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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
December 11, 2025 - 12:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- BUT ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE NATIONWIDE DO WE MEET EVIDENCE BASED PEDIATRIC READY STANDARDS.
- PEDIATRIC READINESS ASSESSMENT AND FINALLY, THE BILL WOULD REQUIRE ACHA TO ADOPT RULES FOR MINIMUM BASIC STANDARDS
- AI AND HEALTHCARE HAPPENS WHEN THE COVERAGE DECISIONS NEED TO BE SUPPORTED BY UP-TO-DATE CLINICAL STANDARDS
- THE MEDICAID LAW AND THE COURT AGREED COVERAGE DETERMINATIONS NEED TO BE BASED UPON ASCERTAINABLE STANDARDS
- COVERAGE DETERMINATIONS NEED TO BE BASED UPON ASCERTAINABLE STANDARDS.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Labor and Employment Committee Jul 9th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- country, but their intended impact is undercut when workers are either don't know or don't trust the standards
- is Betty Young, Santa Clara County Supervisor and former head of the Santa Clara Office of Labor Standards
- the county of Santa Clara's founding manager of the nation's first county-based Office of Labor Standards
- In Santa Clara County, the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement uses our permitting powers, including
- I remember when you first started the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement.
Summary:
The Assembly Labor and Employment Committee heard and advanced several bills focused on worker protections, training access, wage enforcement, outreach, and workplace safety. SB 513 would require employees to have access to their training and certification records; supporters, including laid-off refinery workers and labor organizations, said employers sometimes withhold records during layoffs, while committee members called the practice unacceptable. The bill passed 5-0 and was re-referred to Appropriations. SB 809 addressed misclassification of construction truck owner-drivers by offering employers amnesty if they reclassify workers as employees and adopt a two-check payment system; labor and construction trades groups supported it, and it passed 5-0 to Judiciary.
SB 578 would codify the California Workplace Outreach Program, which funds trusted community organizations to educate workers about their rights. Supporters described the program as a proven way to reach low-wage, immigrant, and hard-to-reach workers, especially amid wage theft, retaliation, and immigration enforcement concerns. The bill passed 5-0 to Appropriations. SB 261 would strengthen collection of wage theft judgments by creating a public list of nonpaying employers and adding penalties after six months of nonpayment; county enforcement officials and labor advocates said it would help workers recover unpaid wages. It passed 6-0 to Judiciary.
The committee also approved SB 369, which would require skilled and trained workforce standards for Salton Sea restoration projects, with supporters saying the work is hazardous and should use trained labor; it passed 6-0 to Appropriations. Finally, SB 20 sought to address silicosis in stone countertop fabrication by requiring training and certification protections for workers; supporters said the disease has caused deaths among mostly Latino workers, while industry groups supported the bill with amendments and requested implementation resources. It passed 6-0 to Appropriations. The committee also adopted a consent calendar of four additional bills and adjourned after all listed measures were moved forward.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Apr 7th, 2025
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- to ensure that their assertion forms were true and accurate without clearly defining the detailed standard
- services and asset managers, providing a clear regulatory landscape with clear actionable enforcement standards
- access pseudonymized customer information was identified as conflicting with established professional standards
- Meyer did a good job going over the pieces, but essentially it says with a few pieces of evidentiary standard
- I mean, we're hearing about the debts resulting from domestic violence, but this applies to just standard
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Apr 1st, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Assembly Bill 306 by Assemblymember Schultz and others, an act relating to building standards and declaring
- construction and would temporarily. to limit local governments from making new modifications to those standards
- will provide stability and certainty in the housing construction market by temporarily freezing the standards
- AB 251 gives a judge discretion to apply the preponderance of the evidence standard as the burden of
- you addresses the governor's veto on a bill from last year by allowing judges to apply the lower standard
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Transportation, HB 3732 by Martinez relates to requiring the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to establish standards
- HB 3736 concerns the compliance of fire departments with minimum standards adopted by the Texas Commission
- hearings held by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in areas that exceed ambient air quality standards
- Sanford relates to the regulation of environmental standards and is referred to the Committee on Environmental
- HB 3824 by King relates to the fire safety standards and emergency operation plans for the operation
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee Mar 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Having a standardized system to disclose this at a local level will support transparency.
- Having a standardized system to disclose this at a local level will support transparency.
- AB 639 corrects this oversight and preserves California's high standards for dam safety.
- Well, there's standard mitigation practices for every industry. I don't know that there's a path.
- Well, there's standard mitigation practices for every industry.
Summary:
The committee heard several water, parks, and wildlife bills. AB 764 would expand the list of exotic non-game birds that can be managed in California to better control mute swan populations; the author and California Waterfowl said swans are invasive, aggressive, and rapidly increasing, while no opposition testified. The bill passed to Appropriations. AB 616 would make the State Library Parks Pass program permanent by allowing state parks to transfer annual day-use passes to the State Library free of charge; supporters said it improves equitable access to parks, especially for low-income families, and the bill passed unanimously to Appropriations.
AB 293 would require groundwater sustainability agencies to post board membership and a link to Form 700 filings online. Supporters, including the Community Alliance with Family Farmers, argued it would improve transparency and public trust, while opponents said the requirement was redundant and could discourage service on GSA boards. The bill passed, but with some no votes. AB 639 would narrow the definition of dams so certain weirs used for irrigation would not be subject to dam regulations; the author and technical witnesses said the structures pose no safety risk and are already closely managed, while members urged the bill be narrowed further to the Kings River area. It passed as amended to Appropriations.
AB 679 would streamline land transfers for Big Basin Redwoods, Año Nuevo, and Butano State Parks by exempting those acquisitions from the Public Works Board process. Supporters said it would speed conservation and park rebuilding after the CZU fire, while one member opposed it over cost and broader state land-management concerns; it passed as amended. AB 454 would remove the sunset on the California Migratory Bird Protection Act, making state protections for migratory birds permanent after federal rollback concerns; it passed as amended to Appropriations. The committee also adopted its 2025-26 rules and approved the consent calendar, and the meeting adjourned after add-on votes were taken for absent members.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This letter Su Pueblo is fully committed to meeting TCOL's standards for police training, certification
- , accountability, ensuring our officers operate at the highest professional standards.
- Uh, we found that their training would certainly meet that standard.
- officer, like, what is the pop, do you have like any kind of, I don't know if you use any kind of standard
- One police officer is needed, or is there any, is there any standard of that of care or whatever you
Committee:
House S/C on State-Federal Relations
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 03/09/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> standard reverse warrants do not meet. standard reverse warrants do not meet.
- standard? standard?
- We um standards that the law requires.
- But then, he said, the committee gets into a standard like a reasonable person standard, which is left
- c> standard</c><01:45:51.119><c> what's</c> reasonable person standard what's reasonable person standard
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- which we're not arguing the standards which we're not arguing the standards.<03:14:03.040><c> Um,</c
- Um, but today what we're standards.
- ,</c> agree that we want the high standards, agree that we want the high standards, but<03:15:04.319>
- </c> the the high standards that are there. the the high standards that are there.
- </c> repeal our energy efficiency standards repeal our energy efficiency standards in<04:15:21.520><c
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Working Group on Omnibus Human Services Bill - 06/05/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:10:34.000><c> board</c> way the workforce standards board way the workforce standards board statute
- boards employment standards.
- </c> of the nursing home workforce standards of the nursing home workforce standards boards Article 1
- , section 4 is a employment standards employment standards um<00:49:01.200><c> would</c><00:49:01.520
- Sections 12, 13, and 24 standards.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/13/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Our office has a statutory charge to promote the highest attainable standards of treatment, efficiency
- We define the standards for better or worse, and I won't go into some maltreatment stuff we did which
- We define the standards for better or worse, and I won't go into some maltreatment stuff we did which
- We define the standards for better or worse, and I won't go into some maltreatment stuff we did which
- We define the standards for better or worse, and I won't go into some maltreatment stuff we did which
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 170 is an attempt to standardize assessing for multifamily buildings, especially for the stock of
- The Assessing Standards Board had already recommended and agreed that this approach is a good one.
- </c> involved with the assessing Standards involved with the assessing Standards Board<00:50:53.960><
- The current standard requires an audit, as you heard, if revenues exceed $250,000.
- The current standard requires an audit, as you heard, if revenues exceed $250,000.
Committee:
Senate Commerce
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Better rate structures, clearer documentation standards, stronger guardrails around high-cost plans,
- ,</c><00:08:55.440><c> stronger</c> documentation standards, stronger documentation standards, stronger
- There's no standardized setting approval process currently.
- There's no standardized they operate.
- </c> also under all of the other standards also under all of the other standards that that that um<01
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
Keywords:
human services, community support, integrated care, disability services, stakeholder consultation, homeless youth, grants, funding, Minnesota, mental health, substance use disorder, education, workforce development, licensure, direct care services, healthcare, long-term care, personal care assistants, employment support, medical assistance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So just as we did in the 20th century, we believe this moment calls for 21st century labor standards
- And while these and safety standards.
- to meet the century labor standards to meet the needs<01:13:29.679><c> of</c><01:13:29.840><c> a</c>
- </c><01:19:18.960><c> There</c><01:19:19.120><c> are</c> meaningful consent standards.
- There are meaningful consent standards.
Keywords:
HF1316, child support, new hire reporting, centralized work reporting system, independent contractors, payors, employers, payor of funds, withholding orders, income withholding, child support enforcement, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, gig economy, rideshare drivers, delivery drivers, 1099, W-9, W-4, newly hired workers, rehired employees
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/10/26
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- But I I appreciate standard of proof.
- It lowers the standard of current law.
- Representative, I believe the standard is may and so the expectation is...
- So when you standard of evidence, right?
- :14.720><c> evidence,</c> lower the standard of evidence, lower the standard of evidence, innocent<00
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Keywords:
medical assistance, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, fraud, payment withholding, withheld payments, program integrity, public funds, state agency, program participant, credible allegation of fraud, administrative reconsideration, contested case, chapter 14, data practices, confidential data, protected nonpublic data, anti-fraud
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> compliance with national standards. compliance with national standards.
- We also note that the bill changes prevailing medical standards, plural, to prevailing medical standards
- And we also note that it uses a clear and convincing evidentiary standard, which is a legal standard
- We also note that the bill changes prevailing medical standards, plural, to prevailing medical standards
- And we also note that it uses a clear and convincing evidentiary standard, which is a legal standard
Committee:
House Health
Keywords:
accessible parking, disability, kupuna, public accommodations, small business exemptions, Hawaii Revised Statutes, parking permit, blind, deaf, accessibility, deafness, traffic safety, law enforcement, vehicle registration, communication, emergency services, commercial driver's license, first responders, public safety, authorized emergency vehicle
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on several health-related bills. HB 1871, establishing a maternal health monitoring pilot program, drew support from the Department of Health, the Hawaii State Commission on Status of Women, and the Hawaii affiliate of the American College of Nurse Midwives, with testimony urging provider-neutral language so midwives and other qualified providers would not be excluded. HB 1977, requiring a maternal and infant health information mobile app, received support from ACNM and Philips, which said similar apps in other states improved awareness of services and helped families navigate care; a member asked the Department of Health about implementation time. HB 1858, relating to certificates of fetal deaths, was supported by the Department of Health and clinicians, who said the current statute is outdated and inconsistent with CDC guidance; the department and a physician testified that the bill should shift documentation responsibilities to physicians and APRNs, and members discussed optional versus mandatory issuance language and whether the bill would improve data on home births and transfers.
The committee also heard HB 1591, expanding definitions for preceptor and volunteer-based clinical training to improve income tax credits. The Department of Health supported the measure but preferred a similar, broader bill; Taxation suggested clarifying terms; the University of Hawaii and the State Center for Nursing supported it. ACNM asked that midwifery preceptors and Hawaii-based students enrolled in mainland programs be included, while the Hawaii Public Health Institute supported expansion of the program as a workforce solution. HB 1574, on the health care education loan repayment program, also drew broad support, including from the governor, SHPDA, OHA, and health organizations, but ACNM raised concerns that the bill’s 30% Medicaid-client threshold could exclude many providers and limit participation.
For HB 1575, creating a feasibility committee on Parkinson’s patient air transport, the Department of Health supported the intent but said transportation is more likely an insurance or benefit issue and suggested redirecting funds to Parkinson’s research; the Michael J. Fox Foundation and the Hawaii Parkinson Association supported the bill, citing inter-island travel barriers and high costs for patients and caregivers. HB 1854, establishing certification of community behavioral health clinics, was supported by the Department of Health and DHS, which said certification would help clinics qualify for enhanced Medicaid reimbursement and expand access; the Attorney General’s office raised a legal concern about the special fund language and recommended a purpose section, and the committee discussed whether the fund would be self-sustaining and noted a possible amendment to change membership language and reduce the board size if the amendment moved forward.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - Part 2)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Their opposition to this bill, if they were successful, would actually cut the standard deduction in
- Threshold and reverting back to the time-tested standard of 20,000 transactions.
- Malliotakis: We increased the state and local tax deduction, the standard deduction, and the child tax
- >> WE INCREASED THE STATE AND LOCAL TAX DEDUCTION, THE STANDARD DEDUCTION, THE CHILD TAX CREDIT
- Speaker, the facts are clear: over 93% of my constituents claim the standard deduction.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 20, 2026 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- amendment does is specify that school counselors are evaluated based on Florida school counselor standards
- and not classroom teacher standards.
- Classroom teacher standards.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The substitute makes crystal clear that the command promotes standards, leadership, and threat coordination
- we employed every cyber recommendation adopted during the DIR sunset review: incident disclosure standards
- task forces to ensure that digital evidence collected during an incident is preserved to courtroom standards
Committee:
Senate Business & Commerce
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Agriculture in the Commonwealth in the 21st Century Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- just submitted an energy affordability bill that proposes to eliminate the alternative portfolio standard
- And yet, at multiple times in this document, Portfolio standard.
- just submitted an energy affordability bill that proposes to eliminate the alternative portfolio standard
- And yet at multiple times in this document, portfolio standard.
Summary:
The meeting was the final session of the Special Commission on Agriculture in the 21st Century, convened to adopt its final report. The chairs described the report as the product of extensive public engagement, research, and collaboration, focused on challenges and opportunities for Massachusetts agriculture, including climate resilience, farmland access, workforce development, food security, and farm viability. Several members and stakeholders thanked the chairs and staff for the multi-year process and emphasized the value of hearing directly from farmers and industry participants.
Senator Barrett offered a detailed set of draft corrections and concerns for the record, including the report title, outdated references, repeated definitions of MDAR, the need to better reflect suburban communities, and a possible tension between recommendations supporting anaerobic digestion and a governor’s proposal affecting the alternative portfolio standard. The chairs noted that comments had been circulated for written review and said substantive feedback would be considered, while also indicating the document was nearing finalization.
The commission then held a roll call vote and unanimously voted to adopt the final report, with all members present voting yes. The chairs said the final report would be formatted, published online, and distributed to stakeholders and the public, with a public rollout and media briefing planned for the fall. They also noted that the report was intended to support related legislation already filed or expected to be filed in the Legislature.