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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, currently in Minnesota code, we have 253B, the civil commitment statutes.
  • Uh currently in Minnesota code, to do.
  • We'll walk through the bill and then uh we'll go through them section by section quickly. >> Representative
  • </c><01:20:00.560><c> one,</c> start with section one, start with section one, the<01:20:02.640><c> intent
  • :25:42.880><c> the</c> section um effectively puts the section um effectively puts the effective<01:25
Bills: HF3433 , HF3402 , HF3412 , HF3405 , HF3404
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House passes jobs, labor and economic development finance bill, SF17 6/9/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Pursuant to article 4, section 19 of the Constitution of the State of Minnesota, Representative Nisa
  • The amendment is coded A1.
  • Those of you in the transportation area, as you're making sure that there are opportunities and those
  • of us looking out for transit funding in the transportation area, that is empowering people to have
  • Those of you in the transportation area, as you're making sure that there are opportunities and those
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • real-life, everyday scenarios for school counselors and school nurses to CYBHI billable services and codes
  • Our team realized that traditional transport to a crisis center would be traumatizing and isolate him
  • Access to crisis care will now depend on zip code.
  • And when access depends on a zip code, inequity is not accidental. It is designed into the system.
  • Withdrawal management in several sections of statute that govern our certification of alcohol and drug
Summary: The hearing focused first on behavioral health, especially serious mental illness and anosognosia, a condition described by witnesses as a neurological symptom that prevents people from recognizing they are ill. The chair framed the issue around families cycling through emergency rooms, jails, conservatorships, and short-term stabilization without lasting treatment, and warned that federal changes under H.R. 1 could reduce Medi-Cal funding and worsen access. Dawn Marie Anderson gave a personal account of her son’s long history of psychosis, homelessness, arrests, repeated jail and state hospital stays, and eventual stability when he received sustained medication and coordinated support. She argued that the system often treats the problem as criminal rather than medical and that voluntary programs and short-term services are not enough for people who lack insight into their illness. Other panelists, including representatives from the California Behavioral Health Association, Santa Barbara County Behavioral Health, and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association, agreed that anosognosia is not denial or noncompliance and said the system needs long-term, coordinated care, including assertive community treatment, mobile crisis, supportive housing, medication support, and stronger handoffs between county and managed care systems. They said CalAIM and other reforms have improved some coordination, but significant gaps remain, especially for people with serious mental illness, for those in jail or locked settings, and for people with private insurance, which witnesses said often offers little meaningful coverage for early psychosis or intensive behavioral health services. Several witnesses urged the Legislature to protect Medi-Cal, shore up county safety-net services, and invest in training and family engagement. The committee then turned to the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, with a focus on the virtual services platforms BrightLife Kids and Soluna and the CYBHI fee schedule. DHCS reported strong growth in app registrations, coaching sessions, referrals, and positive user outcomes, saying the platforms provide free, culturally responsive, early-intervention support statewide and help connect users to higher levels of care when needed. On the fee schedule, DHCS said more than 500 LEAs, colleges, universities, and school-linked providers are participating, 181 LEAs have submitted claims, and $9.6 million has been reimbursed to date, with 41,556 students represented in claims. The chair and several members criticized the pace of implementation and the amount of money spent relative to reimbursement levels, saying the Legislature had requested data earlier and that the return on investment still appeared low. DHCS responded that many claims are still being submitted, that 70% of denials are correctable, that $400 million in capacity grants has been distributed locally, and that reimbursement is increasing rapidly as more districts come online. Public comment included a rural county behavioral health director who said private insurance denials leave counties with significant uncompensated work, especially for unlicensed staff providing case management and mobile crisis services.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • When you get all the way down to Section III in 4, 5, 3, point 0, 4, subsection to Tripoli and I were
  • We launched free transportation and free activity fees. I get that in the public school system.
  • was raising my kids as a mother with 3, I wouldn't have had some choices that could provide the transportation
  • He needs it to stickers. >> Bar code 9, 4, 8, 8, 1, to take up.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on the Judiciary Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's just a matter of enforcing the other sections of law that require any transfer to be reported.
  • It's a matter of enforcing the other sections, in my opinion. Thank you. Thank you.
  • And, you know, it, like I said, it's just a matter of ensuring that the other sections of the law are
  • It's a matter of enforcing the other sections in my opinion. Thank you. Thank you.
  • And now welcome up Joshua Cohen from Smart Transportation. My name is Joshua Cohen.
Summary: The hearing covered a wide range of Judiciary Committee bills, with much of the testimony focused on criminal justice, public safety, and civil asset forfeiture reform. Several lawmakers and advocates supported bills to increase penalties or create new offenses related to assaults on sports officials, assaults on transit workers, reckless discharge of firearms, fires and explosives, pill press machines, and drug-induced homicide. Testifiers described rising harassment and violence against youth sports officials and transit workers, as well as the fentanyl overdose crisis and the need for stronger tools to prosecute dealers whose conduct leads to death. Supporters of the sports-official and transit-worker bills emphasized declining referee availability and repeated assaults on commuter rail and MBTA workers. District attorneys also backed bills on reckless firearm discharge and fires/explosives, saying current law does not adequately address dangerous conduct that endangers bystanders. The committee also heard testimony on several proposals related to youth diversion and prison mitigation. Supporters of the youth court justice fund bill said youth courts are peer-led diversion programs with strong compliance and low recidivism, and argued for a stable funding source rather than annual earmarks. A representative from Bridgewater supported a prison mitigation fund for municipalities that host state prisons, saying the costs of public safety and emergency services are not fully covered. On gun policy, testimony split between supporters of a bill to ban in-state manufacture of assault-style rifles for civilian sale and opponents or skeptics of other firearm-related measures, including a bill on collateralizing firearms and a bill to increase penalties for drug trafficking combined with illegal firearm offenses. A major portion of the hearing was devoted to civil asset forfeiture reform. Advocates from the ACLU, CPCS, the Boston Bar Association, the Institute for Justice, and others supported bills to increase the burden of proof, improve transparency and reporting, require counsel, and limit or eliminate the current practice of directing forfeiture proceeds to law enforcement. They argued the current system creates perverse incentives, lacks adequate due process, and is insufficiently transparent. District Attorney Paul Tucker defended current forfeiture practices, saying his office has reporting and oversight, uses the funds for investigations and community programs, and warned that reducing forfeiture revenue would hinder crime fighting. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the hearing; the chairs repeatedly thanked witnesses and indicated the bills would remain under consideration.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/14/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And infrastructure, armored transport.
  • ,</c> our financial crimes and fraud section, our financial crimes and fraud section, which<00:31:17.720
  • The next section begins on page 11 at line one.
  • The last section in Article two begins on line 13.22.
  • are</c><00:53:33.760><c> from</c> The next few sections are from The next few sections are from Representative
Bills: HF4446 , HF4066 , HF1082
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • When we get to the section this morning about the behavioral assessment, we think, As in, when we get
  • to the section this morning about the behavioral assessment moves at DOC, I’ll tell you a little bit
  • I actually was a transportation officer back in 1994.
  • We work on a range of issues: education, workforce, housing, transportation, economic development, and
  • You know that RFPs go out for Section 35 beds.
Summary: The commission on correctional consolidation and collaboration heard testimony focused on how Massachusetts uses custody levels, staffing, programming, and medical release tools, with Prisoners’ Legal Services arguing that the system is overusing expensive high-security settings and underusing step-down options. Dave Rainey said the incarcerated population has dropped substantially over the last several years, but spending and staffing have not fallen in proportion. He argued that DOC overclassifies people into medium and maximum security, relies too heavily on behavioral assessment units that function like segregation, and keeps people in restrictive settings such as Souza-Baranowski and Shattuck Hospital longer than necessary. He also said medical parole is underused and that many people with serious chronic illness or advanced age pose little public-safety risk and should be released through existing legal pathways. Sheriffs and other commission members pushed back on some of those points, emphasizing that staffing needs are driven by the acuity of the current population, that corrections is not overstaffed, and that classification decisions involve serious public-safety judgments. They also stressed that some high-cost medical placements are necessary because people remain under sentence and require care, and that furloughs and other release tools can create security risks if contraband or substance use is involved. The discussion also covered the role of county sheriffs versus DOC in reentry, with several members saying county systems tend to do more day-to-day step-down and release planning, while DOC has more difficulty moving people through lower-security settings before release. Ben Foreman of MassINC offered a more systemwide, data-focused perspective, praising the state’s transparency and arguing that Massachusetts has made major progress in reducing incarceration and increasing public safety. He said the state still has an opportunity to improve by right-sizing facilities, investing in community-based mental health treatment, and using the commission to better understand the capital and operating costs of the current system. In response to questions, he said he was aware of DOC studies on programs like furlough but had not reviewed recent ones, and he noted that total-control facilities like Souza-Baranowski have long been criticized in the research literature for poor outcomes. Nora Wassel of the Women and Incarceration Project then testified that the commission should issue an interim report and scrutinize the planned new women’s prison, which she said is not justified by current population trends or available data. She argued that women are overclassified under DOC’s own tools, that reentry beds and minimum-security placements are underused, and that the system may be failing to account for women’s distinct medical and reentry needs. The meeting ended with continued discussion of reentry, furloughs, day reporting, and whether consolidation should mean fewer facilities, better step-down pathways, or both.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Consumer Protection & Business Jan 21st, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Consumer Protection & Business

Transcript Highlights:
  • Hazelgrove said he had shared a link to the federal code in advance of the hearing and that the federal
  • There's a whole section in existing law that limits what can be done when there are minors present.
  • an inspection requirement that goes along with that, but it's included in 2476, that existing law section
  • that talks about, I believe it's called an... ...in 2476, that existing law section that talks about
  • plan must be approved by the board and be permanently posted on the... in 2476, that existing law section
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Aug 18th, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Speaker, pursuant to Article 4, Section 8A of the ... Mr.
  • Speaker, pursuant to Article 4, Section 8A of the California Constitution, I ask that you bring that
  • Speaker, under the California State Constitution Article 4, Section 8... Mr.
  • Speaker, under the California State Constitution Article 4, Section 8A, a three-fourths vote would be
  • Speaker, under the California State Constitution Article 4, Section 8A, a three-fourths vote would be
Summary: The Assembly met on June 4, 2025, after a quorum call and opening prayer led by Assembly Member Ramos, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and routine procedural actions. Members handled several motions on bill referrals and file management, including disputes over SB 280 and ACA 8. The Speaker’s rulings were repeatedly appealed and sustained, and the body ultimately approved re-referral and notice waivers related to ACA 8 and SB 280, along with related committee hearing notices and shortened file notice requirements. Several bills were also removed from consent, moved to inactive file, or withdrawn from committee as nonfiscal measures. The chamber then held a Native American Day ceremony centered on ACR 102 by Assembly Member Ramos, recognizing California Native American Day and the California Indian Cultural Awareness Conference. Multiple caucus leaders and members spoke in support, emphasizing California’s Native history, past state harms, and recent legislative efforts affecting tribal communities. The resolution was adopted by voice vote after 71 coauthors were added. The ceremony also honored Native leaders and students, including Judge Abby Abinanti, Councilwoman Catalina Chacon, Rosemary Salgado, Chairman Frederick Massetti, and Clovis Unified students who defended their right to wear regalia at graduation. Later, the Assembly took up concurrence votes on several Senate-amended bills, all of which passed unanimously: AB 829 on Parkinson’s disease, AB 463 on emergency medical services, AB 493 on mortgage escrow interest, and AB 1387 on behavioral health coordination for justice-involved individuals. The body also adopted ACR 100 honoring India’s Independence Day and H.R. 44 recognizing homeless service providers, both by voice vote after substantial support from members and coauthors. Guest introductions highlighted the music industry, the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, and visiting officials from Pakistan. The session concluded with adjournments in memory of Joel Nilsen and Grace Akiko Kojima, followed by announcements of upcoming session dates and adjournment under the call of the Speaker.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House and Governmental Affairs Apr 1st, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And he said, we will put it down as uniform since it's required dress code.
  • Work schedules, child care responsibilities, transportation challenges, and geographic distance all make
  • They don't have transportation. They're working and they can't take off and stuff like that.
  • title of Section 8.
  • Section 2 of the Constitution, which strictly deals with constitutional conventions, not amendments.
Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on public access, transparency, and campaign finance. HB 648, as amended, would allow early childhood providers and parents of children under five to participate virtually in certain boards and commissions when in-person attendance is not feasible; supporters said it would help short-staffed providers and busy parents, while an opponent argued participation is different from observation. The bill was reported favorably as amended. HB 615 would require certain public bodies with taxing, rulemaking, or fee-setting authority to broadcast meetings live and keep an online archive; supporters emphasized low-cost technology and broader access, while local government representatives warned of unfunded mandates, confusion over which bodies are covered, and concerns about archiving and platform dependence. The committee adopted amendments clarifying the recording/broadcast language and reported the bill favorably as amended. HB 627, a similar live-streaming bill by Rep. Knox, was voluntarily deferred in favor of HB 615. The committee also considered HB 996, which would allow campaign funds to be used for clothing required for holding office and related cleaning/maintenance. The author said the bill was meant to offset required professional attire costs for legislators with modest salaries, but members raised concerns about public perception, possible abuse, and whether a cap should be added. The bill was voluntarily deferred so the author could work with members on a cap and narrower language. HB 540, dealing with disclosures for certain digital political communications and influencer-style campaign advertising, was discussed as a way to require disclosure when third parties are paid from campaign funds to promote or attack candidates online; members sought clarification that it would apply to paid campaign content rather than ordinary self-posted material. The bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee took up HB 270, which would allow qualified incarcerated voters who have not been convicted of a felony to vote absentee by mail if they are first-time mail registrants and cannot vote in person. The author said the bill was intended to resolve a conflict between existing voting statutes and preserve already-existing voting rights for pretrial detainees and others not convicted of felonies. Supporters said incarcerated voters are highly verifiable and the bill would reduce confusion, while opponents raised concerns about administration. After debate, the committee adopted a motion to involuntarily defer the bill by a recorded vote.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session May 19th, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, VTA.
  • Assembly Bill 761 by Assemblymember Attis, an act relating to transportation.
  • AB 1223 by Assemblymember Nguyen and others, an act relating to transportation.
  • AB 930, modernize This is California's election code to reflect how people actually vote today.
  • Assembly Bill 334 by Assembly Member Petrie-Norris, an act relating to transportation.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 23rd, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Resolution 199 by Representative Wilder to urge and request the Department of Transportation and
  • House Resolution 199 by Representative Wilder to urge and request the Department of Transportation and
  • Transportation, morning hour 13.
  • Senate Bill 140 by Senator Miller, Code of Civil Procedure relative to probate.
  • Provide relative to publicly-told road and bridges operated by the state, transportation with amendments
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened in prayer, and adopted the journal. Members received messages from the Senate on several House bills and Senate bills, and a number of House resolutions were introduced or laid over. The chamber also suspended rules to allow committees to continue meeting while the House was in session. Several local and ceremonial resolutions were taken up, including measures on public health data, carbon sequestration property rights, declining school enrollment, and commendations and condolences. The floor then considered a series of local bills and Senate bills, many of which passed with little or no opposition. Among the House bills approved were measures creating or adjusting local districts and utility-related authorities in Orleans and Jefferson parishes, including bills on the Regency Park Town Home Crime Prevention Security District, Sewage and Water Board procurement and lien authority, the Foulberg-New neighborhood improvement district, and temporary parish burn bans. The House also passed bills on broadband cable price notices, state finance limits, toll exemptions for school board-owned leased vehicles, prestige license plates, and a brain injury designation on driver’s licenses. Senate bills passed included measures on workers’ compensation evidence rules, recreation of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, a soybean grain research board name change, incumbent worker training, interdict estate planning, and recreational alligator hunting. The most extensive debate centered on Senate Bill 256, which would consolidate Orleans Parish’s separate civil and criminal clerk of court offices into a single Orleans clerk. Supporters argued the change would align Orleans with the rest of the state, improve efficiency, and reduce costs, while preserving employees and services. Opponents raised concerns about the timing, the lack of broader legislative and public involvement, the impact on the recently elected criminal clerk, and possible disruption to court operations and constitutional rights. After lengthy questioning, the bill passed 89-8. The House also heard a personal privilege statement recognizing a school choir visiting the Capitol and later continued with additional Senate bills, including one on workers’ compensation medical review evidence and another on the Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Special Session B Jan 28th, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • THREE C, FLORIDA CONSTITUTION, IN SECTION 11.011, FLORIDA STATUTE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM ONE, SECTION TWO
  • I want to revisit Section 38 of the Senate version of the bill with regards to the death penalty.
  • First question regarding Section 26 of the Senate version of the bill.
  • My first question is: how does this section not run in contradiction to the Fifth Amendment?
  • We are talking about Section 38 of the bill, which you are lost.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Finance May 7th, 2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • The school was not responding to her request about my special education services and transportation.
  • Transportation and bullying were also a problem.
  • After we contacted Families Helping Families, they helped us work with the school to get the transportation
  • The requested $500,000 will support emergency shelter assistance, housing, and transportation support
  • The requested $500,000 will support emergency shelter assistance, housing and transportation support,
Committee: Senate Finance
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • These caretakers maintained order in the home, cleaned, cooked, and transported the kids to and from
  • the national formula recall, supply chain shortages, high food inflation, and the... cost of transportation
  • In fact, after a review of the codes and rates, they are roughly 40% below the...
  • Courage, self-sufficiency, Section E1.2.
  • The Social Work Code of Ethics promotes self-determination, meaning social workers meet clients where
Bills: SB1 , SB 1
Committee: Senate Finance
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations - Room 210; 21 January, 2026: 1:30 PM

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> On the next section, uh law enforcement. On the next section, uh law enforcement.
  • In the section at the bottom of page three, the blue section, we are requesting 597 pins.
  • I know that there are plenty of code sections open right now to do what we need to do to make sure that
  • I know that there are plenty of<01:25:36.560><c> code</c><01:25:36.880><c> sections</c><01:25:37.280>
  • sections open right now to to do of code sections open right now to to do what<01:25:40.320><c> what
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 03/21/25

Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • food code and their rulemaking.
  • </c> uh the federal uh code to do that. uh the federal uh code to do that.
  • > five,</c> deletes section three and section five, deletes section three and section five, which<01:
  • Section one is a definitional section, and it modifies the definition of broadband to make sure that
  • Section 4 um uh subjects uh sections.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Community Affairs Mar 25th, 2025

Community Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • So we'll take up amendment bar code number 844936 by Senator Trumbull.
  • And that transportation surtax is going to last for 30 years from the date that it was passed, and that
  • On that transportation surtax, the reason why we had to pass it is because we were not receiving enough
  • Our transportation surtax and other surtaxes that we have throughout the state will fund transportation
  • So, under the current code, if you're going to make a code change, you have to submit that to DFS.
Summary: The committee took up several claims bills and tax-related measures. It reported favorably SB 20, providing $400,000 in relief to J.N., a minor injured on a Hillsborough County sidewalk, and SB 14, providing $1.7 million to the estate of Pineal Januier after a drowning at a Miami Beach youth center pool. It also approved SB 674, which would let property appraisers, like tax collectors, budget for hiring and retention bonuses with Department of Revenue approval. In each claims bill, the sponsor described the underlying incident, the settlement amount, and the remaining payment sought under sovereign immunity limits; there was no opposition on the claims bills. The bonus bill drew support from property appraisers who said it would help them compete for specialized staff without requiring new appropriations. The committee then considered SJR 1510 and its implementing bill, which would create a new homestead-like property tax benefit for owners who lease a non-homestead property for more than six months as residential rental housing. Supporters said it was intended to encourage more affordable rental housing by extending a $50,000 exemption and Save Our Homes-style assessment cap to qualifying properties. County and city representatives, the Florida League of Cities, and the Florida Association of Counties opposed the proposal, warning of major revenue losses, reduced public safety funding, and tax shifts to other property owners and businesses. Several senators also raised concerns about density, parking, and whether landlords would actually pass savings on to renters. Despite the opposition, both the constitutional amendment and the implementing bill were reported favorably. The committee also approved CS for CS SB 268, as amended to include congressional members, creating a public-records exemption related to certain residential information for elected officials. The First Amendment Foundation opposed it, arguing the bill lacked a sufficient public purpose and could hinder transparency, while senators supporting it cited real threats and harassment against themselves and their families. SB 100, which bans government display of flags representing political viewpoints and allows active or retired military members to use reasonable force to stop desecration of the U.S. flag, also passed after extensive debate. Opponents argued it was vague, unconstitutional, and aimed at pride and other identity-related flags; supporters said government buildings should not display political messages and that the bill protects neutrality. Finally, the committee approved CS/SB 1664, which would require voter reapproval every eight years for local discretionary taxes such as tourist development taxes and local option taxes, with exceptions for pledged bond revenues. Cities, counties, tourism groups, and the restaurant/lodging industry opposed it, saying it would create uncertainty, threaten tourism and infrastructure funding, and complicate long-term planning; Senator Sharief and others said the measure would disrupt existing surtax-backed projects and revenue streams.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare Apr 28th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • Landry, are there current CPT codes that the EMTs can bill?
  • Yes, so right now you have your base level code, which is A0427, A0429.
  • You can bill it under that, or you can have an additional code.
  • Some of them allow it under a different code, but allowing a different code should not be that big of
  • With the helicopter, if you have to transport, would that qualify as well?
Bills: SCR37 , SB145 , SB237
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Local Government Jan 26th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • But where it borders on roads, where it affects transportation, and this is a place where we could do
  • Turning to the bill before you, the bill establishes that no city, town, code city, county, or water
  • Turning to the bill before you, the bill establishes that no city, town, code city, county, or water
  • We need more funding for transportation. We need more funding for water and sewer.
  • We need more funding for transportation.
Bills: SB6211 , SB6234 , SB6242