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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Jan 27th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Postsecondary Education & Workforce
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm honored to co-sponsor this legislation.
- I'm honored to co-sponsor this legislation.
- This legislation is also personal. I grew up working in agriculture in the Yakima Valley.
- This is agency request legislation from the Student Achievement Council.
- And thank you, Representative Ybarra, for partnering with me on this legislation as well.
Keywords:
education, scholarship, early childhood, funding, higher education, early education, support, degree seekers, private security, security guard, armed security guard, security company, licensing fees, license renewal, endorsement fee, fingerprints, background check, workforce retention, low-wage workers, public safety
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Care & Wellness Jan 23rd, 2026 at 08:00 am
Health Care & Wellness
Transcript Highlights:
- This aligns with legislation passed in California and introduced in Pennsylvania and New York.
- There's a reason why we have this proposed legislation in front of us.
- legislation.
- This has been applied broadly to lots of legislation over this session...
- I very much personally like this piece of legislation.
Keywords:
continuing care retirement community, CCRC, life plan community, senior housing, retirement community, long-term care, assisted living, nursing home, actuarial analysis, solvency, financial oversight, resident contracts, entrance fee, disclosure statement, registration, insurance commissioner, DSHS, consumer protection, elder care, aging services
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Local Government Jan 12th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Jessica Bateman, state senator for the 22nd Legislative District, Olympia, Lacey, and Tumwater.
- Jessica Bateman, state senator for the 22nd Legislative District, Olympia, Lacey, and Tumwater.
- The last two legislative sessions kind of changed our state requirements.
- So our members advise... ...on-the-ground results of state legislation.
- So we are intimately involved in the details of land use legislation.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Transportation (2-25-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- So thank you for the legislation.
- So thank you for the legislation.
- So thank you for the legislation.
- So thank you for the legislation.
- So thank you for the legislation.
Summary:
The House Transportation Committee met with a quorum and approved the minutes from its previous meeting. It then considered several transportation-related bills, beginning with House Bill 157 on special license plates. The bill, as amended by a committee substitute, would create a commercial Friends of Agriculture plate to support agriculture-related programs, with proceeds going to the same fund used by the existing farm tag. Members also discussed the committee substitute’s fee exemptions for military-related plates, and the bill was reported favorably with the substitute attached.
The committee next took up House Bill 682 on utility relocation. Testimony from Charter Communications explained that the bill would update outdated law so cable and broadband providers are treated like public utilities for reimbursement when forced to relocate facilities for highway projects, while preserving the Transportation Cabinet’s discretion over reimbursements. Members asked about the current reimbursement process and fiscal impact; witnesses said the bill does not change cabinet discretion and therefore has no fiscal note. The bill was reported favorably.
House Bill 443, which would shift the east end signage of the H. Rogers Parkway farther east to US 23 in Prestonsburg to reflect the already four-laned section and support future federal funding efforts, also received favorable expression. House Bill 444, a commercial driver’s licensing measure brought by the Transportation Cabinet and amended by committee substitute, would align Kentucky reporting requirements with federal law and allow drivers age 18 and older to qualify for a hazardous materials endorsement, with limits excluding school buses and interstate transport. Members discussed the safety rationale and the need for drivers in agriculture and propane delivery; the bill was reported favorably with the substitute attached.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 493 on towing and storage of motor vehicles. Representative Pollock and a Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance witness described it as a cleanup bill aimed at transparency and enforcement against predatory towing and inflated charges, and members noted constituent concerns about towing practices. The bill was reported favorably with a committee substitute attached. The committee also reviewed Administrative Regulation 600 KAR 1:041, which updates disadvantaged business enterprise certification rules to conform to federal nomenclature and related federal changes; the regulation was reviewed without further action.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Friday, December 12, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- The leg this legislation bo answer.
- So I reserve the balance of my time. legislation that would make it easier to legislation that would
CT
Connecticut 2026 Regular Session
Transforming Children's Behavioral Health Policy and Planning Committee June 17th Meeting Jun 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So as I mentioned, this fall on special session, the TCB passed the legislation that requires the TCB
- So we had met with the agencies and orgs involved. 2025 legislation.
- , and an overview of what the legislation is asking us to do.
- Digging into the legislation, this is kind of a brief synopsis, but the TCB shall submit a report by
- in a lot of these legislative things, including but not limited to sort of stuff.
Summary:
The meeting began with approval of the May minutes and then moved into administrative updates on several 2025 legislative workstreams. Staff reported progress on two marketing efforts tied to the youth mental health crisis: one focused on increasing awareness and use of urgent crisis centers, and another broader crisis-continuum campaign led by United Way. Both projects are refining materials based on working-group feedback and aim to have materials ready before the start of the school year. Updates were also given on the UCC private insurance review and the crisis continuum review, both of which are gathering data and reconvening working groups over the summer.
The main discussion centered on a Civic Solutions Group update on Medicaid school billing. The contractor explained that the project is examining why Connecticut schools are not billing for behavioral health and related services, with the goal of maximizing federal reimbursement. Members clarified that the study is about schools billing for services, not private providers billing in schools. Questions focused on whether Medicaid has caps or authorization issues when students receive services both in school and in the community, and whether recent federal or state changes affect billing. The contractor said the work is still in data collection and analysis, and that some issues, such as reauthorization procedures, were outside his scope. Participants also raised concerns about perceived barriers, fee-for-service limitations, and the need to distinguish school-based billing from provider billing.
A second major presentation came from Disability Rights Connecticut on a separate legislative study concerning behavioral health issues affecting students receiving special education. The subgroup is examining the feasibility and impact of requiring evidence-based interventions, especially for challenging behaviors that can lead to restraint and seclusion, and is also looking at monitoring and random audits of restraint and seclusion practices. The team described its project plan, including literature reviews, interviews, focus groups, surveys, and data requests from the State Department of Education and other stakeholders. Members emphasized that the work is aimed primarily at private providers under the statute, but may have broader relevance. Questions from the group focused on whether the study would include public schools, how evidence-based practices apply to students with intellectual disabilities and autism, and whether caregivers or parents would be interviewed; the presenters said caregiver input is not currently part of the charge. The meeting ended with reminders about the July 15 meeting, which will include a Solnit briefing, and a note that August TCB meetings will not be held, though a workshop on the Connecticut Children’s Behavioral Health Provider Survey is being planned for late July or early August.
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
PUBLIC HEALTH WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE-SENATE AND HOUSE Jun 3rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Number two, this legislation needs to be changed to encompass all general dentistry.
- We will follow legislative mandates. Yes, sir.
- And so when we have a legislative mandate, we have a way to go and ask for that funding.
- This next rule is again something that was passed in the 2025 legislative session.
- “Item L is the adverse decisions rule, also a piece of legislation passed in 2025.
Summary:
The committee reviewed a series of Arkansas Medicaid and Department of Health rules, many implementing 2025 acts. Early items covered presumptive eligibility and Medicaid policy updates, including adding a definition of fictive kin for foster children and changing the disability onset age for ABLE accounts from 26 to 46. Another rule clarified that continuous glucose monitors may be billed by both pharmacies and durable medical equipment providers, with committee members questioning prior authorization timing, system lag, and a fiscal impact estimate of about $3 million over two years; the rule was reviewed, but members requested additional cost breakdowns. Other Medicaid-related rules addressed an RSV vaccine administration fee increase, an ET3 telemedicine exemption for ambulance treat-triage-transport services, a dental rate increase under Act 1025, expanded physical therapy access, and the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies package covering doulas, lactation consultants, remote monitoring, and expanded prenatal testing. Most were reviewed without objection after brief discussion or no questions.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- And I think this is extremely, extremely important safety legislation.
- I think we need true common-sense gun safety legislation.
- And I think this is extremely, extremely important safety legislation.
- So my Democrat colleagues can call for gun-sense legislation. This is it.
- It's gun-sense legislation.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- And the legislation doesn't really tackle that... ...in the courtroom demonstrated harm.
- There was legislation that was passed by the Legislature concerning biometric data.
- I think that actually strengthens this legislation.
- I think that strengthens this legislation.
- I think that strengthens this legislation.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- So that's the lion's share of the legislation.
- There is a lot of So that's the lion's share of the legislation.
- The rest of this legislation largely provides those exceptions under state code.
- That's why I support this legislation. All right. Thank you, Senator Cole.
- That's why I support this legislation. All right. Thank you, Senator Cole.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- So I kind of see that happening through our ability as legislators to appropriate money or not.
- It does say legislative action. We could define that however we want.
- I just am not understanding what legislative action exactly what that entails.
- You can't go into agreements without legislative oversight. So that's kind of how I see that.
- That's not the intent of the legislation.
Summary:
The committee first considered RS 3312, a proposal from Representative Scott aimed at limiting the use of slogans, logos, or similar branding on state budget materials when those messages could be used for political promotion. Members raised drafting questions and concerns that the language was confusing and could unintentionally affect official documents and correspondence. On motion, the committee voted to return the RS to the sponsor for reworking.
The committee then took up RS 3314, which would improve transparency in Idaho’s civil asset forfeiture system by requiring local reports to also be sent to the state controller for storage and publication. Scott said the bill would centralize data, not change forfeiture procedures, and suggested changing the reporting deadline from February to April to match existing local reporting timelines. Members asked about the types of property covered and the fiscal impact, and the committee approved the RS with the date change.
Next, the committee considered RS 33141, another transparency measure that would add a penalty for state agencies that knowingly or recklessly fail to report executed MOUs, MOAs, contracts, and related agreements to the state controller. Scott described the bill as a response to agencies that were not complying with existing reporting law and said enforcement would likely come through legislative and appropriations action. Members raised concerns about ambiguity, possible liability, and whether the penalty should be tied more clearly to notice and cure provisions. The committee voted to return the RS to the sponsor for further work.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 504, which would address lottery syndicates by limiting bulk lottery ticket purchases and allowing the Lottery Commission to deny winnings tied to prohibited bulk-buy activity. Supporters said the bill was intended to stop organized groups, often from out of state, from buying large numbers of tickets and taking winnings out of Idaho. Questions focused on enforcement, the $5,000 purchase limit, and whether the rule would affect ordinary groups or in-state entities. After testimony, the committee voted to send HB 504 to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- I am here presenting docket number 24-1301-2501, which starts on page 439 of your legislative review
- was a legislative audit completed three years prior to DOPL.
- So that's the plan we've been operating under; that's the legislative direction we've been operating
- We had the legislative action that we took to put some parameters around it.
- intent, which was rejected with a statement explaining why it was contrary to legislative intent.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Resolution 113 will be referred to the 10th order of business and held for one legislative day
- Then we will continue on to the 13th and pick up the three pieces of legislation in the 13th order of
- He was part of a bipartisan commission made up of legislators, legal professors, and community members
- So that's part of the reason for the legislation today.
- Hope you can attend. professional land surveyors are having their legislative luncheon.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/21/2026 - Senate Public Safety
Senate Public Safety Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- This is my first legislative session, and I'm very excited to be here. Awesome.
- I'm a senior studying economics at ASU, and this is my second legislative session.
- This is my first legislative session as a Senate page.
- I'm a senior Senate page and this is my second legislative session.
- Legislative intent is so much easier for people to read.
Summary:
The Public Safety Committee met for its first session, introduced staff and pages, and then heard several bills. SB 1010 would designate Loop 202 as the Charlie Kirk Highway; an amendment to rename it the Freedom of Speech Highway failed, and after testimony both supporting the honor and objecting that it would affect the Ed Pastor portion of the freeway, the bill received a do pass recommendation on a 4-3 vote. SB 1077 would impose felony penalties for operating online services that facilitate prostitution, pandering, or child sex trafficking, and also address harmful sexual material and age verification; with no public testimony, it passed 5-2. SB 1093 would expand the definition of riot to include force or violence causing property damage and add riot to racketeering and conspiracy provisions; the ACLU opposed it as overbroad and harmful to protest rights, but the committee still gave it a do pass recommendation on a 4-3 vote. SB 1058 would create the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act to bar government firearm registries and restrict firearm-related merchant category codes; gun-rights advocates supported it as a privacy measure, and it passed 4-3.
The committee also heard SB 1035, which appropriates funds for a 5% pay increase for sworn correctional officers and department civilians at ADCRR. The sponsor said the raise is a top priority and part of budget discussions. Correctional employee representatives supported the pay increase but argued it is not enough and urged a larger raise, while private prison representatives and the Arizona Police Association asked that the increase also cover private prison employees to preserve pay parity and retention. Some members raised concerns about the fiscal impact and about whether private prison funds would be directed to salaries rather than profit. An amendment extending the raise to private prison employees under contract with the department was adopted, and the amended bill passed 4-3, with several members explaining their votes based on the need for a footnote or further safeguards and others supporting parity across state and private facilities.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Health Care Financing Jan 15th, 2026
Joint Committee on Health Care Financing
Transcript Highlights:
- Today we will hear testimony on legislation related to affordability and access to behavioral health
- When all legislators have been heard, we will then turn to individuals who will testify.
- When all legislators have been heard, we will then turn to individuals who pre-register to testify.
- Without legislative action, these barriers will continue to leave vulnerable children behind.
- And so I'm very grateful for giving me that, and a number of other legislators, that tour.
Keywords:
behavioral health, Medicaid, reimbursement rates, healthcare providers, service delivery, accreditation, Medicare, end-stage renal disease, healthcare access, patient coverage, renal failure, MassHealth, asset limit, personal vehicle exemption, vehicle value, healthcare, autism, ABA services, assistive technology, children
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
HF1501, bill to boost funding to rare disease advisory council, heard in health committee 3/5/25
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary:
The committee heard House File 1501, which would fund the Minnesota Rare Disease Advisory Council and make the current fiscal year 2025 budget its permanent base. Representative Murphy said the bill would provide about $342,000 in general fund money for the 2026-27 cycle and argued that the council helps shorten diagnosis times, support research, and keep Minnesota a leader in rare disease work. Erica Barnes, the council’s executive director, testified in support and explained that the council was established in 2022 to improve care for the estimated one in 10 Minnesotans living with a rare disease. She said the council needs the full $668,000 level it operated with this year to maintain its statutory duties, noting that the current ongoing base is about $326,000 and that the extra funding was previously one-time money.
Barnes described the barriers faced by rare disease patients, including long diagnostic delays, limited provider knowledge, and the fact that only a small share of rare diseases have FDA-approved treatments. She said rare disease care is costly to the health system and that the council has used prior funding to convene the community more regularly and carry out its work. Representative Leing questioned why the budget should be doubled and asked what additional work the council would do with the higher amount; Barnes responded that without the larger ongoing appropriation the council would fall back to 1.8 FTE and would have to stop some programs. Representative Hingson Jger spoke in support, saying the council’s collaboration has been valuable for policy work in the genetic and rare disease space.
In closing, Murphy emphasized Minnesota’s leadership in rare disease and shared a personal story about how diagnosis and treatment changed his family’s life. No public testimony was offered. The chair then laid House File 1501 over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- That was the whole point of the piece of legislation.
- That was a piece of legislation that took a lot of effort to get through.
- Senator Gaddy began that piece of legislation.
- So I like your legislation, anything we can do to help these...
- So I like your legislation, anything we can do to help these young people.
Summary:
The House Committee on Appropriations met on March 30, 2026, and first approved House Bill 27, a constitutional amendment by Rep. McMakin that would let non-recurring state monies be used to pay down state retirement system unfunded accrued liabilities without being limited to the oldest debt. McMakin said the change would allow the state to choose the most actuarially beneficial debt to retire. The committee also favorably reported House Bill 755 by Chairman Turner, which creates indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity professional services contracting for design work tied to deferred maintenance projects, and House Bill 308 by Rep. Bayham, which requires cash acceptance at certain state-owned stadium facilities unless a cash-conversion kiosk is available.
The committee then approved House Bill 311 by Rep. Kerner, which increases the dedication of insurance premium assessment revenue to the municipal fire and police civil service operating fund. Kerner said the Office of State Examiners now serves far more jurisdictions than when it was created and needs more funding to keep up with technology and workload. House Bill 417 by Rep. Zeringue was also reported favorably; it raises the cap on the hazardous waste site cleanup fund from $6 million to $8 million so DEQ can keep more dedicated revenue available for cleanup contracts instead of having excess amounts flow into the Environmental Trust Fund. Members questioned DEQ about the end of the Waste Tire Task Force and about how cleanup and tire-program stakeholder input would continue, but the bill itself was advanced.
House Bill 980 by Rep. Zeringue, which would expand and alter the membership of the Fireman Supplemental Pay Board, was favorably reported after discussion about ensuring board members are tied to supplemental pay and about possible further changes on the floor. House Bill 575 by Rep. Carver, which gives youth in extended foster care priority to buy surplus state vehicles, was also approved after Carver described the transportation barriers facing former foster youth; an amendment that would have moved them from first to second priority was withdrawn after committee concern. The committee then favorably reported House Bill 290 to reauthorize the Department of Treasury through July 1, 2031, and House Bill 382, which shifts review of certain matters from an oversight committee to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget to avoid a duplicative approval process. Several bills were adopted without objection, and the meeting adjourned after the final motions.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Feb 3rd, 2026 at 08:00 am
Early Learning & K-12 Education
Transcript Highlights:
- This legislation extends the proof of residency to align with that additional time to a full 90 days.
- And we're lucky that we have legislators and representatives from all over the state.
- And we're lucky that we have legislators and representatives from all over the state.
- We as state legislators run for a district, and then we don't go at large for the state.
- We as state legislators run for a district, and then we don't go at large for the state.
Keywords:
military families, military children, school enrollment, residency requirements, public schools, school districts, educational stability, student mobility, interstate compact, military relocation, active duty, military orders, special education, IEP, Section 504, records transfer, conditional enrollment, Washington schools, RCW 28A.225.215, military installation
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
AIR Task Force - Room 409, 13 January, 2026; 3:00 P.M.
Transcript Highlights:
- We don't want to be too legislation.
- We have some legislation being dropped from the vein of AI from different representatives and senators
- We have some legislation being session.
- We have some legislation being dropped<00:08:26.319><c> from</c><00:08:26.479><c> the</c><00:08:26.560
- </c> consider on new legislation. consider on new legislation. Okay. Okay. Okay.
Summary:
The January meeting of the AIR Task Force focused on reviewing a draft report on artificial intelligence and discussing how to move forward with future work. Ted Booth and Matthew Holmes explained that the report is intended to lay a foundation by describing AI-related challenges, what Mississippi has already done, and possible steps for future reports, since the task force will continue meeting in coming years. Members were invited to suggest edits and improvements, including on how the group communicates by email and how to keep the process efficient given everyone’s schedules.
A major topic was whether the task force should recommend a statutory definition of artificial intelligence. The chair said a bill needed to be filed quickly and asked members to review the definition on page five of the report. Booth read the definition, which tracks federal language describing a machine-based system that makes predictions, recommendations, or decisions using machine and human inputs. Members generally agreed the definition was solid and noted that it could be amended later as the field evolves.
The task force also discussed the broader legislative approach to AI. Members said the issue is fluid and that they do not want to regulate too early or duplicate existing law. They noted that current criminal statutes, including recent changes related to morphed images, appear to cover AI-related crimes for now, and the attorney general’s office reported no current loopholes or need for tweaks. Homeland Security likewise had no recommendations for new legislation. The chair said the report would be submitted to leadership if there were no objections, and the meeting adjourned.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee Jan 12th, 2026
Energy, Utilities and Communications
Transcript Highlights:
- This is the committee's bill hearing for the two-year Senate bills in the 2025-26 legislative session
- This is the committee's bill here for the two-year Senate bills in the 2025-26 legislative session.
- With me to testify today is Andrea Tinnon, Turn Director of Race, Equity, and Legislation.
- With me to testify today is Adria Tinnon, Turn Director of Race, Equity, and Legislation.
- First is Adrienne Tinnon, Director of Race, Equity and Legislative Policy at TURN.