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AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/24/2026 - House Republican Caucus Calendar #13
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill further directs applicable election officials to verify compliance with the provisions of the
- Additionally, the bill directs the County Board of Supervisors to fill a vacancy within 30 days after
- Madam Whip, members, as amended by the Health and Human Services Committee, Senate Bill 1162 directs
- The Arizona Hospital and Health Care Association reminds us that currently DHS licenses and monitors
- health care providers while AHCCCS oversees compliance.
Summary:
The caucus reviewed a long list of Senate bills and memorials, mostly on consent calendars, covering housing, elections, health care, public safety, land use, transportation, and water. Several measures focused on housing and local government regulation, including limits on municipal interference with home design standards, restrictions on alleged “malicious delays” in permitting, and rules on exactions. Election-related bills addressed internet access for voting equipment, timekeeping requirements for election systems, primary election timing, precinct committeeman vacancies, and other election administration changes. Other topics included liquor law updates, assisted living facility rules, deed and title fraud prevention, a Freedom of Speech Monument committee, renaming public spaces, and a bill restricting gender transition procedures for minors.
Health and human services bills drew discussion on behavioral health technician definitions and AHCCCS/DHS coordination, Medicaid billing during facility ownership changes, breast cancer screening cost-sharing, naturopathic physicians administering IV antibiotics and similar drugs, safe-haven newborn surrender at hospitals, and reporting requirements for dialysis social workers. In public safety and judiciary, members considered bills on probation for dangerous crimes against children, sex offender registration limitations, victim restitution costs, unlawful alerting, increased penalties for unlawful flight, and a new offense for motor fuel theft. One member noted a no vote on extending the Vulnerable Adult System Study Committee, saying it would become a long-running study committee, while supporters said the committee had produced useful recommendations.
The caucus also heard land, agriculture, energy, water, and transportation measures, including creation of a foreign entity land review commission, restrictions on transporting Mexican gray wolf pups with state resources, water reuse and banking provisions, solar installation disclosures and roof inspections, a larger revolving fund loan cap, and several congressional memorials. Transportation items included roadable aircraft registration, motor vehicle booting rules, military property signage, a towing and impound study committee, and photo enforcement penalties. Public safety bills included extending traumatic event counseling programs and requiring state data sharing with the federal government regarding unauthorized aliens. No formal votes were taken in the transcript; members mostly asked clarifying questions and several sponsors explained the intent and practical effects of their bills.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (02/09/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c><01:11:05.120><c> is</c> why I think you know the 911 care is why I think you know the 911 care is
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NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Feb 7th, 2026 at 09:06 am
House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- It directs the WQCC to do what it does best: adopt clear rules, adopt protective rules, governing...
- And our work touched the public in direct and immediate ways, one of which was reduction of water use
- The committee substitute adds a reference to credible scientific data immediately before directing the
- for the care and concern about the well-being of their designees.
- them to, I was from the governor's close team directing them to just get the new rules done.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Special Committee on Rural Issues Feb 25th, 2026
Special Committee on Rural Issues
Transcript Highlights:
- and this direction, and there used to be the Missouri Pacific.
- As far as you can see this direction and this direction, and there used to be the Missouri Pacific Railroad
- The board cares about because this is what most people care about that are their constituents.
- And I think that's true in some direct sense.
- And I think that's true in some direct sense.
Summary:
The committee heard House Bill 3114, which would require operating railroads in Missouri to provide digital copies of valuation and station maps to the state land surveyor for inclusion in a public repository. The sponsor said the bill is intended to help surveyors locate abandoned railroad rights-of-way and determine center lines for adjoining landowners’ reversionary rights. Committee members asked about whether the bill would apply to active versus abandoned lines, whether records still exist for older railroads, and whether a deadline should be added for compliance. Railroad testimony raised concerns about the breadth of the request, potential security and proprietary issues, and the burden of compiling historical records, while indicating a willingness to continue discussions and possibly work with surveyors on a more targeted process.
The committee then heard House Bill 2298, which would remove the current exemption for electric cooperatives from the requirement that condemning entities pay 150% of appraised value in eminent domain cases. The sponsor argued that co-ops should be treated the same as regulated utilities because landowners face the same burden when transmission lines cross their property, and he cited examples where co-op offers were far below what he believed comparable utility projects would pay. Landowners and a lawyer testifying in favor described alleged unfair treatment, uneven compensation, and the impact of transmission lines on farm operations and property value, while emphasizing that the bill would simply put co-ops on the same footing as other utilities.
Opposition testimony from Associated Industries of Missouri and the Missouri Electric Cooperatives argued that the bill would interfere with the cooperative model, which is member-owned and governed by elected boards, and would reduce flexibility in negotiating easements. The co-op representative said the organizations are not partnered with Grain Belt Express, that any interconnection compensation is separate from the project itself, and that most easement acquisitions are settled by negotiation rather than condemnation. Committee members questioned whether co-ops already pay comparable amounts in practice, whether the bill would affect transmission projects tied to Grain Belt Express, and how co-op governance and member oversight should factor into eminent domain policy.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Mar 1st, 2025
House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Care work is climate work. 4. No worker left behind. 5. The polluter pays.
- I guess sellers are going to be careful.
- I think of CERCLA being directed at mostly toxic pollution.
- For this, the oil and gas industry pays into this to take care of.
- That's direct air capture.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Natural Resources Committee Apr 6th, 2026
Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- We respect the committee's amendments; we think that that's moving in a better direction, although we
- We don't care that there's ...recognized.
- But our statutes that direct Cal Fire to implement these main funding streams have not kept up.
- I can take care of that later. This is the whole committee and then comes and dumps on me.
- She takes care of her health.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Hearing none, would the gentleman from 31 care to close the debate?
- We need to be careful with that. Good job, 26. Just for regular debate, Mr. Speaker.
- I live in the second-largest city in the state, and I have direct knowledge.
- Gentleman 27, care to close the debate. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
- Gentleman 27, care to close the debate. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Summary:
The House convened with a quorum, approved the journal, and received messages from the Governor and Senate, including notice that the Governor signed House Bill 556 and that several enrolled House and Senate measures were transmitted for signatures or filing. The chamber also processed committee reports on a range of bills, including appropriations, agriculture, state affairs, and judiciary matters, and referred House Resolution 33 and later House Resolution 34 for printing. Several bills were returned to committee at the sponsors’ requests, including House Bills 649, 567, 627, 530, 903, 763, and 857.
A substantial portion of the meeting focused on concurrence with Senate amendments to House Bills 629, 678, 522, 684, 561, and 860. Members described the amendments as mostly friendly or technical, covering issues such as requiring a paper copy of vehicle registration, narrowing drone-related language and penalties, changing wording on sheriff recapture funding, adding the Basque Autonomous Community flag to the flag bill, and adjusting health-related provisions involving emergency treatment, drug/alcohol exposure, and rape-kit language. The House unanimously concurred in each case.
The most extended floor debate centered on House Bill 940, which revises the Idaho Digital Learning Alliance. Supporters said the bill would realign IDLA to its original purpose, curb duplicate use by districts and virtual schools, eliminate driver’s education and LaunchPad, and stop what they described as double-dipping or misuse of public funds. Opponents argued IDLA is an essential service for rural districts, homeschoolers, and students needing AP, dual credit, or courses unavailable locally, warning that the bill would cut access and harm small schools. After debate, the House suspended rules, considered the bill, and passed House Bill 940 by a vote of 48-22.
The House also debated Senate Concurrent Resolution 123, recognizing the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists. Supporters framed it as a tribute to Idaho ranching and rangeland heritage, while opponents objected to its connection to a United Nations initiative and raised sovereignty concerns. The resolution passed the House 39-28. Later, the House recessed and reconvened, received additional messages and committee reports, and began first reading of new bills including House Bills 944-951 and Senate Bills 1396-1398, with several measures referred to committees for further action.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 04/16/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> care of people. care of people.
- So that's the change from when you saw it before, and I've no interest in messing with direct care and
- </c><00:36:10.240><c> care</c><00:36:10.440><c> and</c><00:36:10.560><c> treatment</c> messing with direct
- care and treatment messing with direct care and treatment and and and you<00:36:12.040><c> know,</c>
- Chiropractic care is a much lower cost care.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Government Efficiency Feb 19th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- I directed Gospel Mission in Joplin, Missouri that my wife and I co-founded in 2000.
- those organizations are in Missouri and align with the ideal that private, local, community-driven care
- This bill will ensure welfare reporting transparency to equip caring leaders and communities and so.
- They're still going to be reaching out and trying to take care of all those people, as are you.
- Take care of all those people, as are you. So again, what does the number do for me?
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee Jul 31st, 2025
Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- We'll discuss those more, but basically, they are not direct, but in a roundabout way.
- This bill will have state directed payments to hospitals.
- What's the size of the risk for Medicaid, and what's the broad risk to hospital-based care?
- But I really feel that if I'm going in that direction, you know, safeguards need to be in place.
- Maybe everybody else cares about this, but it's crazy. It's crazy making.
MO
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- In rural areas, there is a child care shortage. It's a child care desert.
- Not the typical child care, but the learning piece of the child care.
- Not the typical child care, but the learning piece of the child care.
- We must have regulated care. We must take care of our children.
- and affordable child care.
Summary:
The committee heard a series of bills and resolutions, many of them on property, local government, and memorial topics. HB 2079, authorizing a memorial for journalist Don Bolles at Wesley Bolin Plaza, passed unanimously after sponsor testimony about the 50th anniversary of his assassination and the memorial’s no-cost nature. HB 2080, as amended, advanced 7-0 on deed and title fraud prevention measures, including photo ID requirements, notarization and deed-filing safeguards, an assessor alert program, and a felony penalty for knowingly submitting false or forged real-property claims. HB 464, which moves the petition process for municipal improvement districts earlier in the process, passed 5-2 after testimony from Camp Verde, the Yavapai Apache Nation, developers, and the League of Arizona Cities and Towns; opponents argued it could force property owners into infrastructure they do not want, while supporters said it improves transparency and financing certainty. HB 2048, a proposed constitutional referral to withhold pay from state elected officials if the budget is not enacted by April 30, passed 4-3, with supporters saying it would create accountability and opponents saying broader process reforms are needed first.
The committee also heard HB 2324, which would allow municipalities with their own fire codes to petition for county-owned buildings inside city limits to be exempt from separate state fire code inspections when conditions are met. County and state fire officials supported the concept, saying it would resolve conflicting statutes and formalize intergovernmental agreements, and the bill passed 7-0. HB 4087, authorizing a memorial plaque for former legislator Barbara Leff, also passed unanimously, with the sponsor noting her service in both chambers and her work on veterans and health care issues.
HB 2239, creating a child care grant program and infrastructure fund for underserved and low-income communities, drew extensive testimony from rural parents, child care advocates, and early childhood experts describing child care deserts, workforce losses, and safety concerns with unregulated care. Supporters said the bill would fund the facilities and infrastructure needed to expand regulated child care, especially in rural Arizona; the committee approved it 5-1 with one member present and one not voting. Members also discussed HB 2375, a historic-preservation-related middle housing bill, but the transcript cuts off before final action is shown; testimony reflected a sharp divide between preservation advocates supporting exemptions for historic districts and housing advocates warning the bill could worsen exclusion and housing shortages.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Unfortunately, SB 1208 goes the opposite direction.
- And the harm from nitrous oxide is not limited to just the direct users.
- Chantelle Johnson, directing advocate for Youth Law Center.
- All my questions will be directed at the proponent and the witnesses.
- We should not punish people because our systems fail to provide care.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- others involved in reproductive health care and gender-affirming care that is legal in California.
- and reproductive health care.
- Californians and those that come here to seek health care and reproductive health care and other types
- Child care homes are essential to California's child care system, especially for working-class immigrant
- You know, thank you to child care providers. They are responsible for taking care of our children.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Appropriations Feb 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- the definition of child care employer.
- of a parent following a shelter care hearing.
- care is healthy, with the intended purpose of access to health care for every Washingtonian.
- our health care is healthy, with the intended purpose of access to health care for every Washingtonian
- for a child, but care for themselves.
Summary:
The committee first received staff briefings on amendments for a series of bills, including measures on child care workforce standards, homelessness programs, community preservation authorities, domestic violence survivor relief, public defense funding, student behavioral health supports, water system ownership changes, nonprofit health carrier surplus assessments, 340B drug pricing reporting, Secretary of State filing fees, step housing, campaign security reimbursements, digital equity programs, a Boys and Men’s Commission, a waste-to-energy facility’s Climate Commitment Act obligations, 6PPD tire substitutes, and an early education scholarship. Staff described the policy changes and, where available, the expected fiscal effects of each proposed substitute or line amendment. The committee then went into caucus before returning for executive session.
In executive session, the committee voted out House Bill 1073, then adopted a Couture line amendment to House Bill 1128 exempting private K-12 schools with licensed child care programs from the child care employer definition before reporting the bill out as Second Substitute House Bill 1128. House Bill 1316, 1408, 1591, 1592, 1634, 1906, 1960, 2073, 2145, 2248, 2266, 2301, 2333, and 2365 were also reported from committee, with several amendments adopted along the way. Notable actions included adopting an emergency clause for House Bill 1408, rejecting proposed amendments to House Bill 1591 that would have narrowed relief for survivors and removed retroactivity, adopting a narrower amendment to House Bill 1592’s public defense funding formula, and adopting a substitute to House Bill 2145 that limited 340B reporting to hospitals.
The committee also debated and rejected several amendments to the step housing bill, House Bill 2266, including proposals for larger school/daycare buffers, more local oversight, and broader local government authority; the bill still advanced on a 16-13 vote. House Bill 2073, which requires nonprofit health carriers to contribute surplus funds to Cascade Care Savings, advanced over concerns about using one-time money for an ongoing program. House Bill 2248 advanced after an amendment redirected annual license fee deposits to the state treasury rather than the Secretary of State’s revolving fund. House Bill 2333 was narrowed to allow use of campaign funds for personal security reimbursements, and House Bill 2365 advanced with some amendments adopted and others rejected as the committee began discussing additional digital equity oversight provisions.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Jan 13th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Postsecondary Education & Workforce
Transcript Highlights:
- to health care in rural and urban areas is important.
- She said this compact is one of many that move the state in the right direction.
- She said the compact is part of a long line of bills that move the state in the proper direction.
- We need ULR to improve health care access.
- We need ULR to improve health care access now and in the future, and for workers across the board.
Bills:
HB2088
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Human Services Committee Jan 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- He said AB 277 is a step in the right direction because it increases transparency in the hiring process
- and helps parents and guardians feel more comfortable trusting their children with behavioral health care
- The chair then directed the secretary to call the roll on file item number one, AB 277. 673.
- AB 277 marks a step in the right direction by increasing transparency in the hiring process of these
- Maybe 277 passed this morning the assembly of behavioral health care workers.
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Human Services met for its first bill hearing of the 2026 legislative year and heard two measures. The chair opened with remarks about protecting safety net programs and noted limits on testimony and rules for disruptions. The committee first heard AB 673, by Assembly Member Corey Jackson, which would create the Unaccompanied Youth Support Grant Program to help homeless 16- and 17-year-olds who are not in a parent or guardian’s custody by funding referrals to housing, basic needs, educational support, and employment readiness through five-year competitive grants administered by the Department of Education. The California Department of Education supported the bill, citing the scale of student homelessness and poor outcomes for unaccompanied youth. One public witness testified in support, and there was no opposition. Members discussed budget concerns and the need to prioritize services for vulnerable youth, then moved the bill forward to the Assembly Appropriations Committee on a due pass recommendation.
The committee then heard AB 277, by Assembly Member Rowelleece, which would require background checks for employees providing behavioral health treatment before hiring. The author said current law covers many other categories of workers but not behavioral health employees such as registered behavioral technicians, and argued the bill would better protect children with disabilities who may be more vulnerable to abuse and less able to report it. The author said the bill had been amended in consultation with the committee to preserve employer hiring discretion while adding the background check requirement. There was no public testimony in opposition, and members expressed support. AB 277 was moved on a due pass recommendation to the Assembly Appropriations Committee and later recorded as passing 6-0. AB 673 was also recorded as passing 4-0 after the roll was left open for absent members.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- In rural areas, there is a child care shortage. It's a child care desert.
- Not the typical child care, but the learning piece of the child care.
- The child care crisis. Mr.
- We must have regulated care. We must take care of our children.
- And access to quality child care, affordable child care.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation Apr 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It's easy to lose sight of that direct connection.
- So AB 524 was specifically derived to provide legislative direction.
- forward in this direction.
- We have to be very careful about that.
- And if you can give me your prompt or as direct answers as you can.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (01/24/2025)
State-federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- These policy priorities range from health care to child care, education, spouse employment, and a few
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- </c> sustainability due diligence directive sustainability due diligence directive and<04:53:56.638><
- </c> sustainability due diligence directive sustainability due diligence directive uh<04:54:04.480><c
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