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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • My apologies for those that I missed.
  • Uh and certainly line up a lot with what we heard from um Miss Gordon and uh Melissa Heising.
  • Uh and certainly line up a lot with what we heard from um Miss Gordon and uh Melissa Heising.
  • Uh and certainly line up a lot with what we heard from um Miss Gordon and uh Melissa Heising.
  • Uh and certainly line up a lot with what we heard from um Miss Gordon and uh Melissa Heising.
Bills: HF1316 , HF4369
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations - Human Resources Division Apr 15th, 2025 at 09:00 am

Appropriations - Human Resources Division

Bills: HB1012
Summary: The Senate Appropriations Human Services Division met to consider House Bill 1012, the Department of Human Services budget, and reviewed three previously made amendments: correcting a reference to $30 million underfunding, changing “human service centers” to “behavioral health clinics,” and revising section 31 language so the department would review medical assistance services and report findings and recommendations rather than directly implement adjustments. The committee also discussed whether to include funding related to two other bills with fiscal impacts, House Bill 1485 (personal needs allowance) and House Bill 2399 (PRTF reimbursement), noting those measures may go to conference committee and that appropriations could be added there instead of in HB 1012. The committee agreed to proceed with HB 1012 and members noted provider inflation questions would be raised later in full committee. The division then approved a due pass recommendation on the amendments to HB 1012 and, after a roll call vote, approved HB 1012 as amended on a 4-1 vote, with Senator Mathern voting no. Senator Davison was named as carrier. Members also discussed House Bill 1577, involving wastewater project financing and possible amendments related to a line of credit from the Bank of North Dakota for specific projects, and House Bill 1619, for which additional amendments were expected before full committee action. The meeting ended with general thanks and adjournment.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Civil Law and Procedure Apr 22nd, 2026

Civil Law and Procedure

Transcript Highlights:
  • It provides relative to the modification of child custody. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
  • Modification would be subject to the best interests of the child. Okay. Thank you. Okay.
  • Members, this is HB 1198 by Representative Omiday, for prohibiting relative to child custody.
  • Second, it protects against foreign child custody laws.
  • Provides for testimony of medical experts in child custody and child need of care cases.
Bills: HR38 , HR96 , HR160 , HCR31 , HCR61 , HB578 , HB668 , HB1198 , SCR19 , SB66 , SB68 , SB76 , SB139 , SB336 , SB475
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 4/20/26

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
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  • You cannot accidentally groom a child.
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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services Oversight Mar 4th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Health and Human Services Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • Original version, and this PCS addresses our child care crisis right now, it's an issue, it has, DHS,
  • So, in some cases, if it is for a child, it will have dosage information on there so that just The just
  • So when these child cares are hiring and/or opening, they just have to base this on their enrollment
  • They knew they were pregnant, and they still had a child with spina bifida.
  • You know, I mean, they're not, they're not out there helping Miss Smith take her groceries in.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services Oversight Mar 4th, 2026

Health and Human Services Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 3552 gives child care providers the flexibility to bridge the gap between subsidy reimbursement
  • House Bill 3552 gives child care providers the flexibility to bridge the gap between subsidy reimbursement
  • This PCS addresses our child care crisis right now. It's...
  • This is our child care crisis right now.
  • Our child care regulators and licensors, they're in very close contact with our providers.
Summary: The committee took up a series of health, human services, and related bills. House Bill 3552, allowing child care providers to bridge the gap between subsidy reimbursement rates and standard tuition rates, was adopted and reported out 11-2. House Bill 2984, as a substitute, would direct DHS to compile a report on the child care system, including subsidy payment error rates, the number of facilities, closures, and voluntary closure feedback; it was reported out 14-0. House Bill 4201, changing master teacher requirements in child care from licensed capacity to actual enrollment, also passed unanimously. House Bill 3380, creating the Fostering the Future for Oklahoma Children and Families Act to modernize foster care data systems and improve outcomes, passed 12-0. House Bill 4430 and House Bill 4431, both cleanup measures tied to prior nurse practitioner/PA scope and pharmacy-related provisions, each passed 13-0. Several bills focused on health care access, regulation, and public safety. House Bill 4124 would allow over-the-counter ivermectin sales for human use with labeling and dosing information; after extensive questioning about safety, labeling, children, and liability, it passed 9-5. House Bill 3934, a large amended measure affecting dental practice and supervision rules, passed 14-0 after discussion about x-rays, telemedicine, and dental assistants. House Bill 3448, requiring insurance coverage related to group home provider liability for property damage, passed 14-0. House Bill 3131, setting baseline standards and oversight for homeless shelters with roles split between Commerce and Health, drew concerns about local control, temporary shelters, and fiscal impact, but passed 8-6. House Bill 4200, creating a revolving fund for forensic assertive community treatment teams to address the jail-to-homelessness cycle for people with severe mental illness, passed 11-3. The committee also advanced several public health, consumer, and industry bills. House Bill 1912, the Corn Masa Nutrition Enhancement Act, generated extensive debate over folic acid fortification, parental choice, MTHFR genetics, and potential health effects; with a PCS allowing a non-fortified option, it passed 9-5. House Bill 3011 repealed the home brewing license while keeping home-brewing limits and sales restrictions, and passed 11-3. House Bill 3881, the Alternative Nicotine Products Regulatory Act, increased application costs and removed a registry deemed inconsistent with federal law, passing 13-0. House Bill 3538, targeting pharmacy benefit manager vertical integration and its effects on access and pricing, passed 13-0 after discussion of mail-order restrictions and pharmacy closures. House Bill 3851, defining private label/control label alcoholic beverages under the three-tier system, also passed 13-0. House Bill 3907, requiring direct-hire staffing for facilities serving vulnerable adults and children with a short temporary staffing grace period, passed 13-0. The committee then moved on to House Bill 4457, a specialty-drug/PBM measure, with discussion beginning about PBM practices and specialty pharmacy access.
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • part of early voting, fewer than 10% of the mail ballots that needed signature cure was because of a missing
  • So over 90% of the ballots that needed cure were because of a signature mismatch and not a missing signature
  • Additionally, this is an extremely disappointing and reckless move that will harm our democracy and endanger
  • committee, a fiscal note was submitted initially by the Department of Public and Behavioral Health, Child
Bills: AB49 , AB169 , AB188 , AB284 , AB296 , AB306 , AB356 , AB366 , AB467 , AB499 , AB515 , AB540 , AB542 , AB595
Committee: Senate Finance
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Because the child is not choosing not to be vaccinated; the child...
  • The question is: why is this child more of a threat than that child?
  • For that child.
  • For the record, that is child abuse.
  • It's one of my favorite things that the judges say: let a child be a child.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Sexual abuse of a young child or disabled individual, indecency with a child, sexual assault, aggravated
  • , or possession or promotion of child pornography.
  • If you take a child, you know, if you take a child too late, tragedy happens.
  • Yes, you know striking that balance is extremely important because if we miss even on one child, it's
  • The issue is the abuse of a child, right?
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services Oversight Feb 25th, 2026

Health and Human Services Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think you and I've discussed this before that I did lose a child at 20 weeks gestation, so I'm quite
  • familiar with what it is and the trauma that that does to someone when they lose a child like that.
  • I miss that most of the time. Williams aye.
  • Would we, if someone we would classify as in poverty, would we put a child in a home that the kid may
  • Well, this definition, if it's a husband and a wife and one child, the income requirements are $27,000
Summary: The committee took up a series of health and human services bills, beginning with House Bill 4248, which was reported due pass on a 9-0 vote after an unclear procedural vote call. The next major item was House Bill 3194, a bill to prevent pregnancy resource centers from being singled out for discrimination. The author said the measure was intended to protect private nonprofit pregnancy centers from lawsuits and government interference, including in staffing and mission-related decisions. Members questioned the bill’s impact on counseling, contraception referrals, ectopic pregnancy treatment, employment practices, and whether it was necessary given existing law. The bill was reported due pass on a 10-2 vote. The committee then advanced House Bill 3849, a request bill from the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth to update language and broaden mentoring program credentialing, and House Bill 4095, which reaffirms the state role in the 211 collaborative and clarifies that it applies to hotline services for needs such as food, housing, clothing, transportation, and medical assistance. House Bill 4302 would allow the Office of Juvenile System Oversight to disclose a complainant’s identity to law enforcement if the complainant threatens harm. All three were reported due pass unanimously. Members also approved House Bill 3342, described as a Medicaid audit reform bill intended to curb punitive audits of providers; the author said the bill arose from cases where providers were penalized over reporting issues rather than fraud. House Bill 3344, aimed at improving foster care standards and home placements, passed 10-2 after questions about income thresholds, letters of recommendation, and whether the bill would apply to guardianship placements; the author said the goal was to raise standards and improve outcomes for children. House Bill 3287, requiring hospitals to post information and develop protocols for domestic violence and human trafficking victims, passed 12-0. House Bill 3645 created an alternate pathway for hospice referrals when a patient lacks next of kin or power of attorney, and House Bill 3647 established an all-payer claims database while emphasizing that the data could not be sold; both passed 12-0 after members raised concerns about federal consistency and privacy. Later, House Bill 3930, which defines “service animal” and requires sellers of emotional support animals to disclose that they are not service animals, passed 10-2. House Bill 3931 corrected a prior death-certificate change deadline and was reported due pass unanimously. House Bill 1818, a social work licensing cleanup bill, was amended to extend a sunset date to 2028 and then reported due pass 12-0. House Bill 4336 clarified pain-management definitions, including acute pain, and was reported due pass 12-0 after questions about labor and epidural care. House Bill 4454, an untimely PCS on medical marijuana edibles, would require clearer THC labeling and prohibit child-attractive shapes; the author cited pediatric ingestion incidents, and the bill passed 11-1. The committee then revisited House Bill 1818 to change the effective date to November 1, 2026, by unanimous consent.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Rules Feb 9th, 2026 at 09:11 am

Senate Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • There are five members currently on the advisory commission.
  • , but advisory to what?
  • Just the name lends itself to just being advisory, but advisory to what?
  • well, I don't like that the advisory—well, they're just an advisory committee, so I'm going to do whatever
  • Right now, this is an advisory commission.
Bills: SB238 , HJR1 , SM21 , SM22
Committee: Senate Senate Rules
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Rules Feb 9th, 2026

House Rules & Order Of Business

Transcript Highlights:
  • There are five members currently on the advisory commission.
  • , but advisory to what?
  • Just the name lends itself to just being advisory, but advisory to what?
  • well, I don't like that the advisory—well, they're just an advisory committee, so I'm going to do whatever
  • Right now, this is an advisory commission.
Bills: SB238 , HJR1 , SM21 , SM22
Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 238, which would rename the governor’s residence advisory commission as a governor’s residence management committee and clarify its duties, membership, and authority over furnishings, maintenance, inventories, and hospitality functions at the governor’s residence. Senator Worth and Secretary Designate Anna Silva said the change was needed to remove ambiguity during the transition to a new administration and to improve transparency around the residence, the General Services Department fund, and the separate Mansion Foundation fundraising role. Several senators questioned whether the bill concentrated too much authority in the governor and whether it could enable a large renovation project without sufficient legislative oversight; supporters said major renovations would still require legislative appropriations. The committee ultimately advanced the Senate Rules Committee substitute for SB 238 on a 5-2 vote. The committee then approved House Joint Resolution 1, which would create bipartisan nominating commissions to vet and recommend university and special school regents to the governor, rather than leaving appointments entirely to the governor’s discretion. Senator Steinborn said the resolution would improve qualifications and reduce conflicts of interest, including by changing the student regent selection process. After brief discussion about party-affiliation restrictions, the resolution received a due pass with no objection. Two memorials followed. Senate Memorial 21, presented by Senator Stephanics for Senator Bergman, calls for a Department of Health study of overdose prevention tools, including overdose prevention centers and other harm-reduction strategies, in response to New Mexico’s high and rising overdose death rates. Supporters cited rural access challenges and the need to explore all available tools; one senator asked for more accurate county and demographic data in the memorial’s background. The committee gave SM 21 a due pass. Senate Memorial 22, presented by Senator Charlie and the New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence, asks the Legislative Finance Committee to convene a working group to map how domestic-violence funding flows through CYFD and related agencies, with an emphasis on transparency, accountability, and provider input. Witnesses said funding streams are fragmented and sometimes unclear, and senators discussed whether the work should remain within CYFD or be overseen elsewhere. The committee also gave SM 22 a due pass. The chair then announced that the committee would hear SB 264 and SB 261 at its next meeting and recessed.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Jan 29th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Washington is missing out on important sales.
  • We're missing out on housing aircraft fleets, and at Washington is missing out on important sales.
  • We're missing out on housing aircraft fleets, and at risk of doing long-term damage to the entire aviation
Bills: HB2347 , HB2410
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Mar 19th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Spiller members the bill that relating to the reporting by law enforcement enforcement agencies of missing
  • children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. that house bill nine zero eight
  • talking about murder. are on parole, who've been found guilty of murder, kidnapping, indecency with a child
  • I still have... murderers and rapes and child abuse and all these other cases that I got to make sure
  • The medical advisory.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • So are House bills that enhance penalties for endangering a child, elderly person, or disabled?
  • It could mean months, even years, of not seeing their child.
  • Even a friend who refuses to return the child.
  • If I miss a child support payment, which I never have, but if I do and that's starts to accumulate, you
  • ran out of the house and attacked the child.