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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 02/11/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- 19.880><c> we</c> underlying uh premise of the program we underlying uh premise of the program we all
- as just the Challenge Program.
- </c> from our teachers and nurses from our teachers and nurses firefighters<00:57:57.160><c> and</c><
- This program also offers voluntary case management and a children's program for the residents.
- This program also offers voluntary case management and a children's program for the residents.
Committee:
Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal without Calendar) Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- reading of a bill: An act to increase the income limit for the town of Ipswich senior tax referral program
- me, third reading of a bill: An act protecting individuals with disabilities in day habilitation programs
- Currently, the law does not apply to MassHealth day habilitation and supervision for PCA programs.
- These programs, funded by MassHealth, offer therapeutic, clinical, and nursing support within a group
- employment in taxpayer-funded MassHealth Day Habilitation Program.
Summary:
The Senate took up a series of resolutions and bills, beginning with unanimous adoption of resolutions congratulating two Eagle Scouts. It then advanced several local and special acts, including measures on Machado-Joseph disease awareness day, the Ipswich senior tax referral program, Swampscott conservation commission appointments, protections for individuals with disabilities in MassHealth day habilitation programs, continued employment in Brookfield, Marblehead parking fines, Natick’s home rule charter, and Boston affordable housing/branch library space. The chamber also suspended Joint Rule 12 to refer several House petitions to committees.
The Senate enacted House bills authorizing additional wine and malt beverage licenses in Lexington and a means-tested senior property tax exemption in Melrose. It also passed Senate Bill 2603 on affordable car rentals after adopting an amendment; supporters said the bill would reduce rental costs by changing Massachusetts’ rental car insurance rules to align with most other states. Senate Bill 1057 on fentanyl test strips was also passed to be engrossed after Senator Creem argued the bill would expand access to a low-cost overdose prevention tool and save lives. Senator Moore then spoke in support of expanding Nikki’s Law to cover MassHealth day habilitation programs, describing the bill as a needed protection for people with autism and intellectual and developmental disabilities.
A major portion of the meeting focused on House 4530, a FY2025 supplemental appropriations bill providing $234 million for hospitals and community health centers. Senators discussed the Health Safety Net shortfall, rising health care costs, underinsurance, and federal reimbursement; Ways and Means explained that about $93 million was expected back in federal financial participation, making the net state cost about $140 million. The Senate also took up House 4531 on the 2026 state primary election date, rejecting an amendment before passing the bill to engrossment. The chamber later adopted emergency preambles for House 4530 and House 4531, and all three final bills—Machado-Joseph Disease Awareness Day, the supplemental budget, and the primary election date bill—were enacted and sent to the Governor. The Senate adjourned in memory of Ricardo Barbosa after a memorial statement by Senator Miranda.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- , allowing state special schools to offer work-based learning programs, and removing academic program
- Work-based learning programs, removing academic program references to work-based learning activities,
- The program to offer work-based learning activities.
- Districts want to expand youth apprenticeship programs.
- , not just within the narrow work experience education program.
Committee:
House Education
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- So what House Bill 788 does is we intended to set it up as essentially a pilot program.
- The sunset language would essentially end this pilot program on July 1, 2030.
- Burnbaum's words, are a might, might, might, that it might make the program cost more, that it might
- This bill is crafted in a pilot program narrow fashion for that very reason so that it cannot become
- a runaway program.
Committee:
Senate Health and Welfare
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> interface with the respective programs. interface with the respective programs.
- What programs is it um coming? What programs is it um supporting?
- and MinnesotaCare program.
- and MinnesotaCare program.
- </c> programming is impacted there. programming is impacted there.
Committee:
House Ways and Means
MN
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- and competitive academic programs.
- athletic programs while we're asking the parents to please pay more, please pay more. ...programs while
- This program did literally 1,000 assignments, which This program did literally 1,000 assignments, which
- That would trigger an optimization program or an optimization policy.
- That would trigger an optimization program or an optimization policy.
Committee:
Senate Education
Summary:
The Senate Education Committee met to hear several education-related measures. It reported favorably, without objection, on House Bill 1215, which would transfer certain removed historical statues and monuments to the Office of State Parks, prohibit re-erection in the parish where they were removed, and require interpretive signage. The committee also advanced House Bill 682, which creates a school guardian program for honorably discharged veterans employed or contracted by local school systems or charter schools; testimony emphasized that guardians would be unarmed, trained, and used for mentoring and school safety. House Bill 1079, giving enrollment preferences in charter schools to children in early childhood programs, military families, foster children, and children in custody disputes, was also reported favorably, as was House Concurrent Resolution 81, directing the Department of Education to study options for districts facing declining enrollment.
The committee then took up House Bill 1084, which would allow public postsecondary institutions to raise tuition and mandatory fees by up to 15 percent annually, with higher increases requiring Board of Supervisors approval. The bill drew extended debate over affordability, TOPS, student retention, and whether universities should have more autonomy to set prices. Members raised concerns about fee burdens on families and whether the state should first study the issue; supporters argued the bill would increase transparency and let institutions respond to funding needs and market conditions. Senator Mazzell offered an amendment lowering the cap from 15 percent to 10 percent, and the committee adopted the amendment before reporting the bill favorably as amended.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 342, which would shift the burden of proof in special education due process hearings from parents to local education agencies. The author and parents testified that the current system places an unfair burden on families of children with disabilities, who often lack access to records and legal resources, and that schools already control the documentation and should have to show compliance with IEP obligations. Jefferson Parish school officials opposed the bill, arguing it would increase legal costs, require more staff and attorney time, and potentially lead to more hearings; they also questioned the fiscal note. The Legislative Fiscal Office said the fiscal impact was indeterminable, and the committee continued hearing testimony from parents and school representatives as the transcript ended.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- and competitive academic programs.
- At one point in time, we had the TOPS program that would cover 100% of your tuition.
- Individualized education program or plan.
- This program did literally 1,000 assignments, which this program did.
- That would trigger an optimization program or an optimization policy.
Committee:
Senate Education
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We did not have a virtual learning program prior. We built that in four days.
- We did not have a virtual<00:09:55.040><c> learning</c><00:09:55.360><c> program</c><00:09:55.760><c>
- </c><00:09:56.399><c> We</c><00:09:56.560><c> built</c> virtual learning program prior.
- We built virtual learning program prior.
- This is my fifth year as a school social worker and 12th year working in children and youth programming
Committee:
House Education Policy
Keywords:
school access, school site, school district, charter school, federal agents, DHS, Department of Homeland Security, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, CBP, Customs and Border Protection, USCIS, immigration enforcement, judicial warrant, student privacy, school safety, sanctuary schools, warrant requirement, federal warrant, school grounds
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><03:26:52.800><c> that</c> criminal actions for AI programs that criminal actions for AI programs
- </c><03:41:59.200><c> that</c> against providers of AI programs that against providers of AI programs
- ><c> program.
- </c> from the fact that the voucher program from the fact that the voucher program is<05:17:49.040><c
- ,</c><05:18:07.120><c> never</c> any expansion of this program, never any expansion of this program,
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 11th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- In subsequent years, we took on liability programs, also a law enforcement program, and today 28 of the
- programs.
- Plenty of other programs out there that are beneficial to everybody, other educational programs, of not
- So, Madam Chair and Senator, the program already exists.
- So, Madam Chair, the program already exists within CYFD.
Summary:
The committee first heard Senate Bill 246, which would require licensure and inspections for massage therapy establishments. The sponsor and Regulation and Licensing Department said the bill is intended to close a gap in oversight, improve sanitation and public safety, and help address human trafficking and prostitution concerns. Supporters from the massage therapy profession and industry groups said establishment licensing would create accountability and protect legitimate practitioners, while AMTA took a neutral position but supported the rulemaking process. Several senators raised concerns about privacy, home-based businesses, and whether mobile or traveling therapists would be affected; the department said the bill would apply to establishments, not individual therapists, and that home inspections would be governed by rules. The committee voted 8-0 to give SB 246 a do pass recommendation.
The committee then took up Senate Bill 300, an appropriation for CYFD computer hardware and software to improve compatibility with the national child welfare management system. The sponsor said the goal was to reduce delays and improve data sharing, especially in child welfare and ICWA-related cases. Members asked about the current system and how the funding would help, and the sponsor said the bill was aimed at better interoperability. The committee voted 8-0 to send SB 300 forward with a do pass recommendation.
Finally, the committee considered Senate Bill 146, which would amend the New Mexico Civil Rights Act. The bill and committee substitute would align the legal standard more closely with federal deliberate indifference language, reduce damages caps, shorten the statute of limitations, require 90 days’ notice, and bar double recovery under both the Civil Rights Act and Tort Claims Act. Supporters, including county and city representatives, law enforcement, AFSCME, and risk management officials, argued the changes were needed to control rapidly rising claims costs and protect public budgets. Opponents from the ACLU, civil rights, poverty, immigrant, and LGBTQ advocacy groups said the bill would weaken accountability, reintroduce qualified immunity-like protections, and make it harder for people harmed by government actors to seek justice. After a failed motion to table and a 5-5 vote on the committee substitute, the bill remained in committee and did not advance.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- So we are blocked out of a lot of the programming that may be Arkansas-specific.
- We get blocked out of some of the national programs that maybe Louisiana doesn't carry.
- This bill will help bolster the programming.
- How well are these programs doing?
- How much support do these programs have from the people of Arkansas?
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of guests in the galleries, including state officers, medical personnel, student groups, and former first ladies. Members adopted consent-calendar resolutions, and House Resolution 1052 concerning Arkansas Girl State was withdrawn after Rep. DeAnn Vaught explained that 150 girls had missed a registration deadline and that the House would instead host an alternative Girls State experience this summer.
The chamber then took up several fiscal-session appropriation bills. Senate Bills 3, 4, 7, 15, 21, and 31, covering appropriations for Shared Services, Health licensing and regulation, Commerce/Insurance, Parks and Tourism, Human Services adult-aging-behavioral health, and administrative courts, all passed with large bipartisan margins. Senate Bill 75, an economic development appropriation for West Memphis, also passed after brief discussion. Senate Bill 77, an unfunded appropriation related to Arkansas Television Network/PBS matching funds, drew extended debate over whether it should support PBS programming, infrastructure, or private-donation matching; it failed on the first vote, was brought back for reconsideration because some members had not voted, and then failed again 73-24.
After the fiscal work concluded, Rep. Meeks moved to adjourn sine die, ending the House’s fiscal session. The House then convened as a caucus to elect the Speaker-designate for the 96th General Assembly. The body suspended the formal election process and unanimously elected Speaker Brian S. Evans as Speaker-designate. Evans thanked members, reflected on the prior session, and pledged continued leadership and accountability before the House adjourned.
NY
Transcript Highlights:
- employers in the state who will try to look for loopholes or work-arounds, and as a result, we have nurses
- So we have a situation where nurses are put in a position where they are strained mentally, emotionally
Committee:
Senate Labor
Summary:
The Senate Standing Committee on Labor met for its second meeting of the 2026 session, with Chair Senator Ramos welcoming members and inviting Mario Celento, president of the New York State AFL-CIO, to speak. Celento thanked the committee for its past labor-related work and outlined the AFL-CIO’s priorities for the session, including fixing Tier 6 public pensions, responsible regulation of artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles, child care, staffing ratios in health care, housing-related labor standards, prevailing wage and project labor agreements, and protecting workers from federal actions affecting unions, organizing, OSHA, and collective bargaining.
The committee then took up six bills. It reported Senate Bill 372A, relating to labor law and establishing certain notices, by a vote with one nay and an abstention. Senate Bill 681, concerning fingerprinting or mandatory iris and retina scanning of applicants, was reported with one nay. Senate Bill 1514, relating to support orders for a police classification, was reported unanimously. Senate Bill 4424A, the anti-labor of women rights bill, was reported with abstentions. Senate Bill 4479, requiring the Workers’ Compensation Board and Department of Labor to publish a list of DRMDs as open data, was reported unanimously. Senate Bill 7776A, relating to an act for a thinkless servant form act, was also reported with abstentions. All six bills were moved to the calendar, and the meeting adjourned.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- She has, all of her kiddos have graduated out of the house, and she is in nursing.
- She studies nursing and she's on break.
Summary:
The Senate convened with all 35 members present, heard a prayer emphasizing friendship and trust among legislators, and recited the Pledge of Allegiance. The journal was read and approved as corrected. The chamber then received multiple gubernatorial appointment messages, including appointments and reappointments to the Commission of Pardons and Parole, Idaho Judicial Council, Personnel Commission, Endowment Fund Investment Board, Outfitters and Guides Licensing Board, Health Insurance Exchange Board, Fish and Game Commission, Commission on Human Rights, and State Board of Education; these were referred to the appropriate committees for confirmation.
During miscellaneous business, Senator Bert introduced Jerry’s daughter Tanya, who was visiting from Chico, California, and the Senate welcomed her. Announcements were made about a Minority Caucus meeting after adjournment, required respectful workplace and ethics training at 1:30 p.m. in the Lincoln Auditorium, and a Capitol Ministries kickoff breakfast and Bible study the next morning. No substantive legislation was debated in this portion of the session.
The Senate then adopted a motion to adjourn until 11 a.m. on Wednesday, January 14, 2026.
ID
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Finance (Part II) Jan 28th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Every inmate there is there for a specific program. There's a program for vocational programs.
- There's other vocational programs that Windham is doing and educational programs.
- We have had great success with this program. This program is a grant-funded program.
- This program is a grant-funded program at this point, and we would like to move that program into a permanently
- funded program.
Summary:
The Senate Finance Committee heard the Legislative Budget Board’s overview of the Texas Department of Public Safety’s 2026-27 budget, followed by extensive testimony from DPS leadership. The LBB presentation covered funding and staffing changes across driver license services, facilities, troopers and recruit schools, crime labs, vehicle and aircraft operations, and border security. The recommendations included added support for customer service staffing and trooper hiring, but did not include several DPS exceptional items such as major driver license staffing and technology requests, new regional headquarters in El Paso and San Antonio, and other capital projects. Members also discussed proposed rider changes, including a new rider to lapse unused trooper funding and require reporting after recruit schools.
Much of the committee’s questioning focused on driver license operations, where senators criticized long call wait times, low call-answer rates, appointment delays, and what they viewed as an overreliance on adding staff rather than improving processes. DPS and LBB witnesses said the agency is pursuing some technology upgrades, including automation, online pre-population of applications, and appointment-system improvements, but acknowledged that the driver license division remains a major problem area. Senators also raised concerns about whether the 2019 efficiency study led to meaningful changes and whether the agency should consider broader process redesign or even a different administrative structure.
Colonel Freeman and other DPS officials then defended the agency’s broader law enforcement and border-security work, emphasizing the need for the Williamson County training academy, the 500 additional troopers funded in prior sessions, and continued support for Operation Lone Star. They described DPS’s role in border interdiction, threat-to-life investigations, oilfield theft cases, Capitol and Alamo security, and highway safety, and said the agency is stretched thin by deployments and overtime. Members asked about border reimbursement possibilities, regional staffing differences, pursuit safety, fleet and aircraft replacement needs, and the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame museum. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Jan 27th, 2026 at 01:42 pm
Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- Have we given it much thought and maybe given them a tax break when they're entering the program?
- We have thousands of hardworking people, teachers, nurses, construction workers, who are spending well
- We have thousands of hardworking people—teachers, nurses, construction workers—who are spending well
- So we... ...love this program. We would love to see it extended to 14 years.
- We have a very active program.
Committee:
Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Keywords:
quantum technology, tax credit, infrastructure, economic development, New Mexico, corporate tax, research and development, innovation, foster care, income tax, guardianship, youth services, financial relief, affordable housing, gross receipts tax, tax deduction, construction materials, multifamily housing, low income, tax credits
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Rivas, head of our vet programs.
- </c> a very also uh popular uh uh program a very also uh popular uh uh program where<00:58:11.160><c>
- uh DNR is not part of these program uh DNR is not part of these programs<01:01:10.079><c> and</c><01
- </c><01:03:28.520><c> was</c> establishment of those programs was establishment of those programs was
- A match is required for that program.
Committee:
House Capital Investment
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- I represent, and I am the board counsel for ICRMP, the Idaho Counties Risk Management Program.
- It doesn't weaken any of those youth access programs at all, and we think it's a smart update to allow
- It doesn't weaken any of those youth access programs at all, and we think it's a smart update to allow
- And it's protecting nurses and doctors and their right of conscience from being fired for their personal
- population in Idaho, and we need to encourage doctors from diverse backgrounds to enter residency programs
Committee:
House Business
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Mari Lopez with the California Nurses Association in opposition. Good morning, Chair, members.
- They simply don't participate in the VCA program because they don't have the resources to achieve all
- So the bill makes it easier. for bad actors to take advantage of vulnerable citizens in nursing homes
- Thank you for allowing me to present AB 1116 in response to your concern with the automated programming
- entry into the United States and provided Social Security numbers under the Enumeration at Entry program
Committee:
House Elections