to funding pressures created by House Bill 389, but a substitute motion to hold the bill in committee prevailed, so HB 767 did not advance. The committee also considered House Bill 760, a workforce housing bill that would expand an existing property tax exemption for affordable housing projects, allow nonprofit/for-profit partnerships, and let local governments opt in. Supporters said it would help finance workforce housing without state general fund money and preserve local control; senators noted it could still add pressure on local services, but the bill was sent to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

MS House Floor - 9 February, 2026; 4:00 PM

Mississippi House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's taking right now they pay 6.75%. It's taking that percentage down to 2.75%. >> Okay.
  • So, contractors are gonna be paying less. >> Yes. Well, no, ma'am.
  • They're still paying the 6.5, but out of that 6... they're still paying 6.75%.
  • But we're designating what they pay, that 2.75%, will go to construction education. >> So, they're paying
  • </c> &gt;&gt; So, they're paying the same amount. &gt;&gt; So, they're paying the same amount.
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

January 22, 2026 - 08:00 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • You are either going to be paying for it.
  • But we have corporations in our county that pay 62 percent of our ad valorem taxes.
  • Homeowners pay property tax, homeowners insurance, and utility taxes.
  • Right now less than one percent of corporations pay the corporate income tax.
  • I ask you all please pay attention. I asked about do we know what people really want?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Insurance Apr 9th, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're determining whether insurance is going to pay for that service.
  • Would have more control over what they were paying.
  • It's about whether you pay your bills on time. I've had an example of a surgeon.
  • They just pay their bills on time, but they don't have a credit card.
  • That they use in credit scoring is your credit card—whether you pay your bill on time, how much you pay
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

2026 Legislative Session - Day Forty - Tuesday, March 24

Missouri House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think paying on enrollment versus attendance causes a lot of issues and potential for issues that paying
  • I will say paying based on enrollment is how private payers have to pay.
  • And... ...again, if we are paying on enrollment versus attendance, you're paying for days for which care
  • But those dollars still factor into what we pay for children in child care subsidies, what we pay providers
  • We also have to pay for, through our, by way of our public defenders office, we also have to pay for
Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the previous day’s journal by a 126-0 vote, and suspended business for the Speaker to sign several bills and substitutes. Members then spent much of the day introducing guests, including county assessors, students, civic groups, and visitors from local schools and universities. The chamber then took up House Bill 2002, the elementary and secondary education budget. Members adopted several amendments, including technical fixes to allow board-operated schools to use personal service funds for career ladder payments, clarifications to child care subsidy language, and changes to Parents as Teachers rules so that enrollment remains voluntary and virtual visits are not reimbursable. An amendment to shift $1 million from one child care facilities line to Child Care Works passed, as did an amendment to fund a new Success-Ready Student Assessment with $2 million to help replace the MAP test. A proposal to pay child care subsidies for foster children based on enrollment rather than attendance failed 53-93, and an amendment to divert $10 million in Title I funds into a competitive grant program also failed. A later amendment to send budget reports to the ranking minority member passed, while an attempt to remove child care subsidy language from the bill failed. The House then moved to higher education and workforce development appropriations. Members approved an amendment broadening a pre-apprenticeship program statewide and supported funding for Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries through a transfer from dual credit scholarship funds. The most extensive debate centered on House Bill 2003’s higher education funding model, where the chair defended an FTE-based approach as more transparent than the long-standing status quo, while opponents warned it would sharply cut funding for institutions such as Harris-Stowe, Lincoln, Truman State, and some community colleges, and would ignore factors like graduation rates, research, and workforce needs. A compromise amendment to soften the transition was withdrawn, and a separate amendment to restore the governor’s recommendation was also debated at length, with members arguing over the fairness and consequences of the proposed model.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is literally what you are paying for.
  • to negotiate how much the plans will pay.
  • to negotiate how much the plans will pay.
  • on that program and uh that that co-pay on that program and uh that that the<01:08:47.040><c> co-pay
  • </c> on-site staff that we um are able to pay on-site staff that we um are able to pay just<01:31:36.719
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 1/23/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We were paying very close attention to it.
  • </c><00:05:04.560><c> very</c> the new esst law we were paying very the new esst law we were paying very
  • </c> stemming from the new ESS law and pay stemming from the new ESS law and pay leave<00:15:40.880><
  • We pay them on whether it's 24 or X number of pay dates, and their annual salary is spread out through
  • ><c> whether</c> teachers all year we pay them on whether teachers all year we pay them on whether it's
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The committee opened by approving the January 16 and January 21 minutes. Members then heard testimony focused on the impact of Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) and the proposed paid family and medical leave program on Minnesota school districts, with the chair framing the hearing as an opportunity to hear from major employers and school leaders about costs and operational effects. Kimberly Lewis, speaking for the Minnesota School Boards Association and related school administrator groups, said districts generally already provide generous, locally negotiated sick leave and had initially adapted to ESST by separating vacation, sick time, and ESST into different buckets. She argued that a 2024 law effectively converted previously bargained sick leave into ESST, which she said undermines contracts, creates large unfunded costs, and may raise constitutional contract-clause concerns. Lewis cited large accumulated leave banks in some districts, increased sick leave use, and estimated significant costs from paid leave, including a reported $2.5 million impact for one large district. She urged flexibility such as prorating ESST for midyear hires and part-time staff and exempting coaches, short-term substitutes, and similar employees from ESST. Superintendent Anarie Fuco of St. Michael-Albertville said her district expects about $400,000 in added fiscal 2026 costs from ESST and paid leave, plus indirect costs from substitute coverage and increased absenteeism. She said schools already have generous bargaining agreements, but the new laws reduce verification and require districts to track leave for temporary staff, creating what she described as a need for “substitutes for our substitutes.” Fuco said the district would face more than $211,000 in direct payroll costs from paid leave alone and asked for flexibility or exceptions for districts already offering comparable benefits. Members asked follow-up questions about how substitute teachers accrue leave and how many districts may be cutting budgets; Lewis and Fuco said many districts are making cuts and that substitute and staffing burdens are growing. A third testifier began by Zoom, but the transcript cuts off before her full testimony.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 04/02/25

Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> have the financial wherewithal to pay have the financial wherewithal to pay producers.<01:05:06.880
  • So um it this processors don't pay them.
  • </c> have the entity prove that they can pay have the entity prove that they can pay producers<01:06:
  • </c> minimum level of proof that they can pay minimum level of proof that they can pay producers<01:06
  • Uh, isn't that a can't pay for it.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Health Committee Apr 14th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • But if they pay for it on a medical credit card, it can harm their credit with real consequences.
  • So now I'm back to paying a lot more interest instead of it going to my principal.
  • And if this is going to offer a way to pay for your medication, pay for diapers, pay for whatever it
  • You can't control... ...that this is not indicative of your ability to pay regular debt, right?
  • But I also do know that there are producers that pay for placement as well.
Summary: The committee heard several health-related bills. AB 1825 by Krell would clarify California’s offenders with mental health disorders program by tightening the standard for determining “substantial danger of physical harm,” improving exit planning, and expanding Medi-Cal access for people released after a successful challenge. Supporters, including psychiatrists, prosecutors, and medical groups, said the bill would close gaps in care and protect public safety; county behavioral health directors and Disability Rights California registered concerns. AB 1696 by Stephanie would state that nurse midwives do not need physician supervision when providing care within their existing scope, including EMTALA-related evaluation in labor and delivery settings. Nurse midwives and nursing groups supported the bill, while emergency physicians opposed it unless amended, arguing emergency department screening should remain under physician supervision; the author said she would keep working on the issue. AB 1949 by Lee would make acupuncture a separate Medi-Cal benefit and allow up to 24 visits per year. The author and supporters from acupuncture, health access, and integrative medicine groups said the current monthly cap is too restrictive and that acupuncture is an effective, cost-saving alternative for pain management and other conditions. There was no opposition. AB 2330 by Patterson would create a distinct regulatory category for cold spas, with standards for construction, operation, and disinfection. Fitness and wellness groups supported the bill, environmental health administrators had no formal position but thanked the author for amendments, and a committee member raised concerns about local officials interpreting the bill to require separate enclosures from saunas; the author said she would continue working on the language. AB 2000 by Aguirre-Curry would limit mid-year changes to prescription drug formularies and add notice, exceptions, reporting, and enforcement provisions. Family physicians, chronic care advocates, nurses, pharmacists, and patient groups supported the bill, citing non-medical switching and treatment disruptions; health plans and insurers opposed it, warning of higher costs, reduced flexibility, and premium increases. AB 1929 by Ortega would require health plans to disclose investments, including in private prisons and immigrant detention centers. Supporters framed it as a transparency measure tied to patient premiums and public values, while opponents argued the bill was duplicative, burdensome, and potentially harmful to investment confidentiality. AB 2746 by Schiavo would classify medical credit card debt as medical debt so it would not appear on credit reports. Consumer advocates and legal aid groups supported the bill, describing abusive marketing and housing harms; banks, debt collectors, and industry groups opposed it as unworkable and privacy-invasive. The committee took roll on AB 2746 and passed it on a due pass motion to Banking and Finance, with several members voting aye and a few no votes recorded.