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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 5 on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation Apr 16th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- This report is the outcome of AB 625, which required OSPD to evaluate California's.
- But they require special attention. They require screening.
- So, in order for us to be able to do it, it's required two things.
- It is possible, but it's going to require a significant investment. Thank you.
- It is possible, but it's going to require a significant investment.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 26, 2026 - 08:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- It doesn't remove what the agencies would require.
- It doesn't remove what the agencies would require.
- When the legislature changed public notice requirements to no longer require publishing in newspapers
- When the legislature changed public notice requirements to no longer require publishing in newspapers
- , and no broader than required.
Summary:
The committee took up a series of bills and reported several of them favorably, often after brief sponsor presentations, supportive public testimony, and unanimous or near-unanimous votes. Early measures included PCS for CSHB 1069 on background screenings for athletic coaches and qualified entities, CS/HB 365 on law enforcement interactions with individuals with autism spectrum disorder, and CS/HB 269 plus its linked public-records bill CS/SB 298 on domestic violence and dating violence. The domestic violence package focused on using NG-911 technology for discreet help-seeking, expanding protections to dating violence victims, and preserving confidentiality for participants in related programs. The committee also approved HB 6507, a claims bill for injuries involving DCF negligence, after limited discussion.
Members then considered PCS for CSHB 1159, which increases penalties and updates terminology for sexual offenses involving minors, child sexual abuse material, and related crimes. The bill was amended to replace “child pornography” with “child sexual abuse material” and to address childlike sex dolls, and it passed unanimously. The committee also heard CS/HB 529 on community-based care lead agency and subcontractor liability insurance. That bill would remove a statutory liability-insurance requirement for certain child welfare providers amid an insurance market crisis; it drew extensive debate, with supporters saying it would prevent agencies from shutting down and opponents warning it would reduce accountability and leave children vulnerable. It passed 15-4 as amended.
The committee next approved PCS for CSHB 277 on domestic violence and protective injunctions. The bill creates a Pinellas County pilot for electronic monitoring with victim notification, raises the victim relocation allowance, strengthens penalties for repeat injunction violations, and adds protections involving military orders and pets. Testimony was strongly supportive, including from survivors, and the bill passed 18-0 as amended. CS/HB 1009 on government publication of advertisements and public notices also passed, after an amendment requiring notices to remain publicly accessible; newspapers and press groups opposed it, arguing it would fragment access to notices, while the sponsor said it modernizes outdated posting rules. Finally, the committee heard PCS for CSHB 1471 on systems of law and terrorist organizations, which would create a state process for designating domestic terrorist organizations and bar public support for them; the bill drew sharp constitutional objections from civil liberties, press, labor, and advocacy groups over due process, free speech, and viewpoint discrimination concerns.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
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- 26.159><c> to</c><00:31:26.320><c> establish,</c> requires the 911 board to establish, requires the 911
- There would be state funding that would be required.
- So the state that would be required.
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Committee:
House Public Safety
Keywords:
Hawaii National Guard, tuition assistance, graduate degrees, education, military personnel, funding, school districts, state budget, performance metrics, emergency announcements, American Sign Language, accessibility, public safety, broadcast media, Smart911, 911, 911 Board, emergency response, public safety answering point, PSAP
Summary:
The Committee on Public Safety held its first hearing and began with House Bill 1531, which would require the governor or county mayor to provide an ASL interpreter during official emergency announcements broadcast on television or the internet, ensure the interpreter is visible, and require news outlets to show the interpreter in a picture-in-picture window. Testimony was strongly supportive from disability advocates, who said live captions can be inaccurate and that ASL access is critical during emergencies, but broadcasters raised practical concerns that the bill as drafted could require extra camera crews and reduce coverage. Members discussed possible alternatives such as government-provided pool feeds and interpreter placement, and the chair recommended deferring decision-making on the bill to the following Wednesday to allow time for amendment language.
The committee then heard House Bill 1751, which would expand the Hawaii National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program to include graduate degrees at the University of Hawaii for qualified enlisted personnel. The Hawaii Army National Guard, the Department of Defense, and University of Hawaii representatives supported the measure as a recruiting, retention, and professionalization tool. A member asked about funding, and the response was that the program is funded through a state appropriation currently set at $250,000 and was described as sufficient at present. The bill drew no opposition in the hearing.
Next, House Bill 1752 was taken up. This measure would remove the Adjutant General as a nonvoting ex officio member of the HAIMA advisory committee and add the HAIMA administrator as a nonvoting ex officio member of the MSAC. The Department of Defense and Department of Health supported the bill, with the Department of Health asking that it be aligned with other EMS modernization provisions in the governor’s package so the related measures remain consistent. No objections were raised.
The committee also heard House Bill 1577 on 911 services, which would require the 911 Board to establish a statewide emergency safety profile system for residents to voluntarily store emergency-relevant personal information. The Department of Health, disability advocates, the 911 Board, and others supported the concept, saying it could improve emergency response for people with disabilities, kūpuna, families, and others with functional needs. Testimony also raised concerns about funding, system integration, confidentiality, advanced directives, and liability protections if information does not reach responders in time. Members discussed statewide coordination and existing county systems, and the hearing continued with those issues unresolved.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Jul 22nd, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- eligibility requirements to every six months.
- Delivery, and so it requires a lot of collaboration.
- It will, in fact, require significant change to...
- It does require a certain amount of technology that you need to purchase, and it does require changing
- Was that requiring them to, like in California, requiring them to pass through all the benefits?
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:18:35.720><c> of</c> yeah uh so the audit requirement of yeah uh so the audit requirement of
- Okay, all second. annual audit requirements oh wait wait annual audit requirements oh wait wait sen<00
- The audit requirement— 166 is the notice. Yes, notice required.
- because it requires certain notice be provided when a unit's being sold.
- The audit requirement— 166 is the notice. Yes, notice required.
Committee:
Senate Commerce
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
CPN-PSM, CPN Public Hearings 02-10-2025
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- It clarifies the required contents of a notice of claim of construction defect served on a contractor
- </c><00:15:35.240><c> dispute</c> change the notice requirements dispute change the notice requirements
- </c><00:23:56.559><c> dog</c> intact sexual organs and requires dog intact sexual organs and requires
- </c> waiting period and bonding requirements waiting period and bonding requirements ensuring<00:30:23.559
- ensuring due process requirements for ensuring due process requirements for good<00:30:25.399><c> standing
Committee:
Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection
Summary:
The joint hearing first took up SB 696, which would create an emergency management office and fund tax credits, grants for low-income taxpayers to fortify homes, shelter development, and staffing. Supporters argued Hawaii needs a dedicated preparedness office and funding before the next hurricane season, while the Tax Foundation said the bill was too vague, especially on who would qualify for the tax credits and under what conditions. The Department of the Attorney General and the insurance division offered comments, and both committees recommended deferral of SB 696.
The Commerce and Consumer Protection committee then heard SB 179 on construction defect remedies and the contractor repair act. Builders, Realtors, carpenters, and a mortgage industry witness supported the bill, saying it would reduce abusive litigation, speed repairs, and help housing production and affordability. Homeowner advocates and plaintiff attorneys opposed it, arguing it would weaken consumer protections, shift repair costs to homeowners, and delay or limit legitimate claims. One testifier suggested the Senate focus instead on stronger alternative dispute resolution, and the committee noted 105 written supporters, four opponents, and one comment submission.
The committee next heard SB 416 on allowing pets in rental housing, with the Attorney General recommending a non-impairment safeguard because of possible effects on existing contracts. SB 593 on commercial dog breeders drew support from the Hawaii Humane Society and others, with concerns raised that counties would be expected to enforce the new regime without funding. SB 641, creating a tax on low-alcohol-by-volume spirits beverages, drew opposition from the Wine Institute, which said it would create a tax break for one segment and likely reduce state revenue. SB 1048 on online crowdfunding received support from GoFundMe and comments from the Attorney General, with GoFundMe urging changes to reduce burdens on charitable fundraising. SB 1213, allowing businesses to accept service of process by email instead of maintaining a registered agent, drew DCCA comments and opposition from LegalZoom, which warned email service could be unreliable and vulnerable to phishing.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:32:30.960><c> a</c> So, current Minnesota law requires a So, current Minnesota law requires a
- </c><00:37:46.720><c> a</c> current Minnesota law will require a current Minnesota law will require a
- </c> a calendar year, the payer was required a calendar year, the payer was required to<00:49:52.000>
- </c> section where an SSN is is required. section where an SSN is is required.
- We would require a tax return there. We would require a tax return there.
Committee:
Senate Taxes
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/21/2026)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:29:43.760><c> for</c> built in that that's not required for built in that that's not required
- </c> >> communities because of the requirements >> communities because of the requirements
- </c><01:39:58.639><c> the</c> protocols the council may require the protocols the council may require
- If this bill They're not required.
- Um the as they required to provide.
Committee:
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration, June 24, 2026 - PM
Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration
Transcript Highlights:
- Requirements around providing that support, which could include requiring participation in the federal
- It would be higher if you required..."
- was required.
- And those federal requirement...
- Um, you know, with the menu requirements.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- There is a lot of due diligence required before you buy a park. You have to look at park finances.
- This requirement does not bind owners to pursue any specific path.
- This requirement does not bind owners to pursue any specific path.
- And the requirements of the bill are pretty onerous and quite challenging.
- And yeah, we have a fine associated with noncompliance with the communications requirement.
Committee:
Senate Housing
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Forty Eight - Wednesday, April 8 - Afternoon Session
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, so help me out, though, because you’re convicted of a crime that requires you to register.
- There were three noes, given the fact that it did lower the requirements.
- Is that identification not required to obtain one of those licenses to begin with? No.
- And you are requiring in this bill that a person holding one of those licenses, And you are requiring
- Is that identification not required to obtain one of those licenses to begin with? No. No.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Licensing and Occupations. (3-3-26)
Licensing & Occupations
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> what these accredited programs require. what these accredited programs require.
- We don't require professional licensure.
- Um required to do the national pathway.
- </c><00:24:37.440><c> Do</c> and the state level requirements. Do and the state level requirements.
- </c><00:29:13.440><c> as</c> happy so we're not going to require as happy so we're not going to require
Committee:
Senate Licensing & Occupations
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Health and Human Services Feb 4th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill puts into statute the requirements or certification for this.
- As required in that registry, the person that would be...
- Required in that registry, the person that would be placed in that registry would be required to have
- So the substitute streamlines the stocking requirement for...
- going to be required to stock one single prescription for buprenorphine.
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 213, which would allow optometrists to perform three specific laser procedures. The sponsor presented a committee substitute adding 32 hours of approved advanced training, supervised live-patient practice, adverse-event reporting, and other accountability measures. Supporters argued the bill would improve access to care, while the New Mexico Medical Board opposed it, citing patient-safety concerns and the much greater training required of ophthalmologists. After debate, the committee adopted the substitute and passed the bill 6-3.
The committee then considered House Bill 65, renamed the Foster Care Plus pilot program. The substitute changed the bill to require clinical assessment instead of CAN assessment, added reporting to the Legislature and LFC, and clarified contracting with clinical experts. CYFD officials said the $2.5 million request, combined with existing growth funding, would support more children, staff, foster-parent stipends, and related services, and that the program is already being implemented with help from Oklahoma-based experts. Some members remained concerned about cost, staffing, and whether the program could be sustained, but the committee adopted the substitute and passed the bill 8-1.
House Bill 127, on expedited medical licensure, was amended to create a provisional pathway for internationally trained physicians, require a job offer and benchmarks before full licensure, and establish a telemedicine registry. The Medical Board supported the amended bill, while public commenters emphasized physician shortages and access to care. The committee adopted the amendment and passed the bill. House Bill 128, which updates firefighter occupational disease and disablement presumptions to add cancers and other changes, drew strong support from firefighters, labor, and workers’ compensation officials; the committee adopted the amendment and passed the bill. House Bill 156, which removes the sunset on the state’s authority to set vaccine guidelines and continue its vaccine program, also passed after supporters argued it preserves access and opponents raised broader vaccine-policy concerns. The committee then began hearing House Bill 137, a buprenorphine access bill, with the sponsor and advocates describing pharmacy supply barriers and a committee substitute aimed at setting minimum stock standards, requiring distributor reporting, and avoiding fines on pharmacies.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- In recent years, they've proposed resolutions at multiple insurance companies to require the insurers
- Zurich also now requires its highest-emitting corporate clients to adopt credible climate transition
- Members, so Amendment 1 requires Members, so Amendment 1 requires lobbyists to include specific bill
- It also requires automatic dismissal if the respondent... ...is a consideration.
- Insurance in Texas is required to be priced on an actuarial basis, and all insurers do that.
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
Keywords:
public school funding, education, budget allocation, financial transparency, state law, local control, fiduciary responsibility, public retirement systems, investment management, proxy voting, financial factors, insurance, political shareholder proposals, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, environmental regulation, discrimination, credit extension, social credit, value-based standards
Summary:
The committee heard Senate Bill 945, 946, 2044, 2819, 2403, 2337, and 312, with all bills left pending after testimony. SB 945 would restrict insurance companies from denying or limiting coverage based on oil and gas activity or ESG-related goals, and supporters argued it would protect Texas energy producers from politically motivated shareholder activism and insurance discrimination. SB 946 would bar creditors from using social credit, ESG, DEI, or religious/political affiliation as a basis for denying or limiting credit; witnesses said it would prevent viewpoint-based financial discrimination and protect access to capital for Texas businesses. SB 2337 would require proxy advisory firms to disclose when recommendations are based on non-financial factors or when they give conflicting advice to different clients; supporters said the measure would increase transparency and curb ESG-driven influence over shareholder voting. SB 312 would direct public retirement systems to focus on financial returns rather than social or political objectives, with the author saying the bill responds to activist pressure on pensions and would reinforce fiduciary duty.
The committee also took up election and ethics measures. SB 2044 would strengthen electioneering restrictions for publicly funded education institutions and personnel, prohibiting use of official resources to promote political agendas; testimony focused on alleged school district electioneering in bond and tax elections. SB 2819 would prohibit county elections administrators from holding certain officer positions appointed by elected officials, addressing potential conflicts of interest. SB 2403, the Texas Ethics Commission sunset bill, would restructure complaint handling with a three-tier violation system, risk-based complaint prioritization, longer response times, bipartisan preliminary review panels, and expanded hearing options; members discussed amendments aimed at dismissing minor complaints, clarifying categories, and adjusting lobbying and penalty provisions, but the amendments were withdrawn during committee consideration.
Across the ESG and finance bills, invited witnesses from the American Energy Institute, Heartland Impact, Consumers Research, ADF Action, Texas Civil Justice League, and related groups generally supported the measures, arguing that banks, insurers, proxy advisors, and asset managers have used ESG or reputational-risk standards to discriminate against energy, agriculture, firearms, and religious organizations. No opposition testimony was presented in the excerpt, and the committee closed public testimony on each bill and left them pending.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We have been required to also now certify electronic poll books. commonly referred to as e-poll books
- All the fields can be required, right?
- It was all of the other costs associated with it, with those postage and mailing requirements.
- so if you don't meet those requirements you don't get presented with the the voter questions.
- That is a requirement of the real... And so all of the states are required to do that.
Committee:
House Elections
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- My neurologist released me from his care on October 2009 with no follow-up visits required.
- I would like to point out that not only does this requirement take time out of my day, I have to pay
- My neurologist released me from his care on October 2009 with no follow-up visits required.
- </c><00:04:13.000><c> however</c> follow-up visits required however follow-up visits required however
- </c><00:04:43.039><c> take</c> that not only does this requirement take that not only does this requirement
Committee:
Senate Transportation
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (02/11/2025)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> as he stated RSA 27570 requires as he stated RSA 27570 requires employers<01:50:02.199><c> to</c
- </c> have registered as as they're required have registered as as they're required to<02:16:30.360><c
- </c> or on time there is no warning required or on time there is no warning required uh<04:11:03.640>
- Not in the sense that there's no current requirement that an employer is required to post like a weekly
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am
Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It requires an annual scientific... ...heavy metals and residual solvents.
- It requires...
- We would require quite a bit about other states taking action around this.
- How about requiring data collection?
- But that will require the support of tax revenue to local health departments.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy held a hearing on a broad set of cannabis and hemp bills, with the chairs opening by emphasizing unfinished work on equity, public health, safety, and market stability. The committee heard testimony on House Bill 146, which would create more efficient cannabis testing standards by increasing batch sizes, reducing or eliminating some environmental testing, standardizing lab reporting, and requiring annual scientific review and public data reporting. Industry witnesses, including a representative of the Massachusetts Cannabis Coalition, cultivators, and a testing lab owner, said current testing rules are overly burdensome, costly, and inconsistent, and argued the bill would lower compliance costs while preserving consumer safety. A testing lab witness also said some operators switch labs to obtain higher THC results or pass contaminated batches, and urged greater transparency and better sampling protocols.
A major portion of the hearing focused on intoxicating hemp and related bills that would bring hemp-derived intoxicating products under a stronger regulatory framework. Legislators and industry witnesses described products sold in gas stations, smoke shops, and convenience stores as often untested, not age-gated, and sometimes mislabeled or far above the federal hemp THC threshold. Testimony from attorneys and cannabis business leaders said states can regulate these products more strictly under the Farm Bill’s non-preemption language, and pointed to New Jersey and other states as possible models. Some witnesses and committee members stressed that any new rules should avoid harming non-intoxicating CBD businesses or lawful hemp farmers, while others argued that the products are effectively cannabis and should be regulated like cannabis for licensing, testing, age limits, and taxation.
The committee also heard extensive public-health testimony in support of bills S. 95, S. 96, S. 97 and their House counterparts H. 191, H. 192, and H. 193. Parents, advocates, and public health professionals urged stronger warning labels, THC potency caps, and improved data collection on cannabis-related harms, citing cannabis-induced psychosis, addiction, anxiety, and youth exposure to high-potency products. Several witnesses said Massachusetts has not done enough to track health outcomes or warn consumers, and referenced other jurisdictions such as Connecticut, Vermont, Colorado, Canada, and Quebec as examples of stronger limits or warnings. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing; the committee primarily received testimony and questions.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Education Committee Jun 3rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And so this bill doesn't require any school district to do this.
- There's no requirement for them to join the union when they've graduated.
- they graduate from the... not required, but compelled to, to do?
- in order to bid for these jobs, they're required... ...members of the apprenticeship, but they are required
- They're required to pay twice for retirement plans, right?
Summary:
The committee first heard AB 402, which would increase Cal Grant award amounts for students attending private nonprofit colleges and extend transfer entitlement eligibility to those institutions. The author and supporters argued the bill would improve affordability and access for low- and middle-income, working, military, and transfer students, while some senators emphasized the need to pair any increase with broader Cal Grant reform and funding. The bill drew support from private nonprofit universities, community college districts, and student advocates, and no opposition was presented. It passed on a due pass motion to Senate Appropriations and was placed on call.
The committee then took up AB 2067, a sunset extension for the competitive lease-lease-back process for TK-12 school construction through July 1, 2032. Supporters from school facilities groups, school districts, and contractors said the method provides flexibility, early contractor involvement, cost control, and legal certainty for school construction projects. Some senators questioned how often the method is used and raised concerns about the bill’s skilled-and-trained workforce provisions, with one senator opposing on the grounds that such requirements limit contractor participation. The bill passed on a due pass motion and was placed on call.
Next, AB 1204 proposed changes to the Local Control Funding Formula, including a lower concentration-grant threshold, regional cost adjustments, a minimum annual COLA, and other equity-focused revisions. Supporters said the bill would better reflect regional costs and student need, while opponents—especially several school district leaders—argued it would shift money away from the base grant, widen disparities, and create new fiscal cliffs. Committee members raised concerns about the scale of the rewrite, the lack of a broader funding strategy, and the proposed 4% COLA guarantee, though the author said the bill was intended as a phased update to improve equity. The bill was supported by the chair and several members, then passed on a due pass motion to Appropriations and was placed on call.
Finally, the committee heard AB 1235, which would require a skilled-and-trained workforce process for CSU design-build projects. Supporters said it would align CSU with other segments and promote quality training, while opposition from contractor groups argued it would add liability, reduce competition, and increase costs without evidence of better outcomes. Senators again focused on the effect of skilled-and-trained requirements on contractor participation, with one member stating opposition to limiting who can work in California and another noting the bill’s broader policy implications. The transcript ends during committee discussion of AB 1235, without a recorded final vote.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- , by modernizing registry disclosure requirements, and by establishing a one-time reporting requirement
- And a final alters the record reporting requirement to every 3 years.
- </c><00:43:56.120><c> The</c> requirements for the department. The requirements for the department.
- One alters the reporting requirement<00:44:25.280><c> of</c><00:44:25.400><c> another</c> requirement
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