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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Child Committee Meeting - 2025-04-08
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- This is an important program integrity measure.
- We need to prevent this from happening at any other daycare.
- Most importantly, I can't stress this enough: cameras don't prevent harm.
- While I truly wish they would, cameras will not prevent terrible situations from happening.
- Let's focus instead on right-sized policies and resources to prevent abuse in the first place.
Bills:
HF2436
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 071 Mar 25th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Referred measures, as you all know, are measures that this body approves.
- . measure. measure.
- </c> measures that this body approves. measures that this body approves.
- </c> consequences of the measure are known? consequences of the measure are known?
- </c> material consequences of the measure." material consequences of the measure."
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 03/16/26
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- For more than 30 years, Wallen has focused on measurable outcomes.
- For more than 30 years, Wallen has focused on measurable outcomes.
- </c><00:03:52.080><c> 87%</c><00:03:52.799><c> of</c><00:03:52.959><c> our</c> measurable outcomes. 87%
- State investment helps remove barriers that currently prevent parents from working or advancing in the
- </c><00:25:27.440><c> parents</c> barriers that currently prevent parents barriers that currently prevent
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (01/14/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, I presume that Waste Management is measuring any fugitive methane from their landfill.
- So my question is: do we follow up and also measure, and do we look for methane in other parts of the
- of measures.
- So on our transformers we measure current, voltage, temperature, winding temperature.
- </c> >> So on our transformers we measure >> So on our transformers we measure current current
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Military and Veterans Affairs Aug 13th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- The VA grant that we have does provide for homeless prevention.
- And then also, are you doing any work in that space on prevention? Mr.
- But the VA, that SSVF grant, does allow for homeless prevention and always has.
- That's for homeless prevention. We still have some ARP funding for that as well.
- And so I think it's important that we have that conversation about prevention.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses
Transcript Highlights:
- We cannot address what is not measured.
- This bill would codify equity as a measurable standard beyond just an aspiration.
- So there’s a really important component of both supporting small businesses and also preventing cultural
- compliance levels are something that we and our members are really encouraged by, and I think these measures
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business held its second hearing of the session, with Chairs Gómez and Vargas opening by emphasizing the committee’s focus on equity, small business growth, and support for communities that have historically been overlooked. Several members noted the historic nature of having two Latino chairs. The hearing covered a package of bills centered on access to capital, transparency in state assistance, commercial tenant protections, downtown revitalization, and business improvement district administration.
Testimony was largely supportive of bills aimed at helping micro-businesses, small businesses, and disadvantaged entrepreneurs. Beckma, the Asian Business Empowerment Council, a minority- and woman-owned business owner, and a worker-owned Springfield business all backed measures including S. 179 and H. 312/S. 184, which would prioritize capital assistance and require reporting on where state business aid goes. Witnesses said transparency, upfront payments on state contracts, and better data collection could help businesses that struggle with delayed reimbursements, limited reserves, and difficulty accessing traditional financing. The Metropolitan Area Planning Council supported S. 173, which would dedicate a portion of sales tax revenue to a downtown vitality fund for district management, cultural districts, and downtown infrastructure, and said the bill could help sustain downtowns and prevent cultural displacement.
There was also testimony on H. 306, a commercial tenant first right of refusal bill, with Beckma supporting it as a way to help small tenants stay in their locations, while the Greater Boston Real Estate Board opposed it, arguing it would add cost, delay, uncertainty, and could reduce property values and the commercial tax base. The board supported H. 305, a housing bill that would expand by-right multifamily and open-space residential development while preserving local zoning protections. Andre Leroux of MassINC also supported S. 173 and H. 299, the latter proposing longer BID renewal periods and audit requirements aligned with nonprofit standards. No votes were taken; the hearing concluded after public testimony and questions, with the chair closing testimony.
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS Jun 4th, 2026
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Transcript Highlights:
- acknowledges the issues that led to both audit findings, and under my administration, we have implemented measures
- decision-making and actions with state laws and regulations, maintain constitutional compliance, and prevent
- These measures are intended to reduce risk and improve oversight of district credit card activity.
- These measures are intended to strengthen internal controls and ensure constitutional compliance.
Summary:
The committee met to review education audit reports and adopted the minutes. Legislative Audit reported 103 education audits total, with 89 having no findings and 14 containing findings. The committee first heard from Camden Fairview School District, which had findings for spending operating funds on an end-of-year employee banquet and for unauthorized credit card charges. District officials said they had implemented stronger internal controls, stopped using the affected card, and would limit future events to comply with state law and constitutional requirements. Members questioned the district about prior practices, donated funds, and how teacher appreciation could continue without using operating funds; the report was filed as reviewed.
The committee then reviewed Forest City School District, which had a finding for spending $33,000 in operating funds on an off-campus end-of-year celebration and entertainment event. District representatives said the money came from a long-standing Pepsi-related donation fund, but acknowledged confusion over whether it should be treated as operational funds and said they would stop using it that way and provide training to staff and the board. Members discussed whether the funds were private donations or operating funds, the lack of a formal board vote, and whether the event was intended to recognize staff and growth; the report was filed as reviewed.
The committee also received notice of more serious findings that were referred to the prosecuting attorney and attorney general, including Conway School District for misuse of district funds and resources by former maintenance employees, Magnolia School District for undeposited activity funds, Westside School District for undocumented and personal credit card charges, and Boonville School District for paying a board member’s son in excess of the statutory limit without an approved exemption. The remaining eight reports with findings were filed en masse as reviewed, and the 89 reports with no findings were also filed en masse. The committee adjourned after noting that most districts reviewed had no findings.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS Jun 4th, 2026
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Transcript Highlights:
- Under my administration, we have implemented measures to strengthen oversight, align decision-making
- and actions with state laws and regulations, maintain constitutional compliance, and prevent similar
- These measures are intended to reduce risk and improve oversight of district credit card activity.
- These measures are intended to strengthen internal controls and ensure constitutional compliance.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 1116 does is: first, it clarifies development standards such as height, setback, and density to prevent
- We are unfortunately in opposition to this measure.
- This measure would extend that to include the units between 750 and 1,200.
- So for those reasons, we respectfully oppose this measure. Thank you very much.
Summary:
The Senate Standing Committee on Housing heard two substantive housing bills and two consent items. SB 1116 by Senator Caballero would update the Starter Home Revitalization Act (SB 684) by clarifying development standards for small infill housing, reinforcing ministerial approval and timelines, improving state oversight and reporting, updating subdivision rules, and addressing private restrictions such as HOA or deed provisions that can block housing. The author and supporters, including California YIMBY and a small developer, said the bill responds to implementation problems and would help produce more starter homes; there was no opposition testimony. Members generally supported the measure but noted concerns about local implementation and the broader impact-fee/infrastructure context.
SB 1117 by Senator Cervantes would clarify ADU fee law so local governments assess impact fees only on the portion of an ADU above 750 square feet, rather than on the full unit, while keeping the existing 750-square-foot exemption intact. Supporters argued the current fee structure discourages larger ADUs and creates a sharp production drop above 750 square feet; a homeowner witness said fees on an 800-square-foot ADU would have exceeded construction costs. Local government and fire-related organizations opposed or opposed unless amended, arguing impact fees fund essential infrastructure and services and should remain tied to nexus studies. Several senators said the bill was narrowly tailored but emphasized the need to address broader infrastructure financing.
The committee also took up consent items SB 1267 by Senator Allen and SB 1426, the committee omnibus bill. After the committee obtained a quorum and later reconvened, it approved the consent calendar 10-0, SB 1117 10-0, and SB 1116 8-0. All measures were ordered out to the Senate Local Government Committee, and the hearing was adjourned.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/31/2026 - House Democratic Caucus Calendar #14
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 1172 was subject to a strike-everything amendment titled Deficiencies, Denial, and Prevention
- members, Senate Bill 1429 was subject to a strike-everything amendment in FAME, now entitled ballot measure
- Member, Senate Bill 1429 was subject to a strike everything amendment in FAME, now entitled ballot, measure
- FAME, now entitled ballot measure circulators disclosures, it passed out of the May on a party-line vote
Summary:
The meeting was a caucus review of a large calendar of Senate bills, with members mainly hearing short titles, committee vote counts, and whether bills were on consent or pulled for further discussion. Many measures were reported out on party-line or split votes and several were flagged to be removed from consent, especially bills involving artificial intelligence content verification, public benefits eligibility, gender transition procedures liability, health insurance reimbursement for vaccines, light rail feasibility review, public employees merit hiring, public records fees, virtual currency payments, tax conformity, undocumented immigrants and financial services, central bank digital currency, and public monies investment in trust currency.
The caucus also discussed a number of education, public safety, child welfare, health, and regulatory bills. These included measures on school communications, bullying liability, AED training, classroom management, school safety reporting, DCS procedures, fingerprinting at behavioral health facilities, probation conditions, missing children reporting, sex offender monitoring, crimes against children probation monitoring, and domestic violence release conditions. Several members raised objections or concerns about specific bills, including mandatory sentencing, religious sectarian law language, concealed weapons notice repeal, and a bill on death sentence by firing squad, with some members asking to pull those bills from consent.
A final topic was a blue-sheet Senate amendment to HB 2874 on campaign committee termination statements and penalties. Rhonda explained the Senate changes would void penalties for committees with no contributions or expenditures, retroactive to December 2021, but noted the Senate did not secure enough votes for the emergency clause. Members asked about the rationale, the Secretary of State’s position, and the amount of outstanding penalties. The chair later announced that the Senate amendment was being refused, so the bill would not receive final passage that day and would instead be sent back for further action or conference.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/19/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services
Senate Health and Human Services COR
Transcript Highlights:
- The consequences have been real and measurable.
- handle that immediate threat, it became apparent that when it comes to more dynamic, proactive fraud prevention
- The department's reluctance to implement accountability metrics and basic public transparency measures
- that the improvements Access is attempting to make are a direct result of the public transparency measures
Summary:
The Committee on Health and Human Services held another oversight hearing on Access, focusing on fee-for-service behavioral health management, prior authorization and claims processing, the Targeted Investment Program (TIP), and network adequacy. The chair criticized Access for implementing a covered behavioral health services guide without public comment and for failing to produce records such as decision-making documentation, work group minutes, and public/tribal feedback. Members also raised concerns about ARPA compliance, the reduction of intensive outpatient reimbursement to a $157 per diem, and the impact of these actions on providers and Native American communities.
Interim Director Roberta Harrison said Access had improved fraud controls and operations after the sober living fraud crisis, including tripling prior authorization speed, reducing denial codes by 64%, cutting claims processing to under 30 days, and adding dashboards and staffing. She said the agency is modernizing outdated systems and invited fraud referrals. On questions about claims and prior authorizations, Access reported average processing times of six days overall and 17 days for behavioral health prior authorizations, and said it had hired Constellation under a direct procurement to help with claims backlog. Harrison acknowledged that a proposal language suggesting higher ROI from denying more claims was not part of the contract scope.
The committee also pressed Access on TIP delays. Staff explained that TIP payments depend on provider documentation, programmatic review, and allocation across many sites, and said year one of TIP 2.0 had been paid while years two and three had not yet been distributed. The chair requested a formal plan within 30 days to pay the delayed year two and year three TIP funds, estimated at about $122 million, along with all CMS-related TIP 2.0 documentation. On network adequacy, Access described its standards and annual MCO reporting process, but acknowledged gaps in tracking and said it would follow up on whether a fiscal year 2025 report was submitted to CMS. Members cited a federal ghost network report finding 28% of providers in Santa Cruz County inactive or unavailable, and requested unredacted network adequacy reports and further information on CMS engagement. The hearing ended with the chair noting some improvements but saying more oversight may follow, and the committee adjourned.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Assistance Program, to establish provisions regarding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program integrity measures
- And the following measures will retain their place on the 14th order calendar: House Bill 613, House
- President, the motion before us seeks to prevent this bill from receiving full consideration.
- They expect their elected representatives to engage with measures that have strong support and not sideline
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and approved the prior journal. Committee and message reports were received, including enrollment of several bills and resolutions, gubernatorial appointments to the Idaho State Racing Commission and State Building Authority, and multiple House bills referred to standing committees. The chamber also advanced a large slate of bills through first and second reading, with several measures sent to the third-reading calendar.
The Committee of the Whole considered and amended several bills. Amendments were adopted on House Bill 494 (temporary caregiver background checks), Senate Bill 1294 (hearing screening timelines for infants and midwives), Senate Bill 1299 (digital ID enforcement and police-requested deletions), House Bill 728 (definitions cleanup), House Bill 703 (restoring an individual fine provision for surveyors and engineers), Senate Bill 1335 (veterinary medicine clarification), Senate Bill 1330 (small claims court attorney fees), Senate Bill 1359 (virtual currency kiosk consumer protection), and Senate Bill 1348 (clarifying the location of a North Idaho gun club). The committee reported all of those measures back as amended without recommendation, while several other bills remained on the 14th-order calendar.
A major floor action involved House Bill 745, which had been held in the Commerce and Human Resources Committee. Under Rule 14E, a motion was made to excuse the committee from reporting the bill forthwith. After extended debate over committee prerogatives and the Senate’s ability to force consideration of held bills, a roll call vote was taken. The motion to excuse the committee passed 25-1 with one abstention, meaning House Bill 745 would remain in committee for the rest of the session. The Senate then reordered the third-reading calendar, received announcements, and adjourned until 10 a.m. Monday, March 16, 2026.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture and Wildlife Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Agriculture and Wildlife
Transcript Highlights:
- you're dealing with a problem and you're trying to get in front of it, you have to take drastic measures
- And we have to deal with this in pretty drastic measures.
- You don't know what the long-term health effects of this are going to be, but also banning it prevents
- You'd have been measuring me for a straitjacket. It happened.
Keywords:
feral swine, nuisance control, wildlife management, hunting permits, agriculture, cultivated meat, food safety, public health, misbranding, advertising, food labeling, food distribution, state regulations, hunting licenses, fishing licenses, veterans, controlled hunts, deer population, wildlife conservation, food policy
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Special Committee on Tax Reform Jan 15th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Special Committee on Tax Reform
Transcript Highlights:
- I think it's in August, or somewhere about there, where the assessors do the measuring of the house and
- kind of things, but he realizes, you know, the driveway is not poured and these other things would prevent
- He might go ahead and measure it up, but he's not going to put it on the books.
- Um, and yes, um, that the remodeled house, right, has been measured and assessed previously, right, so
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Jul 22nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- $41.8 million is budgeted for contracted services and operating costs to support everything from prevention
- And so I think those investments in prevention are critical.
- Again, it's about the prevention. piece that I think allows us to intervene earlier and keep people on
- This is preventative in terms of clearing to reduce the fire risk within the bosque.
- So what we really have to measure is not our supply, but what is the gap to what we need.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Although you heard some about that this morning, it does not prevent an injured person from recovering
- the full measure of damages. of compensatory and non-economic damages.
- Our debate today is, you know, do these words actually prevent someone from recovering?
- And we are being prevented from putting that out.
- In my field, you know, we don't do preventative spine surgery.
Bills:
HB4806
Keywords:
civil action, damages, health care services, noneconomic damages, negligence, legal standards, 1184, house, all
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Health Services (3-3-25)
Transcript Highlights:
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- control pills to prevent pregnancy they could<00:18:01.440><c> refuse</c><00:18:01.799><c> to</c><00
- </c><00:25:28.600><c> patients</c><00:25:28.960><c> from</c> pro bill could prevent patients from pro
- bill could prevent patients from receiving<00:25:29.520><c> critical</c><00:25:29.919><c> information
- I want to remind you that more than three-quarters of Kentucky voters oppose measures like Senate Bill
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 132, a health care conscience-protection measure. Supporters said the bill would protect health care professionals from being forced to participate in procedures or services that violate sincerely held religious or ethical beliefs, while explicitly excluding emergency care. They argued it would help recruit and retain providers, preserve ethical integrity in medicine, and has worked in several other states. Supporters also emphasized that the bill is aimed at procedures or services, not at denying care based on who a patient is, and noted that the bill includes a civil cause of action to give it enforcement teeth.
Several supporters described personal experiences. A nurse said lack of conscience protections affected her career choices and limited her path into women’s health. Dr. Warman said he had requested not to perform anesthesia for abortions and later chose non-narcotic pain management because he objected to heavy opioid prescribing, saying conscience protections allow professionals to practice responsibly. Senators asked about examples, the bill’s scope, whether it could be used to discriminate, and which states have similar laws; Mississippi, Florida, Montana, Ohio, South Carolina, and Arkansas were named. Questions also focused on the bill’s civil enforcement provisions and whether it could be used against patients based on identity or religion.
Opponents warned the bill was overly broad and could allow refusals of care by a wide range of health workers, including clerks, ambulance drivers, pharmacists, nurses, and physicians. Dr. Karen Abrams said it could lead to denial of birth control, Plan B, blood transfusions, and other care, especially in rural areas with few alternatives, and could worsen Kentucky’s provider shortages. David Conway said the bill lacked patient protections, could increase delays and discrimination, and could prevent reassignment of objecting staff. The chair noted there were seven people signed up in opposition, limited testimony to two minutes each, and said the committee would return to the bill after hearing additional opposition and other pending bills.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The regulation measures in House Bill 5 cover our farmers.
- Tell me how we prevent that. I mean, even from Texas. Right, right.
- It's not a good measurement or definition for end products.
- This is what drug prevention looks like. It's too late for my son.
- Prevention or recovery of four families like mine.
Summary:
The House Committee on Public Health heard House Bill 5, a proposal to ban THC products outside the Texas Compassionate Use Program while allowing non-intoxicating CBD and CBG products under tighter regulation. Chair Van Deaver gave a lengthy background on the 2018 federal Farm Bill and Texas’s 2019 hemp law, arguing that the lack of guardrails allowed a large, unregulated THC market to develop. HB 5 would impose licensing fees, product registration, testing and inspection requirements, and restrictions intended to keep products away from children.
Invited witnesses from law enforcement strongly supported the bill. Steve Dye of the Texas Police Chiefs Association and Brian Hawthorne of the Sheriffs’ Association of Texas argued that THC consumables are widely mislabeled, often far more potent than advertised, and linked to youth access, impaired driving, and organized crime. Both said regulation would be ineffective and would amount to legalization, while a ban would be easier for officers to enforce. They also emphasized support for the Texas Compassionate Use Program and said medical THC should remain available.
Dr. Peter Stout of the Texas Association of Crime Lab Directors and Alice Amelot of Texas DPS testified as resource witnesses about forensic testing. They said current lab resources are already stretched thin, that quantitative testing for THC and related cannabinoids is expensive and time-consuming, and that a ban would simplify enforcement because labs could focus on presence/absence testing rather than concentration. Amelot said DPS labs are neutral on the bill but explained that mislabeled products and inaccurate certificates of analysis are common. Committee members asked about traffic safety, impairment, youth use, and the costs of enforcement and lab testing; witnesses repeatedly said the bill would reduce complexity for law enforcement but that any approach would still require more resources for labs.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (02/03/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- They chlorinate it to prevent fouling in their equipment.
- construction to Offshore pres prevent construction to Offshore wind<02:05:27.599><c> energy</c><02:05
- They prevent those things, uh, I mean the mask, to bring back to our country here.
- </c> that blocks sunlight which prevents that blocks sunlight which prevents nutrition<04:06:53.880><
- They're going to chlorinate it to prevent fing...
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 3/2/26
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Welcome to the Fraud Prevention and State Oversight Committee hearing.
- and investigate suspected fraud prevent and investigate suspected fraud and<00:14:54.800><c> refer</
- During that time, we've advocated for best practices and fraud prevention in the NEMT industry.
- <00:39:11.080><c> in</c><00:39:11.160><c> the</c> prevention in the prevention in the NEMT<00:39:12.560
- I mean, 62% drop when we're actually starting, we haven't even implemented really fraud prevention or