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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Feb 19th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- As a board, we have instructed our staff to look at every department on how we do business and evaluate
- So we are evaluating whether that is advantageous for the agency or not.
- So we are evaluated whether that is advantageous for the agency or not.
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on Second Substitute Senate Bill 5690, which would require WSDOT to improve coordination with utilities on fish barrier removal projects and utility relocations, provide advance notice when feasible, and seek to maximize federal funding for relocation costs. Staff described the bill’s background, including the federal culvert injunction and WSDOT’s fish barrier work, and noted fiscal impacts tied to grant monitoring and possible revenue changes. Senator McEwen said the bill was narrowed from a prior version to reduce fiscal concerns and cited a district example where poor coordination allegedly wasted public and ratepayer funds. Utility representatives from PUDs testified in support, emphasizing better communication, advance notice for budgeting, and access to federal funds; no opposition was presented on this bill before the public hearing was closed.
The committee also heard Senate Bill 6148, which would extend the maximum term for regional transit authority bonds from 40 years to 75 years and remove eligibility for regional mobility grant funds if an RTA uses bonds longer than 40 years. Staff and committee fiscal discussion focused on how longer terms reduce annual debt service but increase total interest paid over time, with examples comparing 25-, 40-, 50-, and 75-year bonds. Supporters, including Sound Transit board members, local officials, labor, and transit advocates, argued the bill would give Sound Transit flexibility to manage inflation, preserve project schedules, and align financing with long-lived infrastructure and the federal TIFIA loan program. Opponents argued the bill would increase long-term costs, shift burdens to future generations, and is premature because Sound Transit is still revising its plan and already has substantial cash and bonding capacity. The hearing ended after questions about debt safeguards, refinancing, and how the proposed authority would interact with TIFIA loans.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Fiscal Policy Feb 18th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- protocols for patients of all ages, continual patient and family education, periodic comprehensive evaluations
- The bill also revises grant proposal evaluation criteria to include how funds will expand health science
- The bill also revises grant proposal evaluation criteria to include how funds will expand health science
Summary:
The Fiscal Policy Committee met and first adopted a late-filed amendment to SB 774, which expands enhanced workers’ compensation coverage to 911 public safety telecommunicators for mental or nervous injuries. The bill drew supportive testimony from a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office dispatcher and others, and was reported favorably. The committee also reported favorably SB 770 on forensic services for certain defendants, which would allow the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to consolidate secure forensic services for individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism whose charges were dismissed after incompetency findings.
Members then considered several public safety, family, and workforce bills. CS/SB 86, which declares unauthorized aliens operating commercial vehicles an imminent safety hazard and imposes vehicle impoundment and a $50,000 penalty on motor carriers, was reported favorably after questions about impound procedures and cargo handling; one speaker opposed it. SB 1594, protecting veterans’ benefits for foster youth so the funds are reserved for postsecondary education, training, and after-care services, was reported favorably with supportive testimony from a former DCF attorney. CS/SB 760, creating a new offense for willful violations of no-contact pretrial release conditions in violent crime cases, was reported favorably despite criminal defense attorneys’ concerns about a provision allowing warrantless arrests without officer observation.
The committee also approved a complete rewrite of the nonprofit corporations chapter in SB 554, a sickle cell continuing education bill (SB 844) after extensive emotional testimony from patients, advocates, and family members, and SB 1022 adding two children’s initiative programs in Bay County and Broward County. CS/SB 1246 broadened the Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund to include health science education programs and related workforce needs and was reported favorably. Finally, the committee approved CS/CS/SB 1230 restricting use and sale of certain firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS, and CS/CS/SB 128 directing DEP to mark Red Harris Spoil Island; both passed with favorable votes. Several senators later asked to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on specific tabs, and the meeting adjourned without further business.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 16th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- From there, we then had the committee work on evaluating the projects based on relevance, impact, feasibility
- We also have faculty at Boise State that are evaluating a brand new remote sensing data set for measuring
- not to talk about the East Snake Plain. and I'm really excited. faculty at Boise State that are evaluating
Summary:
The committee began by introducing several RS drafts and sending them to print by unanimous voice vote. It then heard the gubernatorial reappointment of Dave Bobbitt to the Idaho Fish and Game Commission. Bobbitt described his background in banking and lifelong hunting and fishing in Idaho, and said his priorities include wolf and grizzly bear delisting and more state control over wildlife management. Senators asked about wolf depredation, population goals, hunting technology rules, and federal involvement in wolf management. The chair said the confirmation would not be voted on until the next meeting.
The committee next considered House Bill 502, which would move Idaho Forest Products Commission provisions from administrative rule into statute and consolidate related definitions, nomination, chair/vice-chair, and assessment requirements in the code. Senator Harris said the bill was mainly a codification and streamlining measure with no material policy change. The bill was moved to the floor with a do pass recommendation. The committee also heard House Joint Memorial 9, urging Congress to reaffirm FLPMA as the primary authority for federal land management and exchanges. Support testimony came from J.R. Simplot Company representative Elizabeth Kreiner, who described a long-running land exchange dispute and argued the memorial would preserve certainty for western land exchanges. The memorial was sent to the floor with a do pass recommendation.
Finally, the committee received an update from Idaho Water Resources Research Institute Director Kendra Kaiser on the institute’s funded research and priorities. She said the institute had distributed more than $500,000 across Boise State, Idaho State, and the University of Idaho, and that water scarcity, technology/monitoring, and water quality were the main statewide research themes. She highlighted projects on snowpack and streamflow forecasting, flood forecasting, harmful algal blooms, managed aquifer recharge, monitoring gaps, East Snake Plain water supply modeling, and Lake Pend Oreille management. Senators asked about curtailment forecasting, the Snake River Basin Study, and how the research would help tributary water users. Kaiser said the institute’s curtailment analysis was for early planning only and that results would be posted publicly and shared through presentations and advisory groups.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
Legislative Finance Sub Committee Nov 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- effort to work with our youth in a community-based system within the juvenile justice system to evaluate
- so, DOH has actually rolled out a virtual model, which you might remember from the MAP program evaluation
- I am happy to report that from the time that you all heard the MAT program evaluation to now, Corrections
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Department to provide information to the staff of the **Legislative Finance Committee** for purposes of evaluating
- policy for the use of wireless communication devices to provide policy guidelines requiring policy evaluations
- is to explain what I call our triage in the office, which is how bills kind of get sorted out and evaluated
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 5 March, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- sales tax distribution and<00:30:20.400><c> reporting,</c><00:30:21.200><c> uh</c><00:30:21.280><c> evaluate
- , including modernized software systems to ensure accurate sales tax distribution and reporting, evaluate
- The only discretion, or the only function that the state health officer would perform, is to look at
- , is to look at the would perform, is to look at the calculation<02:46:42.840><c> to</c><02:46:43.000
- I think they're valid, but I also think the people that did the recommendations were performing the job
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, January 14, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Since then, Sydney has performed the national anthem at a Buffalo Bills football game countless times
- She is also a regular performer at the annual Music is Art Festival organized by Robbie Takac, one of
- Since then, Sydney has performed the national anthem at a Buffalo Bills football game countless times
- She is also a regular performer at the annual Music is Art Festival organized by Robbie Takac, one of
- Army Corps helicopter to evaluate freshwater challenges in that drought-prone region.
OR
Oregon 2026 Regular Session
Attorney General Rayfield Press Event: Medicaid Fraud Enforcement Record Jun 23rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- After I took office, we were continuing to evaluate our current capacity here at the Oregon Department
- additional FTE, which the legislature granted in the 25-27 session, and we're going to be continuing to evaluate
Summary:
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield held a press event marking National Health Care Fraud Takedown Day to highlight the state’s Medicaid fraud enforcement work and announce four new criminal filings. He said the Oregon Department of Justice’s Medicaid Fraud Unit, which includes investigators, auditors, attorneys, data analysts, and a nurse investigator, has secured hundreds of convictions and settlements since 2010 and recently received additional staffing from the legislature. He framed the work as bipartisan and aimed at protecting vulnerable Oregonians, recovering taxpayer dollars, and deterring fraud.
The announced cases involved alleged provider or vendor fraud rather than Medicaid recipients: Ed Morgan of Beaverton was charged in connection with housing assistance funds tied to a health-related social needs program; Linda Thomas and her company, Gateway of Willamette Valley, were charged with billing Medicaid for day support services not provided; and Amanda Thorne, a former Lane County employee, was charged with using a government credit card for personal purchases. Rayfield also noted recent progress in other cases, including a nurse who pleaded no contest to false billing and theft and was sentenced to jail, probation, and restitution, and a medical transportation company owner recently charged with billing for services not provided.
In response to questions, Rayfield said Oregon staff attended a federal meeting on Medicaid fraud despite late notice and political tensions, emphasizing that fraud enforcement should remain bipartisan. He said the federal landscape is complicated by cuts to enforcement staff even as there is talk of increased enforcement, and that states have had to step up. He also said Oregon’s managed care system has not been a major barrier to investigations, which typically begin with complaints and are developed with partner agencies. No votes or formal legislative actions were taken at the event.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- The price or the evaluation of the property will go into the school system, where it counts toward their
- Well, they wouldn't be able to—they would use it in the evaluation, but they don't receive taxes because
Committee:
House Legislative Review
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Local and County Government Feb 10th, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Local and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Certainly, the Department of Environmental Quality evaluates all campsites and permits for a campsite
- If such an evaluation finds a campsite does not meet basic environmental and sanitation standards, why
Committee:
Senate Local and County Government
Keywords:
municipal ordinances, local government, ordinance publication, posting requirement, public notice, municipal law, city ordinances, town ordinances, county government, newspaper publication, effective date, Oklahoma statutes, 11 O.S. 14-106, ordinance notice, government oversight, healthcare authority, property lien, county treasury, Oklahoma, municipalities
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Public School Capital Outlay Council Aug 27th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- When we are making new awards, how are we evaluating them?
- projects done, and two, so that we can... ...potentially think about how we use that same level of evaluation
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Emergency Management Committee Jun 30th, 2025
Emergency Management
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 326 creates a framework for evaluating wildfire mitigation investments taken collectively by state
- The first is to develop a wildfire mitigation planning framework to quantitatively evaluate alternative
Committee:
House Emergency Management
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
House Chamber - Tue Mar 10, 2026, 9:00AM HST - Day 25
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- If and when that happens, those proposals would still come before this body and would need to be evaluated
- responding to an imminent threat to life or safety, executing a judicial warrant or court order, performing
- to nonprofit organizations, who are much more nimble in their ability to hire people in order to perform
- For that reason, I believe counties are in the best position to evaluate those trade-offs.
- And they said, well, we do it, we did it, we evaluated the current situation and we evaluated how much
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (04/16/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> not need to have a license to perform not need to have a license to perform these<01:38:31.440><
- Correct. and also to order to perform.
- Students perform all beauty treatments in a salon setting.
- Students perform and get free services.
- Um they they're going to be performing.
Summary:
The committee opened a hearing on Senate Bill 185, which would add timelines to Office of Professional Licensure and Certification (OPLC) investigations. Senator Howard Pearl said the bill was prompted by concerns from the New Hampshire Association of Realtors about delays at the Real Estate Commission, and he explained that the proposal would require OPLC staff to make an initial determination within 30 days and, if misconduct is found, complete an investigation within 60 days. He said the goal is to improve transparency and give consumers and licensees more timely information, while preserving the board’s adjudicatory role. He also noted that the bill had been amended to delay implementation to give OPLC time to work through its backlog.
Committee members questioned how the bill would work when an investigation is incomplete and whether the board could send a case back to OPLC without a firm deadline. Pearl said the board would have discretion to continue the investigation or make a final determination, and that the bill was intended to streamline OPLC’s process rather than impose a hard cap on complex cases. OPLC Executive Director Deanna Durus and General Counsel Nicholas Fry then testified that the agency has already changed its procedures under prior legislation, including a facial review of complaints and monthly board review of dismissal memos. They said the bill would substantially alter the current structure, could conflict with existing limitation periods and board duties, and would be difficult to implement without additional staff and funding.
Durus said the agency’s backlog is large, that new complaints are being triaged and prioritized, and that some urgent matters are moved ahead based on risk and statutory deadlines. She said OPLC had completed a review of about 500 backlog cases that would now be dismissed under current screening standards, and that those cases are being turned into memos for board review. Board of Medicine public member Nina Gardner testified in favor of the bill but said the backlog is significant and that the agency needs more resources to make the process work effectively. She said the board is seeing progress, but not fast enough, and suggested the bill may not go far enough without additional staffing and funding. No vote was taken during the hearing.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Committee, May 4, 2026 - PM
Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- They have evaluated all states so far as their GIS governance, and they are the top leaders, and they
- They<00:21:10.200><c> have</c><00:21:10.400><c> evaluated</c><00:21:11.480><c> all</c><00:21:12.600><
- c> states</c> They have evaluated all states They have evaluated all states so<00:21:14.120><c> far</
- And in the GMA, again, we evaluate coordination separately.
- They can use the OSHA 300, evaluation.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- And doesn't the courts refer those folks to the state hospital for evaluation?
- But the state hospital, we do pay forensic evaluators to conduct the Title 7 evaluations that are referenced
- But the state hospital, we do pay forensic evaluators to conduct the Title 7 evaluations that are referenced
- to conduct the title 7 evaluators to conduct the title 7 evaluations<01:03:20.240><c> that</c><01:03
- that are referenced in this evaluations that are referenced in this bill<01:03:22.000><c> and</c><01
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
911 services, emergency response, grant funding, next generation technology, government accountability, public safety, mental health, detention, competency evaluation, treatment, contractual agreements, Wyoming, budget, funding, education, wildfire prevention, healthcare, community colleges, grants, economic development
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- Have we evaluated everything that we could have evaluated out there? And so, Mr.
- Have we evaluated other alternatives.
- </c><00:32:54.240><c> have</c><00:32:54.399><c> evaluated</c> everything that we could have evaluated
- everything that we could have evaluated out<00:32:55.360><c> there?
- </c> property taxes and and having evaluated property taxes and and having evaluated that<00:33:34.080
Committee:
Senate Revenue
Keywords:
sales tax, motor vehicle, family transfer, tax exemption, Wyoming legislation, veteran, property tax exemption, Wyoming National Guard, honorable discharge, tax benefits, surviving spouse, military service, property tax, residential real estate, tax assessment, primary residence, tax revenue, 916, all
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Funding (09/30/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- So I think the question that we want to evaluate and present back to the full committee is whether any
- ><c> recom</c><00:11:40.560><c> and</c><00:11:40.800><c> and</c><00:11:41.120><c> present</c> to evaluate
- Um what it says is to look at existing and new revenue options and evaluate them on five points.
- Um what it says is to look at existing and new revenue options and evaluate them on five points.
- </c> the notion that the court will evaluate the notion that the court will evaluate all<00:47:35.119
Summary:
The Education Funding Committee Subcommittee on Adequacy and Funding Sources opened its second meeting by reviewing four retained bills assigned to it: HB 651, HB 772, HB 491, and HB 734. The chair said the goal was to compare the bills across the board, consider whether any one of them should be the committee’s recommended vehicle, and then vote on a recommendation to the full committee. He noted the bills would move out before November 21 and be taken up on the House floor in January, while related LSRs were also being developed for the coming session.
Representative Ames argued that HB 651 should be the main vehicle because it would substantially raise the adequacy base and adjust differential aid categories to better reflect real school costs, including poverty, special education, and English learner needs. He described the bill as building on court guidance and said the current funding formula is far below actual district needs. He also supported HB 491 as a study vehicle to examine revenue options, saying the legislature needs informed choices about how to pay for the changes. Representative Damon strongly backed HB 651 and HB 491, citing constitutional obligations, the Conval and Rand rulings, and large projected funding increases for districts such as Claremont, Windham, and communities in the chair’s district if HB 651 had passed earlier.
Representative Fellows said he has an LSR similar to HB 491 that would study existing and new revenue options using criteria such as revenue potential, administrative cost, affected groups, implementation timeline, and implementation cost, with input from revenue administration and outside agencies. Representative Papich Muller emphasized constitutional separation-of-powers concerns, reading Article 83 and saying he was not comfortable with the broad claim that “cherish” clearly mandates a specific spending level, though he said he intends to follow Supreme Court guidance. Representative Ricky read testimony from a local school board member arguing that the state already imposes many mandates on schools while providing the least funding in the country, and that HB 651 would help restore meaningful local control. No final vote or action was taken in the portion provided, though the chair had indicated the subcommittee would vote before adjournment.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (04/11/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- 00:03:24.000><c> a</c><00:03:24.159><c> screening</c><00:03:24.720><c> and</c><00:03:25.080><c> evaluation
- </c> program for a screening and evaluation program for a screening and evaluation to<00:03:26.400><c
- In fact, our evidence collection kits were evaluated by our state crime lab here in New Hampshire for
- We want to encourage people to use the program appropriately and then evaluate how it's going.
- </c> um and then evaluate how it's going. um and then evaluate how it's going.
Committee:
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We've not formally evaluated any plans yet, but we would be a part of that process going forward.
- We've not formally evaluated any plans yet, but we would be a part of that process going forward.
- We've not formally evaluated<00:15:32.440><c> any</c><00:15:32.640><c> plans</c><00:15:33.160><c> yet
- any plans yet, but we would be evaluated any plans yet, but we would be a<00:15:34.240><c> part</c><
- that and and let guys to evaluate that and and let legislature<00:15:40.240><c> know</c><00:15:40.400
Committee:
House Capital Investment