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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/12/25

Jobs and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:04:47.960><c> workers</c> good is promoted by providing workers good is promoted by providing
  • </c> the course of the economy we provided the course of the economy we provided just<00:06:13.479><c
  • </c> again per Federal data I have provided again per Federal data I have provided on<00:20:50.320><c
  • </c> members information and just to provide members information and just to provide the<00:21:01.159
  • </c> do the right thing and and and provide do the right thing and and and provide uh<00:23:11.279><c
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE Jun 18th, 2026

ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE

Transcript Highlights:
  • Please provide that to the committee. That would be great. Absolutely. Well, yes.
  • They provide the exact same services that the WIOA Title I people, who are mandated to be local, provide
  • by state, one of them's provided by local, and they're the exact same services we're providing.
  • Well, the local portion is still provided, but it's provided by saying, and this is the story I wanted
  • And there's quite a few data points that we could provide to you or that we did provide in the audit,
Summary: The committee met to hear consultants Mason Bishop and Cameron Christie discuss Arkansas’s “one door/no wrong door” workforce and social services modernization effort. Bishop argued that the current system is fragmented across multiple agencies, offices, and portals, making it hard for job seekers and employers to access services efficiently. He said the goal is to create a more integrated system that promotes upward mobility, longer labor force attachment, better employer access to talent, greater efficiency, and faster adaptation to changes such as AI and other economic disruptions. Bishop repeatedly pointed to Utah as a model, describing how that state combined workforce and public assistance functions into a single agency, used statewide cost allocation to blend funding streams, and improved customer service and outcomes after reform. He said Arkansas should consider integrating governance, service delivery, and financing, including possible waivers, a statewide cost allocation plan, and a benefits-cliff pilot. He also said Arkansas’s current local workforce board structure creates duplication and weak coordination, and that Launch is a useful tool but not a full service-delivery system. Committee members asked how the proposal would work in practice, including whether TANF could be used to cross-train DHS workers, how federal waivers might be obtained, how local boards would be affected, and how disabled clients would be handled. Bishop said TANF should be treated as part of a workforce strategy, that federal pilot authority for workforce reform nearly passed but did not, and that waivers are now the practical path. He also said Arkansas could either merge functions more fully or at minimum co-locate workforce staff in DHS offices statewide. No votes were taken; the meeting ended with plans to continue the discussion in August, including a focus on case management and whether the state is managing programs or people.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Civil Rights & Judiciary Feb 20th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Civil Rights & Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Are you willing to provide that?
  • The format puts the onus on the child to provide all the details.
  • Thank you for the details you provide. Yes, thank you, Madam Chair.
  • creating model policies will provide that clarity.
  • I appreciate all those who came down to hear, to provide testimony.
Keywords: 904, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Housing Feb 18th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • A landlord must provide tenants with written notice under the MHLTA of rent increases in a specific form
  • We did hear from one low-income housing provider that said 90% of theirs are actually going unclaimed
  • bank authority and provides in lieu.
  • The requirement to physically post rent increase notices is a real cost to housing providers.
  • And that adds up, and it provides almost no benefit to tenants.
Bills: HB2304 , HB2664
Committee: Senate Housing
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Health & Long-Term Care Jan 27th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • Now, there are organizations out there already that provide this comprehensive cancer education.
  • Now, the classes that, for example, Cancer Pathways provides are age-appropriate classes.
  • Primary care providers manage 80 percent of antidepressant prescriptions in this country.
  • The WMC must provide an annual report to the legislature on the pilot program until 2035.
  • Please offer this amendment to provide transparency across the spectrum.
Summary: The Senate Health and Long-Term Care Committee met on January 27 and heard extensive public testimony on several bills before moving into executive session. Senate Bill 5921 would create a Department of Health medical psilocybin program for adults with qualifying conditions, with licensed producers and clinician participation requirements, training, background checks, and program standards. Supporters, including the sponsor and many clinicians, veterans, first responders, and patients, described psilocybin as promising for treatment-resistant depression, PTSD, trauma, and end-of-life anxiety, while opponents and some medical groups raised concerns about missing safeguards, contraindications, monitoring, cost, and the bill’s narrow medical model. Testimony was split sharply, with many also urging broader decriminalization or community-use protections. The committee later heard Senate Bill 6115, which would have the Department of Health contract for age-appropriate cancer education for grades 6-12; supporters from Cancer Pathways, educators, and families said it would improve prevention and risk awareness, while the bill drew substantial opposition in sign-in counts, and the hearing was ultimately closed without action that day. The committee also heard Senate Bill 5185, a pilot pathway for international medical graduates to obtain full unrestricted primary care licensure after supervised clinical practice, completion of exam and competency requirements, and annual reporting. The sponsor, Washington Medical Association, the Medical Commission, and IMG advocates said the proposal would expand access to primary care while maintaining patient safety, and the bill received supportive testimony. In executive session, the committee adopted proposed substitutes and advanced Senate Bill 5916 on non-opioid pain drugs, Senate Bill 5985 on endometriosis, Senate Bill 6019 on home care rate statutes, Senate Bill 6161 on dementia information, and Senate Bill 6183 on HIV antiviral drug coverage. For Senate Bill 5981 on the 340B drug pricing program, the committee adopted an amendment adding reporting and transparency requirements before moving the bill forward. The committee then adjourned, and the remaining hearing items were rescheduled for a later date.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House and Governmental Affairs May 6th, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Amendment number seven is providing for what services are not directly billed and provided for; it provides
  • The language of that section would be as provided in Amendment 4.
  • To provide information as needed, and Captain Lance Kennedy as well.
  • And Section A provides is the one that provides for impeachment, which says that elected officials shall
  • It says shall provide by general law.
Bills: HR9 , HB709 , HB1011 , HB1057 , HB1186 , HB1245 , HB1247 , SB49 , SB425 , SB479
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session - 04/14/26

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Dames, Senator providing.
  • He has routinely provided support.
  • And it can provide in this state.
  • A second one, it provides change.
  • </c><00:38:24.680><c> transparency</c> thing it does, it provides transparency thing it does, it provides
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • The first one is we know in underserved areas for all health care providers it's difficult.
  • One is to provide that access and ensure that... ...to do two things.
  • The statute provides safeguards while preserving public access to complementary care.
  • The statute provides safeguards while preserving public access to complementary.
  • The statute provides safeguards while preserving public access to complementary care.
Keywords: 988, house, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Criminal Justice Feb 2nd, 2026

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Health care providers must accept inmate patients and provide reasonable access to their facilities and
  • We know that Centurion, obviously, is the contracted provider.
  • provider, as we've defined it.
  • People through these services in order to stay in good standing as a Medicaid provider.
  • Let's make a 10 to actually provide beds. I don't know. Let's make it a 10.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Nov 7th, 2025

Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's essential to have the fundamentals that government should be providing.
  • The cost is there are multiple programs on our inventory that provided RDAP services.
  • On the provider tax side, we're at about 6% of a provider tax.
  • I do believe that the agency could provide more information on that.
  • Healthy climate folks provided our lunch today, and it's back there. Look at us.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • As noted, we were asked to provide a brief overview of our May revision proposals.
  • This comes from a reversion that was provided to us in the 2021 Budget Act.
  • Appropriate and medical abortion care that is available and providers in the state.
  • So maybe it might be helpful to provide a little context.
  • We provide life-saving mental health services to rural community members.
Keywords: 988, house, all
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Apr 9th, 2025 at 01:00 pm

North Dakota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • for an appropriation; to provide for an effective date; and to declare an emergency. ...to provide for
  • for a statement of legislative intent, and to provide for a legislative amendment study, and to provide
  • for a statement of legislative intent, and to provide for a legislative amendment study, and to provide
  • of the Highway Patrol and to provide for a transfer and to provide for an exemption.
  • and to provide for a report.
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present, then approved journal corrections and recognized visiting students from Underwood School. The chamber also handled several conference committee appointments after failing to concur with Senate amendments on House bills 1022, 1049, 1229, and 1029, and after the Senate failed to concur on House amendments to Senate bills 2010 and 2113. The House then concurred in or passed a series of amended measures, including House Bills 1481 (dental insurance loss ratio and reporting), 1511 (physician guidance on abortion law, with an emergency clause), 1562 (mandated reporter training), 1197 (correctional facilities study), 1095 (child protective services liaison work group), 1317 (barber licensing board changes), 1549 (corrections facility grants and reentry-related provisions), 1354 (appraiser evaluations), 1374 (open meeting exemption for township supervisors during on-site inspections), 1355 (abbreviated notice for administrative rulemaking), 1025 (advanced nuclear energy study), 1470 (Game and Fish fee changes), 1592 (Lignite Research Council updates), and 1375 (alcohol service/photo ID provisions). Final passage votes were recorded on each bill, with most passing comfortably and some drawing notable opposition, especially HB 1470 and HB 1549. The House spent substantial time on Senate Bill 2011, the Highway Patrol appropriation. Members discussed shifting one-time funding from the general fund to the Electronic Motor Carrier Permit Fund, including body armor, preliminary breath tests, an emergency vehicle course, resurfacing, fleet costs, and handgun/taser replacement, while also noting a federal grant and no new FTEs. Questions focused on salary-line increases and the new-and-vacant FTE pool, with Appropriations explaining that those dollars had been moved back into agency budgets from OMB. The bill passed 84-6. The House also passed Senate Bill 2013, the Commissioner of University and School Lands appropriation, after discussion of Trust Lands operations, unclaimed property staffing, and distributions from the Common Schools Trust Fund; one member was excused for a conflict, and the bill passed 67-22. Senate Bill 2023, the Racing Commission appropriation, passed 65-25 after a brief explanation of the agency’s responsibilities and funding. A major policy debate centered on Senate Bill 2385, which revises mobile home park regulation. Supporters said it creates receivership procedures if a license is revoked, requires clearer tenant notices, limits certain fees, and strengthens protections against eviction and utility overcharges. Two members were excused from voting due to conflicts tied to mobile home park ownership, and the bill passed 84-4. Another extended debate occurred on Senate Bill 2159, which allows the State Energy Research Center to study nuclear-related projects with approval from the Industrial Commission and consultation with the radioactive waste advisory council. Supporters said it is meant to help study advanced nuclear energy while preserving existing prohibitions on high-level radioactive waste storage; opponents raised concerns that the language could weaken prior protections and open the door to waste-related research or storage. The transcript ends during that debate, before a final vote on SB 2159 is shown.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Human Services Finance and Policy Committee hears HF500 2/27/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • pay requirement was announced, providing us really only 3 weeks to prepare.
  • to offset these unfunded mandate increases unless state provides As a nursing home provider operating
  • When we fail to protect those who provide care, we fail the residents who depend on them.
  • When we fail to protect those who provide care, we fail the residents who depend on them.
  • Thank you. provide care we fail the residents who provide care we fail the residents who depend<00:29
Bills: HF1419 , HF500
Summary: The committee took up House File 500, which would require the legislature to fund the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board’s standards before they could take effect. An author’s DE2 amendment was adopted first; the amendment was described as pausing the board’s standards unless the legislature estimates and fully pays the cost for each nursing home. The bill author argued that mandates without money create serious consequences for seniors and providers, and said the measure would keep budget authority with the legislature rather than an appointed board. Supporters, including nursing home operators and the Long-Term Care Imperative, said the board’s holiday pay and minimum wage standards would create large unfunded costs, citing estimates ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars for individual facilities and more than $200 million statewide. They argued that some facilities could face debt, reserve depletion, or reduced access to care if the standards are not funded. Opponents, including SEIU workers and union leaders, said the board has improved staffing, recruitment, morale, and worker safety, and that caregivers deserve higher wages and holiday pay. They argued the bill would weaken the board’s ability to address chronic understaffing and would shift focus away from worker protections. Members also debated whether nursing home reimbursement rates have already risen enough to cover wages and whether the problem lies with how funds are used by providers. After public testimony closed, several members spoke in opposition and support. A roll call was requested, and the committee voted 9-7 to re-refer House File 500, as amended, to the Committee on Labor and Workforce and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:02:21.360><c> lower</c> with the child tax credit provides lower with the child tax credit provides
  • </c> marketplace with a list of providers marketplace with a list of providers that<00:20:34.159><c>
  • </c> sure that you know using these providers sure that you know using these providers would<00:20:41.679
  • Shaver said, I mean, ultimately we need good providers.
  • I mean, ultimately we need good providers.
Keywords: 1183, house
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee Apr 22nd, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • To provide those services.
  • That's what microschools provide.
  • This bill provides a clear fix to this problem by requiring CSU and community colleges to provide an
  • I also provided a curriculum alignment tool, excuse me, the same used by every comprehensive provider
  • I also provided a curriculum alignment tool, excuse me, the same used by every comprehensive provider
Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 1067, which would require annual early math screening for K-2 students beginning in 2028-29 to identify learning gaps and connect students to evidence-based support. Senator Weber and supporters, including EdVoice and UC Davis researcher Dr. Charles Wilkes, argued that California’s low math performance and persistent achievement gaps justify early identification and intervention. Opponents, including the California Mathematics Council, county superintendents, and CTA, said the bill could create a new mandate, encourage narrow skill-based instruction, and divert attention from implementing the California Mathematics Framework and investing in teacher training and coaching. Committee members discussed how the screener would work, whether it would identify disabilities or simply flag students needing further evaluation, and cited examples of districts already using early screening tools. No vote was taken because quorum had not yet been established at that point. SB 1110, a child care subsidy administration bill, was presented next. Senator Becker and co-sponsors from the Child Care Resource Center and EveryChild California said the measure would stabilize the child care system as the state moves to enrollment-based funding by clarifying funding for administrative and family-service functions and helping providers maintain staffing, payment timelines, and compliance. There was support from several child care and education organizations and no opposition testimony. The bill was not voted on because the committee still lacked quorum. After recess, the committee heard SB 1374, which would allow public higher education institutions to seek temporary restraining orders on their own behalf when they face credible threats of violence. The CSU Chancellor’s Office and San Diego State police described incidents where threats were directed at campuses broadly rather than specific individuals, leaving institutions without a legal remedy under current law. UC and independent colleges supported the bill, and there was no opposition. The bill was held on call pending quorum. The committee then took up SB 1321, which would direct the State Auditor to review remedial course use and student preparedness at selected UC and CSU campuses. Senator Nila and supporters argued that recent UC San Diego data show severe gaps in incoming students’ math preparation and that the audit would help assess admissions and placement practices; there was no opposition testimony. Members raised concerns about the scope and timing of the audit request, and the bill was held on call. The committee also heard SB 1086 on microschools, which would define microschools in statute and direct model ordinances for local land use regulation. Supporters said microschools are growing but face inconsistent zoning treatment, while some members questioned whether the Legislature had enough information to define the model or direct state guidance without more study. After quorum was established, the committee voted SB 1086 out on a 4-1 vote to the Senate Appropriations Committee, with Senator Perez voting aye, Senator Ochoa Bogh aye, and Senator Cabaldon no; the remaining votes were not fully recorded in the transcript. Finally, SB 1181 was presented as a voluntary pilot program in Central Valley counties to allow schools to share credible safety concerns with regional threat assessment centers. Senator Hurtado and supporters, including the mother of a student killed in a shooting and Corcoran High School students, said the bill would improve early intervention and communication around threats. Members expressed support while also raising privacy and federal-sharing concerns about fusion centers; the bill was discussed but no vote was taken in the excerpt.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> and what the bill does is it provides and what the bill does is it provides scholarship<00:03:43.720
  • /c><00:03:59.120><c> people</c><00:03:59.480><c> or</c> providing false hope for people or providing
  • The program also provided me with different educational groups. They provided me with a safe place.
  • </c> provided me with a safe place. provided me with a safe place.
  • ><c> of</c><00:10:37.440><c> different</c> provided me with lots of different provided me with lots of
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: House File 4738 was laid over for possible inclusion in the 2026 tax bill. Representative Keeler presented the bill as a funding source for Minnesota’s Safe Harbor program, arguing that trafficking and sexual exploitation are statewide problems and that current shelter and housing resources are insufficient. She and several supporters emphasized that the program serves youth across greater Minnesota, not just the metro, and that state and federal funding pressures make additional support necessary. Testifiers from Place Called Home/Life House, The Link, the City of Minneapolis, and a survivor all described the impact of Safe Harbor and related shelter programs. They cited data on youth served, bed nights, mental health services, and high unmet need, including waitlists and youth turned away because programs are full. Testimony stressed that stable housing and trauma-informed services help survivors recover and move toward education, employment, and family stability. One committee member, Representative Davis, objected to the proposed funding source, saying he would not support taking money from women’s sports scholarships and urging a different source. The bill’s tax mechanism was described as ending the sales tax exemption for preferred seating, suite licenses, and related amenities at athletic and entertainment events. Alec Williams of We Make Minnesota supported the proposal as a fair way to raise revenue from high-end discretionary purchases for a public purpose. Committee discussion also focused on the size of the revenue estimate and the breakdown of the impact, with nonpartisan staff saying roughly 85% would come from suite licenses, 10% from collegiate seating, and 5% from amenities. Representative Smith and others framed the issue as both a tax and moral question, and the chair moved the bill to be laid over.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part I) Apr 7th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • I was able to provide. All right, thank you.
  • I was able to provide. All right, thank you.
  • We've had to do a lot of shuffling around to make do with providing the kind of services we need to provide
  • They do not provide services to those facilities. Those are instead provided by other people.
  • providers.
Summary: The committee heard several bills dealing with local government authority, homeowners associations, hospital district policing, school AED inspections, special district annexation, public contracting penalties, and guaranteed income programs. Senate Bill 2073 by Sen. Zaffirini would clarify that appraisal districts may finance purchases, leases, or construction of real property for appraisal offices without prior approval from taxing units; it was supported by the Texas Association of Appraisal Districts and left pending. Senate Bill 1935 by Sen. Hinojosa would increase homeowner control of property owners association boards, require more transparency, limit fines and assessment increases, and require accessible meeting locations; HOA and builder representatives opposed it, arguing it would hinder maintenance and make dues harder to manage, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 434 by Sen. Miles would authorize Harris County Hospital District police officers, was supported by Harris Health, and was left pending. Senate Bill 1177 by Sen. Alvarado, as substituted, would require school AED inspections during fire inspections and reporting to school leadership; it was left pending. Senate Bill 1214 by Sen. Perry would update Concho County Hospital District law to align with current procurement and notice rules; it was left pending. Senate Bill 1965 by Sen. Middleton, for Sen. King, would tighten notice and proximity rules for special district annexations; district witnesses warned the bill could interfere with service to noncontiguous tracts, and the bill was left pending. The committee also took up Senate Bill 2046 by Sen. Bettencourt, which would increase criminal penalties for county purchasing act violations involving unauthorized separate or sequential purchases to evade competitive bidding, and create a tiered penalty structure based on contract amount. Former Harris County DA Kim Ogg, Deputy Attorney General Josh Reno, and James Quintero supported the bill, citing recent Harris County bid-rigging cases and arguing the current Class C misdemeanor penalty is too weak to deter misconduct; some members questioned whether the proposed thresholds were too low and whether stronger oversight, rather than higher penalties alone, would be more effective. The bill was left pending. Finally, Senate Bill 2010 by Sen. Bettencourt would bar counties and other political subdivisions from operating guaranteed income programs and address constitutional gift-clause concerns. Testimony split sharply: Ogg and Quintero argued such programs are unconstitutional, can be used for political data collection, and should not be funded with public money, while Paige Terry Barry defended the bill as protecting taxpayers and discouraging dependency. Senators also debated whether the state can restrict use of federal grant funds and whether local governments should be allowed to run such programs; the bill was left pending.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Also, Alicia Kim has kindly provided us answers to the questions we provided to her, and that's also
  • Also, Alicia Kim has kindly provided us answers to the questions we provided to her, and that's also
  • Also, Alicia Kim has kindly provided us answers to the questions we provided to her, and that's also
  • Also, Alicia Kim has kindly provided us answers to the questions we provided to her, and that's also
  • </c> Health Plans, providing comments. Health Plans, providing comments.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committee first considered a series of Governor’s Message nominations, largely to the State Council on Developmental Disabilities and one to the Hawaii Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse and Controlled Substances. Testifiers and agencies spoke in strong support of the nominees, emphasizing their advocacy, community involvement, and lived experience. The committee heard from nominees and supporters for John Paul Moses III, Cynthia Fowler, Joshua Eay, Alicia Kim, Raymond Mamea, Maria Christina Valenzuela, Eden Watabayashi, Sierra Whiteside, and Brandy Lynn Macallani Hayen. After hearing testimony, the committee voted to advise and consent on each nomination, with the votes adopted by the members present. The committee then took up SR 53 / SCR 69, which asks the Department of Health to convene a pharmacy benefit manager working group to improve transparency, fairness, and drug affordability. Supporters included the Hawaii Pharmacist Association, the University of Hawaii system, and several individuals, while the Department of Health said the issue is complex and may require additional support or a different structure. Members discussed whether the Department of Health should lead the effort or whether another entity, such as SHIPA with an appropriation, might be more workable; the Department of Health suggested a $100,000 appropriation could be sufficient. Next, SR 56 / SCR 73 proposed a report on the developmental needs of children born during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Office of Wellness and Resilience supported the measure and asked for an extended deadline to the end of 2026, and several youth, mental health, and community organizations testified in support. The committee also heard SR 69 / STR 86 on creating an aeromedical services working group, with support from Air Methods, the Department of Health, and the Hawaii Medical Association, and SR 99 / STR 118 on studying the use of filtered catchment water for business activity, which drew support from the Plumbing and Mechanical Contractors Association and comments from the Department of Health that the issue is complicated and should include the Department of Agriculture. No final votes on the resolutions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 10th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • or we need to be providing them... to working families in Washington State, or we need to be providing
  • The libraries provide that service for free.
  • This will provide some sort of tax relief.
  • They are force multipliers in terms of providing jobs here they are force multipliers in terms of providing
  • Jobs provide income for us to be able to help provide for our families, for our loved ones, and they
Summary: The House debated a series of amendments to a major income tax bill, with repeated arguments over tax fairness, affordability, administrative feasibility, and the role of the Department of Revenue. Early motions to reconsider a failed child care amendment were rejected, and Amendment 2561, which would have restricted data sharing with the IRS, was also defeated after debate over privacy, federal relationships, and whether the proposal was administrable. Amendment 2579, which would have required annual reporting on the tax’s effects on filers, businesses, and charitable donations, likewise failed, with supporters emphasizing transparency and opponents arguing DOR was not the right agency and the report was too speculative. Amendment 2598, proposing to use half of new revenue for a broad sales tax cut, was rejected despite arguments that it would reduce regressivity and provide immediate relief; Amendment 2556, expanding sales tax exemptions for diapers and other child-care essentials to include adult diapers and earlier implementation, also failed after debate over scope and timing.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Labor, Health & Social Services, February 16, 2026

Labor, Health & Social Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> of of provider we're having them see? of of provider we're having them see?
  • ,</c><00:42:21.119><c> they</c> that use mental health providers, they that use mental health providers
  • :38.560><c> consumers</c><01:09:39.040><c> the</c> does provide consumer uh consumers the does provide
  • </c><01:33:04.880><c> critical</c> to stay open and provide critical to stay open and provide critical
  • Clinics and independent providers, especially in rural Wyoming.
Bills: HB0117 , HB0126