Video & Transcript Research : 'mandate'
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AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
PUBLIC HEALTH WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE-SENATE AND HOUSE Mar 6th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So it uses the word mandate, but you say there's no financial impact? No, sir. It was a question.
- Is the word mandate, but you say there's no financial impact. No, sir.
- It was already mandated by federal law that we provide this coverage and also by a state law that was
- So now federally, they're not ending the mandate that we cover it. We had no intention...
- So now federally, they're not ending the mandate that we cover it.
Summary:
The meeting opened with approval of the prior minutes and then took up two Department of Human Services rules. Mary Franklin of DHS’s Division of County Operations presented a Medicaid/CHIP rule that removes the 90-day waiting period for certain ARKids B children who lose other coverage, clarifies child support enforcement procedures for pregnant women, and updates good-cause language to say “rape or incest” rather than “forcible rape.” Members asked about how child support referrals and sanctions work during pregnancy and the postpartum period; Franklin explained that sanctions would not be imposed until after the 60-day postpartum period and that good-cause determinations can prevent sanctions in appropriate cases. The rule had no public comments and a small fiscal impact, and it was reviewed without objection.
Elizabeth Pittman of DHS’s Division of Medical Services then presented a medication-assisted treatment rule. She explained that the change simply removes an expired federal end date from the state plan and updates the CMS template, while leaving existing coverage for counseling and lab services tied to substance use disorder treatment unchanged. In response to questions, she said the rule does not add new benefits or costs because the coverage was already required by federal and state law. The committee reviewed the rule without objection.
The meeting also included an informational presentation from Jenna Goldman of UAMS about a culinary medicine experience for legislators, scheduled for March 16 for the Senate and March 17 for the House at the Institute on Aging in Little Rock. She described it as a food-is-medicine program where participants would learn about healthy cooking and how to apply it in communities with limited food options. Members discussed its connection to rural health and potential grant opportunities. The meeting ended with a brief visit from a Monticello sixth-grade class, who asked Capitol trivia questions before the committee adjourned.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
PUBLIC HEALTH WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE-SENATE AND HOUSE Mar 6th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So it uses the word mandate, but you say there's no financial impact? No, sir. It was a question.
- Is the word mandate, but you say there's no financial impact. No, sir.
- It was already mandated by federal law that we provide this coverage and also by a state law that was
- So now, federally, they're not ending the mandate that we cover it. We had no intention...
- So now, federally, they're not ending the mandate that we cover it.
Summary:
The committee met briefly to approve prior minutes and then reviewed two Department of Human Services rules. The first, from the Division of County Operations, would remove the 90-day waiting period for certain ARKids B children who lose other coverage, clarify child support enforcement procedures for pregnant women and postpartum sanctions, and change the good-cause language from “forcible rape” to “rape or incest.” DHS said there were no public comments and only a small fiscal impact for system changes. The second rule, from the Division of Medical Services, updates the Medicaid state plan for medication-assisted treatment by removing an expired federal end date and adopting a new CMS template; officials said coverage does not change and there is no financial impact. Both rules were reviewed without objection.
Members also heard an informational presentation from UAMS about a culinary medicine experience planned for March 16 for the Senate and March 17 for the House at the Institute on Aging in Little Rock. The program is intended to show how food can be used as medicine and to connect with the state’s rural health transformation priorities and possible grant opportunities. Members were encouraged to attend, wear comfortable shoes, and participate in the kitchen-based activity.
The meeting ended with special recognition of a Monticello sixth-grade class visiting the Capitol for a scavenger hunt. A student asked several questions about the Capitol building’s materials and architecture, and members responded informally before the committee adjourned with no further business.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Press Conference: TEA Audit Mar 19th, 2025 at 12:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- don't agree on, I'm sure, And while there is a lot we don't agree on, I'm sure, like perhaps mask mandates
- was passed to make schools safe, and it has left school districts across the state with an unfunded mandate
- For these unfunded mandates, more money being pumped in, less money to work for that, right?
- spending at the local level, but really that can't change if we don't start at the TEA because the mandates
- The best way that they need to, if they'll release us from some of the mandates.
Keywords:
education funding, House Bill 5419, zero-based budgeting, public testimony, school safety, special education
Summary:
State Representative Gina Hinojosa and a group of parents and education advocates testified in support of House Bill 5419, a zero-based budgeting proposal aimed at reviewing Texas Education Agency spending and redirecting more public education dollars to classrooms. Hinojosa argued that public schools are being weakened by chronic underfunding, teacher shortages, delayed special education services, and inadequate school safety funding, and said the bill would help cut bureaucracy, vendor contracts, and other non-classroom spending in favor of teacher pay, safety, and special education.
Several witnesses, including self-identified Republicans and former GOP officials, backed the bill as a good-government measure and said they were crossing party lines because public schools need more direct investment. They criticized TEA growth, vendor contracts, public-private partnerships, and what they described as unfunded mandates from the state, including school safety requirements. One witness said rural districts are being forced into four-day school weeks, while others cited campus closures, deferred maintenance, and local tax increases tied to state funding shortfalls and recapture payments.
The discussion also focused on the need for a systematic review of TEA spending and the lack of a sunset review for the agency since before 2005. Hinojosa and others said increasing the basic allotment would help districts, reduce recapture pressures, and prevent local tax hikes. The exchange was primarily a public hearing and advocacy session; no vote or formal committee action was described in the transcript.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Judiciary (03/12/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary:
The House Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on HB 584, which would bar New Hampshire and its political subdivisions from enforcing mandates, orders, or similar directives from the World Health Organization, United Nations, or World Economic Forum. Prime sponsor Representative Green described the bill as a sovereignty measure and offered an amendment to clarify language, including replacing a reference to entities that “create and enforce policies” with language covering enforcement of policies, mandates, orders, requirements, edicts, or directives. Supporters argued the bill was a preemptive safeguard against outside influence and cited concerns about pandemic-era public health measures and international organizations. Opponents, including the American Heart Association, warned it could chill local policymaking and limit the ability of communities to use outside research or guidance. The chair closed the hearing on HB 584 after testimony concluded.
The committee then moved to HB 580-FN, relative to retaliatory defamation in domestic violence and sexual violence cases. Representative Anita Burroughs, the prime sponsor, said the bill is intended to protect people who report sexual assault, sexual harassment, abuse, or domestic violence from retaliatory defamation suits, so long as statements are made in good faith and without malice. She also said the bill preserves the ability of accused persons to defend their names. Burroughs explained that the proposal was prompted by a survivor’s experience and was meant to address the chilling effect of expensive litigation on reporting misconduct.
Testimony on HB 580 was generally supportive. Witnesses said the bill would help survivors speak out without fear of meritless lawsuits and described retaliatory defamation as a tool used to silence or intimidate accusers. Burroughs noted the bill was informed by anti-SLAPP principles and referenced high-profile defamation cases as examples of the cost and pressure of litigation. No vote was taken in the portion of the transcript provided; the hearing on HB 580 was opened and testimony began.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Section 4 adds additional requirements to a newly imposed job postings mandate.
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on regulation, and business mandate on regulation, and business mandate on - Sections 5 imposed job postings mandate.
- Adding more one-size-fits-all mandates is not what they need right now.
- Adding more one-size-fits-all mandates is not what they need right now.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House bill aims to align transit, road projects and housing development 4/14/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Brennan said the transit-oriented development zoning mandates were not touched by any of the amendments
- that the Met Council set transit mandate that the Met Council set transit performance<00:26:05.560><
- I'm not comfortable with the overall mandates in the bill to get us there.
- I'm not comfortable with the overall mandates in the bill to get us there.
- mandates in the bill to to get us there. mandates in the bill to to get us there.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
FULL INTERVIEW: Taking a Hard Look at Soft Costs to Help Housing Affordability | Senator Bill Weber May 1st, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So, quite frankly, as we look at these types of things, you know, a lot of it is because of the mandates
- With the mandates that the state has placed on our schools, the shifting of costs of government-provided
- and the rules and the mandates and the rules and regulations<00:07:47.960>
that <00:07:48.120> - Uh with the mandates no longer say that.
- Uh with the mandates that<00:08:54.200>
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HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
CPC Public Hearing - Wed Apr 22, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Consumer Protection & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
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- I don't think we need to move toward mandating it. Thank you. >> Any other questions? >> Okay.
- I don't think we need to move toward<00:22:47.440>
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Thank toward mandating it. Thank you. Thank toward mandating it.
Keywords:
electric reliability, renewable energy, interconnection, Hawaii Electric Reliability Administrator, Public Utilities Commission, capacity shortfalls, energy policies, mail-order pharmacy, insurance, healthcare access, chronic disease management, cost savings, rural access, emergency healthcare, patient adherence, critical infrastructure, foreign influence, local control, energy dependence, economic resilience
Summary:
The Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce heard several Senate concurrent resolutions related to utilities, pharmacy access, critical infrastructure, and energy policy. STR 96 SD1 asked the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to report on the progress of the Hawaii Electric Reliability Administrator; the PUC offered written comments and the measure later advanced as is. STR 109 SD1 urged the insurance commissioner to study expanding mail-order pharmacy use. Testimony was split: DCCA’s insurance division, HMSA, and the Hawaii Association of Health Plans supported the study, while Shipa and the Hawaii Pharmacist Association opposed it, arguing mail-order pharmacy is already available and that in-person pharmacist counseling should be preserved. The measure was ultimately deferred.
The committee also heard STR 164 SD1 on protecting Hawaii’s critical infrastructure from foreign influence. Greenpeace Hawaii and 350 Hawaii strongly supported the resolution, framing it as a consumer protection and resilience measure tied to reducing dependence on imports and strengthening local food and energy systems. No opposition was presented, and the resolution was moved out as is. STR 172 SD1 HD1 directed the PUC to conduct a comprehensive analysis of ways to maximize cost reduction and minimize financial risk while meeting state goals. DCCA, the Hawaii State Energy Office, and the PUC offered comments, and Earthjustice supported the measure; it was also advanced as is.
For STR 166 SD1, which concerns how the PUC should evaluate generational energy commitments, DCCA, the Hawaii State Energy Office, and the PUC provided comments, while 350 Hawaii, Greenpeace Hawaii, and others opposed any move toward LNG, arguing it would harm ratepayers and conflict with Hawaii’s renewable goals. After discussion, the committee amended the resolution to add language directing the PUC to evaluate any LNG or other imported-fuel proposal for its potential effects on or delays to the state’s renewable portfolio standards, including the 2045 deadline. The amended resolution then passed, and the committee adjourned.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- after mandate after mandate, and we're down to a handful.
- So I mean this one little mandate, by my back-of-the-envelope calculation, adds about a quarter of a
- And you know, at one insurance mandate.
- <00:08:44.000>
mandate <00:08:44.560>mandate started adding mandate mandate mandate - started adding mandate mandate mandate and<00:08:45.279>
and <00:08:45.680>we're <00:08
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Republican Members Propose New Legislation Addressing Fraud - 02/19/26
Transcript Highlights:
- So this is a funded mandate. We're not pushing forward an unfunded mandate.
- So this is a funded mandate. We're not pushing forward an unfunded mandate.
- We're not this is a funded mandate.
- Uh it's a common sense mandate.
- They're struggling with the mandates on.
Summary:
Senate Republican leaders held a press event to roll out a package of anti-fraud proposals focused on state welfare and human services programs. Mark Johnson opened by citing recent fraud scandals, including a shuttered housing program and reports of vulnerable adults being left without care while providers billed for full services, and said Republicans want top-down reform, stronger accountability, new technology, and tighter oversight of taxpayer dollars. Michael Kreun said Republicans support an independent Office of Inspector General and argued the Senate-passed bill should not be weakened in the House; he also said the Senate should restore its role in confirming agency commissioners, especially at DHS, which he described as central to the fraud problem.
Jordan Rasmusson outlined a plan to stop “blank checks” for DHS and DCYF services by requiring legislative audit review when a program exceeds budget by 5 percent and legislative approval for additional spending at 10 percent over budget. He also said DHS should adopt basic integrity tools such as electronic visit verification and client sign-off. Steve Drazkowski described two bills: a statewide “do-not-pay” list to block payments to ineligible people or entities, and an “I’m Not a Robot” proposal for Medicaid managed care that would require enrollee verification forms, with a 2 percent payment withhold used to encourage compliance and potentially fund county system upgrades. Mark Krueger said the state should improve technology and data use for eligibility determinations, citing other states’ rapid fraud-fighting systems, and proposed penalties for false reporting to the Legislative Auditor after a DHS audit found falsified site-visit records.
Steve Gruenhagen said his bill would require DHS and DCYF to resume annual fraud-prevention and oversight reports to the legislature, which he said had stopped after 2017 despite rising fraud cases. Michael Holmstrom proposed unannounced site visits for all DHS and DCYF providers before enrollment, reenrollment, and revalidation, funded through provider service fees, and cited a recent case involving a woman with autism who was billed for far more care than she received. In the Q&A, Kreun said House Democrats’ delete-everything amendment to the inspector general bill removed the law enforcement division and stripped the bill of its “teeth,” and he suggested the governor’s office may have been involved in efforts to replace the bill with a weaker coordination council model. No votes were taken in the press conference.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Cmte on Rules - Subcommittee on the Federal Impact on Minnesotans and Economic Stability - 11/24/25
Transcript Highlights:
- The mandate will focus and push forward probably some projects.
- The mandate will focus and push forward probably some projects.
- <00:30:13.039>
that and take a look at the mandates that and take a look at the mandates that - That's the mandate of this solar.
- in the uh in a legislatively mandated in the uh in a legislatively mandated report<00:53:15.119>
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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for would bring back a mandate for would bring back a mandate for all<01:40 - <01:40:53.679>
video best of my knowledge, mandates video best of my knowledge, mandates video - This mandate would have the that.
- c><01:41:52.080>
to <01:41:52.239>rethink mandate could cause providers to rethink mandate - Let's focus such a mandate became law.
Bills:
HF2436
Keywords:
child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, 1183, house
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (03/19/2026)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- uh mandated by government procurements. uh mandated by government procurements.
- So, what you'll see is that our mandate—this is a little confusing here, but the mandate under Class
- So, what you'll see is that<01:18:47.920>
our <01:18:48.080>mandate that our mandate that - than the mandate. than the mandate.
- one thermal wrecks that were the mandate one thermal wrecks that were the mandate I'm<01:23:28.920
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (01/29/2025)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- this bill this is from all the mandates this bill this is from all the mandates that<01:25:23.480
- We had an insurance mandate review.
- We had an insurance mandate review.
- A mention of a mandate study was made by Peter, I think.
- about that um a mention of a mandate about that um a mention of a mandate study<02:37:02.279>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session: 2025 First Special Session 6/9/25 - Part 3
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- safe time has been a very heavy mandate safe time has been a very heavy mandate on<00:37:58.240>
- each of them are dealing with a mandate each of them are dealing with a mandate that<00:38:09.920
- and to lower that mandate and to lower that mandate amidst<00:39:03.760>
the <00:39:04.000 - leave mandate as well. leave mandate as well.
- Mandates that have done real damage. Mandates that have done real damage.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (01/28/2026)
Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- . mandated. mandated.
- but this type of legislated mandated but this type of legislated mandated discount<05:00:51.600>
- <05:03:51.040>
auto relationship between the mandated auto relationship between the mandated - c> and mandated the mandated discounts and mandated the mandated discounts and whatever<05:03:56.320
- <05:26:04.718>
auto <05:26:05.040>insurance mandate auto insurance mandate auto insurance
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget 2nd Revision: HB1782 (Moore) laid over. Added to 3/4 A and B Full agenda Mar 3rd, 2026 at 04:30 pm
Appropriations and Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- Would you agree this is a mandate? No, I would not agree that it's A mandate.
- Following a question from the chair, if it's not a mandate, are you saying in this bill it's optional
- We are mandating it no more than any other law would mandate any other thing to happen, so the word '
- mandate' maybe is what I have a problem with.
- As far as a mandate, yes, it is done in the middle school ages where that is the most age appropriate
Bills:
HB1242, HB1250, HB1590, HB1752, HB1979, HB1983, HB2952, HB2961, HB2967, HB2973, HB2988, HB3031, HB3047, HB3052, HB3066, HB3086, HB3175, HB3177, HB3178, HB3240, HB3404, HB3429, HB3548, HB3638, HB3671, HB3704, HB3759, HB3831, HB3904, HB3920, HB3944, HB3969, HB3973, HB3975, HB3976, HB3978, HB3983, HB3984, HB4092, HB4118
Keywords:
HB1242, cervidae, deer, elk, sales tax exemption, agricultural exemption, livestock, ranching, farm tax, agricultural sales tax, Oklahoma Tax Commission, agriculture, producer sales, private treaty, special livestock sale, tax relief, farm products, rural economy, local law enforcement, Public Safety Technology Revolving Fund
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Combatting Fraud with Employee Training – Senator Mark Koran Feb 28th, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Most still haven't come back even with this 50% mandate.
- Most still haven't come back even with this 50% mandate.
- Most still haven't come back even with this 50% mandate.
- Most still haven't come back even with this 50% mandate.
- Most still haven't come back even with this 50% mandate.
Summary:
The discussion focused on fraud in Minnesota public assistance and human services programs, with an emphasis on the harm done to vulnerable recipients rather than just the dollar amounts. The senator described cases involving childcare, PCA, adult daycare, autism, housing support, and food programs, arguing that fraud and poor oversight leave children, disabled people, nursing home residents, and others in neglect or unsafe conditions. He said many of the programs are Medicaid-related or state-funded entitlements intended to address social needs, and that stolen funds directly worsen outcomes for those they are meant to help.
He traced the problem to weak state oversight and agency inaction, citing the creation of the DHS Office of Inspector General after earlier childcare fraud concerns, whistleblower reports, and alleged failures by agency leadership to pursue larger, organized schemes. He pointed to the Feeding Our Future case as a major example, saying federal investigators uncovered broader fraud patterns across multiple programs and that state agencies failed to act despite warning signs. He also said recent audits, including one involving DHS Behavioral Health Administration, showed inadequate site visits and other serious deficiencies.
The senator said he recently met with federal officials in Washington, D.C., because a large share of Minnesota spending includes federal dollars and federal partners have a stake in preventing misuse. He argued that federal action is necessary but not sufficient, and that Minnesota also needs stronger internal controls, standardized eligibility verification, identity and residency checks, site visits, and better use of data tools. He supported creating an independent Office of Inspector General passed last session, but said it is only a partial solution and that agencies themselves must be retrained and held accountable. No formal votes were taken in the exchange, but the senator described ongoing legislative efforts and said he was pessimistic about the governor’s willingness to act.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Insurance Committee Apr 2nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- In other words, even without a mandate, applicants are demonstrating sufficient knowledge to pass the
- In other words, even without a mandate, applicants are demonstrating sufficient knowledge to pass the
- It's a constitutional mandate. Yeah, I think it's Article 14. I'm not sure.
- So in the case when you ask the question, isn't it mandated by the Constitution, it's mandated that an
- process, just simply mandated as a process of licensure that you provide a workers’ compensation insurance
Summary:
The Assembly Insurance Committee met as a subcommittee and heard several bills focused on insurance transparency, wildfire mitigation, market access, and workforce issues. AB 75 would require insurers to give homeowners 30 days’ notice before collecting aerial images of their property and allow homeowners to review those images; supporters said it would improve privacy and prevent inaccurate non-renewals, while consumer and industry groups both sought amendments. AB 234 would add the Assembly Speaker and Senate President pro Tem, or designees, as non-voting members on the California FAIR Plan governing committee; the Department of Insurance supported it as an oversight measure, while Consumer Federation of California said it was only a small first step toward broader transparency reforms. AB 428 would let water corporations join joint powers authorities for pooled insurance, with supporters citing rising insurance costs for small water systems and no remaining opposition after amendments. AB 943 would streamline producer pre-licensing education by removing the 20-hour per-line requirement while keeping ethics training; industry sponsors said it would reduce barriers to entry, while consumer advocates warned it could lower professional standards. AB 1209 would create a pathway for cannabis employers to secure workers’ compensation coverage and related services through a state-coordinated network; supporters said it would help bring the industry into compliance, while one member raised concerns about creating a special carveout for a federally restricted industry. AB 1 would require periodic review of the state’s Safer from Wildfire regulations every five years, and it drew broad support from the department, insurers, local governments, and industry groups as a way to keep wildfire mitigation incentives current.
The committee also took up a consent calendar including AB 69, AB 487, and AB 570, all of which were sent to Appropriations. The committee approved AB 75 to Privacy and Consumer Protection, AB 234 to the Assembly Floor, AB 428 to Local Government, AB 943 to Appropriations, AB 1209 to Business and Professions, and AB 1 to Appropriations. Most measures passed on strong or unanimous votes after members added coauthor requests and expressed support for the bills’ consumer protection, transparency, or wildfire-related goals.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So this is, you know, we, we talked with you guys a lot about mandates, and there's a lot of outdated
- And, and I'll tell you, we earlier passed out a bill this morning that, you know, some of the mandates
- , an administrative mandate that is costly and burdensome.
- It's just simply a new mandate here that would add additional costs. OK, thank you, Ms. Hudson.
- Currently, the statute also mandates insurers to explain cancellations.
Bills:
HB139