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AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Feb 12th, 2025 at 10:30 am

Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Transcript Highlights:
  • This was a board that was reset for one year. ...was a board that was reset for one year.
  • The Pharmacy Board.
  • On page 19, we're diversifying the board membership and changing the structure of the board. ...and we're
  • Those boards need to know their continuity, but these boards know it’s going to take longer overall..
  • The board also continues to have... the board also continues to have an attorney on a $550,000 contract
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 7th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • What I will also tell you is that from the Board of Equalization report, they estimated in Revenues,
  • President, I also see that there's a supplemental for the statewide charter school Board of 3.4.
  • Now we have a workforce reason.
  • We've heard the water board gives a number of $34 billion with a bit of the infrastructure need in the
  • We will have economic development, workforce, and tourism as soon as we have a quorum.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Apr 16th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • We, as the legislature, are the ones who created this board.
  • So, after this October board meeting...
  • Number four, it changes the chair to be selected by the board.
  • The chair needs to be working with the board in conjunction with the board, not given this position and
  • it doesn't matter what anybody else on the board says.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Boards and Commissions, Board of Veterinary Examiners, 201 KAR 16:767.
  • executive director for the board.
  • Boards and Commissions, Board of Physical Therapy, 201 KAR 22:010 and 22:070. 201 KAR 22:010 has staff-suggested
  • >> Boards and Commissions, Board of >> Boards and Commissions, Board of Physical<00:10:12.440
  • on board right now? on board right now?
Summary: The subcommittee met with a quorum present, approved the minutes without objection, and then reviewed a series of administrative regulations from multiple agencies. Most of the regulations received staff-suggested amendments and were approved without objection, including fish and wildlife rules on fishing limits and deer hunting on local government property, veterinary board changes to responsible party and veterinary manager requirements, election procedures for safe-at-home voters, attorney general regulatory relief rules, emergency gasoline tax pricing, public pensions updates, controller fraud-prevention policies, physical therapy licensure and English proficiency standards, school nutrition and fee-waiver rules, public health conference procedures, and Medicaid waiver regulations. Several agencies briefly identified themselves and answered procedural questions, but most items drew no substantive opposition. The Board of Veterinary Examiners regulation included an agency amendment that removed a proposed limit on the number of facilities a veterinary manager could oversee. The Department of Education regulations updated fee waiver and meal program procedures, while the Department of Public Health regulation clarified notification and conference-request procedures. The Department of Revenue and Kentucky Public Pensions Authority items were largely technical or conforming changes, including a special-needs trust definition added for consistency with Senate Bill 85. The most extensive discussion involved the Department for Medicaid Services’ 1915C child waiver regulations. Kentucky Protection and Advocacy testified in opposition to the waiver’s lack of participant-directed services, arguing that consumer-driven services such as respite and community living support are required and especially important in rural areas and for higher-acuity children. Cabinet representatives responded that the waiver is intended to provide wraparound services to keep children in homes and communities, that it has CMS approval, and that the program is limited to 100 slots with about 21 participants already enrolled. Members did not move a deficiency motion, and the chair indicated the regulations would continue through the process. The meeting adjourned after setting the next meeting for Tuesday, August 11 at 1:00 p.m.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Committee Mar 11th, 2026

Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is any of that part of the board of water and sewer commissions in the city of Birmingham?
  • I say it protects what his intent of the bill is. board of water and sewer commissions in board of water
  • one because I don't serve in Blount County, but I represented Sandbridge County. >> Who is on that board
  • gt; who<00:09:17.680> is<00:09:17.839> on<00:09:18.000> that<00:09:18.240> board
  • and I had >> who is on that board and I had conversations<00:09:20.160> and<00:09:20.399
AL
Transcript Highlights:
  • One establishes infrastructure that allows the SEA board to grant loans to power producers, municipal
  • I think I've already talked with ABC and distillers, and they're on board with that.
  • I told them that I would be glad to be on board next year to help. Incorporate no issues with that.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Board of Nursing, 201 KAR 20:257.
  • for board waivers clarify requirements for board waivers and<00:30:48.799> update<00:30:49.120
  • > so<00:31:09.840> much chair of the board thank you so much chair of the board thank you
  • John Wood, outside counsel for the Board of EMS. Eddie Slone, Kentucky Board of EMS.
  • board of EMS Eddie slung Kentucky Board board of EMS Eddie slung Kentucky Board of of of EMS<00:
Summary: The subcommittee met with a quorum, approved the minutes, and welcomed new members before taking up Council on Postsecondary Education regulations 13 KAR 2:120 and 13 KAR 2:130. The regulations, as amended by staff and agency amendments, update public university and KCTCS performance funding models to conform to 2024 Senate Bill 191 and the performance funding work group’s recommendations. Changes discussed included replacing the underrepresented minority metric with an underrepresented students metric defined as first-generation students, adding an adult learner metric, increasing the low-income degree premium, adjusting small-school and nonresident credit-hour weights, revising data aging and progression metrics, and adding STEM+H criteria in 13 KAR 2:120. Travis Pal of the Council on Postsecondary Education explained that the changes reflect the work group’s three-year review process and that the work group ultimately voted to define underrepresented students as first-generation students and to apply half-weighting between research and comprehensive universities for the new metric. Michael Frasier of the Kentucky Student Rights Coalition and Eastern Kentucky University student government opposed 13 KAR 2:120, arguing that the regulation improperly applies weights where the statute does not clearly authorize them and that the funding changes disadvantage comprehensive universities and vulnerable students. He asked the committee to find the regulation deficient or, alternatively, recommend legislative clarification and a revised fiscal analysis. Pal responded that weighting has been part of the model since 2017, that CPE was following the statute and work group recommendations, and that the model could be changed by future legislation. Members asked about the timing of the broader performance funding review, and Pal said the full model is reviewed every three years, with the next work group cycle beginning in 2026. No motion to find the regulation deficient was made, and the committee allowed the regulations to proceed to the committee of jurisdiction. The committee then approved a staff amendment to Teachers’ Retirement System regulations 102 KAR 1:195 and 102 KAR 1:340, which require annual reporting of accumulated sick leave, leave policies, and salary schedules to TRS and make technical changes to the final average salary calculation and related definitions.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/13/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Transcript Highlights:
  • , a natural resource conservation district board.
  • , a natural resource conservation district board.
  • So because it's a statewide board, the state board should determine what the boundaries of the districts
  • So because it's a statewide board, the state board should determine what the boundaries of the districts
  • We need it to sync up with the old board numbers so that the board members who were chosen by both the
Summary: The committee began with member and staff introductions, then heard House Bill 2024, which would expand the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority’s water supply development definition to include snowpack augmentation and related planning and facility work. Supporters argued cloud seeding and drone-based silver iodide deployment could increase snowpack and water supply at relatively low cost, while opponents raised concerns about weather modification, uncertainty in the science, and possible environmental or health effects. After debate, the committee approved HB 2024 on a 6-4 vote, with some members expressing reservations and requesting more information before floor consideration. The committee next considered House Bill 2053, which would direct the Arizona Department of Water Resources to update stormwater recharge mapping statewide and provide $100,000 for the work. The sponsor and ADWR said the bill would expand on prior state-land mapping and help identify recharge opportunities on private land; ADWR was neutral and said it could do the technical mapping but could not make legal determinations about appropriable surface water rights. Salt River Project opposed the bill’s language on surface-water rights, arguing that determinations about unappropriated water belong to the courts and that site-specific recharge projects could affect downstream rights. The committee adopted the Griffin amendment and then passed HB 2053 as amended on a 6-4 vote. Chelsea McGuire of WIFA then gave a broad presentation on the agency’s revolving funds, conservation grants, and long-term augmentation efforts, describing past investments, current grant awards, and seven potential augmentation projects under development. She said WIFA’s current budget ask was essentially for no additional cuts, while members asked about costs, project qualifications, and public-private structure. The committee then took up House Bill 2097, which would impose a six acre-feet-per-acre groundwater pumping cap in irrigation non-expansion areas, add reporting and well-measurement requirements, and set a $150 penalty for violations. ADWR said the bill could require additional staffing and that the cap and substitution provisions had technical concerns; environmental groups argued the cap was too high and could still encourage overpumping, while supporters said it would finally place a limit on INA pumping. HB 2097 passed 6-4. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2116, which would appropriate $1 million to the Colorado River Litigation Fund; the sponsor described it as a contingency for ongoing Colorado River negotiations, and the committee moved the bill forward after brief discussion.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part II) May 22nd, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • We've had voters report, 'I was supposed to vote in that school board race, and they're not able to do
Bills: HB223
Summary: The Committee on State Affairs heard several House bills, with most measures left pending after testimony and later taken up in a batch of votes. Early in the meeting, HB 5624 on liability protections for motocross/off-road vehicle tracks, HB 223 on requiring competitive procurement for municipal lobbying contracts, HB 3709 on post-election audit procedures, and HB 5081 on protecting personal information of judicial officers and court staff were all discussed and left pending after testimony. Witnesses on HB 223 supported greater transparency in municipal lobbying contracts. HB 3709 drew sharp opposition from an election integrity advocate who argued the bill would reduce precinct-level granularity and make it harder to detect ballot errors, while a Secretary of State resource witness said the bill would simplify and standardize the audit process by location. HB 5081 received strong support from court administration and a district judge who described prior threats and an attack tied to publicly available personal information. The committee also heard HB 3546 on allowing school districts to move elections to November, HB 493 on barring certain felony offenders from serving as poll watchers, HB 5115 on increasing penalties for election fraud and related conduct, HB 4081 on trade secret filing procedures, HB 3909 on limiting restrictions on wireless devices at polling places, HB 2702 on limiting gubernatorial closure authority for certain veterans organizations during pandemics, HB 119 on foreign adversary lobbying, and HB 5138 on the Attorney General’s authority to prosecute election crimes. Several of these bills were explained with committee substitutes and then left pending before final action. Testimony on HB 493 and HB 5115 came from an election integrity advocate who supported both bills, saying the poll watcher restriction was appropriately narrowed and that the election fraud bill would help address invalid votes and refusal to count valid votes. Later, the committee took up pending business and voted out a large number of bills, generally along party lines or with broad support. HB 186 on minors’ social media use, HB 229, HB 2885, HB 3909 as substituted, HB 4285, HB 1661, HB 2820, HB 3181, HB 4157, HB 223, HB 521, HB 640, HB 1234, HB 2253, HB 2294, HB 3053, HB 3697 as substituted, HB 4281, HB 4463, HB 4995, HB 5081 as substituted, HB 5624 as substituted, HB 119 as substituted, HB 3225, HB 5138 as substituted, HB 5115, HB 481 as substituted, HB 3546, HB 493, and HB 4145 were reported favorably to the full Senate, with several also placed on the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also adopted committee substitutes for multiple bills, including HB 3909, HB 5081, HB 5624, HB 119, HB 5138, and HB 481. At the end, the chair noted another committee meeting would likely be needed before deadlines, possibly on a weekend, and recessed the committee subject to the call of the chair.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 17th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Joseph Love is a board-certified surgeon specializing in acute care surgery and surgical critical care
  • But I think it starts just at the local level with parents engaging their school board.
  • Because when I was on the school board, what frustrated me is we felt like we were handcuffed.
  • They have a relationship with their school board member.
  • To the State Board of Education, and there will be no process for appeal if the State Board denies any
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Thu Apr 9, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:42:31.160> of officer for the Hawaii Board of officer for the Hawaii Board of Chiropractic
  • The board um stands on the Chiropractic.
  • Hello, board.
  • I'll have to go back to the board. I'll have to go back to the board.
  • These results annually to the Board of Psychology.
Summary: The committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce met on April 9, 2026, and heard testimony on several measures. SB 3302 SD1 HD1, dealing with homemade food products, would require the Department of Health to adopt rules for farm kitchens producing homemade food products that are no more stringent than rules for home kitchens. The Department of Health said it supported the bill with technical amendments, and the Hawaii Food Industry Association and Grassroot Institute of Hawaii also supported it. No opposition was heard. A lengthy discussion focused on SB 2061 SD2 HD1, which concerns a 99-year leasehold residential condominium project and HCDA’s rules for sales, income restrictions, and buyback pricing. HCDA supported the bill and said the House draft clarified unclear provisions and would help move the project to pre-sales. Testimony and committee questions centered on whether the project should remain owner-occupied in perpetuity or allow investor purchases after an initial sales period. HCDA explained that the bill was revised to make the project feasible in the market, that 60% of units would be income-restricted for buyers at or below 140% of area median income, and that the remaining units could be sold without owner-occupancy restrictions. Some members and testifiers expressed concern that the bill had shifted away from the original owner-occupancy vision and could become an investment property model, while others argued the changes were necessary for the project to pencil out and compete with fee-simple developments. No vote was taken during the discussion shown. The committee also heard SB 2050 SD1 HD1, which would allow chiropractic students in accredited programs to engage in clinical practice beginning July 1, 2028. The Hawaii Board of Chiropractic and the Hawaii State Chiropractic Association supported the measure, and one testifier described personal experience with student chiropractic care in California. Members questioned why the board requested delaying implementation until 2030, and the board said it needed more time to develop rules because it meets only a few times a year and rulemaking is lengthy. Finally, SB 2102 SD2 HD1, on industrial hemp in commercial feed, was introduced; the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity offered comments, the Department of Health raised concerns about regulating pet food and possible jurisdictional conflict, and a farmer testifying in support suggested narrowing the bill to federally approved livestock feed rather than pet food.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • However, it is also true that all of our legislative priorities come from our faculty board, a board
  • It's worth noting that when our board introduced this topic, they were unaware that the IFO had brought
  • As our board discussed all the various scenarios a topic like this invites, it became clear that some
  • <00:38:05.200> needs<00:38:05.520> and match their workforce needs and match their
  • workforce needs and employees<00:38:06.240> can<00:38:06.400> advance<00:38:06.800>
Bills: HF4362, HF4252, HF4440
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development May 14th, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Workforce and Economic Development Committee will now come to order. Clerk will call the roll.
  • Also, I serve as a board member. for the Texas Aquaculture Association and a member of Catfish Farmers
  • Senate Bill 1228 from the subcommittee on workforce.
  • Current federal law restricts federally funded social services with workforce. development program.
  • The committee on trade, workforce, and... Economic development is now adjourned.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 30th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • For the next three and a half years, the board obviously is going to be in good shape.
  • Proximity to the border also affects our peace officer workforce because the same pool of people who
  • So your workforce pool is bigger, right? And so there's that difference.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 30th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • They can make it work, and TECO is on board with this, obviously, so.
  • They are therefore considered employees under the Texas DPS rules, Texas Workforce Commission rules,
  • Therefore, in the eyes of the Workforce Commission, they are an employee.
  • Yes, I've had a lot of personal experience with this, from local LMHA board and statewide issues that
  • ...on those boards? Who took that bill to her? You did, Representative.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Hied Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Star Promise to jobs that are in the actual workforce. needs.
  • our state but also ties them to residency and workforce in our state.
  • Minnesota's workforce shortages are real. We all know that.
  • Just as we're talking about workforce, there is a huge workforce need for cybersecurity.
  • Minnesota, as we all know, has a workforce shortage.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • targeted approach approach to workforce targeted approach approach to workforce development<00:03
  • Minnesota's workforce invested in.
  • <00:15:30.320> In address its workforce shortages. In address its workforce shortages.
  • <00:51:39.760> The for cyber security workforce. The for cyber security workforce.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

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

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Great day to be here in Minnesota at the House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and
  • And since that time, I've served in so many committees and board, foundation board, etc.
  • <00:29:27.919> attraction, attraction, and workforce attraction, attraction, and workforce
  • of the time on uh business and workforce of the time on uh business and workforce attraction<00:
  • Uh, Director, thank you for coming on board today. Representative Johnson, final comments.