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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (02/11/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> not the rate payers and allowing not the rate payers and allowing utilities<04:31:40.640><c> to<
- </c><04:34:44.279><c> utility</c> Playing Field and if you allow utility Playing Field and if you allow
- I mean, I think RSA 374-F:11 allows that.
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma Education Commission Feb 26th, 2026
Oklahoma Education Commission
Transcript Highlights:
- There was some concern about that because at the last place we weren't allowed to bring in coffee or
- So they know that if you fall on this, we will be paying mileage, but not compensating your room.
- And the bill itself allows for seven uses.
- And the one thing that AI does is... ...it allows you to leap forward without having to pay the price
Committee:
House Oklahoma Education Commission
Summary:
The meeting focused primarily on planning for an upcoming AI symposium and related commission work. Members reviewed nomination and registration timelines, attendance categories, site logistics, and microcredential requirements for participants. They discussed the symposium’s structure, including slots for K-12, higher education, career tech, libraries, tribal groups, and innovation grant recipients, and noted that the event would likely be held in early June with a follow-up planning meeting on April 2. The group also discussed launching a newsletter via Substack and publishing a monthly podcast to share updates and build public awareness.
A major portion of the discussion centered on School AI and a proposed $45 million AI initiative. Members described School AI pilot activity at OCCC and broader plans to work with K-12, career tech, higher education, and libraries, while emphasizing privacy, data governance, and the need for local training and agency-level negotiation. The $45 million proposal, referenced as House Bill 1782, would create a revolving fund, an advisory council, and broad allowable uses including tools, professional development, curriculum, research, student programs, infrastructure, and public outreach. Representative Williams said the bill was moving through the House appropriations process and that the goal was to keep the funding intact.
The group also raised concerns about other AI-related proposals and initiatives, including three bills by Representative Cody Maynard and the Oklahoma AI Roundtable, which some members viewed skeptically because of its paid membership model. A podcast episode on ethics and legal issues in AI was previewed, including a controversial example about using AI to survey students for safety risks; members agreed the example was hypothetical but potentially sensitive. The meeting ended with broader discussion of workforce needs, especially nursing and corrections education, including efforts to expand LPN/RN pathways, address certification costs, and connect training to rural health and reentry programs.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And so, I don't advocate for allowing anybody to be a lawyer.
- What's the square mileage? 4,193, I believe. It's on the first page. ...mileage? 4,193, I believe.
- A municipality can say we're not going to allow these to exist in our city or our county.
- In the meantime, while we look at something statewide, it's good to know that we still allow our.
- It's good to know that we still allow our cities and counties to do stuff as a legislature.
Committee:
House Criminal Jurisprudence
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- A lot of them do allow both, but not all of them. >> Okay. Thanks. Any other questions?
- A lot of them do allow both but I court.
- A lot of them do allow both but I not<01:02:59.599><c> all</c><01:02:59.760><c> of</c><01:02:59.920><
- Chairman and committee for allowing me to testify.
- </c> our wiretapping law and allow our wiretapping law and allow any<04:25:35.040><c> of</c><04:25:35.200
Committee:
House Judiciary
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on House Bill 1067-FN, which would formalize and expand mental health courts in New Hampshire and create a grant-based funding structure for them. Representative Mark Pearson, the prime sponsor, described the bill as a bipartisan, compassionate, and cost-effective approach that would connect people with mental illness to treatment and supervision instead of incarceration, while still holding them accountable. He said the proposal was developed with input from the judicial branch, law enforcement, corrections, mental health organizations, and others, and emphasized that local courts could tailor programs to their needs.
Committee members questioned the bill’s fiscal note, whether the legislature had previously studied the issue, how the program would be funded, and whether the bill should more explicitly address treatment, prevention, and data collection. Representative Buzz Sher, who helped develop the bill, explained how mental health courts work, including referral, clinical and public-safety assessments, case management, goal-setting, and graduation from the program. He said existing New Hampshire mental health courts are mostly partial and county-funded, and that the bill would formalize them, set standards, and allow grant funding. He also cited data from Georgia and New Hampshire suggesting significant savings from reduced incarceration and related costs.
Members also raised concerns about due process, whether people not formally charged could be swept into the system, and whether individuals with violent offenses or domestic violence histories could be diverted inappropriately. Sher responded that only people already in the criminal justice process are eligible and that courts use safety assessments to screen out most violent cases. The committee requested that Sher file supporting financial data from other jurisdictions, and he agreed to do so. No vote or final action was taken during the hearing.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- You have to limit it in mileage, and that's where it came from.
- Are you allowed to say what this drug was?
- Allowing prescriptions from a phlebotomist.
- So they don't have the right to vote, but we want to allow them...
- Allow me to offer some critical perspective.
Bills:
HB3772 , HB1656 , HB4504 , HB1896 , HB4420 , HB4421 , HB4076 , HB3708 , HB2806 , HB3540 , HB1586 , HB5459 , HB4553 , HB4535 , HB3811 , HB3749 , HB4255 , HB4051 , HB5098 , HB3554 , HB4539 , HB5274
Committee:
House Public Health
Keywords:
e-cigarettes, health and safety, regulations, directory, penalties, regulation, certification, compliance, manufacturers, FDA, nicotine, mental health, emergency detention, paramedic authority, mental illness, healthcare facility, public health, covenants not to compete, health care practitioners, physicians
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- So it allows us to move those losses forward. This particular...
- So it allows us to move those losses forward.
- Senate Bill 6194 allows for any hospital located on an Indian reservation to be paid allowable costs
- Senate Bill 6194 allows for any hospital located on an Indian reservation to be paid allowable costs
- Senate Bill 6194, allowing payments to be made to a rural hospital.
Bills:
SB6147 , SB6082 , SB5862 , SB5882 , SB6323 , SB6346 , SB6162 , SB6256 , SB6220 , SB5650 , SB6343 , SB6113 , SB6211 , SB6114 , SB5898 , SB6347 , SB6244 , SB5868 , SB5762 , SB5988 , SB6194 , SB6246 , SB6223 , SB6052 , SB5828 , SB5954 , SB5963 , SB5909 , SGA9306
Committee:
Senate Ways & Means
Keywords:
grocery establishments, closure notice, consumer rights, local businesses, student financial aid, financial aid fraud, higher education, college enrollment fraud, fictitious students, ghost students, enrollment fraud, aid integrity, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, AI fraud, fraud prevention, Washington State, legislative audit, JLARC, full-time equivalent
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Rules Mar 26th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- The courts have have allowed certain evidence to come in regarding prior bad acts.
- They don't allow families to be part of their discovery.
- Please allow due process. >> Thank you.
- Please don't allow this to happen to no one else.
- These provisions allow for both economic and non-economic recovery.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill would allow us to scan that evidence in and then return it back to the citizen.
- Some states allow it under the A0427 and A0429.
- Some of them allow it under a different code, but allowing a different code should not be that big of
- Limits, steering, or narrow material allowances when they try to use their benefits.
- It would have been far better for Louisiana to allow that national process to mature.
Committee:
House Health and Welfare
Keywords:
informed consent, healthcare, medical procedures, patient rights, surgeon general, regulatory review, adult residential care, generators, emergency power, health safety, Louisiana Department of Health, compliance, regulations, child welfare, Department of Children and Family Services, mandatory reporting, abuse prevention, investigative teams, child ombudsman, forensic interviews
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill would allow us to scan that evidence in and then return it back to the citizen.
- Some states allow it under the A0427 and the A0429.
- Some of them allow it under a different code, but allowing a different code should not be that big of
- It would have been far better for Louisiana to allow that national process to mature.
- It would not allow me to feel it. And I built a life around it. I avoided.
Committee:
House Health and Welfare
Summary:
The House Committee on Health and Welfare met on April 28 with a quorum and took up several Senate bills, beginning with SB 113 on the local health care provider participation program in Calcasieu Parish. The committee adopted a technical amendment and heard that the bill would shift the local sponsor from the parish to the city if needed by a June 1 deadline. After brief discussion and no opposition, SB 113 was reported favorably with amendments.
The committee then approved SB 23, which exempts certain assisted living facilities licensed by LDH from the definition of food service establishment, and SB 150, which would allow LDH to scan and electronically store vital records supporting documents and return originals to citizens. SB 221 also advanced after testimony that it would allow EMS providers to be reimbursed by Medicaid for emergency responses where treatment is provided on scene but the patient is not transported. Members discussed that the bill could reduce unnecessary ER use and likely would require some rulemaking, but it was reported favorably.
A major portion of the meeting focused on SB 404, a broad vision benefit plan reform bill. Supporters, including optometrists, said the measure would improve transparency, patient choice, and access to eye care by limiting restrictive plan practices; opponents from the vision care plan industry argued it was an unprecedented, provider-driven overhaul that could raise costs and reduce flexibility. After extensive testimony and an agreed amendment clarifying network participation, the committee reported SB 404 favorably with amendments. The committee also reported SB 32 favorably with amendments after emotional testimony from parents and advocates about perinatal bereavement care, cooling devices, and training for hospitals to give grieving families more time and dignity after infant loss.
Finally, the committee heard SB 43, which would create a psychedelic-assisted therapy initiative within LDH for clinical research and treatment involving ibogaine and psilocybin, with testimony from veterans, researchers, and advocates describing potential benefits for PTSD, substance use, and traumatic brain injury. The bill was reported favorably with amendments and set to pass a courtesy sheet. The committee then began SB 253, a bill regulating peptides and compounding pharmacies, adopted technical amendments clarifying provider liability, and continued discussion as the transcript ended.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Higher Education Committee Jun 23rd, 2026
Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Further, please note that the guidelines for bills heard in this committee is to allow testimony from
- Entities that are neither in support nor in opposition will be allowed to give testimony for no more
- If a measure has more than two entities in the neutral category, only two will be allowed to speak for
- It determines who is even allowed to compete.
- I forget the mileage when you start looking. And those really need to be looked at seriously.
Committee:
House Higher Education
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 30th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Rule 96, I request unanimous consent to withdraw the following bills from the Budget Committee and allow
- Thank you, members and speaker, for allowing me to introduce some very special people today.
- Speaker, allowing me to weigh in on this important debate. Thank you. Your talk points, Mr.
- Second thing is this VMT, the vehicle mileage, vehicle miles traveled rapidly.
- Millions and millions and millions of dollars of lawsuits will no longer be allowed.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Higher Education Committee Jun 23rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Further, please note that the guidelines for bills heard in this committee is to allow for testimony
- If a measure has more than two entities in a neutral category, only two would be allowed to speak for
- SB 1154 allows districts to evaluate contractors' experience, safety records, technical expertise, and
- It determines who is even allowed to compete.
- I forget the mileage when you start looking. And those really need to be looked at seriously.
Summary:
The Assembly Higher Education Committee heard several Senate measures focused on community college procurement, higher education access, and student support. SB 1154 by Senator Reyes would allow community college districts to use best-value procurement for public works projects over $1 million. Supporters, including San Bernardino Valley College, the San Bernardino Community College District, labor groups, and several districts, said it would improve delivery of complex facilities and align community colleges with other education systems. Opponents, including the Associated General Contractors, argued the bill’s skilled-and-trained workforce requirements and labor-compliance scoring would narrow the bidder pool and raise costs. The committee passed the bill to the Assembly Floor on a due-pass vote, with some members voting no or not recorded.
SB 1255, also by Senator Reyes, would create a California Hispanic-serving institution designation. Supporters from HACU, the CSU Chancellor’s Office, UC, community colleges, and other education organizations said the designation would recognize campuses that serve large numbers of Latino and low-income students and strengthen accountability and student success. The committee approved the bill as amended and re-referred it to Appropriations, with one no vote. SB 1328, presented on behalf of Senator Cervantes, would require LGBTQ+ points of contact at satellite or branch campuses of CSU and community colleges, either through designated staff or regular office hours. Testimony emphasized gaps in access at remote centers and the need for confidential support; one member raised concerns about staffing, costs, and whether existing systems could meet the need remotely. The bill was passed as amended and sent to Appropriations.
The committee also considered SB 960 by Senator Cabaldon, which would expand the circumstances under which community colleges could offer bachelor’s degrees in response to unmet workforce needs, especially where CSU programs are impacted or not realistically accessible locally. Supporters said the bill would help meet workforce demand and expand access for place-bound and adult learners. CSU and faculty representatives opposed unless amended, urging stronger partnership requirements, clearer workforce-need standards, and safeguards around duplication and Prop 98 funding. Members discussed impaction, regional access, and the role of partnerships; the bill was passed as amended and re-referred to Appropriations. Finally, SB 632 by Senator Otagan would extend the California College Promise fee waiver to part-time community college students enrolled in nine units. Supporters said many students cannot attend full time because of work, caregiving, and living costs, and the bill would better reflect student realities; the transcript ends during testimony on this measure, before any vote is shown.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Fish and Game and Marine Resources (02/03/2026)
Fish and Game and Marine Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> allowed to decide? allowed to decide?
- She does want to be able to allow—I think our commission does too—to allow people with disabilities to
- The law allows her the rule allows<01:26:34.159><c> her</c><01:26:34.719><c> or</c><01:26:34.960><c>
- too, to allow people with does too, to allow people with disabilities<01:27:42.960><c> to</c><01:27:
- </c> not allow hunting of a certain animal. not allow hunting of a certain animal.
Committee:
House Fish and Game and Marine Resources
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Jun 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It merely ensures that ratepayers are getting the most mileage out of their dollars by protecting what
- I still think it's sort of gray in terms of what the bill allows and doesn't allow, and what this bill
- So I still think it's sort of gray in terms of what the bill allows and doesn't allow, and what this
- I'm going to be supporting the bill today in part because I know that it's necessary in order to allow
- Germany does allow minimal export, where France and some of the other countries prevent the export.
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy heard several bills focused on utility affordability, transparency, clean energy, and consumer access. SB 327 would bar investor-owned utilities from using ratepayer funds to oppose municipal utility formation and would clarify the Public Advocates Office’s authority to inspect utility books; supporters framed it as a ratepayer protection and accountability measure, while utilities and industry groups raised concerns about municipalization language and data-request procedures. After discussion about the scope of the bill and existing guardrails from prior legislation, the committee voted SB 327 out on a due pass as amended basis to Appropriations, with the roll left open and later updated to 12-2.
SB 1350, a hydrogen bill, would allow renewable portfolio standard credit for power plants using green hydrogen in turbines. The author and supporters said it would help California meet clean energy goals, support the Lancaster hydrogen project, and create jobs, while opponents, especially environmental groups, warned about NOx emissions, the risk of paper transactions, and the need for stronger safeguards on feedstocks and delivery. Members discussed amendments already taken and the need for continued work on environmental protections; the committee passed the bill 14-0 to Natural Resources.
SB 868 would create a framework for plug-in or balcony solar devices for renters and others without rooftop solar, with safety standards and a cap on system size. Supporters said it would lower bills and expand access to solar, while utilities and some others raised safety and backfeed concerns and asked for more review through existing interconnection processes. The author and witnesses said the devices are small, non-exporting, and covered by safety certifications; the committee approved the bill 17-0, later updated to 18-0, and sent it to Appropriations.
SB 1233 would require additional disclosure about utility cash on hand, capital structure, and related information in existing reports to help inform rates and affordability. Utilities opposed the measure as duplicative of existing proceedings and potentially delay-inducing, while supporters said it would improve transparency for ratepayers. The committee passed SB 1233 10-3 to Appropriations. The committee also dispensed with the consent calendar, passing the remaining consent items, including SB 925, SB 667, SB 952, SB 742, SB 929, SB 943, and SB 1138, and noted that SB 905 had been pulled from the agenda.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, an exception that would be the amendment to the amendment is an exception that would allow for moving
- So allowing<00:02:58.640><c> an</c><00:02:58.879><c> exception</c><00:02:59.360><c> for</c><00:03:00.239
- allow for moving fees and a and a regime allow for moving fees and a and a regime that<00:03:18.239><
- </c> good mileage that gets people to work. good mileage that gets people to work.
- Chair. >> Thank you, Representative Hussein. >> Thank you for allowing me to support this bill.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Jun 10th, 2026
Utilities and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- It merely ensures that ratepayers are getting the most mileage out of their dollars by protecting what
- So I still think it's sort of gray in terms of what the bill allows and doesn't allow, and what this
- SB 1350 stimulates investments in hydrogen projects by allowing power plants to get renewable portfolio
- However, due to timing, the chair has graciously allowed me not to take any amendments in this committee
- Germany does allow minimal export, where France and some of the other countries prevent export.
Committee:
House Utilities and Energy
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Military and Veterans Affairs Nov 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And with that, I'd like to allow Aaron to introduce the staff.
- Before we go to questions, I just want to allow for some introductions.
- Not only is the veteran identifying what is there and what benefits are available, but it also allows
- You know, the basic allowance for housing and the basic allowance for subsistence are tax-free, but are
- We’re trying to predict one thing, and then we create a rule that they’re not allowed to use this.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It's allowing them to understand that they are willing able to express themselves in wonderful ways.
- If this committee allows the government to dictate what kinds of performances are acceptable based on
- And we threaten that miracle every day we allow tax dollars.
- Thank you. appreciate that next thank you for allowing us to testify today.
- I understand it would allow me, as a private citizen, to continue, or even as an elected...
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
Keywords:
Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water permit, water appropriation, dam permit exemption, reservoir, flood control, floodwater control, erosion control, sediment control, watershed protection, flood prevention, Natural Resources Conservation Service, NRCS, USDA, local sponsor, district, authority, water infrastructure
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> benefits, mileage, and pdium. benefits, mileage, and pdium.
- without regard to the size of such increment district and to allow the taxes and revenues collected
- without regard to the size of such increment district and to allow the taxes and revenues collected
- It also allows them to do this with some help and provides for schools.
- It also allows them to do this with some help and provides for schools.
Summary:
The meeting included a Senate recognition ceremony honoring the Winona High School boys basketball team for winning the 2026 Alabama High School Athletic Association 5A state championship. A resolution was read commending the team for its 101-40 victory over Silicag, noting the team’s record-setting performance, Brendan Davis’s MVP honor, the contributions of other players, and Coach Cedric Lane’s leadership. Senators and the lieutenant governor praised the players’ sportsmanship, the school community, and the team’s historic season, and copies of the resolution were presented to the team, coaches, and administrators. Several guests and school representatives also spoke briefly, including the coach and principal, who thanked the Senate and noted the team’s success and the principal’s retirement after 35 years.
After the recognition, the Senate returned to session and adopted the Committee on Rules report setting the special order calendar. The calendar included Senate Bill 99 on the Ten Commandments, Senate Bill 298 on Class 3 municipalities, House Bill 381 on camp safety, Senate Bill 370 on tax increment districts, Senate Bill 363 on the Department of Economic and Community Affairs, House Bill 466 on firefighters, House Bill 95 on elections, House Bill 259 on stablecoin, and Senate Bill 342 on education.
The chamber then took up SB 99, sponsored by Senators Kelly and Sessions. Senator Kelly described the bill as requiring local school boards to display the Ten Commandments, together with founding documents such as the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Alabama Constitution preamble, in certain history classrooms and common areas for grades five through 12, using donated displays and funds when available. He said the bill was intended as a historical and educational measure, not religious instruction, and emphasized the inclusion of a disclaimer stating Alabama is not establishing a religion. After extended debate and a petition to close debate from the Rules Committee, the Senate voted on the bill by long roll and passed SB 99, with the recorded vote announced as 30 yeas and 4 nays.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- It makes them four-year terms, allows a candidate to voluntarily declare their party affiliation if they
- So page two, subsection four here allows for a school board candidate to voluntarily designate their
- transportation services for people that were disabled to allow them to vote.
- We're actually going to allow two more questions, sir.
- The overwhelming majority of school districts across the country do not allow party affiliation.
Committee:
House Children and Families
Summary:
The Committee on Children and Families heard public testimony on Senate Bill 1002, which would move St. Charles County school board elections and related levy/bond questions from April to the November general election, extend terms to four years, and allow candidates to voluntarily list party affiliation. The sponsor argued the bill would increase voter participation, broaden community input, and potentially save money, while several supporters said April turnout is too low and that November elections would better reflect the county’s voters. Supporters also said the change could help candidates campaign more effectively and bring more attention to school issues.
Opponents, including school board members, parents, and the Missouri NEA and Missouri School Boards Association, argued the bill would politicize school board races, crowd out local issues on November ballots, and reduce the value of staggered terms and institutional continuity. Several witnesses objected to carving out only St. Charles County rather than making any change statewide, and some warned that limiting levy and bond elections could delay urgent district needs. One witness also said the bill would burden regular parents and community members who run for school board, while others emphasized that school boards should remain focused on governance, budgeting, and student needs rather than partisan labels.
After testimony, the committee voted on Senate substitute for Senate Bill 1002 and advanced it by a vote of 10 aye, 5 no, and 1 present. The committee then took up Senate substitute for Senate Bill 1135, described as the Henderson, Bentley, and Mason’s law, and voted it do pass by 16 aye and 9 no. The committee then adjourned.