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CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 119 May 13th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so I would ask why, why is this being lobbied so hard when it's so split?
  • So while there is that initial payment, yes, it is... That doesn't happen with workman's comp.
  • legal opinions by premier ... than split legal opinions by premier attorneys, one from the AG's office
  • I do think this is a good split-the-baby...
  • I do think this is a good split-the-baby kind of amendment.
Keywords: 981, all
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair members, HB2601 requires the Arizona Department of Transportation to seek federal approval to split
  • This is on the Arizona Department of Transportation to seek federal approval to split Interstate 11,
  • Madam Chair, this had a split vote in committee.
  • Madam Chair, this had a split vote in committee. Madam Chair, this had a split vote in committee.
  • insurers covering firefighters rate deviation, requires that firefighters can only submit a claim for payment
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The caucus reviewed a long list of bills and resolutions, with staff giving brief descriptions and members flagging which items were on consent, had unanimous committee votes, or should be pulled for further discussion. Topics included education, health care, public safety, labor, water, taxation, housing, and elections. Several measures were noted as party-line or mixed votes, while many others were reported as unanimous and placed on third-read or consent calendars. Among the more discussed items were bills on school and labor policy, including a proposal to prohibit teacher strikes, a measure restricting school district bond actions, a bill requiring school safety protocols and assigning felony penalties for noncompliance, and a resolution limiting public money for labor organization activities. Members also raised concerns or requested further review on bills involving pharmacist testing authority, expired opioid antagonists, a county sheriff-related measure, a housing affordability district proposal, and a tobacco/vape regulation bill. Some measures were explicitly pulled from consent, including a Medicaid audit resolution, a budget-related pay-withholding resolution, and several education and public safety bills. The caucus also heard multiple health and human services measures, such as genetic counselor licensing, nursing board and pharmacy board continuations, foster care rights, psychiatry access funding, and free school meals. In addition, there were water and energy bills on Colorado River management, groundwater, transmission-line review, and renewable energy valuation, plus election and campaign-related proposals. The meeting ended with announcements, including an upcoming Colorado River breakfast briefing and an internal award recognizing Representative Brian Garcia, followed by adjournment.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Working Group on Omnibus Health and Human Services Bill - 06/08/25

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • page 10, line 431, there is a payment page 10, line 431, there is a payment modification<00:10:41.440
  • I'm also pleased that the hospital direct payment program bill is included.
  • application for a directed payment application for a directed payment program<00:56:24.640> that
  • direct payment program bill is included. direct payment program bill is included.
  • <00:57:33.280> program to include the directed payment program to include the directed payment
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities

Transcript Highlights:
  • But what has not gotten much attention are the harsh penalties for payment error rates.
  • To be clear, error rate is not fraud, but a reflection of errors in either payment accuracy or errors
  • Lack of caseworkers puts thousands of eligible families at risk of losing... ...SNAP, and if payment
  • A little over half of states pass through some amount of child support payments.
  • when their payments are passed through to their children.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The House Committee on Children and Families held a hybrid hearing on a broad set of anti-hunger, family support, and basic-needs bills. Early testimony focused on SNAP and DTA operations: Rep. DeRosa and others urged passage of H. 196/S. 167 to require DTA to identify staffing, technology, funding, and operational needs to improve timeliness and customer service, warning that unanswered calls, delayed recertifications, and federal changes could sharply raise state costs through higher SNAP administrative burdens and payment-error penalties. Speakers from Massachusetts Law Reform Institute and Project Bread said DTA is under-resourced, caseloads have grown, and families are being denied or delayed due to phone and paperwork barriers. Another major SNAP-related bill, H. 254/S. 147, would require the Commonwealth to replace stolen EBT/SNAP benefits; testimony described more than $13 million stolen from about 27,000 households since June 2022 and argued families should not bear losses from organized theft rings. The committee also heard strong support for H. 207/S. 117, which would restore state-funded nutrition assistance for legally present immigrants excluded from federal SNAP under recent federal changes. Advocates from Project Bread, the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, local immigrant services, and public health groups said the federal cuts would leave thousands of residents, including refugees, asylum seekers, trafficking survivors, and children, without food support, and argued Massachusetts has a history of filling this gap. Testimony also supported H. 222/S. 104 to make the Healthy Incentives Program permanent and year-round; supporters said HIP improves nutrition, boosts local farms and regional economies, and had already served more than 212,000 households in FY25. A related child-support bill, H. 201/S. 110, would increase the amount of child support passed through to TAFDC families and expand good-cause exemptions; witnesses said the change would put more money directly in families’ hands, reduce poverty, and better protect survivors of domestic violence and families with complicated co-parenting situations. A large portion of the hearing was devoted to deep-poverty and diaper-related legislation. Supporters of H. 214/S. 118 said cash assistance grants have lost value over time and should be raised annually until they reach half of the federal poverty level; advocates from Children’s HealthWatch, Hopewell, the Lift Our Kids Coalition, and parents described the links between deep poverty, poor child health, family stress, and child welfare involvement. They argued that higher grants would help families meet basic needs, reduce hospitalizations and neglect reports, and provide stability amid federal cuts. Finally, multiple witnesses backed diaper legislation, including H. 220/S. 151 and related bills, to create a diaper benefits pilot and/or diaper allowance commission. Testimony from the National Diaper Bank Network, MassCAP, Children’s HealthWatch, local diaper banks, and parents said diaper need is widespread, affects parental employment and mental health, and can cause health problems for infants; a federally funded pilot in Massachusetts was cited as showing improved employment, financial stability, reduced stress, and fewer diaper rashes. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing; the committee heard testimony and asked questions throughout.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Finance Nov 18th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • The AOC is Agency 218, and we are split into four program budgets.
  • But operationally, we're split into eight divisions.
  • These are payments for Forest Service.
  • So the majority of our small communities did not get those direct payments.
  • Not get those direct payments. So we have 106, 105 didn't get a direct payment.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Financial Services Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am

Joint Committee on Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • We've assessed, I think, a 40-cent surcharge for traveling, and we've split half of that between the
  • I think the split is about $12 million to localities.
  • By attempting to keep these payment issues from clogging our courts, development of a cottage industry
  • for payment collection by attorneys is a dangerous precedent to allow to continue unfettered.
  • and at the time the legislature set this 20-cent flat fee on each and every ride. ...which is now split
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Financial Services Committee heard testimony on several insurance, transportation, and labor-related bills. Senator Edwards supported bills addressing app-based delivery workers, arguing that food-delivery drivers should be treated as employees with protections and mileage reimbursement, and that a small surcharge on app-based deliveries could raise revenue for the Commonwealth and localities. Kevin Brousseau of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO also backed the delivery-worker bill, saying it would preserve employee status, add data transparency, and create a process for challenging deactivations. MAPC supported a bill to change transportation network company fees from a flat per-ride charge to a percentage-based assessment, saying the current fee is outdated and that a higher fee could raise more transportation revenue and help address congestion and emissions. A large portion of the hearing focused on auto insurance and collision repair issues. Insurance industry witnesses supported a bill to limit attorney’s fees in PIP cases by giving insurers 30 days after a complaint is served to pay amounts due without fee exposure, arguing that PIP litigation has surged, is clogging courts, and is being driven by out-of-state firms. They also opposed auto body labor-rate bills, saying the market is already adjusting and that a statutory floor is unnecessary. In contrast, auto body shop representatives and the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Massachusetts urged favorable action on bills to raise and regularly update collision repair labor rates, saying current reimbursement levels are far below market, have not kept pace with inflation or vehicle technology, and are making it hard to retain workers and keep small shops open. One witness also supported a bill to limit insurance surcharge points for low-damage accidents or minor moving violations. Committee members asked questions about deactivation rights for delivery workers, the mechanics of the PIP litigation issue, and the gap between body-shop and mechanical labor rates. Testimony emphasized that current auto body reimbursement rates are around the mid-$40s per hour, while mechanical work can be reimbursed at much higher rates, and that advisory-board discussions have produced only limited progress. At the end of the hearing, the chairs asked if anyone else wished to testify, then moved to close the hearing; the motion was seconded and approved unanimously.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 3/9/26

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • MAXIS determines eligibility for public assistance and some health care cases, calculates payments, and
  • A key benefit is also the ability to align provider licensing data with provider payment and claims data
  • A key benefit is also the ability to align provider licensing data with provider payment and claims data
  • A key benefit is also the ability to align provider licensing data with provider payment and claims data
  • The analytics said that we're talking about that, the payment.
Keywords: 1183, house
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Care & Wellness Dec 5th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's made up of eight senators, eight representatives, and its membership is evenly split between the
  • It's made up of eight senators, eight representatives, and its membership is evenly split between the
  • It's made up of eight senators, eight representatives, and its membership is evenly split between the
  • We are concerned that HR1 makes significant changes to directed payment programs called our hospital.
  • It's not a good payment rate, and it's going to wipe out 81% of the benefit of the current safety net
Summary: The committee heard a JLARC presentation on the Department of Health’s oversight of hospital inspections, complaints, and reporting. JLARC said DOH was late on 72% of acute care hospital inspections as of December 2024, had not verified that third-party accrediting standards were substantially equivalent to state standards, did not consistently require proof of those inspections, did not review adverse health event corrective plans, and could make hospital data more accessible. JLARC also raised a possible language-access barrier in the complaint system. Members asked about complaint filing by staff, the meaning of adverse health events, inspection outcomes, and whether the audit compared DOH to other agencies. JLARC said it had not reviewed inspection results or cross-agency comparisons, but noted inspectors were dedicated and working long hours. DOH later said it concurred with the recommendations and outlined a strategic plan with target dates for improving timeliness, verifying accreditation standards, expanding language access, reviewing adverse event laws, and improving public data access, with annual reporting to the Legislature expected. The committee then heard a Department of Health presentation on certificate of need modernization. DOH described the current certificate of need process, which reviews need, financial feasibility, quality, and cost containment for certain facility changes and new services, and said the program has not been modernized since the 1980s. DOH proposed 10 statutory modernization recommendations, including clarifying the program’s purpose, creating a planning entity, adding flexibility, reducing legal costs, updating access-to-care standards, expanding oversight to freestanding emergency departments and urgent care, addressing equity, improving cost control coordination, strengthening long-term funding, and using better data systems. Members asked about oversight of freestanding urgent care and EDs, funding sources, and whether the process could be streamlined or made more responsive to complaints or other triggers. A third panel discussed artificial intelligence in health care. Lucy O’Rourke of the Coalition for Health AI described CHAI’s work on responsible AI principles, technical standards, model cards or “nutrition labels,” testing and governance tools, and educational resources for providers. She said the group is focused on trust, transparency, fairness, safety, security, and privacy, and noted Washington’s AI-related policy work as among the more progressive in the country. No questions were asked. The final portion focused on the financial impact of federal and state health care policy changes. The Washington State Hospital Association said hospitals are facing low or negative operating margins, service reductions, layoffs, and closures, and that state cuts and taxes enacted in 2025, combined with federal HR1 changes, will significantly worsen finances. Providence Swedish leaders described staffing reductions, service cuts, delayed capital investments, and pressure from denials, tariffs, and reimbursement changes, while emphasizing that frontline staffing cuts are tied to service reductions rather than nurse-to-patient ratio changes. The Washington Health Benefit Exchange then began a presentation on expiring federal ACA premium tax credits, state Cascade Care Savings assistance, and eligibility changes affecting lawfully present non-citizens, with examples showing large premium increases for customers if federal subsidies expire.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Appropriations Feb 19th, 2025

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • In public education, it's split.
  • The legacy payment will adjust in order to do that.
  • And that plan has different benefit structure, different payments than the state.
  • The legislature has been paying $510 million a year in a legacy payment to ERS.
  • There isn't a the continuation of the legacy payments and an additional one bill billion payment to ERS
Keywords: 1184, house, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • , make semi-annual availability payments, make semi-annual availability payments, availability<00
  • All payments are conditioned on meeting performance standards. There'll be no upfront payments.
  • All payments are conditioned on meeting All payments are conditioned on meeting performance<00:10:06.920
  • It is critical to upfront payments.
  • One question on the payments that are, I think, $47 million in availability payments over 30 years.
Summary: The committee first approved the April 27 minutes and then received several informational reports, including University of Kentucky medical equipment purchases, UK’s use of $200 million in Ever funds for a public-private partnership, school district debt issuances, UK’s planned use of construction manager-at-risk delivery on five projects, Kentucky Communications Network Authority capital projects under House Bill 6, and 14 UK lease improvements. Members were told the House Bill 6 item was also being discussed in the Information Technology Oversight Committee and could return later if needed. The main action item was University of Kentucky’s request to approve a $600 million public-private partnership for central plants and utility infrastructure tied to the Chandler expansion. UK said it would shift $200 million from previously authorized restricted funds into the P3, leaving the project financed through private equity and nonprofit debt with no UK or Commonwealth debt. UK representatives said the project is necessary to support 24/7 hospital operations, expand and modernize utility systems, improve redundancy and efficiency, and reduce long-term operating risk. Members asked about the source of the availability payments, which UK said would come from UK Healthcare revenues, and the committee approved the P3 agreement unanimously. The committee also approved a UK lease renewal for a 20,000-square-foot College of Medicine annex near the Bowling Green Medical Center. UK said the lease costs $38 per square foot, or $912,000 annually, and supports medical education expansion in the region, including growth from 120 to 160 students over four years. Members voiced support for the local impact, and the lease passed unanimously. Later, the committee approved a Transportation Cabinet aviation project for two medium box hangars at Capital City Airport, funded by $1,153,000 in federal money and $950,000 from the Aviation Economic Development Fund, which is supported by a 6% jet fuel tax with a $1 million annual cap per company. Members asked about the fund balance, the cap, and airport revenue sources, and staff said the airport also receives entitlement and federal infrastructure funds and earns revenue from hangar rent and fuel sales. The committee then approved two Finance and Administration Cabinet pool projects: a roof and skylight replacement at the Libraries and Archives building and exterior repairs at several state buildings. Finally, the committee approved six Kentucky Infrastructure Authority action items after hearing about one loan increase for the Springfield Wastewater Treatment Plant and five grant reallocations tied to Cleaner Water Program and county allocation pool funds. Members asked why one project approved in 2024 was only now increasing, and KIA explained that design, water division review, environmental review, and bidding can take one to two years. KIA also reported additional no-action items, including a Brandenburg water grant split among two projects and 17 Kentucky Waters projects provided for information. The meeting ended with approval of the action items and no further action on the informational grants.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Finance Division III (04/20/2026)

Transcript Highlights:
  • this that they receive payment of it. this that they receive payment of it.
  • <01:11:37.560> error federal fiscal year 25 payment error federal fiscal year 25 payment error
  • <01:11:48.720> And with a different payment error rate.
  • And with a different payment error rate.
  • They follow their payment have been set.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: Division Three of the Finance Committee met in work session on April 20, 2026, to consider Senate Bills 481, 603, and 663, with the discussion focused primarily on SB 481, relative to the sale of the Sununu Youth Services Center property. The chair explained that the bill was advisory only and that the committee’s recommendations would go to full Finance on April 27. For SB 481, members reviewed conflicting provisions in the prior budget law about whether sale proceeds should go to the general fund or the Youth Development Center Claims and Administration Settlement Fund, and the bill was described as a compromise that would direct proceeds to the general fund before June 30, 2027, and to the settlement fund after that date. It was noted that the settlement fund had originally received about $20 million and had roughly $10 million remaining. The committee also received an extensive update from DCYF Director Marie Noonan on the new Youth Development Center in Hampstead. She reported that construction remained on schedule, with major structural and interior work complete, substantial completion expected in late summer or early fall 2026, and occupancy anticipated in early 2027. The presentation highlighted the facility’s design features, including single-occupancy bedrooms, sensory rooms, an education wing, medical and clinical suites, visitation space, a gym, and multiple outdoor courtyards, all intended to support a trauma-informed setting. Members asked about the facility’s funding, square footage, fencing, and scanner; staff said the building is about 34,000 square feet, funded entirely with federal ARPA state recovery funds to date, and that the scanner is on site but not yet operational pending policy and staff training. Committee members also raised concerns about the facility’s design and security. In response, DCYF said some concrete walls are required for structural and safety reasons, but they are being painted to maintain a brighter environment, and that the fencing will be about 15 feet high with privacy netting because the campus is shared with Hampstead. Officials said the new facility is legislatively limited to a maximum of 12 youth, while the current center can house 12 to 18, and emphasized that courts ultimately determine placements. No votes or final actions were taken during the work session.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Transportation - 02/18/26

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's split up. 11% of that comes to the HUTDF. And that's about 9 or 10...
  • That's split up. 11% of that comes to the HUTDF.
  • Oh, and then the 5% off the top of the HUTDF is split in statute.
  • Um, allowing, uh, an extended payment schedule for local share.
  • <00:45:59.200> local extended payment schedule for local extended payment schedule for local
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So state directed payments or SDPs are provider payment arrangements through managed care.
  • However, existing approved payments and those payments currently under review by CMS must phase down
  • enactment July 4, 2025 for new payments. enactment July 4, 2025 for new payments.
  • a payment error rate above 3%. a payment error rate above 3%.
  • penalized under the payment error rate. penalized under the payment error rate.
Bills: HR1
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Revenue Stabilization and Tax Policy Aug 14th, 2025

Revenue Stabilization & Tax Policy Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • The cannabis excise tax is split two-thirds to the state and one-third to the applicable local government
  • We split the types of tax expenditures into five categories: those that are targeted towards healthcare
  • There were non-recurring expenditures that represent the rebate payments that we made in response to
  • So it's split about half and half. So maybe, maybe about half of 5.7 billion came.
  • So our federal royalty payment is split that way. That's right, Madam Chair.
OR
Transcript Highlights:
  • And if she couldn't make that payment, she signed a way that she would move out in less than a week.
  • Sometimes those payments come late anyway, right?
  • So it's a mortgage payment to it.
  • Chrissy Split and Stephanie Cruz from ODOE, and Lena from Community Energy Project.
  • For the record, Christy Split.
Keywords: 907, all
Summary: The committee met for a series of information sessions focused on housing stabilization, rental assistance, senior housing, and heat resilience. In the first panel, OHCS and NOAA described the state’s affordable housing preservation work, including the $35 million in 2025 stabilization funding used to reduce debt and keep distressed affordable rental projects operating, plus manufactured home park preservation efforts. OHCS said the portfolio remains under strain, with about a third of projects at debt coverage ratios of 1.0 or less and rising insurance and operating costs. NOAA urged faster closings on the stabilization awards, more funding in 2027, and broader rent assistance and process reforms. Committee members asked about the gap between current appropriations and need, and OHCS explained that the new Article 11-Q bond preservation program is structured differently and requires full refinancing rather than simple cash infusions. The committee then heard a detailed discussion of the state’s eviction prevention and rental assistance program, ORDAP. OHCS said the program is administered through community action agencies, prioritizes households at imminent risk of eviction, and is now funded at a much lower level than in the prior biennium, reducing expected service to about 8,200 households this biennium. The Oregon Law Center, a county community action agency, and Multifamily Northwest all agreed the program prevents homelessness and is effective, but they differed on whether assistance should be tied so closely to eviction court. Legal aid and community action witnesses said the current system is underfunded and that eviction filings are the clearest indicator of need, while Multifamily Northwest argued the process can push people into court unnecessarily and should be moved earlier when possible. Legislators raised questions about whether a pre-eviction model could be developed and about the costs of court involvement; one member shared a personal story about how rental assistance helped keep their family housed. Next, the governor’s office, OHCS, and OHA presented on the new senior housing initiative and healthy homes work. The governor’s housing director said Oregon is making progress on homelessness and housing production, with reductions in homelessness outside Multnomah County and an estimated 50,000 future units added to the pipeline through recent state actions. OHCS outlined the senior housing programs launched in May: a debt-financing program using elderly and disabled bond authority, an older adult housing development program funded through the senior property tax deferral revolving account, and a rehousing program for older adults that will use bridge funding and services to move at least 400 unsheltered older Oregonians into housing. OHA also described its Healthy Homes Grant Program, including $24.6 million already awarded, a new $5 million grant round for seniors and people with disabilities, and examples of home repairs and weatherization that help people remain safely housed. The final information session focused on home cooling and heat resilience. OHA presented data showing rising extreme heat days, more heat-related emergency visits, and likely undercounted heat deaths, especially among older adults, people with disabilities, low-income communities, and people without access to healthy homes. ODOE reviewed implementation of Senate Bill 1536, including a cooling needs study that found 58% of surveyed households in the studied housing types needed permanent cooling, with estimated statewide costs of $582 million to $1 billion. ODOE said its rental home heat pump and community heat pump programs have supported 4,638 installations so far, with a temporary reopening planned using remaining funds. The session ended with a remote presentation from a Community Action Partnership of Oregon representative, continuing the discussion of how community action agencies help deliver energy and anti-poverty services.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations & Revenue. (7-1-26)

Appropriations & Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's split in two payments. We are like a mortgage broker if you think of us in simple terms.
  • So for district's payment on that bond.
  • two<00:38:00.120> payments.
  • That's split in two payments. We a year. That's split in two payments.
  • <01:47:52.200> to that secondary post-secondary split to that secondary post-secondary split
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/13/25 - Part 2

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Bill payments shut down.
  • uh the courts shut situations uh the courts shut down<00:42:50.200> bill<00:42:50.480> payments
  • shut<00:42:51.640> down<00:42:52.640> we're<00:42:52.839> all down bill payments
  • shut down we're all down bill payments shut down we're all legislators<00:42:54.000> we<00:42
  • They don't convene the rank and file of the entire company to decide what happens in a split-second decision
Keywords: 1183, house
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am

Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Transcript Highlights:
  • testify on 16 bills that are before you today, eight of which we oppose and eight of which we support, split
  • Eight of which we support, split down the middle.
  • House Bill 362, an act relative to partial payments.
  • House 362, in Accroated Payments. host 3686. We sold in premises at Holyoke.
  • House 362, an act road to partial payments.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure held a hearing on alcohol licensing, sales, and consumption issues affecting bars, restaurants, package stores, and local communities. The chair outlined hybrid hearing procedures, including three-minute testimony limits and instructions for written testimony. The committee heard a local bill for Milford, H. 4169, authorizing an additional off-premises all-alcohol license for Charlie’s Mini Mart, with the understanding that the existing wine and malt license would be surrendered if the new license is granted. A major topic was the long-running debate over happy hour. The Massachusetts Restaurant Association opposed bills such as S. 217, H. 349, and H. 443, arguing that discounted alcohol would intensify competition, create pressure on restaurants to participate, and potentially raise liquor liability and insurance costs. In contrast, Senator Julian Cyr testified in support of repealing the happy hour ban through a local-option framework, saying the bill includes safeguards such as no discounts after 10 p.m., fixed pricing during promotions, and advance posting requirements, and that it could help downtowns and seasonal businesses without creating a public health risk. The Massachusetts Package Stores Association testified on a broad package of bills, opposing measures to reinstate happy hour, allow supplier control over retail shelf space (H. 350), impose a transfer fee on licenses (H. 351), authorize alcohol coupons or discounts (H. 381 and S. 219), and permit Thanksgiving alcohol sales (H. 428). It supported bills requiring beverage alcohol training for off-premise licensees (H. 344), restricting self-checkout for alcohol (H. 366), changing Section 15 grocery-store license rules (S. 213), and several other regulatory changes. The Distilled Spirits Council supported H. 350 on private label spirits, while acknowledging concerns about disclosure and preferential treatment; package store witnesses defended private labels as lawful products they create with manufacturers, and the council argued the bill should address consumer confusion and unfair competitive advantages. The hearing concluded with Chair Chan announcing committee poll results on other bills, including a number of favorable reports and study orders, and the committee then voted to close the hearing.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Jan 20th, 2026

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so, has been split into two bills.
  • basically last year's bill, but split basically last year's bill, but split into<00:54:37.359>
  • However, what is the split?
  • You done split your bill all the way up. the the bill that is split.
  • However, the the bill that is split.
Keywords: 1136, house, all
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • . certain supplemental payments, modifiers, and other add-on payment programs that are not part of a
  • prospective payment system, but are designed to help make the hospital whole for the cost of the care
  • And in fact, it provides a quick pay option that sets hospital payment. option that sets hospital payment
  • They are having difficulty surviving because of those negotiated public payments.
  • I'm trying to get to the point: when is the payment made? I think somebody noticed. Yeah.