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HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
FIN Info Briefing - Mon Jan 13, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c><00:31:01.799><c> Debt</c> uh the amount of Debt Service Debt uh the amount of Debt Service Debt
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- We also have our debt service increase, our Central Services on Kauai Island.
- A lot of technology went in.
Summary:
The House Finance Committee held an informational briefing with the University of Hawaiʻi, led by new President Wendy Hensel and Vice President for Budget and Finance Calbert Young. Hensel outlined the university system’s scope, student demographics, research activity, and campus missions, emphasizing four strategic priorities: serving Native Hawaiians and Hawaiʻi, student success, workforce development, and economic diversification through innovation and research. She highlighted the system’s enrollment, research funding, and the roles of Mānoa, Hilo, West Oʻahu, the community colleges, and specialized institutions such as JABSOM and the Cancer Center.
Young then reviewed the budget request, focusing largely on making prior one-time appropriations permanent and supporting recurring needs. Items included funding for Mānoa athletics, the Hawaiʻi Institute for Marine Biology, K-12 teacher education, Pamantasan Council support, Hilo programs, Windward’s mental health technician certificate, Maui’s practical nursing bridge program, and student support positions such as financial aid and admissions counselors. He also described workforce-related requests tied to nursing expansion at Mānoa and West Oʻahu, as well as facilities support at West Oʻahu.
A major portion of the testimony addressed the university’s two Kakaʻako medical facilities. Young explained that declining tobacco settlement and cigarette tax revenues are no longer sufficient to cover debt service for JABSOM and the Cancer Center, so the governor’s budget includes general fund support to supplement those obligations. He also described a regents-approved request not included in the governor’s proposal: expanding the Hawaiʻi Promise financial aid program to the four-year campuses, estimated at about $11–12 million. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 04/09/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- The services are being eliminated.
- </c> uh ignores the reality of technology uh ignores the reality of technology developments.<00:38:42.400
- Carbon-free standard is technology neutral, as you all know.
- Not shutting down disability services.
- </c><01:49:34.320><c> comes</c> works first and what technology comes works first and what technology
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, did you know that pretrial services finds out?
- Pretrial services actually does...
- Crime victims absolutely need the services.
- and funding for those services. practices.
- There is, to my knowledge, technology that does that.
Bills:
HB36 , HB75 , HB76 , HB166 , HB799 , HB 1135 , HJR15 , HJR16 , HB36 , HB75 , HB76 , HB166 , HJR15 , HJR16
Committee:
House Criminal Jurisprudence
Keywords:
family violence, global positioning monitoring system, victim resources, electronic monitoring, protective orders, magistrate, criminal procedure, probable cause, written findings, law enforcement, bail bonds, bail fund, charitable bail fund, nonprofit bail organization, public funds, local government spending, political subdivision, county, city, taxpayer lawsuit
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Military and Veterans Affairs Aug 13th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Our population by payer source: our service-connected veterans, which is 70% service-connected or higher
- , a Veterans Service Officer that is there once a week, as well as the Vet Center services that are there
- CYS program, our Child Youth Service Program, so all that money goes back to service members.
- . services we need.
- So, there are some services that our family members and service members have to travel to William Beaumont
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- It uses technology hospitals already have. It uses technology hospitals already have.
- do because there's other things I would rather be doing, like treating a patient and letting the technology
- Technology remember those things for me.
- I'm not sure why this isn't already standard practice in every hospital, considering technology today
- all in the same goal, and that is to make sure that we provide the best care, the best emergency services
Committee:
House Health and Mental Health
Summary:
The committee first met in executive session and adopted a substitute for House Bill 1962, then voted House Committee Substitute for HB 1962 do pass by 16-0. The substitute was described as making changes related to an epinephrine-related database and pricing. The committee then adopted a substitute for House Bill 2371 and voted House Committee Substitute for HB 2371 do pass by 16-0; the sponsor said the bill would codify existing Medicaid/state-plan coverage for a blood pressure-related issue and make the private insurance language consistent. House Concurrent Resolution 28 was also voted do pass by 16-0.
The committee then heard House Bill 3457, “Maddie’s Law,” which would create an electronic medical-record alert for medically complex children so hospitals can quickly access individualized emergency care plans. Representative Burns presented the bill as a response to the death of a child named Maddie, and multiple family members and advocates testified in support, describing repeated emergency-room delays, the burden of carrying binders of records, and the need for one-click access to care plans. Questions focused on how the alert would work with existing systems, whether QR codes or bracelets might help, whether the bill should also apply to adults, and how the voluntary language fits with the goal of ensuring the information is available. An SSM Health lobbyist testified for information purposes, explaining that the STARS program is a voluntary EMS care-plan system started in 2014 and now includes about 1,800 children in Missouri and Illinois; he said the sponsor was willing to work on the language.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 3401, which would require hospitals to develop workplace violence prevention plans, multidisciplinary committees, risk assessments, training, reporting, and incident review processes, while keeping the bill flexible for different facilities. The sponsor and several health care groups cited high rates of threats and assaults against emergency and hospital staff and argued that violence is a preventable workplace risk that contributes to burnout and staffing shortages. Witnesses from emergency physicians, nurses, the Missouri Hospital Association, and other medical groups supported the bill, with some suggesting the signage language be broadened or simplified. No votes were taken on HB 3457 or HB 3401 before the committee adjourned.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill isn't about technology. It's about protecting lives, communities...
- This bill isn't about technology.
- Good afternoon, Elizabeth Escobel with the California Manufacturers and Technology Association, also
- Good afternoon, Elizabeth Escobel with the California Manufacturers and Technology Association, also
- Technology has brought this to us to save lives, to save those employees that work on the trains and
Committee:
Senate Transportation
Summary:
The Senate Transportation Committee heard SB 220, which would require the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to submit an earlier governance reform report to the Legislature in light of Measure G, including consideration of the new countywide executive and future board changes. Senator Allen argued the bill was only a vehicle to prompt a locally driven discussion before 2028, while Metro, the City of Los Angeles, and several committee members opposed it as premature and unnecessary because local task forces and an ad hoc Metro committee were already studying the issue. After debate over local control and timing, the committee voted 3-2 to send SB 220 to Senate Appropriations, with the bill left on call for absent members.
The committee then heard SB 667, the California Railway Safety Act, which would require wayside detector systems on freight rail lines at specified intervals, with exceptions for some short-line railroads, and would require railroad response plans to be submitted to the CPUC. Supporters, including rail unions and labor groups, said the bill was a needed response to the East Palestine derailment and other safety risks, while opponents from freight railroads, passenger rail operators, business groups, and agricultural interests warned it could raise costs, slow freight and passenger service, and create a disincentive to invest in faster track. Members questioned the cost, implementation timeline, preemption issues, and possible impacts on passenger rail and the supply chain. The committee approved SB 667 on a 7-2 vote to Appropriations, with the bill also left on call.
Finally, the committee considered ACR 71, which would designate a portion of State Route 101 in Santa Clara County as the Little Saigon Freeway. The Assembly Member author and community witnesses described the designation as a recognition of San Jose’s large Vietnamese American community and its history as refugees and contributors to the region. Numerous supporters from the community, local government, and the public testified in favor, and there was no opposition. Members praised the cultural significance and noted connections to other Vietnamese communities, including Westminster. The resolution was adopted unanimously, with 10 votes, and sent to Appropriations.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Gino Talas is the director of Hopi Veterans Services.
- HB 2899, health insurance, health services and appropriations.
- HB 2402, Ambulance Services Certificate; Commerce.
- HB 2407, insurance claims claim; Health and Human Services.
- HB 2447, insurance reimbursement rate; Health and Human Services.
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING Mar 13th, 2026
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING
Transcript Highlights:
- The Department of Transportation and Shared Services made a career service payment in error, had several
- in, one of the pledges that I made for calls from the people was to for the city to invest in the services
- We secured the services of UHY, with offices all over the country, based out of Columbia, Maryland.
- transition, and the current company we are with, which is New World, was bought out. by Tyler Technologies
- And Tyler Technologies actually, and we learned this during the transition, Tyler Technologies actually
Committee:
All LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING
Summary:
The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee approved the February 13 minutes and then heard several committee reports. The executive committee report noted that audit and special reports were scheduled for presentation, one requested report remained outstanding, and staff was asked to review selected Benton County circuit court case transfers. The committee also received and adopted reports from the counties and municipalities committee, the education committee, and the state agencies committee. Those reports covered delinquent private water and sewer audits, education audit reports, and state agency findings such as duplicate vendor payments, collateral issues, record-keeping problems, and vehicle log deficiencies. In each case, the committee voted to file or adopt the reports, with some reports deferred for follow-up or for officials to appear at a later meeting.
A major portion of the meeting focused on the City of Pine Bluff’s 2024 financial audit. Auditors said the city received a clean opinion overall, but management letter findings identified serious issues in the mayor’s office, Parks and Recreation, and the finance department. The Parks and Recreation finding involved $179,629 in manual receipts that could not be traced to city deposits, missing receipts from several facilities, $48,415 in unallowable purchases, $13,000 in questionable purchases, altered invoices, unapproved vendors, and missing equipment; those matters were referred to the prosecuting attorney, attorney general, Governmental Bonding Board, and Arkansas State Police. The finance finding cited weak cash-receipting and bank-reconciliation procedures and late or missing deposits.
City officials, including the mayor, finance director, and parks director, testified that the problems predated the current administration and said they had taken corrective steps. They described hiring a forensic audit firm, creating or updating standard operating procedures, improving receipting and deposit processes, adding procurement oversight, and moving Parks and Recreation to electronic or system-based receipting. Committee members questioned the officials about oversight, nonprofit relationships, and whether theft or system failures were to blame. After discussion, the committee voted to file the Pine Bluff report. The next meeting was announced for June 4-5, 2026.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- At its best, public service reflects what Jesus described as...
- At its best, public service reflects what Jesus described as servant leadership.
- Also, with real-time digital technology and computer information, law enforcement runs a plate every
- We have modern technology and real-time technology that law enforcement has at their fingertips that
- This bill clarifies that a distillery need not operate as a full-service restaurant in order to sell
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- There aren't any additional service credits that are accrued.
- There aren't any additional service credits that are accrued.
- Making it more responsive for customers and clients, more accessible, improving technology and access
- to claims and processing through technology.
- It accounts for new technologies and products.
Committee:
Senate Commerce and Human Resources
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- mailing address of a company's commercial registered agent, which provides a reliable address for service
- And it becomes a total serviceable address. But that's not a lot of difference now.
- And it becomes a total serviceable address for any collections or legal notices or anything that would
- There are already entities, private entities, that perform these services.
- jurisprudence exam ensures land surveyors licensed in Idaho understand Idaho law, not just modern technology
Committee:
House Business
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Budget Section Commerce and Legal Service Division Jun 24th, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- Welcome to the Commerce and Legal Services Division.
- We have gaming and lottery, which are regulatory and service providers.
- We also provide grants for victim services.
- it and determined it could no longer be serviced and had to be replaced. from Montana to try to service
- With technology increasing, it's getting more complex.
Summary:
The committee met to hear the Attorney General’s budget and related agency presentations. Legislative Council first reviewed the compliance with legislative intent report and the base budget worksheet, highlighting current and ongoing appropriations, FTE changes, one-time funding items, continuing appropriations, and major special and federal funds. Members asked about items such as the Missing Indigenous People Grant Fund, the Internet Crimes Investigation Fund, and the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit grant funding, and staff explained the funding sources and status of those programs.
Assistant Attorney General Clare Ness then outlined the Attorney General’s office structure, staffing, and budget pressures. She emphasized the office’s broad statutory duties, the value of its legal and investigative work for state and local governments, and concerns about attorney salary competitiveness, the new and vacant FTE pool, and the impact of the 3% operating budget reduction on BCI, IT, and the crime lab. Members also discussed AG opinions, boards and commissions training, and the office’s litigation and settlement recoveries. Ness and committee members raised the possibility of broader attorney salary benchmarking across state government.
The crime lab director described severe space and infrastructure constraints, including overcrowding, shared workspaces, glycol leaks, air handling limits, and aging fire and burglar alarm systems. She said the 2024 study projected a much larger facility would be needed and that a new building on the current health department site would best address the lab’s needs. She also reported that backlogs have improved significantly in DNA, drug, fingerprint, and firearms work, though toxicology had a recent delay after an air compressor failure. The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit director described the unit’s fraud, abuse, and neglect work, noted federal-state funding and recent federal scrutiny, and said the unit needs more staff. The gaming division reviewed charitable gaming growth, e-tabs, trust accounts, and compliance issues, while BCI covered its caseload, cybercrime and child sexual abuse material investigations, the missing indigenous person task force, and the use of lottery funds for drug task forces. No formal votes or budget actions were taken during the meeting.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, March 27, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They've cut the phone service.
- They've cut the phone service.
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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Finance Feb 5th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I am staff to the Technology, Economic Development, and Veterans Committee, here to brief the policy
- Fire protection districts are one way that fire protection services can be organized in Washington.
- Finally, it would allow a fire protection district service authority to contract with the city for services
- And ultimately, again, fire and emergency services are our top line.
- For the record, Martha Whaling, staff to the Technology, Economic Development, and Veterans Committee
Summary:
House Finance heard testimony on several tax and local government bills. HB 2278 would remove the July 1, 2027 expiration on the additional $3-per-room-night tourism promotion area lodging charge; supporters from destination marketing organizations said the revenue has produced strong returns for tourism and events, while questions were raised about how the local ordinances would continue. HB 2583 would lower the population threshold for cities to impose a higher lodging tax and expand authority for public facilities districts; the sponsor and Vancouver supporters said it would help fund a proposed performing arts center and other tourism investments, while hospitality, short-term rental, and some local advocates raised concerns about stakeholder input, equity, and whether the bill was too broad. HB 2224 would change how a city forming a single-city fire protection district handles levy reductions and would exempt part of one levy from the local tax limit; city and firefighter groups supported it as a needed tool for fire and EMS funding, while hospital districts and tax opponents warned about prorationing, governance, and higher taxes. HB 2325 would create a statewide tourism self-supported assessment program funded by participating tourism businesses; supporters from tourism, hospitality, wine, and brewing groups said it would provide a competitive, industry-driven statewide marketing program, while members questioned impacts on specific communities and the need for broader local benefits. HB 2431 would expand from 15 to 50 days the amount of fundraising activity allowed in nonprofit public assembly halls and meeting places, and the Grange supported it as a practical way to keep community halls open.
After public testimony, the committee moved into executive session and advanced three bills. HB 2584, a sales and use tax exemption for qualifying farm equipment sold to eligible farmers, passed 14-0 with one excused. HB 2610, which modifies the property tax exemption for nonprofit homeownership development, also passed 14-0 with one excused. HB 2615, which codifies the voluntary disclosure tax program and authorizes temporary tax amnesty, likewise passed 14-0 with one excused. The chair also announced a deadline for amendments on items to be acted on the following day.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 27th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- But it is really critical that California continues to be a leader in all types of technology, and I
- Assembly Bill 1318 by Assemblymember Bonta and others, an act relating to public social services and
- The 2020 full report on access to services and health care.
- to those who experience these challenges through services like primary care, aging services, and other
- This bill will require health care service plans to provide coverage for effective HEPA purifiers for
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Status of Persons with Disabilities Jun 3rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We have CART services and captions enabled, and have shared the CART services link with attendees and
- to all goods and services contracts.
- and translation, AV services.
- and AI, and protecting access to services and supports.
- And other services that other people were getting.
Summary:
The Massachusetts Permanent Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities met in June, approved the March meeting minutes, and heard a chair’s report on recent “Meet the Moment” community conversations, including a successful Lowell event and plans for a July 14 event in Northampton. The chair also announced the Commission’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month celebration on October 7 at the State House, which will include a MassAbility partnership panel on artificial intelligence and disability, and noted ongoing efforts to livestream future events when possible.
A major presentation came from the Supplier Diversity Office on the Empowering Abilities in Contracting and Employment (EAC) program. The coordinator described the program’s history from a 2016 law and 2018 pilot to its statewide launch on July 1, 2025, and said it now applies to all new statewide goods and services contracts. The program’s goals are to increase certification and contracting opportunities for disability-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, improve workforce development and disability employment among vendors, and build a resource network for employers. Reported figures included about 292 active certified businesses, roughly 40 vendors currently on EAC contracts, a projected increase to about 80 by July and more than 130 by November, and a long-term goal of 3% disability representation in vendor workforces. Commissioners praised the program and asked about comparisons with other states, geographic reach, and the mix of disability-owned versus veteran-owned businesses.
The Commission also received updates from its advisory council and subcommittees. The advisory council has been sharing expertise across employment, housing, transportation, health equity, technology, and AI, and two members will help plan the October employment event. The employment subcommittee discussed transition-to-employment barriers, the disability employment tax credit, veteran services, and a State Exchange policy brief that members want reformatted into a more usable data table. The workforce supports subcommittee reported on a May 28 webinar about apprenticeships as a strategy to address workforce shortages in disability services, with more than 45 participants and examples of apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship models. The long-term services and supports/health equity subcommittee heard from the Department of Public Health’s CCATR resource center and from the Autism Self-Advocacy Network about COVID-era health care barriers and ongoing advocacy. The executive director also reported on meetings with MassHealth-related groups, caregiver organizations, agency leaders, MassAbility, and AI stakeholders, and the meeting ended with announcements and unanimous adjournment.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:14:19.120><c> are</c> home but for whom necessary services are home but for whom necessary services
- </c> the highest level of service possible. the highest level of service possible.
- I am the director of Western Prairie Human Services and the director of Traverse County Social Services
- </c><01:14:46.080><c> Social</c><01:14:46.320><c> Services</c> County Human Service Social Services County
- Human Service Social Services Administrators<01:14:47.360><c> or</c><01:14:47.560><c> MAXA.
Bills:
HF2436
Keywords:
child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, 1183, house
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Apr 13th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Randy Howard has over 40 years of service in public power, plus six years in the United States Air Force
- Since 2002, she has been the vice president of the Open Technology Institute at New America, leading
- Building on his passion for public service, he served as a proud member of PORAC.
- Building on his passion for public service, he served as a proud member of Porak.
- Let us now carry forward his spirit of service.
Summary:
The Senate opened with a quorum call, prayer, pledge, and several guest introductions recognizing visitors including Leadership Torrance participants, former Assembly Member Hector de la Torre, University of the Pacific President Christopher Callahan, and other higher education leaders. The body then approved the Senate journals and moved through the daily file and gubernatorial appointments. Three appointments to the Board of Behavioral Sciences were considered and confirmed, and a confirmation for the California Community Colleges Board of Governors was also approved. The Senate also adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 140, designating April as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month, with members speaking about research, advocacy, and the personal impact of the disease. Senate Resolution 92, marking California Holocaust Memorial Day, drew extensive floor remarks from multiple senators emphasizing remembrance, Holocaust education, antisemitism, and the need to confront hate and denial; the resolution was adopted unanimously.
On third reading, the Senate passed AB 1389, an urgency measure ratifying a tribal-state gaming compact amendment with the Yurok Tribe, with no opposition and immediate effect. The chamber also received committee announcements about upcoming meetings of the Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection Committee and the Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee. The session concluded with adjournment in memory motions honoring John Bean, Cynthia Brantley Pierce, and Detective Armando “Mando” Santana, each described as a significant community leader or public servant whose work and legacy were recognized by the Senate. The Pro Tem then announced the Senate would recess briefly and return for the next floor session on Thursday, April 16 at 9 a.m.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Apr 13th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Randy Howard has over 40 years of service in public power, plus six years in the United States Air Force
- Since 2002, she has been the vice president of the Open Technology Institute at New America, leading
- Building on his passion for public service, he served as a proud member of Porak.
- Building on his passion for public service, he served as a proud member of Porak.
- Let us now carry forward his spirit of service.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, offered prayers and the pledge, and spent much of the early portion of the session on guest introductions recognizing visitors from Leadership Torrance, former Assembly Member Hector de la Torre, and several university presidents and academic leaders. The body then moved through routine business, including approval of the Senate journals and reading of several bills on the second reading file, before taking up gubernatorial appointments.
Three appointments to the Board of Behavioral Sciences were confirmed: Justin Hufft, Cali Rana Singhe, and Dr. Annette Walker. The Senate also confirmed Villian Corral to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors. In each case, the appointing committee recommendation was noted and roll calls were taken, with the confirmations approved by the required vote margins.
On third reading, the Senate adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 140, designating April as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month, with supportive remarks from several senators and advocates emphasizing research, awareness, and the lived experience of Parkinson’s disease. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 92, marking California Holocaust Memorial Day, with extensive floor statements from multiple senators on remembrance, education, antisemitism, and the importance of teaching Holocaust history. Finally, the Senate passed Assembly Bill 1389, an urgency measure ratifying a tribal-state gaming compact amendment with the Yurok Tribe; the measure and urgency clause both received unanimous support.
The session concluded with committee announcements and several adjournment-in-memory tributes, including honors for coach John Bean, Cynthia Brantley Pierce, and Detective Armando “Mando” Santana. The Pro Tem then announced the next floor session and the Senate recessed.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Apr 13th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Randy Howard has over 40 years of service in public power, plus six years in the United States Air Force
- Since 2002, she has been the vice president of the Open Technology Institute at New America, leading
- Building on his passion for public service, he served as a proud member of PORAC.
- Building on his passion for public service, he served as a proud member of Porak.
- Let us now carry forward his spirit of service.