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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- In January, the Joint Committee to study the effects of media on minors heard witness after witness regarding
- genetically engineered weapons designed to attack people based on their specific ethnic or racial background
- Tort reform started in Texas in 1986 with a joint committee of the House and Senate studying the liability
Keywords:
gambling, criminal offenses, penalties, defense, electronic devices, tobacco advertising, youth protection, public health, criminal offense, retailer regulation, e-cigarettes, nicotine products, health, public safety, regulation, advertising restrictions, health and safety, elections, election audit, county elections
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 8, February 18, 2026-AM 2
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We want to authorize a study.
- We want to authorize a study.
- As part of that reorganization, the school eliminated majors in gender studies and African-American studies
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and majors in gender studies and majors in gender studies and African-American - <01:13:20.000>
30 African-American studies and close to 30 African-American studies and close
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (10-23-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- background information on the<00:08:44.399>
development <00:08:44.880>of <00:08:45.120> - on the issue around the country. >> Okay. >> And then, um, number two, on the differences in the background
- on the issue around the country. >> Okay. >> And then, um, number two, on the differences in the background
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Summary:
The committee met on October 23, 2025, approved the September 25 minutes, and heard several informational presentations on occupational licensing and workforce access. The first major topic was the dietitian licensure compact, presented by Rep. Vanessa Gracel, Whitney Duddy, and Caitlyn Bison. They said the compact would be revenue-neutral, improve licensure portability, support military families, expand telehealth and rural access, and preserve state regulatory authority. Testimony noted that 15 states had joined the compact, including Ohio and Tennessee, and that Kentucky would have a seat on the compact commission if it enacted the measure. Members asked about bordering states and possible telehealth competition concerns; witnesses said they had not seen evidence of harmful effects in other compacts and described the compact as expanding access rather than displacing local providers.
The committee then heard testimony on music therapy licensure, with Chris Millet, Laura Elliot Buckner, and Dr. Kimberly Cinemore speaking in support of Senate Bill 42. They described music therapy as a clinical, board-certified profession requiring formal education, supervised training, and national certification, and argued that state licensure would protect the public, clarify scope of practice, and help retain Kentucky-trained professionals. Witnesses said the bill would not require new state funding, could be administered through a self-sustaining licensing structure, and would not prevent others from using music in their work. In response to questions, they said licensure could help open doors to insurance, waiver, and HSA reimbursement, but would not guarantee coverage.
Finally, the committee heard testimony on expanding physician access through a provisional licensure pathway for internationally trained physicians. Adam Meyer of the Cicero Institute said Kentucky faces a severe physician shortage, especially in rural areas, and argued that qualified international physicians should not have to repeat residency if they meet strict criteria, including an employment offer, prior training and experience, good standing, U.S. exam passage, and a three-year provisional period before full licensure. Rapender Carr of Baptist Health supported the concept, saying it could help fill hard-to-recruit positions across the state and improve access in rural markets. No votes were taken on these policy topics during the meeting.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-03 (12:30PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Requires paid petition circulators to submit a background check and undergo petition circulator training
- This amendment, members, clarifies that the criminal background check that a petition circulator, I mean
- , can you walk me through the compelling state interest to have people who are circulators do a background
- And again, this amendment just clarifies who pays for the background check.
- Representative Persons-Mulicka, do you know, on average, how much a background check costs?
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for Walton County Deputy Will May, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present. The Rules and Ethics Committee’s special order report for April 3, 2025 was adopted, and CS/HB 947 was recommitted to the Judiciary Committee. The chamber then moved through a series of bills, mostly reviser and technical measures, with several companion Senate bills substituted and passed: SB 36 (Florida statutes adoption act), SB 42 (general reviser’s bill), SB 40 (deleting inoperative statutory provisions), and SB 38 (renaming references from the Division of Investigative and Forensic Services to the Division of Criminal Investigations). All of those passed unanimously or near-unanimously.
The House also passed HB 513 on electronic transmittal of court orders, requiring clerks to electronically send certain petitions, notices, summonses, and orders within six hours, including Baker Act, Marchman Act, and risk protection order documents. Members discussed whether judges needed to direct transmission and whether there were fail-safes if clerks did not comply. HB 615, on electronic delivery of notices between landlords and tenants, was amended to strengthen tenant protections and passed 108-0. HB 655 establishing a regulatory framework for pet insurance, HB 299 on elevator accessibility requirements, and HB 1145 on workforce education also passed, with HB 1145 receiving 100 yeas and 4 nays. HB 649, removing the paper supervised protocol for certified registered nurse anesthetists, passed 77-30 after structured debate.
A major portion of the meeting focused on CS/HB 1205, which would significantly revise Florida’s citizen initiative process. The bill adds a $1 million bond requirement after 25% of required signatures are collected, requires petition handlers to be Florida residents and U.S. citizens, imposes background checks and training for paid circulators, shortens petition turn-in deadlines to 10 days, increases penalties, adds signature revocation notices, and creates additional criminal penalties and enforcement provisions. Supporters argued the changes were needed to address fraud and protect petition integrity; opponents said the bill would burden First Amendment activity and make citizen-led amendments much harder to qualify. Numerous amendments were offered, including proposals to remove sensitive personal information from petition forms, soften deadlines and penalties, change validation thresholds, and alter the estimating conference process; most failed, though one amendment clarifying who pays for background checks was adopted. The transcript ends during continued debate on an amendment to strike most of the bill and prohibit public funds from being used to advocate for or against constitutional amendments.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Administrative Rules Jan 20th, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
Transcript Highlights:
- A little bit of background information: applicants submit these letters of intent shortly before they
- I wanted to give that background information because the LOI process, a letter of intent process, because
- And I think it’s helpful to give a bit of feedback as to what, or I guess background, I should say, as
- “And so I think that that background information is really important to understand where the committee
- I wanted to provide that background information because I do think it's really important to understand
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Environment and Natural Resources Oct 7th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- specific biologist or scientist on the FWC Commission because he does not know all the commissioners' backgrounds
- specific biologist or scientist on the FWC Commission, because he does not know all the commissioners' backgrounds
- In terms of the backgrounds of the FWC commissioners currently, there are five developers, including
- again, we are terribly underrepresented in terms of biology or conservation or any kind of actual background
- And as we have heard, maybe another person coming with a development background isn't what we need at
Summary:
The Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee first took up the appointment of Joshua Kellum to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Kellum described his background in diversified land, agricultural, materials, and real estate operations and said he views himself as a conservationist. Senators questioned him closely about his development background, the balance of perspectives on the commission, his vote supporting the black bear hunt, and the use of Fish and Wildlife Foundation funds for the “Yes on 2” campaign. Supporters argued he is primarily a land steward and conservation-minded landowner, while opponents said the commission is already dominated by developers and lacks scientific or conservation expertise. After debate, the committee voted to recommend Kellum’s confirmation, with Senator Smith voting no and the rest of the voting members in favor.
The committee then received a presentation from FWC on implementation of recently enacted boating and vessel laws. Bill Holcomb outlined changes under SB 1388 (the Boater Freedom Act), including limits on vessel stops and boarding, a new Florida Freedom Boater Safety Inspection decal, and revised rules for Springs Protection Zones. He also reviewed SB 164 on derelict and at-risk vessels, including new enforcement tools, a long-term anchoring permit, and updated penalties; HB 289, Lucy’s Law, which strengthens boating safety penalties and education requirements; SB 830 on the disposition of migrant vessels; and HB 735 on water access facilities and boating infrastructure. Holcomb said FWC is in rulemaking, training officers, and updating forms and permitting systems to implement the laws.
Members asked follow-up questions about derelict vessel cost recovery and whether penalties go back to the state, and about the Springs Protection Zone standard. Holcomb said the state can recover removal costs from responsible owners and that the new springs standard requires “significant harm” and that vessel activity be the predominant cause, with subject matter experts and partner agencies helping make those determinations. He said Silver Glen Springs remains a proposed zone but was paused pending the new criteria and rulemaking. The committee took no further action on the presentation and adjourned after completing the agenda.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/24/26
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- But just to give you a little background, White Earth was the first tribe to start producing cannabis
- But one additional factor: in 2029, why don't we have OCM do a market study first and see what is the
- don't we have OCM do a market study don't we have OCM do a market study first<00:52:07.400>
and - if OCM would do a study if OCM would do a study and<00:52:19.240>
figure <00:52:19.720> - this issue further opportunity for study this issue further opportunity for study before<01:53:53.240
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- it and see where we're to interum study it and see where we're at. at. at.
- interim studies say I. I. interim studies say I. I.
- Chair, I'll move interim study on Senate Bill 419."
- Seeing no discussion, all those in favor of interim study say aye. "Aye."
- Chair, I'll move interim study on Senate Bill 419."
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- And you're study on Senate Bill 637.
- conversation, you know, um when we study conversation, you know, um when we study the<02:34:16.080
- <02:34:31.680>
helping I don't think we need to study helping I don't think we need to study - So I'm against the interim<02:34:48.800>
studies. interim studies. interim studies. - study. >> All those in favor of interim study say I. >> I. >> All those opposed say nay. >> Nay. >>
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice Nov 6th, 2025
Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- I have worked with juvenile sentencing quite a bit as well, so I do have that background.
- So I just want to give some background here in terms of what parole is and how parole works in New Mexico
- We've been asked to come present just background information on two topics for you today, knowing that
- The historical background of venue...
- Of historical background, so there's fairness and impartiality.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Providers have been navigating enrollment issues, MPSC, which is the portal system that they use, background
- studies, site visits, appeals, billing suspension, and now there's a transition to LoginMN, which is
- Providers have been navigating enrollment issues, MPSC, which is the portal system that they use, background
- studies, site visits, appeals, billing suspension, and now there's a transition to LoginMN, which is
- Number two, I require formal stakeholder engagement through focus groups or feasibility studies on ongoing
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you, Justice Young, and since my background is in, as a math teacher, not as a lawyer, I appreciate
- Thank you, Justice Young, and since my background is in, as a math teacher, not as a lawyer, I appreciate
- more used to asking questions these days than to answering them, but it is good that I have some background
- These days to answer into answering them, but it is good that I have some background in my distant memory
Bills:
SB16, SB76, SB310, SB311, SB396, SB505, SB827, SB964, SB1209, SB1210, SB1386, SB1470, SB2035, SJR37
Keywords:
voter registration, proof of citizenship, Election Code, criminal offenses, limited federal ballot, transportation, infrastructure, funding, public safety, state regulation, election, polling places, voter access, state oversight, electronic voting, voting, polling place, elections, countywide program, election integrity
Summary:
The Senate Committee on State Affairs met and heard several bills related to legislative process and court jurisdiction. Senate Bill 1386, by Senator Huffman, would change compelled legislative testimony from blanket transactional immunity to testimonial immunity, allowing compelled statements or documents to be used against a witness in criminal prosecution only if not derived from the compelled testimony, while preserving protection against perjury and false statements and retaining the right to counsel. No public witnesses testified, and the bill was left pending.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 1470, by Chairman Hughes, which would require DPS to share existing data on cross-state driver’s license cancellations with the Secretary of State for voter-roll maintenance. Hughes said the bill does not create new data collection and is intended to improve list maintenance. A DPS resource witness was present, there was no substantive opposition, and the bill was left pending.
Senate Bill 1210, also by Hughes, would address conflicts between the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals on constitutional questions by making the Supreme Court the final arbiter in limited circumstances. Chris Hilton supported the bill, but Allen Place, Jack Rohde, and Philip Furlow opposed it, arguing it was unconstitutional, unnecessary, and could create practical problems in criminal post-conviction litigation. The bill was left pending after testimony. The committee also heard Senate Bill 311, which would conform the Government Code to the Texas Constitution by clarifying the Supreme Court’s original writ authority against lower courts and officials other than the governor. Justice Evan Young and Chris Hilton supported the bill as a clarification of existing authority, while no one testified against it; the bill was left pending. The committee then recessed to allow the chamber to rearrange for the Senate session.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- In the largest study of unsheltered homeless done in the nation by the Benioff Institute at UCSF, 37%
- And that's from a study of unsheltered homeless populations.
- And I've been studying this issue for just short of 20 years now.
- An independent study commissioned by Dr.
- And then, you know, my specialty or my background is special needs students.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So what goes behind that might be more of a psychological study, but I will just say by the numbers,
- , but I will just say psychological study, but I will just say by<00:18:47.679>
the <00:18:47.840 - Permanent supportive housing is one of the most rigorously studied interventions in homeless policy.
- Permanent supportive housing is one of the most rigorously studied interventions in homeless policy.
- the most rigorously studied the most rigorously studied interventions<00:31:14.559>
in <00
Keywords:
supportive housing, grants, housing assistance, funding, Minnesota Statutes, eviction, rent, nonpayment of rent, landlord-tenant, residential tenant, notice to quit, unlawful detainer, housing, lease violation, late fees, rental assistance, legal aid, tenant rights, Minnesota Statutes 504B.321, pre-eviction notice
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- So the bill went to interim study.
- Um, if there was a study committee, I would oppose a study committee.
- Well, what does the study be effective. Well, what does the study show?
- impact studies.
- there's going to be a study committee. there's going to be a study committee.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children (9-24-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- >> So, we do background checks. Um, and we also do a trauma-informed training.
- Um, so we make sure that, you know, we've done all the background checks.
- Um, so we make sure that, you know, we've done all the background checks.
- Um, so we make sure that, you know, we've done all the background checks.
- Um, so we make sure that, you know, we've done all the background checks.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Families and Children met with a quorum, approved the August minutes, and received an update that the number of children in out-of-home care with active placements was 8,647 as of September 7, 2025. The first presentation was from Isaiah 117 House, a nonprofit that provides a home-like setting for children on removal day so they do not have to wait in a state office. Speakers described the mission as reducing trauma for children, lightening the burden on case workers, and easing transitions to foster or kinship placements. They said the Kentucky home in Logan County opened on August 15 and had already served 10 children in its first six days.
Committee members asked about logistics, including whether children placed with kinship caregivers would still come to the house, how long children can stay, who remains responsible for them, and how volunteers are screened. The presenters said children are brought to the house regardless of whether they are headed to kinship or foster placement, that 72 hours is not a hard cutoff, and that a case worker remains in charge at all times while volunteers provide support. They also said volunteers undergo background checks, trauma-informed training, confidentiality instruction, and annual continuing education. In response to questions about funding and expansion, they said Isaiah 117 House is community-funded without state or federal money, and that new homes are opened only when fully funded, with construction costs typically ranging from $80,000 to $150,000 and first-year budgets around $180,000.
The committee then heard a presentation from Remy Eastep Homes on its Family Centered Integrated Healthcare and related services. Leaders described the organization’s history from its origins as separate orphanages in Boyd County to residential treatment, treatment foster care, prevention services, and outpatient behavioral health. They said the organization shifted about 15 years ago toward engaging families more directly because family involvement improves outcomes and helps keep children safely at home when possible. The presentation continued into program details, but no votes or formal actions were taken on either presentation.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/18/26 - Afternoon Meeting
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- There is an amendment also, which we can maybe ... it makes sense to have the background on the bill
- on this um hopefully pretty background on this um hopefully pretty briefly.<01:02:02.079>
There - And just a little background here.
- And just a little background<01:17:33.920>
here. - So, I have two background here.
Keywords:
libraries, electronic books, digital audiobooks, licensing agreements, public access, campaign finance, elections, political contributions, disclosure, reporting thresholds, economic interest statements, financial disclosure, ethics, public officials, local officials, metropolitan governmental unit, metropolitan area, candidate filings, principal campaign committee, political committee
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Minnesota House passes the education finance bill, HF2433 5/16/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
WAM-EDU Informational Briefing 01-14-2025 (Continued)
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We're getting a lot more applicants, and I think the vetting through those applicants, the background
- through those applicants the background through those applicants the background checks<00:05:16.440
- checks and such to get people background checks and such to get people into<00:39:54.200>
the - Dean AA has also background in construction. But that's going back to the training.
- in um in uh construction and background in um in uh construction and and<00:58:21.880>
so <00:
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Transparent Artificial Intelligence Governance Alliance 12/11/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So my question is, uh, with that background, when you had requested a member from each of the agencies
- > of taking out Minute uh just by means of >> of taking out Minute uh just by means of background
- for those who aren't aware background for those who aren't aware minute<00:24:57.440>
uh <00:24 - So my question is uh with that<00:25:22.400>
background <00:25:23.440>when <00:25:23.760 - when you had requested a that background when you had requested a a<00:25:25.120>
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