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MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • the exorbitant salaries of their seauite<01:22:46.000><c> executives.
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Bills: HF4059 , HF76
Committee: House Energy Finance and Policy
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Health and Human Services (01/28/2026)

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Your salary is on the line here. Yes. Neither do I. Soon as you put that sign up, we'll head it up.
  • It essentially provides parity of payment, matching what commercial payers pay to Medicaid flat out and
  • It essentially provides parity of payment, matching what commercial payers pay to Medicaid flat out and
  • Whether the state's parity statute is preferable to the federal government's or not, because I'm not
  • </c><02:34:23.920><c> law</c> the state's mental health parity law the state's mental health parity law
Committee: Senate Health and Human Services
NM
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Finance Dec 9th, 2025 at 01:24 pm

Transcript Highlights:
  • page eight, I think that's very impressive that we see a five... year improvement in our average salaries
  • The salary scales used in the cost models are embedded in our wage scale and career lattice.
  • So we built into the cost model an actual salary as same as a lead teacher in a center-based program.
  • And again, remember these numbers of salaries are for a family of four.
  • So we have based this on what we've again seen with our other... ...parity programs and looking across
NM
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Education Study Nov 20th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • in an undergraduate resident program, their stipend would be indexed at 65% of a Level 1 teacher salary
  • . of that Level 1 teacher salary, and I believe it's about $44,000.
  • And again, that doesn't bring them to parity with a Level 1 teacher, but ideally would create a little
  • them $25 an hour, an undergraduate could be paid $22,000, which is 50% of the first-year teacher salary
  • So yeah, in that case, the state pays their salary essentially, and I believe benefits is part of that
WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways & Means Jan 13th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • state funding distributed annually to school districts, OSPI uses just two-tenths of 1% for staff salaries
  • state funding distributed annually to school districts, OSPI uses just two-tenths of 1% for staff salaries
  • We don't want to see anyone cut further, but we do ask for parity.
  • We don't want to see anyone cut further, but we do ask for parity.
Bills: SB5998
Committee: Senate Ways & Means
Keywords: fiscal appropriations, budget, state funding, financial management, operating expenses
FL
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Judiciary Apr 1st, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • The driver could be responsible for paying for some made up salary and some caregiving expenses 60, 70
  • To me, this is about parity in our civil justice system.
  • These are things that we we should have parity in the way that we treat and the we treat a child inside
  • members of the CRA another place Cra's found one district had spent 80% of its annual funds for salaries
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Mar 17th, 2025

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Nonetheless, a loophole went into state law that the parity protection that passed. in 2017 excluded
  • TDI-regulated insurance have state-level parity protections.
  • CMS, on the federal level, does provide parity protections for those. uh, governmental, uh, employee
  • Medicaid plans for parity compliance.
  • So we have concerns that CMS is not getting the job done. on parity regulation and compliance for the
Bills: HB201 , HB272 , HB618 , HB 1094 , HB 1142 , HB201 , HB272
Committee: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Keywords: financial crime, card fraud, motor fuel theft, law enforcement, criminal activity, skimmers, prevention, training, credit card fraud, debit card fraud, prosecution, illegal possession, state law, HB 618, Texas insurance code, IVF, in vitro fertilization, fertility treatment, infertility coverage, government employee health benefits
WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Health & Long-Term Care Jan 30th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • So when providers are told that payment is fair and that parity exists, there is no clear public data
  • When we think about behavioral health compliance, there are two ways to think about it and parity.
  • be forced out of network for mental health care than for primary care, shattering the promise of parity
  • If we're going to evaluate the issue of mental health parity, we must go deeper into the differences
  • Insurers are not complying with regulations about mental health parity.
Summary: The Senate Health and Long-Term Care Committee first met in executive session and advanced five bills out of committee. SB 5999, as amended by a substitute, would let rural counties under 100,000 population appoint an APRN or physician assistant as an acting local health officer; SB 5185 would create a pathway for international medical graduates to physician licensure through a Washington Medical Commission pilot; SB 5845 would revise timely payment rules for health carriers, including longer acknowledgment and payment timelines and clarifications on scope; SB 6071 would standardize overpayment recovery timelines for carriers; and SB 6258 would create a non-disciplinary pathway for relinquishing Washington Medical Commission licenses. Each bill received a due pass recommendation and was sent to Rules, with the bills passed subject to signatures. The committee then heard SB 6226, which would protect the clinical autonomy of audiologists and ensure hearing-instrument and communication-device rules are applied consistently across care modalities, including telehealth. Testimony was overwhelmingly supportive, emphasizing access for rural and mobility-limited patients and the importance of teleaudiology, though one association cautioned the bill could affect broader regulatory authority. The hearing closed with 54 pro, zero con, and two other sign-ins. Next, the committee heard SB 6305, the Truth in Mental Health Coverage Act, which would require carriers to submit standardized annual data to the Office of the Insurance Commissioner on mental health and substance use disorder coverage, access, utilization, reimbursement, and network participation, with public posting in raw and dashboard form. The sponsor and supporters said the bill would improve transparency and accountability without changing benefits, while opponents argued it could duplicate recent parity reforms and add administrative burden. The hearing closed with 396 pro, two con, and zero other sign-ins. Finally, the committee heard SB 5924, a proposed substitute expanding pharmacists’ prescriptive authority for certain limited conditions and products, including some preventive and minor-illness treatments, and allowing limited diagnosis within defined bounds. Supporters said it would improve access, especially in rural and underserved areas, reduce administrative barriers from collaborative drug therapy agreements, and align with the sunrise review; opponents, including the medical association, said the bill went beyond the review and needed more time, while some testimony raised concerns about psychiatric prescribing. The hearing closed with 279 pro, six con, and four other sign-ins, and the committee adjourned after concluding its business.
FL
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Feb 24th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • The amendment adds school easement access provisions, zoning parity for off-site constructed single-family
  • Senator, back on I guess the main amendment, this amendment adds salary supplements and teacher salary
  • We talked about the salary supplements and the teacher salary increase implementation plan.
  • What it'll also allow is it allow those teachers to get their salary supplements quicker.
  • And what it'll also allow is it allow those teachers to get their salary supplements quicker.
Committee: Senate Rules
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Human Services May 18th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • This proposal is in alignment with current practices with the DSS child care program to maintain parity
  • provides the same 2.01% COLA for both CSPP and DSS child care and development programs to maintain parity
  • Child care program to maintain parity across programs.
  • provides the same 2.01% COLA for both CSPP and DSS child care and development programs to maintain parity
  • not believe that the cost-of-care-plus rates are ongoing and are reluctant to put those funds into salaries
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Higher Education Committee Mar 18th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill will merely create parity with the UCs and CSUs by removing burdensome local zoning barriers
  • It also brings parity for our community colleges with that of the UC and CSU, who have already zoning
  • But looking at this from a faculty stance in the audit, how would this bill help faculty salary transparency
  • better because there's been very little done on our task force to reduce the gender inequality in salaries
  • And on that same issue of salary as well, and I would be remiss if I didn't refer to my own jurisdiction
Summary: The committee first adopted its 2025-26 rules on a 7-0 roll call, then approved three consent items—AB 88, AB 240, and AB 313—on a due-pass motion to Appropriations. The hearing then moved to AB 648, which would give community college districts the same zoning authority as the UC and CSU systems to build student and staff housing on property they own or lease. The author and supporters argued the bill would help address severe housing insecurity and homelessness among community college students, while opponents and some members raised concerns about local control, zoning exemptions, and the impact on nearby communities. AB 648 passed the committee on a 5-2 vote and was sent to the Local Government Committee. The committee next heard AB 466, which would require California Community Colleges and CSU campuses to provide organ and tissue donor registry information during student orientation, and request UC campuses to do the same. Supporters shared personal stories about transplants and donation, saying college orientation is a good opportunity to increase registrations. Some members worried about information overload during orientation and suggested campuses have flexibility in how they present the material, but the bill advanced on a unanimous 7-0 vote to Appropriations. AB 326 followed, proposing campus-by-campus external audits of the CSU every three years and public release of the audits. The author, faculty supporters, and a student argued that systemwide audits do not provide enough transparency about how money is spent at individual campuses, citing examples of financial mismanagement and fee increases. CSU opposed the bill, saying it already conducts annual consolidated external audits and that campus-level audits would add cost without added benefit. After extensive discussion about transparency, audit scope, and implementation, the bill passed 6-1 to Appropriations. The committee then took up AB 335, which would create a California Black-Serving Institution Grant Program to support Black student success and broader underserved student services; supporters emphasized persistent equity gaps and low completion rates, while an opponent argued the bill needed to be carefully amended to comply with Proposition 209 and equal protection requirements. The transcript ends during that item’s discussion, before a final vote is shown.
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Jun 29th, 2026

California Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It specifies the Vice Chair of the California Energy Commission shall receive an annual salary that is
  • the midpoint between the annual salary of the other commission members and that of the Chairperson.
  • ...midpoint between the annual salary of the other commission members and that of the Chairperson, and
  • existing overtime pay requirements for hourly workers who provide supported living services to provide parity
Summary: The Senate session opened with a roll call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a long series of floor recognitions and votes. Members spent substantial time honoring the Los Angeles Dodgers, celebrating their back-to-back World Series championship and highlighting the team’s history, community role, and connections to Jackie Robinson, Fernando Valenzuela, Vin Scully, and Jaime Jarrín. Senators also recognized summer interns and welcomed members of Kappa Alpha Psi’s Kappa League and Guide Right program to the floor. The chamber then took up several measures, beginning with AB 182 on ballot order and proposition numbering for the 2026 statewide ballot, which passed 38-8 after debate over whether placing legislatively referred measures first was fair. SR 113, commemorating the International Day of Peace and honoring Dr. Yongshik Cho’s role in proposing it, passed unanimously after supportive remarks about peace, education, and California’s diversity. The Senate also adopted SJR 16 urging Congress to restore commercial driver’s licenses for affected California truck drivers, and SCR 185 designating Probation Services Week. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to budget trailer bills. The Senate concurred in Assembly amendments to AB 112, AB 150, AB 152, AB 181, and AB 179, covering Medi-Cal, child care, human services, education governance, and housing. It also passed or concurred in SB 168, SB 169, SB 170, SB 171, SB 172, SB 174, SB 177, and SB 180, addressing public resources and energy, transportation, executive branch reorganization, labor, state government, courts, Medi-Cal financing, and taxation. Several of these drew opposition centered on energy costs, transparency, business impacts, or the proposed “fair share” approach to Medi-Cal costs for large corporations, but most measures passed on party-line or near-party-line votes. The Senate also confirmed three California Horse Racing Board appointments and ended with adjournment motions, including a request to adjourn in memory of Francis Lydia Limos of American Canyon.
NM
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Jun 27th, 2025

Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • They did market salary research, a cost report from providers, and a time study from providers.
  • Um, but the average, um, salary of a PT in New Mexico is about $98,000.
  • I think it's more around and their request has really been around parity with the PT rates, which I think
  • Now they've cut salaries, their major expense, down to the bone, as my son's representative there in
Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 3/12/25

Veterans and Military Affairs Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • as a society could look at and say, hey, if they can take a rig and go riding and bring peace and parity
  • our cemeteries have never been fully funded, and so we’ve had to use those burial fees to support salary
  • to replace equipment and do some other expenditures to maintain our facilities. fees to to support salary
  • costs and and fees to to support salary costs and and other<00:34:35.800><c> you</c><00:34:35.919><c
Committee: House Veterans and Military Affairs Division
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Transportation Committee Apr 6th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's a common-sense measure that creates and restores parity.
  • have fixed, or our second-line folks have fixed, unavoidable expenses such as licensing fees, staff salaries
  • have fixed, or our second-line folks have fixed, unavoidable expenses such as licensing fees, staff salaries
Summary: The Assembly Transportation Committee met as a subcommittee until quorum was established, then heard several transportation-related bills. AB 1614 would extend existing anti-piggybacking rules to Class 1 bikeways, prohibiting multiple riders on a single bike or e-bike; supporters emphasized rising e-bike injuries and trauma cases, while People for Bikes argued it could create unnecessary barriers and enforcement issues. The committee also heard AB 2193, which would make autonomous vehicle manufacturers responsible for traffic citations when no human driver is present; Teamsters and transit labor supported the bill as an accountability measure, and there was no formal opposition on file. AB 2629 would cap fees charged by DMV business partners for online vehicle registration services at 5% above DMV fees. The sponsor and consumer advocates said the bill would curb spoofed websites and hidden upcharges, while DMV business partners and related companies argued the cap would make the program economically unworkable and reduce service options. Members questioned how the 5% figure was chosen, and the bill advanced on a due pass recommendation to Appropriations after a roll call. The committee also heard AB 2046, which would allow EPA-approved E85 conversion kits in California to expand access to lower-cost, lower-carbon fuel; supporters cited consumer savings and emissions reductions, and the bill passed to Appropriations. Finally, AB 2346 proposed broader e-bike safety rules, including speedometers, lighting, age-based speed limits, local authority to set path limits, and consumer disclosures; supporters framed it as a response to serious injuries and illegal e-motos, while opponents raised concerns about overbreadth, enforcement, and potential profiling. The committee approved AB 2346, sending it to Judiciary, and later completed roll calls showing the consent calendar and the other heard bills advancing out of committee.
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Feb 16th, 2026 at 10:00 am

A&B Education Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • I feel it just grows and grows as the salary scale grows for teachers.
  • I feel it just grows and grows as the salary scale grows for teachers.
  • I'm not asking for parity.
Committee: House A&B Education Subcommittee
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Public Safety Committee Meeting - 2025-03-28

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Ombudsperson Zadra, are you expecting salary increases for those FTEs? Ombudsperson Zadra.
  • Chair, Representative, no salary increases beyond what would be typical. step increase that's a part
  • We are looking for parity between public schools and public charter schools to establish an equitable
Bills: HF2432
Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Apr 7th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • What we're doing with House Bill 3941 is we're modifying the salary structure for our bailiffs.
  • The district courts are really struggling with getting bailiffs and this increases their salary.
Bills: HB2650 , HB2696 , HB3177 , HB3264 , HB3298 , HB3321 , HB3322 , HB3497 , HB3499 , HB3500 , HB3742 , HB3845 , HB3941 , HB3970 , HB3980 , HB3981 , HB4421
Committee: Senate Judiciary
Keywords: probate, estate administration, summary administration, decedent, inheritance, open records, educational records, cybersecurity, student privacy, confidential information, court reporters, salaries, legislation, employment compensation, state administration, Oklahoma, criminal justice, minimum sentences, parole eligibility, violent crimes
AL
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Mar 31st, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Mar 19th, 2025

State Affairs