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NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Children and Family Law (03/19/2026)
Children and Family Law
Transcript Highlights:
- So wouldn't that cover any underlying issues as far as abuse?
- But you sort of covered that in the last part of what you said.
- So do you think that protecting children from abusive parents is covered in this?
- But you sort of covered that in the last part of what you said.
- </c> abusive parents is is covered in this? abusive parents is is covered in this?
Committee:
Senate Children and Family Law
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Economic Development Feb 17th, 2026
Joint Committee on Rural Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- If the owner If the owner, if I pay the general contractor an amount of money appropriate to cover the
- You get another third at about the halfway point to cover To start and buy materials.
- You get another third at about the halfway point to cover materials and payroll.
- The subs have a little bit broader scope of insurance that covers their work comp.
- It's a proven entity for almost 30 years. It works properly.
Summary:
The committee first met in executive session and voted several bills do pass. House Bill 2409 was approved 14-0, House Bill 2654 was approved 15-0, and House Bill 2747 was approved after adoption of a House committee amendment and substitute, also by a 14-0 vote. The committee then moved into public hearing on House Bill 1915, which would regulate payment practices in private construction contracts. Representative David Castile, the sponsor, said the bill was intended to ensure timely payment to contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers, limit abusive contract clauses, and require written notice before withholding payment. He emphasized that it was aimed at larger private projects and not owner-occupied residential work.
Testimony on HB 1915 was mixed. Supporters, including electrical, mechanical, and subcontractor associations, said delayed payment is common, especially for smaller firms, and argued the bill would improve cash flow and reduce the need for liens. Opponents, including general contractors and home builders, said the bill as filed was too restrictive, especially the seven-day downstream payment deadline and the limits on withholding and termination rights, and warned it could increase costs and burden small builders. Several witnesses said they were working with the sponsor on a committee substitute to more closely mirror Missouri’s public prompt pay law and to clarify the residential exemption.
The committee then heard House Bill 2151, which would raise income eligibility limits for the Fast Track Workforce Incentive Grant from $40,000 to $50,000 for single filers and from $80,000 to $100,000 for joint filers. Representative Travis Wilson said the change was meant to reflect inflation and expand access for adults changing careers, apprentices, and other eligible students. Supporters from community colleges, chambers of commerce, and workforce groups said the program is working well, is budgeted, and helps fill workforce needs; one witness cited strong completion and retention rates among recipients. No opposition was presented, and the hearing concluded with adjournment of the committee.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Thus cannot be covered, and physical activity is not medically necessary.'
- pioneered legislation, as Representative Cates shared, in New Mexico that required health plans to cover
- wheelchair-user communities experience the same challenges with access, where health plans will only cover
- It is basically the bill; it covers what the original bill is, but we are fine-tuning the language for
- What is Medicaid going to cover these devices?
Committee:
House House Judiciary
Keywords:
medical malpractice, malpractice reform, patient's compensation fund, PCF, health care liability, tort reform, damage caps, punitive damages, hospital liability, physician liability, nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, outpatient facility, ambulatory surgical center, urgent care, free-standing emergency room, insurance surcharge, superintendent of insurance, New Mexico hospitals, medical review process
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:39:39.679><c> So</c> entities to to accomplish that goal.
- So entities to to accomplish that goal.
- We're not covering those costs, but we're offsetting those costs.
- obviously</c><02:12:12.960><c> we</c> entities that establish obviously we entities that establish obviously
- the</c><02:33:49.840><c> expenditure</c> the legislature covered the expenditure the legislature covered
Committee:
Joint Appropriations
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 26th, 2026 at 08:30 am
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Common law gift agreements are not covered by contract law.
- There's going to be conversations between the three entities before it would go to an actual lawsuit.
- So how can an entity that might be managing investments themselves be the ones to hold the CLO accountable
- I would think 0 because it's a government entity, and the government entity is usually does not pay another
- government entity.
Bills:
SB65 , SB248 , SB330 , SB378 , SB844 , SB1330 , SB1410 , SB1475 , SB1476 , SB1565 , SB1618 , SB1623 , SJR39 , SJR47 , SB2084 , SB1655 , SB1679 , SB2174 , SB1775 , SB1873 , SB1204 , SB1884 , SB1916 , SB1937 , SB1447 , SB1500 , SB2007 , SB2074 , SB1944 , SB2018 , SB1984 , SB2026 , SB2045 , SB2049 , SB2062 , SB2112 , SB2118 , SB2127 , SB2134 , SB2135 , SB2139 , SB2154 , SB1195
Keywords:
SB65, naloxone, Narcan, opioid overdose, overdose reversal, opioid antagonist, emergency opioid antagonist, substance abuse services, harm reduction, public health, overdose prevention, good samaritan, civil immunity, criminal immunity, controlled substances, addiction treatment, fentanyl, opioid crisis, school overdose response, first aid
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/10/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- She had asked about tribal entities and mines, and I wanted to make sure that I cleared the air about
- I represent three tribal entities.
- She had asked about tribal entities and mines, and I wanted to make sure that I cleared the air about
- So I represent three tribal entities.
- One of them is Fort McDowell, Yavapai, and three tribal entities.
Bills:
HB2026 , HB2027 , HB2028 , HB2031 , HB2078 , HB2094 , HB2095 , HB2101 , HB2102 , HB2103 , HB2260 , HB2278 , HB2827 , HB2932 , HB2933 , HB2934 , HB2986 , HCM2009 , HCR2038
Committee:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Keywords:
assured water supply, groundwater, commingling, commingled water, water supply, Arizona Department of Water Resources, ADWR, active management area, AMA, subdivision plat, development approval, water rights, municipal provider, private water company, certificate of assured water supply, written commitment of water service, groundwater savings credits, gray water reuse, replenishment district, Central Arizona Project
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Aug 19th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- I mean, Falling Colors is the entity that's overseeing our behavioral health.
- It just seems weird that we have a for-profit entity deciding on our clinical work.
- These are not our only endowment funds that the UNM Foundation covers, so if you guys need any of that
- That's a lot of the reason why the state and its various entities...
- Is there an out-of-state entity somewhere that we can bring in?
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- This legislation will prohibit an aircraft, or a public or private entity, from using information broadcast
- want licensed insurance agents to sell a non-insurance product that is not regulated and does not cover
- , Trump's entity, to ensure that they are protected.
- It has been negotiated between Palm Beach County and the Trump entities.
- they can choose from one of the two water safety features I just described, or they can use a pool cover
Summary:
The Senate convened with an opening prayer, pledge, and several introductions recognizing visitors, students, local officials, and professional groups in the gallery. The chamber then took up a report from the Ethics and Elections Committee confirming 42 executive appointments; the report was adopted by a vote of 36-0. The Senate also adopted a resolution honoring the Ripple Project for childhood cancer awareness and funding.
The bulk of the meeting was spent on special-order bills, many of them open-government sunset review measures and policy bills. The Senate passed bills preserving or updating public records exemptions for aquaculture records, trade secrets, and cybersecurity information; a child-abuse reporting statute of limitations bill; a commercial driving schools bill; a human trafficking training requirement for nursing graduates; a new injunction for protection against serious violence by a known person and its companion public-records bill; a nature-based coastal resiliency bill with an amendment restricting dredge-and-fill in Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve; a chiropractic patient-funds bill; specialty license plate legislation; a one-time waiver for late financial disclosure fines; public school personnel compensation changes; the Florida Farm Bill with amendments protecting Everglades lands and technical corrections; homestead exemption clarification for long-term leaseholders; disability presumption clarifications for firefighters and law enforcement; reinsurance intermediary manager conformity changes; patriotic displays in public schools; ADS-B aviation fee restrictions; autism-related law enforcement training and a blue envelope program; public post-secondary safety policy requirements; and a bill allowing licensed agents to market health care sharing ministries. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including local vessel restrictions, temporary certificates for practice, and domestic animals.
Members debated a number of measures, especially the health care sharing ministries bill, where opponents raised consumer-protection and commission concerns and supporters argued for free speech, religious liberty, and expanded consumer choice; it passed 32-5. Other debated bills included the autism law enforcement bill, the school athletics bill addressing coach support for student-athletes, and the Farm Bill, where senators discussed surplus land safeguards and biosolids timing. Most bills passed overwhelmingly, often 37-0 or 38-0, with a few closer votes such as the patriotic displays bill (36-2) and the health care sharing ministries bill (32-5).
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> statutes that cover this type of law. statutes that cover this type of law.
- to detain federal entity needs to detain or<01:14:45.600><c> transport</c><01:14:46.400><c> a</c><01
- </c> not covered by the unmarked. not covered by the unmarked.
- </c> like that, that would have been covered. like that, that would have been covered.
- </c> that you're saying isn't already covered that you're saying isn't already covered in<01:22:24.080
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
Keywords:
disaster assistance, contingency account, Minnesota emergency management, public safety, state disaster aid, FEMA, federal cost-share, emergency relief, natural disaster, budget report, appropriations report, management and budget, local governments, utility cooperatives, public works, infrastructure repair, chapter 12B, chapter 12A, emergency management, disaster recovery
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- These are issues that the other witnesses have covered.
- And the AOE doesn't cover our living expenses.
- But then sure, it would pay the higher premium to cover those costs, right?
- A big part of insurance is covering people for costs they actually incur.
- That is a whole separate entity that I'm not involved with.
Committee:
Senate Insurance
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Higher Education and Workforce Development Mar 31st, 2026
Higher Education and Workforce Development
Transcript Highlights:
- . $5,000 at this point would cover the tuition for all the institutions, all the public institutions,
- Representative Allen: But the entity ultimately responsible for determining how the state funds are distributed
Summary:
The Committee on Higher Education and Workforce Development met in executive session and first took up House Bill 123, a higher education funding reform bill. Representative Black, the bill sponsor, explained a committee substitute that lowered the proposed scholarship benefit from full tuition to $5,000 per semester or the lesser of tuition, tied the scholarships to qualified higher education funding, and clarified that institutions must continue existing scholarship programs for top ACT/SAT students. He also said the substitute revised the performance-funding model to better reflect workforce needs, institutional outcomes, and higher education community feedback, while lowering the fiscal note.
Committee members asked about how the model would treat two-year versus four-year institutions, whether funding would be assigned individually or through a block approach, and whether the bill would prevent future funding reductions. The sponsor said the model uses different factors for two-year and four-year schools, would generally operate more like the current two-year funding approach, and would initially guarantee institutions at least the prior year’s funding unless all institutions are reduced proportionally. Some members expressed concern that this could limit legislative appropriations flexibility, while others said the proportional-reduction language preserved that power. The substitute was adopted, and House Committee Substitute for House Bill 123 was voted do pass by a roll call of 9 ayes, 0 noes, and 3 present.
The committee then voted House Bill 1627 do pass without discussion, passing it by a roll call of 12 ayes and 0 noes. The meeting then adjourned.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 16th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- This particular piece of statute covers those who are dual licensed, so in this instance what this RS
- In our region, we only have one entity, us.
Summary:
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee heard several RS introductions and one House bill. RS 33393, by Sen. Van Orden, would create an audit/transparency process related to residential habilitation and provider rate increases; after clarification that it was the audit piece only, the committee voted to send it to print by voice vote. RS 33404, presented by a University of Idaho law student for Sen. Anthon, would allow pharmacists to seek voluntary dual licensure as naturopathic doctors; it was sent to print. RS 33355, by Sen. Blaylock, would restructure Health and Welfare oversight by eliminating administrative regions, regional directors, the Board of Health and Welfare, and regional behavioral health boards; despite concerns from Sen. Wintrow about losing advisory capacity, it was sent to print. RS 33406 would require hospitals to provide clearer, bundled labor-and-delivery pricing information, and RS 33419 would update newborn screening exemption language to align with existing vaccine exemptions; both were sent to print without opposition.
The committee then heard House Bill 555, a rewrite of the Idaho Solid Waste Code, presented by Rep. Weber with testimony from Nate Francisco of the Idaho Solid Waste Association. The bill would move solid waste regulatory authority from health districts to the Department of Environmental Quality, with supporters citing greater expertise, statewide consistency, fewer conflicts of interest, and user-fee funding for DEQ’s added responsibilities. Members asked about impacts on septic systems, public health protections, and federal primacy under RCRA; the presenters said the bill concerns municipal solid waste, preserves public health and safety, and is intended to maintain Idaho’s primacy. The committee voted to send HB 555 to the Senate floor with a due pass recommendation. The meeting then adjourned.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- Vehicle inspections, including licensed operators, and includes salvage pools as authorized entities
- and I think that makes sense because, for most of our districts here in Oklahoma, county jail is covering
Committee:
House Public Safety
Keywords:
rural law enforcement, grant fund, public safety, financial assistance, coordination districts, grant funding, law enforcement coordinators, municipal assistance, education, inmates, literacy, high school equivalency, Department of Corrections, parole, rehabilitation, HB3595, Safer Counties Revolving Fund, Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, county grants, traffic barrier equipment
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Mar 24th, 2025
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- costs could passed down to homeowners and small businesses rather than being born by the by the entities
- A backup that can cover them in that time and we can just make this work very, very smoothly.
Committee:
Senate Business & Commerce
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery
Transcript Highlights:
- And then in 1919, formal control was shifted from what was a social welfare entity and government to
- have a commission appointed now, pursuant to an earlier bill from 2022, where we have a workforce entity
- Psych hospitals have challenged the right to fresh air, to privacy, and other rights covered by S. 1389
- This bill will cover all DMH funded, operated, and licensed spaces.
- That would be group homes and day programs that would cover rights abuses and all of those.
Summary:
The committee held a public hearing on a broad set of mental health, substance use, recovery, and patients’ rights bills. Early testimony focused on H. 2227, which would replace stigmatizing substance use terminology in the General Laws, and H. 3950, which would support parents in recovery involved with DCF by requiring more individualized recovery plans, clearer benchmarks for parenting time, access to recovery coaches or counselors, family counseling after sustained recovery, and staff training on addiction and lived experience. Speakers described the bills as ways to reduce stigma, increase accountability, and improve reunification outcomes for families.
A major portion of the hearing centered on S. 1386, which would transfer Bridgewater State Hospital from the Department of Correction to the Department of Mental Health. Advocates, family members, and disability groups testified that Bridgewater functions like a prison rather than a hospital, with excessive restraint, seclusion, involuntary medication, poor conditions, and racial disparities, and argued DMH should oversee a treatment setting. One DMH occupational therapist and MNA member opposed the transfer, saying the real issue is mixing forensic and continuing-care patients and that DMH should instead create designated forensic units under bills H. 228/S. 1408. Committee members asked about Bridgewater’s population, the history of DOC control, capacity, staffing, and how a transfer might be implemented.
The committee also heard testimony on modernizing the six fundamental rights for psychiatric inpatients, including expanding communication options, clarifying visitation and advocacy definitions, and improving access to gender-appropriate and culturally relevant items. Another bill, H. 2216, would require stronger oversight before antipsychotic medication is prescribed in nursing homes, prompted by concerns about inappropriate use. Finally, testimony supported H. 2240 and H. 2239 on sober homes, with supporters saying discharge and relocation policies are needed when a resident returns to active use or becomes unsafe, while preserving the recovery environment and resident rights. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Energy Development and Transmission Committee Jun 2nd, 2026
Energy Development and Transmission Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- aware of some of the momentum to develop decision tools for local government, and there's other entities
- aware of some of the momentum to develop decision tools for local government, and there's other entities
- Yes, they are putting the monitors in, but we have a time commitment, and time is not going to be covered
- federal funding, state funding, and industry funding, or some collaboration between those three entities
- And at that, I know I covered a lot during the tour, but really a deep dive on oil and gas.
Summary:
The committee met in Grand Forks, approved the February 26 minutes by voice vote, and recessed for a tour of the Mincota Power Cooperative headquarters before returning for presentations on large energy consumers, especially data centers. The first presentations focused on how North Dakota should respond to rapid growth in energy-intensive projects, with speakers emphasizing the need for reliable transmission, local decision-making tools, and factual information for county and township officials who are being asked to weigh major projects with limited staff and technical support.
The North Dakota Transmission Authority director said local governments are being asked to make high-impact decisions on pipelines, transmission lines, large agriculture, wind, solar, carbon dioxide pipelines, direct-air capture, and data centers, and urged development of simple statewide decision tools and support from the League of Cities and Association of Counties. The Department of Environmental Quality’s air division director said North Dakota’s air remains among the cleanest in the nation, but large data centers can create air-quality concerns because of diesel backup generation; he said the department is requiring air monitors at some facilities and expects grid power and, potentially, cleaner natural gas backup to reduce emissions. Members asked about emissions standards, misinformation, monitoring costs, and staffing succession at DEQ.
The Department of Water Resources director said North Dakota’s water law is based on common ownership and prior appropriation, and that data centers generally use relatively small amounts of water, often in closed-loop systems. He said the Missouri River and groundwater supplies are ample for projected needs, that the department’s permitting process protects senior water rights, and that even a worst-case data center scenario would use a very small share of Missouri River flow. Members asked about downstream impacts and compared data center water use with fracking. Later, McLean County State’s Attorney Ladd Erickson urged the committee to study how other states regulate data centers, warned against litigation-driven delays and overly broad local ordinances, argued reclamation bonding should be handled at the state level if at all, and said data centers can bring jobs and tax base but should remain subject to local zoning. The committee ended the morning session for lunch and later heard an EERC update from CEO Charles Gorecki on the center’s 75 years of work in energy and environmental technologies, especially oil and gas development and related research.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Aug 18th, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- It's really a collaboration of many food hubs and different operations that are trying to cover this.
- One of them is to engage all known meat processing entities in our state, develop grant program resources
- This is a graph of the area of New Mexico covered by each of the U.S. Drought Monitor Categories.
- So you see In this picture, the shade-covered drinking trough is reducing evaporation.
- They need to be a public entity. Okay, so an ASECI, so it's a semi-quasi Government. Okay.
Committee:
House Water & Natural Resources Committee
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- the need for additional flies is really focused on the amount of land mass we're going to have to cover
- So there are some outside entities petitioning the FDA to add Ivermectin, but it's going to take time
- They named off seven or eight entities that are going to be there for that training, but TDA was absent
- Landowners across Texas, especially in rural areas, depend on this seasonal revenue to help cover costs
- We're just dealing with certain spots; we're not dealing with it being covered over a larger geographic
Committee:
House Agriculture & Livestock
AL
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> Florida that have these uh type entities Florida that have these uh type entities to<02:34:39.200
- :51.840><c> through</c><02:34:52.080><c> their</c> um entity, several states through their um entity,
- We'll cover that.
- We'll cover that. So Okay, I got you. We'll cover that.
Summary:
The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a roll call establishing a quorum. The chamber approved routine motions to excuse absent senators, dispense with the previous day’s journal, and allow introduction of bills and committee reports throughout the day. The Senate also received several House messages referring bills to committee, including local constitutional amendments for Limestone, Blount, and Mobile counties, a human cloning bill, a Fair Campaign Practices Act bill, a public education bill, a court fees bill, and a physician assistance bill.
Committee reports were then taken up. The Finance and Taxation General Fund, Confirmations, State Governmental Affairs, County and Municipal Government, Education Policy, Banking and Insurance, Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development, Transportation and Energy, and Local Legislation committees all reported a number of bills favorably, many with amendments or substitutes. Several measures were advanced to the calendar for the next legislative day, and the Senate confirmed multiple appointments, including Eileen Meyer and Tiffany Martin to the Alabama Board of Midwifery, Jennifer Ag, Jerry Gross, and Edgar Hower II to the University of West Alabama Board of Trustees, Patricia Sims, Tony Cochran, and Sandy Stimson to the Alabama State Port Authority Board of Directors.
The Senate then adopted a special order calendar under Senate Resolution 34, setting the order of business for the 10th legislative day. The main floor debate centered on House Bill 161, the App Store Accountability Act, which was described as a child-protection measure requiring parental permission, age verification by app stores, accurate app age ratings, and limits on minors entering contracts through app downloads. Senators speaking in support said the bill was needed to protect children from harmful online content and preserve parental control, and they discussed an amendment clarifying the meaning of “act” and preserving compliance with other state age-verification laws. The debate was ongoing in the portion provided, and no final vote on HB 161 appears in this excerpt.