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ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Jan 29th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The first is the Medicaid Administration and Management Program.
- And so that's what's reflected out there in the future.
- That goes to the TECM program. That's a transportation expansion congestion mitigation program.
- The Medicaid program has almost doubled over that 10-year period.
- The Empowering Parents program was brought on there.
Summary:
The committee held a courtesy presentation from JFAC members and staff on the state’s fiscal outlook, with a focus on the general fund, Medicaid, and the budget pressures facing fiscal years 2026 and 2027. Senator Groh and staff explained that JFAC raised the revenue forecast above the governor’s recommendation, but that projected costs from tax conformity and other factors largely erased that gain, leaving a very small ending balance. They also noted that the governor’s budget relies on some one-time money and that JFAC had asked agencies for additional 1% to 2% reduction plans beyond the governor’s proposed 3% cuts.
Alex Williamson presented the Medicaid portion of the budget, saying the Division of Medicaid faces an ongoing FY 2027 increase of about $235 million. She said about $84.8 million of that is offset by the already-implemented 4% provider rate cut, and another $67 million in governor-recommended reductions would require legislative action. Those options include further hospital rate reductions, cuts to residential habilitation rates, review of managed care administrative costs, and removal of some services in Idaho Code. Members asked whether reserve funds could be used instead of additional cuts, and Williamson deferred the broader fiscal picture to Mr. Bybee.
Keith Bybee then walked the committee through the state’s structural balance, cash reserves, and sales tax distribution. He said the state’s revenues and expenditures are no longer aligned over the long term, that the 2025 revenue forecast missed by more than $100 million, and that the current projected ending balance could fall to about $29.8 million if the governor’s plan and tax conformity are adopted. He emphasized that the Legislature must decide whether to use one-time money, make more cuts, or restore structural balance. Members debated whether the budget problem was driven by recent tax cuts and revenue assumptions, and several said they were reluctant to cut Medicaid further. No formal votes or actions were taken, and the committee adjourned after asking members to send feedback before the chair’s upcoming JFAC presentation.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor & Commerce Jan 23rd, 2026 at 08:00 am
Labor & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- Like many state programs, Washington's workers' compensation system serves as a vital safety net for
- We believe this bill is a good step forward because it brings greater transparency to a program that
- SB 6136 is designed to provide more information in greater detail about the classes in the program.
- And when they don't work, then we do have a program at Labor and Industries to look at complex cases
- It's the employer's choice which workers' comp program an injured worker is placed in.
Bills:
SB5847 , SB6067 , SB6136 , SB6014 , SB5972 , SB5869 , SB5874 , SB6058 , SB6039 , SB5944 , SB6188
Committee:
Senate Labor & Commerce
Keywords:
workers' compensation, industrial insurance, injured workers, medical provider network, occupational health, occupational medicine, medical care access, L&I, Department of Labor and Industries, self-insured employers, state fund claims, utilization review, provider credentialing, provider network, treatment guidelines, evidence-based medicine, claims management, claims managers, temporary total disability, permanent partial disability
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Conservation and Natural Resources Mar 5th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Conservation and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- The Committee on Conservation and Natural Resources will now come to order.
- low-interest financing option to fix serious erosion problems, hopefully to prevent problems in the future
- With no more business before the Committee on Conservation and Natural Resources, we stand adjourned.
Committee:
House Conservation and Natural Resources
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Conservation and Natural Resources Mar 5th, 2026
Conservation and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- The Committee on Conservation and Natural Resources will now come to order.
- low-interest financing option to fix serious erosion problems, hopefully to prevent problems in the future
- With no more business before Conservation and Natural Resources, we stand adjourned.
Committee:
House Conservation and Natural Resources
Summary:
The Committee on Conservation and Natural Resources met with a quorum present and briefly entered executive session. The main item of business was House Bill 1734, which was described as providing homeowners a low-interest financing option to address serious erosion problems and help prevent future damage. The chair reminded members of the bill’s purpose, and no additional questions or discussion were raised.
A motion was made to report House Bill 1734 due pass. The committee then took a roll call vote, with 11 ayes and 0 noes. The bill was approved and reported due pass, and the committee adjourned after completing its business.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House environment panel considers bill to establish year-round bass fishing season 4/1/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- member of the committee, I will move that House File 2824 be laid over for possible inclusion in a future
- this, and we feel comfortable that this is something that can be provided to the anglers with no conservation
- this, and we feel comfortable that this is something that can be provided to the anglers with no conservation
- this, and we feel comfortable that this is something that can be provided to the anglers with no conservation
- this, and we feel comfortable that this is something that can be provided to the anglers with no conservation
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 12 February, 2026; 9:30 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- <01:07:42.840><c> fund</c> program fund program fund that ICE has a $10 billion annual budget and a $75
- </c> emergency loan program. emergency loan program.
- </c> future date. future date.
- </c> programs can be can be administered. programs can be can be administered.
- a true loan program.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions, May 21, 2026 - AM
Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> state kind of develop this this program state kind of develop this this program or<02:31:38.720>
- </c><02:41:06.640><c> I</c> enforcement, ACE, the ACE program. I enforcement, ACE, the ACE program.
- </c> future focused. Thank you. future focused. Thank you.
- and our 34 conservation districts across the state.
- Um we in conservation it correctly.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Fifty Three - Thursday, April 16
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- accessible and compliant with ADA, but it ensures that bad faith actors across the state, or any in the future
- The potentially very conservative assumptions generate an additional $15 million.
- And then, basically, you know, it's very, very restrictive, very, very conservative.
- couple of truckers in Missouri, and they were like, you know, no, he could not get a CDL—at least the program
- The addition of non-point sources is so broad, I am concerned it could further handcuff DNR in the future
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the previous day’s journal by a vote of 126-2. Members then observed a moment of silence for former Representative Barney Fisher, who was remembered for his Marine Corps service, business career, and House service from 2005 to 2013. The chamber also welcomed several guest groups, including Southern Boone third graders, Lake of the Ozarks Day visitors, and guests connected to autism awareness and other local interests.
The House then took up several third-reading bills. Senate Bill 907, the “Act Against Abusive Website Access Litigation,” was amended and passed 148-0; supporters said it would curb predatory ADA website lawsuits and give businesses 90 days to fix problems before suit, while still preserving access rights. House Joint Resolution 159, which would modernize investment authority for the state treasurer and potentially generate about $15 million annually, passed 100-34 after debate over investment safeguards and whether it was too broad. House Bill 2741, requiring CDL holders and applicants to be able to read and speak English sufficiently for safety-related tasks and imposing penalties on operators and carriers, passed 104-22 amid concerns about subjectivity and immigration impacts.
The House also passed House Bill 2474, adding progressive design-build as an optional project delivery method for local governments, by 141-5; House Bill 3076, a Department of Natural Resources cleanup bill exempting agricultural non-point sources from water permitting, by 102-41 after sharp debate over environmental protections; House Bill 2436, revising animal abuse/neglect and impoundment procedures, by 88-54; House Bill 2576, a naming/recognition bill, by 140-3; and House Bill 3175, “Mason’s Law,” allowing health-condition information to be shared with law enforcement during traffic stops, by 147-0. The chamber then announced upcoming committee work and adjourned until 4 p.m. Monday, April 20, 2026.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- She was the managing conservator, the sole managing conservator, when Anthony's dad kidnapped Anthony
- So that this could... ...never happen in the future.
- It will make it easier to get protective orders in the future if you need them because sometimes they
- They have a program called Take It Down that they've already partnered with META, Instagram, TikTok,
Committee:
House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Keywords:
healthcare liability, emergency medical care, standard of proof, negligence, legal reforms, Texas General Arbitration Act, arbitration, binding arbitration, statute of limitations, limitations period, tolling, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Section 16.073, alternative dispute resolution, ADR, civil procedure, lawsuit filing, court jurisdiction, Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence, procedural law
HI
Bills:
SB2054 , SB2143 , SB2145 , SB2400 , SB2447 , SB2494 , SB2723 , SB2727 , SB3131 , HCR187 , SCR177 , SR172 , SCR5 , SCR85 , SR75 , SCR139 , SR131 , SCR146 , SR138 , SR84 , SCR31 , SR27 , SCR46 , SR45 , SCR48 , SR47 , SCR9 , SR11 , SCR83 , SR73 , SCR20 , SR17 , SCR56 , SR54 , SCR87 , SR79 , SCR160 , SR151 , SCR28 , SCR120 , SCR129 , SR121 , SCR71 , SR66 , SCR147 , SR139 , SCR79 , SCR179 , SCR181 , SCR182 , SCR60 , SR81 , SR174 , SR176 , SR177 , SCR89 , SCR69 , SCR74 , SR68
Keywords:
public safety, Hawaii National Guard, military deployment, governor authority, federal assistance, elections, chief election officer, vacancy, order of succession, election commission, law enforcement, recording rights, private action, civil rights, police accountability, SB2400, seaglider, wing-in-ground craft, wing in ground effect, WIG craft
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Family Service (10-15-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you. side of the Medicaid program. On behalf side of the Medicaid program.
- </c> to the fact that this program exists. to the fact that this program exists.
- </c> this program to $1.25 million annually. this program to $1.25 million annually.
- </c><00:26:20.799><c> Thank</c> support of the program. Thank support of the program.
- </c> screening programs, Kentucky improved. screening programs, Kentucky improved.
Summary:
The meeting opened with roll call, approval of the September 17 minutes, and an introduction of Sarah Rome to the committee. The chair also noted that the committee would stay on schedule and then moved to presentations. Representative Amy Neighbors and Taylor Williams of the Kentucky Pharmacists Association presented a refiled “pharmacy parity” proposal, formerly House Bill 3, to require Medicaid reimbursement for pharmacist clinical services already authorized under current scope of practice. They said the bill would not expand Medicaid or pharmacist scope, but would align Medicaid with commercial insurance, improve access and outcomes, and likely save money; they cited a Cabinet report under Senate Joint Resolution 26, which found similar laws in other states were producing savings or trending toward savings and would require only modest administrative updates. No member questions were raised after that presentation.
The committee then heard an update on the Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening Program from Senator Stephen Meredith, Dr. Whitney Jones, Melissa Carrier, and Representative Neighbors. They described the program’s goals of increasing screening, reducing deaths through earlier detection, and preventing cancers by finding polyps, saying it has produced substantial savings and improved outcomes. Speakers emphasized Kentucky’s high colorectal cancer burden, especially in younger adults, and said the program helps uninsured and underinsured Kentuckians access stool-based screening and follow-up colonoscopies through a network of partners including the Department for Public Health, Kentucky Cancer Link, and university cancer programs. They requested an increase in funding from $500,000 to $1.25 million annually, or $2.5 million over the biennium, to expand services, fill geographic gaps, and support education and navigation.
Members asked whether the colon cancer screening was already covered by Medicaid, and the presenters replied that Medicaid does cover it, but the program serves people who are not on Medicaid or who fall into a separate eligibility category based on income and insurance status. A member also clarified the requested funding increase. The committee then moved on to the next agenda item, an update from the Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky, where board member Sal Santoro and CHNK Behavioral Health leaders began a presentation describing the organization’s broader behavioral health work and its request, but the transcript cuts off before that presentation concludes or any action is taken.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 5th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And to be able to take our best guess at how many people will be able to take advantage of the program
- I am the Trades Program Director for the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses.
- Key changes to the International Energy Conservation rules: The commercial provisions.
- I was the program manager for the state for the Division of Building Safety for a number of years, and
- And then secondly, on the energy conservation code and the blower door test issue, I want to thank Mr
Summary:
The committee first approved the January 29, 2026 minutes without objection. It then considered three RS drafts: RS 33116 on land use planning and short-term rentals, which Senator Harris said was intended to balance local control, property rights, and regulation of short-term rentals, including limits on business licensing requirements for smaller operators; RS 33133 on insurer investments, which Senator Guthrie said would give insurance companies more flexibility in making investments; and RS 33190 on PERSI reemployment rules, which Senator Lakey said would treat certain appointed officials filling vacancies the same as elected officials for retirement benefit purposes. All three RSs were moved to print and the motions carried.
The committee also heard several gubernatorial reappointments. Kevin Settles was reappointed to the Idaho Health Insurance Exchange Board and described his long service and focus on efficient administration. Todd Lakey was reappointed to the State Insurance Fund Board and spoke about the board’s customer-service improvements and ongoing changes. Representative John Weber was reappointed to the State Insurance Fund Board, and Robert Cuio was reappointed to the Idaho Health Insurance Exchange Board; both were moved to the Senate floor with recommendations for confirmation, and those motions carried.
The remainder of the meeting focused on three rule dockets from DOPL and the Idaho Building Code Board. Two dockets made temporary fee reductions permanent for factory-built structures and building permits, with no public comments and no impact on the general fund. The final docket adopted Idaho-specific updates based on the 2024 building, residential, and energy codes, including provisions on taller wood-frame buildings, mass timber, lithium-ion battery safety in garages, and an alternative prescriptive path to replace blower-door testing. Testimony from building officials and home builders strongly supported the changes as more flexible, affordable, and practical, and the committee approved all three dockets before adjournment.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- And to be able to take our best guess at how many people will be able to take advantage of the program
- I am the Trades Program Director for the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses.
- Okay, for the record, my name is Justin Touchstone, and I serve as the Trades Program Director in the
- I was the program manager for the state for the Division of Building Safety for a number of years, and
- And then secondly, on the energy conservation code and the blower door test issue, I want to thank Mr
Committee:
Senate Commerce and Human Resources
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Aug 21st, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We fought for their future.
- So, on behalf of my father, my kids, my future grandkids, and all of our kids and future grandkids, I
- when our nation was created, we are the bearer of its future. ...of our state to decide their future
- This money supports after-school programs, teacher training, and English-learning programs that tens
- of thousands of California kids rely on. ...school programs, teacher training, and English-learning programs
Summary:
The Assembly met after a quorum call, recess, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved into a highly procedural and contentious floor session centered on redistricting measures. Members debated a point of order raised by Assembly Member DeMaio challenging the constitutionality of SB 280, ACA 8, and AB 604; the Speaker ruled the point not well taken, and the Assembly sustained that ruling on appeal. The body also took up consent-calendar and procedural motions, including suspending rules to adopt late amendments on ACA 8 and to bring the measure up without reference to file. Several motions to re-refer or suspend rules on related measures failed, while the motion to adopt the late amendments on ACA 8 carried.
The main substantive item was ACA 8, the Assembly Constitutional Amendment related to redistricting, presented by Assembly Member Berman as a response to mid-decade redistricting efforts in other states, especially Texas. Supporters argued the measure was a temporary, voter-driven response to protect democracy, counter partisan gerrymandering, and address broader threats tied to the Trump administration, including immigration enforcement and health care cuts. Opponents argued ACA 8 would undermine California’s independent citizens redistricting commission, violate the state Constitution, and amount to partisan gerrymandering or a power grab. Members on both sides framed the issue as a defense of democracy, but disagreed sharply over whether the Legislature should act or leave redistricting to voters and the existing commission.
No final vote on ACA 8 is shown in the transcript excerpt, but the Assembly did vote on several procedural matters: the appeal of the Speaker’s ruling was sustained 58-18; the motion to adopt late amendments on ACA 8 passed 58-19; a motion to re-refer ACA 8 and SB 280 to Judiciary failed 19-58; and a motion to take up A.J.R. 21 without reference to file failed 19-58. The session remained focused on ACA 8 and related redistricting questions, with extensive floor speeches from both supporters and opponents.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Mar 11th, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- . take your programs that you ruled.
- The Medicaid program was fee for service.
- is actually contrary. to the entire purpose of the SNAP program, the food stamp program. states have
- , the food stamp program.
- We deter future bad acts by other similarly situated participants. of the program.
Committee:
Senate Health & Human Services
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conf: DFL Leaders Speak on Vote Overturning Boundary Waters Mining Ban - 04/16/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And so do I, as an outdoorsman who value conservation and a frequent visitor to our pristine water areas
- water and the environmental or ecological environment are what we need to protect for us and our future
- And this action substantially degrades our rights and our future.
- </c> our rights and our future. our rights and our future.
- conservation.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appr/Sub-Education Feb 4th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- We also broadcast 10,000 hours of children's programming on our Main HD channel.
- We're setting aside $650,000 for agricultural conservation projects.
- They were very supportive of the program, loved the program, and asked us to please continue that.
- Importantly, these funds are program-specific and time-limited.
- These funds are program-specific and time-limited.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Agriculture Jan 14th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- WE ARE PROUD OF THAT PROGRAM. RULE AND FAMILY LAND. WE CAN'T SAY ENOUGH.
- AFTER THE HURRICANES LAST YEAR, THE LEGISLATURE PUT IN PLACE A LOAN PROGRAM, AND EMERGENCY LOAN PROGRAM
- WE ARE THE THIRD STATE IN THE UNION IN THE FFA PROGRAM.
- WE ALSO HAVE A CRAFT PROGRAM BEING FULLY FUNDED TO HELP PLANT TREES.
- THIS YEAR WE LOOK FOR SOME EFFICIENCIES THROUGH THE CITRUS PROGRAM.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Energy Development and Transmission Committee Jun 2nd, 2026
Energy Development and Transmission Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Do you see any issues in the future with the Missouri River of states downstream?
- , oil and gas research program, and renewable energy programs.
- That's typically what the Lignite Research Program, Oil and Gas Research Program, and Renewable Energy
- Program... ...typically what the Lignite Research Program, Oil and Gas Research Program, and Renewable
- So this program has been very successful.
Summary:
The committee met in Grand Forks, approved the February 26 minutes by voice vote, and recessed for a tour of the Mincota Power Cooperative headquarters before returning for presentations on large energy consumers, especially data centers. The first presentations focused on how North Dakota should respond to rapid growth in energy-intensive projects, with speakers emphasizing the need for reliable transmission, local decision-making tools, and factual information for county and township officials who are being asked to weigh major projects with limited staff and technical support.
The North Dakota Transmission Authority director said local governments are being asked to make high-impact decisions on pipelines, transmission lines, large agriculture, wind, solar, carbon dioxide pipelines, direct-air capture, and data centers, and urged development of simple statewide decision tools and support from the League of Cities and Association of Counties. The Department of Environmental Quality’s air division director said North Dakota’s air remains among the cleanest in the nation, but large data centers can create air-quality concerns because of diesel backup generation; he said the department is requiring air monitors at some facilities and expects grid power and, potentially, cleaner natural gas backup to reduce emissions. Members asked about emissions standards, misinformation, monitoring costs, and staffing succession at DEQ.
The Department of Water Resources director said North Dakota’s water law is based on common ownership and prior appropriation, and that data centers generally use relatively small amounts of water, often in closed-loop systems. He said the Missouri River and groundwater supplies are ample for projected needs, that the department’s permitting process protects senior water rights, and that even a worst-case data center scenario would use a very small share of Missouri River flow. Members asked about downstream impacts and compared data center water use with fracking. Later, McLean County State’s Attorney Ladd Erickson urged the committee to study how other states regulate data centers, warned against litigation-driven delays and overly broad local ordinances, argued reclamation bonding should be handled at the state level if at all, and said data centers can bring jobs and tax base but should remain subject to local zoning. The committee ended the morning session for lunch and later heard an EERC update from CEO Charles Gorecki on the center’s 75 years of work in energy and environmental technologies, especially oil and gas development and related research.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- program, and $182.6 million for the SHIP program.
- and the accelerated programs, retain that where it stands for the additional bonuses and program costs
- I saw that on the My Safe Florida Home program, we put $100 million into the regular program.
- who are teaching those programs.
- Scholarship Program.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, doctor and guest introductions, and then took up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley described the bill as a major criminal justice and behavioral health reform measure that would expand pretrial mental health diversion, strengthen treatment-based probation conditions, broaden grant uses for mental health and substance abuse programs, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, require certain DOC mental health evaluations, and create a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in strong support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, data collection, and the Murphy family’s role in advancing the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then approved 37 co-sponsors.
The chamber then received the Senate’s 2025-26 General Appropriations Bill, SB 2500, with Chair Hooper outlining a $117.4 billion budget that he said reduces spending, preserves reserves, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and reporting requirements. Committee chairs summarized their portions: K-12 funding at $34.7 billion with increases for FEFP, scholarships, VPK, school hardening, and school safety; higher education at $11.5 billion with workforce, nursing, reading, autism, and student aid investments; health and human services with a $1.8 billion increase for Medicaid, mental health, opioid response, disability services, and veterans programs; criminal and civil justice at $7.6 billion for corrections, juvenile justice, law enforcement, courts, and judgeships; transportation/tourism/economic development at about $18 billion including roads, housing, Visit Florida, and cultural grants; and agriculture/environment/general government with major Everglades, water quality, citrus, food bank, and agency IT funding.
Members then questioned several budget items, especially education funding formulas, the shift of scholarship dollars below the line, the impact on public school districts, AP/IB and other accelerated program funding, the APD wait list, opioid settlement spending, arts grants, and the My Safe Florida Home and condo pilot programs. Chairs generally said scholarship and accelerated-program dollars were being restructured for transparency and flexibility rather than cut, that school districts would still receive funding based on enrollment, and that APD and other human services issues would continue to be worked out in conference. The budget discussion concluded with remarks praising staff and noting a 4% across-the-board pay raise for state employees and targeted increases for law enforcement and firefighters, followed by a recognition for FAMU Day at the Capitol.