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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Some institutions have yet to adopt these critical measures.
- These policies help prevent the initiation of tobacco use and help promote cessation.
- illness and preventable deaths.
- I think that moving us, continuing away from the preventable death and preventable illness is the direction
- And prevention is key. Dr.
Bills:
HB173, HB184, HB484, HB678, HB 1211, HB1507, HB1705, HB1868, HB2290, HB2851, HB2856, HB3041, HB3204, HB173, HB184
Keywords:
foreign donations, higher education, public institutions, national security, funding, prohibition, Texas law, healthcare, insurance, affordability, access, public health, foreign influence, education policy, student loan repayment, prosecuting attorneys, border prosecution unit, financial assistance, tobacco, cigarettes
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 4/27/26 - Part 1
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill not only establishes grooming as a felony offense, but it also works to prevent it from ever
- 00:17:23.040><c> to</c> felony offense, but it also works to felony offense, but it also works to prevent
- it from ever happening in the prevent it from ever happening in the first<00:17:26.920><c> place."
- , and one of the things that I talked about that was so important was the need to do education to prevent
- , and one of the things that I talked about that was so important was the need to do education to prevent
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Future of Payments and Sales Transactions by Credit Card and the Impacts for Small Businesses Apr 7th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- These fees and all the other things prevent us from growing our business and growing our employees.
- Now, in an ideal world, we want to be part of the fraud prevention chain and help out.
- So when the credit unions are talking about preventing the fraud, I get that.
- On margins measured in cents on the dollar, that's not a small line item.
- On margins measured in cents on the dollar, that's not a small line item.
Summary:
The commission met to hear testimony on the future of credit card payments and swipe fees, with a focus on impacts to small businesses, especially restaurants and retailers. Members and witnesses discussed interchange fees, processing fees, chargebacks, fraud risk, rewards programs, and the growing use of card-not-present and digital wallet transactions. Several witnesses urged the commission to support legislation that would prohibit fees on the tax and tip portions of transactions and allow businesses to pass credit card fees on to customers if they choose, while others warned that state regulation of interchange could reduce fraud protections and harm consumer rewards programs.
Small business owners and trade groups described rising costs and thin margins, saying card fees are now among their largest expenses and are often charged on money that is merely passing through the business, such as sales tax and gratuities. Restaurant representatives said the current system shifts fraud and chargeback losses onto merchants, with little ability to negotiate rates or recover disputed funds, and argued that transparency and fee relief would help keep independent businesses open. Retailers gave similar testimony, citing rising swipe fees, complex statements, and the burden of online and phone transactions. A representative from the airline industry opposed interchange reform, arguing that airline credit card rewards are popular with consumers and support travel and jobs in Massachusetts.
Credit union representatives cautioned that state-level interchange limits could weaken fraud prevention and force higher rates or reduced services, while the National Restaurant Association and a payments-policy attorney countered that banks and networks already operate under fee caps in other contexts and that interchange rates are fixed rather than competitive. Commission members asked questions about how chargebacks work, how fees are broken down, whether businesses can negotiate with processors or POS providers, and how consumer behavior has shifted toward cards, online ordering, and delivery since the pandemic. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Community Safety Jan 20th, 2026 at 04:00 pm
Community Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- Employees experience frustration, burnout, anxiety, and loss of a sense of agency, and loss prevention
- And so this bill is a great accountability measure.
- Arresting individuals who exploited me would not have prevented my exploitation as a child.
- Accountability is prevention. Accountability is protection. Accountable.
- Accountability is prevention. Accountability is protection.
Keywords:
domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, survivor protections, legal remedies, defendants, theft, robbery, sentencing enhancements, criminal justice, property crimes, failure to register, registration requirements, public safety, law enforcement, prostitution, public health, criminal justice reform, community safety, 904
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- With naturally low estrogen and to treat symptoms of menopause, to prevent osteoporosis, hypoestrogenism
- Would this prevent someone who specializes, let's say, in personal injury law from doing non-targeted
- Would this prevent that? So the goal is to... Prevent targeted social media platforms.
- Emergency attention is intended solely as a temporary measure to mitigate immediate risks.
- For events they didn't cause and couldn't prevent.
Bills:
HB 1239, HB1990, HB1748, HB1749, HB2578, HB2986, HB1970, HB3163, HB2733, HB1922, HB 113, HB 1088, HB1938, HB3004, HB2637, HB2960, HB113
Keywords:
public health, access to healthcare, insurance reforms, medical expenses, healthcare providers, mental health, protective custody, preliminary examination, detention period, emergency circumstances, emergency detention, legal framework, detention, healthcare, liability, landowners, nonagricultural land, trespassing, public safety, interpreters
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And through this work, we have saved nearly $200 million in preventing improper payments.
- Um, things like that aren't preventing these placements. So I'm very, very excited about this.
- Uh, and I can't do justice to the new name, but I think it's Healthcare Fraud Prevention Act.
- To, um, what can be done to prevent the individual from even thinking about. Doing that.
- Uh, that's coming in significantly under our LBB performance measure target of 7.4 minutes.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And through this work, we have saved nearly $200 million in prevention. improper payments.
- Pallets of water on the floor aren't preventing, yes, number of socks, yes.
- And I can't do justice to the new name, but I think it's Healthcare Fraud Prevention Act.
- To what can be done to prevent the individual from even thinking about it?
- That's coming in significantly under our LBB performance measure target of 7.4.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- He continued, with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and even more."
- He continued, with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and even more." Let's pray.
- I pray that we would measure carefully the thoughts and perspectives we hear from each other.
- Good gentleman, will this prevent DEQ from contracting with the health departments to continue with this
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a classic example of the saying, 'what gets measured gets fixed,' because of what the data tells
- For me, what gets measured gets fixed, and the fact that you've identified the gaps is essential.
- These accountability measures ensure that institutions are not only accredited, but accredited by agencies
- recognizes Senator Creighton to explain the differences between the substitute and the original filed measure
- With that, Madam Chair, thank you for the time to explain this measure.
Keywords:
pediatrics, medical education, subsidiary, preceptorship, medical training, student programs, mental health, loan repayment, education funding, mental health professionals, healthcare access, Texas Success Initiative, exemption, public officers, employees, higher education, Capitol view, Austin, urban planning, construction
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Feb 19th, 2025
State Governmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill prevents somebody from flying a drone over a vertical distance of 200 feet within critical
- Personnel will conduct annual reviews to ensure an accountability measure, and it would exclude the District
- Personnel will conduct annual reviews to ensure accountability measures, and it would exclude the District
- Personnel will conduct annual reviews to ensure accountability measures, and it would exclude the District
- Personnel will conduct annual reviews to ensure accountability measures, and it would exclude the District
Keywords:
sewer, wastewater, public service commission, PSC, utility regulation, private utility, regulated utility, affiliated system, consolidation, rate jurisdiction, rate setting, wastewater management entity, common ownership, control, Jefferson County Board of Health, local constitutional amendment, public utilities, Alabama Code Title 37, Alabama Code Title 22, certification
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session-Day 5, February 13, 2026-PM
Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- But it has been a wildly successful program by any measure.
- </c> those things are very much measurable those things are very much measurable and<00:46:15.040><c>
- But this is a drastic measure to do that. Thank you.
- </c> except for one provision that prevents except for one provision that prevents Medicaid<03:09:55.040
- ><c> having</c><03:17:26.720><c> something</c> preventing them from having something preventing them
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- That is, the law prevents those listed entities from mandating that people must receive an mRNA-based
- You're so measured in how you present things, and I try to do the same thing.
- Senate Bill 1620, I believe, was one of the most significant policy measures that the state could ever
- Preventative and restorative dental care can reduce emergency room visits, improve quality of life, and
- And for good measure, we're exempting PERK from responding on whether a union's registration renewal
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 17887 is a cancer prevention bill.
- or preventing by replacing it with detection or detecting.
- This is about preventing cancer.
- of disease, which is what this is about preventing deaths.
- That can prevent death.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Public Safety Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We understand that this legislation will not prevent all tragedies, but it is an important measure for
- prevention and public safety.
- We're trying to prevent youth crime.
- The Violence Prevention Project's approach.
- We didn't name them; they are a violence prevention research center.
Keywords:
public safety, school safety, active shooter, active shooter drill, violence prevention, threat reporting, anonymous tip line, See It, Say It, Send It, Minnesota Fusion Center, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, officer-involved death, missing person, endangered missing person, criminal background check, national background check, FBI fingerprint check, adult entertainment license, massage license, correctional facilities
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Transportation, Highways and Public Works Apr 13th, 2026
Transportation, Highways & Public Works
Transcript Highlights:
- And so I'm bringing this bill as a forward-looking regional governance measure that aligns representation
- That accident could have been prevented had the helicopter been actively using ADS-B to provide clear
- That accident could have been prevented had the helicopter been actively using ADS-B to provide clear
- And I heard the cheers around the state of Louisiana in large measure about that initiative.
- And I heard the cheers around the state of Louisiana in large measure about that initiative.
Bills:
HB345, HB502, HB511, HB655, HB667, HB713, HB714, HB730, HB743, HB777, HB803, HB836, HB871, HB1037, HB1167, HB1174, HB1175
Keywords:
rail infrastructure, ports, Class II railroads, Class III railroads, transportation, Caddo Parish, property taxes, abatement, payment in lieu of taxes, taxing entities, governmental approval, pursuit intervention, law enforcement, safety technology, GPS tracking, public safety, ferries, Department of Transportation, contracts, state legislation
Summary:
The committee heard several transportation and aviation measures. HB 1175, by Rep. Turner, updated aeronautics-related definitions and was reported favorably without objection. HB 655, by Rep. Brough, authorized DOTD to use cost-plus contracts for operation and maintenance of state ferry systems, with Secretary Glenn LaDay explaining it was intended to give DOTD flexibility for possible privatization or contracting of ferries such as Cameron; it was also reported favorably. HB 1037, by Chairman Borek, shifted certain DOTD operational responsibilities to a chief operating officer and was reported favorably, and HB 1174, also by Chairman Borek, recreated DOTD and was reported favorably as a cleanup measure. HB 714 and HB 502 were voluntarily deferred.
The committee then considered several port-related bills. HB 871, by Rep. Carver, would have added two St. Tammany Parish appointees to the Port of New Orleans board, but the author asked to voluntarily defer it, saying the timing was premature given ongoing work on the Louisiana International Terminal and related access projects. HB 345, by Rep. McMakin, expanded the Rail Infrastructure Improvement Program to include rail infrastructure at ports and was reported favorably. HB 713, by Rep. McCormick, would cap the Caddo-Bossier Port executive director’s compensation at the statewide average of the top ten port directors; after extensive debate and testimony from the port, the Port Association, and Caddo Parish opposing the bill, the committee voted 12-1 to involuntarily defer it. HB 667, also by Rep. McCormick, would change Caddo-Bossier Port commissioners from appointed to elected; witnesses argued it would politicize the board, create election costs, and conflict with the port’s current structure, and the committee again voted 12-1 to involuntarily defer the bill.
The committee also advanced local infrastructure and flood-protection measures. HB 743, by Rep. St. Blanc, creating the Harry P. Williams Memorial Airport District in St. Mary Parish, was reported favorably after testimony that the district would help the parish manage the airport as an economic development asset. HB 836, by Rep. Hilferty, would reconfirm members of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority East by Senate confirmation; after concerns that the original August 1 date could interfere with hurricane-season operations, the committee adopted an amendment moving the reconfirmation date to December 1, 2026, and then reported the bill favorably by substitute. Finally, HB 730, by Rep. Cruz, was presented to prohibit the use of ADS-B aircraft tracking data to assess taxes or fees on aircraft owners, with an amendment narrowing the bill to smaller aircraft; the discussion continued into questions about enforcement and exemptions for carrier airports.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- For example, the bill creates mandatory discounts for property mitigation measures that exceed the requirements
- The strike-all does not prevent counties and municipalities from promoting...
- The strike-all does not prevent counties and municipalities from promoting recognized federal and state
- Preventing cities from serving all of its citizens does not make us better.
- It's broad and vague enough that it can prevent local governments from sponsoring these events, including
Summary:
The committee first heard CS/HB 1263 on insurance regulation. The sponsor said the bill would strengthen the Office of Insurance Regulation’s tools to oversee property and auto insurance markets, including market conduct and solvency exams, mitigation discounts, storage of mitigation inspection forms, and clearer oversight of pharmacy benefit managers. An amendment narrowing fingerprinting requirements was adopted, and the bill passed favorably after supportive testimony from OIR and others.
Members then considered CS/HB 527, which would require a qualified human review before an insurance claim can be denied or reduced when artificial intelligence is used in the process. After an amendment removing the word “algorithm” was adopted, insurers and trade groups testified in opposition, arguing current law already covers claims handling and that the bill could create duplicative work and slow innovation. Supporters, including a consumer and labor representative, said human judgment is needed to protect claimants. The bill passed favorably.
The committee also approved CS/HB 637 on farm equipment “lemon law” rights, with an amendment clarifying consumer definitions, refund rights, repair-period extensions, and a July 1, 2026 effective date. CS/HB 107 on data centers also passed after an amendment narrowing the five-mile siting restriction to data centers over 50 megawatts and adding noise-study requirements; business groups supported a framework but opposed the NDA ban and siting limits, while several members raised competitiveness and local-impact concerns. Later, the committee passed CS/HB 1291 on NICA funding and solvency, CS/HB 185 on a sales tax exemption for home-hardening products, CS/HB 425 on historic African-American cemetery preservation, CS/CS/CS/HB 1177 on Space Florida and spaceport operations, CS/CS/CS/HB 657 on community associations and HOA/condo reforms, and CS/CS/HB 1221, the DFS package. The final major item discussed was CS/HB 1001 on local government DEI restrictions, which drew extensive questioning about definitions, exceptions, cultural and religious observances, advisory councils, and contracting rules; the transcript cuts off before the bill’s final disposition.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee Jan 22nd, 2026 at 09:30 am
A&B Health Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- The last couple of years, because of COVID, they didn't do all of the measures, and it's a lagging multiyear
- We’re working towards a statewide education campaign regarding youth prevention.
- But we've done a lot of grassroots work on obesity prevention you know, certified healthy schools is
- But we've done a lot of grassroots work on obesity prevention you know, certified healthy schools is
- This is another metric that is measured by Medicare and Medicaid.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Administration of Criminal Justice Apr 1st, 2026
Administration of Criminal Justice
Transcript Highlights:
- I think it's a wonderful safety measure, and I support it.
- Can you give a scenario where the term “to prevent a forcible offense” applies?
- them from...” ...some type of force to prevent them from being forceful?
- We want to prevent judge shopping in criminal cases and manipulation of the criminal justice.
- To prevent judge shopping in criminal cases and manipulation of the criminal justice system.
Summary:
The committee first handled housekeeping items, voluntarily deferring HB 63 and HB 622 at the authors’ requests. It then heard HB 131 on post-conviction relief, which would remove the word “inexcusably” from the PCR statute and delay bail eligibility after relief until the state’s appeals are exhausted through the Louisiana Supreme Court. The bill drew support from the Attorney General’s office and district attorneys, with opposition cards from the Southern Poverty Law Center, and it was reported favorably. HB 789, concerning seizure of off-road vehicles used unlawfully on roadways, was amended to direct forfeiture proceeds to the Attorney General when acting as district attorney ad hoc; it was then reported as amended with support from law enforcement and no opposition testimony.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
House of Representitives Mar 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Now, one of the clearest examples of prevention done right is Now, one of the clearest examples of prevention
- Now, prevention, accountability, and common sense shouldn't stop at our playing field.
- We prevent insurers from passing unjustified costs on citizens. We...
- Because here's the plain truth: Jacob Carter's murder was preventable.
- On scene, the weather prevented an initial hoist attempt.
Summary:
The House convened with a quorum, received and accepted multiple resignation notices from members representing Districts 37, 39, 60, 69, 97, and 100, and then recognized the election and qualification of the members-elect who filled those vacancies: Doyle Boudreau, Reese Broussard, Chasity Verrett-Martinez, and Edwin Murray. Each member-elect was sworn in, and the House also appointed committees to notify the Senate and the governor that it was ready to conduct business for the 2026 regular session.
The chamber then handled a large number of procedural actions related to prefiled legislation. By motion and without objection, the House suspended rules to refer prefile bills to committee and introduced a broad slate of House bills and resolutions. Topics included the state budget and appropriations, retirement system changes, carbon capture and sequestration, criminal justice and bail, public safety, education, health care, local government matters, transportation, and several memorial or commemorative resolutions. Several resolutions and bills were noted as lying over, and some prefiled bills were withdrawn from the files.
The House also received a Senate message that SCR 1 had been adopted, and the resolution was taken up without objection. The chamber then recessed for a joint session with the Senate to hear the governor’s address and a presentation honoring Technical Sergeant Adam W. Brister with the Distinguished Flying Cross. In his remarks, Governor Jeff Landry highlighted his administration’s priorities, including education, tax reform, workforce development, health and nutrition, insurance reform, transportation infrastructure, fiscal discipline, and criminal justice reform, while urging support for his agenda and several related bills and constitutional amendments.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Ways & Means Jan 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The impact is both measurable and human.
- The successful program is critical to preventing homelessness.
- Taking these dollars away will result in more pollution and more preventable illnesses.
- Taking these dollars away will result in more pollution and more preventable illnesses.
- This is a preventative, cost-effective program that is working.
Summary:
The Senate Ways and Means Committee heard an overview from OFM Director Katie Chapman See on Governor Ferguson’s 2026 supplemental budget proposal. She said the budget was built in response to higher caseloads and inflation, a roughly $390 million revenue forecast drop, new federal costs tied to H.R. 1, and a relatively small ending fund balance. The proposal would increase near general fund spending by about $1.1 billion and solve an estimated $2.3 billion two-year gap through about $800 million in reductions, revenue shifts and tax preference changes, use of other funds, and about $1 billion from the budget stabilization account. She also noted the budget is balanced over two years but not fully over four years under the state’s outlook rules.
Chapman See highlighted reductions in Working Connections Child Care, including a soft cap on enrollment and holding subsidy rates at the 75th percentile, delays to long-term care and developmental disability-related changes, and across-the-board reductions to higher education and administrative spending. She also described investments in wildfire suppression and preparedness, affordability programs like utility rebates and home energy assistance, housing-related planning and permitting support, One Washington IT replacement, behavioral health workforce programs, and continued support for some K-12 initiatives such as ninth grade success and homeless student stability. In response to questions, she said some proposed cuts were based on the governor’s subjective judgment about what was critically necessary, that current child care enrollees would not be cut off immediately, and that the budget would maintain services for about 500 highest-acuity Medicaid clients who lost eligibility under federal changes.
Public testimony was largely critical of the proposed cuts in K-12, early learning, and higher education. School officials, educators, nurses, and advocacy groups opposed reductions to Transition to Kindergarten, Local Effort Assistance, Running Start, MSOC, school leadership and support grants, and higher education funding, arguing the cuts would worsen existing funding gaps and harm student outcomes. Several witnesses supported restoring or maintaining funding for ninth grade success, Treehouse’s foster youth graduation program, homeless student stability, and Science on Wheels. In early learning, child care providers and advocates opposed the Working Connections cap and subsidy-rate reduction, warning it would reduce access and destabilize providers. In higher education, campus leaders and labor representatives opposed across-the-board cuts and fund shifts, while some institutions and advocates supported targeted investments such as behavioral health workforce programs and DigiPen aid restoration. In human services, Planned Parenthood advocates praised restored abortion access funding and Medicaid reimbursements. The committee took no votes or final action in the transcript provided.