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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, May 21, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- Senate 4530 to amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5 United States Code to authorize an increase of the
- </c><02:20:33.840><c> Code</c><02:20:34.560><c> to</c> of title 5 United States Code to of title 5 United
- States Code to authorize<02:20:35.280><c> an</c><02:20:35.600><c> increase</c><02:20:35.840><c> of</
- </c> a bill to amend Title 38, United States a bill to amend Title 38, United States Code<02:21:06.640
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- OK, so that'd be a source of revenue that the state will no longer.
- Uh, howdy, uh, James Holomec with the Texas State Teachers Association.
- To my knowledge, I don't think we researched any other states because I don't know if any other state
- Um, sometimes you get state and county health insurance. You get state and county pensions.
- Cindy Thomas, general counsel for the state commission on judicial conduct.
Committee:
Senate Finance
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Feb 12th, 2025
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- But also, I'm a member of the president's committee for the National Council of State Boards of Nursing
- at the state university level.
- And we seem to have cracked the code at the state university level, so we are open to sharing our playbook
- through my work with the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.
- And our faculty are aging... ...through my work with the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education met to focus on nursing education funding, workforce supply, and Florida’s low NCLEX pass rates. The chair emphasized that Florida ranks last nationally in nursing exam pass rates and said the committee wants to use budget decisions and a forthcoming nursing bill to improve outcomes. The Florida Center for Nursing at USF presented preliminary workforce and education data showing RN supply is moving toward equilibrium with demand through 2037, while LPN shortages are projected to worsen, especially in some regions. The center also reported on enrollment, retention, faculty vacancies, and NCLEX trends, noting Florida still underperforms the national average but has shown some recent improvement, including higher RN pass rates in 2024 despite fewer test takers. The center highlighted that students who test sooner after graduation tend to pass at higher rates.
A panel of nursing education leaders from public universities, state colleges, technical colleges, and private institutions described how prior state pipeline and line-item funding helped expand enrollment, simulation labs, faculty hiring, student support services, and partnerships with hospitals. UNF, Galen College, College of Central Florida, Keiser University, and Lorenzo Walker Technical College each reported strategies such as expanded simulation, mental health and social work support, test-prep and remediation, and efforts to grow faculty pipelines. Several speakers said faculty recruitment and retention remain major barriers because of salary competition with hospitals, faculty debt, and aging faculty. Technical college representatives also stressed the need to strengthen LPN pathways, English-language support, and LPN-to-RN bridge programs.
Members asked for ideas to improve NCLEX outcomes and discussed possible policy options, including student loan forgiveness, critical shortage supplements for faculty, incentives for students to test soon after graduation, and possible changes to timing or regulation around NCLEX eligibility. Several witnesses supported more flexible or recurring funding, while noting that one-time line funding has been useful for simulation, scholarships, and faculty support but is harder to sustain. The committee adjourned after the discussion, with the chair saying the ideas would be considered in future funding and policy decisions.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Mar 31st, 2025
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- other states.
- We did not become the organization that the state had wanted.
- We became the organization that the state needed.
- Which is currently in the books, it's 3251 of the penal code.
- Most people don't realize that the Texas penal code compared to most states and the feds is quite the
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So our first supplemental request is for the state hospital fund adjustment, and so this is for our state
- And so this is for our state hospitals, specifically State Hospital South and State Hospital North, to
- In Idaho Code, we are required to align with Medicare when there is a Medicare equivalent code.
- So that means that states now are on the hook for 75% with state funds.
- State Hospital West as well.
Summary:
The House Health and Welfare Committee approved the February 5, 2026 minutes and then heard a lengthy budget presentation from Department of Health and Welfare Director Juliet Sharon and Medicaid Director Sasha O’Connell. The department outlined numerous supplemental and line-item requests across Medicaid, child and family services, welfare/self-reliance, and support functions, including funding for state hospital billing authority, Medicaid caseload and cost growth, rural health transformation staffing and program funds, child care capacity and program integrity work, kinship navigation, home visiting, and IT and procurement modernization. The committee also discussed the department’s reorganization and the need for additional procurement support for large Medicaid contracts.
Much of the discussion focused on Medicaid spending growth, especially in disability services and behavioral health. Sharon said higher utilization and more intensive services, including residential habilitation, youth residential treatment, and substance use services, were driving costs. Members asked about safeguards against provider overuse or steerage; the director said the department uses annual assessments, internal reviews, data mining, and referrals to program integrity, and that some provider behavior had already prompted a proposed rate reduction for residential habilitation. She also explained that the department is seeking to maintain contractor support for disability assessments rather than absorb the work in-house.
The committee also reviewed the department’s response to budget reductions and federal changes. Sharon explained the 4% provider rate reduction, the resulting savings, and the need for an additional $22 million in general funds to balance Medicaid, with options for further cuts still before the legislature. Other topics included the state’s Medicaid estate recovery and program integrity contractors, the impact of new SNAP administrative cost-sharing rules, Medicaid work requirements and more frequent eligibility reviews under state and federal law, and a request for three dedicated procurement staff in the Department of Administration to speed Medicaid contracting. No further votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes, and the committee adjourned to attend the floor session.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Higher Education Committee Jun 23rd, 2026
Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- services building.
- Mike West, on behalf of the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California, in support.
- There are both union and non-union state-approved apprenticeship programs.
- Okay, so in other words, State-approved apprenticeship programs.
- If you happen to be in the service area of Cal State Fullerton, and Cal State Fullerton wants to offer
Committee:
House Higher Education
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Correctional Consolidation and Collaboration Jan 12th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Dan Hunt, state representative in Boston. Will Brownsberger, state senator.
- But 18% had a Code C.
- But 18%, 18% had a code C.
- By and large, most other states... States—we got 24 responses.
- So the infrastructure can vary state to state.
Summary:
The Special Commission on Correctional Consolidation and Collaboration met with DOC leadership and UMass Chan researchers to discuss Massachusetts DOC’s objective point-based classification system, with a focus on whether inmates are overclassified and how discretionary and non-discretionary overrides affect placement decisions. DOC explained the system’s history, its goals of public safety and reintegration, the initial and reclassification tools, and the use of overrides and restrictions. Staff described several non-discretionary restrictions for minimum and medium security, the limited use of discretionary overrides, and current population breakdowns showing most classified in medium security, with smaller shares in maximum and lower security.
UMass Chan presented preliminary findings from a NIJ-funded study using historical DOC data from 2019 to 2022, primarily on male reclassification cases. They said the scored custody level predicted institutional misconduct well, with stronger separation among minimum, medium, and maximum groups. They also said predictive accuracy declined after applying override-informed custody levels, and that the decline appeared to be driven mainly by non-discretionary restrictions rather than discretionary overrides. The researchers noted that violent misconduct in the sample was relatively rare and that the study was based on group-level statistics, not individual cases.
Commission members and guests raised concerns about whether the data captured the effects of facility conditions, historical bias, step-down and step-up decisions, and the role of civil commitment restrictions, especially Code C. DOC and UMass Chan responded that the study did not show evidence that discretionary overrides reduced accuracy, that the non-discretionary restrictions were the main factor affecting results, and that Massachusetts’ system should not be directly compared with other states because of differences in facility structure and population. The commission asked members to send follow-up data questions to staff for transmission to DOC and the researchers.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 2 Apr 24th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- How can we build a... The people of Minnesota.
- A huge economic driver in the state.
- And just a brief history on the trust code in the state of Minnesota: a big overhaul of it.
- revamping of the trust code.
- The amendment is coded A-1.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jun 1st, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- member and mayor, in the State Assembly, in the State Senate representing the 17th Senate District,
- and later on the California State Board of Equalization.
- That's what I stated in reading.
- State your parliamentary question at this time.
- He is also a former Los Angeles City Council member.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- All other support and opposition can be stated at the standing mic.
- code to remind every LEA in the state that we need to have particular emphasis on human rights issues
- One is just a reminder how the Education Code works.
- We found in a recent survey the governor convened a council that I chair, and about 26% of the state,
- Just very briefly, I want to state the obvious.
Committee:
House Education
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Apr 16th, 2025
Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- The future is going Every state has it.
- And there is no state to look to. Um, I couldn't wait to... state to look to.
- I'm the proud owner of four CBD stores in the state by the name of... stores in the state by the name
- And the state gets no tax money from that. the state gets no tax money from that transaction.
- Um, I'd say about 80% of the CBD stores in this state are not in standalone buildings.
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2026-04-29 - 11:00AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> State Sheriffs again this morning. State Sheriffs again this morning.
- </c> Disease Advisory Council. Disease Advisory Council.
- </c> strong role in this advisory council. strong role in this advisory council.
- </c> majority of the advisory council. majority of the advisory council.
- </c> Council, basically. Council, basically.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-13 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- In those five years, that's given the opportunity to build something and continue to build something
- This is still the state of Florida.
- of the state of Florida.
- We need to ...of the land development code of the state of Florida. This should be part of it.
- If an executive decided to build another detention facility in the state of Florida, would funds potentially
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Wed Feb 26, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> historic</c> preservation yes the state historic preservation yes the state historic preservation
- </c> property it's a high-rise building and property it's a high-rise building and we<00:36:24.960><c
- Homes that were being built according to the building code and had willing buyers, but it had to be stopped
- code violation that exists within a completed building, structure, or facility that may reasonably result
- </c><02:47:40.279><c> code</c> violation means a building code violation means a building code violation
Committee:
House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on several housing, land use, and preservation bills. HB 1008 HD2 would require the Department of Land and Natural Resources to complete historic preservation determinations for state affordable housing projects within 90 days and create sensitivity-based review pathways. HHFDC, DLNR’s State Historic Preservation Division, and written testimony from DBEDT supported the bill as an expedited process for projects unlikely to affect significant historic resources. Members asked how the bill would define significant versus non-significant historic properties, how it would interact with Kapakai analysis, and whether burial councils had been consulted; SHPD said the bill would not replace Kapakai review and that burial councils had not been included. Written support also came from OHA, Hawaii Realtors, and the Maui Chamber of Commerce.
HB 1093 would clarify the Hawaii Public Housing Authority’s powers relating to housing projects. HPHA supported the measure, saying it would align definitions with prior law and help deconcentrate poverty by allowing mixed-income rebuilding. The director also said the bill was increasingly urgent because of reported federal HUD priorities that could affect public housing and Section 8 funding. HB 1096 HD1 would repeal state low-income housing preferences for disabled veterans and spouses of deceased veterans, with HPHA saying federal veteran programs such as VASH are a better mechanism and that the state preference has not been used in years. HB 1411 would allow HHFDC projects to give sale or lease preferences to applicants who live or work within five miles of a project; HHFDC and the Hawaii Chapter of NAIOP supported it as a way to keep residents connected to their communities, while members raised constitutional concerns about broader local-preference policies.
The committee also heard HB 367 HD1, which would create county permit exemptions for certain agricultural and maintenance activities. Written testimony included opposition from the Department of Planning and Permitting and support from the Hawaii Farm Bureau, Grassroot Institute, and others. A public testifier opposed the bill, arguing that permit exemptions could worsen safety and compliance problems. Finally, HB 826 HD1 would allow county planning commissions, by special permit, to authorize residential housing in agricultural districts for agricultural workforce housing, long-term rental, or fee simple ownership under certain conditions. HHFDC supported it as a faster alternative to lengthy state land-use redistricting, but the Department of Agriculture, Land Use Commission, and Office of Planning and Sustainable Development raised concerns about food production impacts, due process, service provision, jurisdictional conflicts, and the use of special permits for what could amount to district boundary changes. Public testimony was mixed, with some support and some opposition. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (03/03/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- and</c><00:46:29.559><c> so</c> are not fires in buildings um and so are not fires in buildings um and
- ><c> right</c> anyway uh to the Dr building and right anyway uh to the Dr building and right but<01:30
- </c> can't imagine that the the state can't imagine that the the state government<01:52:21.040><c> is
- </c> Bailey this is no this is about state Bailey this is no this is about state agencies<01:54:39.520
- </c> not the state yeah the state wouldn't not the state yeah the state wouldn't get<01:55:02.599><c>
Summary:
The committee reviewed selected House Bill 2 provisions, focusing first on the group two pension reform language and whether it matched prior legislation and the fiscal note. Members discussed two main issues: the treatment of extra and special duty pay in the pension calculation for employees hired before 2011, and the annuity multiplier after 15 years of creditable service. Several members said the HB 2 language was intended to restore prior law and protect against pension “spiking,” while others worried the draft and fiscal note may not have fully reflected current law, potentially affecting the cost estimate. The discussion repeatedly emphasized the need to avoid underfunding or double counting and to make sure Finance had the correct actuarial assumptions. No vote was taken; the committee agreed to flag the issues for Finance and to clarify the fiscal note.
Members also discussed the vested-rights language, which was described as an explicit definition of vesting and a restriction on future legislative changes to compensation calculations after three years of service. Some viewed it as a policy protection with no immediate fiscal impact, while others noted it had been included in prior legislation and should be clearly understood before the bill moved forward. The committee also briefly referenced prior pension legislation, including House Bill 436 and House Bill 727, and noted that HB 2 was being used to carry forward related pension repair provisions.
The committee then turned to an OPLC-related section transferring building, plumbing, electrical, and fuel gas inspector positions from OPLC to the Department of Safety’s Fire Marshal’s office. Testimony explained that the nine inspector positions are funded from the licensing fund, and that the move was justified as a public-safety function better aligned with the Fire Marshal’s mission because the inspections are statewide code-enforcement work rather than facility-specific licensing work. The discussion ended with a note that the remaining HB 2 changes run through 2034 and a brief announcement about memorial arrangements for C.J. Gerard.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Early Learning & Human Services Jan 20th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Early Learning & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Our state has many different agencies and programs that are dedicated to the state of health for children
- It tells families that the state is ready to take responsibility for building a system that supports
- and an executive council of five state agency directors.
- , and an executive council of five state agency directors.
- DSHS Secretary And an executive council of five state agency directors.
Committee:
House Early Learning & Human Services
Keywords:
behavioral health, youth support, mental health services, children's health, support services, foster youth, child welfare, education, mental health, dental care, habilitation centers, residential services, healthcare access, patient rights, poverty, task force, legislative, executive, social programs, fatalities
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Consumer Protection & Business Jan 28th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Consumer Protection & Business
Transcript Highlights:
- , and more than 30 states have statutes of limitations.
- We have a number of states that have... ...with other states' standards. Is that right?
- We operate over 60 facilities throughout the state of Washington.
- So far, at least a dozen states have adopted these provisions.
- These include western states such as California, Idaho, and Utah, and states in other parts of the country
Committee:
House Consumer Protection & Business
Keywords:
real estate, appraisal, consumer protection, business operations, regulatory compliance, HB 2501, real estate disclosure, seller disclosure notice, residential property, home heating oil tank, oil tank insurance, pollution liability insurance agency, PLIA, heating oil contamination, remediation assistance, Washington real estate, property sale, buyer disclosure, seller obligations, oil heat
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The state requires it. So there's a part of our code. Can you send your, um, to my staff that.
- Provision in the code.
- So there's a provision in the state code that mandates you only hire certified teachers.
- Of the state of Texas to mandate in our code a higher standard for teacher certification for people who
- The average cost in the United States is $172,000.01 state is the highest at 565 per client.
Committee:
House Corrections
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- As stated, Adele Nelson and Colleen Small are present.
- That will cause harm to our state for many years to come.
- And of course, the general curriculum code that's in... in the statute lays out a general code for what
- The state requires that we post syllabi in advance.
- I've served and even chaired our faculty council.
Bills:
SB 37
Committee:
House Higher Education
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (02/17/2026)
Environment and Agriculture
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><02:08:38.000><c> I</c> Madam Chair, Representative Miner. >> Uh, so the building code, or the building
- </c><02:18:31.200><c> code</c><02:18:31.439><c> that</c> absolutely no RSA or building code that absolutely
- We can't tell the building code review board what they can and can't do.
- </c><02:27:30.240><c> with</c><02:27:30.720><c> the</c> uh building codes that go along with the uh building
- ><c> code</c><02:27:39.840><c> review</c><02:27:40.160><c> board</c> can't tell uh building code review
Committee:
House Environment and Agriculture
Summary:
The subcommittee held an open work session on HB 1766-FN, a bill addressing cruelty to livestock, and focused on proposed language changes from the Department of Agriculture. Assistant State Veterinarian Nathan Harvey, speaking for the commissioner, explained concerns about the term “imminent danger,” arguing that the bill should allow seizure based on probable cause when an animal is starving or has a life-threatening condition, rather than tying action too closely to whether the owner is arrested. The department also proposed language on “extreme suffering” that would require euthanasia if the cost of treatment would exceed the allowable reimbursement amount under AGR rules, though members immediately raised concerns about using a dollar limit to require euthanasia. The department further suggested clarifying who may participate in investigations by allowing the state veterinarian or a designate, and noted that the current draft could be read too narrowly.
Members discussed the $5,000 emergency care cap in the rules, with Josh Marshall confirming it is an aggregate emergency veterinary care limit. Several legislators said they were uncomfortable changing the bill from “may” to “shall” euthanize, arguing that treatment costs vary widely by species and condition and that a fixed monetary threshold could be too rigid. Representative Bixby also raised a separate concern that the bill’s language may be broader than intended and could apply to all animals rather than livestock only. The department agreed the bill should be limited to livestock and suggested using existing statutory definitions or adding a new section to make that clear.
The discussion also turned to humane societies and other organizations that might investigate complaints or board seized animals. A representative from a humane organization said the groups with expertise in care often also have expertise useful to investigations, and that removing them entirely could be impractical because only a few facilities in the state can provide boarding. Members and witnesses explored alternative language that would allow for-profit and nonprofit organizations to participate in either the investigation or the care of livestock, but not both, to avoid conflicts of interest while preserving needed expertise. No votes were taken; the work session ended with agreement to consult the Office of Legislative Services and the department to refine the bill before the next meeting.