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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Human Services - 04/07/25

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • I believe this is allowing Medicaid access data access to SMRT and then also allowing for authorizing
  • SMRT and then um also allowing<01:51:00.159><c> for</c><01:51:00.719><c> um</c><01:51:00.880><c> authorizing
  • </c><01:51:01.440><c> electronic</c> allowing for um authorizing electronic allowing for um authorizing
  • </c><02:21:07.600><c> task</c><02:21:07.840><c> force</c><02:21:08.080><c> on</c><02:21:08.240><c> guard
  • </c> legis legislative task force on guard legis legislative task force on guard guardianship.<02:21:
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/23/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Guard this chamber from cynicism and contempt, and help disagreement sharpen ideas without hardening
  • of Appeals, the Arizona Court of Appeals, just affirmed that a county board of supervisors has no authority
  • That a county board of supervisors has no authority to reject the canvas.
Summary: The Senate met in multiple Committee of the Whole sessions and later took third-reading votes on several measures, with the day dominated by election administration bills, immigration-related bills, public safety measures, and a series of bills affecting transgender youth and health care. The chamber also heard ceremonial remarks recognizing Lutheran Day at the Capitol, introduced the Doctor of the Day, and handled routine appointments, messages, and committee reports. Several bills were retained on the calendar, including SB 1431 and SCR 1005. Among the major policy items, senators debated and advanced SB 1049 on spousal maintenance, SB 1053 on concealed weapons permits, SB 1415 on insurance adjuster license eligibility, SB 1015 on health care actions related to gender transition procedures and provider liability, SB 1095 on gender transition care for minors, and SCR 1006 on school-related sex and privacy requirements. Members opposing the transgender-related bills argued they were discriminatory, harmful to youth, and an intrusion into family and medical decisions; supporters said the measures protected children, parental rights, privacy, and medical judgment. The chamber also considered election and campaign finance measures including SB 1003, SB 1006, SB 1037, SB 1040, SB 1057, SB 1168, SB 1237, SCR 1002, SCR 1010, SCR 1013, and SCR 1014, with debate centering on transparency, ballot procedures, voter registration, and disclosure thresholds. Additional bills addressed immigration enforcement and foreign influence concerns, including SB 1055, SB 1058, SB 1093, SB 1152, SB 1289, and SB 1308. Supporters framed these as public safety, election integrity, or enforcement measures, while opponents warned they would chill reporting to police, harm asylum seekers and immigrants, or expand punitive government power. The Senate adopted Committee of the Whole reports and assigned bills accordingly throughout the day, and several measures later received third-reading passage votes, including SB 1049, SB 1053, SB 1415, SB 1015, and SB 1095, with recorded roll-call outcomes and transmission of passed bills to the House.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25 - Part 2

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Then that goes into a record, and it is known to the Peace officers who stand guard in our court systems
  • This ICE federal authorities are still... reporting crimes or corrupt cooperating reporting crimes or
  • </c><00:10:55.800><c> still</c> ICE federal authorities are still beholden to the 14th Amendment.
  • </c> should federal immigration authorities should federal immigration authorities see<00:37:43.240><
  • </c> is to have a broad grant of authority is to have a broad grant of authority from<00:42:31.880><c
Keywords: 1183, house
VA

Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Courts Of Justice Mar 6th, 2026

Courts of Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Next up, we have a judge for a new seat, which is going to be authorized in the budget for circuit court
  • Next up, we have a judge for a new seat, which is going to be authorized in the budget for circuit. authorized
  • Delegate Watts remembers very well whether they have this inherent authority.
  • Do you have this inherent authority?
  • And I guess institutionally or just legally, I thought very much that judges have the authority that
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Finance Dec 9th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's a partnership... ...with the New Mexico Finance Authority has $12 million in there, and so we're
  • He was at the Health Care Authority, and we're excited that he's going to join us as our CIO to help
  • You caught me off a little bit of guard. You usually tell me in advance. No, it's okay.
  • Folks who work with us and work with many states are actually authors here with us.
  • The development is going well, and we've looked at strategies to at least authorize full funding for
Summary: The committee heard first from LFC staff on a brief about New Mexico’s universal child care expansion. Staff said child care assistance has clear benefits for parents and families, but LFC has not found evidence in New Mexico that it improves children’s educational outcomes; they argued pre-K is the better tool for that goal. The brief highlighted four concerns with universal access: an estimated annual cost of about $849.7 million, a sharp decline in registered homes, possible crowding out of lower-income families, and reduced access for children under age two. Staff also suggested possible mitigations such as prioritizing slots for low-income and at-risk families, reinstating sliding-scale co-pays, and tying quality improvements to workforce wages. Members raised questions about the cost estimate, funding sources, provider quality, and whether the data showed actual crowding out. Several lawmakers expressed support for child care generally but concern about the fiscal impact and whether universal access would divert resources from the families most in need. Others emphasized the importance of child care for workforce participation, rural communities, and family stability, and questioned how registered homes are counted and regulated. LFC staff clarified that the cost estimate was for child care assistance only, not the entire ECECD budget, and that the data showed declines in the share of lowest-income children and infants/toddlers served, though not causation. The ECECD secretary then presented the department’s response, saying universal child care is intended to complete a cradle-to-career system and that the department has already seen strong uptake, increased capacity, and rising workforce participation. She said 6,206 families were found eligible in the first month, the share of infants and toddlers served rose, and new provider applications and licensed slots increased after the November rollout. The department also emphasized wage increases, quality improvements, and a new wage scale/career lattice, while projecting a lower near-term cost than LFC’s estimate and requesting additional funding for child care, early pre-K, home visiting, workforce systems, and capacity-building. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided; the discussion was informational and focused on questions and testimony.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on State and Local Government - 04/08/25

State and Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> statutory authority up to 12%. statutory authority up to 12%.
  • :50:42.960><c> to</c> authorizes appointing authorities to authorizes appointing authorities to allow
  • Section five Authority.
  • </c> Development Authority. Development Authority.
  • Maybe it's the author.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Ways and Means Mar 27th, 2026

Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • With the partnership of the legislature, Massachusetts now has the authority and the flexibility for
  • This authority proved essential when the federal government significantly altered the childhood immunization
  • South Coast Health has been pretty big in my area for opening up, like, urgent cares.
  • Policy Commission, since last January, we have been really focused on implementing the expanded authorities
Summary: The hearing was a Joint Committee on Ways and Means budget session on health and human services, held in Clinton and opened with remarks from the House and Senate co-chairs, local officials, and committee members. The chairs emphasized the importance of hearing directly from agencies about the Commonwealth’s health care and human services budget needs, thanked Clinton for hosting, and introduced the day’s panels, beginning with the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) and then MassHealth. Secretary Kiame Mahania presented Governor Healey’s FY27 EOHHS budget, describing a $33.7 billion request driven largely by non-discretionary cost growth, caseload increases, and federal uncertainty. He highlighted targeted investments in foster parent reimbursement, family resource centers, maternal health, food assistance, immigrant legal services, and workforce rates, while warning that federal cuts and the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act could strip billions from state health funding. Members questioned him about primary care shortages, federal program integrity audits, ConnectorCare, regional health disparities, and the proposed cap on adult dental coverage; he defended the cap as a difficult but necessary cost-control measure and said the administration would continue cooperating with federal partners. Undersecretary Michael Levine then testified for MassHealth, saying the agency faces two major challenges: rapid cost growth and looming federal changes. He outlined a $22.7 billion gross MassHealth budget and proposed actions including a moratorium on new expansions, capping adult dental benefits at $1,000, ending GLP-1 coverage for weight loss only, reducing care management spending to peer-state levels, and convening work groups to slow growth in personal care attendant, adult foster care, and adult day health programs. He also warned that federal policy changes could cause about 300,000 residents to lose coverage by 2030 and reduce federal revenue by about $3.5 billion, and said MassHealth would use outreach and systems changes to help eligible members stay covered. Members raised concerns about the impact of these cuts on homeless care, preventive services, dental access, GLP-1s, and regional hospital and specialist shortages, while Levine argued the proposals were aimed at preserving core coverage and sustainability.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration, June 25, 2026 - AM

Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration

Transcript Highlights:
  • We had an incident where there was an individual who was visiting from the West Coast who decided to
Keywords: 916, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary (02/11/2026)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • It simply authorizes the House outcome.
  • The appearance was not of a steady and authority has taken responsibility for authority has taken responsibility
  • ><c> the</c><05:39:19.680><c> judicial</c> oversight authority over the judicial oversight authority
  • It only authorizes inquiry. Nothing more and nothing less.
  • The authority is for absolutely correct. The authority is for the<06:04:12.718><c> legislature.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means (04/15/2026)

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • . author. author.
  • The coast is like six wineries. It's a wonderful day. They can bus you around.
  • Voters are what derive the ultimate authority of how this state is governed.
  • Voters are what derive the ultimate authority of how this state is governed.
  • Voters are what derive the ultimate authority of how this state is governed.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative, doesn't the DEQ already have authority to do what this bill does?
  • Madam author, I have a couple of concerns here.
  • Oklahoma retains full authority to determine the standard.
  • The author himself said in the entire... ...problem.
  • None of them, as the author stated, have turned into a riot.
Summary: The House began with a quorum call, then moved into a series of special presentations recognizing guests and champions, including the Talihina state football team, the Hodgson Bulldogs state basketball champions, Sooner Start families and advocates, the Edmond Republican Women’s Club, Leadership Miami, and other visitors in the galleries. Members also adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 17, honoring the long friendship between Oklahoma and Ireland and welcoming Irish Senator Aubrey McCarthy to the Capitol. The chamber then considered and passed several bills on third reading. Among them were HB 4226, creating a formal recusal/disqualification process for judges with timelines; HB 4432, addressing itemized deductions and gambling-related tax treatment; HB 3304, requiring Service Oklahoma to check the methamphetamine user database before issuing a commercial driver’s license; HB 3411, requiring PFOS testing and related safeguards for biosolids land application; HB 3435, creating a single-subject rule for municipal bonds; HB 4339, updating probate publication requirements for rural Oklahoma; HB 4341 and HB 4342, both CASA-related measures; HB 1770, directing OSU Veterinary Medicine to study the elk population in the northwest zone; HB 1016, setting up trust protections for minors featured in monetized online content; and HB 413, clarifying that people with felony convictions may vote once they have fully completed incarceration, parole, supervision, and probation. The House also passed HB 2950, removing an ACT requirement tied to Oklahoma’s Promise for homeschool students; HB 4141, funding a statewide sexual assault nurse examiner coordinator if money becomes available; HB 3277, cleanup language for VIN inspections on salvage vehicles; HB 2988, expanding the Terry Peach Act; HB 3029, requiring a four-year planning process for the State Department of Education; HB 3338, regulating the pool industry after reports of consumer losses; HB 1889, restoring benefits for a small group of police and fire retirees; HB 3834, authorizing ibogaine clinical trials for PTSD, addiction, and related conditions; HB 3831, seeking state support for Oklahoma Task Force One urban search and rescue; HB 2939, removing fax-machine references from election law; HB 3045, extending response-fee limits to municipal fire departments; HB 3657, modernizing OESC reporting and data sharing; HB 1739, reinstating a half-pay provision for OHP members; HB 3759, setting a June 30 date for temporary school allocations; HB 3755, clarifying juvenile detention medication funding and custody language; HB 4484, allowing certain state vehicles to be used between residences and work sites; HB 4486, creating a Gold Star Families Memorial Monument at the Capitol; HB 4108, adding airports to the critical infrastructure trespass list; and HB 1250, creating a revolving fund for public safety technology tied to the Blue Jay app. Most bills passed with broad support, though a few drew significant debate, especially the homeschool/Oklahoma’s Promise bill and the pool regulation bill, which passed with narrower margins.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Ways & Means Apr 21st, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • We've also talked to the author of this bill over in the Senate.
  • The author in the Senate disagrees with the comptroller's methodology.
  • We understand that a committee substitution is being authored, and we would encourage.
  • We appreciate the opportunity to continue working with the author on the substitute bill.
  • The bill, if I understood it correctly from the bill author, is extending...
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/25

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • going to start off with House File 975, and then we'll move into the two Northstar bills that I am authoring
  • </c> annual total expenses plus authorized annual total expenses plus authorized Capital<00:37:47.079
  • Thank you, Representative Ree, and then close out before the bill author, Lead Kel.
  • And then just one—Chair Kosnick, I'm going to give the bill author the final word.
  • So, uh, let the bill author close here, and then House File 749 will be laid over.
Keywords: 1183, house
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Judiciary Committee Apr 14th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'd love to be added as a co-author.
  • co-author.
  • I really want to thank the author.
  • Well, I just want to thank the author.
  • I want to thank the author.
Summary: The committee heard several immigration-, health-, food access-, and tribal-rights-related bills. AB 1725 would require disclosure of oil wells near homes and sensitive sites and stronger methane monitoring; supporters described health and safety harms in communities near wells, while apartment, realtor, building, and chamber representatives opposed or sought amendments, arguing the bill should better target the responsible industry and fit existing disclosure processes. AB 1650 would require privately rented or leased vehicles used by government agencies for enforcement to be clearly identifiable and equipped with safety lighting; supporters, including immigrant-rights advocates and local officials, said unmarked vehicles create fear and confusion during ICE operations, while the chamber sought clarification and noted exemptions for ordinary undercover law enforcement. AB 1857 would prohibit grocery restrictive covenants that keep new supermarkets from opening after a store closes, with supporters framing it as a food-access and anti-hunger measure; grocers and retailers raised concerns but said amendments addressed many issues, and the committee moved the bill forward as amended to Appropriations on a recorded vote, with all members present voting aye except one absent member and the bill placed on call. The committee also heard AB 1876, which would codify federal health-care nondiscrimination protections in state law. Supporters from Equality California, Disability Rights California, Planned Parenthood, and other health groups said it would preserve coverage protections for LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and other protected classes amid federal rollbacks; opponents argued it would entrench gender-affirming-care standards and criticized the underlying medical framework. The bill passed to Appropriations on a recorded vote, with most members voting aye and one no vote, and was placed on call. AB 1908 would allow public entities to use judgment obligation bonds to finance self-funded victim compensation funds; Los Angeles County said the bill would fill a financing gap for faster compensation, and the committee advanced it on a recorded vote and placed it on call. AB 1881, the California Indian Freedom Act of 2026, would protect California tribes’ access to sacred sites and traditional practices on state public lands and require meaningful consultation; it drew extensive support from tribal leaders and Native organizations, while cities, counties, utilities, builders, and business groups were opposed unless amended, largely seeking clarification and narrowing. The bill was amended to focus on state public lands and passed to Appropriations on a recorded vote, then placed on call. Later, AB 2465 would bar businesses that profit from private detention facilities or contract with immigration-enforcement agencies from receiving state grants, loans, or tax credits and create an immigrant resilience fund. Supporters said the state should not subsidize businesses tied to immigration raids and detention; opponents, including the chamber, bankers, and contractors, raised vagueness and scope concerns, especially over what contracts would be covered. Members said they supported the concept but wanted the bill tightened, and it passed to Revenue and Taxation on a recorded vote with one no vote and was placed on call. The committee then heard AB 2662, which would create a formal state process to monitor and report on federal immigration enforcement actions and their impacts; supporters from legal aid and health centers said raids have chilled access to work, schools, clinics, and naturalization, and the bill was presented as a modest accountability measure. The transcript cuts off before any vote on AB 2662. The committee also approved a consent calendar of several bills and resolutions, sending some to Appropriations and others to the floor.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 31st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 11th, 2026 at 06:30 pm

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • office. to put on civil investigative authority for the Attorney General's office.
  • When you have an administrative agency that has that authority, it bothers me that, two things.
  • And it's grown up in this hodgepodge of areas where sometimes the Attorney General has CID authority,
  • And I've got to think of why even give the Attorney General this kind of authority.
  • But yet here, the Attorney General's office is asking for more authority to do more work.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 11th, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • An act relating to authorizing a narrow modification to indebtedness limits for select inland port districts
  • City and county legislative authority. For regional aquatics and sports facilities.
  • City and county legislative authority. Now, Senator Bateman. Thank you, Mr. President.
  • This bill also says that you cannot retrospectively deny a claim that you've given pre-authorization
  • And there's a lack of authority and of control in our classrooms today.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Mar 18th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • On page 11, House Bill number 93 by Senator Figures regarding the Alabama State Port Authority.
  • House Bill number 93 by Representative Brown regarding the Alabama State Port Authority. Pending...
  • House Bill number 93 by Representative Brown regarding the Alabama State Port Authority.
  • I mean, that doesn't change them from being under it, and we're not trying to change the authority.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Mar 18th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • To ask questions of the author on this bill? Do you yield? I do.
  • I rise to ask the author of the bill questions. Thank you.
  • Questions of the author, Mr. President. Do you yield?
  • author. Do you yield? Certainly. Senator King.
  • Does the author have some questions? Do you yield? I do.