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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 03/11/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- a reasonable benefit at a reasonable age.
- ><c> different</c> reasonable age so every plan's different reasonable age so every plan's different
- The retirement age for law enforcement officers and firefighters in this plan used to be age 50, and
- 50 and that was changed used to be age 50 and that was changed from<00:48:43.599><c> age</c><00:48:43.800
- for our Tier 2 level formula was lowered from age 66 to 65.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Special Committee on International Sporting Events: Olympics, Paralympics and World Cup Soccer May 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm dating my age a little bit.
- talking about internationally, that I thought the IOC helped to make sure that there were legacy facilities
- They're super important to us to make sure that our infrastructure, which, by the way, is the same age
- as a lot of the infrastructure in the state, is aging.
- the work on the back end to ensure that those materials are making it to the materials recovery facility
Summary:
The committee held an informational hearing on planning for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Games, focusing on infrastructure, transportation, sustainability, ticketing, community benefits, and legacy planning. LA28’s Joey Freeman reported on overall progress, including new soccer venues across the country, strong ticket demand, a volunteer program launched early, $2.5 billion in corporate sponsorships, and recently enacted state laws to support route networks, temporary infrastructure, medical staffing, and EMS coordination. He also said LA28 is sponsoring AB 2436 to extend in-state tuition eligibility for Team USA student-athletes training in California.
Members pressed LA28 heavily on ticket affordability and access, saying the local presale and low-cost ticket rollout had not met community expectations. Several senators asked for clearer numbers on how many tickets were available, how many were under $100, and how community ticketing would work, with concerns that nonprofit distribution could still miss low-income residents. LA28 said $28 tickets were offered, roughly 500,000 low-cost tickets were placed with local residents during the presale, and a community ticketing program seeded by philanthropy would provide free tickets through nonprofits. Senators also raised concerns about gender parity data, security funding, and whether federal support would remain stable.
Mayor Karen Bass said the city’s theme is “Games for All” and emphasized that Los Angeles wants the Games to benefit every neighborhood through small-business contracting, cultural programming, and lasting infrastructure. She described city-run small business summits, a broader Cultural Olympiad effort tied to murals and neighborhood storytelling, and watch parties and fan fests as free community alternatives. Bass also requested state help speeding approvals for key public-land improvements, allowing mutual aid for law enforcement without a state of emergency, and addressing freeway trash and encampments that could affect access to venues. Members asked for follow-up on those requests, including details on permitting, Caltrans coordination, and business participation.
The final panel began with an infrastructure presentation from Councilmember Paul Krekorian, who said the Games are a no-build, transit-first event and outlined requests for street and sidewalk improvements, accessibility upgrades, energy and charging infrastructure, a joint operations center, active transportation projects, and cleanup of Caltrans rights of way. He argued the Games could generate $18 billion in economic output, support 90,000 jobs, and produce at least $700 million in state and local tax revenue, while also leaving behind permanent community benefits. He closed by pointing to Los Angeles’ history with the 1932 and 1984 Games as evidence that the city can deliver a successful and financially positive Olympics.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Special Education Funding Committee Mar 4th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- A, B, C, D would be the level four, which is a separate facility.
- It would require building a facility and whatnot. So what are your thoughts on that?
- I'm more concerned about just funding the physical facility. So do you have any thoughts on that?
- Just wanted to further comment about the number of students that would be in these facilities.
- Then we go to level four, which is more of a separate facility.
Summary:
The committee met to discuss special education funding and retention, beginning with approval of the prior meeting minutes and then hearing a presentation from North Dakota United on a statewide special education survey and retention rubric. Presenters described how the rubric and survey were developed from special educator input around four domains: paperwork and due process support, workload, student and staff safety, and paraprofessional management. They reported high levels of stress and burnout, including increased workload, difficulty taking prep and lunch time, concerns about mental health, and widespread difficulty filling special education positions. Committee members questioned the survey’s lack of a general-education comparison group, the interpretation of terms like “rarely” and “sometimes,” and whether results could be broken down further by district size, unit, or disability area.
The survey results showed the weakest area was workload, with respondents reporting caseloads increasing without corresponding adjustments, little additional support or compensation when workloads rise, and few negotiated-agreement protections. Paperwork and due process also scored poorly, with many teachers saying they rarely receive dedicated time during the duty day, often work outside contract hours without compensation, and take work home on evenings and weekends. Student and staff safety scored somewhat better but still showed gaps in crisis follow-up, notification about violent behavior, protective gear, and leave options after incidents. Paraprofessional management also drew concern, especially low pay, insufficient staffing, limited administrative support, and the burden placed on teachers to supervise and train paras.
Several teachers then testified directly about the practical impact of these issues. One special education teacher described the job as combining instruction, legal compliance, and paraprofessional supervision, often requiring work beyond contracted hours and contributing to burnout and turnover. Another testified that special education case managers are effectively doing three full-time jobs and that the paperwork and caseload demands are a major reason people avoid or leave the field. Committee members discussed whether the problems are primarily local or state-level, whether more funding would solve them, and whether changes to the funding formula or weighting for high-cost students might be needed. No formal vote or action was taken beyond a recess and return to order for the next presentation, which continued the discussion of possible special education study objectives and potential policy directions.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice Jun 30th, 2025
Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- facility.
- We actually, uh, built a very beautiful state of the art juvenile facility in the jail, but the problem
- is because we don't have, it's erratic how many juveniles we have, and, and a lot of facilities have
- Um, they'll have several facilities, you take their way of doing business away.
- Um, and we would, our goal is to inspect every facility every year.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 on Public Safety May 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- This project is to construct three new communication facilities. to replace the Red Mountain facility
- I mean, CDCR is continuing to perform facility improvements as we go.
- As such those facilities were closed and the predisposition Juvenile Hall youth were moved to a new facility
- One was at a facility known as Barry J.
- and maintenance to infrastructure facilities at CDCR which are sorely needed due to aging infrastructure
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> should be all the capital facilities should be all the capital facilities owned<00:39:11.119><c>
- As incorporated, the reference may sweep in facilities such as public libraries, recreational facilities
- As incorporated, the reference may sweep in facilities such as public libraries, recreational facilities
- ><c> for</c><00:43:23.040><c> the</c> defines capital facilities for the defines capital facilities for
- such as public libraries, facilities such as public libraries, recreational<00:43:33.760><c> facilities
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Health Policy Jan 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Comparably, children between the ages of 1 and 7 drowned at a rate of approximately 5 per 100,000 and
- Florida's current swim lesson voucher program applies to kids age 0 to 4, so just as kids are able to
- from 4 and under to be ages 1 through 7 for participation.
- 0 to 4 to include children up to the age of 7.
- of zero and three years old. ...between the ages of zero and three years old.
Summary:
The Senate Health Policy Committee met with a quorum and considered several health-related bills, most of them focused on drowning prevention and public safety. SB 428, by Senator Yarborough, would expand Florida’s swim lesson voucher program from children ages 0-4 to ages 1-7. The sponsor and supporting testimony from a pediatric emergency physician and YMCA representatives emphasized Florida’s high drowning rates, especially among very young children, and argued that swim lessons can significantly reduce risk. Senator Harrell noted the need to revisit the funding allocation as eligibility expands. The bill was reported favorably.
The committee also heard SB 606, by Senator Smith, which adds drowning prevention and safe bathing practices to postpartum education provided by hospitals, birthing centers, and, after amendment, no longer requires home birth providers to maintain proof of compliance. A parent who lost a child to drowning and Senator Berman spoke in strong support, stressing that the bill would educate new parents at a critical time. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably as a committee substitute.
SB 162, by Senator Davis, would require hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to adopt policies using smoke evacuation systems during procedures that generate surgical smoke. The sponsor said the equipment is relatively low-cost and already used in many facilities, while several witnesses supported the bill as a worker-safety measure. Other senators raised concerns about the lack of data, possible rural hospital impacts, and whether the mandate could add costs without clear evidence of harm. Despite those concerns, the bill was reported favorably. The committee also passed SB 340, by Senator Harrell, requiring nursing students to complete a two-hour human trafficking course before licensure, after amending the bill to shift the requirement from nursing programs to the students themselves. Testimony from a trafficking survivor and nursing advocates supported the measure, and it was reported favorably as a committee substitute. Finally, SB 192, presented by Senator Trumbull on behalf of Senator Martin, removed the $1,500 cap on advances chiropractic physicians may collect for examinations or treatment; chiropractic industry representatives supported the change, and the bill was reported favorably.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Comparably, children between the ages of 1 and 7 drowned at a rate of approximately 5 per 100,000 and
- Florida's current swim lesson voucher program applies to kids age 0 to 4, so just as kids are able to
- from 4 and under to ages 1 through 7 for participation.
- 0 to 4 to include children up to the age of 7.
- Between the ages of zero and three years old. But 100% of those tragedies are preventable.
Keywords:
drowning prevention, water safety, swimming lessons, swim vouchers, child drowning, infant safety, toddler safety, pool safety, bath safety, safe bathing practices, postpartum education, newborn care, childbirth education, birth centers, home birth providers, Department of Health, public health, water competency, swim instruction, infant supervision
Summary:
The Senate Health Policy Committee met with a quorum and took up several health-related bills, with a strong focus on drowning prevention and patient safety. SB 428 by Senator Yarborough would expand Florida’s swim lesson voucher program from children ages 0-4 to ages 1-7. Supporters, including a pediatric emergency physician and YMCA leadership, cited Florida’s high child drowning rates and argued that swim lessons reduce risk and should be available to more children. Senator Harrell noted the need to consider increasing the program’s funding as eligibility expands. The bill was reported favorably.
The committee also heard SB 606 by Senator Smith, which adds drowning prevention and safe bathing education to postpartum materials provided by hospitals, birthing centers, and, after amendment, no longer home birth providers. A parent who lost a child to drowning testified in support, and senators emphasized the preventability of such deaths. The bill, as amended, was reported favorably as a committee substitute. SB 340 by Senator Harrell would require nursing students to complete a two-hour human trafficking course before licensure; after a strike-all amendment shifted the requirement from nursing programs to the students themselves, the bill received support from advocates and was reported favorably as a committee substitute.
The committee also considered SB 162 by Senator Davis, which would require hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to adopt policies for using smoke evacuation systems during procedures that generate surgical smoke. The sponsor said the equipment is relatively inexpensive and already common in many facilities, while opponents and some senators questioned the medical evidence, enforcement, and possible impacts on rural and smaller facilities. Despite those concerns, the bill was reported favorably, with some members voting no. SB 192, presented by Senator Trumbull on behalf of Senator Martin, would remove the $1,500 cap on advances chiropractic physicians may collect for examinations or treatment; the Florida Chiropractic Society supported the change as pro-small-business, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee also received an OPAGA presentation comparing Florida’s health care practitioner regulation system with other states, focusing on board autonomy, rulemaking oversight, board composition, appointments, term limits, and funding mechanisms.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Jan 28th, 2025
House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Welcome, everybody, to the first Ag Committee, and then Water Committee.
- You're not generating revenue and can lose your ag status.
- And I've been farming for years, I thought it was ag status.
- My tax assessor has the ability to take me from AG to private.
- I'm so sorry, can you tell me that age right here? I'm on 2020, 2032.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- is an image from our factory of an enclosure, and at the bottom are several enclosures at a test facility
- is an image from our factory of an enclosure, and at the bottom are several enclosures at a test facility
- </c><00:04:48.960><c> in</c> enclosures at a test facility in enclosures at a test facility in California
- So um that's facility online rapidly.
- </c><00:41:48.480><c> versus</c> people to to run this facility versus people to to run this facility
Keywords:
climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, financing, sustainability, environmental policy, renewable energy, Minnesota Climate Innovation Financing Authority, earned incentive release credit, release credits, supervised release, corrections, Minnesota Department of Corrections, sentence reduction, good time, prison time, incarceration, violent offenses, murder, criminal sexual conduct, sex offenses
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- federal government when it comes to caring for our neighbors who access care at home or in a nursing facility
- So this committee has jurisdiction over uh long-term care, um, and that includes both waivers and facility
- </c><00:05:25.199><c> In</c><00:05:25.440><c> addition,</c><00:05:26.080><c> uh</c> facility funding
- In addition, uh facility funding for MA.
- and adult services grants, deaf aging and adult services grants, deaf and<00:05:59.680><c> heart</c>
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII Feb 25th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII
Transcript Highlights:
- We've eliminated chiropractic facilities. fees, so it shuts down the barrier to ownership at that point
- In an acute facility, um, they're prepared to practice regardless of education level.
- Leasing will allow us to upgrade to newer models as our copiers age, um.
- Core computer coding cannot be modified anymore and due to its age, the systems pose higher threats to
- Uh, we've also seen an uptick in, in, uh, site facility inspections.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee Jun 16th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- or determining whether a facility is economically needed.
- energy production facilities.
- The Commission's Energy Facility Citing Act may represent, The Commission's Energy Facility Citing Act
- energy production facilities.
- They're actively licensing their facility there.
AZ
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Education Policy Committee Apr 9th, 2025
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- each athletic event space on school property, including but not limited to stadiums and athletic facilities
- More than 23,000 children under the age of 18 experience cardiac arrest outside of a hospital each year
- 48 on page two with the following: Where it will read, "or gender identity in a manner that is not age
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- to us about what type of facility is going to be brought in there.
- of the operations that are going to occur at this facility?
- , but it's a rock crushing facility, which is what we permitted.
- We do not have authority in determining location of facilities.
- Like the specific near this facility?
Bills:
HB1520, HB1525, HB1530, HB1535, HB2068, HB2091, HB2347, HB2372, HB2805, HB2815, HB2867, HB3154, HB3482, HB3483, HB3663, HB3781, HB3901, HB3915, HB4135, HB4153, HB4158, HB4329, HB4331
Keywords:
Angelina and Neches River Authority, river authority, Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas Sunset Act, Special District Local Laws Code, local government, natural resources, board of directors, director training, board governance, public testimony, open meetings, public information, conflict of interest, ethics, complaint system, general manager, board president, staggered terms, removal of director
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c> who can enter and exit the facility, who can enter and exit the facility, what<00:14:22.639><c>
- ><c> the</c><00:41:34.960><c> impression</c> facilities may not fit the impression facilities may not
- So that is a much larger facility.
- </c> industrial scale um growing facilities. industrial scale um growing facilities.
- </c> types uh aging here in the Commonwealth. types uh aging here in the Commonwealth.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Oversight REVISED: 11:15 a.m. - New Start Time
Health and Human Services Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- Air National Guard, they say they do 20 years, they don't draw their actual retirement until their age
- related to 100% disabled veterans so that 100% disabilities caused by medical malpractice at a VA facility
- would be treated as if they were service-connected. ...at a VA facility would be treated as if they
- House Bill 4298 is a request bill from DHS so that whenever there's any rule changes for child care facilities
Keywords:
HB3043, Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, ODVA, seasonal employees, project labor, pro rata jobs, unclassified service, state personnel law, state employee benefits, paid leave, paid holidays, retirement benefits, health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, temporary workers, veterans affairs, Title 72, Oklahoma Personnel Act, budget reporting
Summary:
The Health and Human Services Oversight Committee opened with prayer and then heard a series of bills, most of them request bills from state agencies or related to veterans and military matters. House Bill 3043 would let the Oklahoma Dental Board Association hire temporary or PRN workers during peak periods; it passed 11-1. House Bill 3044 would continue an existing tax-return checkoff for donations and passed 12-0. House Bill 3078 would create an online donation option for the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs during license and tax transactions and passed 12-0. House Bill 3940 made a number of cleanup and policy changes to a prior Oklahoma National Guard measure, including retention, benefits, discipline, museum operations, and state active duty pay issues; it passed 11-0. House Bill 4117 would define family resource centers in statute and emphasize faith-based partnerships, workforce development, and braided funding; it passed 12-0.
The committee also advanced House Bill 3428, which would require certain businesses to post information about veterans’ benefits in a conspicuous place to help more eligible veterans enroll in benefits; members discussed raising the employee threshold from 50 to 100, but no amendment was adopted during the meeting, and the bill passed 10-2. House Bill 4275 would allow counties and cities to employ case managers and peer support specialists while maintaining certification, to support sheriffs and first responders, and it passed 12-0. House Bill 3257 would treat 100% disabilities caused by VA medical malpractice as service-connected for state benefit purposes, aligning state law with federal treatment, and it passed 12-0.
Two public health bills also advanced. House Bill 3901 would authorize psychological autopsies in suicide and overdose cases to better understand causes and improve prevention; members discussed whether the process should include notifying prescribing physicians when patients die from opioid overdoses, and the bill passed 12-0. House Bill 4298 would allow DHS child care rule changes to be distributed by mail and electronically, reflecting current practice, and it passed 12-0. The committee adjourned after reporting all measures do pass.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Botox or any of that stuff, but hey, I'm aging gracefully, um. Why would a dentist give Botox?
- The committee substitute for Senate Bill 331 makes a small change regarding the penalties for facilities
- In order to reduce the penalty amounts on the smaller facilities, but keep the current penalty structure
- For the larger facilities. Is there an objection to the adoption of the committee substitute?
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Economic Development and Tourism Committee Apr 29th, 2025
Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- You can't use apparel, equipment, or the school facility.
- Apparel, equipment, the school facility, or anything associated with the school or with the association
- Anything that deals with school jersey, mascot, facility. So, it's basically them.
- Do you have a specific age? I didn't...
Keywords:
electric transmission, public highways, permit processing, economic growth, infrastructure, rural development, condemnation actions, state regulations, community development district, CDD, annexation, municipal annexation, wet municipality, dry county, wet county, Sunday alcohol sales, ABC Board, alcohol licensing, on-premises consumption, golf course