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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Cmte on Rules - Subcommittee on the Federal Impact on Minnesotans and Economic Stability - 10/15/25
Transcript Highlights:
- So we make rates based on current law, not based on speculation about what might happen.
- </c><00:15:05.839><c> on</c> rates based on current law, not based on rates based on current law, not
- They need to be based on group market.
- </c><00:32:28.799><c> on</c> consumers to filter plans based on consumers to filter plans based on what's
- </c><01:08:07.680><c> on</c> our financial estimates are based on our financial estimates are based on
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Employee Benefits Programs Committee May 7th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- That's based upon a very large number of benchmarks. It's a very good survey.
- It's based upon, well, the survey is based upon the location of the survey organization, like the entity
- The surveys that I've talked about so far are based on 2024 data.
- So based on the... Fully implemented and up and running.
- based on July 1st data.
Summary:
The Employee Benefits Committee met to approve prior minutes, hear presentations on state employee health insurance, compensation, leave, and related policy issues, and then recess for lunch. PERS reviewed the history and structure of the state health plan, noting the long-standing state-paid family coverage, cost-control measures, wellness incentives, the current grandfathered PPO and high-deductible options, and the effects of recent benefit mandates such as insulin caps, prosthetic coverage, medication management, prescription copay changes, and ambulance balance-billing limits. Committee members questioned the fiscal impact of adding benefits and the possible cost of moving to a non-grandfathered plan, while PERS and HRMS emphasized that health insurance remains the top-ranked employee benefit and that any major plan changes should be considered carefully. HRMS also presented compensation comparisons showing state pay generally below private-market benchmarks, discussed targeted market equity adjustments, identified ongoing recruitment and retention concerns in fields like nursing, IT, engineering, and attorneys, and reviewed leave policies, tuition reimbursement, and family leave comparisons with neighboring states. Job Service provided labor market data showing low unemployment, high labor force participation, and wage growth that still trails some neighboring markets, and OMB explained that prevailing wage requirements apply to federally funded projects under Davis-Bacon, not to ordinary state contracts.
After lunch, the committee took up the required process for health insurance mandate bills and adopted an amendment to Joint Rule 211. The amendment clarified that the deadline for submitting mandate measures is intended to allow time for all required reports, including both the cost-benefit analysis and any Employee Benefits Committee actuarial report, while leaving the existing deadline unchanged. The amendment was adopted on a roll call vote, with several members voting yes and a few no votes recorded. The committee then moved into its jurisdiction review of bill drafts, beginning with a bill that would automatically renew pre-tax dental and vision elections; members debated whether it had any actuarial or administrative impact on PERS or the state, and the chair explained that the committee’s role was only to decide whether further analysis was needed before later testimony and recommendations.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- me, last Sunday, I thought I could build an elliptical machine by myself, and I dropped the entire base
- Helps build a pipeline of highly skilled practitioners in the state.
- However, I don't need to see the data because, based... ...very familiar with the data.
- I'm a facts-based individual.
- The audit was based upon 30 minimum standards.
Committee:
House House Education Committee of Reference
Summary:
The committee began with member and staff introductions, then acted as the Education Committee of Reference for three required reviews. The first was the Credit Enhancement Eligibility Board sunset review. A governor’s office representative explained the board was created in 2016 to help qualifying schools, mostly charter schools, obtain lower-cost financing by guaranteeing debt with a $100 million fund. He said the board has approved 15 projects, has not met recently because it is at its statutory leverage limit, and has no dedicated staff or budget. Members supported continuation, and the committee voted by voice vote to recommend the board be continued for 10 years, until July 1, 2036.
The committee then heard the sunset review of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). WICHE leadership described its regional higher education compact and its student exchange and cost-savings programs, including WUE, WRGP, and PSEP. They said the programs save Arizona students money, bring students into Arizona institutions, and help address workforce shortages, especially in health care. A WICHE commissioner and the Arizona Board of Regents executive director also testified in support, emphasizing benefits for Arizona students, universities, and workforce pipelines. The committee voted by voice vote to recommend WICHE be continued for 10 years, until July 1, 2036.
The final item was the Auditor General’s performance audit of the Arizona Department of Education school safety program. The audit found the program had grown to more than $128 million and funded over 1,000 school safety positions, but ADE did not ensure many sampled schools complied with requirements such as operational plans, safety teams, annual training, activity logs, and reimbursement documentation. The Auditor General said the department relied too heavily on written attestations and lacked sufficient monitoring and guidance, and recommended stronger oversight, written procedures, and better review of reimbursements. ADE’s school safety director responded that the department had expanded training and documentation systems, was implementing the audit recommendations, and had begun risk-based monitoring; he also said the department would add staff and invited the Auditor General to meet with ADE and ASU’s evaluator. After the audit discussion, the committee began considering House Bill 2142, which would create a school safety center at ADE and allow up to 10% of school safety program funds for administration, with members raising questions about monitoring emergency operations plans, disability-related evacuation planning, and coordination with other state agencies.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, September 18, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> more unilater unilateral decisions based more unilater unilateral decisions based on<03:02:35.040
- </c> with your base load with your base load uh<03:10:46.080><c> energy</c><03:10:46.720><c> production
- </c><03:11:16.720><c> load</c> There was a war on base load There was a war on base load electricity.
- We have to grow base going to go up.
- Never made an All-Star Game.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- an actual working knowledge of tourism, and I wanted to ask you about your thoughts on performance-based
- With your background and experiences, should we be going down the road of performance-based contracting
- an actual working knowledge of tourism, and I wanted to ask you about your thoughts on performance-based
- With your background and experiences, should we be going down the road of performance-based contracting
- to also bridge experience and skills to also bridge that<00:46:17.240><c> gap</c><00:46:17.720><c> and
Committee:
Senate Economic Development and Tourism
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Economic Development and Tourism heard several governor’s message nominations to the Hawaii Tourism Authority’s advisory board. The first nominee, Daniel O’Leary, received strong support from HTA leadership and Deputy Director James Kunane Tokioka, who praised his visitor-industry knowledge and work on brand marketing and tourism planning. O’Leary said he hoped to contribute his experience and strengthen the organization’s integrity. Joel Guy was also supported by HTA, Tokioka, and several community testifiers, who highlighted his long work in Hana, his film-industry background, and his role in community-focused tourism planning. During questioning, Guy said the advisory board should still have influence, especially on strategic planning and community concerns, even though its role is advisory rather than decision-making.
The committee then considered Linda Wong’s nomination. HTA and Tokioka strongly supported her, citing her long community experience and familiarity with HTA work. Wong said the new advisory board was collaborative, had no conflicts so far, and was trying to balance resident concerns with attracting higher-value tourists. Senator Kim questioned her about the advisory structure, and Wong said she believed the Legislature had reduced HTA’s authority because of past conflicts but that the new board could help turn things around and possibly regain more authority in the future.
The committee also heard testimony on Kimberly Algos and Terry Fisher. Algos was described by HTA and Tokioka as a strong leader and solid board member; Tokioka explained that she and another co-chair were selected because of their busy schedules and that the advisory board’s committees were created so members could contribute beyond the single statutory duty of selecting the chair, president, and CEO. Fisher was supported for his tour-operator experience and strategic planning work. In questioning, he endorsed performance-based contracting and accountability for contractors, while acknowledging that external events can affect results. He also said the convention center is critical infrastructure that should be repaired and used to help fill tourism lulls and attract major conferences. The hearing included supportive testimony from industry representatives, but no votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.
NJ
Transcript Highlights:
- And instead of channeling it into improving his golf game, he channeled it into the proving the lives
- Many of you probably know that I lead a nonprofit faith-based organization called Ranch Hope, now in
- Is our recent very public examples of strong health-based oversight?
- Is our recent very public examples of strong health-based oversight? What?
- very public examples of strong health-based oversight what drew us to this or drew them to us?
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Corrections and Public Institutions Mar 9th, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Corrections and Public Institutions
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't necessarily think what we should be basing law on.
- However, they are housed based upon their behavior.
- The men are housed based upon their behavior. We don't have a death row in Missouri.
- The men are housed based upon their behavior. Potosi is a...
- Basically, this bill is working with the Gaming Commission.
Committee:
House Corrections and Public Institutions
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Jan 21st, 2026
Budget and Fiscal Review
Transcript Highlights:
- We are also extending a deferral of the 3% base decrease that was in 2025-26.
- And obviously we have a 10% cap, or a 10% cap based on Proposition 2.
- And the returns, I believe, have been higher than the base, is that right, 7%? Yeah.
- We're heavily tax-based.
- So losing those jobs and the tax-based structure that's in, you know, for our budget.
Committee:
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review
Summary:
The Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee heard opening remarks on the Governor’s 2026-27 budget and presentations from the Department of Finance and the Legislative Analyst’s Office. Chair Laird described the proposal as roughly balanced with $23 billion in reserves, while Vice Chair Niello argued the revenue estimates were overly optimistic and warned of a structural deficit, calling for a deeper review of programs and concern over the state’s $20 billion unemployment insurance debt. Finance said the budget is balanced in the budget year but still leaves a roughly $2.9 billion deficit, with out-year gaps above $20 billion, and characterized the plan as largely a workload budget with limited new spending or cuts. The LAO said its office sees substantial downside risk to the revenue forecast, emphasized the volatility of stock-market-driven revenues, and urged the Legislature to begin addressing the structural deficit now rather than waiting until May.
Members focused on the implications of federal policy changes, Medi-Cal, CalFresh, and the MCO tax, as well as the state’s reserve strategy. Senators Menjivar and Richardson raised concerns about health coverage reductions, county costs, hospital finances, and the lack of a broader revenue solution, while Finance said the state cannot fully backfill federal cuts and is still assessing the impacts. The LAO recommended rejecting the proposal to suspend the rainy day fund deposit and setting aside the proposed Proposition 98 settle-up rather than using it for spending. Finance defended both proposals as necessary to balance the budget year and said it plans to begin discussions with legislative leaders before the May Revision.
The committee also discussed climate and transportation funding, including cap-and-trade/GGRF allocations for Cal Fire, interest earnings from the fund, zero-emission vehicle incentives, and AB 617 air quality investments. Senator Reyes questioned the focus on light-duty ZEV incentives instead of heavy-duty vehicles, and Finance said the proposal is intended to partially replace the federal consumer tax credit and that some heavy-duty funding remains from prior years. Senator Richardson also raised concerns about Olympics-related infrastructure, courthouse repairs, and displaced workers, while other members stressed homelessness funding and the need for more immediate action on out-year budget problems. No formal votes or actions were taken during the portion provided; the hearing was informational and moved into member questions after the presentations.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- night vision, thermal, transmitting trail cameras, and drones, and restrict their usage during big game
- But we put in some carve-outs that weren't in the rule that I think... ...big game hunting season.
- And that's a concern that Fish and Game has had, and that's why they wrote the rule.
- And that's a concern that Fish and Game has had, and that's why they wrote the rule the way they did.
- the state in accordance with the provisions of the Idaho Fish and Game Code.
Committee:
House Resources and Conservation
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 12th, 2026 at 01:34 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- We do it based on the statutes, the rules, and the policies.
- based on the statute, rules, and policies.
- And usually, it's just because they are merit-based and it's based on who applies.
- This is based on federal reimbursement rates.
- So these are not based on actual food costs.
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 31 (2-20-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And I felt like this did impugn the base of licensure in its original form.
- management, whether it's game or fish.
- ><c> wildlife</c> So, and that science-based wildlife So, and that science-based wildlife management,
- Those science-based decisions whatever.
- Kentucky, we couldn't hunt in Hazard because we had no game.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Employee Benefits Programs Committee May 7th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Employee Benefits Programs Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- That's based upon a very large number of benchmarks. It's a very good survey.
- Does primary market indicate that, or is it based on where the employee resides?
- It's based upon, well, the survey is based upon the location of the survey organization, like the entity
- Okay, the surveys that I've talked about so far were based on 2024 data.
- Typically, it's about six sessions, but that might vary based on the offerings.
Committee:
Joint Employee Benefits Programs Committee
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Sep 2nd, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We have two today that will be sprinkled in based on their arrival time through the session.
- We have two today that will be sprinkled in based on their arrival time through the session.
- When you don't like what someone's saying, you play games like this.
- member of CalTIP, an organization that allows people to turn in poachers and polluters and allows game
- Poachers and polluters, and to allow game wardens to investigate these potential crimes.
Summary:
The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, then moved through a busy floor session with several procedural motions and bill actions. Members suspended rules to allow speeches and guests, withdrew AB 362 from Appropriations to the second reading file, and voted 41-13 to suspend the rules for that motion. The body also took up a number of items on the daily and third reading files, with several measures passed, retained, or moved to inactive file.
The main policy focus was ACR 70, designating September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Assembly Member Pellerin presented the resolution with a personal account of losing her husband to suicide and urged greater use of 988, secure firearm storage, and open conversations about mental health. Many members from both parties and caucuses spoke in support, sharing personal experiences with suicide and emphasizing stigma reduction, access to care, and the importance of checking in on others. The resolution was adopted by voice vote, Senate amendments were concurred in, and suicide awareness pins were distributed to members.
The Assembly also concurred in Senate amendments to AB 977 on Native American human remains, with unanimous support and a 68-0 vote, and to AB 1510, the Assembly PERS Committee bill, which passed 66-1. Members then adopted H.R. 65, recognizing October as Filipino American History Month, after extensive remarks celebrating Filipino American history, labor organizing, public service, and community contributions; 63 co-authors were added without objection before the voice vote. Later, the chamber passed SB 81, protecting access to health care facilities from immigration enforcement, and SB 98, requiring schools and campuses to notify communities when immigration enforcement is present; both were framed as part of a broader package to protect immigrant communities and passed on urgency votes. The session concluded with debate on SJR 9, a resolution condemning mass immigration raids and defending civil liberties, which drew sharply divided remarks from supporters and opponents, with no final action shown in the transcript excerpt.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (04/14/2026)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> goes into their rate base, yes. goes into their rate base, yes. Follow<00:08:33.800><c> up.
- </c> based on your answer. based on your answer.
- </c> many years ago and it's a long game. many years ago and it's a long game.
- It's<00:57:27.160><c> a</c><00:57:27.240><c> long</c><00:57:27.600><c> game.</c> It's a long game.
- It's a long game.
Committee:
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- I think, you know, based on past experience, right?
- They gave us, as we asked for, projections based on the status quo, based on attendance, and if they
- I mean... ...based on the status quo, based on attendance, and if they went to enrollment.
- This is a simplistic model based only on FTE.
- This is a simplistic model based only on FTE.
Committee:
House Budget
Summary:
The House Budget Committee met with a quorum and began by taking up a series of budget bills and committee substitutes, including House Bills 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013, which were laid over. The chair then walked members through a committee amendment package, explaining a mix of technical corrections, fund swaps, and adjustments involving highway patrol fringe costs, summary budget timing, rural health care, the CCBHO FMAP correction, and marijuana-fund reallocations. Members adopted the chair’s decrease amendments and later adopted the corresponding increase amendments, including partial restoration for Care to Learn, a Title I grant language change, an Overpass and Seymour road project, technical corrections for DPS and health-related items, and restorations for Jordan Valley and FQHC substance abuse funding. After a brief recess for session and lunch, the committee returned to House Bill 2 and began considering member amendments.
On House Bill 2, the committee adopted Representative Lewis’s amendment making the curriculum transparency and parent portal item a pilot program, and Representative Davidson’s amendment adding $2 million in federal Child Care and Development Block Grant funds for One-Time Wonder School. Representative Steinhoff’s attempt to shift funding from Missouri Star Solutions and WorkKeys to the Success Ready Student Assessment failed, as did Representative Taylor’s proposal to move $1.2 million from career ladder to community college nursing programs. The committee then rejected Representative Steinhoff’s attempt to redirect Title I Innovation and Improvement Grant funds back to the governor’s recommendation, and later adopted Representative Steinhoff’s vocational rehabilitation amendment, which restored the department’s request and drew down additional federal matching funds. The committee also adopted Representative Hyne’s language amendment to allow flexibility between the MOQPK pre-K grant program and the Child Care Works tri-share program, though members discussed concerns about cross-bill flexibility and whether funds would actually be available.
Representative Fogle’s amendment to require budget communications sent to committee chairs to also go to the full Budget Committee was defeated after members expressed concern about information overload and the difference between required distribution and requested information. The committee then took up a lengthy debate over Representative Fogle’s amendment to remove language barring Parents as Teachers participation for children already enrolled in public pre-K. Supporters argued the programs serve different purposes and that families should not be forced to choose between them, while opponents said the language was intended to prevent duplication of services and preserve resources for children without other options. After extensive discussion, the amendment failed. The committee continued with additional House Bill 2 amendments, but the transcript ends before final action on the remaining items.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- That's increasing the recipient base by about 1% for all of those items.
- Waiver reimagine's budget should not be based on where a person lives.
- Waiver reimagine's budget should not be based on where a person lives.
- There's a lot of shame-based stigma in that too, right?
- There are federal funds and some base state funds. Okay, Senator Gan, any follow-up?
Committee:
Senate Human Services
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 21 Mar 9th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We're willing to send it to places based on our ideological beliefs, not fiscal transparency.
- healthcare profession and being a nurse, when you say without your healthcare, your math, and your reading skills
- Based on community standards, yes Representative Fugate is recognized for a question on the bill.
- He doesn't do or repeat every single thing that he sees Because he has critical thinking skills, self-control
- I am going to remark that, though the skills and degrees of librarians are valuable, things one does
Bills:
HR1036 , HB2975 , HB3026 , HB3297 , HB2981 , HB2978 , HB4144 , HB1322 , HB1818 , HB3194 , HB3767 , HB3342 , HB3344 , HB4170 , HB3287 , HB3288 , HB4454 , HB3264 , HB3266 , HB3268 , HB4095 , HB4115 , HB4316 , HB3530 , HB3428 , HB4272 , HB4273 , HB4274 , HB3405 , HB3406 , HB3467 , HB3469 , HB3931
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, February 27, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- DOE cannot ban appliances based on their fuel type.
- DOE cannot ban appliances based on their fuel type.
- DOE cannot ban appliances based on their fuel type.
- DOE cannot ban appliances based on their fuel type.
- </c><02:02:39.239><c> in</c> partners and some investors based in partners and some investors based in
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- A jury has to make it determined based on the aggravators.
- approach based on how many bite marks and the depth of the teeth.
- In our 40s, we started going to Gator games together. We were seeing much more of each other.
- And banks make loans based on creditworthiness.
- are naming exactly the types of uses that you may do on a conservation-based level.
Committee:
Senate Fiscal Policy
Summary:
The committee took up a series of criminal justice, health, and public safety bills, with several measures reported favorably after brief sponsor presentations and mostly no opposition. CS for SB 1782 on dangerous excessive speeding, CS for SB 306 on Medicaid provider network access, CS for SB 716 on mandatory minimums for certain sexual offenses by registered offenders, CS for SB 1084 on intimate image dissemination and digitally forged images, and CS for CS for SB 1604 on corrections-related litigation and sentencing changes all passed the committee. Members also approved CS for SB 1838, which increases protections for court officials from tampering, harassment, and retaliation, and CS for SB 1252, which directs FDLE to study a statewide pawn data database. CS for SB 468 on fleeing or eluding, CS for SB 490 on off-duty concealed carry for certain officers, and CS for SB 890 on blood clot screening and treatment also received favorable votes, with SB 890 drawing supportive testimony from the bill sponsor, medical and patient advocates, and family members affected by blood clots.
The most extensive debate centered on CS for CS for SB 1804, which would create a capital offense for adults trafficking children under 12 or mentally incapacitated persons for sexual exploitation. Senator Martin defended the bill as a response to especially heinous crimes and argued it fit within constitutional punishment principles, while several members raised concerns about the Eighth Amendment, the risk of lengthy and costly litigation, and the possibility of retraumatizing victims. The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers testified in opposition, citing moral objections, due process concerns, and constitutional precedent; the bill nevertheless was reported favorably. The committee also approved CS for CS for SB 572, the “Pam Rock Act,” which tightens dangerous-dog rules, adds enclosure, microchip, insurance, and penalty requirements, and allows stronger enforcement actions after serious attacks. The Rock family and animal control supporters testified in favor, describing the bill as a response to fatal dog attacks and urging stronger accountability for owners.
For SB 572, members discussed insurance requirements, the role of local authorities in classifying dangerous dogs, and whether the bill would affect ordinary pet insurance or only liability coverage after a serious attack. The sponsor said the measure is not breed-specific and is aimed at dogs that have already caused significant harm. The committee also heard testimony from family members of Pam Rock and other victims, along with supporters from animal control and sheriff’s offices. All of the bills taken up in the meeting that were voted on were reported favorably, and no roll-call votes failed.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- It is based on hate and bigotry.
- I'm sorry, that's my opinion. based on sex or gender but then makes it based on sex or gender but then
- </c> of restroom locker room facilities based of restroom locker room facilities based on on on sex<01
- This is not just my belief; this is fact, based on experience, based on research, based on history.
- </c> based on experience this is fact based based on experience this is fact based on<02:07:53.639><c
Committee:
Senate Judiciary