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FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

February 12, 2026 - 12:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • They also look at the number of special testing districts within that jurisdiction.
  • All of this to say. the number of special testing districts within that jurisdiction.
Summary: The State Administration Budget Subcommittee met with a quorum and considered three bills. HB 1221, the Department of Financial Services agency package, was presented as a streamlining and modernization bill covering the My Safe Florida Home Program, unclaimed property, and the state’s new PALM accounting system. Two amendments were adopted: one restoring the current $15 million cap DFS may retain in the unclaimed property trust fund and another making conforming changes to replace references to FLAIR with PALM. The bill was supported by public witnesses and was reported favorably after a unanimous roll call vote. The committee then heard HB 1291, dealing with the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (NICA). The sponsor explained that the bill was intended to address concerns that NICA could fall below actuarially sound funding in the 2027-2028 fiscal year and that current law lacks clear triggers for funding remedies. An amendment was adopted that removed the bill’s fiscal impact and preserved a $20 million reserve. NICA representatives spoke in support, and the amended bill was reported favorably by unanimous vote. Finally, the committee took up CSHB 1329, which would modernize local government budget transparency by requiring budgets to be posted 14 days before hearings, retained online for five years, and made searchable and accessible, while also requiring a 10% budget-cutting exercise before adoption. Local government groups and the CFO’s office discussed costs and suggested that the EDR portal may be a better centralized way to present the data, especially for smaller jurisdictions. Members generally supported the transparency goal but raised concerns about implementation costs; the sponsor said the bill was still being refined. The bill was reported favorably on a mostly party-line vote, with one member voting no for now. The meeting then adjourned after the chair noted submission of the FY 2026-27 budget recommendation.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • We are going to replace that with an owner-provided geotechnical testing firm was contracted to verify
  • The contractor failed to coordinate testing per specifications.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence May 14th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • A test like a lawyer.
  • Review and to take the, the test and, uh, and I think it would be a wise thing for them to be a little
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Apr 30th, 2025

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • All right, testing. There we go. Sorry if I can blow you guys out this early in the morning.
  • This bill was tested in Florida, right? In 2022. That's correct. Yes, sir. It went to the courts.
Bills: HB332, HB166, SB336, HB447, HB244
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-04 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It also establishes a biosolid testing requirement for our wastewaters.
  • And it establishes this biosolid testing requirement.
  • We now have to do a breathalyzer test.
  • So they either have to give a breathalyzer test or a urine test, or it becomes a second-class misdemeanor
  • But when my DNA is tested, it tells a much deeper story of my ancestry.
Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, introductions, and a moment of silence honoring service members killed in the conflict in Iran, including Florida native Captain Cody Cork. The chamber then moved through a special order calendar, taking up several bills on education, public safety, insurance, health, and local government policy. Many measures were accompanied by sponsor explanations and supportive remarks from members, often emphasizing constituent impacts, public safety, and administrative efficiency. The first major bill, SB 1062 on speech and debate education, was expanded through a delete-all amendment and passed 37-0 after extensive floor debate praising debate programs as a civic and educational tool. SB 1072 created an anti-Semitism task force in the Attorney General’s Office; an amendment clarified that criticism of Israel is not prohibited, and the bill passed 37-0. SB 1230/HB 1019 addressed PFAS “forever chemicals,” especially in firefighting foam, with phase-outs, testing, enforcement, and exceptions for certain federal, military, and emergency uses; it also passed 37-0 and was dedicated in memory of former firefighter Joe Casello. SB 1706 expanded the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program with tighter eligibility rules, and SB 186 required broader seizure-response training and seizure action plans in schools; both passed unanimously. The Senate also approved SB 598 updating funeral and cemetery regulation, SB 990 authorizing protected cell captive insurance companies, SB 554 modernizing nonprofit corporation law, SB 560 streamlining foster care medication and oversight procedures, SB 684 easing electronic signature requirements for total-loss vehicle and vessel titles, and SB 778 revising forensic client services for certain defendants with intellectual disabilities or autism. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including SB 432, SB 928, and SB 620. Most of these measures passed by votes of 36-0 or 37-0 after brief debate or no debate. The most contentious item was SB 1134 on official actions of local governments related to DEI. The sponsor argued the bill would stop taxpayer funding and promotion of discriminatory or indoctrinating DEI practices, citing examples from several counties and cities. Multiple amendments sought to narrow penalties, protect good-faith officials, and preserve local proclamations and observances, including LGBTQ Pride Month and other cultural events, but those amendments were rejected. Debate centered on vagueness, local discretion, and whether the bill would chill legitimate government activity. The transcript cuts off during questioning on the underlying bill, before final disposition is shown.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

HHS-CPN Informational Briefing 12-19-2025

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • CMS themselves have had a product, and they have it tested in a couple states right now, um, which is
  • CMS themselves have had a product, and they have it tested in a couple states right now, um, which is
  • So, as they're developing that, we're happy to test like whatever files they're called enrollment files
  • developing that, we're happy to test developing that, we're happy to test like<01:18:26.480>
  • the opportunity to test or to present<01:32:48.560> um<01:32:48.719> some<01:32:49.040
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The joint informational briefing by the Health and Human Services and Commerce and Consumer Protection committees focused on projected impacts to Hawaii consumers from federal changes affecting Med-QUEST and the ACA marketplace, including the loss of ACA premium tax credits, OBVA/HR1-related Medicaid changes, immigrant eligibility restrictions, and new Medicaid work/community engagement requirements. Committee members noted the meeting was being streamed live and emphasized the need to explain potential coverage losses affecting a significant share of the state population. Med-QUEST administrators reported current enrollment at 390,766, about 27% of Hawaii’s population, and broke that down into major groups including roughly 128,000 ACA expansion adults and about 52,000 parent/caretaker relatives. They said the expansion adult population would be most affected by the new federal requirements, which will shorten renewal periods from 12 months to 6 months and impose community engagement rules beginning in late 2026 and 2027. They described the work requirement as 80 hours per month of work, community service, work program participation, or half-time education, with an income-based pathway tied to $580 per month at the federal minimum wage; they also noted a long list of exemptions, but said many details are still awaiting federal guidance and rulemaking. The administrators said federal changes to immigrant eligibility would eliminate Medicaid coverage for certain noncitizen categories, with an estimated 1,200 to 2,400 people affected, though about 200 may remain covered through a state-funded program for otherwise eligible individuals. They also said marketplace subsidies would no longer be available for some immigrants under 100% of the federal poverty level starting January 1, 2026, with further restrictions expected in 2027. For Hawaii overall, they estimated the new Medicaid work and renewal rules could push an additional 19,000 to 38,000 people into uninsured status, with another estimated 6,000 at risk from the six-month renewal process alone. Members asked about how exemptions would be determined, especially for medically frail and seriously mentally ill individuals, and administrators said they were still awaiting detailed federal rules and were working on data-matching and verification processes to reduce coverage losses.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Election Law (01/21/2025)

Election Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • testimony but NH nhma reiterate the test testimony but NH nhma Echoes<01:01:28.799> the<01:01
  • the clerk and the moderator to certify that they have looked for evidence that the device has been tested
  • the clerk and the moderator to certify that they have looked for evidence that the device has been tested
  • the clerk and the moderator to certify that they have looked for evidence that the device has been tested
  • does two things: it certifies that the electronic ballot-counting devices and memory devices were tested
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (01/16/2025)

Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Among them are water well testing, which allows homeowners to test their well water and confirm their
  • <00:29:26.360> uh<00:29:26.480> the<00:29:26.559> public environmental testing
  • uh the public environmental testing uh the public health<00:29:27.240> has<00:29:27.320> a
  • :29:31.159> allows<00:29:31.440> homeowners<00:29:31.919> to<00:29:32.080> test
  • testing which allows homeowners to test testing which allows homeowners to test their<00:29:32.440
Keywords: 1189, house, all
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions, May 22, 2026 - AM

Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Transcript Highlights:
  • did create a handc count comparison test did create a handc count comparison test that<01:25:42.000
  • But first, let's go ahead and wait for that test for reliability for hand counts.
  • But first, let's go ahead and wait for that test for reliability for hand counts.
  • ,<03:43:43.520> strict court's most demanding test, strict court's most demanding test, strict
  • remediation<03:43:50.000> a the test required remediation a the test required remediation
Keywords: 916, all
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • We do not means-test public education in New Hampshire, right?
  • We do not means-test public education.
  • public education in New not means test public education in New Hampshire<00:31:41.080> in<00:
  • It's absolutely tragic, and it's not about teaching to the test, right?
  • It's absolutely tragic, and it's not about teaching to the test, right?
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The Education Policy Committee opened a hearing on HB 748, which would establish a local education freedom account (EFA) program. The prime sponsor, Rep. Kevin Verville, described the bill as enabling legislation that would let local voters decide whether to create a local EFA program by petition and ballot vote, with a 60% threshold to approve or repeal it. He argued that public education is about funding rather than a specific school building, said the proposal would expand parental choice, and cited Deerfield’s move from a single high school option to multiple tuitioned options as an example of local flexibility. Verville said the local EFA would be funded at twice the state adequacy amount, with the district matching the state portion, while other aid categories such as free and reduced meals, English language learner, and special education aid would not be doubled. He said students using a local EFA would still count in average daily membership, that unspent EFA funds would revert to the district, and that the bill would prohibit double-dipping with other scholarship or EFA programs. He also said special education services would remain under district discretion and that local EFA participants would still take statewide assessments for accountability. Committee members pressed him on several issues, especially special education, transportation, and fairness. Rep. Woodcock and Rep. Murray asked whether districts would still have to provide special education and transportation services if a student used a local EFA; Verville responded that special education would remain in the local district at district discretion, while transportation would generally become the family’s responsibility unless already required in an IEP. Rep. Cornell raised an equity concern about no income eligibility cap, asking whether higher-income families should receive the same public support; Verville replied that New Hampshire does not means-test public education and that the local EFA is a public funding mechanism, not a tuition subsidy that would cover full private-school costs. No vote or committee action was taken in the portion provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 3/5/26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • say they are, um, you can stress test say they are, um, you can stress test them<00:36:25.280>
  • We comply with required state testing.
  • We comply with<01:16:01.040> required<01:16:01.600> state<01:16:01.840> testing.
  • <01:16:02.640> We<01:16:02.800> follow with required state testing.
  • We follow with required state testing.
Summary: The committee first adopted the March 3rd minutes by voice vote after Representative Lee moved them and there was no discussion. Members then reviewed hearing rules on decorum, safety, and participation before taking testimony from Dr. James Densley and Dr. Jillian Peterson of the Violence Prevention Project Research Center at Hamline University. The presenters summarized research on mass shootings and K-12 school shootings, drawing on a database of homicides in school settings from 2000 to 2025 and a smaller set of 15 K-12 mass shooting cases. They said school shooters are usually insiders, most often current or former students, and typically young males. They described common patterns including a noticeable crisis before attacks, perpetrators viewing the shooting as a final act, studying prior shooters online, and “leakage” in which most tell someone in advance. They also emphasized that many perpetrators use unsecured firearms from family members and argued that prevention should combine reporting systems, behavioral threat assessment, counseling, mentoring, secure storage, and other layered interventions rather than rely on a single solution. The presenters also discussed broader violence trends in the Twin Cities, saying much school violence is spillover from community violence and that pandemic-era disruptions and weakened trust in institutions contributed to serious violence. They cited a national survey finding that exposure to gun violence is associated with PTSD, anxiety, depression, and fear of public spaces, especially among young people. During member questions, Representative Wam asked for clarification on the data set and the rural/small-town share of the survey sample.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • But there are a lot of groups spending a lot of real money and testing real use cases.
  • Uh, we'll give them a state dollar and maybe we'll test a transaction and send a stablecoin, you know
  • <00:47:28.400> a dollar and maybe we'll test a dollar and maybe we'll test a transaction<00
  • You talked about North Carolina sending a test transaction to where?
  • Are you flexible in the for testing and gas prices?
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The commission met with a quorum, approved the agenda, and approved the November 12 minutes after a motion, second, and unanimous voice/online consent. The chair said the meeting would include two presentations—one from Noah Herman of Fortress Global and one from John Kicko and team from Hedera—followed by discussion of the commission’s next steps and public comment. The chair also noted he was still seeking a clerk for note-taking. Herman’s presentation focused on stablecoins, blockchain use cases, and operational considerations for states and other institutions. He described Fortress as an enterprise crypto-wallet and treasury platform serving corporates, governments, and nonprofits, and used examples such as Save the Children and a large global commodities firm to illustrate custody and treasury management on blockchain rails. He said stablecoins are designed to maintain a U.S. dollar peg, are increasingly backed by treasuries and subject to greater transparency, and are being adopted by major firms and payment companies because they can improve speed, reduce cost, and simplify payments. He also highlighted market growth, including claims that stablecoins now represent a significant share of on-chain activity and are a major holder of U.S. Treasuries. He identified custody as a key issue for state and institutional use, outlining qualified custody, managed custody, and self-custody models. He said the main practical challenge for the commodities client was moving funds safely and quickly across global time zones and that blockchain rails could solve problems that traditional banking rails could not. He framed the broader trend as one of accelerating institutional adoption, citing recent acquisitions and product launches by Visa, Stripe, Citi, and PayPal as evidence that stablecoin infrastructure is becoming mainstream.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • National standards for electric vehicle station testing.
  • It's to actually test the fueling stations, if you will, as they are coming into place.
  • He has been part of the national conversation on electric vehicle charging station testing.
  • He has been part of the national conversation on electric vehicle charging station testing.
  • The testing equipment, as you can imagine, is not inexpensive, so that is part of the budget request.
Summary: The committee heard first from Kentucky Farm Bureau leaders, who outlined the organization’s current priorities and recent work on farmland transition. Eddie Melton said Farm Bureau is working through 983 county and advisory committee resolutions and highlighted support for the updated selling farmer tax credit, now law through House Bill 775, as well as Senate Bill 28’s agriculture economic development provisions. He said Farm Bureau’s likely priorities include maintaining the 50% share of the tobacco settlement fund for agriculture, protecting funding for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, preserving sales tax exemptions on farm inputs, keeping property taxes controlled, and exploring additional tools to keep farmland in active farmers’ hands, including possible loan or inheritance-tax changes. He also raised concerns about eminent domain transparency, nuisance deer permits, and access to agricultural inputs and crop protection products. Alita Bots described the farmland transition initiative in more detail, saying the revised state tax credit is generating strong interest and that a new federal tax provision now allows eligible land sales to actively engaged farmers to spread capital gains taxes over time. She said the initiative has reached 22 counties and more than 1,300 people this year through outreach and meetings, and that Farm Bureau is pairing policy work with resources to help farm families plan transitions and prepare wills and other estate documents. Drew Graham added that the effort is also meant to bridge the rural-urban divide and support rural communities, and Farm Bureau invited members to its annual meeting in early December. Members asked about rising insurance costs and deer damage. Farm Bureau representatives said severe convective storms, inflation, and higher repair and material costs have driven insurance rate increases, citing five major storm events since 2021 and a recent Owensboro hailstorm that caused about $350 million in losses; they said the company is moving toward percentage deductibles to help moderate increases. On deer, they said crop-loss totals are hard to quantify but acknowledged the problem and discussed possible coordination with the Department of Fish and Wildlife and Hunters for the Hungry. Commissioner Jonathan Shell then began the Department of Agriculture presentation, reporting gains from the department’s school agriculture outreach program, including a 23% increase in county participation between March and September and improved teacher-reported student learning, before continuing into the department’s legislative priorities.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Human Services - 01/22/25

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • service providers either did we tested service providers either did not<00:19:03.640> perform
  • So during our testing, we were not able to confirm balances for 20 of 59 providers that we tested.
  • We saw variances that ranged from $43 to $152,000, and 65% of the samples that we tested had inaccurate
  • they came from that we used for testing they came from that pre-program<00:35:41.119> report<
  • Commissioner, Senator, you do have one quick question before we move on to the next test fires.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
Summary: The Human Services Committee met on January 22, 2025, to focus early in session on waste, fraud, abuse, and program integrity in Minnesota human services programs. The chair said taxpayers expect funds to reach people in need and asked the Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) to present on resources, progress, and possible solutions. Members also asked the auditors to note where the legislature or agencies had already taken action to address prior findings. OLA staff summarized recent reports on grants management and oversight. They said noncompliance with grants policies has been pervasive across agencies, including problems at DHS in conflict-of-interest documentation and pre-award financial reviews. In one DHS review, 30 of 41 grant reviewers had missing or incomplete conflict forms, and 20 of 57 grants lacked required financial review documents; the issues affected about $11.5 million in grant funding. OLA said DHS spent more than $400 million in grants to nonprofit organizations from 2018 to 2022, and they identified broader factors affecting compliance such as inconsistent funding for grants administration, ad hoc training, inconsistent data systems, and limited enforcement authority. They noted 2023 legislative changes that allowed agencies to retain some grant funding for administration and directed an assessment of a statewide grants management system, and they said OGM training and staffing have increased, though training is still not required for all staff. The Financial Audit Division then discussed the senior nutrition program at DHS, which delivered about 3.1 million meals to more than 40,000 participants in 2022 through the Minnesota Board on Aging, area agencies, service providers, and subcontractors. The audit found nine findings across documentation, monitoring, contract oversight, participant recertification, and data quality. Examples included service providers failing to recertify participants or recording inaccurate data, the Board on Aging not performing monitoring visits since 2017 or financial reconciliations in 2022, and area agencies failing to complete required site visits. Survey results also suggested participant database inaccuracies. OLA recommended stronger monitoring, clearer procedures, and more reliable data to ensure services reach intended recipients. No formal votes or committee actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
DE
Transcript Highlights:
  • The SAT is an aptitude test to put states versus other states in regard to college applications.
  • They look at standardized test scores, and we're near the bottom.
  • So hopefully, it's a step to eliminate the SAT in regard to our aptitude testing. So good job.
  • This bill requires health insurance plans to cover biomarker testing.
  • The test is supported by medical and scientific evidence.
Keywords: 1064, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Judiciary Committee Jun 30th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • In fact, our Joint Powers Authority, CalMesa, has been doing a standardized test or a training for 5150
  • When adoptees are forced to turn to DNA testing due to lack of access, the adoption is exposed to an
  • And then, secondarily, to ask the DMV softly to consider in the future, as they look at driving tests
  • A bill like this will definitely be tested.
  • So, of course, it's incumbent upon us to try our best to... ...be tested.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills, beginning with SB 16, which would require county behavioral health directors to create clear pathways for clinicians to be authorized to initiate 5150 involuntary holds. The author and supporters argued the bill would reduce reliance on law enforcement and create more consistent crisis response standards statewide, while county behavioral health directors opposed it as an unfunded mandate that could increase law enforcement involvement and create implementation burdens. Members raised questions about county costs and funding, but the author emphasized the bill’s role in building a more clinical response system. SB 561 would require public guardians to acknowledge conservatorship referrals, make determinations within a reasonable time, and provide status updates on request. Supporters said the bill would reduce delays that leave vulnerable adults in limbo, while the opposition from public guardian representatives was removed after amendments. SB 381 drew extensive public testimony in support; it would allow California-born adoptees, and descendants of deceased adoptees, access to original birth certificates, with a nonbinding contact preference form for birth parents. Supporters framed the bill as a matter of dignity, identity, and health, and there was no formal opposition on the record. The committee also discussed SB 880, which would give tenants and prospective owner-occupants notice and a first opportunity to make an offer when institutional investors sell certain homes. Supporters said it would expand homeownership opportunities and preserve neighborhood stability, while opponents warned about conflicts with federal law, bundled-sale restrictions, and impacts on build-to-rent and affordable housing projects. Members and the author discussed possible amendments to address those concerns. SB 1238 would impose a duty of care and additional transparency requirements on HOA managers and boards; supporters said it would protect homeowners from mismanagement, while the main opposition argued the duty should remain contractual and could increase litigation. Finally, SB 423 would require disclosure of emergency-service records related to private detention facilities, and SB 28 would make changes to the CARE Court process, including a statewide ombudsperson and expanded oversight; both drew support and opposition, with concerns focused on transparency, privacy, implementation, and the balance between treatment and coercion. SB 574, discussed at the end, would require disclosure and human oversight for AI use in courts and legal practice and create a complaint process for ADR providers, with the State Bar noting requested amendments related to complaint handling and confidentiality.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The compliance is a two-part test. So our investigation focuses on two questions.
  • The compliance is a two-part test. So our investigation focuses on two questions.
  • Who's out there that is actually failing this test?
  • Built and tested more than 50 nuclear reactors at our site in the high desert west of Idaho Falls.
  • We use a hypothesis-testing framework for our analysis.
Keywords: 1185, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/23/26

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • You can have religious tests for government. So, for example, I'm Jewish.
  • You can have religious tests for government. So, for example, I'm Jewish.
  • You can have religious tests for government. So, for example, I'm Jewish.
  • You can have religious tests for government. So, for example, I'm Jewish.
  • You can have religious tests for government. So, for example, I'm Jewish.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Committee, February 17, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • solar systems to comply with the National Electric Code and be certified by nationally recognized testing
  • They create public trust by developing standards, conducting research, testing products, and performing
  • <00:53:55.400> products, conducting research, testing products, conducting research, testing
  • UL Solutions recently announced has launched a dedicated testing and certification program for plug-in
  • These products must be tested by a nationally recognized testing laboratory and meet rigorous requirements
Bills: SF0095, SF0107, SF0112