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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (02/26/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- A small business owner might pay an inflated rate just because they don't belong to a large corporate
- <02:06:11.840>
while <02:06:12.000>a patient is charged One Rate while a patient is - Insurers have purchasing power and so they negotiate different rates for paying.
- for the same service but that is rates for the same service but that is sort<02:22:38.520>
of - for paying so so at different rates for paying so so at least<02:22:51.520>
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 2/20/25
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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the <00:15:23.759>< - that we might current defrayal rates that we might receive<00:40:52.480>
if <00:40:52.680> - in the state of Minnesota and rates in the state of Minnesota commissioner<01:11:43.480>
chair
Keywords:
corporate governance, shareholder rights, beneficial ownership, defective corporate acts, Minnesota Business Corporation Act, Minnesota Insurance Guaranty Association, MIGA, insurance guaranty fund, insurer insolvency, covered claim, net worth threshold, high-net-worth insured, financial information request, insurance claims, self-insured retention, deductible, commercial insurance, insurance regulation, Minnesota Statutes 60C.09, guaranty association
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- the Public Safety Committee, you'll know that Minnesota stands as one of uh the lowest per capita rates
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of of uh the lowest per capita rates of of uh the lowest per capita rates of - They have the highest property tax rate year over year.
- Cuts in the property tax system or rate Cuts in the property tax system but<00:36:41.160>
it's
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 02/11/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
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- this is not that this is a their rates this is not that this is a home<00:23:49.120>
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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- So we understand that communities of color have the lowest arrest rates.
- Boston recently reported its lowest homicide rate since 1957, a notable achievement.
- information on homicides is incomplete, with broken links to annual reports and outdated clearance-rate
- a direct response to the staggering fact that construction workers face the highest overdose death rate
- rate that is five times higher than job-site fatalities.
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on several bills. Representative David Linsky supported HB 3383, which would designate the song “Roadrunner” as the official rock song of Massachusetts, describing its Boston roots and cultural significance. Representative Sean Garberle supported HB 3335 on public access to historical records, arguing that records from state institutions should be released after 75 years and that families and researchers should be able to identify people buried in unmarked graves at former state institutions. Representative Rodney Elliott and Lowell officials supported HB 4138, authorizing easements for a Lowell sewer separation project; they said the project is needed for Clean Water Act compliance, will reduce combined sewer overflows into the Merrimack River, and must proceed quickly to meet SRF and consent-decree timelines. Committee members asked about Article 97, the location and scope of the easement, environmental justice impacts, and minority/small business participation in construction.
The committee also heard extensive testimony on Senate 2183 and its House companion, which would elevate the Massachusetts National Guard to a cabinet-level position reporting directly to the Governor. Senators Mike Moore and John Velis, along with the National Guard Association’s Matthew McKenna, argued the change would reduce bureaucracy, improve communication and readiness, and reflect the Guard’s broad domestic and military missions. Velis cited the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home tragedy as an example of a breakdown in communication, while committee members said they wanted more information, including input from the Governor’s office and Guard leadership, before acting. The committee noted the distinction between state-controlled and federalized Guard missions and said it would continue reviewing the issue.
Senator Liz Miranda and a large panel of survivors, advocates, and Northeastern law students testified in support of S. 2174 and S. 2177, which would create an office and task force on unsolved homicides, allow families to petition for case review after three years, require written responses, and establish a tip line, database, and dedicated funding. Witnesses described long-standing lack of communication, low clearance rates, and the disproportionate impact on Black and Brown communities. Senator Becca Rausch also testified on S. 2210, extending public records law to the governor and Legislature, and S. 2207, creating stronger information-governance and records-retention standards; she said both would improve transparency and reduce waste. The transcript does not reflect any votes taken during the hearing, though chairs repeatedly indicated support for moving some bills favorably and said the committee would continue reviewing the National Guard proposal.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Look at the graduation rate. Look at what they're graduating in. Look at the time to the right.
- I get it on the graduation rate. I get that. But the tuitions don't match.
- And then also the rate.
- You know, have a concept of what kind of cases are going to, and then also the rate.
- That's why our fill rates are increasing when other districts are having to close schools.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Seventy One - Friday, May 15 - Afternoon Session
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It will keep the rates lower for the rest of us ratepayers as well.
- So most of these tax credits give a tremendous rate of return on our investment to the state.
- we don't have to actually lower the tax rate.
- we don't have to actually lower the tax rate.
- We stick it all in House Bill 5 and actually get a worse interest rate because it's not constitutional
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Nov 6th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Those threats continue to eat up our resources at an unprecedented rate.
- But it also hurts food banks that are purchasing food at an unprecedented rate.
- As you start to make legislative decisions about how you help HCA lower the error rate, which is really
- That's likely to increase errors as it rolls out, which is not going to help the error rate situation
- It is very easy to make SNAP errors, and when I was there we had a high error rate as well.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Sep 8th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- with landowners to preserve agricultural land, and in return, it grants these landowners special tax rates
- With the rising cost of housing, insurance rates, and utility bills, Californians cannot afford a large
- This bill directly supports California's efforts to reduce maternal and child mortality rates and improve
- I respect my colleague across the aisle, but I have a 20% unemployment rate. We need jobs.
- I respect my colleague across the aisle, but I have a 20% unemployment rate. We need jobs.
Summary:
The Assembly convened, established a quorum, offered prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then moved through a long floor file with many Senate bills. Early procedural actions included unanimous-consent motions, a successful roll-call to rescind prior action on SB 351, and a 54-vote suspension of Joint Rule 61(a)(3) to allow floor amendments on SBs 80, 351, and 415. The chamber also made several referrals, moved one item to the inactive file, and welcomed new Assembly Member Natasha Johnson and other guests.
The bulk of the meeting consisted of concurrence and third-reading votes on a wide range of measures, many of them passing with little or no opposition. Topics included tribal gaming grants (AB 221), State Bar fee and bar exam changes (SB 253), AI guardrails in community colleges (SB 241), consumer arbitration clauses (SB 82), due process for law enforcement in Racial Justice Act cases (SB 734), dental payment fee disclosures (SB 386), HOA balcony inspection reports (SB 410), farmland protection and EIFD rules (SB 5 and SB 516), emergency shelter zoning (SB 340), HIV confidentiality (SB 504), election signature-cure reforms (SB 3), contractor workers’ compensation compliance (SB 291), fire training funding (SB 345), wage theft enforcement (SB 355 and SB 261), food allergen disclosures (SB 68), ride-share insurance coverage (SB 371), housing and disaster recovery measures (SB 233, SB 625, SB 21), midwifery education (SB 520), mobile home insurance access (SB 525), epinephrine in schools (SB 568), health facility emergency licensing (SB 582), hair relaxer enforcement (SB 236), wastewater surveillance (SB 317), and several tax, transportation, and public health bills.
A number of bills drew brief policy debate or opposition. SB 388, creating a California Latino Commission, prompted criticism from some members who argued the money should go directly to community needs rather than a new commission; it still passed. SB 50 on digital safety for victims of abuse, SB 20 on silicosis prevention, SB 306 on prior authorization reform, SB 373 on oversight of out-of-state special education placements, and SB 437 on reparations descendant-status verification were among the more substantive and discussed measures. Most bills passed by wide margins, often unanimously, and several urgency or tax-levy measures required 54 votes and were approved. The session ended with continued passage of remaining file items and multiple items retained or passed temporarily for later action.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation Apr 23rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- One of the major ones is utility spending supported by rate payers required by regulators. borrowers
- you look at the money that's also been invested not just by California taxpayers but by California rate
- How about I want to buy homes in, in areas that have high, you know, you know, fire-wise rating.
- In terms of trying to give people incentives through potentially lower rates or more assurance they'll
- Over 99% of California homes already have a class A fire rated roof, so they already have the best rating
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 04/07/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- in here, but I do want to highlight that Senator Draheim's proposal to include labor participation rates
- So I think on 76.7 hopefully that gets the point across that it's a fee equivalent to an interest rate
- And this is his bill that included the county labor force participation rates as something that the Job
- So I think on 76.7 hopefully that gets the point across that it's a fee equivalent to an interest rate
- <00:14:18.320>
as force part participation rates as force part participation rates as something
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- impacts might be of not only the sweeping that money on potential commitments but also if then the REC rate
- is lowered and it looks like they want to take more money, then there would actually be an IT rates
- is<00:08:13.680>
lowered <00:08:14.639>and <00:08:14.879>it the wreck is rate - is lowered and it the wreck is rate is lowered and it looks<00:08:15.280>
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HI
Transcript Highlights:
- in between rate cases that are more reflective of reality.
- So that there is an opportunity to reflect rates in between rate cases that are more reflective of reality
- authority to establish automatic rate authority to establish automatic rate making<02:02:29.119>
- This bill will increase the rate paid by the Judiciary to $2,000 and make clear by statutory amendment
- This bill will will increase the rate<03:17:29.600>
paid <03:17:29.840>by <03:17:29.920>
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- We went from 130 homes on the water system to 37, and thus the rate base dropped.
- We've been able to build $75 million worth of that infrastructure at an affordable rate, and we moved
- our rates right up to the highest level, and then you get an extra 10%.
- She added you online 10, 11, yeah, yeah, and public utility rate payer shall be adversely affected by
- The rate is $660 per thousand.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 093 Apr 17th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- our hourly rate would be fine, but our earnings stay the same.
- we take off early, and our hourly rate we take off early, and our hourly rate would<02:36:30.240
- despite performing some of national rate despite performing some of the<02:43:46.720>
most <02 - Research shows that mortality rates rise nearly 20% as weekly hours increase.
- we'll pay California rates for it. we'll pay California rates for it.
Summary:
The House convened with 58 members present and seven excused, establishing a quorum, and approved the April 15, 2026 journal as corrected. The chamber then moved through announcements recognizing visiting railroad workers, LIUNA Local 720, Colorado West Christian Schools, Religious Freedom Day, and several school and community groups, along with birthday acknowledgments and committee schedule notices. The House also adopted a motion to remove House Bill 1245 from special orders and returned it to the general orders second reading calendar, and set House Bills 1290, 1312, and 1321 as special orders.
The House adopted Senate Joint Resolution 18, recognizing Nowruz and expressing support for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of the Iranian people, including the Women, Life, Freedom movement. Supporters described Nowruz as a holiday of renewal and resilience and tied the resolution to solidarity with Iranian communities. Representative Zokaie also spoke at length about the personal impact of war on Iranian families and urged a vote. The resolution passed 59-2 with four excused.
The chamber then considered several bills in committee report. House Bill 1290, concerning assault and clarifying sentencing, was amended in Judiciary to remove the medical professional provision and passed after testimony emphasizing strangulation as a serious warning sign in domestic violence cases; it then passed the House. House Bill 1312, dealing with peace officer participation, POST Board composition, academy training, and related grants, was amended for clarity and passed the Judiciary report and then the bill. House Bill 1321, modifying the School Security Disbursement Program, had the Education Committee report defeated, but amendments were adopted to broaden eligible service providers and adjust funding language; the bill then passed as amended.
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Natural Resources & Energy Committee Meeting Jun 17th, 2026
Natural Resources & Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- on their electric bill relative to what they would be paying under Delmarva standard offer service rates
- being overcharged because you are guaranteed a discount rather than being stuck with the variable rate
- There's also misinformation rather than being stuck with the variable rate that can surge without your
- solar developers and put into a fund to cover any arrearages so that they do not end up in any sort of rate
Bills:
SB9
Keywords:
wetlands protection, nontidal wetlands, Delaware, environmental sustainability, climate change, carbon sink, permitting process
Summary:
The House Natural Resources and Energy Committee met to consider two Senate bills. SB 321, with Senate Amendment 1, would change community solar billing so subscribers receive one consolidated utility bill instead of separate bills from the utility and the solar provider. Supporters said the bill would simplify enrollment and payment, improve customer retention—especially for low-income customers—and include safeguards such as guaranteed savings and an escrow mechanism to prevent cost shifts to other ratepayers. After public testimony from solar developers, the Public Advocate, the Sierra Club, and others, the committee initially lacked enough members present to release the bill, so the vote was circulated to absent members and the bill was later reported out for floor action.
The committee then heard SB 9, with Senate Amendment 1, a long-negotiated wetlands protection bill. The sponsor and DNREC explained that it would create a state non-tidal wetlands program with exemptions for certain agricultural, conservation, and routine activities, general permits for some lower-impact projects, and individual permits for higher-value wetlands. Witnesses described the bill as a compromise among environmental, agricultural, development, and local government stakeholders, while some members raised questions about flooding, landowner impacts, wetland delineation, and the role of the regulatory advisory committee. Public testimony was broadly supportive from environmental groups, the Farm Bureau, builders, engineers, and affordable housing advocates. The committee then voted to release SB 9 from committee.
At the end of the meeting, members offered thanks and remarks recognizing the chair’s service and leadership on environmental and energy issues. Both bills were ultimately released from committee and reported out.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House agriculture panel lays over bill exempting elk from state's Cervidae importation ban Apr 8th, 2026
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- While artificial insemination can introduce new bloodlines, the average success rate is around 65%, which
- introduce new bloodlines, the average introduce new bloodlines, the average success<00:02:30.800>
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Summary:
Representative Heintzeman presented House File 4508, which would allow the importation of elk from other states into Minnesota to help address challenges facing the state’s elk breeding industry and improve herd genetics. The Minnesota Elk Breeders Association supported the bill, arguing that recent CWD-related import restrictions have effectively cut off access to outside breeding stock, hurt breeder numbers, and limited options for maintaining healthy, profitable herds. The group said elk are relatively resistant to CWD and that importation could be allowed under Board of Animal Health oversight.
The Minnesota DNR opposed the bill, saying there is no validated live test for CWD that can ensure incoming animals are disease-free and pointing to recent cases in other states where imported elk later tested positive. The DNR also said federal herd certification programs have not prevented spread of the disease and warned that responding to a new captive cervid detection can cost more than $500,000. Members then discussed broader issues around CWD testing, including frustration that a live test developed at the University of Minnesota has not been federally validated and whether Minnesota should pursue state or third-party validation.
Representative Heintzeman said the bill was intended to start a broader conversation and noted that the current proposal does not address the testing issue directly. After testimony and discussion, no vote was taken and House File 4508 was laid over.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Lawmakers Speak on Enforcement For 340B Drug Pricing Plan Protections - 04/07/26
Transcript Highlights:
- pharmaceutical manufacturers and then they would bill, you know, private insurers or public programs at full rate
- private insurers or public programs<00:08:27.840>
at <00:08:28.000>full <00:08:28.200>rate - <00:08:28.520>
and <00:08:28.640>the <00:08:28.840>the programs at full rate - and the the programs at full rate and the the discrepancy<00:08:29.760>
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Summary:
The meeting focused on a Minnesota Senate floor debate over a bipartisan 340B enforcement bill, with supporters arguing that the measure would require pharmaceutical companies to comply with federal and state law and continue providing discounted drugs to safety-net and rural hospitals. Senators and other speakers said the program is essential to hospital finances, especially for facilities facing operating losses and federal Medicaid cuts, and warned that without enforcement language hospitals such as Hennepin County Medical Center and rural hospitals could face severe financial harm or closure. Supporters also said pharmaceutical companies had spent heavily on media and lobbying to oppose the bill and that the Senate’s bipartisan vote showed the issue had broad support.
Several speakers described how 340B revenue is used to sustain hospital services, including addiction treatment, trauma care, and other essential care in vulnerable communities. They said the program was designed to let hospitals buy drugs at low cost and bill insurers at standard rates, using the difference as a funding stream. When asked about claims that hospitals made large sums from the program, supporters said that was consistent with the program’s purpose. They also said some drug companies were not complying with 340B obligations, particularly around contract pharmacies, and that enforcement language was needed to ensure compliance.
The discussion also addressed HCMC’s financial situation, with speakers saying 340B funding is not a full solution but is an important support and should not be reduced further. They rejected a proposed transparency/reporting amendment as too burdensome, while noting that federal authorities already have audit power over 340B dollars. The speakers urged the House to pass the same language, said eight Republicans joined the Senate vote, and expressed hope that the bill would advance despite concerns about House support and ongoing pharmaceutical industry opposition.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Feb 4th, 2026
Military and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- But uh Congress in 2020 they said we have a crisis in our country or as suicide rates.
- country<00:17:10.559>
or <00:17:10.640>as <00:17:11.439>suicide <00:17:11.919>rates - country or as suicide rates. country or as suicide rates.
Keywords:
education, patriotism, national anthem, Star-Spangled Banner, K-12 schools, constitutional amendment, public works, sealed bids, bidding requirements, procurement, public notice, newspaper advertisement, advertising failure, publisher liability, civil damages, criminal liability, awarding authority, county government, municipal government, construction contracts
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Jan 28th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We've seen our retention rates skyrocket with our students.
- We've seen our retention rates skyrocket with our students.
- In that effort, and to continue the training of our much-needed physicians and nurses in our top-rated
- Keeping our graduation rate high and keeping students from graduating with excess hours is important.
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education heard two bills and then moved through a series of confirmations for university and college boards of trustees. Senate Bill 176, by Senator Polsky, would require public postsecondary institutions to have clear, publicly available safety policies and reporting procedures for threats to students, faculty, staff, and visitors. An amendment clarifying the bill’s scope was adopted without objection, there was no public testimony against it, and the committee reported the bill favorably. Members spoke in support, emphasizing campus safety and the need for clear reporting paths.
The committee also heard Senate Bill 116, by Senator Bradley, which would establish the University of Florida Diabetes Institute in statute to advance research, prevention, care, education, collaboration, and outreach on diabetes. Testimony included support from AARP and others, and members praised the institute’s research role and the growing public health importance of diabetes. The bill was reported favorably.
The remainder of the meeting focused on confirmations for trustees at FIU, UNF, UCF, USF, and Miami Dade College. Nominees and reappointees described their backgrounds and priorities, including student success, research growth, workforce development, engineering, health care, cybersecurity, and fiscal stewardship. Committee members asked several nominees about nursing NCLEX scores and university performance, and one public commenter raised concerns about campus climate and student safety. The committee then voted to report the confirmations favorably in a block and adjourned.