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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/12/26
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- of any instances of fraud that not aware of any instances of fraud that has<00:07:51.520><c> come</c
- Thank you, Representative Gordon. portion of of this uh you know on one portion of of this uh you know
- </c> evolution of all of these different evolution of all of these different practitioners<00:35:02.240
- time or is it half hour, hour or day?
- </c> um aware of? um aware of?
Keywords:
electronic signatures, estate planning, uniform law, legal documents, Minnesota statutes, open meeting law, transparency, public engagement, social media, government accountability, parenting consultant, parenting time, custody, family court, family law, neutral third party, alternative dispute resolution, child custody, visitation, parenting coordinator
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:00:40.160><c> tax</c> of not moving things out of tax of not moving things out of tax committee
- of our members<00:40:56.560><c> to</c><00:40:56.800><c> own,</c><00:40:57.119><c> operate,</c><00:40
- ><c> of</c> the tune of hundreds of millions of the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars,<00:54:42.079
- </c><01:11:50.239><c> Um</c> operational by the end of the year.
- Um operational by the end of the year.
Keywords:
taxation, pass-through entity, qualifying owner, partnership, S corporation, tax return, corporate franchise tax, individual income tax, research expenditures, federal compliance, Minnesota Statutes, income tax, corporate tax, section 179, federal conformity, HF3815, Minnesota taxes, tax conformity, Internal Revenue Code, IRC conformity
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/10/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- Madam Chair, members, Senate Bill 1202 requires the Director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources
- from regulating the use or occupation of land for the construction and operation of small modular nuclear
- reactors, or SMRs. ...for the construction and operation of small modular nuclear reactors, or SMRs,
- We have the Department of the Interior, BIA, Bureau of Reclamation, and WAPA all in support of what we're
- impact of storage definitions and has applied for years to area of impact of storage definitions so
Keywords:
groundwater, water conservation, Arizona water resources, drought management, water quality, irrigation, active management area, domestic use, stock watering, water rights, small modular reactors, energy regulation, environmental compatibility, utility construction, agricultural use, industrial users, water storage, recovery well, Arizona Revised Statutes, water management
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- c><00:09:42.000><c> elementary</c> the site of one of our old elementary the site of one of our old elementary
- Housing and redevelopment authorities own and operate a variety of rental properties.
- Housing and redevelopment authorities own and operate a variety of rental properties.
- </c><00:41:56.240><c> um</c> share of work um in terms of um share of work um in terms of um interaction
- </c> bit of pressures um for all kinds of bit of pressures um for all kinds of reasons.<00:42:07.200>
Keywords:
housing, community land trusts, competitive development, development programs, Minnesota, HF3809, Minnesota eviction law, landlord-tenant, residential lease, minor child, children in eviction, eviction complaint, defendant prohibition, expedited eviction, expedited hearing, summary eviction, tenant protections, housing policy, civil penalty, nonwaivable lease terms
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight Committee. (3-2-26)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtRUsmvEoTE, 2026-06-21T07:17:14+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Start 00:00
Attendance Roll Call 00:17
Approval of Minutes 00:45
Chair Comments 01:01
Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities 02:09
Department for Community Based Services 17:20
Department for Public Health 28:52, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- of the taxes committee.
- of the taxes committee.
- Um the total cost of the uh of the Um the total cost of the uh of the provisions<00:20:04.000><c> that
- of the exemption of There was a repeal of the exemption of the<00:20:47.200><c> up</c><00:20:47.600>
- Those have a fiscal impact of one time in fiscal 26 and 27 of $122,000 and an ongoing fiscal impact of
Bills:
HF9
Keywords:
energy policy, renewable energy standard, carbon-free standard, solar standard, hydroelectric, hydropower, electric utility, Public Utilities Commission, PUC, renewable portfolio standard, carbon capture and sequestration, CCS, greenhouse gas emissions, climate policy, nuclear power plant, certificate of need, fossil fuel plant demolition, utility compliance delay, beneficial electrification, sales tax exemption
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Health & Long-Term Care Feb 19th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Health & Long-Term Care
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm the Secretary of Health for the Department of Health here in the great state of...
- practice in a clinical setting each year, with a minimum total of 105 hours.
- The veterinarian of record is responsible for providing oversight of drug use on the commercial operation
- I'm a member of the Washington chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
- I remember of the Washington chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. member of the Washington
Keywords:
HB 2340, nursing assistants, nurse aide, substance use disorder monitoring program, monitoring program, credentialing, licensure, disciplinary records, enforcement action, public disclosure, privacy, third-party website, stipend program, financial assistance, treatment costs, drug testing, peer support, recovery, rehabilitation, board-approved program
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> of of the bill? of of the bill?
- ><c> have</c> lots of lots of rights that people have lots of lots of rights that people have that<00
- </c><00:32:42.799><c> of</c><00:32:43.039><c> our</c> problematic in in the operation of our problematic
- in in the operation of our system<00:32:43.760><c> or</c><00:32:45.039><c> uh</c> system or uh system
- And so of of endorsement or support.
Keywords:
administrative law, judicial review, agency deference, Chevron deference, de novo review, state agencies, regulatory interpretation, statutory interpretation, separation of powers, individual liberty, administrative procedure, agency action, Wyoming Supreme Court, district court review, oil and gas inspector, regulatory challenge, anti-deference, law enforcement, memorial, Patrolman Rosa
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 11th, 2026 at 05:14 pm
Senate Health & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- of operation on the door.
- By the end of the operation, all they had left were the clothes on their backs, as all of their worldly
- By the end of the operation, all they had left were the clothes on their backs as all of their worldly
- So one of the principles of constitutional operation of a jail or a prison is that it is unlawful to
- So one of the principles of constitutional operation of a jail or a prison is that it is unlawful to
Keywords:
massage therapy, licensure, health and safety standards, continuing education, establishment licensing, civil rights, sovereign immunity, damages, public body, lawsuit limitations, legal notice, child welfare, computing infrastructure, data management, Department of Health, appropriation, foster care, Indian children, cultural competency, training services
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 1st, 2026 at 01:15 pm
Senate Health & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- I am here in support of the Passing of Bill 41.
- A lot of us have gone through some of that trauma.
- New Hampshire—with tens of millions of dollars.
- The League of Women Voters of the United States opposes all forms of.
- Just a couple of questions, sort of like on the same line of accountability. Mr.
Keywords:
sexual crimes, statute of limitations, criminal justice, victim rights, child abuse, individualized treatment, investigational treatment, health care, life-threatening illness, patient rights, physician recommendation, informed consent, human trafficking, sexual exploitation, child protection, prosecution, crime amendments, SB30, induced abortion, abortion reporting
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Jan 21st, 2026
Military and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- you're on Social Security and you have 100% disability, there are opportunities that you can get out of
- Because they never come out of it.
- Because they never come out of it.
- Because they never come out of it.
- </c> All in favor of the amendment. All in favor of the amendment.
Keywords:
homestead exemption, disabled veterans, tax relief, annual verification, property tax, state holidays, federal holidays, public holidays, legal holidays, office closures, state employees, personal leave, compensatory leave, bank closures, school closures, Mardi Gras, Mobile County, Baldwin County, Rosa Parks Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Community Safety Jan 15th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Community Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- required hours of training for each required subject, the number of peace officers required to complete
- So it's a very precise kind of way of ensuring that at the highest level, of the highest impact, of the
- And it was a nine-hour ride-along, and I learned a lot of things.
- under the influence, and reckless operation of a watercraft.
- There will never come a day, an hour, a minute, or even a second when I stop loving or thinking of my
Keywords:
criminal justice training commission, CJTC, law enforcement training, peace officer certification, decertification, corrections officer certification, tribal police certification, police accountability, police oversight, public safety, academy training, in-service training, continuing education, use of force, misconduct investigations, disciplinary hearings, administrative law judge, hearing panel, law enforcement standards, background investigations
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary (10-16-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- public disclosure, has been literally years in the making with countless hours of consultation from
- public disclosure, has been literally years in the making with countless hours of consultation from
- </c><00:03:24.720><c> of</c> the making with countless hours of the making with countless hours of consultation
- And that's not counting operational budgets, but I'm sure that those amounts have increased because of
- is that they were blind to the operating is that they were blind to the universe<01:21:08.560><c> of
Keywords:
Meeting Start: 00:00:00
Roll Call: 00:00:05
25 RS HB 534 - AN ACT relating to actions for forcible entry and detainer: 00:01:45
25 RS SB 111 - AN ACT relating to juvenile justice: 00:23:46
Children's Advocacy Centers of Kentucky: 01:13:26
Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Treatment in State and County Correctional Facilities: 01:25:28, 958, all
Summary:
The committee approved the September 18 minutes and then heard testimony on House Bill 534, which would automatically seal dismissed eviction filings and protect youth from public disclosure in forcible detainer cases. Rep. Susan Tyler Whitten and George Ecklan of the Coalition for the Homeless said the bill is aimed at reducing housing barriers for Kentuckians, especially those with dismissed cases, while preserving landlords’ rights to pursue rent, collections, damages, and other legal remedies. They said the proposal was developed with input from landlords, clerks, judges, AOC, and service providers, and noted that similar laws exist in other states. Several members, including Sen. Neimes, Rep. Deetsz, Rep. Cole Carney, and Sen. Thomas, expressed support while emphasizing that the bill is narrowly tailored to dismissed cases and should not affect legitimate landlord claims; Sen. Wheeler raised concerns about cases involving settlements or delays and whether future landlords should know about them. The sponsors responded that the bill only covers dismissed actions, that dismissals require a judge’s order, and that the goal is to remove barriers created by records that remain publicly visible even when a case is resolved.
The committee then took up Senate Bill 111 on juvenile justice. Commissioner Randy White, Kentucky Hospital Association President Nancy Galvanny, and Dr. Clark Lester of the University of Kentucky said the bill would require a secure state-run facility for youth with high-acuity mental health needs in detention and, until that is built, create a process with incentives for private hospitals to provide inpatient treatment with safeguards and increased compensation. They argued that detention is not an appropriate setting for severely mentally ill, violent youth and that private psychiatric hospitals often refuse these referrals or discharge them early. Dr. Lester cited recent referral data showing high denial rates for juvenile justice youth in private hospitals in August and September, often due to aggression, and described a case in which repeated placement attempts failed because of violent and self-harming behavior. The presenters said the bill is intended to fill a service gap and improve safety and outcomes for youth, staff, and hospitals, but no vote or final action on the bill was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Tourism, Small Business, and Information Technology (7-31-25)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGLAGF4m9mI, 2026-06-21T07:17:11+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Start 00:00:00
Call to Order and Roll Call 00:00:14
Kentucky Prescribed Burn Process & How Prescribed Burning Benefits the State 00:02:43
Lighting the Way - The Future of Prescribed Fire in Kentucky 00:14:25, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board (7-30-25) - Reupload
Transcript Highlights:
- of what are the costs of implementation of some<00:42:52.079><c> of</c><00:42:52.160><c> these</c><00
- <00:48:38.480><c> of</c> whatever the costs of are of whatever the costs of are of implementation<00:
- </c><00:58:32.079><c> the</c> kind of out for the whole rest of the kind of out for the whole rest of
- >> Yes, Representative Marzian. a more specified list of of um what a more specified list of of um what
- We're proud of the quality of ATRIP.
Keywords:
00:00:22 - Call to Order and Roll Call
00:03:00 – Approval of June 25, 2025 Minutes
00:03:22 - Update on Federal Changes to the Medicaid Program
01:03:44 - State Directed Payments, Provider Taxes, and the Rural Health Transformation Fund: How Medicaid Changes Could Impact Kentucky
Hospitals
01:29:42 – Public Comments
01:45:25 – Announcements
01:46:19 - Adjournment, 958, all
Summary:
The Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board met on July 30, 2025, approved the June 25 minutes, and received a presentation from Katherine Castanza of the National Conference of State Legislatures on Medicaid provisions in H.R. 1. The presentation outlined more than 20 Medicaid-related provisions, emphasizing that the largest federal savings come from work/community engagement requirements, changes to provider taxes, limits on state-directed payments, more frequent eligibility redeterminations for expansion populations, and related eligibility/enrollment changes. She said the fiscal effects are backloaded, with most reductions occurring in the later years of the 10-year window, and noted potential significant impacts on hospital payments and state financing. She also described new funding opportunities, including a $50 billion rural health transformation fund and a new home and community-based services waiver with associated grants.
A substantial portion of the discussion focused on Kentucky’s pending community engagement 1115 waiver and how it would interact with the new federal requirements. Board members asked whether the waiver had been approved, what the cabinet’s contingency plan would be if CMS does not approve it, and what the timeline is for compliance. Cabinet representatives said the waiver has not yet been approved by CMS, remains under public comment, and that the state will wait for CMS guidance before moving forward; if needed, the state would amend the waiver or submit a new one. They said the work requirement must be in place by January 1, 2027, with a possible extension to 2028.
Castanza also explained that expansion adults with incomes between 100% and 138% of the federal poverty level would face new cost-sharing requirements beginning October 1, 2028, and that eligibility redeterminations would move from annual to every six months starting January 1, 2027. She then walked through provider tax changes, including a moratorium on new provider taxes beginning October 1, 2026, and a phased reduction in the hold-harmless threshold for existing taxes beginning January 1, 2028, with exemptions for nursing facilities and ICF/IID providers. Board members questioned the timing and likely impact on Kentucky, and Castanza responded that the effect would depend on each tax’s current rate and would phase in over time.
NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Commerce and Labor Jun 1st, 2025 at 11:30 pm
Commerce and Labor
Transcript Highlights:
- Please silence all of your electronic devices.
- provisions relating to certain online products and services used by minors and children, sponsored on behalf of
Keywords:
brew pub, alcoholic beverages, liquor store, licensure, regulation, Department of Taxation, fertility preservation, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, oncology, reproductive medicine, infertility, cancer treatment, egg freezing, embryo freezing, oocyte cryopreservation, sperm banking, assisted reproductive technology, health insurance mandate, Medicaid
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Of eligibility of a voter.
- Number seven, the bill has a minimum number of hours for early voting with the earliest and latest those
- hours can be, but no maximum number of hours.
- All counties, in my opinion, should have the same number of voting hours.
- Have we given Tanisha Hutzpeth the opportunity since she's been elected to operate outside of oversight
Keywords:
voter registration, electronic, Texas election law, Signature verification, DPS, internet application, Texas Election Code, signature verification, online application, data security, electronic application, Department of Public Safety, information security, electronic voter registration, voting technology, voter access, state election laws, digital signature, election irregularities, audit
Summary:
The committee heard several election-related bills. SB 447 would let the City of Mission in Hidalgo County permanently move its municipal elections from May to the uniform November election date if it chooses. The bill was described as permissive and intended to increase turnout and reduce costs. Mission’s mayor testified in support, saying voters had already approved the change by a wide margin in a charter amendment election. The bill was left pending after no objection.
SB 2217 focused on standardizing election data reporting and reconciliation across counties to improve transparency and comparability. Testimony was generally supportive of the goal, but Dr. Laura Presley and others flagged technical issues, including a discrepancy between a three-ballot mismatch threshold in existing law and a 1% threshold in part of the bill, plus a definition issue involving central accumulators. Supporters said consistent auditing and reconciliation would help election integrity, while the bill was also left pending.
The committee then took up SB 2753, a major proposal to create a continuous in-person voting period that would combine early voting and Election Day into one uninterrupted process, with precinct consolidation and other changes. Supporters said it could simplify administration, reduce equipment changes, and improve security by using one set of machines. Opponents and neutral witnesses raised concerns about cost, staffing, ballot security, reporting changes, weekend voting, and whether the bill was ready for implementation; several urged a pilot or study instead. The committee substitute was withdrawn and the bill was left pending.
SB 505 would create a process for election workers, candidates, party officials, and measure proponents or opponents to request explanations of election irregularities, with escalation to the Secretary of State for audit or enforcement if responses were unsatisfactory. Supporters said it would provide a way to resolve irregularities and restore confidence, while opponents argued it was too broad, lacked guardrails against abuse, and could be used by partisan actors to pressure counties. The bill was left pending. Finally, HB 311 would expand Texas’s online voter registration system to first-time registrants and others, with supporters citing efficiency, lower costs, and broader access, and opponents raising concerns about signature verification and implementation details. Testimony was cut short because of the session deadline, and the bill had not been disposed of in the excerpt.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The balancing at the end of the day of voters to votes.
- Number seven, the bill has a minimum number of hours for early voting with the earliest and latest those
- hours can be, but no maximum number of hours.
- All counties, in my opinion, should have the same number of voting hours.
- Have we given Tanisha Hutzpeth the opportunity since she's been elected to operate outside of oversight
Keywords:
voter registration, electronic, Texas election law, Signature verification, DPS, internet application, Texas Election Code, signature verification, online application, data security, electronic application, Department of Public Safety, information security, electronic voter registration, voting technology, voter access, state election laws, digital signature, election irregularities, audit
Summary:
The House Committee on Elections met with a quorum present and heard several election-related bills, with public testimony limited to two minutes per witness. The first measure, SB 447, would allow the City of Mission to move its municipal elections from May to November on a one-time, permanent basis. Supporters, including Mission’s mayor, said voters had already approved the change by a wide margin and argued it would improve turnout and reduce costs. The bill was left pending after no objection.
The committee then heard SB 2217, which was described as a transparency measure to standardize election data reporting and reconciliation across counties. Testimony focused on a technical issue involving discrepancy thresholds for electronic voting system reconciliation, with one witness urging the bill be aligned with existing law’s “more than 3” standard rather than a 1% threshold, and another suggesting a definition fix. The bill was left pending.
Members also heard SB 2753, a major proposal to create a continuous in-person voting period by combining early voting and election day into one uninterrupted period, with a committee substitute making it a pilot and permissive. Supporters said it could simplify administration and improve security, while opponents warned it would increase costs, require more staffing and equipment, delay results, and create logistical problems for counties. The committee substitute was withdrawn and the bill was left pending. Finally, SB 505 would let certain election stakeholders request explanations of irregularities from election officials and, if unresolved, escalate the matter to the Secretary of State for audit or possible conservatorship. Supporters framed it as a tool for accountability and transparency, while opponents called it overly broad and vulnerable to abuse. The bill was left pending.
The committee also took up HB 311, which would expand online voter registration to first-time registrants and direct state agencies to develop a pathway for Texans without a driver’s license to register online. Supporters argued it would modernize the process, reduce errors, and save money, while opponents said first-time applicants still need a wet signature and raised concerns about signature verification and implementation. Due to the late hour and floor deadline, testimony was cut off, the names of remaining witnesses were read into the record, and the bill was left pending before the committee adjourned.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 12th, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Two-thirds is, my understanding, one of the largest losses of bees in a single year.
- We have seen a loss of 82% of monarch butterflies in the last 23 years just in the state of Texas.
- And I think one of the issues is just lack of education and awareness.
- A lot of people.
- of the problem, right?
Keywords:
outboard motors, certificate of title, vessel regulation, Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, marine documentation, HB 685, municipal utility rates, water rates, sewer rates, local government code, rate discrimination, tax-exempt entities, sales tax exemption, ad valorem tax exemption, nonprofit organizations, charitable organizations, municipal water service, municipal sewer service, utility billing, public utilities
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met with no quorum at the start, but later reached quorum and took up several bills. House Bill 2692, codifying the San Antonio River Authority’s enabling legislation and making non-substantive modernization changes, received brief supportive testimony from the River Authority and was left pending before later being voted out favorably. House Bill 685, which would prevent municipalities from charging higher water or sewer rates to tax-exempt entities than comparable customers, also drew support and was reported favorably. House Bill 1318, clarifying compensation issues when a municipality decertifies part of a retail water utility’s service area, was heard without opposition and passed out of committee. House Bill 630, exempting certain older outboard motors from title requirements, likewise passed and was placed on the local and uncontested calendar.
The committee spent the most time on Senate Bill 2497, relating to filtration systems for certain public drinking water systems. Senator Zaffirini described the bill as a response to ongoing secondary water quality complaints, while TCEQ testified that such contaminants are aesthetic rather than health-based and that the water remains safe to drink if primary standards are met. The Texas Rural Water Association opposed the bill as written, arguing filtration may not solve most water quality problems and could be costly for small systems, while a consumer witness from Floresville supported it and described repeated rate increases and brown water after a filtration system was removed. Members discussed narrowing the bill through a committee substitute and emphasized the need for flexibility and technical expertise; the committee substitute was adopted and the bill was reported favorably, with Senator Kolkhorst later asking to be recorded as voting no.
The committee also heard Senate Bill 2850, which would create a pollinator task force to study habitat loss, public education, and best practices for protecting bees and other pollinators. Senator Menendez and invited witness Erica Thompson of Texas BeeWorks highlighted major colony losses and the economic importance of pollinators to Texas agriculture, and Environment Texas and the Texas Beekeepers Association supported the measure. Members discussed monarch butterflies, native grasses, milkweed, and conservation efforts, and the bill was reported favorably and sent to the local and uncontested calendar. After testimony, the committee also voted out several pending items, including House Bill 5560 with a committee substitute addressing water-loss penalties and infrastructure improvements, and then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- of a parent.
- be the primary consideration of the court in determining issues of conservatorship and position. of
- of the child standard.
- the custody of the state.
- We just got a raise from the $75 an hour. When I started it was $60 an hour.
Keywords:
judicial bond, guardianship, probate law, county judge, statutory county court, attorney general, criminal prosecution, public order, law enforcement, jurisdiction, attorney ad litem, parent-child relationship, compensation, legal representation, government entity, probate, court proceedings, record delivery, wills, legal documentation