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NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (01/14/2026)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- transparency, but it has to be targeted. transparency, but it has to be targeted.
- enthusiastic about the transparency enthusiastic about the transparency measures<01:33:02.239>
- achieved largely through transparency achieved largely through transparency and<01:33:39.520>
- The bill sets a the transparency.
- Uh a public promotes transparency.
- achieved largely through transparency achieved largely through transparency and<01:33:39.520>
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Another concern is the lack of transparency relative to this board.
- Another concern is the lack of transparency relative to this board.
- guess the question is, you have a lot of comments that are possibly valid when you look into the transparency
- Or do we just need to look into transparency? Two different things.
- I also believe we should ensure stronger transparency and accountability in how these funds are administered
Keywords:
air pollution, wildfires, environmental standards, public health, Arizona Revised Statutes, assured water supply, groundwater, commingling, commingled water, water supply, Arizona Department of Water Resources, ADWR, active management area, AMA, subdivision plat, development approval, water rights, municipal provider, private water company, certificate of assured water supply
Summary:
The committee approved the minutes from February 27 and March 3, 2026, and then heard several natural resources and water-related measures. House Bill 2013 would require ADEQ to submit an exceptional event demonstration to EPA when wildfire smoke from federally managed land affects Arizona air quality. The sponsor said this would help Arizona’s ozone/nonattainment position, while Sierra Club and ADEQ raised concerns that the bill duplicates an existing process and could waste staff time and resources. The bill passed 5-3.
House Bill 2156 would appropriate $250,000 to the Livestock Compensation Fund. Supporters argued ranchers need help with livestock losses and drought impacts, while opponents criticized the board’s transparency and said the program already receives federal and prior state funding. The bill passed 5-3. House Bill 2113 would require RUCO to intervene in utility rate cases when a proposed increase reaches 100% or more; the sponsor said rural customers are being overlooked, while RUCO said it would need significant additional staff and funding and could not absorb the workload without more resources. The bill passed 6-2, with members noting they expected a future amendment to add funding.
The committee also approved House Concurrent Memorial 2011, which urges Congress to delist the Mexican gray wolf and return management to states and local authorities. Supporters cited livestock losses and ranching impacts, while opponents said the species remains endangered and recovery decisions should remain science-based; the memorial passed 5-3. House Bill 2026, concerning how ADWR evaluates water availability when supplies are commingled, passed 5-3 despite concerns that it could weaken groundwater safeguards. House Bill 2056, which funds a feasibility study for brackish groundwater desalination sites, also passed 5-3 after debate over whether the study was necessary given existing groundwater accounting and treatment efforts. House Bill 2098, modernizing Pinal County Water Augmentation Authority bonding authority, passed unanimously 8-0. Finally, House Concurrent Resolution 2057, supporting a geothermal permitting roadmap and agency coordination for next-generation geothermal development, passed unanimously 8-0.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Transportation Committee Sep 8th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And in terms of, quote, last-minute amendments, this bill has been incredibly transparent, and we have
- And in terms of, quote, last minute amendments, this bill has been incredibly transparent and we have
- And I guess when we talk about transparency, I believe there's 12 Assembly Members that represent these
- When you come to transparency also, have you done outreach?
- So this has been an incredibly transparent and public process. And there's been polling done.
Summary:
The Assembly Transportation Committee heard SB 63 by Senator Wiener, as amended and coauthored by Senator Arreguín, a Bay Area transit funding measure intended to avert major service cuts at BART, Muni, Caltrain, and AC Transit. The authors said the region faces a fiscal cliff and that without new revenue, BART could collapse and other systems could face severe reductions. They described the bill as the product of extensive negotiations among the five Bay Area counties and transit operators, with San Mateo and Santa Clara counties opting in during the process.
Much of the discussion focused on accountability and governance. Supporters said the bill includes some of the strongest oversight provisions in recent memory, including a third-party efficiency review and ad hoc adjudication committees that can withhold a portion of funding if operators fail to correct problems. Assembly Member Papin and Assembly Member Lackey argued the measure amounts to a taxpayer bailout with insufficient representation and too much control left to MTC, while the authors responded that the bill gives affected counties direct complaint and enforcement authority and that MTC must follow the ad hoc committees’ recommendations. Several members asked about complaint procedures, withholding thresholds, opt-in/opt-out issues, and whether the funding would return to the source counties if withheld.
Testimony in support came from SPUR, Caltrain, MTC, the Bay Area Council, BART, SamTrans, VTA, San Francisco MTA, transit coalitions, environmental groups, local governments, and labor. Supporters emphasized the risk of severe service cuts, the importance of preserving recent investments such as Caltrain electrification, and the need for regional self-help. There was no registered opposition witness, though some members spoke against the bill. The committee ultimately voted 11-5 to pass SB 63 as amended to the floor, with the committee amendments also removing urgency language.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And number 5, protecting consumers of insurance in areas such as increased transparency for patients
- TDI will continue to be transparent and communicate with the legislature and the public on insurance
- Uh, increase, and I think this is sort of tedious of OPEC's big mission to try to increase transparency
- Uh, and so that's a big thing for us to, to, uh, ensure transparency about that.
- Uh, TDI has a recommendation about transparency, about cancellations, non-renewals, uh, that I think
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Assembly Business and Professions Committee and Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee May 13th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- It empowers us to promote transparency, coordination, and the alignment of our state affordable housing
- And it will also increase our transparency and predictability through a public decision-making process
- Faster response, targeted, delivered changes, centralized, accelerate, predictability, transparency,
- We also appreciate having the Finance Committee be, which is more transparent, will allow appeals and
- The transparency that Mark referenced is a really critical aspect of this.
Summary:
The joint hearing focused on the Governor’s 2025 reorganization plan to split the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency into two new agencies: a Business and Consumer Services Agency and a California Housing and Homelessness Agency. Administration officials said the change would give each side more focused leadership, improve consumer protection and regulatory oversight, and better align housing and homelessness policy with the state’s broader housing goals. Leaders from the Department of Consumer Affairs, Cannabis Control, Alcoholic Beverage Control, and Financial Protection and Innovation all voiced support for the business-side reorganization, while housing officials emphasized that the new housing agency would help streamline funding, compliance, and coordination across programs.
Members raised concerns about timing, budget impacts, office space, and whether the split would actually reduce bureaucracy. The administration said the plan would be included in the May Revision, was intended to be cost-neutral, and would not require fee increases for licensees or additional office space. On the housing side, officials said the new Housing Development and Finance Committee would work toward a single application and more coordinated award process for affordable housing funding, while preserving CalHFA’s statutory and financial independence. They also said the reorganization would improve compliance monitoring, data collection, and coordination with local governments, including Los Angeles homelessness programs.
Public testimony was largely supportive. Industry groups representing beverage distributors, craft brewers, wine, mortgage lenders, and housing organizations backed the business-side split, and housing advocates such as Housing California, the California Housing Partnership, and the California Housing Consortium supported the housing agency concept and the proposed one-stop-shop approach. Several witnesses urged that tax credits, bonds, and other funding sources be better coordinated, and some said the plan should be paired with additional state investment and implementation resources. No formal vote was taken; the hearing was informational.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Organizational business meeting to consider committee rules for the 119th Congress, an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during the 119th Congress, designation of subcommittees for the 119th Congress, designation of member Feb 6th, 2025 at 08:50 am
Finance Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- position that she did not need to improve the consultation with the committee or the agency's transparency
- Do you think it just makes sense that we should have transparency over what's going on?
- I think that having this kind of transparency is very important.
- Any kind of program like that needs to be transparent and have the rules outlined, which it did.
- To the extent something like this happens, it needs to be transparent.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We need transparent. and civil discourse. Thank you. Thank you, Senator Cole.
- It's to examine and re-examine. re-examine how we get transparent.
- Transparency is the key, and transparency... of knowing what's taught in our universities, but in more
- That's really important, as we have transparency.
- I agree with Senator Cochrane for having transparency.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- President, should care about transparency. This amendment does that.
- President and Senator, I, I think transparency, follow the money.
- But that, that's a completely anti-transparent.
- We need the transparency and the accountability in this.
- bill doesn't do is provide the transparency.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Local Government (11-20-25) - Reupload
Transcript Highlights:
- We believe this proposal overall creates a fair and transparent approach.
- We believe this proposal overall creates a fair and transparent approach.
- We believe this proposal overall creates a fair and transparent approach.
- Counties would transparent approach.
- ,<01:14:36.159>
that's to the point of transparency, that's to the point of transparency,
Keywords:
Reupload to restore attendance roll call
Roll Call 00:00:00
Approval of Minutes from September Meeting 00:00:24
Presentation of the Kentucky Association of Counties Legislative Platform for the Upcoming 2026 Session 00:01:48
Discussion of Legislation Concerning Firefighter Death Benefits 00:35:43
Discussion of DNA Collection in Jails for Felony Arrests 00:45:52
Discussion of Federal Immigration Law Enforcement 00:54:18
Adjournment 01:15:39, 958, all
Summary:
The committee met for its sixth meeting, established a quorum, and approved the minutes from the October 21 meeting. The main agenda item was a presentation from Kentucky Association of Counties (KACo) leaders and county officials on jail funding and jail-system reform. Speakers said county jail costs have reached crisis levels, citing large and rising general-fund subsidies in counties such as Hardin, McCracken, and Warren, and noting that county general-fund contributions to jail funds have increased by 76% since 2019.
KACo outlined a three-part legislative approach for the upcoming session: incentivizing regional jails, clarifying responsibility for pre-trial felony detainees, and redefining the model for housing state inmates in county jails. On regional jails, they proposed one-time state construction funding, statutory changes to allow former county jails to serve as 96-hour holdover facilities, broader participation of jailers on regional jail authority boards, an increased supplement for closed county jails, and a one-time payment for counties that close local jails and join regional facilities. Union County Judge Adam Onan described his county’s savings from contracting with Webster County and said regionalization can reduce costs where feasible.
Harlan County Judge Executive Dan Mosley focused on pre-trial felony detainees, saying counties bear the full cost of housing people awaiting trial for long periods, sometimes years, and that pre-trial time is later credited toward state sentences. He argued the state benefits from that credit and referenced prior bills that would have reimbursed counties for time-served credit. Shelley Hampton then proposed replacing the current per diem model for state inmates with contracts requiring the Department of Corrections to pay actual housing costs and to support programming such as substance abuse treatment, cognitive behavioral programming, re-entry services, workforce training, and academics. No votes were taken on the jail proposals, and the meeting ended with the presentation and discussion of the county recommendations.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- get authentic and uh transparent get authentic and uh transparent information<00:45:06.160>
and - We fill a growing news desert, and we promote government transparency at its most local level.
- People are caring about that government transparency.
- <01:15:23.159>
and providing government transparency and providing government transparency - um the um stations that are transparent um the um stations that are transparent that<01:32:51.719
Keywords:
public television, funding, grants, arts and culture, Minnesota, Minnesota Public Radio, arts education, cultural heritage, community engagement, public radio, community radio, educational grants, community cable, public access, programming funding, civic engagement, ethnic media, public access television, Minnesota Humanities Center, funding appropriation
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Governmental Organization Committee Jun 9th, 2026
Governmental Organization
Transcript Highlights:
- AB 2412 extends this transparency requirement to general public announcements.
- Transparency is really important to maintain public trust, and I'm happy to introduce Mary Hyatt with
- It simply says to be transparent. ...that they can't use this technology to work more efficiently.
- It simply says to be transparent and keep a human point of contact available.
- Transparency is not anti-technology. Transparency is what makes responsible technology possible.
Summary:
The Senate Government Organization Committee heard several Assembly bills, beginning with AB 2294, which would designate April 14 as Sylvia Mendez Day in honor of Sylvia Mendez and the Mendez v. Westminster case. The author and supporters described the case as a landmark civil rights victory that helped end school segregation in California and influenced Brown v. Board of Education. Witnesses from the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce and HACU supported the bill, and committee members spoke in favor and asked to coauthor it.
The committee also heard AB 2412, which would require state agencies to disclose when generative AI is used in public announcements and provide a human contact option. Supporters said the bill is a transparency measure that would protect public trust and help people who rely on government communications. AB 2663, a sunset extension for the law allowing cocktails-to-go, was presented as a support measure for restaurants and small businesses, with the author and industry witnesses citing pandemic-era changes and ongoing economic pressures. AB 2731 would expand the number of Type 47 liquor licenses available in Santa Cruz County, reserving licenses for Watsonville and southern county communities to address population disparities and high secondary-market prices. AB 2751 would standardize the personal importation limit for alcohol brought into California from outside the United States, allowing travelers entering by land the same six-liter limit as other travelers, which the author said would correct an inconsistency affecting border communities.
There was no opposition testimony on any of the bills. The committee initially lacked a quorum and took some items on call, but later established a quorum, took roll-call votes, and advanced the measures. AB 2294, AB 2663, AB 2731, and AB 2751 all passed with unanimous or near-unanimous support, while AB 2412 passed 12-1. The consent calendar items were also approved, and the meeting adjourned after all votes were completed.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services (Part II) Feb 26th, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- advocacy group focused on prioritizing prevention, improving nutrition, and fitness. and promoting transparency
- And food transparency: we've all seen it, the box of cereal sold in the United States with the mile-long
- With better transparency, at least we can make informed choices, and over time manufacturers may be encouraged
- Consumer brands members are committed to a constructive conversation on food ingredients and transparency
- In that process, the Consumer Brands Association is dedicated to increasing consumer transparency, as
Keywords:
attorney ad litem, indigent parents, parent-child relationship, legal representation, Texas Family Code, court procedures, nutrition, health standards, food labeling, education, dietary guidelines, medical education, food safety, school meals, child nutrition, food additives, public health, 1185, senate, all
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (04/16/2025)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
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And <02:13:56.639>I'll <02:13:56.880>ask transparency. - And I'll ask transparency.
- So, Jason, it seems to me that the transparency—there's only um ...
- <02:23:48.160>
and by getting these transparency and by getting these transparency and coverage - Um, and you know, I engaged my team that deals with the federal regulations on transparency.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Apr 24th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- But I also want to be very transparent with you about my concerns. Thank you. Ms.
- That's transparency, that's fair, and that's good planning.
- But this is a good opening step to make sure HOAs have more transparency.
- They're very transparent. And for that, I ask for an aye vote. Thank you so much.
- But this is a good opening step to make sure HOAs have more transparency.
Summary:
The committee first heard AB 1157, the Affordable Rent Act, which would lower California’s annual rent cap, remove the single-family home exemption, and eliminate the sunset on existing tenant protections. The author and supporters argued that renters are facing severe affordability pressures, especially in single-family rentals, and that stronger statewide rent stabilization is needed to prevent displacement and homelessness. Opponents, including apartment, building, and property-owner groups, said the bill would discourage housing production, harm small landlords, and override a deal they said was intended to be temporary while the state focused on building more housing.
Public testimony on AB 1157 was extensive, with many renters, tenant advocates, labor groups, and community organizations speaking in support, while many landlords, business groups, and property-owner representatives spoke in opposition. Committee members were split: some praised the bill as a necessary response to the rent crisis, while others warned it could reduce investment and worsen the housing shortage. The committee ultimately voted 7-5 to pass AB 1157 to the Assembly Judiciary Committee.
The committee then approved the consent calendar, including AB 413, AB 1152, and AB 1275, on a 9-0 vote. It also heard ACA 3, which would require the University of California to make available a limited number of down payment loans for eligible long-term support staff who are first-time homebuyers. Supporters said the measure would help lower-wage UC workers afford homeownership and improve retention, while UC and other opponents argued the proposal was duplicative of existing state programs, unnecessary, and potentially harmful to UC finances. The discussion focused on financing mechanics and the relationship to CalHFA, but no final vote on ACA 3 was included in the portion provided.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Health and Human Services Oct 2nd, 2025
House Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- It all is transparent; this information is on our website.
- We'll be very transparent about that process.
- It's really important to me that we are transparent about how we spend those and that we're accountable
- Folks feel like that's really the best way to make this really transparent or more transparent.
- And so that's what we did, was transparent.
NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Government Affairs Jun 1st, 2025 at 10:00 am
Government Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Transparency and consumer protection are great. I don't see a reporting mechanism.
- Because it's nice that we're setting standards and having transparency, but how would this body be able
- Transparency and consumer protection are great. I don't see a reporting mechanism.
- So absolutely, we want to make sure that we have clear and transparent reporting.
- I just want to make sure that there is frequency in terms of transparency.
Bills:
SB507
Keywords:
SB507, Nevada, governmental administration, Office of Nevada Boards Commissions and Councils Standards, Department of Business and Industry, professional licensing boards, occupational licensing, regulatory fees, state account, nonreverting fund, Commission on Postsecondary Education, taxicab, taxi technology fee, Nevada Transportation Authority, Taxicab Authority, transportation network company, TNC, rideshare, Uber, Lyft
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It does not limit or cap utility rates; it simply requires transparency, making sure that residents are
- This is a transparency bill. You got it.
- All right, any questions for Senator Gutierrez on his transparency bill?
- The database will serve as a single transparent source for taxpayers to access historical and current
- Second, it would bring greater government transparency to public debt consumption, which remains robust
Bills:
HB103
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee and Senate Environmental Quality Committee Aug 20th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- began looking more closely at DTSC a decade ago in response to concerns that were raised about transparency
- enacted several policy changes and created the Board of Environmental Safety to improve DTSC's transparency
- Forward past reform that was only four years ago to become a more transparent, accountable, and proactive
- So, turning to the board's mandate to ensure DTSC's transparency, fiscal stability, and accountability
- Bumstead about access and transparency in general at DTSC.
Summary:
The joint oversight hearing focused on DTSC’s implementation of SB 158 reforms, including enforcement, community engagement, fee stability, the hazardous waste management plan, permitting backlogs, and the Safer Consumer Products program. Senators and Assembly members emphasized protecting overburdened communities and asked how DTSC and the Board of Environmental Safety are using their authority to improve accountability, reduce delays, and address hazardous waste facilities and consumer product chemicals. The hearing also included discussion of extended producer responsibility programs and whether DTSC can support them more efficiently, including through coordination with CalRecycle.
DTSC Director Katie Butler said the department is now more transparent, accountable, and fiscally stable, citing stronger enforcement actions, an interactive inspections map, expanded community outreach, and emergency response work on the Los Angeles wildfire cleanup. She said DTSC has made progress on fee reform, the hazardous waste management plan, cleanup grants, permit renewals, and safer consumer products rulemaking, including adding microplastics to the candidate chemical list. Board Chair Andrew Rakestraw said the board has held multiple public meetings and hearings, is working on fee rates and performance metrics, and is revising the hazardous waste management plan after public comment, including removing a proposal to send certain contaminated soil to municipal landfills. He also noted remaining concerns about fee structure, permit delays, and the pace of the safer consumer products program.
Public witnesses offered sharply different views. A representative of the California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance said SB 158 reforms have improved permitting and transparency, but urged more attention to risk-based decision-making, reduced duplication, and possible General Fund support for plan implementation rather than relying only on fees. Earthjustice argued DTSC remains too slow and that communities continue to suffer from long-delayed permits and weak protections, urging the Legislature to take a more active role and to prioritize eliminating hazardous substances rather than minimizing costs. Committee members pressed the witnesses on permit renewals, community impacts, and the pace of the safer consumer products program, while DTSC defended its progress and said further legislative collaboration may be needed on hazardous waste management and emerging waste streams.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Health Committee Jun 16th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It provides transparency so policymakers and the public can understand what is driving costs.
- SB 1284 responds with a simple solution: transparency and accountability.
- SB 1284 is a measured step, because without transparency, nothing changes, and... ...because without
- transparency, nothing changes.
- And finally, the bill ensures transparency and accountability by requiring inspection findings to be
Summary:
The Assembly Health Committee heard several bills focused on mental health access, preventive care, health care costs, detention oversight, and daylight saving time. SB 989 would streamline Care Court referrals by allowing first responders to ask county behavioral health agencies to review and file petitions; supporters, especially firefighters and families, said the current process is too burdensome, while Disability Rights California and other opponents argued Care Court is coercive and unproven. SB 1089, as amended, would direct CalRx/HHS to help distribute GLP-1 medications more broadly and more affordably; the author described her own experience with the drugs, and the bill drew support from medical and life sciences groups with no opposition. SB 1309 would eliminate out-of-pocket costs for medically appropriate lung cancer screening follow-up care; cancer advocates and survivors strongly supported it, while health plans and insurers opposed it as costly and said the bigger problem is low initial screening rates. The committee also heard SB 1284, which would require DHCS to report large employers whose workers are enrolled in Medi-Cal and estimate taxpayer costs, framed by supporters as a transparency measure about corporate reliance on public coverage. SCR 7, urging permanent standard time for health reasons, passed with support from medical groups and no opposition. SB 995, the Masuma Khan Justice Act, would create statewide inspection and enforcement standards for large involuntary residential facilities, including private immigration detention centers and certain youth facilities; supporters cited unsafe and inhumane conditions, while county probation officials objected to duplicative oversight for secure youth treatment facilities. The committee took votes on each measure, and the bills and resolution advanced, with SB 1309 and SB 1284 moving on amended and the others also reported out; the consent calendar was approved as well.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- and back then, at least, the department brought in bioethicists and worked with us in a really transparent
- last two years, they've gone into complete lockdown with the failure to provide any financial transparency
- on the program and anything. ...with the failure to provide any financial transparency on the program
- But thanks to the CFO's website on transparency, we begin to find out where this shortfall could possibly
- I just wanted to take a brief moment and compliment you on your presentation and transparency through
Bills:
S7010
Keywords:
Roth contributions, deferred compensation, retirement savings, Florida Statutes, tax benefits
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Appropriations met to take up SB 7010 by Senator Mayfield, which would authorize Roth post-tax contribution options in state and local deferred compensation plans. The bill was briefly explained, received one appearance in support, had no debate, and was reported favorably by roll call vote.
The committee then heard a lengthy presentation from the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget on the governor’s recommended $117.4 billion “Floridians’ First Budget.” The presentation highlighted major spending areas including education, health care, public safety, transportation, environmental restoration, and economic development. Key proposals included increased FEFP funding for K-12 schools, teacher salary funding, higher education support, Everglades and water quality funding, emergency preparedness reserves, corrections staffing and pay increases, law enforcement recruitment bonuses, cybersecurity, and affordable housing and infrastructure investments.
Members asked extensive questions about property tax reserve planning, litigation funding, emergency response fund balances and expenditures, the use of federal reimbursement for the Everglades detention facilities, the animal abuse hotline, Hope Florida, corrections staffing, and the proposed reduction in ADAP eligibility for HIV/AIDS medication assistance. A member of the public also testified at length about concerns that the ADAP changes would harm access to life-saving medications and alleged improper shifting of program funds. Committee members and the presenter acknowledged follow-up questions on several items, but no additional votes or formal actions were taken beyond the favorable report on SB 7010 and adjournment.