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AL
Transcript Highlights:
- I would like to hear how it's relative to this bill that I have.
- So, I'm not so sure that actually what is maybe being amended is relative to my bill.
Bills:
SB210 , SB292 , HB360 , HB233 , HB66 , HB356 , HB164 , HB238 , HB209 , SB223 , HB307 , SB210 , SB292 , HB360 , HB233 , HB66 , HB356 , HB164 , HB238 , HB209 , SB223 , HB307
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Keywords:
hospital liens, medical billing, government healthcare, insurance claims, patient rights, education oversight, subpoena authority, investigation, State Superintendent, school misconduct, drug courts, accountability, veterans, mental health, substance abuse, rehabilitation, criminal justice, court intervention, terrorist threat, terroristic threat
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
HED Info Briefing - Fri Jan 30, 2026 @ 10:30 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Only West Oahu had been generally up, even though it was relatively small and, as described to us in
- small and often and as uh relatively small and often and as described<00:18:01.440><c> to</c><00:18:
- That being said, on the right, you can see that there is relative stability or even growth among some
- That being said, on the right, you can see that there is relative stability or even growth among some
- And it's just unlikely that search.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Government Contract Review Committee (1-14-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- I’m just confused how come a search firm can go beyond what you’ve already done.
- You’ve already done national searches, and they reach out individually to people.
- will this search firm do anything beyond will this search firm do anything beyond what<00:41:22.280><
- The purpose of an internal search committee or search committees at the universities, I always thought
- , was to be a search committee.
Summary:
The committee first reorganized by electing Representative Hart as House co-chair and Senator Douglas as Senate co-chair by acclamation, then approved the December 10 minutes. It then took up deferred and routine contract items, beginning with a Council on Postsecondary Education item that was withdrawn after staff explained the contract had been canceled and should not have come before the committee because the granting authority, not CPE, was issuing it.
The committee next reviewed a Department for Local Government contract tied to an Eastern Kentucky flood recovery housing project in Jackson. Members questioned the high per-unit cost and whether renovation was more expensive than new construction. Staff explained the cost included acquisition of an existing downtown building and needed water and sewer infrastructure upgrades, and said developable land was limited in the area. With no motion to object, the contract was allowed to move forward.
The committee then considered Kentucky Transportation Cabinet professional services contracts for highway design work. Members asked about the size of the contracts and how much of the available funding is typically used; staff said the contracts are two-year agreements, that the prior cycle reached close to $2 million per contract, and that this year’s limits were reduced because less money is available in the Highway Plan. The committee also approved a PSC amendment contract for the Bridging Kentucky program after staff explained the $150 hourly loaded rate was within the normal range for consultants. Both Transportation Cabinet items were approved without objection.
Finally, the committee heard a Kentucky Communications Network Authority contract for an $85,000 study of the dark fiber market. Members asked what dark fiber is, why the study was needed, whether there was coordination with the Office of Broadband Development, and whether existing service meant there was already a market. KCNA said dark fiber is unused fiber that local providers can light to deliver service, that the study was needed because the contractor said no market existed while ISPs said demand exists, and that the report would help both KCNA oversight and broadband development planning. The contract was reviewed without objection.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on S.F. 1832 - Jobs and Labor Omnibus - 05/15/25
Transcript Highlights:
- online and looking other places that they were not being given credit for searching for work.
- </c> given credit for uh uh uh for searching given credit for uh uh uh for searching for<00:40:54.480
- </c><00:42:27.160><c> So</c><00:42:28.160><c> it's</c> allow for remote work search.
- So it's allow for remote work search.
- This is a relatively small our system.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 19th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Assembly Joint Resolution 3 by Assemblymember Schiavo and others, relative to public social services.
- Assembly Concurrent Resolution 65 by Assembly Member Ward, relative to California Tourism Moth.
- Assembly Joint Resolution 5 by Assemblymember Lee and others relative to birthright citizenship.
- House Resolution I assembly member Solache and others, relative to Harvey Milkday.
- Assembly Joint Resolution 11 by Assemblymember Ransom relative to disaster funding.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (02/04/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- I open the hearing now on House Bill 486, relative to grandparents' visitation rights, and the chair
- </c> 461a colon 13 as I started to Res search 461a colon 13 as I started to Res search and<00:07:29.879
- This legislation is well-intended, but it is actually a solution in search of a problem.
- </c><04:12:50.239><c> of</c><04:12:50.399><c> a</c> in search of a in search of a problem<04:12:52.680
- I heard it said earlier that this bill is a solution in search of a problem.
Summary:
The House Children and Family Law Committee opened its February 4, 2025 hearing with a business item on House Bill 553, appointing a subcommittee chaired by Representative Greg and including several named members. The committee then took up House Bill 486, which would revise New Hampshire’s grandparents’ visitation law. The prime sponsor said the bill is intended to address gaps in current law, especially in situations involving divorce, separation, kinship care, and parental substance use, so that children can maintain important relationships with grandparents or other kin caregivers. He emphasized that the proposal was meant to supplement existing law rather than replace it, and said the language was modeled on statutes from other states.
Several witnesses testified in support of HB 486, describing painful family separations and arguing that current law can be interpreted too narrowly. One grandmother said the existing statute had been used to dismiss her visitation case because she was restricted while the parents were separated, and she asked for language changes so courts could still order visitation in similar circumstances. Another witness, testifying online, urged passage of the bill as being in the best interest of children. A third witness described a family living arrangement in which grandparents had been a consistent presence in their grandchildren’s lives but were later cut off during a contentious separation, and said the bill would help repair those relationships. Committee members asked about the six-month timeframe in the bill, whether the proposed language would affect cases where a grandparent does not live with the child but is still a regular caregiver, and whether the sponsor had written amendment language; the sponsor said the six-month language was taken from other states’ statutes and that the new language would not change existing visitation rights but would add to them.
After hearing the testimony, the chair said the committee would hold HB 486 aside for a week or two while awaiting additional information before voting. The hearing then moved to House Bill 320, an act relative to enforcement of marital property settlements. The sponsor explained that the bill would require courts to enforce final property decrees and would clarify the difference between enforcement and contempt, arguing that courts should have clear authority to fashion remedies and that litigants, especially self-represented parties, need clearer statutory guidance. Committee members questioned the legal distinctions the sponsor drew, including whether the bill was aimed at enforcement rather than contempt and how the proposed language would operate in practice. The transcript cuts off before any vote or further action on HB 320.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Air Mobility & Aviation Economic Development Task Force (10-14-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Um we'll hit search and recovery team.
- </c> not a fatality search and rescue team. not a fatality search and rescue team.
- They're search and rescue specialists.
- </c> search and recovery team. search and recovery team.
- </c> relatively well. relatively well.
Summary:
The task force met on October 14, confirmed a quorum, and adopted the September 16, 2025 minutes. Members then received a Kentucky Air National Guard 101 briefing from Brigadier General Bruce Bancroft, commander of the Kentucky Air National Guard, who described the Guard’s structure, missions, and statewide role. He emphasized that Kentucky is a single-wing state centered at Louisville’s 123rd Airlift Wing and highlighted several unique capabilities, including the Contingency Response Group, critical care air transport teams, medical detachment for chemical environments, explosive ordnance disposal, fatality search and recovery, and special tactics personnel.
General Bancroft also discussed staffing and readiness, saying the Guard has 1,273 authorized positions, with a mix of AGR, Title 32, and Title 5 personnel. He noted that AGR positions are funded at about 96 percent, while technician positions are funded at about 53 percent, leaving the organization to operate at roughly 75 percent of authorized manpower overall. He said the wing converted from the C-130H to the C-130J in 2021 and completed the transition in about 2.5 years, ahead of the original three-year timeline.
The briefing further covered the Guard’s operational tempo and community role. Bancroft said the unit has earned 21 Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards, has deployed about 500,000 days since 9/11 across 45 countries, and routinely supports federal and domestic missions. He described the C-130J’s tactical airlift, airdrop, and blacked-out operations as directly useful for disaster response in Kentucky, and he pointed to strong ties with UPS and other aviation employers. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond approval of the prior minutes.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- They've used it for a high-capacity drone, which has been very valuable on missing person searches, and
- for ATV vehicles, which have been valuable for brush firefighting and missing people searches throughout
- One can simply search topics. Review studies, articles, testimony.
- One can simply search topics like significant contributors to water pollution, and fertilizers and pesticides
- city of Boston, as well as a bill that I filed, S. 595, which is of the same concept, titled an act relative
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources opened its first hearing with introductory remarks, instructions on three-minute testimony limits, and notice that written testimony would be accepted. The committee then heard testimony on several local bills, beginning with H. 984, which would change water management for Silver Lake, Furnace Pond, Monponset Pond, and the Jones River system. Supporters said the 1964 water arrangement has harmed water levels, water quality, and habitat, and argued the bill would add needed environmental oversight without cutting Brockton off from water. Testimony emphasized impacts on alewife, freshwater mussels, drought conditions, and the need for more balanced management; no vote was taken during the hearing.
The committee also heard H. 1069, a proposal to raise the parking surcharge at Douglas State Forest from $1 to $5 to help Douglas cover emergency response costs at the DCR park. Supporters said the town bears the burden for rescues, brush fires, and other incidents and has used the current surcharge for equipment like drones and ATVs. Another bill, H. 994, would let Orleans regulate fertilizer use locally; the town argued that nutrient pollution has worsened water quality in Cape Cod ponds and coastal waters, while opponents from the lawn care and landscape industries said Massachusetts already has a strong statewide nutrient-management system and warned against a patchwork of local rules.
The committee also took testimony on H. 1073 concerning wastewater treatment and disposal options at Joint Base Cape Cod for the town of Sandwich. Supporters said the base could help meet Sandwich’s immediate and long-term wastewater needs and that the region has already invested in planning. In addition, Senator Driscoll testified in support of S. 575, to add transparency to the Blue Hills Reservation Trust Fund, and S. 574, to establish memorial markers honoring law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. He also supported related park-naming legislation, including a bill to rename Farragut Park and dedicate athletic fields there. Finally, a marine trades representative supported a bill to expand pleasure boat access to Boston Harbor, arguing that boating supports the local economy and that boaters are strong environmental stewards. The hearing concluded after all registered testimony was heard, with no committee action reported.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (03/11/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, seeing none, moving on to HB 262, relative to group licenses for dogs.
- HB 262, relative to group licenses for dogs.
- <00:54:43.839><c> of</c><00:54:43.960><c> a</c> search of a search of a problem<00:54:45.799><c> um</
- Moving right along, HB 262, which is relative to group license for dogs. Do I hear a motion?
- Essentially, this bill is a solution searching for a problem.
Summary:
The meeting covered two main items. First, the solid waste subcommittee reviewed draft language for HB 707, focusing on landfill siting and permitting standards. Members and the Department of Environmental Services discussed replacing repeated references to “aquifer” with “drinking water well,” clarifying that aquifer is a broad term, and considering whether a statutory definition was needed. They also debated the bill’s setback and time-of-travel provisions, including the 10^-5 standard, a 1,500-foot distance, and whether the bill should rely more on performance-based criteria than prescriptive distances. Another major topic was permit denial language tied to applicants with significant histories of repeated serious violations or landfill-related litigation; the department said it already has related authority in current rules, but noted some wording was still too vague and could be tightened. No vote was taken, and the chair closed the hearing with plans to continue work later.
The second item was a work session on HB 424, which would direct the Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food to create forms for businesses to request information about service animals and establish a study committee on fraudulent or untrained service animals. Several members said the problem raised by the bill was real but expressed concern that the legislature may be limited by the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. Others argued that a study committee would likely not produce a workable solution and might conflict with leadership’s direction to avoid unnecessary study committees. Members discussed whether the bill should be retained, amended, or instead replaced with a letter or resolution to the federal delegation. The committee appeared to lean toward ITL and possibly pursuing a letter to federal officials, but no final vote is reflected in the transcript.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It seems very simple; you're going to show up and you're going to search and rescue.
- Well, then now you’ve got to back up and search that area.
- They have thermal imaging capabilities, and they are really good at search and rescue.
- Our search and rescue type systems and tracking pieces.
- Our search and rescue opportunities, just the calls for service are pretty profound.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Health Mar 23rd, 2026
Joint Committee on Public Health
Transcript Highlights:
- My family and I spent years searching for answers.
- We saw doctors, they ran tests, and tried to understand why I was spent years searching for answers.
- And some children even appear relatively well, but have intestinal damage.
- It's a relatively inexpensive single blood test. If it's negative, it's got a very good chance...
- It's a relatively inexpensive single blood test.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Public Health
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Public Health heard testimony on four bills: H. 5013 and S. 2928, which would establish a three-year celiac disease screening pilot program for children during routine cholesterol/lipid screening around ages 8 to 12; H. 5087, regulating the operation of medical spas; and H. 5115, establishing statewide food truck regulations, though the hearing focused almost entirely on the celiac and medical spa bills. Committee chairs outlined three-minute testimony limits and noted members present in person and online.
Supporters of the celiac screening bills, including Rep. Badger, Sen. Lovely, patients, clinicians, and researchers, described long delays in diagnosis, the lack of a cure beyond a gluten-free diet, and the potential for early screening to prevent years of damage, missed school and work, and long-term complications. Testifiers said celiac disease is common but frequently undiagnosed, that a simple blood test can identify many cases, and that a pilot would help assess feasibility, cost, accuracy, and family acceptance. Several witnesses emphasized that the proposal includes education and support for families after diagnosis, and some cited international screening efforts, especially in Italy, as evidence that population screening can work.
Testimony on H. 5087 was largely opposed by medical spa owners, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and a plastic surgeon. Witnesses argued the bill is outdated, duplicative of existing Massachusetts licensing and public health rules, and inconsistent with current scopes of practice and team-based care. They said the proposal could restrict access, burden small and women-owned practices, and fail to address the real issues of training, compliance, and patient safety. Some said they support regulation in principle but want the bill revised to reflect current law and modern practice. Committee members asked a few clarifying questions, including about celiac testing methods and the relationship between the medical spa bill and current state law, but no votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- This instrument provides relative to insurance, to provide relative to the calculation of damages on
- testifying to comment on this, but it's your belief as a practicing attorney that it will be a relatively
- I mean, are we, you know, a solution in search of a problem?
- I mean, are we, you know, a solution in search of a problem?
- if we don't have the data, how do we you know, a solution in search of a problem.
Committee:
House Insurance
Summary:
The House Committee on Insurance met on March 25 and took up House Bill 577 by Representative Glorioso, which would change Louisiana’s bad-faith insurance penalty language from a flat 50% to “up to 50%,” giving judges discretion to award a lower penalty in cases involving minor or technical delays. Glorioso argued the bill would correct an omission from the 2024 consolidation of the bad-faith statutes, reduce unnecessary litigation over nominal delays, and potentially help lower reinsurance and homeowners’ insurance costs. Committee members questioned whether the change would weaken consumer protections or reward insurer misconduct, especially in catastrophe claims after storms, and whether any real rate relief would follow.
Opposition testimony came from the Louisiana Association of Justice and Real Reform Louisiana. They argued the current penalty provisions are important guardrails that help force timely payment and fair handling of claims, especially after hurricanes, and that the bill would reduce deterrence without producing meaningful premium reductions. They also said insurers already have substantial time and procedural protections under the law, and that penalties are rarely awarded but serve as leverage in settlement negotiations. Supporters and the Department of Insurance said Louisiana’s penalty structure is an outlier compared with other states and that the bill could make the market more competitive, though the department said it did not have court data on bad-faith judgments and could not quantify the bill’s effect on rates.
After debate, Representative Glorioso closed by saying he was open to further language changes but asked the committee to advance the bill. The committee then voted 10 yeas and 6 nays to report House Bill 577 favorably. Afterward, the committee moved on to the next item, House Bill 955.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- This instrument provides relative to insurance, to provide relative to the calculation of damages on
- testifying to comment on this, but it's your belief as a practicing attorney that it will be a relatively
- I mean, are we, you know, a solution in search of a problem?
- I mean, are we, you know, a solution in search of a problem?
- if we don't have the data, how do we you know, a solution in search of a problem.
Committee:
House Insurance
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Consumer Protection & Business Feb 20th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Consumer Protection & Business
Transcript Highlights:
- Examples include scammers pretending to be a friend or relative with an emergency, a romantic interest
- Request legislation to this body relative to this.
- The best and easiest way to search would be to go to the Secretary of State's website.
- They have a very easy-to-search field where you can just fill in either the name, the UBI, the federal
- That can be done by either visiting the IRS's website and searching for tax-exempt organizations, or
Committee:
House Consumer Protection & Business
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- men are not identifying themselves and are violating the Fourth Amendment by performing unlawful searches
- Nobody should be okay with unlawful searches and seizures.
- What I have been seeing, what my relatives, and I want to say that, I've been seeing what my relatives
- If somebody comes and they search your home, your vehicle, they have a warrant legally.
- they conduct themselves in this fashion, without a warrant, without just cause, just because my relative
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery
Transcript Highlights:
- If you see it out, that's a different situation than using the pretext of drunk driving to search the
- Okay. ...of drunk driving to search the car for other things, okay.
- But I want to talk about Senate Bill 1393 and House Bill 2196, an act relative to preventing overdose
- I am speaking in support of S-1391, H-225, 2-2-4. of S-1391, H-225, an act relative to harm reduction
- For example, we went through a similar process relative to needle exchange programs.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use, and Recovery held a public hearing on several harm reduction bills, including measures to decriminalize simple possession and paraphernalia, authorize overdose prevention centers, and expand access to naloxone for first responders. Chair Mindy Domb and Senator John Velis opened by describing harm reduction as an evidence-based public health strategy and noting Massachusetts’ recent decline in fatal overdoses. They emphasized that testimony would help shape whether and how the bills advance, and explained the hearing process, including time limits and written testimony.
Testimony was sharply divided. Supporters, including Rep. Kate Donaghue, Sen. Cindy Friedman, Rep. Marjorie Decker, Rep. Manny Cruz, public health professionals, recovery advocates, and people with lived experience, argued that harm reduction saves lives, reduces stigma, and can connect people to treatment. They supported overdose prevention centers and decriminalization as tools to keep people alive long enough to enter recovery, and several speakers described personal losses to overdose or family experiences with addiction. Some supporters also framed the bills as racial justice measures, arguing that criminal penalties for possession have disproportionately harmed Black and brown communities.
Opponents, including Sen. Nick Collins and several South End residents, argued that overdose prevention centers and decriminalization would worsen public drug use, crime, and neighborhood disorder, especially around Mass and Cass. They said current approaches such as Section 35, diversion, and police leverage into treatment are more effective, and they urged more treatment beds and recovery facilities instead of harm reduction sites. Committee members questioned witnesses about research, local siting, crime data, and the relationship between harm reduction and treatment, and several members said neighborhood impacts must be considered alongside overdose prevention. The committee did not take a vote during the hearing; it continued receiving testimony and announced a later break before resuming on H. 2196 and S. 1393.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- This is Senate Bill 398 by Senator Foyle, relative to the Uniform Standards Code for Manufactured and
- It provides relative to the licensing and regulation of virtual currency businesses, to provide relative
- This is a relatively recent post-COVID reform."
- Just for clarification, I mean, I just did a quick Google search. I am not an esthetician.
- Amendment 21 provides relative to a controller processing data pursuant to federal law.
Committee:
House Commerce
Keywords:
public utility, common carrier, regulation, Public Service Commission, New Orleans, constitutional amendment, distributed energy, energy storage, electricity demand, virtual power plants, reliability, hurricane resilience, esthetics, cosmetology, hair services, beauty industry, Louisiana regulation, Louisiana Economic Development, sunset law, legislative authority
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jun 18th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It would allow that billing to be done based on reasonable cost with a degree of relativity, and in a
- We continue to search the landscape for cost controls in this bill, and this next set of measures would
- To search the landscape for cost controls in this bill, and this next set of measures would allow us
- It comes before the Senate for its final passage: An Act Relative to Teachers Preparation and Student
- Third reading of a bill: An act relative to primary care, Senate No. 3116.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Mar 24th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The clerk will read: Assembly Concurrent Resolution 35 by Assembly Member Papin relative to Greek Independence
- House Resolution 17 by Assembly Member Dixon relative to women in carpentry.
- Assembly Concurrent Resolution 50 by Assembly Member Arreguín and others relative to Special Olympics
- Assembly Member Zbur and others, relative to Transgender Day of Visibility.
- I have to search, and I would love to have one of my colleagues educate me: what do you mean by an anti-trans
Summary:
The Assembly met on March 6, 2025, after a quorum call and prayer, then proceeded through routine floor business and several ceremonial resolutions. Early procedural motions included a failed attempt to suspend the rules to withdraw AB 844 from committee and bring it directly to the floor; that motion received 16 ayes and 45 noes. The body also unanimously approved a request to re-refer AB 341.
Members then adopted several resolutions by voice vote after adding coauthors: ACR 35 recognizing Greek Independence Day, ACR 17 honoring women in carpentry and the BOOTS apprenticeship program, ACR 50 designating March 24, 2025 as Special Olympics Day, and H.R. 21 proclaiming Transgender Week of Visibility and March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility. Each resolution drew supportive remarks from multiple members, while H.R. 21 also prompted extended debate, including opposition centered on girls’ sports, locker rooms, and claims about state policy affecting transgender Californians. In each case, the resolutions were adopted after the coauthor roll and voice vote.
The session concluded with adjournment in memory of San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Deputy Hector Cuevas, Jr., who died in the line of duty on March 17. Several members spoke in tribute to his service, his work with youth football, and his family. The Assembly then announced upcoming committee meetings and adjourned until Friday, March 28, 2025 at 9 a.m.
WI
Wisconsin 2026 1st Special Session
Senate Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges Apr 9th, 2026
Senate Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges
Transcript Highlights:
- That is not a search for truth. That is strategy. I will not pretend otherwise.
- The governor tried to repeal the Wisconsin Idea and say that we're going to shift from the search for
- Chairman, to what the Wisconsin Idea is, which is the search for the truth, the only way that we can
- I have no doubt that when we begin the search, which we begin shortly, we will find an excellent leader
- You know, we grow these people, but because of what we pay them relative to what the market is elsewhere