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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact Jul 11th, 2025
Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact
Transcript Highlights:
- But what's even more important about this wellness degree is it's in the mental health field. that the
- We just don't have enough mental health care workers, and we've got to be innovative.
- One of their biggest operations is here in San Diego County.
- Investing in fusion technology here in San Diego with the D3D reactor at the General Atomics operates
- Grid resiliency permitting delays also impact the speed to operation, the time to delivery.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans Jan 21st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- These systems help reduce operational costs and prevent employees from being overburdened.
- Our stores have invested hundreds of... ...reduce operational costs and prevent employees from being
- Their brains, and then from ages seven or eight till early adulthood, their brain system is a secondary
- Their brain doesn't know what to do because it has not developed in ways to be able to understand what
- Their brain doesn't know what to do because it has not developed in ways to be able to understand what
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 2325, which would create a tourism self-supported assessment program to fund statewide tourism promotion. Staff explained that the bill would let the Washington Tourism Marketing Authority develop and administer an assessment program overseen by a 10-member ratepayer board, subject to a referendum of affected businesses, and would add a public records exemption for business financial and commercial information. The prime sponsor and supporters from State of Washington Tourism, the hospitality industry, the Port of Seattle, breweries, and wine interests argued that Washington is underinvesting in tourism compared with other states and that an industry-led assessment would provide sustainable, competitive funding. Opposition testimony from a taxpayer group objected to new assessments and unelected authority over tax-like charges. No vote was taken on the bill in the hearing.
The committee then heard House Bill 2481, which would prohibit surveillance-based price discrimination and surge pricing for certain retail goods, require clear price posting, and temporarily bar electronic shelf labels in larger grocery stores while Commerce studies their effects. The sponsor said the bill is intended to ensure that customers in the same store pay the same price and to prevent AI-driven pricing based on personal data. Labor, privacy, and consumer advocates supported the bill, citing concerns about hidden price discrimination, worker stress, and consumer harm. Grocery and retail groups, along with an ESL manufacturer and a tech association, opposed the bill as written, warning that the definitions were too broad and could interfere with loyalty programs, discounts, inventory management, and electronic shelf label systems; several said they were working with the sponsor on amendments. The chair indicated amendments were expected and asked stakeholders to submit language soon, but no vote occurred.
Finally, the committee opened House Bill 2503, which would require developers of generative AI systems to post high-level documentation about training data before public release and make violations a Consumer Protection Act issue. The sponsor described the bill as a transparency measure meant to function like an ingredients label for AI, helping consumers, researchers, and creators understand what goes into a model. Supporters from TechNet and Chamber of Progress said they generally backed the concept but wanted the bill aligned more closely with California’s recent law, especially on enforcement and the private right of action. Members raised questions about trade secrets, applicability to large versus small developers, and whether the bill could affect medical or other specialized AI uses; the sponsor said amendments were anticipated and that the bill was still early in the process. The hearing on HB 2503 then moved to public testimony.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Health and Human Services placed under second reading of bills.
- President, your Committee on Health and Human Services, having had under...
- Individuals have to navigate layoffs, child care disruptions, family health issues, and temporary health
- of Arizona. ...more worried about the health of the citizens of Arizona.
- It will result in people being kicked off of their health insurance.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Friday, February 21, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Your faithfulness will endure forever and through all hardship.
- May all who have endured these years of violence and deprivation soon receive Your peace and provision
- YOUR FAITHFULNESS WILL ENDURE FOREVER AND THROUGH ALL HAR HARDSHIP.
- MAY ALL WHO HAVE ENDURED THESE YEARS OF VIOLENCE AND DEPRIVATION SOON RECEIVE YOUR PEACE AND PROVISION
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Mar 3rd, 2025
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Currently, on Operation Lone Star, we make sure we have chaplain providing support.
- Obviously we're doing Operation Lone Star. We do storm response.
- And that is why our health care advocates are in 24 locations across.
- mental health services to veterans across the state.
- We get reimbursed by the VA for veteran health care.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- continue enforcing deed restrictions related to synthetic turf, consistent with how planned communities operate
- So we've actually endured programs that now other children's services across the state of Florida are
- The history reflects Pinellas County's early and enduring commitment to investing in the well-being of
- resources are used responsibly, decisions are made in the best interest of the public, and the board operates
- So I've worked with many of you when I was the chief lobbyist for Florida Health Care Association under
Keywords:
special elections, vacancy, Governor authority, election timeframe, judicial determination, voting rights, felony, sentencing, civil rights, criminal justice, rehabilitation, elections, voter registration, citizenship, provisional ballots, election fraud
Summary:
The Committee on Ethics and Elections met with a quorum and took up several election-related bills. CS/SB 1180 by Senator Arrington, which creates a recall framework for elected community development district board members and also addresses synthetic turf regulation and CDD eligibility, was presented briefly and then approved unanimously. SB 460 by Senator Polsky, requiring the governor to call special elections within set deadlines after vacancies and allowing judicial relief if deadlines are not met, also passed unanimously after members discussed flexibility for emergencies and the cost of delayed elections.
The committee then heard SB 748 by Senator Bracy Davis, which would add constitutional voting-rights restoration language to the sentencing score sheet given to felony defendants. Supporters said it would improve clarity and notice without changing eligibility, and the bill was favorably reported unanimously. The committee also confirmed several appointees, including Jim Milliken and Alicia McShea to the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County, Robert P. Estalas as Director of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, and additional gubernatorial appointees listed on the agenda, all by favorable votes.
The longest discussion centered on Senator Grall’s strike-all amendment for SB 1334, an elections bill dealing with citizenship verification, Real ID and SAVE database use, paper-ballot voting, candidate qualification rules, and related election administration changes. Supporters argued it would streamline verification and ensure only citizens vote, while opponents warned it would create burdens, disenfranchise eligible voters, and impose costs and administrative confusion. After extensive public testimony both for and against, the committee adopted an amendment to allow supervisors of elections to observe holidays when not otherwise required to be open, then approved the strike-all as amended by a 6-2 vote, with Senators Polsky and Bernard voting no. The meeting then adjourned after members recorded their votes on earlier items.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- continue enforcing deed restrictions related to synthetic turf, consistent with how planned communities operate
- So we've actually endured programs that now other children's services across the state of Florida are
- The history reflects Pinellas County's early and enduring commitment to investing in the well-being of
- resources are used responsibly, decisions are made in the best interest of the public, and the board operates
- So I've worked with many of you when I was the chief lobbyist for Florida Health Care Association under
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (04/23/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- I am also someone who studied public health and pretty good at reading different things.
- The intersex may only be at the level of the brain and the spirit, but that's real.
- And I feel as boards operate that way.
- My daughter has endured inconsequential.
- </c> treated as if they have a mental health treated as if they have a mental health condition.<04:28
Summary:
The committee first heard Senate Bill 102, which would make informational materials about type 1 diabetes available on the Department of Education website. Senator Ward said the bill is intended to help parents, teachers, and school staff recognize early symptoms such as thirst, frequent urination, fatigue, and weight loss so children can be referred for care before they develop diabetic ketoacidosis. He noted that a newer blood test can identify some children at risk earlier than in the past. Members asked how people would be directed to the website, and Ward said the information would be posted online and also distributed in handouts, with school personnel helping spread awareness. He emphasized the bill is informational only and not a diagnostic or treatment tool.
Several supporters testified in favor, including representatives from the Dartmouth Diabetes Link and students with type 1 diabetes who described delayed diagnoses, emergency hospitalizations, and the difficulty of having symptoms misunderstood as stress, athletics, or normal teenage changes. They said the bill could help parents, teachers, and peers recognize warning signs earlier and reduce the risk of life-threatening ketoacidosis. One witness noted that New Hampshire ranks high in childhood type 1 diabetes, and another said even a single person seeing the information could make a difference. A retired diabetes educator and state representative also testified in support. The hearing on SB 102 was then closed.
The committee then opened the hearing on Senate Bill 211, which would require school sports teams to be designated as male, female, or co-ed, bar biological males from female-designated teams and locker rooms, and create a cause of action for violations. Senator Avard said the bill responds to constituent concerns and is meant to protect fairness, safety, and privacy for biological females. In questioning, he said girls could still play on boys’ teams, but boys could not play on girls’ teams, and he said he would be open to changes. Opponents, including an attorney from LGBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, argued the bill is substantially the same as a law passed the previous year that was already challenged in federal court and found likely unconstitutional under equal protection and Title IX; they urged the committee to mark it inexpedient to legislate. The transcript cuts off before any committee vote or further action on SB 211.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- . health. health.
- practices, self-funded employer health plans. operate without any insurance-style operate without any
- Madam Speaker, we're operating in the wild west when it comes to health care ministries.
- Department of Health. Department of Health.
- </c> Department of Health. Department of Health.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- It helps release time programs operate constitutionally and safely by specifying the requirements a program
- Four in ten high school students have significant mental health challenges.
- So these health issues have been growing, but schools have cut back PE and health education, including
- It's almost an endangered species, and health education is in many cases extinct.
- , literally bigger brains from that activity.
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 2266, which would change school release-time policy for religious instruction from permissive to mandatory for school districts and charter governing bodies. The sponsor and supporters said the bill protects parental choice, religious liberty, and constitutional release-time programs, while opponents argued it would reduce local control, pull students from instructional time, and expose schools to constitutional and social harms. After public testimony and debate over liability, indoctrination, and academic impact, the committee voted 7-5 to give HB 2266 a due pass recommendation.
The committee then took up House Bill 2193, a cleanup measure related to student directory information and parent organizations. The bill would allow parents of enrolled students or representatives of nonprofit organizations supporting a school to receive directory information unless a parent or eligible student opts out. Supporters from PTO/PTA groups said the change is needed so parent organizations can continue communicating with families and building school community, while members raised concerns about whether the language should be narrowed to avoid political or other misuse of student data. The sponsor said he was open to an amendment, and the committee approved HB 2193 on a 10-1 vote, with one member present.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2075, which would require public school districts to submit superintendent and other top administrator contracts or attestations to ADE and create a searchable online database of compensation details, including salary, benefits, and car allowances. The sponsor described it as a transparency measure, and the committee discussed an amendment to add more specific filing deadlines and the online database requirement. Opponents from school administrators and rural districts argued that superintendent salaries are already public, that the bill should also apply to charter and private schools receiving public funds, and that it could add burdens or distort comparisons across different public-sector labor markets. Supporters said the bill would make total compensation easier to access and reduce public records requests. The sponsor closed by saying the bill would centralize compensation information and simplify disclosure for districts.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Governmental Organization Committee Apr 8th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- have a local ordinance that really establishes a strong safety net and prioritizes responsible operations
- Holly Nicol, a program officer leading the Capital Collaborative on Race and Equity at the Public Health
- On behalf of NextGen California and public health advocates, we're in support. Thank you.
- effort in the past to provide direction to ensure that the state understands what it actually means to operate
- You know, equity has actually been an enduring principle of civilizations for thousands of years.
Summary:
The committee heard several bills, with testimony largely focused on alcohol licensing, billboard maintenance, equity planning, and recognition of Eid as a state holiday. AB 2663 by Assembly Member Rogers would extend the sunset on the “Cocktails to Go” program for restaurants; supporters from the California Restaurant Association and the Distilled Spirits Council said it has been successful and should continue, while one member raised concerns about beach communities and open-container enforcement. The bill was amended to add an urgency clause so the sunset would not lapse on New Year’s Eve, and it passed the committee.
AB 2099 by Assembly Member Mark Gonzalez would define “customary maintenance” for outdoor advertising displays, including replacement or reinforcement of structural components. Supporters said the bill would provide clarity and consistency for the industry and state agencies, while opponents from Humboldt County and environmental groups argued it could weaken local enforcement, make nonconforming billboards effectively permanent, and increase public-safety and environmental concerns. The measure passed to Appropriations. AB 2731 by Assembly Member Addis would authorize 12 additional alcohol licenses in Santa Cruz County, split between Watsonville and southern county communities; local officials said the current cap is inequitable and forces businesses onto an expensive secondary market. The bill was amended to limit issuance to no more than five licenses per year and passed to Appropriations.
AB 2017 by Assembly Member Haney would recognize Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as state holidays and provide excused absences for students observing them. Support came from Muslim community organizations, public employees, and advocates who said the bill would improve inclusion and help students and workers observe their faith without penalty. Several committee members spoke in favor and asked to be added as coauthors, and the bill passed to the Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. AB 1823 by Assembly Member Jackson would require state agencies to incorporate racial equity into strategic plans and conduct racial equity analyses before budgets or regulations are implemented. Supporters said it would make equity efforts more durable and accountable, while some members opposed it; the bill passed to Appropriations. The committee also approved a consent calendar of multiple bills, and the meeting adjourned at 3:28 p.m.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Higher Education Committee Apr 14th, 2026
Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Students deserve policies that recognize that mental health is health and that their support is their
- The California Health Interview Survey, CHIS, is an annual health survey administered by UCLA Center
- for Health Policy Research.
- and health care needs of Californians.
- and health care needs of Californians.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, this and the other homestead operation bills, it was incredibly interesting.
- So, I hear your homestead operation.
- I believe this is a health and safety issue, particularly for people with allergies.
- I operate in the Portsmouth area.
- </c> immediate life safety to the operation immediate life safety to the operation of<00:58:07.040><c
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/11/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services
Senate Health and Human Services COR
Transcript Highlights:
- health care institutions in Arizona.
- former director of the State Health Department. the Arizona Public Health Association, but I'm also
- This is despite little operational control.
- This is despite little operational control.
- They have traumatic brain injury. They have intellectual deficit. They have traumatic brain injury.
Summary:
The committee approved minutes from February 18, February 19, and March 4, then took up several health-related bills. HB 2050, which updates radiologic technologist and radiologic assistant standards, school accreditation, clinical hours, supervision rules, fees, and telehealth definitions, received support from a radiologic technologist and a nurse practitioner and passed 7-0 with a do-pass recommendation. HB 2082, creating a Childhood Cancer and Rare Childhood Disease Research Commission and expanding the research fund, was amended to require at least $5 million in funding before commission allocations and to shift grant-awarding authority to the DHS director; it passed 7-0 as amended, though members raised concerns about oversight. HB 2176, which changes DHS licensing denial criteria and complaint-investigation procedures for health care institutions, also passed 7-0 after testimony from hospital and public health representatives supporting clearer timelines and transparency, with one member noting concerns about possible subjectivity in ownership-related denials.
HB 2195, addressing DHS oversight of nursing care institutions, including personnel record access, deficiency timelines, and complaint-investigation deadlines, was amended to delay implementation until July 1, 2027 and allow off-site preliminary reviews; it passed 7-0 as amended, though one member said DHS should have been present to answer questions. HB 2202, appropriating $300,000 annually for a dementia care tele-mentoring program, drew support from the Alzheimer’s Association and a patient with younger-onset Alzheimer’s; it passed 6-1, with one no vote arguing medical schools should teach the material instead of the state funding it. HB 2307, an emergency measure to address placement of dangerous, incompetent, non-restorable defendants, was heavily debated and amended to use up to three beds at the Arizona State Hospital forensic campus temporarily, create a study committee, and sunset after five years; counties and DHS disagreed over whether counties should bear any costs, and the bill passed 4-3 as amended.
Finally, HB 2584, which prohibits public funds from being used for genetic sequencing equipment or services tied to foreign adversaries, passed 4-3 after a sponsor and a national security witness argued it would protect genomic data from hostile foreign control. The committee then adjourned.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Feb 5th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill does not impact the state's operating budget or the tobacco settlement fund, either now or
- This also strengthens the regional cancer centers and supports local hospitals and health care workforces
- Senate Bill 190 is a smart, budget-neutral way to invest in critical health care infrastructure.
- It's brain confusion. Senator Worth is excused. Senator Bergmans. Yes. Senator Worth is excused.
- I have a feeling the engineering brain in Senator Thornton is something that is just tickling your brain
Summary:
The Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee heard and voted on several bills, beginning with SB 190, which would authorize revenue bonds for Gila Regional Medical Center to replace an aging linear accelerator for cancer treatment. The sponsor and hospital representatives said the project is critical for rural patients who otherwise travel long distances for radiation therapy. After a brief amendment changing the bond term from 20 to 30 years, the committee advanced the bill 7-0.
The committee then took up SB 152, a broadband affordability and rural telecommunications bill that would keep money in the broadband fund for maintenance, expansion, and a new affordability program after the federal ACP lapsed. The sponsor and broadband stakeholders said the bill is needed to close the digital divide, while some industry witnesses supported the affordability goal but wanted changes to broaden eligibility and adjust program rules. The committee heard public testimony from supporters and opponents, then passed the bill 8-0. Next, SB 77 would require certain highway and public works contractors to contribute to apprenticeship training funds; labor groups supported it as workforce development, while highway and asphalt contractors opposed it as an added cost and argued they already run their own training programs. After extended debate about whether the 60-cent-per-hour contribution would raise project costs or simply redirect existing prevailing-wage funds, the committee advanced SB 77 on a 5-3 vote.
The committee also heard SB 182, a dyed diesel gross receipts tax deduction for agricultural use, but held it for the tax package without a vote. SB 151, a corporate income tax decoupling bill intended to recover revenue lost to federal tax changes, drew strong support from tax and advocacy groups and strong opposition from business, oil and gas, and chamber representatives who called it a tax increase that would hurt investment and competitiveness. Committee members raised concerns about long-term revenue stability and business impacts, but the sponsors said the bill would restore state tax capacity and selectively decouple from federal provisions; the bill was held for later consideration in the tax package. Finally, the committee heard SB 133 on eliminating gross receipts tax on medical providers for medical equipment and supplies, and SB 212 on a ski-area construction equipment gross receipts tax exemption, with sponsors arguing both would improve competitiveness and support industry investment; both were discussed as possible tax-package items and held for further consideration.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Oversight Committee (04/17/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c><00:08:09.120><c> and</c> was even a department of health and was even a department of health and
- </c> development, a lot of public health development, a lot of public health preparedness<00:10:47.440
- So, it's really where you do the environmental health and the health for people at the same time.
- So, mental health practices.
Summary:
The Health and Human Services Oversight Committee met on April 17 and approved the prior meeting minutes, then set its next meeting for May 29 at 9:30 a.m. Members also discussed a New Futures effort to collect questions about Medicaid changes and post answers as an FAQ, with a preference that the FAQ live on New Futures’ website rather than the state website. The commissioner’s office said it would coordinate responses and that the issue is still evolving.
The main presentation was an HHS update focused on the state public health laboratory and its work during Public Health Lab Week. Officials reviewed the lab’s history, its biosafety functions, and its role in disease prevention, food safety, preparedness, and response. They highlighted mosquito surveillance for eastern equine encephalitis, West Nile virus, and Jamestown Canyon virus, noting that the lab tested more than a quarter million mosquitoes last year and that mosquito testing helps provide early warning for local public health decisions. They also discussed rabies testing, saying New Hampshire’s lab is the only one in the state that performs it, that rabies is fatal once symptoms begin, and that the work is preventable through early prophylaxis.
Members asked about federal funding cuts, water testing, and whether CDC changes to rabies testing would affect New Hampshire. The department said it had been affected by an $80 million federal clawback but was managing through other funds and staff reassignments; for the water lab, temporary staff had been hired to continue swimming-area testing. Officials said the state remains able to handle rabies testing and that federal changes would mainly affect areas without similar services. They also answered questions on Jamestown Canyon virus, saying New Hampshire had one human case in 2025 and three in 2024, compared with zero West Nile cases in 2025 and one in 2024, and that weather and protective measures influence mosquito-borne disease levels. Additional questions covered biosafety levels, cyanobacteria coordination with the Department of Environmental Services, and the Brown Building flood mitigation, which was described as about halfway complete with a hoped-for reopening of the west side by June.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- So with that, Madam Chair, um, I can ... commissioner of health to identify commissioner of health to
- </c><00:03:48.080><c> and</c> from the department of health and from the department of health and maintain
- </c> Safety, and the Department of Health. Safety, and the Department of Health.
- Public health is the significant.
- </c> significant piece is that public health significant piece is that public health is<01:03:13.920>
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Apr 1st, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- As a result, operators may result to shuffling guests between rooms or removing them from properties
- Of health facilities who are now neutral on the bill, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- This bill is a simple update to the operations and enforcement efforts against agriculture theft.
- And still with the memories, the recent tragic memories of the loss they had endured both personally
- Public safety meets in capital room 126 and health. Meets in swing space room 1100.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- with people with multiple intoxicated related offenses, struggle with co-occurring complex mental health
- The man was taken into custody after officers found him operating a vehicle with an invalid license and
- The next section is assembling and amusement operations, I'm sorry, apparatus while intoxicated.
- When you look at the National Institute of Health, they say that people who have repeat alcohol crimes
- It's about ensuring that no other family endures the heartache.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- They need mental health help.
- But with respect to the adolescent brain, marijuana can be extremely, extremely difficult for the brain
- I'm the Chief Behavioral Health Disability and Aging Service Officer at the Health and Human Services
- health records.
- Excuse me, with mental health conditions, both on the competency side, mental health diversion cases,