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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Feb 11th, 2026

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • replace existing assistance, but rather are set aside for post-secondary education or aftercare services
  • There are no amendments, sir. ...set aside for post-secondary education or aftercare services when the
  • Family support services. Thank you, Victoria. All right. Family support services.
  • just thank you too, but to you, Senator Burgess and Senator Truenow, first thank you all for your service
  • But to you, Senator Burgess and Senator Truenow, first thank you all for your service in our military
Bills: S1182, S1594
Summary: The Senate Committee on Military, Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security met with a quorum present and took up two bills. SB 1594, by Senator Gates, would change how veterans’ benefits received on behalf of foster youth are handled so the funds are not used to offset foster care costs, but instead are preserved for post-secondary education or aftercare services when the youth leaves foster care. The bill drew one supportive appearance from Victoria Zep of Family Support Services, had no debate, and was reported favorably by a unanimous roll call vote. Senator Sharief later asked to be recorded as a yes vote on the bill. The committee then considered SB 1182, by Senator Jones, which creates the Florida Veterans and Military Spouses Business Development Act to provide fee relief and tax incentives for veteran-owned and military spouse-owned businesses. The committee adopted Jones’s strike-all amendment, which added information-sharing and verification provisions, refined the tax exemptions, and broadened eligibility for fee waivers and sales tax relief. After no questions or debate, the amended bill was reported favorably by unanimous vote. The committee also held a confirmation hearing for three appointees—Matthew Bacchano, Tim Thomas, and Belinda Kaiser—and recommended confirmation on all three in one vote. The meeting concluded with several members offering remarks praising Chair Wright’s long service and leadership on veterans’ issues, followed by adjournment.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Health and Public Affairs Jan 26th, 2026 at 01:45 pm

Senate Health & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • This includes looking at early intervention services for youth that need services more upstream, that
  • should get access to services prior to any system involvement, as well as more intensive services for
  • This includes looking at early intervention services for youth that need services more upstream, that
  • We also noted a lot of gaps in service types, particularly evidence-based services for kids that have
  • So that would be services, a mix of services and the building. Okay.
Bills: SB5, SB6, SB8
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Banking and Insurance Jan 13th, 2026

Banking and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • The current ban limits consumer education and raises First Amendment concerns.
  • Repealing it restores free speech, removes unnecessary business barriers, and maintains strong consumer
  • Regulation remains unchanged to ensure agents and HCSMs do not mislead consumers by holding products
  • confusion, which naturally leads to public consumer complaints, which then besmirches all the law.
  • There are some things that we believe could cause additional confusion to consumers.
Summary: The Committee on Banking and Insurance met with a quorum and took up several bills, beginning with SB 834 on insurance requirements for nonprofit religious organizations and health care sharing ministries. The bill repeals a recent restriction on licensed insurance agents marketing or selling faith-based health care sharing programs. Supporters argued the change restores free speech and consumer education while preserving existing fraud and disclosure protections; opponents said allowing agents and brokers could create consumer confusion and has been associated with bad actors. A title amendment was adopted, and after debate the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also heard and passed SB 642, which extends reporting and duty requirements to foreign and alien bail bond insurers, and SB 394, a technical bill updating reinsurance intermediary manager law to match current DFS practice. SB 266, which lets vulnerable adults rescind public adjuster contracts without penalty, was reported favorably after testimony from supporters in the insurance and elder law communities and a public adjuster who said the intent was good but the bill may need refinement. SB 832, a residential property insurance transparency bill requiring rate breakdown reports and a consumer resource center, also passed after discussion about consumer clarity and whether the required cost categories can be compiled as written. Later, the committee approved SB 540, which creates cybersecurity requirements for mortgage and money service businesses, closes a regulatory gap for certain investment advisers, adjusts OFR examination-payment deadlines, changes de novo charter requirements, allows virtual credit union meetings, and makes other financial regulation updates. Several amendments were adopted, including a substitute amendment removing fintech sandbox provisions. Finally, SB 1028 on Citizens Property Insurance Corporation was reported favorably after debate over a commercial lines clearinghouse intended to reduce Citizens’ exposure and shift more business to the private market; members discussed taxpayer risk, market competition, and consumer protections. The meeting ended with adjournment.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Right now, if that pre-K is offered, teachers are charged for those services.
  • We had originally had that as those that... ...provide services as a classroom teacher or instructional
  • And you find it's a good service? We need services like that. We need support.
  • I'm thankful for you and your service as local...
  • Number two, a responsive service component includes group sessions on a variety of issues.
Bills: SB26, SB 26
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • So our model is a shared services model.
  • So our model is a shared services model.
  • The the data remains with the services.
  • <00:09:22.480> but without any loss of um of service but without any loss of um of service
  • for Health and Family Services. for Health and Family Services.
Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Family Services opened its first meeting of the 2026 interim session, took roll, and moved directly into presentations. The main presentation was from Ryan Bramble of Crisp Shared Services, who described the organization’s health information exchange and health data utility model in Kentucky and other states. He emphasized that Crisp is a nonprofit, that data ownership remains with providers, and that governance is local. He also outlined the technical infrastructure, including a master patient index, cloud-based data lake, support for modern standards like FHIR and USCDI as well as older formats, and data quality tools used to normalize and standardize information. Bramble said the model is intended to reduce duplication, lower costs, and support rural providers and future use cases such as reporting, analytics, and AI-enabled decision support. Members asked how the state can ensure the data is actually used and who should drive priorities for health care improvement. Bramble said Crisp can provide tools, expertise, and examples from other states, but local teams such as KHI and state stakeholders must tailor and lead utilization efforts. In response to questions about ownership and coordination, he stressed that successful HIE governance requires a multistakeholder body that includes hospitals, health plans, government, and other interests, with a unified approach rather than multiple competing directives. He also said the Commonwealth has an opportunity to convene those stakeholders and set clear priorities. A senator raised concerns that responsibility for Medicaid and broader health policy has become fragmented and suggested a stronger central role for the state, possibly through the Department of Public Health, to coordinate health priorities. Bramble agreed that a single convening authority and multistakeholder governance are important, and noted that local governance should determine what data is shared and how it is used. No votes or formal actions were taken during this portion of the meeting. After Bramble’s presentation and questions, the committee was told that Secretary Stack from the cabinet would testify next on the rural health transformation plan.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are re-engineering our business models to integrate shared services, ensuring we emerge as a leaner
  • And it will allow for maintaining service.
  • shared services, ensuring we emerge<00:27:03.120> as<00:27:03.280> a<00:27:03.320>
  • Our children's education and service.
  • so they're far-reaching, time-consuming so they're far-reaching, time-consuming to<00:51:45.480>
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • I believe my experience in public safety, as well as my work with victim services...
  • They can't assign community service or anything. They have to pay that $20.
  • In 2019, Arizona took an important first step in protecting consumers by enacting the Kratom Consumer
  • I also am a consumer of 7-OH.
  • My study of 1,500 7-OH consumers confirms this.
Summary: The committee first heard HB 2825, which would replace criminal enforcement tools for nonpayment of fines, fees, restitution, and related obligations with a civil collection process. Supporters, including the sponsor, argued it would streamline restitution collection and reduce costly incarceration, while opponents from victims’ rights groups, judges, and prosecutors said it would weaken victims’ constitutional rights and remove effective enforcement leverage. The chair adopted an amendment requiring a summons and clarifying that victims’ constitutional remedies are preserved, and the committee passed the bill 5-2. The committee then considered HB 4070, which would bar corporations from incorporating if an officer, director, or trustee had been convicted of sex or human trafficking, and would extend civil liability to those who facilitate trafficking. Supporters framed it as a “corporate death penalty” aimed at preventing trafficking through corporate governance, while the ACLU warned the facilitation language was vague and could sweep too broadly. After adopting the chair’s amendment defining “facilitate,” the committee passed the bill 5-2. The committee also unanimously recommended confirmation of Neil McDowell to the Arizona Board of Executive Clemency after hearing his background in corrections and his plans to review cases thoroughly and efficiently. Next, HB 2720 was heard, which would raise penalties for paying or agreeing to pay for sexual conduct, add a $200 assessment for the anti-human trafficking fund, and allow certain sex-trafficking victims convicted of prostitution to seal vacated records. Supporters, including law enforcement, prosecutors, and survivor advocates, said it would deter demand and help victims; opponents argued it could still sweep in trafficking victims and lacked sufficient safeguards. The committee passed the bill 4-3. The committee also heard HB 2028, a strike-everything amendment allowing community restitution in lieu of a $20 assessment for indigent homeless defendants, and HB 2047, which would increase trespass penalties for remaining in or returning to property after an eviction writ; both were discussed but no final vote is reflected in the transcript excerpt. Additional bills were introduced and heard later in the meeting, including HB 2136, which would create new offenses for “civil terrorism” and “subversion” and increase penalties for certain highway obstruction; the ACLU opposed it as viewpoint discrimination. HB 2406 would make images and recordings of abused children and deceased minors confidential and restrict dissemination and monetization; the sponsor said it was intended to prevent re-victimization and misuse of public records, while defense-side speakers asked for clearer access for defense teams. HB 2415 would tighten regulation of kratom products and specifically target concentrated 7-OH products; testimony sharply split between supporters who described public-health risks and opponents who said prohibition would harm consumers who use it for pain or recovery. The transcript ends before any final action on those later bills is shown.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 30th, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I don't see anything as far as consumer protection.
  • American consumers can only consume about 1.6 billion pounds. So there's two.
  • This bill relates to the disclosure of mandatory fees or surcharges charged to a consumer by a food service
  • This lack of transparency can erode consumer trust and make it difficult.
  • Members, this bill strengthens consumer protection and addresses emergency.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

PBS Public Hearing - Fri Feb 6, 2026 @ 8:30 AM HST

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:51:45.599> uh change the way it provided services uh change the way it provided services
  • provide free services provide free services uh<01:55:53.199> voice<01:55:53.520> services
  • And hopefully we'll have a quorum from our sister committee, Health and Human Services or Human Services
  • <02:15:38.480> This relating to disaster services. This relating to disaster services.
  • fund some of these services. Thank you. fund some of these services. Thank you.
Bills: HB676
Summary: The committee heard three public safety bills. HB 2235 would appropriate $1.3 million for the Military Affairs and Community Relations Office to strengthen coordination on military and defense issues. Supporters, including the Hawaii National Guard and DBEDT’s military relations office, said the office helps Hawaiʻi understand federal contracting, USA Jobs, and military-related economic impacts. One member questioned why the state should fund a DoD-related office while Hawaiʻi remains under-reimbursed on impact aid; supporters responded that the office serves Hawaiʻi communities and helps prepare residents for federal jobs. The chair said she intended to recommend the bill pass with a HD1, a blank appropriation to be filled in the committee report, technical amendments, a defective effective date, and updated office title language. HB 2263 would expand Hawaiʻi family leave law to cover qualifying military exigencies. The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, DBEDT’s military relations office, and the Hawaii National Guard supported the measure, saying military families often face short-notice deployments, relocations, briefings, and urgent family arrangements that require time away from work, and that aligning state law with federal standards would provide clarity and consistency. The chair said she would recommend passage with a HD1, a defective effective date, and technical amendments. HB 2291 would clarify that certain National Guard Youth and Educational Programs employees are excluded from collective bargaining, rename the program, and codify its Hawaiian name. The Hawaii National Guard said it was a housekeeping bill with no appropriation, but requested an amendment to align the bill with updated authorities and program references; the chair asked for proposed language before the later decision-making. She said she would recommend passage with a defective date and the requested amendment if provided, and then recessed the hearing until 11:30 a.m. for decision-making on all three bills.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Children and Youth Health Committee Feb 12th, 2025

Children and Youth Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • To be eligible to receive services, so basically it saves lives.
  • What a child is seeking services… ...what a child is seeking services for and what they disclose with
  • their service provider are part of confidentiality laws that this bill is in direct conflict with.
  • There is a risk that children living with grandparents or other kin would not be able to access services
  • If the… ...services as mentioned if the appropriate guardianship documents are not completed or filed
Bills: SB58, SB101, SB102
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Business and Insurance 2ND REVISED Apr 23rd, 2026 at 09:30 am

Business and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think it has applicable knowledge to apply to continue my service on the consumer credit mission.
  • Uh, 2933 is a consumer protection bill.
  • And they feel they feel like they\'re not getting serviced correctly.
  • I want them to have to swallow something because we have to protect our consumers.
  • That was a blanket full exemption for payroll service providers.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Tue Feb 17, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 16

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • safety and public health, support a viable and well-regulated industry that successfully attracts consumers
  • safety and public health, support a viable and well-regulated industry that successfully attracts consumers
  • safety and public health, support a viable and well-regulated industry that successfully attracts consumers
  • <00:32:28.320> and<00:32:28.640> suppliers<00:32:29.120> away attracts consumers
  • and suppliers away attracts consumers and suppliers away from<00:32:29.600> the<00:32:29.919>
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

JHA Info Briefing - Tue Feb 17, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They knew exactly how much consumed.
  • We offer several different services. The first being toll processing and extraction services.
  • So processing and extraction services.
  • <01:47:36.159> safety consumer safety consumer safety uh<01:47:37.840> and<01:47:38.239
  • gummies, beverages and other consumer gummies, beverages and other consumer formats<01:48:14.800
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • It coordinated services for these families.
  • So like I said, we were the sole provider of those services.
  • You shouldn't be billed for a service that does not rise to the same level as the services that you would
  • Those services are important to our employees, and their families need those services and value those
  • services at FSEDs.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources & Energy.(7-2-26)

Natural Resources & Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:26:34.840> And Kentucky Public Service Commission.
  • And Kentucky Public Service Commission.
  • familiar with how the Public Service familiar with how the Public Service Commission<00:33:29.600
  • Um, but there's been an increase of over 100% in the consumer.
  • distribution equipment, and consumables distribution equipment, and consumables staged<01:06:19.400
Bills: SB8
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works May 18th, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • The fees are, believe it or not, set by the Public Service Commission.
  • And so there is a weekend fee that the Public Service Commission authorizes the tow truck people to charge
Bills: HCR96, SB431
Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on May 18, 2026, with a quorum present and took up Senate Bill 431 by Senator Foil. The bill, as amended in the House, would apply only to non-consensual private-property tows and require towing companies to have someone available on weekends to release vehicles within 90 minutes of a call if they want to charge storage fees for Saturday and Sunday. Senator Foil said the measure was intended to help vehicle owners retrieve cars and belongings sooner, while not forcing companies to stay open; Lieutenant John Nelson of Louisiana State Police explained that payment would still occur at the yard and that the bill did not change the fee structure. Amy Seals of Riverside Towing opposed the bill, citing safety concerns, burdens on office staff, and fairness issues because it would not cover police-initiated tows; she suggested limiting weekend release hours to daytime. Despite her concerns, the committee moved SB 431 favorably without objection. The committee then considered House Concurrent Resolution 96 by Representative Adams, which urges the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Motor Vehicles, to provide educational materials on proper roundabout use. Adams said the resolution was meant to help drivers in smaller parishes and elsewhere who struggle with roundabouts. Several members supported the idea, noting confusion about roundabout navigation in their areas, and one member asked whether driver education already covers the topic. The resolution was moved favorably without objection. Before adjourning, the chair recognized a new DOTD staff member and a visitor from the Florida Women’s Republican group. Representative Spells then moved to adjourn, and the committee adjourned without objection.