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OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services Oversight Mar 4th, 2026

Health and Human Services Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • home brewing, establishes a 200-gallon limit, and establishes that it may not be sold or offered for sale
Bills: HB3552 , HB2984 , HB4124 , HB3934 , HB3448 , HB3131 , HB4200 , HB4201 , HB3011 , HB1912 , HB3380 , HB3881 , HB3538 , HB3851 , HB3907 , HB4430 , HB4431 , HB4457
Committee: House Health and Human Services Oversight
Keywords: childcare, differential pricing, Department of Human Services, child care subsidy, licensed providers, emergency legislation, child care, subsidy program, annual report, program integrity, overpayments, ivermectin, over-the-counter medication, pharmacy immunity, healthcare access, FDA approval, prescription, public health, dentistry, licensing
Summary: The committee took up a series of health, human services, and related bills. House Bill 3552, allowing child care providers to bridge the gap between subsidy reimbursement rates and standard tuition rates, was adopted and reported out 11-2. House Bill 2984, as a substitute, would direct DHS to compile a report on the child care system, including subsidy payment error rates, the number of facilities, closures, and voluntary closure feedback; it was reported out 14-0. House Bill 4201, changing master teacher requirements in child care from licensed capacity to actual enrollment, also passed unanimously. House Bill 3380, creating the Fostering the Future for Oklahoma Children and Families Act to modernize foster care data systems and improve outcomes, passed 12-0. House Bill 4430 and House Bill 4431, both cleanup measures tied to prior nurse practitioner/PA scope and pharmacy-related provisions, each passed 13-0. Several bills focused on health care access, regulation, and public safety. House Bill 4124 would allow over-the-counter ivermectin sales for human use with labeling and dosing information; after extensive questioning about safety, labeling, children, and liability, it passed 9-5. House Bill 3934, a large amended measure affecting dental practice and supervision rules, passed 14-0 after discussion about x-rays, telemedicine, and dental assistants. House Bill 3448, requiring insurance coverage related to group home provider liability for property damage, passed 14-0. House Bill 3131, setting baseline standards and oversight for homeless shelters with roles split between Commerce and Health, drew concerns about local control, temporary shelters, and fiscal impact, but passed 8-6. House Bill 4200, creating a revolving fund for forensic assertive community treatment teams to address the jail-to-homelessness cycle for people with severe mental illness, passed 11-3. The committee also advanced several public health, consumer, and industry bills. House Bill 1912, the Corn Masa Nutrition Enhancement Act, generated extensive debate over folic acid fortification, parental choice, MTHFR genetics, and potential health effects; with a PCS allowing a non-fortified option, it passed 9-5. House Bill 3011 repealed the home brewing license while keeping home-brewing limits and sales restrictions, and passed 11-3. House Bill 3881, the Alternative Nicotine Products Regulatory Act, increased application costs and removed a registry deemed inconsistent with federal law, passing 13-0. House Bill 3538, targeting pharmacy benefit manager vertical integration and its effects on access and pricing, passed 13-0 after discussion of mail-order restrictions and pharmacy closures. House Bill 3851, defining private label/control label alcoholic beverages under the three-tier system, also passed 13-0. House Bill 3907, requiring direct-hire staffing for facilities serving vulnerable adults and children with a short temporary staffing grace period, passed 13-0. The committee then moved on to House Bill 4457, a specialty-drug/PBM measure, with discussion beginning about PBM practices and specialty pharmacy access.
FL
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Feb 3rd, 2026

Rules

Bills: S0014 , S0016 , S0024 , S0052 , S0308 , S0504 , S0506 , S0564 , S0572 , S0590 , S0594 , S0806 , S1396 , S7020 , S7024 , S7026
Committee: Senate Rules
Keywords: negligence, settlement, police conduct, municipal liability, personal injury, compensation, injuries, Miami-Dade County, places of worship, house of worship, church, mosque, synagogue, religious security, armed security, volunteer security, private security, security guard licensing, licensure exemption, Florida Statutes chapter 493
Summary: The Committee on Rules met with 14 members present and considered a long agenda of bills, including several open-government sunset reauthorizations, consumer and election measures, claims bills, and policy bills on public safety, ethics, and child protection. The committee reported favorably SB 7024 and SB 7026, which extend and consolidate public-records/public-meeting exemptions for cybersecurity information and trade secrets held by agencies, and SB 7020, which reenacts the aquaculture records exemption for the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. It also approved SB 14 and SB 24, two uncontested Miami-Dade County claims bills, and SB 16, a claims bill for Heriberto Sanchez Mayan involving severe injuries after an unlawful arrest and transport incident in St. Petersburg. Several bills drew substantial testimony. SB 308, creating the Florida Museum of Black History Board of Directors and designating St. Johns County as the museum site, received extensive support from advocates and lawmakers who emphasized preserving the full and accurate history of Black Floridians; some speakers urged safeguards to ensure historians and community members help shape the museum’s content. The committee also favorably reported CS for SB 564, allowing registered or pre-registered high school students to volunteer at polling places for community service hours, with supporters saying it would build civic engagement and help election offices. CS for SB 52, which exempts unpaid volunteer armed security at houses of worship from Class D and G licensing requirements, was also reported favorably after testimony both supporting the need for church security and cautioning that congregations should retain control over whether weapons are allowed. The committee approved CS for SB 1396 on litigation financing and consumer protection after a lengthy debate over transparency, foreign funding, and whether the bill would chill access to courts. Supporters said it would create guardrails and disclose foreign involvement; opponents argued it could burden plaintiffs and reveal litigation strategy. The committee also reported favorably CS for SB 504 and SB 506, creating a framework and related public-records exemption for code inspector body cameras, with discussion about notice to property owners and protection of sensitive footage. Additional favorable actions included CS for SB 572, updating ethics law to reflect foster family relationships, and CS for SB 590, tolling the statute of limitations for failure-to-report child abuse offenses until the offense is known to law enforcement or another charging authority.
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Health and Human Services (Part II) May 21st, 2025

Health & Human Services

TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Health and Human Services (Part I) May 21st, 2025

Health & Human Services

MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

State Committee Meeting - 2025-03-27

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • With me today is **Laura Sales** from our Government Affairs team.
  • Next, we have Director **Laura Sales**.
  • **Laura Sales**: Sure, my name is **Laura Sales**, and I'm the Director of Government Relations.
  • We do have Director Sales that might have something to add to this conversation.
  • Thank you, Director Sales. And with that, a roll call has been called, Chair Nash.
Bills: HF2783 , HF2603 , HF2846 , HF2354 , HF1836 , HF2713 , HF1198 , HF1389
Committee: House State Government Finance and Policy
Keywords: state government finance, biennial budget, appropriations, Minnesota Management and Budget, Healthy Aging Subcabinet, Office of Healthy Aging, older adults, aging policy, long-term care, caregivers, public health, Medicaid fraud, medical assistance fraud, attorney general subpoena power, fraud enforcement, business filing fraud, Secretary of State, deceptive mailings, consumer protection, certified public accountant
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And with me today is Laura Sales of our Government Affairs.
  • Sure, my name's Laura Sales, and I'm the Director of Government Relations.
  • Laura Sales uh and I'm the Director of Laura Sales uh and I'm the Director of Government<00:40:06.080
  • We do have Director Sales that might have something additional to add to this conversation.
  • Thank you, Director Sales. With that, a roll call has been taken.
Bills: HF2783 , HF2603 , HF2846 , HF2354 , HF1836 , HF2713 , HF1198 , HF1389
Committee: House State Government Finance and Policy
Keywords: state government finance, biennial budget, appropriations, Minnesota Management and Budget, Healthy Aging Subcabinet, Office of Healthy Aging, older adults, aging policy, long-term care, caregivers, public health, Medicaid fraud, medical assistance fraud, attorney general subpoena power, fraud enforcement, business filing fraud, Secretary of State, deceptive mailings, consumer protection, certified public accountant
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Business and Commerce (Part I) Feb 18th, 2025

Business & Commerce

TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Business and Commerce (Part II) Feb 18th, 2025

Business & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • corporate entity may serve as a substitute trustee for the purpose of conducting mortgage foreclosure sales
  • Until I see your corporation, the confusion arises really due to historical practice in foreclosure sales
Bills: SB 21 , SB21 , SB72 , SB140 , SB262 , SB370 , SB372 , SB495 , SB627 , SB703 , SB764 , SB842
Committee: Senate Business & Commerce
Keywords: emergency alerts, weather alerts, public safety, local government, municipality, county, website posting, online notice, emergency management, disaster preparedness, evacuation, National Weather Service, NOAA, Texas Division of Emergency Management, TDEM, localized alerts, hazard warnings, severe weather, watch warning advisory, public information
MA
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on the Judiciary Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Broadly, this legislation prohibits the manufacture, sale, or operation of a robotic device equipped
  • It prohibits the manufacture, sale, use, or operation of a robotics device or drone that is mounted with
  • It prohibits the manufacture, sale, use, or operation of a robotics device or drone that is mounted with
  • And the judges refused to review all to review all the predatory deceptive and unfaels. and the judges
  • H1763 would also lend support to Trump's deceptive campaign of repression against Israel's critics.
Committee: Joint Joint Committee on the Judiciary
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee opened with procedural guidance for a very large hearing, explaining testimony limits, written testimony procedures, and rules for maintaining order. Members then heard testimony on a wide range of bills, including proposals to define antisemitism using the IHRA definition, regulate facial recognition technology, restrict weaponized robotics and drone use, expand protections for journalists’ confidential sources, address access to decedents’ email accounts, and create or adjust rules around municipal enforcement and animal cruelty fines. Several sponsors and advocates asked for favorable reports, and committee members asked clarifying questions on implementation, costs, and how the bills would interact with existing law. On facial recognition, sponsors and advocates described the technology as a threat to privacy, due process, and civil liberties, and urged adoption of the Special Commission’s recommendations, including warrant requirements, notice to defendants, and limits on untargeted surveillance. Support came from legislators, the ACLU, CDT, EFF, and a UMass professor, while committee members asked about current state law and municipal bans. On robotics, Senator Moore and industry witnesses from MassRobotics, Boston Dynamics, and AUVSI supported a bill prohibiting weaponized robots and requiring warrants for certain law enforcement uses, describing it as a public-safety and trust-building measure. On the shield law bill, newspaper publishers, journalists, NEFAC, and the Reporters Committee argued Massachusetts needs statutory protection for confidential sources, citing costly subpoenas and chilling effects on reporting. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to expand the right of publicity to cover image and voice, with SAG-AFTRA members supporting protections against AI-driven exploitation and some discussion about viral content and consent. Another bill would allow limited access to a decedent’s email accounts, with one witness describing a family’s inability to use a deceased relative’s email to notify friends. The committee then took testimony on psilocybin-related bills: supporters described medical and personal benefits and argued for narrow decriminalization or study, while an opponent warned of public-health risks, impaired driving, and youth exposure; the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society supported limited, safety-based decriminalization. Finally, the committee heard strong support for a “safe reporting” bill for sex workers and trafficking survivors, with advocates saying immunity would encourage victims and witnesses to report crimes without fear of arrest, and members raised questions about how the immunity would work in practice.
MO
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Special Committee on Tax Reform Apr 2nd, 2026 at 08:30 am

Special Committee on Tax Reform

Transcript Highlights:
  • So at that point, say it's state use and sales taxes are the greatest tax burden we have versus the income
  • we love that, unlike the other income tax bills that we've heard that we believe are completely deceptive
  • we love that, unlike the other income tax bills that we've heard that we believe are completely deceptive
Committee: House Special Committee on Tax Reform
Keywords: 959, house, all
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Jurisprudence (Part I) May 14th, 2025

Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • By putting in the word 'sales,' it changes that from something that protects certain cash assets that
  • are exempt to only protecting the sales of non-cash assets.
  • Yes, the sales of non-cash assets. So that's a fundamental change.
  • Sales or anything else in here, aren't they?
  • Well, adding the word 'sales'—and then the second thing is it also added a line that said, 'any asset
Bills: HB1193 , HB2495 , HB2733 , HB3104 , HB3395 , HB4325 , SB3009
Committee: Senate Jurisprudence
Keywords: HB 1193, informal marriage, common-law marriage, declaration of informal marriage, confidentiality, privacy, county clerk, vital statistics unit, Family Code, Health and Safety Code, marriage records, public records, personally identifying information, PII, legal representative, Texas marriage law, child enrollment, parent rights, managing conservator, education
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 14th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Just didn't seem like it had 51% alcohol sales. So I had to ask the bartender.
  • I'm like, is this 51% sales?
  • Would they deceptively do this instead of just putting up a 30.06 sign because they may lose gun business
  • It said we serve 51% of our income comes from alcohol sales typically.
  • You didn’t have a deceptive, deceitful, dishonest business that was doing this.
Bills: HB259 , HB 1128 , HB1337 , HB1506 , HB1794 , HB2215 , HB2470 , HB2771 , HB2882 , HB2993 , HB3053 , HB3428 , HB3669 , HB3789 , HB3924 , HB4201 , HB4675 , HB259
Committee: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Keywords: healthcare, insurance, patient rights, medical expenses, access to care, affordability, legislation, firearms, penal code, regulation, short-barrel firearms, ammunition, gun control, public safety, Texas law, short-barrel, law enforcement, election judges, concealed handgun, polling places
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/26

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:41:16.120><c> practices</c><00:41:16.760><c> that</c><00:41:16.960><c> take</c> those deceptive
  • practices that take those deceptive practices that take advantage<00:41:17.680><c> not</c><00:41:17.920
  • practices and and steal um, in deceptive practices and and steal um, resources. resources. resources
  • So, that might be a business that's supposed to collect sales tax.
  • It looks like when you look at the books, everything's right, but it takes out a sale every once in a
Bills: HF1338
Committee: House State Government Finance and Policy
Keywords: Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General, state oversight, government accountability, fraud, waste, abuse, audit, investigation, subpoena, whistleblower, public integrity, transparency, state agencies, executive branch, public funds, taxpayer funds, law enforcement oversight, public safety programs, advisory council
WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Consumer Protection & Business Feb 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Consumer Protection & Business

Transcript Highlights:
  • We worked with them on adopting rules that bolstered the disclosure requirements at the point of sale
  • Fraud is driven by deception, not transaction size.
  • Fraud is driven by deception, not transaction size.
  • Fraud is driven by deception, not transaction size.
  • Fraud is driven by deception, not transaction size.
Bills: SB6178 , SB5831
Committee: House Consumer Protection & Business
Keywords: SB6178, property insurance, insurance claims, assignment of benefits, AOB, post-loss assignment, post-loss benefits, homeowners insurance, policyholder, insured, restoration contractor, mitigation contractor, public adjuster, insurance commissioner, claims handling, consumer protection, void and unenforceable, Washington insurance code, chapter 48 RCW, civil penalty
AL
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Judiciary Committee Feb 4th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Sales, you very much.
  • Does anyone have any questions for Representative Sales concerning HB 266?
  • Adds kidnapping by deception to kidnapping in the second degree. >> Mr.
  • It says it is exempt from paying state and sales and use tax.
  • </c> paying state and uh sales and use tax. paying state and uh sales and use tax.
Committee: House Judiciary
Keywords: 1136, house, all
WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Republican Leaders Media Availability Feb 17th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • And they do it in a way that's, I think, deceptive.
  • It simply gives a few special interests some tax breaks and then, oddly enough, a sales tax reduction
  • house like the average price of a home in my district of $490,000 would add another $2,000 to the sale
  • need, you know, will help people, significant reductions in property tax, significant reductions in sales
Summary: Washington Senate and House Republican leaders held a media availability focused on affordability, taxes, and government accountability as cutoff day approached. Senator John Braun and Representatives Peter Abbarno and April Connors criticized the Senate-passed income tax bill, arguing it is unconstitutional, would eventually expand beyond high earners, and should be stopped in the House. They also warned about a range of other tax proposals they said would raise costs for groceries, prescription drugs, data centers, startups, and businesses that employ people on Apple Health or Medicaid. The lawmakers also highlighted concerns about energy policy, saying past decisions have driven up utility costs and forced more spending on low-income energy assistance. Abbarno criticized a bill affecting L&I funds and said money was diverted to CCA instead of education or health care. They also objected to several agency-expansion and enforcement bills, including an environmental crimes bill and an Attorney General investigations bill, saying they would centralize power in Olympia and discourage investment. A major portion of the discussion centered on child welfare and DCYF accountability. Republicans said House Democrats blocked motions to bring child welfare bills to the floor, including measures tied to the Keeping Families Together Act and a bill to clarify “imminent harm,” and argued the Legislature should focus on child safety rather than process objections. In closing, Braun noted that a bipartisan fentanyl/endangerment bill, HB 5071, remains alive in the House, while Republicans said they would continue trying to stop tax increases and other bills they view as harmful before the cutoff deadline.
CO
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 113 May 6th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • That is deception. Absolute deception.
  • That is deception. Absolute deception.
  • That is deception. Absolute deception.
  • That is deception. Absolute deception.
  • That is deception. deception. deception. Absolute<02:25:34.000><c> deception.
Keywords: 981, all
WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Civil Rights & Judiciary Feb 20th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Civil Rights & Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Research shows that jurors are significantly better at detecting deception, This matters.
  • Research shows that jurors are significantly better at detecting deception and assessing credibility
  • Our sales have drastically gone down because of this.
  • Our sales have drastically gone down because of this.
Committee: House Civil Rights & Judiciary
Keywords: 904, all
HI
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EEP-LAB Joint Public Hearing - Thu Mar 19, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Energy & Environmental Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • 46:20.320><c> a</c> a solar system, whether it's a lease, a a solar system, whether it's a lease, a sale
  • It reads, "Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit solar energy device marketing, sales
  • We have chapter 480-2, which prohibits unfair and deceptive acts or practices.
  • 52:19.920><c> and</c> the general prohibition on unfair and the general prohibition on unfair and deceptive
  • </c> deceptive acts and practices. deceptive acts and practices.
Bills: SB3326
Committee: House Energy & Environmental Protection
Keywords: renewable energy, energy storage, cost reduction, public utilities commission, Hawaii energy policies, 910, house, all
Summary: The joint committees on Energy and Environmental Protection and Labor heard SB 3326, a bill concerning a study of separating transmission from generation in Hawaii’s electric system. Testimony was largely opposed. Life of the Land argued that true separation on an isolated island grid has not been shown to work anywhere and said the bill would waste taxpayer money. Hawaiian Electric and the Public Utilities Commission also opposed the measure, saying Hawaii already uses competitive bidding for new generation, that the bill would add cost, complexity, and reliability risks, and that a new study would duplicate prior work. In response to questions, the PUC explained its existing competitive bidding framework and said it had not seen an island system fully restructure in this way. The chair then amended the bill’s intent to require the PUC to open a proceeding for an independent, comprehensive analysis of the state’s energy pathways, including cost reduction, financial risk, state energy goals, and reliability, rather than narrowly focusing on separation. Both committees voted to pass SB 3326 SD2 with amendments, with the Energy committee adopting the recommendation unanimously and the Labor committee adopting it with one reservation and two no votes. The Energy and Environmental Protection Committee then took up SB 2497 SD2, which would require electric utilities other than cooperatives to provide transparent, publicly accessible customer bill impact analyses and annual reports to the PUC. The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and the PUC offered comments, with the PUC supporting the intent. Life of the Land said the proposed disclosure requirements would be too complex for most ratepayers to use meaningfully, while Hawaiian Electric said the bill could raise costs and slow projects, though it acknowledged some of the language changes and said much of the information is already available through existing planning and regulatory processes. Hawaii Clean Power Alliance and one individual testified in support. No vote was taken on SB 2497 SD2 during the excerpt. The committee also heard SB 3183 SD2, which would bar higher-income taxpayers from claiming the renewable energy technologies income tax credit for certain residential solar systems and would change refundability rules. The Department of Taxation, the Hawaii State Energy Office, and the Tax Foundation offered comments, while the Hawaii Solar Energy Association and numerous companies and individuals opposed the bill. Opponents raised concerns about impacts on financing models and the solar market. Members asked the Department of Taxation for data on how credits are claimed by homeowners versus third-party owners and on the refundability of the credit; the department said it did not have the information immediately available but would follow up. The chair indicated decision-making would likely be deferred to allow further review, and no vote was taken in the excerpt.
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services REVISED Apr 20th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Health and Human Services