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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/24/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • safety personnel retirement system members to specify that the minimum age requirement of 52 and a half
  • There's high risk wherever you can look at a retirement system.
  • I sat on the Arizona State Retirement System as a trustee for, I think, 15 years.
  • We have an obligation, a legal obligation, to pay this to our employees that are retired.
  • But if we can't both mathematically tie it to the retirement system and if also, as you say, it's agency
Summary: The committee first considered Senate Bill 1630, which would direct AHCCCS to seek federal approval for a home- and community-based services program for adults determined to be seriously mentally ill, with quarterly implementation updates, stakeholder input, and a cap on enrollment. The sponsor and advocates from Arizona Mad Moms argued the bill would create an assisted-living-style Medicaid option for the most disabled SMI individuals, improve continuity of care, and reduce state general fund costs by shifting some expenses to federal Medicaid funding. Access testified neutral, estimating a total fiscal impact of $27.7 million, including $5.83 million general fund, and explained the need for CMS approval. The committee adopted an amendment reducing the initial cap to 250 members, changing reporting frequency, and adjusting eligibility and expansion conditions, then passed SB 1630 as amended on a 10-0 vote. The committee next heard Senate Bill 1131, which originally required school districts and charter schools to adopt cardiac emergency response plans and appropriated $1 million for implementation. An amendment replaced the mandate with a reporting requirement on AED counts, CPR/AED-trained staff, and whether schools have a plan, while keeping a grant component for AEDs and prioritizing rural schools. The American Heart Association supported the amended approach as a way to gather baseline data and target resources, and members discussed AED training, school preparedness, and whether the funding should favor rural or high-population schools. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1131 as amended on a 9-1 vote, with Senator Kuby voting no and several members explaining concerns about funding and priorities. The committee then took up Senate Bill 1582, which concerned the school safety interoperability fund. An amendment shifted the appropriation from the Department of Education to the Department of Administration and allocated funds to specific county sheriff offices for continuing operation and maintenance of existing interoperability systems, while narrowing the program to public safety agencies and school districts and requiring twice-yearly testing. Sheriffs, a county school superintendent, and the Arizona Sheriffs Association described the systems as useful for drills and real emergencies, improving communication between schools and first responders; one speaker noted the program had been used in drills and at least one live deployment. Some members questioned the audit findings, the focus on rural counties, and whether the program was a good use of funds, while supporters emphasized its value for school safety. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1582 as amended on a 6-4 vote. Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 1504, which would change retirement rules for Tier 2 and Tier 3 public safety personnel by allowing earlier normal retirement and shortening the COLA waiting period, with an amendment exempting the changes from the statutory pre-funding requirement. Supporters from firefighter and police groups said the bill would improve recruitment and retention and let employees receive earned benefits sooner, while city, county, and taxpayer representatives warned it would add substantial unfunded liabilities and undermine the 2016 pension reforms. Actuarial testimony estimated significant costs, including tens of millions in annual or upfront impacts depending on how the change is funded, and members debated whether the amendment would shift costs onto future taxpayers or simply spread them over time. The transcript ends during continued testimony and discussion on SB 1504, before a final vote is reached.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

State Committee Meeting - 2025-04-10

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • our staff per our board's recommendation and request, so we can retain and hire highly qualified employees
  • And then there are a few repealers for the employee gain sharing that is also included in this particular
Bills: HF2783
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

State Committee Meeting - 2025-04-08

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The next sections 32 through 37 have to do with retirement. retirement are 30 sections 32 through 36
  • have to do with retirement pensions.
  • The repealers have to do with the employee gain-sharing report from Management and Budget, the Advisory
  • We represent over 18,000 state employees across all agencies, boards, and commissions.
  • Who make the current system work at an effective cost.
Bills: HF2783
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 20th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 1237 by Representative Bucke law, Municipal Police Employees Retirement System, Firefighters
  • ' Retirement System, membership of the system, partial dissolution, retirement system, and unfunded accrued
  • The original bill has to do with the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System.
  • That's a little levee system. It's a completed levee system. ...and Goose Bayou.
  • Retirement System into the Firefighters' Retirement System.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 20th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 1237 by Representative Bacala, Municipal Police Employees Retirement System and Firefighters
  • ' Retirement System; membership of the system, partial dissolution, and unfunded accrued liability.
  • The original bill has to do with the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System.
  • That's a little levee system. It's a completed levee system. And Goose Bayou.
  • Retirement System into the Firefighters' Retirement System.
Summary: The House convened with prayer, pledge, and a quorum, then spent much of the day on recognitions and commemorative resolutions. Members honored coach Jeffrey Craig Whittington, tourism and the Louisiana Oil Makers Association, Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, the Tangipahoa Parish Fair, Washington Parish festivals, ACOG’s 75th anniversary, Louisiana Tech women’s basketball, and Memorial Day. A major Memorial Day presentation commended Lane Frenchy Boudreau for helping recover the body of Army Sgt. First Class James H. Moore in Vietnam; the House observed a moment of silence and presented a flag to Moore’s family. The chamber also received Senate messages, enrolled bills, and committee reports, and introduced several new resolutions on topics including Pope Leo XIV, orphan wells, scenic rivers, Teche water quality, and the LaMelle family’s pilgrimage to Rome. The House then took up numerous resolutions and bills, often adopting them without objection. Among the measures adopted or advanced were studies on neighborhood crime prevention districts, parish solid waste and disaster resiliency in Washington Parish, the Louisiana Climate Action Plan, the Louisiana Maneuvers museum/trail, cash-rounding practices after penny production ends, residential construction costs and inspection practices, roundabout education, Taiwan relations, TSA worker loan assistance in Shreveport, human growth and development standards, and the state income tax credit for water utility customers. The chamber also adopted or concurred in several Senate amendments on bills dealing with financial disclosure, video voyeurism, personal information protections, online child safety, STEM advisory council changes, dual enrollment tuition, fleet vehicle registration, menhaden fishing rules, recording fees, amusement ride insurance, drone footage authentication, garbage and trash contracts, insurance prescription periods, retirement system changes, juror qualifications, fireworks, inspection stickers, employment discrimination, and inactive boards and commissions. Several measures drew discussion or division. H.B. 1199, requiring coverage for genetic testing and treatment for SCN2A-associated disorders, passed 94-0 after being discharged from Appropriations. H.B. 302, which would prohibit vape sales within 300 feet of schools, passed 86-4. H.B. 84, encouraging an interest-free loan program for TSA workers at Shreveport Regional Airport, passed 64-27. H.B. 1054 on self-authentication of law enforcement drone footage passed 78-12, and H.B. 1137 limiting employment discrimination protections to state employees passed 71-23. The House rejected Senate amendments on H.B. 468 (residential real property wholesaling), H.B. 1117 (insurance contractual payments and prescriptive periods), H.B. 956 (fireworks dates), and H.B. 74 (Spectrum Alert for missing children with autism), while concurring in or adopting amendments on many other bills. The session ended amid continued consideration of Senate Bill 56 on the West Bank/Lafitte levee governance structure, including an adopted amendment to ensure Lafitte-area representation on the board, with extended remarks about the history and accomplishments of the existing levee authority.
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Morning Session Apr 8th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It includes the guardrails brought to us by DAS, making sure that these are permanent employees, that
  • they’ve worked with the state for at least ...by DAS, making sure that these are permanent employees
  • They want to go to a percentage system.
  • So what is the right price for them to pay, and what do we need to do to make this system work?
  • So recognizing those... ...do to make this system work.
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Afternoon Session Apr 8th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I've had a firsthand review of what this looks like in the public school system in Omaha.
  • This is a system overhaul. And what does it cost? It costs approximately $3.9 million annually.
  • The one thing that is clear, as a retired grocery operator, we need an educated workforce.
  • They are already using multi-tiered systems of support, the MTSS, and Science of Reading practices.
  • They are already using multi-tiered systems of support, the MTSS, and Science of Reading practices.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-23-2026 12:00pm

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • outreach is critical to ensure residents do not lose access to their care due to paperwork burdens or system
  • outreach is critical to ensure residents do not lose access to their care due to paperwork burdens or system
  • outreach is critical to ensure residents do not lose access to their care due to paperwork burdens or system
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill extends the compact eligibility to children of retired service members for four years and to
  • Last year our teachers didn't get a raise, and our employees didn't get a raise, so any number of those
  • I'm laying out House Bill 5606 by Representative Wilson, a bill that supports both retiring educators
  • This legislation lets retiring teachers donate unused sick leave to a campus sick leave pool, but only
  • Members, this bill relates to a sick leave pool for public school employees.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • . employee. employee.
  • . employees. employees.
  • We recently hired a new employee to replace a retiring team member and quickly learned that that new
  • definition of seasonal employee. definition of seasonal employee.
  • businesses and our employees. businesses and our employees.