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HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
CPC Public Hearing - Tue Feb 11, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Consumer Protection & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> basically would deny certain benefits basically would deny certain benefits that<01:36:34.800><c
- The witness said it was never intended to have a benefit to the individual patient.
- </c> make it happen because it would benefit make it happen because it would benefit all<01:58:00.199
- They should be limited to far, far more than they are now.
- </c><02:04:48.239><c> to</c> patients okay they should be limited to patients okay they should be limited
Committee:
House Consumer Protection & Commerce
Summary:
The committees heard testimony on several transportation and consumer-related bills. HB 496, relating to mamaki tea labeling, drew support from the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Weights and Measures, and the Hawaii Farm Bureau, which said the bill would help protect a culturally important crop and the Hawaii brand. Members questioned Agriculture about staffing and whether the bill was being used to reopen a package-labeling inspection branch; the department said it currently has no Oahu inspectors for that function but has a place for an additional inspector. No opposition was registered on the measure.
HB 978, relating to electric utilities, and HB 1316, relating to DLNR/park reservations, were also heard. HB 1316 received support from State Parks, and members discussed where reservation fees would go and whether the statewide reservation system for three parks would cover its costs; the committee indicated a change would be made so fees go to the special fund. HB 914, relating to water carriers, drew support or comments from the PUC, Department of Agriculture, Department of Transportation, Young Brothers, and the Hawaii Harbor Users Group. The main discussion focused on the proposed automatic rate-adjustment mechanism tied to the GDP price index, with members asking for alternative index ideas and questioning whether the PUC already had authority to adopt such a mechanism. Young Brothers said the measure would provide clarity and help recover inflationary costs, while the chair raised concerns about repeated rate increases and asked for further testimony on possible alternative indices.
HB 1161, relating to transportation and road usage charges, received support from the Insurance Division, DOT, and the State Energy Office, with comments from the Tax Foundation of Hawaii and the Hawaii Food Industry Association. Members asked whether counties need state authorization to adopt mileage-based charges and why the bill included funding for implementation; DOT said it is helping counties build the data collection and billing system and that Honolulu is handling much of the collection work. A question was also raised about whether plug-in hybrids would be covered, and DOT said vehicles under the federal electric-vehicle definition would be included. HB 1301, relating to transportation network companies, drew opposition from the Hawaii Association for Justice, Lyft, and Uber, all arguing that classifying TNCs as common carriers and changing liability rules would raise costs, reduce access, and disrupt the current statewide framework. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill is not limited to vaccines.
- Members, the bill as amended, as further amended with this additional COW, does limit its applicability
- If a child needed food for SNAP benefits, for TANF benefits, there are requirements.
- If they want to get a government benefit, such as going to a public school, using a public road, there
- It's this is not just... ...to do something in order to receive a benefit.
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a recorded roll call showing 28 present, 0 absent, and 2 excused. The chamber approved the journal and then took up several motions to reconsider or return bills, including requests to return HB 2035 and HB 2249 to the House and to reconsider HB 2192. The Senate then moved into Committee of the Whole for calendar items.
In Committee of the Whole, members considered HB 2248, a public health mandates bill; HB 2313, concerning school employee/teacher strike and remote instruction issues; HB 2379, relating to school district governing board training; HB 2380, relating to school district board meetings and expenditures; and HB 2720, relating to prostitution assessments and the anti-human trafficking fund. HB 2248 drew the most debate over whether it would prohibit schools, employers, and medical facilities from requiring medical interventions such as vaccines; an amendment narrowing the definition of medical intervention was adopted, and the bill advanced. HB 2379 and HB 2380 both received committee and floor amendments focused on school board training and livestreaming/meeting transparency requirements, and HB 2313 and HB 2720 also advanced. The Committee of the Whole reported all four bills as do pass, with HB 2248, HB 2379, and HB 2380 as amended.
The Senate then adopted the Committee of the Whole report after defeating an amendment that would have changed the HB 2248 recommendation to fail. The chamber next considered HCM 2001 and HCM 2002, memorials urging federal terrorist designations for the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR, and HCR 2047, recognizing Judea and Samaria; all three passed despite strong opposition speeches criticizing them as targeting Muslim communities or advancing religious/political messaging. The Senate also passed HB 2118 on mobile food vendors, HCM 2009 on mineral access and federal land withdrawals, HCR 2015 on school physical activity and dietary guidelines, HCR 2020 on housing outside designated provider service areas with assured water supply, and HCR 2057 supporting next-generation geothermal energy. Finally, the Senate passed HB 2248, HB 2379, and HB 2380 on third reading, approved the House’s request to adjourn, and adjourned until April 21, 2026.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 9th, 2026
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill is about bargaining over supplemental retirement benefits.
- If we're going to help these employees have a better negotiating position for benefits and for other
- This bill is about bargaining over supplemental retirement benefits.
- If we're going to help these employees have a better negotiating position for benefits and for other
- And it limits the amount of regulations they can put on this type of housing and it generally limits
Keywords:
behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, mortgage modification
Summary:
The House convened with a quorum, the flag was escorted by the Muckleshoot Veterans Color Guard, and the day opened with a prayer from Dennis Anderson Sr. The House approved the previous day’s minutes, welcomed representatives from the Urban Native Education Alliance, and then moved through caucuses and Senate messages before taking up a long series of third-reading votes on bills that had returned from the Senate.
Several measures drew debate over Senate amendments. House Bill 1069, concerning bargaining over supplemental retirement benefits for certain public employees, passed 78-17 after supporters said it would help correctional workers and critics said the Senate changes weakened the bill. Second Substitute House Bill 1128, creating a child care workforce standards board, passed 68-27 amid arguments over child care shortages, wages, and affordability. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1155, banning non-compete agreements, passed 62-33; supporters framed it as pro-worker and pro-entrepreneurship, while opponents said contracts should be voluntary and important in business sales.
The House also passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1187 on ambulance billing and collections (93-2), Substitute House Bill 1390 phasing out the Community Protection Program (51-44), Engrossed House Bill 1501 on housing-related local requirements (58-37), House Bill 291 on bargaining communication rights (92-3), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2110 on ambulance staffing/training (95-0), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2165 on impersonating peace officers (66-29), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2219 on child care regulations and opioid-related safety language (67-28), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2266 on housing siting and local flexibility (56-39), Substitute House Bill 2350 on notice and accountability for developmental disability services (95-0), Substitute House Bill 2360 allowing schools to keep and administer albuterol with parental-notification changes (79-16), Second Substitute House Bill 2384 on financial transparency for continuing care retirement communities (78-17), Second Substitute House Bill 2429 on behavioral health planning and appropriations (95-0), Substitute House Bill 2496 protecting tribal sacred sites (71-24), and House Bill 2510, on which the House did not concur in Senate amendments. The chamber also granted conference requests on Engrossed Substitute Senate Bills 5998 and 605 and appointed conferees for each.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- They are limited to the tax credit assigned to their income category.
- I think I can think of some students in public schools that could really benefit from a private tutor
- , which is not cheap, and they do not get to benefit from this.
- I don't ultimately think that it's the best benefit for school choice.
- Will you talk about how What kind of data will we have to look at the benefits of these funds?
Bills:
SB683 , SB1579 , SB1389 , SB1387 , SB1390 , SB1391 , SB2063 , SB1829 , SB2060 , SB1842 , SB1398 , SB1212 , SB2158 , SB102
Committee:
Senate Revenue and Taxation
Keywords:
education, tax credit, student support, private school, Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit, financial assistance, homeschooling, qualified expenses, property tax, valuation increase, taxpayer rights, homestead, protest process, school choice, tuition assistance, income limits, parental choice, accreditation, sales tax, motor vehicles
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- This will be a great benefit for academic progress, as you can imagine what it would be like to try to
- Okay, um, Bobby Bravo, gosh, this is a serious— and we're going to now limit the comments to two minutes
- The bill undermines administrators by limiting their professional judgment and ignores a reality that
- What's the educational benefit for a student doing it? All the programs happen in schools.
- And so there's a whole variety of benefits and educational opportunities.
Summary:
The Senate Education Committee heard a presentation from Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne on school safety, academic improvement, career and technical education, ESA oversight, and teacher pay. Horne argued that students cannot learn if schools are unsafe and urged more funding for school police officers, described efforts to expand Project Momentum and tutoring, supported keeping cell phones out of classrooms, promoted the Student Industry Partnership, and called for renewing Proposition 123 with more money directed to teacher raises. In response to a question, he said the department is using AI tools, residency checks, and investigators to monitor ESA fraud and abuse.
The committee then considered SB 1074, which would require written certification from a principal or administrator before a student removed for discipline could return to class. Horne and the sponsor said the bill would support teachers and improve accountability, while the Arizona Education Association opposed it as unnecessary, punitive, and potentially inconsistent with existing practice and FERPA concerns. After debate, the committee voted 4-3 to give SB 1074 a do pass recommendation.
Members also heard SB 1327, as amended, requiring public universities to adopt and post research security policies and report on foreign grants and security practices. ABOR and a national security advocate supported the measure as a way to strengthen protections against foreign adversary influence, and the committee adopted the strike-everything amendment and advanced the bill 5-2. The committee then approved SB 1475, which bars students convicted of certain serious offenses from participating in school-sponsored interscholastic activities, 4-3 after discussion about second chances, counseling, and whether the bill was too punitive.
Finally, the committee advanced SB 1582 and SB 1583, both related to school safety interoperability funding and fund administration, with technical discussion about correcting bill language and returning unspent monies to the fund. It also approved SB 1598, which appropriates $500,000 for grants to school districts and charter schools to create community gardens; supporters described the gardens as hands-on learning spaces that teach science, nutrition, and teamwork and can also serve as calming spaces for students. The committee adjourned after the last vote.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Eighteen - Tuesday, February 10 -Morning Session-
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- spirit into every human heart that we might learn to live together in love with understanding for the benefit
- There are certain benefits that accrue to citizens that are not available to those who are non-citizens
- There are certain benefits that accrue to citizens that are not available to those who are non-citizens
- Children benefit from stable legal frameworks, not forced marriages.
- Everyone will benefit from this. So I just wanted to remind that.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Jan 21st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- This project, at full benefit, is 40 million gallons per day of recharge.
- This project, at full benefit, is 40 million gallons per day of recharge.
- So that available source water is very limited.
- So it has the dual benefit of not only cleaning up the river, but also providing additional water for
- That's the benefit you get.
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government heard budget presentations from the Northwest Florida, Suwannee River, St. Johns River, Southwest Florida, and South Florida water management districts for FY 2026-2027. Each district described its preliminary budget, major funding sources, staffing levels, and priorities within the four core missions of water supply, water quality, natural systems, and flood protection. Common themes included reduced budgets from the prior year due to completion of major projects, continued reliance on state appropriations and ad valorem revenue, rising construction and maintenance costs, and the need to maintain aging infrastructure while advancing alternative water supply, springs restoration, flood control, and land management projects.
Committee members repeatedly asked how much of each district’s budget and personnel were devoted to the core missions, how maintenance and operating projections were developed, and how projects were selected. The districts generally said most spending was tied to core responsibilities, with administrative overhead relatively small, and explained that budgets are built through a mix of staff analysis, governing board direction, strategic basin planning, and cooperative funding with local, state, and federal partners. Several districts highlighted specific projects, including Water First North Florida, Black Creek, Taylor Creek Reservoir improvements, Crane Creek, Everglades restoration, and various springs and watershed projects. The districts also noted challenges from hurricanes, inflation, cybersecurity, and aging water control structures.
South Florida Water Management District’s presentation focused on Everglades restoration and the large-scale infrastructure needed to move, store, and clean water in South Florida. The director said the district’s $1.05 billion preliminary budget is largely for flood control, water supply, ecosystem restoration, and maintenance of extensive canals, levees, pumps, and reservoirs, and emphasized that recent restoration investments are producing measurable water quality and salinity improvements. No votes were taken on the district budgets, and the committee adjourned after the presentations and questions.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - Part 1 - 03/17/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:18:03.040><c> By</c> that serves no public benefit. By that serves no public benefit.
- </c> clinic settings such as, but not limited clinic settings such as, but not limited to,<01:50:45.280
- </c><01:56:49.880><c> Um</c> the public will benefit from. Um the public will benefit from.
- We don't want entitlement benefits.
- </c> them off of benefits that they deserve. them off of benefits that they deserve.
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (01/15/2025)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> department where these types of benefits department where these types of benefits are<01:12:07.800
- </c> from the Department not for a benefit from the Department not for a benefit like<01:12:13.719><c
- </c> business you pay more better benefits business you pay more better benefits better<01:16:36.320>
- </c> then you don't do a cost benefit then you don't do a cost benefit analysis<01:17:29.880><c> is</
- Happy to answer questions. to a very limited number of people to a very limited number of people people
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Friday, March 27, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And it should be grounded in mutual respect where countries that benefit from access to U.S. markets
- And it should be grounded in mutual respect where countries that benefit from access to U.S. markets
- And it should be grounded in mutual respect where countries that benefit from access to U.S. markets
- </c> respect where countries that benefit respect where countries that benefit from<00:31:41.760><c>
- This bill limits the mining operations.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session: 2025 First Special Session - part 1 Jun 9th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Folks that are requiring these same benefits deserve better.
- Benefits to health care are crucial.
- I was born here, so I'm just going to enjoy all these benefits.
- and other benefits that Democrats have put into law...
- How is this going to benefit the average Minnesotan?
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee Apr 29th, 2026
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- Testimony on any such bill will be limited to a statement of name, organization, if any, and position
- working diligently to enhance its infrastructure in order to appropriate water up to its established limits
- The risks in this instance outweigh the benefits.
- However, our outdated regulatory structure limits the ability of the health care system to fully utilize
- Please be sure to limit your comment to your name, organization, if any, and your position on the bill
Committee:
House Appropriations
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- accurately reflects the vehicle's actual roadway footprint while fully preserving vehicle length limits
- This bill keeps Washington competitive, business-friendly, and economically strong, benefiting consumers
- This allows the public to benefit from better projects, not just cheaper bids on paper.
- is a self-performance maximum that the GCCM contractor can do on a particular project, and that's limited
- Supplier selection could be limited because past inclusion of small and disadvantaged businesses in your
Committee:
House Transportation
Keywords:
HB 2467, fifth-wheel travel trailer, fifth wheel trailer, travel trailer, RV, recreational vehicle, trailer length, vehicle length limits, oversize vehicle, truck and trailer, tractor-semitrailer, semi-trailer, kingpin, Washington RCW, Department of Transportation, WSDOT, highway safety, commercial trucking, towing, motor home
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Most importantly, these appropriations will benefit communities across California by investing in wildfire
- Before the program, there were just a very limited number of those vehicles on the used market.
- There are other changes to the Medi-Cal program, such as the asset limit test; we removed that.
- There are different income limits for some populations; it's a bit higher for children, for example.
- So we're talking about people with incredibly limited incomes.
Committee:
House Budget
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Appropriations Feb 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Stonier takes a different approach, limiting the role of the board to making recommendations.
- This amendment limits eligibility for relief provided under the bill to cases where the domestic violence
- This amendment limits eligibility for relief provided under the bill to cases where the domestic violence
- based on fire codes or residential density limits.
- It also imposes reasonable capacity limits on the shelters and works with fire codes and those kinds
Summary:
The committee first received staff briefings on amendments for a series of bills, including measures on child care workforce standards, homelessness programs, community preservation authorities, domestic violence survivor relief, public defense funding, student behavioral health supports, water system ownership changes, nonprofit health carrier surplus assessments, 340B drug pricing reporting, Secretary of State filing fees, step housing, campaign security reimbursements, digital equity programs, a Boys and Men’s Commission, a waste-to-energy facility’s Climate Commitment Act obligations, 6PPD tire substitutes, and an early education scholarship. Staff described the policy changes and, where available, the expected fiscal effects of each proposed substitute or line amendment. The committee then went into caucus before returning for executive session.
In executive session, the committee voted out House Bill 1073, then adopted a Couture line amendment to House Bill 1128 exempting private K-12 schools with licensed child care programs from the child care employer definition before reporting the bill out as Second Substitute House Bill 1128. House Bill 1316, 1408, 1591, 1592, 1634, 1906, 1960, 2073, 2145, 2248, 2266, 2301, 2333, and 2365 were also reported from committee, with several amendments adopted along the way. Notable actions included adopting an emergency clause for House Bill 1408, rejecting proposed amendments to House Bill 1591 that would have narrowed relief for survivors and removed retroactivity, adopting a narrower amendment to House Bill 1592’s public defense funding formula, and adopting a substitute to House Bill 2145 that limited 340B reporting to hospitals.
The committee also debated and rejected several amendments to the step housing bill, House Bill 2266, including proposals for larger school/daycare buffers, more local oversight, and broader local government authority; the bill still advanced on a 16-13 vote. House Bill 2073, which requires nonprofit health carriers to contribute surplus funds to Cascade Care Savings, advanced over concerns about using one-time money for an ongoing program. House Bill 2248 advanced after an amendment redirected annual license fee deposits to the state treasury rather than the Secretary of State’s revolving fund. House Bill 2333 was narrowed to allow use of campaign funds for personal security reimbursements, and House Bill 2365 advanced with some amendments adopted and others rejected as the committee began discussing additional digital equity oversight provisions.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- So part of that is that we know that these people bring specific benefits.
- We had already lived through the limiting isolation of having a different...
- We had already lived through the limiting isolation of having a different behavioral child at home, and
- how during the darkest days we were severely limited in the activities we could do outside the home
- Okay, not so much a question but really just a testimony: my child is also benefiting from SLS.
Committee:
All TASK FORCE ON AUTISM
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Consumer Protection & Business Jan 13th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Consumer Protection & Business
Transcript Highlights:
- I think they benefit from being able to make a sale that they might not otherwise because the consumer
- Disclosures are not limited to just disclosures on interest and origination fees, right?
- Folks on low incomes are unsure about how to prepare for benefit changes.
- Because I'm benefiting from that, right?
- The only thing that we have, which again has the data limitation...
Committee:
House Consumer Protection & Business
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Bill 3793 would only apply to a county road that is located wholly or partly outside the corporate limits
- in Webb County is we have a county road that is kind of sandwiched between the... with municipal limits
- , corporate limits.
- On the northern side, there is a residential subdivision, wholly within the corporate limits of the city
- Thus, we're seeing issues where the city limit abuts the county road, and if we close... that we're now
Bills:
HB341 , HB469 , HB971 , HB1624 , HB2721 , HB2959 , HB3365 , HB3731 , HB3793 , HB3861 , HB3946 , HB3966 , HB4348 , HB4401 , HB4402 , HB4924 , HB4966 , HB5563
Committee:
House Transportation
Keywords:
affordable housing, zoning, development, community support, local regulations, bicycle lanes, traffic collisions, Texas Department of Transportation, study, public safety, bicycles, electric bicycles, scooters, road safety, transportation study, commercial vehicle, safety standards, enforcement, Texas counties, transportation
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Oct 2nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Now we're limited to debate.
- And it says grants are limited to covering operating losses for which Which recognizes revenue.
- Behavioral health for pediatrics and adults—much-needed services have benefited from this.
- We are trying to open this up to all New Mexicans who can benefit. Okay, thank you, Mr.
- Of Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, not in the city limits.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 21 (2-5-26)
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Let's limit our comments to the matter before us. >> Thank you.
- This specific weight limit will put us at or below the limit of many other states.
- Currently, Kentucky law limits farmers.
- </c> below the limit of many other states. below the limit of many other states.
- </c> common sense approach that will benefit common sense approach that will benefit the<00:56:21.839
Keywords:
Convene 00:00:00
Calendar/2nd Readings 00:05:55
Report of Committees 00:07:26
Orders of the Day/HB 419 00:09:02
HB 103 00:12:30
HB 276 00:37:54
HB 188 00:43:39
HB 189 00:47:11
HB 258 00:53:52
Motions, Petitions, and Communications 00:58:16
Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 01:11:11
Recess for ConC/Rules Meeting 01:13:29
ConC/Rules Report 01:17:06
Adjournment 01:18:20, 958, all