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MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Special Committee on Tourism Mar 11th, 2026

Special Committee on Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our Department of Revenue has 45 NAICS codes that they identify as being tourism-related, so that $18
  • Insurance companies, for example, an insurance policy is an insurance policy.
  • years are kind of round out that top 20 or kind of at the bottom end of that.
  • It's the 150th anniversary of the publication of Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
  • I'm sure you're doing every tightening you can, as is the entire Department of Economic Development,
Committee: House Special Committee on Tourism
Keywords: 959, house, all
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MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Special Committee on Tourism Mar 4th, 2026

Special Committee on Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • But one of the things I want to highlight is that we can also assist the Missouri Department of Economic
  • of 59 teams. ...the national level at the University of Alabama last week, finishing third out of 59
  • Department of Energy, the National Institute of Agriculture, I'm a researcher for the U.S.
  • Department of Energy, the National Institute of Agricultural Research in France, and Duke University.
  • Department of Energy, the National Institute of Agricultural Research in France, and Duke University.
Committee: House Special Committee on Tourism
Summary: The Special Committee on Tourism met with 11 members present, established a quorum, and first went into executive session, where House Bill 2796 was voted do pass unanimously, 13-0. The committee then moved to public hearings. House Bill 2307, sponsored by Rep. Hayden, would designate the Missouri Military Academy in Mexico as the official military academy of the state. The sponsor and supporters said the academy is active, nationally recognized, and important to tourism, recruitment, and the local economy. The academy president testified that it brings an estimated $20 million to $22 million in economic impact and employs 122 people, and other supporters, including alumni and staff, described its educational value and statewide visibility. Members asked about the closure of other military academies and whether the bill would bring tourism and help recruitment. House Bill 3264, sponsored by Rep. Johnson, would make Kansas City the barbecue capital of Missouri. The sponsor highlighted Kansas City’s barbecue history, meatpacking roots, signature styles, and major restaurants and events. Members joked about Kansas City versus St. Louis barbecue and discussed possible promotion, but no opposition was offered. House Bill 3074, sponsored by Rep. Fountain Henderson, would designate April 30 as William Lacy Clay Sr. Day. The sponsor and NAACP testimony emphasized Clay’s civil rights leadership, long congressional service, and legacy of public service and education, with support also noting plans for community and school observances. House Bill 1960, sponsored by Rep. Peters, would designate the smooth chanterelle as Missouri’s official state mushroom. The sponsor and a long list of witnesses from the Missouri Mycological Society, educators, and children testified that the mushroom is native, edible, easy to identify, ecologically important, and tied to Missouri’s hardwood forests and outdoor education. Members asked about safety, look-alikes, and whether it was hallucinogenic; witnesses said it is not psychoactive and is generally safe when properly identified. The chair closed by praising the testimony and indicating support for advancing the bill, and the committee adjourned after concluding the hearing on HB 1960.
LA
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Labor and Industrial Apr 28th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • the Louisiana Department of Insurance and some three dozen other states across the country.
  • Insurance reported at the end of 2024...
  • The Louisiana Department of Insurance approved a 9% reduction for 2024.
  • there is no shortage of those insurers.
  • , Louisiana Association of Self-Insured.
Summary: The committee first voluntarily deferred House Bills 460 and 561, then took up House Bill 1101 on workers’ compensation. The sponsor said the bill would define maximum medical improvement, adjust fraud provisions, shorten temporary total disability and supplemental earnings benefit periods, and revise vocational rehabilitation rules; an amendment removed proposed age-based termination language for benefits. Business groups including LABI supported the bill as a way to reduce Louisiana’s comparatively high indemnity costs and align the state with regional norms, while injured-worker advocates and attorneys strongly opposed it, arguing it would cut benefits, shift medical and disability decisions away from treating physicians and judges, broaden fraud too far, and potentially push costs onto public programs. After debate, the committee voted to report HB 1101 with amendments. House Bill 282 was voluntarily deferred. House Bill 293, which would add sexual orientation and gender identity to Louisiana employment discrimination protections, drew generally supportive testimony from the sponsor and supporters, with some members raising questions about religious exemptions and federal law. The committee ultimately voted against reporting HB 293 favorably. House Bill 390, providing unpaid leave protections for domestic abuse survivors at larger employers, was presented as a tool for survivors, but the committee split 6-6 on a motion to report it favorably; the tie resulted in the bill being voluntarily deferred. The committee then heard House Bill 456, which would expand workers’ compensation petition requirements and allow employers or payers broader access to file disputed claims and seek discovery. Supporters argued employers currently lack a practical way to obtain records and challenge claims without first cutting off benefits, while opponents said the bill would revive a rejected 2012 approach, increase litigation, and undermine the no-fault workers’ compensation bargain. The discussion centered on whether the bill would preserve benefits while allowing discovery or instead encourage more disputes and penalties. The transcript ends with testimony still underway on HB 456, with no final vote shown.
AR
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE May 4th, 2026

REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE SALES, USE, MISC. TAXES & EXEMPTIONS SUBCOM.

Transcript Highlights:
  • bottom of some lists that none of us want to be at the bottom of.
  • It is a way in which each of us proportionately contributes to the shared good of all of us.
  • the least of these.
  • departments.
  • The top 20% of earners will receive 80% of the tax benefit.
Committee: All REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE SALES, USE, MISC. TAXES & EXEMPTIONS SUBCOM.
Keywords: 1204, all
MA
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery

Transcript Highlights:
  • Many of the states, there are plans that have done incentives like the Blue plans are now doing in Alabama
  • They had to check insurance, they had to get prior authorization to recommend the next stage of treatment
  • out of emergency departments and into the community.
  • care to fall into the same trap Regardless of insurance type, we don't want collaborative care to fall
  • A wait list shouldn't take a diagnosis, shouldn't take my insurance going through, my co-pay, all of
Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery held a public hearing on 14 bills focused on insurance, parity, opioids, behavioral health access, and mental health system reform. Chair Mindy Domb and Vice Chair Robyn Kennedy outlined hearing procedures and noted the committee would accept written testimony. The hearing featured testimony from legislators, providers, advocates, and behavioral health organizations, with most speakers urging favorable reports on the bills they addressed. A major topic was psychiatric collaborative care, including H. 222/S. 1390, which would raise reimbursement for collaborative care codes to at least Medicare levels and allow billing outside the MassHealth primary care subcapitation model. Supporters said the model improves access, outcomes, and cost savings by embedding behavioral health in primary care, and several witnesses described successful implementation in practices and schools. Committee members asked questions about how the model works, what specialties use it, barriers to adoption, and whether copays, deductibles, and subcapitation rules should be changed. Witnesses also supported related innovation legislation, including H. 2224, which would create a mental health innovation fund and support nontraditional trauma-healing approaches. Other bills discussed included H. 2212, which would require prescribers to discuss opioid and pain-medication risks, alternatives, and addiction/overdose concerns with patients or guardians; H. 2232 and H. 2233, which would address equitable payment and equitable access for behavioral health providers serving MassHealth patients; and S. 1406, which would add opioid maintenance treatment information to MassPAT and allow patient-authorized access to that information. Witnesses also strongly backed S. 1399, which would set targets to increase behavioral health spending within the overall health care cost benchmark, arguing that Massachusetts underinvests in behavioral health and that greater investment could reduce emergency, hospitalization, homelessness, and criminal justice costs. No votes were taken; the hearing concluded after testimony and committee questions.
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 14th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am a license to carry instructor for the state of Texas, for the state of Illinois, for the state of
  • I mean, would insurance rates, for example, of that property owner go up or down by virtue of posting
  • I don't think you're in the insurance business, but does that have a tendency of raising rates or dropping
  • The houses of worship of our...
  • So that's kind of the impetus for all of this.
Bills: HB259 , HB 1128 , HB1337 , HB1506 , HB1794 , HB2215 , HB2470 , HB2771 , HB2882 , HB2993 , HB3053 , HB3428 , HB3669 , HB3789 , HB3924 , HB4201 , HB4675 , HB259
Committee: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Keywords: healthcare, insurance, patient rights, medical expenses, access to care, affordability, legislation, firearms, penal code, regulation, short-barrel firearms, ammunition, gun control, public safety, Texas law, short-barrel, law enforcement, election judges, concealed handgun, polling places
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 14th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • How many of those have police departments?
  • I've worked 22 years as an officer with the Department of Justice, and I have served 10 years in the
  • Have you registered as James Songer, testifying on behalf of the Dallas Police Department for the bill
  • I'm here representing the Dallas Police Department to testify in support of House Bill 3669.
  • The Texas Department of Public Safety is already issuing licenses to carry to 18-year-olds.
Bills: HB259 , HB259 , HB 1128 , HB1337 , HB1506 , HB1794 , HB2215 , HB2470 , HB2771 , HB2882 , HB2993 , HB3053 , HB3428 , HB3669 , HB3789 , HB3924 , HB4201 , HB4675
Committee: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Keywords: redistricting, Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission, Texas Legislature, elections, district boundaries, voter representation, healthcare, insurance, patient rights, medical expenses, access to care, affordability, legislation, firearms, penal code, regulation, short-barrel firearms, ammunition, gun control, public safety
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WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations Committee, February 25, 2026

Appropriations

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WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee, February 25, 2026 PM 2

Appropriations

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WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee, February 25, 2026 PM 1

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:01:07.439><c> of</c> from federal funds to the department of from federal funds to the department
  • </c> you just kind of give us a history of you just kind of give us a history of the<00:25:49.200><c>
  • They also changed some of the language to open it up for all employees of the Wyoming Military Department
  • The witness said the change also opens it up for all employees of the Wyoming Military Department, not
  • costs of the governor or of a governor-appointed council of defense.
Bills: HB0122 , SF0004 , SF0012 , SF0013 , SF0067 , SF0070 , SF0124
Committee: House Appropriations
Keywords: healthcare, rural health, transformation program, funding, incentives, training, access, perpetuity fund, Medicaid, emergency medical services, ground ambulance, healthcare funding, reimbursement rates, military, national guard, reenlistment, extension bonus, Wyoming, Wyoming National Guard, recruitment
WY
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee, February 18, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • go to the State Department of Education just to be on file.
  • go to the State Department of Education just to be on file.
  • </c><01:16:32.000><c> of</c> introduction is the department of introduction is the department of education
  • </c> Department of Education pay that cost. Department of Education pay that cost.
  • Appreciate PTSB being here and, of course, Wyoming State Department of Education.
Bills: SF0035 , SF0090 , SF0072
Committee: Senate Education
Keywords: education, cell phones, smart devices, school policy, student conduct, school property, rental fees, youth activities, education policy, Wyoming legislature, teacher licensure, teacher mobility, interstate compact, education compact, licensure reciprocity, reciprocal certification, teacher certification, professional teaching standards board, out-of-state teachers, military spouse
WY
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Education Committee, February 18, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Dicky Shainer, Nishu Kala with the Department of Education.
  • Thank you. of the Department<00:33:25.840><c> of</c><00:33:26.000><c> Education</c><00:33:26.480><c>
  • He said the upshot of that letter was that the Department of Defense came in and set up a DoD school
  • Dicky Shainer, Nishko Ka, the Department of Education.
  • </c> insurance, religious tithes, none of it. insurance, religious tithes, none of it.
Bills: SF0035 , SF0090 , SF0072
Committee: House Education
Keywords: education, cell phones, smart devices, school policy, student conduct, school property, rental fees, youth activities, education policy, Wyoming legislature, teacher licensure, teacher mobility, interstate compact, education compact, licensure reciprocity, reciprocal certification, teacher certification, professional teaching standards board, out-of-state teachers, military spouse
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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Education Feb 2nd, 2026 at 09:02 am

Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • I was on a state general assistantship, which each department got Several of them and handed out to graduate
  • And Northern New Mexico College is one of our historical, in fact, it was one of the eras of during the
  • A lot of history, a lot of individuals have gone to the college.
  • That additional monies could be put in to Grow to handle more of these kinds of projects. 1 percent of
  • I've had a chance to meet with those, the deans of pharmacy, and all of that and all of the other schools
Bills: SB106 , SB171 , SB179
Committee: Senate Senate Education
Keywords: graduate scholarship, higher education funding, New Mexico, appropriation, financial aid, education, documentary, historical figure, Padre Antonio Jose Martinez, Northern New Mexico State School, SB179, Senate Bill 179, UNM, University of New Mexico, medical Spanish, Spanish-language curriculum, health sciences, health professions education, language access, bilingual healthcare
NM
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Education Feb 2nd, 2026 at 08:32 am

House Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • He's also a PhD candidate and part of the UNM Earth and Planetary Sciences Department. And, Mr.
  • And there's also disparity amongst the institutions in terms of how they offer various insurance insurances
  • It's not a level playing field in terms of affordability or access to various insurances.
  • So the big result of this study was that there's a significant discrepancy between insurance options
  • It's not so prescriptive, and the department tries to bring a variety of voices to the schools.
Bills: SB106 , SB171 , SB179
Committee: House House Education
Keywords: graduate scholarship, higher education funding, New Mexico, appropriation, financial aid, education, documentary, historical figure, Padre Antonio Jose Martinez, Northern New Mexico State School, SB179, Senate Bill 179, UNM, University of New Mexico, medical Spanish, Spanish-language curriculum, health sciences, health professions education, language access, bilingual healthcare
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 12th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm here in favor of the bill.
  • Two-thirds is, in my understanding, one of the largest losses of bees in a single year.
  • We have seen a loss of 82 percent of monarch butterflies in the last 23 years just in the state of Texas
  • I think one of the issues is just lack of education and awareness.
  • of the problem.
Bills: HB630 , HB685 , HB1318 , HB2692
Committee: Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Keywords: outboard motors, certificate of title, vessel regulation, Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, marine documentation, HB 685, municipal utility rates, water rates, sewer rates, local government code, rate discrimination, tax-exempt entities, sales tax exemption, ad valorem tax exemption, nonprofit organizations, charitable organizations, municipal water service, municipal sewer service, utility billing, public utilities
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management May 8th, 2025

Land & Resource Management

Transcript Highlights:
  • So that is a policy of the state of Texas.
  • I am the mayor of the City of College Station.
  • I think College Station is one of the most successful cities in the state of Texas from a quality of
  • End of note.
  • Hale on behalf of the Texas Association of Builders.
Bills: HB5489 , HB5695 , HB5699 , SB291 , SB292
Committee: House Land & Resource Management
Keywords: impact fee, moratorium, local government, Texas legislation, infrastructure funding, municipal utility district, eminent domain, bonds, assessments, infrastructure, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Harris County, Municipal Utility District, territory exclusion, debt service taxes, property taxation, condemnation, property acquisition, real property, appraisal reports
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/17/25

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • So it has things in here like our contact person, our insurance, inspections of the home by Noah, that's
  • 00:58:41.640><c> legal</c> there's a a a level of uh of of of legal there's a a a level of uh of of of
  • Marshals Service, the Department of Defense, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Energy,
  • To give an example as to why this is the case, there are recent reports that the Department of Homeland
  • The state agency, the Minnesota Department of Human Services, are not speculative, and the odds of this
Bills: HF1051 , HF16
Committee: House Elections Finance and Government Operations
Keywords: sacred communities, micro units, religious institutions, housing regulations, homelessness, conditional use permits, immigration enforcement, sanctuary policies, sanctuary city, noncooperation ordinance, ICE, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, federal immigration authorities, deportation, undocumented immigrant, undocumented person, immigration status data, data sharing, preemption, local government
KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Energy (6-6-24)

KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Judiciary (3-13-24)

KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Public Pension Oversight Board (11-20-23)