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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Housing panel approves HF2140 3/12/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I am the political director of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa.
- our union represents Minnesota and Iowa our union represents over<00:16:24.120><c> 50,000</c><00:16:
- Current law gives exclusive control over how much new housing will be built to local residents.
- Current law gives exclusive control over how much new housing will be built to local residents.
- or rule so it there's Municipal law or rule so it there's discussions<00:47:52.480><c> being</c><00:
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Health and Mental Health Feb 5th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Health and Mental Health
Transcript Highlights:
- Elijah's Law is a law that trains child care facilities in the identification and treatment of food-borne
- I'd love to see this actually be signed into law.
- This is now a law in seven or eight states, I believe. So the work's been done other places.
- Missouri, about a stone's throw from Illinois and a stone's throat from Iowa.
- The way it's set up is, of course, August 28th is when laws take effect.
Committee:
House Health and Mental Health
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Health & Long-Term Care Jan 30th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- As background, state and federal law requires carriers to provide coverage for mental health services
- This law gives every system the opportunity to vote with their dollars to select insurers that abide
- by parity laws.
- Iowa, Canada, Japan. ...based practice models to pass this: Iowa, Canada, Japan, Tennessee, Delaware.
- Already established in our laws for CDTA is is a some kind of Already established in our laws for CDTA
Summary:
The Senate Health and Long-Term Care Committee first met in executive session and advanced five bills out of committee. SB 5999, as amended by a substitute, would let rural counties under 100,000 population appoint an APRN or physician assistant as an acting local health officer; SB 5185 would create a pathway for international medical graduates to physician licensure through a Washington Medical Commission pilot; SB 5845 would revise timely payment rules for health carriers, including longer acknowledgment and payment timelines and clarifications on scope; SB 6071 would standardize overpayment recovery timelines for carriers; and SB 6258 would create a non-disciplinary pathway for relinquishing Washington Medical Commission licenses. Each bill received a due pass recommendation and was sent to Rules, with the bills passed subject to signatures.
The committee then heard SB 6226, which would protect the clinical autonomy of audiologists and ensure hearing-instrument and communication-device rules are applied consistently across care modalities, including telehealth. Testimony was overwhelmingly supportive, emphasizing access for rural and mobility-limited patients and the importance of teleaudiology, though one association cautioned the bill could affect broader regulatory authority. The hearing closed with 54 pro, zero con, and two other sign-ins.
Next, the committee heard SB 6305, the Truth in Mental Health Coverage Act, which would require carriers to submit standardized annual data to the Office of the Insurance Commissioner on mental health and substance use disorder coverage, access, utilization, reimbursement, and network participation, with public posting in raw and dashboard form. The sponsor and supporters said the bill would improve transparency and accountability without changing benefits, while opponents argued it could duplicate recent parity reforms and add administrative burden. The hearing closed with 396 pro, two con, and zero other sign-ins.
Finally, the committee heard SB 5924, a proposed substitute expanding pharmacists’ prescriptive authority for certain limited conditions and products, including some preventive and minor-illness treatments, and allowing limited diagnosis within defined bounds. Supporters said it would improve access, especially in rural and underserved areas, reduce administrative barriers from collaborative drug therapy agreements, and align with the sunrise review; opponents, including the medical association, said the bill went beyond the review and needed more time, while some testimony raised concerns about psychiatric prescribing. The hearing closed with 279 pro, six con, and four other sign-ins, and the committee adjourned after concluding its business.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on the Judiciary Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on the Judiciary
Transcript Highlights:
- So we've got journalists, publishers, media law, and I guess another media law.
- don't have a shield law.
- don't have a shield law.
- Ames, Iowa.
- Ames, Iowa.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on the Judiciary
Summary:
The committee opened with procedural guidance for a very large hearing, explaining testimony limits, written testimony procedures, and rules for maintaining order. Members then heard testimony on a wide range of bills, including proposals to define antisemitism using the IHRA definition, regulate facial recognition technology, restrict weaponized robotics and drone use, expand protections for journalists’ confidential sources, address access to decedents’ email accounts, and create or adjust rules around municipal enforcement and animal cruelty fines. Several sponsors and advocates asked for favorable reports, and committee members asked clarifying questions on implementation, costs, and how the bills would interact with existing law.
On facial recognition, sponsors and advocates described the technology as a threat to privacy, due process, and civil liberties, and urged adoption of the Special Commission’s recommendations, including warrant requirements, notice to defendants, and limits on untargeted surveillance. Support came from legislators, the ACLU, CDT, EFF, and a UMass professor, while committee members asked about current state law and municipal bans. On robotics, Senator Moore and industry witnesses from MassRobotics, Boston Dynamics, and AUVSI supported a bill prohibiting weaponized robots and requiring warrants for certain law enforcement uses, describing it as a public-safety and trust-building measure. On the shield law bill, newspaper publishers, journalists, NEFAC, and the Reporters Committee argued Massachusetts needs statutory protection for confidential sources, citing costly subpoenas and chilling effects on reporting.
The committee also heard testimony on a bill to expand the right of publicity to cover image and voice, with SAG-AFTRA members supporting protections against AI-driven exploitation and some discussion about viral content and consent. Another bill would allow limited access to a decedent’s email accounts, with one witness describing a family’s inability to use a deceased relative’s email to notify friends. The committee then took testimony on psilocybin-related bills: supporters described medical and personal benefits and argued for narrow decriminalization or study, while an opponent warned of public-health risks, impaired driving, and youth exposure; the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society supported limited, safety-based decriminalization. Finally, the committee heard strong support for a “safe reporting” bill for sex workers and trafficking survivors, with advocates saying immunity would encourage victims and witnesses to report crimes without fear of arrest, and members raised questions about how the immunity would work in practice.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I learned about this in Iowa.
- They're able to show that if you look out five years or 10 years, a lot of those people in Iowa come
- </c><00:15:05.000><c> they're</c> I learned about this in Iowa they're I learned about this in Iowa they're
- come back home once they're ready Iowa come back home once they're ready to<00:15:11.880><c> settle<
- North Dakota and South Dakota so Iowa North Dakota and South Dakota so you<00:18:12.919><c> want</c>
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 04/08/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> forward and to implement it in law. forward and to implement it in law.
- In 1989, laws changed that ended a career rule for teachers.
- This is data coming straight from the state, straight from TRA, and straight from state law.
- Wisconsin has no penalty, and Iowa has no penalty.
- </c> penalty and Iowa has no penalty. penalty and Iowa has no penalty.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Children and Families Feb 10th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Children and Families
Transcript Highlights:
- Law enforcement estimates that... Online pornography on a regular basis.
- Law enforcement estimates that... online pornography on a regular basis.
- Iowa does not have it, but Iowa had legislation last year. It did not pass.
- Laws. I do not know how I missed that. Was I here? And I believe that.
- If this becomes law and there's a law that's broken, you're asking how the Attorney General's office
Committee:
House Children and Families
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 16th, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- . for freedom of information, transparency to make sure the law allows us to accurately report.
- CIO for the state of Iowa, as well as for the city of San Antonio.
- A law judge who's appointed by the governor. Who's appointed by the governor. Correct.
- Administrative law judge does not oversee the issuance of that particular decision.
- So then what role does the Chief Administrative Law Judge have?
Bills:
HB3146 , HB3719 , HB3895 , HB3923 , HB4748 , HB4751 , HB4936 , HB4952 , HB4990 , HB4991 , HB5061 , HB5196 , HB5238 , HB5246 , HB5487
Committee:
House Delivery of Government Efficiency
Keywords:
State Office of Administrative Hearings, SOAH, administrative hearings, contested case, contested case hearing, administrative law judge, ALJ, final decision, proposed decision, agency hearing, hearing continuance, rescheduling, Texas administrative law, Government Code Chapter 2001, workers' compensation, Department of Human Resources, Texas Labor Code, Transportation Code, Agriculture Code, Insurance Code
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, but there's nothing in law that says that the insurance needs to continue the medication that they
- However, that law has um effect of this.
- </c> under the fed under federal patent law. under the fed under federal patent law.
- Iowa has been running for over 20 years now. Um, and this is a safety net program.
- Iowa has been running for to do this.
Committee:
House Health Finance and Policy
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Business meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during the 119th Congress; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine eliminating waste by the foreign aid bureaucracy. Feb 13th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- And recklessly and illegally cut off funding that Congress has passed according to the law.
- President of the Iowa Farmers Union said, quote, USAID is important for farmers.
- And then he illegally took funding away from law enforcement and community groups.
- By law, all federal spending is required to be publicly available on usaspending.gov.
- But this is why my TRACS Act must become law.
Keywords:
fiscal responsibility, government waste, foreign aid, funding resolution, legislative oversight
Summary:
The committee meeting addressed government spending and foreign aid, with a particular emphasis on perceived wasteful expenditures. A significant portion of the meeting was dedicated to discussing a funding resolution for the committee, which received unanimous support from the members present. The chair noted a quorum at the beginning of the meeting, signaling that the committee was ready to conduct its business. Discussions highlighted ongoing debates concerning fiscal responsibility and the necessity of legislative oversight, notably regarding foreign aid allocations and their implications for domestic fiscal health.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Government Efficiency Jan 15th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- It is a truth-in-advertising law for ballot language.
- So they wanted to be able to sign their own letters rather than have the law say it.
- We just expect everybody to follow the laws.
- And I think we do forget about those initiatives with our law enforcement.
- And I think we have seen, you know, Iowa, Minnesota.
Committee:
House Government Efficiency
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- I think Idaho's children don't need a law mandating a minute of silence.
- The case scrutinized a state law that mandated a moment of silence in schools.
- So the law does say teachers or school employees shall require, and that's on line 18.
- I have a question around current practice, current law.
- state of Iowa.
Committee:
Senate Education
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- We touch on the provisional balloting law.
- I mean, currently the law is 25, and they have pushed for as high as 100.
- So it's reinstating existing law there.
- Iowa is 300 feet. Idaho is 250 feet, Iowa is 300 feet, Kansas is 250 feet. Those are border states.
- The election sent by mail, I believe this is already done by law, and in St.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/23/26
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> mitigation uh law and offsets? mitigation uh law and offsets? Ms.<00:08:37.320><c> Witt.
- </c> think it's Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin. think it's Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin.
- </c><00:21:16.960><c> enforcement</c> uh law enforcement uh law enforcement uh<00:21:18.400><c> LELS<
- </c> the law to help back that requirement. the law to help back that requirement.
- </c> by saying uh up until we change the law by saying uh up until we change the law again,<01:08:34.120
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy
Keywords:
vehicle registration, title transfer, rental vehicles, state regulations, motor vehicle laws, school buses, USDOT number, first aid kits, transportation safety, vehicle regulations, transit safety, assault penalties, public transportation, criminal justice, transit workers, transportation, railroad, safety, economic development, public roads
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- This is Mason's Law. I have an amendment. I have an amendment ending in 0.1H.
- Law and Order. Thank you. Thank you, Lord. Thank you. Call more. Call more powers.
- So Kansas, Iowa, yeah, I'm getting old, aren't I?
- My last question is, between law enforcement and fire personnel, is law enforcement still the best field
- Their parents are Please vote to forward it into law. Do you have any questions?
Committee:
House Crime and Public Safety
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Higher Education and Workforce Development Apr 7th, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Higher Education and Workforce Development
Transcript Highlights:
- it's deemed low wage, but that young person may work for a couple of years and then go on to pursue law
- So it is federal law now.
- That is the intent; that's why it's federal law.
- Chairman, to share it with the committee, and again, some of this will change federal law.
- In 2018, the federal law created the Strengthening HBCUs program.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Health & Long-Term Care Jan 30th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Health & Long-Term Care
Transcript Highlights:
- This law gives every system the opportunity to vote with their dollars to select as much as they can
- insurers that abide by parity laws.
- Iowa, Canada, Japan... ...based practice models to pass this: Iowa, Canada, Japan, Tennessee, Delaware
- Already established in our laws for CDTA is some kind of reporting mechanism back to the physician.
- Already established in our laws for CDTA is is a some kind of Already established in our laws for CDTA
Committee:
Senate Health & Long-Term Care
Keywords:
SB 6226, Washington, audiology, audiologist, hearing aid specialist, speech-language pathologist, telehealth, teleaudiology, clinical autonomy, clinical judgment, in-person care, remote care, Board of Hearing and Speech, hearing instruments, hearing aids, dispensing hearing aids, standards of care, professional licensure, health professions regulation, patient-centered care
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, April 7, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><04:12:49.199><c> enforcement</c> serving our nation as law enforcement serving our nation as law
- The Isacson Row Law, universities.
- </c> Senate before this bill becomes law. Mr. Senate before this bill becomes law. Mr.
- </c><05:27:38.798><c> and</c> these programs is provided by law and these programs is provided by law
- It is, in fact, law.
Keywords:
HIV/AIDS, National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Black health, public health, HIV testing, HIV prevention, PrEP, antiretroviral therapy, viral suppression, U=U, undetectable equals untransmittable, AIDS, Minority AIDS Initiative, community health centers, culturally competent care, health disparities, racial disparities, health equity, Black Americans, African Americans
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 03/05/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- We have one-ton-per-day systems operating today in Kenya and also Boone, Iowa, and our first Talis 10
- , which is a 10-ton-per-day system, is under construction in Eagle Grove, Iowa. uh production system
- We look at what's in the law and then we develop a tracking system that meets those standards.
- We look at what's in the law and then we develop a tracking system that meets those standards.
- We look at what's in the law and then we develop a tracking system that meets those standards.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Jul 23rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- founded the University of Iowa.
- The college offers concentrations in natural resources and water law, business law, and Native American
- law.
- So they complied with the law.
- I'm a lawyer with Schroeder Law. Celebrating this year my 40th year practicing law.
Summary:
The committee heard a presentation from University of Idaho representatives on the university’s land-grant mission and its role in federalism, followed by detailed overviews of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Natural Resources. Speakers described the Morrill, Hatch, and Smith-Lever Acts, the university’s history, and examples of research, extension, and workforce training in agriculture, engineering, law, forestry, fire science, and youth programs such as 4-H. They highlighted facilities and programs including research stations, the Idaho Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, the deep soil ecotron, the Wildland Fire Center, the experimental forest, and the policy analysis group, while also noting the impact of federal and state funding delays and cuts on staffing and research capacity.
Committee members asked about several current issues, including quagga mussels, screw worm, chronic wasting disease, and the effects of funding cuts. University officials said they were not actively researching some of those wildlife and livestock disease issues but were willing to help if capacity and funding allowed. They also said budget reductions had caused real losses, including layoffs and reduced programs, and that federal grant delays had disrupted research timelines. The committee also raised questions about conflicts of interest and university employees’ outside work; the university said it has annual conflict-of-interest and conflict-of-commitment training and review procedures.
The committee then heard from Bonneville County Sheriff Sam Hulse and the Idaho Sheriffs Association on the federal 287(g) immigration partnership program. Hulse argued that participation should remain voluntary and locally controlled, describing the different 287(g) models, the training and liability concerns, and the distinction between local law enforcement and federal immigration enforcement. He said Idaho agencies already cooperate with ICE in other ways and that mandatory participation could create staffing, legal, and community-trust problems. Members asked about costs, liability, detention standards, and whether deputies lose local control under task force arrangements; Hulse said the answer depends on the specific model and operation, and he emphasized the need for local discretion.
Later, the committee took testimony on the long-running bighorn sheep and domestic sheep conflict affecting western Idaho grazing allotments. Idaho Wool Growers representatives and affected ranchers described the history of state legislation, federal litigation, and the closure of grazing areas after bighorn sheep transplants, which they said cut livestock operations in half and caused major financial and personal hardship. They argued that the state and federal agencies had not lived up to assurances that permittees would be held harmless, and they urged continued attention to the issue. No formal votes or committee actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.