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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Do you sometimes get a complaint and then, depending on the severity of it or if you've exhausted the
- Depending on the severity of it or if you've exhausted the means that you have for trying to remedy it
- Those tests are slightly different depending on what thing we're looking at, so whether or not somebody
- on what uh slightly different depending on what uh thing<01:05:33.720><c> we're</c><01:05:33.880><c>
- upon who has the work who has depends upon who has the work who has the<01:25:15.280><c> labor</c><01
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The Department of Revenue has about 1,400 employees, give or take, depending on the time of year and
- </c><00:29:27.360><c> or</c><00:29:27.559><c> take</c><00:29:27.799><c> the</c><00:29:28.080><c> depending
- </c><00:29:28.399><c> on</c> employees give or take the depending on employees give or take the depending
- The software-as-a-service right now probably is not taxable, depending on how the setup is.
- The software-as-a-service right now probably is not taxable, depending on how the setup is.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/04/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- through line by line, because we only spend, man, we start early April, I believe, give or take, depending
- One thing that, you know, is an old saying is that Minnesota is nice, and it depends on how you look
- I believe you can apply in parties of four, two ... depends ... question so unless so this question so
- It's understandable that there will be challenges in unwinding our dependence on these chemicals, but
- It's understandable that there will be challenges in unwinding our dependence on these chemicals, but
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 27th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Whether a student receives meaningful school-wide support depends largely on whether they go to school
- It depends on the individual. This is an important bill. It adds flexibility.
- This program today will infuse $300 million into 15 desperate hospitals that our communities depended
- what they're cultivating, depending on whether. and understanding that different farmers, depending
- on what they're cultivating, depending on what their products are, may use different pesticides.
Summary:
The Assembly met in session, established a quorum, approved dispensing with the previous day’s journal, and then took up a long third-reading file. Early procedural actions included moving AB 1589 to the inactive file and continuing reconsideration items. The chamber then considered a series of bills largely focused on immigration enforcement, detention, worker protections, child care, voting access, and related public services.
Several immigration-related measures passed, including AB 2393 on damages for false imprisonment/arrest, AB 1994 on an immigrant victims’ rights and resources card, AB 1929 on health plan investment disclosures, AB 1633 imposing a tax on for-profit detention facilities, AB 1650 requiring decals on rental vehicles used for enforcement, AB 1655 protecting CalWORKs benefits when a child is detained, and AB 1896 disqualifying people who participated in immigration enforcement from certain public employment. AB 2230, which would bar immigration enforcement near polling places and child care facilities, also passed after extensive debate. Supporters framed these bills as accountability and protection for vulnerable communities; opponents argued they targeted federal law enforcement, were unnecessary, or raised constitutional concerns. AB 1851 on statewide school mental-health guidance also passed unanimously.
After the midday recess, the Assembly returned and continued with more bills tied to immigration impacts and child welfare. AB 2379 passed with urgency, requiring child care providers to be informed of constitutional rights and trained on protections when confronted by immigration enforcement. AB 2460 passed to update school behavioral-health referral protocols for students affected by immigration enforcement trauma. AB 2495 passed to expand prohibitions on employer immigration-related threats, and AB 2662 was presented as a way for California to monitor and document federal enforcement actions and report on their community impacts. Throughout the day, the floor featured repeated exchanges over whether the bills addressed real problems or were political messaging, but the measures that came to a vote generally advanced with majority support.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- bumps here six since 2016 uh with some bumps here and<01:01:26.880><c> there</c><01:01:27.119><c> depending
- But that is kind of region dependent depending on kind of where you're looking.
- ><01:11:10.719><c> kind</c><01:11:10.880><c> of</c><01:11:10.960><c> region</c><01:11:11.360><c> dependent
- </c> but that is kind of region dependent but that is kind of region dependent depending<01:11:12.080
- on kind of where you're depending on kind of where you're looking.<01:11:13.600><c> Uh</c><01:11:13.920
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair and Representative, um, it depends.
- Chair and Representative, um, it depends.
- Depends on where you look, and if you're looking at December, January, or annual.
- It really depends on who you ask. Here are a few different regions across our beautiful state.
- It really depends on who you ask. Here are a few different regions across our beautiful state.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair, um, I guess that depends on what your definition of cooperative is.
- Um, which can cover them, their spouses, and any dependents that they might have.
- Um, which can cover them, their spouses, and any dependents that they might have.
- Um, which can cover them, their spouses, and any dependents that they might have.
- Um, which can cover them, their spouses, and any dependents that they might have.
Keywords:
education, cell phones, smart devices, school policy, student conduct, school property, rental fees, youth activities, education policy, Wyoming legislature, teacher licensure, teacher mobility, interstate compact, education compact, licensure reciprocity, reciprocal certification, teacher certification, professional teaching standards board, out-of-state teachers, military spouse
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- can vary uh from person to<00:20:51.919><c> person</c><00:20:52.240><c> and</c><00:20:52.559><c> depends
- on where people to person and depends on where people live,<00:20:54.559><c> their</c><00:20:54.799>
- Um, and of course that kind of goes up or down depending on how many people you have in your household
- </c><00:36:13.359><c> on</c><00:36:13.520><c> how</c> kind of goes up or down depending on how kind of
- goes up or down depending on how many<00:36:13.920><c> people</c><00:36:14.079><c> you</c><00:36:14.320
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/26
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- In future years, it will be dependent on results and again dependent on any changes in priorities or
- </c><00:08:58.720><c> on</c> future years will be dependent on future years will be dependent on results
- Um and again dependent on any results.
- That's 550,000 rural Minnesotans who depend on MA for their care.
- on MA for their rural motans who depend on MA for their care. care. care.
Bills:
HF1925
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Health Services (9-16-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Obviously, grant details will be TBD depending on the next couple years, but I just want to flag this
- on uh over the next couple depending on uh over the next couple years,<00:15:47.920><c> but</c><00:15
- So when the provider tax goes into effect, it's really dependent on the threshold for each provider tax
- </c><00:25:57.520><c> on</c><00:25:57.840><c> the</c> effect, it's really dependent on the effect, it's
- really dependent on the threshold<00:25:58.720><c> for</c><00:25:58.960><c> each</c><00:25:59.200><c
Summary:
The committee met and approved the minutes from its August 27 meeting. It then received a presentation from Katherine Castanza of the National Conference of State Legislators on the Medicaid provisions in the 2025 budget reconciliation bill, referred to as HR1. She explained that the bill is estimated by CBO to save the federal government $911 billion over 10 years, with more than 20 Medicaid-specific provisions, most of the savings concentrated in five policies and largely backloaded into 2030-2034. She emphasized that the bill’s effects will vary by state, but that expansion states and hospitals are expected to be most affected, in part because of changes to eligibility, provider taxes, and state-directed payments.
Castanza highlighted several new funding and flexibility provisions, including a $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Fund for 2026-2030 and a new home- and community-based services waiver option effective July 1, 2028, with $100 million in grants in fiscal year 2027. She also outlined major eligibility changes for Medicaid expansion adults: work or community engagement requirements effective January 1, 2027; twice-yearly redeterminations for the expansion population effective the same date; and new cost sharing for certain expansion adults effective October 1, 2028. She noted that Kentucky, as an expansion state, would be subject to these changes and that state agencies would face significant implementation demands, especially because federal guidance and timelines are tight.
A substantial portion of the presentation focused on financing changes. Castanza described new limits on provider taxes, including a 0% safe harbor for new taxes and a phased reduction for existing taxes in expansion states beginning in 2028, while nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities are exempt from the reduction if already taxed. She also explained that state-directed payments will be capped and phased down over time, with existing arrangements grandfathered only briefly; she said Kentucky has 11 approved state-directed payments and could see significant fiscal effects. She added that the bill also bars Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood or similarly situated providers for one year, changes immigrant eligibility rules effective October 1, 2026, lowers the federal match for certain emergency services, and expands the scope of the federal erroneous payment recoupment provision effective October 1, 2029. Throughout, she stressed that federal savings may translate into state cost shifts and that implementation timing will be critical.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Harrison replied that it depends on the referral question, but if she were assessing this issue under
- So we're still talking about at least an hour and a half, two hours, depending on the severity of the
- Well, it would depend. Or a jury. Yes.
- Yeah, so it just depends on what I'm writing the warrant for.
- It depends on what my probable cause is and how long it takes me to type it. Okay.
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 2777 by Representative Rose, which would bar the death penalty for defendants who can prove by clear and convincing evidence that they had schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder and active psychotic symptoms at the time of the offense. Rose said the bill would still hold defendants accountable through life without parole, would save money by avoiding lengthy capital litigation, and would address cases where severe mental illness was not adequately considered. Supporters from NAMI Texas, the Catholic bishops, and a forensic psychologist said the bill is narrowly tailored, consistent with neuroscience and moral principles, and would prevent executions of people whose psychosis substantially impaired reality testing. Committee members questioned how the bill interacts with existing competency and insanity law, whether the diagnosis is sufficiently defined, and whether the statute requires active psychosis at the time of the offense. An opponent argued the death penalty should remain available for juries to decide in all cases. The bill was left pending.
The committee then heard House Bill 1221 by Representative Lozano, which would raise the cap on pretrial intervention program fees from $500 to $1,200. Lozano and a district attorney witness said the increase is needed because program costs have risen and the fees help make diversion programs self-sustaining, allowing first-time or low-level offenders to complete rehabilitation and potentially obtain expunction. Opponents from the Texas Fair Defense Project argued the higher fee could make diversion unaffordable for indigent defendants and undermine an important alternative to incarceration, especially where related supervision and monitoring costs already add up. Members discussed whether the fee applies only to PTI participants, how payment plans and waivers work, and whether ability to pay should be addressed more explicitly. The bill was left pending.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 1738 by Representative Jones, which would repeal Penal Code Section 21.06 and related Health and Safety Code references concerning homosexual conduct. Jones said the law is unconstitutional under Lawrence v. Texas, remains harmful on the books, and has led to confusion and unnecessary costs even though it is unenforceable. Supporters said the bill simply removes outdated language and protects civil liberties, while opponents from Texas Values argued the statute still serves as a statement that homosexual conduct is unacceptable and should remain as a warning, even if unenforceable. Members debated whether the law’s remaining language is merely symbolic or still harmful, and whether other criminal statutes already cover conduct such as prostitution, incest, and offenses involving minors. The bill was left pending after testimony.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And just like worker bees adjust their activity depending on the needs of the hive, VPPs can respond
- And just like worker bees adjust their activity depending on the needs of the hive, VPPs can respond
- And just like worker bees adjust their activity depending on the needs of the hive, VPPs can respond
- And just like worker bees adjust their activity depending on the needs of the hive, VPPs can respond
- VPPs can make the grid more reliable by tapping into many distributed resources instead of just depending
Keywords:
water appropriation, data centers, environmental review, energy conservation, permit application, carbon-free energy, geothermal energy, renewable energy, Macalester College, appropriation, sustainability, solar energy, pollinator programs, license plates, agrivoltaics, environmental sustainability, 1183, house
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- on a person's need what their depending on a person's need what their age<00:43:33.960><c> is</c><00
- So prior to this change, depending what waiver a person received, services that provided similar supports
- what waiver a person received depending what waiver a person received uh<00:49:07.799><c> services</
- So under the current system, it really depends on how a person receives nursing.
- Does that really change depending on the service where they're receiving the services?
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 3/17/25
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So depending on the study, anywhere between 75% and 86% remain sober after five years.
- on the study anywhere between depending on the study anywhere between 75<00:10:21.800><c> and</c> 75
- on on the need and and um you depending on on the need and and um you know<00:35:37.320><c> the</c><
- It depends on the year, the comprehensive nature of what's being audited, and the amount of time that
- The other half that have connections, we have taken action depending on the program.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
February State Budget and Economic Forecast - 03/06/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The current baseline forecast depends on the Federal Reserve's ability to further curb inflation.
- Fourth, the current baseline forecast depends on the Federal Reserve's ability to further reduce annual
- The answer to that probably depends on the timing in which those federal laws go into effect.
- </c><01:01:48.880><c> states</c><01:01:49.440><c> on</c><01:01:49.599><c> the</c> the least dependent
- states on the the least dependent states on the federal<01:01:50.119><c> government</c><01:01:50.520
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Case loads can very kind of depend on the severity and maybe that hospital system as well.
- Beerman um case loads can very<00:24:36.640><c> kind</c><00:24:36.720><c> of</c><00:24:36.840><c> depend
- </c><00:32:00.360><c> on</c><00:32:00.519><c> if</c><00:32:00.639><c> it</c> most appropriate depending
- on if it most appropriate depending on if it falls<00:32:01.000><c> more</c><00:32:01.120><c> towards
- The counseling component would really depend on the conditions.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/05/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- /c><01:19:54.960><c> entirely</c><01:19:55.320><c> on</c><01:19:55.480><c> the</c> testify yep it depends
- entirely on the testify yep it depends entirely on the liquid<01:19:56.520><c> uh</c><01:19:56.800><
- </c> different products so it really depends different products so it really depends on<01:20:11.600>
- on the working capital needs depending on the working capital needs may<01:25:11.000><c> add</c><01:
- Of course, we put it in a various number of coatings as well, and all the coatings, depending on what
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Madam Chair, members, it would depend on the arrangement, how that is done.
- <00:07:10.879><c> members</c><00:07:11.319><c> it</c><00:07:11.440><c> would</c><00:07:11.720><c> depend
- </c><00:07:12.080><c> on</c> Madam chair members it would depend on Madam chair members it would depend
- on yeah<00:07:12.720><c> it</c><00:07:12.879><c> could</c><00:07:13.120><c> depend</c><00:07:13.440>
- yeah it could depend on the arrangement of<00:07:14.759><c> how</c><00:07:15.160><c> that</c><00:07:
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- It does not affect critical access hospitals or Vermont's single federally designated Medicare-dependent
- It does not affect critical access hospitals or Vermont's single federally designated Medicare-dependent
- It does not affect critical access hospitals or Vermont's single federally designated Medicare-dependent
- </c> designated Medicare dependent hospital. designated Medicare dependent hospital.
- </c> Medicare dependent hospitals. Medicare dependent hospitals.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 59 (4-14-26) - Part 1
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- taken out—that impacts hardworking Kentuckyans and what happens in rural areas for folks who are dependent
- They depend on Medicaid services for wellness care, for their Pap smears, for their prostate exams, for
- They depend on Medicaid services for wellness care, for their Pap smears, for their prostate exams, for
- Because he takes his responsibility within his community seriously, because people back home depend on
- on him, not only in his home depend on him, not only in his Frankfurt<02:20:00.960><c> life,</c><02:
Bills:
SB141, SB124, SB56, SJR116, SB94, SB37, SB127, SB197, SB66, SB70, SB133, SB160, SB214, SB312, SB52, SJR62, SJR75
Keywords:
legal advertisements, tax rates, public hearings, transparency, local government, sick leave, education, teacher retirement, benefits, employee compensation, Medicaid, nonopioid analgesics, pain management, health care regulation, utilization controls, physician shortage, health care access, medically underserved areas, medical education, workforce development