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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- aspirational not to use pepper spray, that right now our system is not in a place that can probably accommodate
Committee:
House S/C on Juvenile Justice
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 3/26/25
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- There is no standing or sitting in the walkways and aisles if accommodation is needed.
Committee:
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Appropriations S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII Feb 26th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- them coming in, but because you don't have enough people, you're saying that you're not able to accommodate
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 2/19/25
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- If accommodation is needed, communicate with the sergeant at arms staff.
Committee:
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (2-6-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Again, thank you for accommodating my schedule.
Keywords:
Consideration of HB 27 00:04:20
Presentation by Secretary of State 00:10:44
Presentation by Karen Sellers and Jason Denny 00:35:56
Consideration of HB 45 00:55:36, 958, all
Summary:
The committee first handled House Bill 27, which would remove the prohibition on political yard signs in planned communities statewide while still allowing communities to regulate size, placement, and duration. The sponsor said the 2023 Planned Communities Act created an unintended consequence by treating similar homeowners differently based on grandfathering dates, and a legal explanation was offered that the bill would clarify the law and avoid constitutional problems. After discussion, the committee voted 15-0 to pass the bill with favorable expression.
The next item was an update from the Secretary of State on the 2024 election and implementation of House Bill 53, which created prompt post-election audits. He said the audits were carried out smoothly, most found no discrepancies, and no election winners changed, though he recommended adding a specific timeline to the law. He also discussed voter-roll maintenance, saying Kentucky has removed more than 440,000 ineligible voters since 2020, and argued that federal law and limited access to federal databases remain the main obstacles to faster cleanup.
Members asked about the possibility of improper removals, double voting across states, and how provisional voting works. The Secretary said anyone improperly removed can reregister, that any double-voting abuse is likely marginal but still unacceptable, and that provisional ballots are available when eligibility is in doubt and can be reviewed by the county board of elections. He also urged Congress to modernize the 1993 federal voter-registration law, improve access to death and citizenship data, and create a central interstate information-sharing system for election officials.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- It's just that we got to make accommodations what's happening. And then what's happening.
- to</c><01:42:24.640><c> make</c> It's just that we got to make It's just that we got to make accommodations
- Accommodations under new rules.
- So, the accommodation for that is the jug and the tent. That's all.
Summary:
The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a quorum present, then adopted a resolution honoring Dr. Todd Freeman, Superintendent of Vestavia Hills City Schools, as Alabama Superintendent of the Year. Senators praised his leadership in public education and noted the recognition was especially meaningful as one of the last such honors in the current chamber. The Senate also adopted a resolution commending the 2026 Alabama Law Institute Senate interns for their service, and members offered personal remarks thanking the interns and encouraging them to remain and contribute to Alabama in the future.
The chamber then took up several conference committee and House messages. The Senate concurred in the conference report on Senate Bill 341 after extended remarks, and later concurred in the conference report on Senate Bill 32, described as a veterans-related bill that would make benefits automatic for those under the federal poverty level and allow cities and counties to opt in for veterans above that level. The Senate also received House amendments to Senate Bill 199, concerning sex offenders, and voted to non-concur and send the bill to conference, naming conferees.
In resolutions from the Rules Committee, the Senate adopted an amended House Joint Resolution 198 establishing the Alabama Mental Health Task Force. It also adopted House Joint Resolution 326, which recognizes the need for a north-south transportation route in East Alabama. Throughout the meeting, senators made extended floor remarks about slowing down on legislation, focusing on rural hospitals and other priorities, and the importance of treating children, seniors, and low-income residents fairly.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 435 places of public accommodation open movie captioning favorable.
- amendments to the bill as to its House bill 435 places of public House bill 435 places of public accommodation
- <00:13:15.880><c> open</c><00:13:16.440><c> movie</c><00:13:16.920><c> captioning</c> accommodation open
- movie captioning accommodation open movie captioning favorable.<00:13:18.560><c> The</c><00:13:18.680
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 029 Feb 11th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We have remodeled our home two times to accommodate Hunter's needs.
- times</c><03:21:26.000><c> to</c> remodeled our home two times to remodeled our home two times to accommodate
- </c><03:21:27.840><c> We</c><03:21:28.080><c> have</c> accommodate Hunter's needs.
- We have accommodate Hunter's needs.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (02/09/2026)
Education Policy and Administration
Committee:
House Education Policy and Administration
Summary:
The committee heard House Bill 1331, which would allow the town of Derry to incorporate the Derry Cooperative School District as a department of the town through a charter amendment. The prime sponsor and several supporters argued the change would increase local control, streamline overlapping town and school functions, and potentially help align school spending with Derry’s tax cap. Supporters also said Derry is large enough to warrant a structure more like Manchester or Nashua, and one witness cited a 2018 nonbinding Derry ballot question that passed 597 to 547 in favor of seeking authorization for this change.
Opposition came from NEA New Hampshire President Megan Tuttle, who said the association and the Derry Education Association opposed the bill because schools are not simply another municipal department and because Derry voters had already rejected merging the district into town government. She argued the state should respect local control and the community’s prior decision. Committee members asked about the scope of the proposed charter change, the role of the school board, and the reported prior vote, and the sponsor clarified that the amendment would be limited to this specific purpose rather than opening the entire charter.
The hearing then moved to House Bill 1374, which would change the procedures for withdrawing from a cooperative school district. Representative Mary Murphy said current law gives other cooperative towns too much control over a withdrawing town’s decision, and her bill would remove the requirement for approval by the other towns while raising the withdrawing town’s approval threshold to a supermajority. She pointed to Francis Town’s 2024 withdrawal vote and said the bill was intended to protect students and local decision-making. The sponsor asked for an ought to pass recommendation, and committee members asked follow-up questions about the prior withdrawal vote and the number of voters involved.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Resources, Recreation and Development (02/04/2026)
Resources, Recreation and Development
Transcript Highlights:
- And yes, they do accommodate logging traffic on a very intermittent basis, but they're woods roads that
- And yes, they do accommodate<03:35:20.960><c> logging</c><03:35:21.520><c> traffic</c><03:35:22.319><
- c> on</c><03:35:22.560><c> a</c><03:35:22.800><c> very</c> accommodate logging traffic on a very accommodate
Committee:
House Resources, Recreation and Development
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (01/29/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- agreements have been amended and masked as recommended by municipal attorneys um to make sure that we accommodate
- /c><01:38:50.800><c> we</c> attorneys um to make sure that we attorneys um to make sure that we accommodate
- c> the</c><01:38:51.760><c> taxation</c><01:38:52.239><c> language</c><01:38:52.639><c> and</c> accommodate
- the taxation language and accommodate the taxation language and the<01:38:52.880><c> issuance</c><01
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (01/21/2026)
Education Policy and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- So I think that it's a reasonable uh way to accommodate training for an important subject without overtraining
- reasonable</c><00:28:00.559><c> uh</c><00:28:00.720><c> way</c><00:28:00.880><c> to</c><00:28:01.200><c> accommodate
- </c> it's a reasonable uh way to accommodate it's a reasonable uh way to accommodate training<00:28:02.240
Committee:
House Education Policy and Administration
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- state or federal law, such as those outlined in an individualized education plan or a section 504 accommodation
- a uh individualized education plan or a a uh section<06:51:36.000><c> 504</c><06:51:36.798><c> accommodation
- </c> section 504 accommodation. section 504 accommodation.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Omnibus budget for health, children and families passes House floor 5/12/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I know you cannot believe this, but I am including some very reasonable accommodations, including that
- 15.120><c> reasonable</c> I'm including some very reasonable I'm including some very reasonable accommodations
- > including</c><02:33:17.280><c> you</c><02:33:17.439><c> don't</c><02:33:17.600><c> have</c> accommodations
- , including you don't have accommodations, including you don't have to<02:33:17.840><c> do</c><02:33:
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (04/23/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- We've continued to accommodate rising health insurance costs while, of course, doing our best to maintain
- We've continued<06:04:06.798><c> to</c><06:04:06.958><c> accommodate</c><06:04:07.520><c> rising</c><
- 06:04:07.920><c> health</c> continued to accommodate rising health continued to accommodate rising health
Summary:
The committee first heard Senate Bill 47, sponsored by Senator Regina Birdsell at the request of the Insurance Department. The bill would clarify that a birth mother’s health insurance is the primary policy for a newborn’s care unless the mother has no coverage or no employer-sponsored coverage. Birdsell and Insurance Commissioner DJ Benton Court said the measure simply codifies the department’s long-standing interpretation of existing law. Representative Miles asked whether the coverage would extend to a grandchild if a young woman on her parents’ plan had a baby, and Birdsell said it would. The hearing on SB 47 was then closed.
The committee next heard Senate Bill 121, introduced by Grant Bosi for Senator Kevin Avard. The bill requires insurers to notify the Insurance Department when they stop writing an entire line of business or, in some cases, when they change Medicare Advantage offerings. Benton Court said the bill was prompted by disruption in the Medicare Advantage market, where consumers and the department were confused by carriers exiting, changing plans, or narrowing offerings. He said the department does not regulate Medicare Advantage itself, but does license the carriers, and the notice requirement would help the department advise consumers; he also said noncompliance could affect a carrier’s license and could lead to fines. Members discussed the notice period, and the department and AHIP indicated support for changing it from 120 days to 90 days to align with federal timing. The hearing was closed with plans to work on an amendment in subcommittee.
Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 247, introduced by Representative Brian Cole, which would prohibit network exclusion for pharmacies that refuse to dispense prescriptions when PBM reimbursement is below acquisition cost. Cole said the bill is meant to stop pharmacies from being forced to sell at a loss. Members questioned whether pharmacies voluntarily enter PBM contracts, whether the bill would raise consumer prices, and whether it would mainly affect independent pharmacies. Cole and others said the issue has changed over time because PBMs now control a much larger share of the market, and that the bill would let pharmacies refuse loss-making fills and direct patients to mail order instead. The discussion also noted that the bill excludes Medicare and Medicaid and that the current proposal does not create a middle-ground option for patients to pay a premium at the counter.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Legislative Administration (02/19/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- They were very accommodating, and we did that a few weeks ago.
- ><00:33:20.519><c> were</c><00:33:20.760><c> very</c><00:33:21.440><c> um</c><00:33:21.639><c> accommodating
- </c><00:33:22.480><c> and</c> BFW they were very um accommodating and BFW they were very um accommodating
Summary:
The committee first dealt with scheduling and housekeeping, including a plan to take a hard break at 2:00 p.m. for an early bill, hold a brief executive session, and then continue with the remaining afternoon bills. The chair also noted the next likely meeting date would be March 12, when the committee expected to take up the remaining bills before crossover deadlines.
The main substantive item was House Bill 142, which would recognize the Honor and Remember flag for Gold Star families and related remembrance purposes. Prime sponsor Rep. Michael Moffett described the bill as a bipartisan measure revised to address earlier concerns, arguing that the flag honors fallen service members, can be personalized with names, and complements rather than detracts from the American flag. He said many other states have already adopted it and suggested the committee could amend details such as the number of days and locations for display. He also raised practical issues about flag dimensions and whether the bill should use "shall" or "may" for display requirements.
Testimony was divided. Janine Nutter opposed the bill, saying she supports Gold Star families but objected because the flag resembles the Viet Cong flag and because she believes the American flag should remain the sole symbol representing servicemembers. Kevin Grady, representing the State Veterans Advisory Committee under RSA 115:8, also opposed the bill, saying the committee believes the American flag is the only symbol needed, while still praising the work of Honor and Remember in creating personalized flags for families. Committee members asked questions about where the flag would be flown, whether the State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen is already displaying it, and how the bill’s language would interact with cemetery policies and committee discretion. No vote or final action was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (01/28/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Vice Chair, for accommodating me in the discussion that I thought the original language wasn’t broad
- <00:25:44.840><c> um</c> and thank you Mr Vice chair for um and thank you Mr Vice chair for um accommodating
- 46.559><c> in</c><00:25:47.159><c> uh</c><00:25:47.320><c> the</c><00:25:47.520><c> discussion</c> accommodating
- me in uh the discussion accommodating me in uh the discussion that<00:25:48.480><c> I</c><00:25:48.600
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (04/14/2026)
Environment and Agriculture
Transcript Highlights:
- I think that this particular aspect of the bill accommodates those instances.
- I think that this particular aspect of the bill accommodates those instances.
- Well, if his product does, then I think, you know, he might have more problems than we can accommodate
Committee:
House Environment and Agriculture
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- 39.520><c> to</c> about doing like a traffic study um to about doing like a traffic study um to accommodate
- 40.480><c> and</c><01:44:40.719><c> say</c><01:44:41.119><c> maybe</c><01:44:41.360><c> this</c> accommodate
- that and say maybe this accommodate that and say maybe this doesn't<01:44:41.840><c> work</c><01:44:
Committee:
House Housing
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (01/14/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- look at whether there be military dormitory or other housing models and how one building might accommodate
- authorizes the comfort dog and their team to accompany their handler into any public facility, housing accommodation
- , or public place of accommodation to which the public is invited while performing their duties.