Video & Transcript Research : 'fentanyl testing'

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HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> You got my test. >> Yes, I do. [laughter] >> Thank you very much. Okay.
  • >> You<00:34:42.639> got<00:34:42.879> my<00:34:43.040> test.
  • >> You got my test. >> You got my test.
  • That sounds like mafioso tactics to me, and that should be used on meth, fentanyl, human trafficking
  • I agree with you. ...that should be used on meth, fentanyl, human trafficking drugs among.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 3025, relating to medical debt, with multiple organizations and individuals, including the Office of Wellness and Resilience, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Queens Health Systems, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Aloha Care, Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction, Hawaii Data Collaborative, and Hawaii Appleseed, all speaking in support. No opposition was heard, and the member present had no questions. The committee then took up SB 3199, which would establish a mental health emerging therapies task force. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support, with speakers including veterans, clinicians, researchers, and advocacy groups describing personal experiences with PTSD, depression, traumatic brain injury, and treatment-resistant conditions, and arguing that Hawaii should prepare for regulated access to emerging therapies such as MDMA, psilocybin, ketamine, and ibogaine. The Department of Health and some medical organizations provided comments, and one opposition witness was called but not present. The chair noted broad support, especially from veterans, and no vote was taken during the excerpt. The final measure discussed was SB 3324, relating to Medicaid. The Department of Human Services, Department of Health, Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, Aloha Care, and numerous care-provider and aging/disability organizations testified in support, while one witness was in opposition and several others offered comments. The discussion then moved to SB 2563, relating to homelessness, where the Department of the Attorney General offered comments on specific sections and recommended adopting suggested amendments if the bill proceeds. Additional testimony on SB 2563 began with support from several individuals, including Shelby Pikachu, who emphasized the severity of homelessness and related social problems in the community.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • He noted that Representative Blandon had asked a question last week about fentanyl, and said fentanyl
  • He added that fentanyl can actually be prescribed to people, usually in very severe pain and often to
  • statement under Kentucky Revised Statute 189A.105 and requires notice that if a person refuses a blood test
  • ><00:10:08.399> his<00:10:08.519> or<00:10:08.680> her person refuses a blood test
  • his or her person refuses a blood test his or her license<00:10:09.279> will<00:10:09.480>
Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first took up House Bill 446, as amended by committee substitute, which would expand third-degree assault protections to cover judges and justices of the Court of Justice and public transportation drivers. Supporters said the bill responds to violence and threats against judges and would extend protections already given to other public servants. Members generally supported the bill, though several suggested broadening it further to include circuit clerks or all officers of the court. The committee adopted the substitute and favorably passed HB 446 on an 18-0 vote. The committee then considered House Bill 456, a DUI-related cleanup bill sponsored by Representative Patrick Flanery and presented by County Attorney Joe Ross. The bill would add fentanyl, Flexeril, and clopene to the per se DUI list, treat driving on a suspended license as an aggravating circumstance, revise implied-consent notice language, and make changes to ignition interlock rules, including suspension periods and fees. Representative Scott West of the Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers testified in opposition, warning that some interlock violations and fees could unfairly extend suspensions and discourage participation, while members and the sponsor said the bill would strengthen DUI enforcement and that non-listed substances could still support DUI charges under other provisions. The committee adopted the substitute and favorably passed HB 456 by a 16-0 vote with one pass. Finally, the committee began hearing House Bill 10, relating to the rights of real property owners, sponsored by Representatives Maryanne Proctor and Emily Callaway, with testimony from a Pacific Legal Foundation representative and a Boone County Sheriff’s Office staff attorney. The sponsors said the bill is intended to address squatting by defining squatters and improving property-owner remedies, and noted support from sheriffs and realtors. The transcript cuts off before the bill’s full presentation or any committee action on HB 10.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary (3-5-26)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • And that is a test. That's correct.
  • <00:17:48.480> they<00:17:48.960> have tests thinking that's the test they have tests
  • <00:18:00.107> [snorts] to submit to more tests?" [snorts] to submit to more tests?"
  • clear as to which test you have to take. clear as to which test you have to take.
  • And that is a test. That that's correct. And that is a test. That that's correct.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The Senate Judiciary Committee heard and advanced several bills. Senate Bill 198, relating to operations of the Office of the Attorney General, was described as a cleanup measure with seven changes, including allowing the AG’s office to handle child support employee background checks and fingerprinting, updating child support guideline commission references, clarifying control of constitutional officers’ records in multistate litigation, setting a 10-year statute of limitations for certain consumer protection matters, streamlining administrative hearing appeals, and changing representation of the professional geologist board. After questions about the administrative hearing appeal language, the committee passed the bill 9-0. The committee then passed Senate Bill 323, which would require subpoenas for medical records to be served at least 14 days before production. President Stivers said the bill is intended to give health care providers reasonable time to comply with HIPAA, redact records, and avoid motions to quash when subpoenas are served on short notice. A question about appeal deadlines was answered by noting the bill would not affect the common 10-day motion-to-reconsider rule. The bill passed 9-0. Senate Bill 66, as amended by committee substitute, was also passed 9-0. The substitute addressed DUI-related issues, including preserving certain driving records for 10 years, removing urine screens from the bill, adding fentanyl and other substances to the per se controlled-substances DUI list, and clarifying that a preliminary breath test may be refused and that officers should advise drivers of that right. The committee also passed Senate Bill 221, a model-law bill making the knowing purchase, sale, transfer, or offer to sell human remains for consideration a Class D felony; members asked about whether it could affect older medical specimens or fetal remains, and sponsors said the bill is aimed at remains authorized for final disposition through cremation or burial. That bill passed 8-0. Finally, Senate Bill 312, concerning court-ordered transports in mental health cases, was presented by court security and sheriff’s association representatives. They said the bill clarifies that sheriffs may use court security staff to monitor and transport individuals undergoing 202A mental health evaluations, addressing staffing shortages and existing practice. The committee passed the bill 8-0. The committee then began hearing Senate Bill 333 on body armor grants, with the Attorney General’s office testifying that the bill would transfer administration of the Law Enforcement Protection Program to the AG and align it with the office’s existing body armor grant program, but the transcript cuts off before any vote on that measure.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 9th, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • You know, like, I'm unhoused, like, I'm addicted to fentanyl, and, like, that's. thing like before when
  • rainy street and I was getting like that good fetty okay now I'm getting like this dollar store fentanyl
  • me when an attorney has to take data from a format and put it into a . . . an Excel spreadsheet. testing
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Senate Floor Session - Part 2 - 05/18/25

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Desperate request for that fentanyl.
  • The real test of how safe our society is is not how many people are incarcerated.
  • The<01:33:07.040> real<01:33:07.360> test<01:33:07.600> of<01:33:07.920> how<
  • c> safe<01:33:08.480> our<01:33:08.800> society<01:33:09.360> is The real test
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Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (04/08/2026)

Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:55:14.720> so also know that they've been tested so also know that they've been tested
  • <00:55:32.079> um black market marijuana with fentanyl um black market marijuana with fentanyl
  • The products are tested. All that's great. I can't always afford it.
  • So if they do mandate lab testing, you'll see that number go up immediately.
  • test results to<01:09:25.040> patients.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • order, when it became impossible to properly vet the sheer number of illegal migrant crossings and fentanyl
  • order, when it became impossible to properly vet the sheer number of illegal migrant crossings and fentanyl
  • 41.800> and number of illegal migrant Crossings and number of illegal migrant Crossings and Fentanyl
  • 43.440> when<00:15:43.600> our<00:15:43.759> own<00:15:44.000> federal Fentanyl
  • coming in when our own federal Fentanyl coming in when our own federal government<00:15:45.079> B
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 1295 HD2, relating to clean energy, and then on Senate Concurrent Resolution 140 and Senate Resolution 158, which seek an Article V Convention of States application. HB 1295 drew brief supportive testimony from listed supporters and one witness who said the bill would help future generations and address pollution, runoff, watershed planning, and cleaner energy alternatives. No committee action or vote was taken on the clean energy bill during the portion provided. Most of the hearing focused on SCR 140 and SR 158. Supporters argued the resolutions would let states, including Hawaii, propose constitutional amendments to address federal overreach, fiscal responsibility, deficit spending, term limits, and the balance of power between Washington and the states. Several supporters said state legislators are closer to the people and that Article V gives states a legitimate role in proposing amendments; some also cited debt, executive orders, and the need for long-term reforms. One witness from Convention of States Action said the movement is active nationwide and that the convention process would still require ratification by 38 states. Opponents, including representatives of Hawaii Children’s Action Network, Common Cause, Americans for Democratic Action Hawaii, and individual testifiers, warned there are no real guardrails on a convention and that it could open the door to broader constitutional changes. They said the effort is unnecessary, risky, and potentially harmful to environmental protections, social safety net programs, and civil rights, and argued that federal action is sometimes needed during recessions and emergencies. Committee members asked questions about whether the proposal was merely procedural and whether the states should act without Congress; the discussion ended with continued questioning, and no vote or final committee action is shown in the excerpt.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Appropriations Committee May 14th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • AB 1667, Borner, fentanyl, due pass as amended to add a knowledge requirement, out with Republicans not
  • AB 1965, Sharp-Collins, cannabis testing and quality assurance, do pass.
  • AB 1798, Wilson, genetic testing for life insurance, do pass. That's out on a B roll call.
Keywords: 988, house, all
Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee held its May 14, 2026 suspense-file hearing and considered 637 Assembly bills, plus several committee bills and one Senate bill. The chair opened by explaining the committee’s budget constraints and the factors guiding decisions: fiscal impact, return on investment, avoiding added costs to constituents, and protecting the state’s social safety net. The agenda was organized alphabetically by author, and the committee noted that results would be posted later that day online. The committee then took action on a very large number of measures, with many bills receiving do pass or do pass as amended recommendations and many others held in committee. Topics covered a wide range of policy areas, including housing, health care, education, public safety, labor, environmental regulation, wildfire mitigation, water, transportation, cannabis, AI, and state governance. Several bills were amended to reduce costs, narrow scope, remove provisions, or make them contingent on appropriations or existing resources; some were advanced on A or B roll calls, while others were held. Among the notable actions, the committee advanced bills on Medi-Cal, CalFresh, child care, school and higher education programs, wildfire and fire safety, housing financing, and various criminal justice and public safety measures. It also moved forward a number of bills related to tribal issues, consumer protections, energy and utility policy, and environmental programs. At the end of the hearing, the chair stated that the committee had moved a large number of bills to the Assembly floor and adjourned.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Jun 22nd, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So we could start to create tests that we can do via blood that allow us to identify it without requiring
  • So we could start to create tests that we can do via blood that allow us to identify it without requiring
  • on a cure has allowed us to get to this point here today where we are innovating, where we can do testing
  • the parents of these children who've lost their lives, whether it was Coco, who lost her life to fentanyl
Keywords: 988, house, all
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • resources each time an employee discusses or dispenses contraception or discusses or provides STD or STI testing
  • resources each time an employee discusses or dispenses contraception or discusses or provides STD or STI testing
  • There's no clinical testing involved.
  • Madam Whip and members, House Bill 2904 declares that the trafficking of fentanyl across the Arizona-Mexico
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The meeting was a rapid review of a very large bill package, with the chair repeatedly asking staff to keep descriptions high level and many bills placed on third-read consent or consent calendars. A major theme was artificial intelligence: bills would require minors to be told when they are interacting with AI, allow AI-assisted divorce arbitration by consent, create an AI education program, privilege certain AI communications, and require K-12 instruction on ethical and practical AI use. Other education measures addressed school district superintendents, health instruction, anti-Semitism prohibitions, fetal development standards, and school safety, including a bill allowing concealed firearms on school grounds under specified conditions. Several health and public safety bills were also discussed. These included funding and oversight measures for childhood cancer research, nursing care complaint timelines, firefighter cancer data collection, limits on pharmacy penalties, and a bill making it a felony to administer abortion-inducing drugs without consent. Members also heard bills on overtime wage enforcement, domestic violence evidence standards in parenting cases, probation limits for dangerous crimes against children, and a measure expanding manslaughter liability to online encouragement of teen suicide. One sponsor strongly opposed a provisional medical licensing bill for foreign-trained applicants, while other sponsors emphasized rural health access, nurse anesthetist reimbursement parity, and the need for a dental board member who is an oral surgeon. A large portion of the meeting focused on water, land, energy, and state agency oversight. Bills would streamline or change rules for small modular reactors, new power plants, water supply determinations, groundwater transportation fees, water hauling, and state land disposition. Members also considered measures affecting the State Land Department, including audits, oversight boards, continuation, land-use maps for data centers and energy projects, and rules for mineral leases and solar or wind siting. Other topics included wildlife and ranching, Mexican wolf policy, annexation, housing and development incentives, transportation and towing rules, digital driver licenses, and a proposed four-year moratorium on municipal and county fee, tax, and utility-rate increases, which drew questions about stakeholder input and the impact on enterprise funds and local utilities. No recorded roll-call votes were taken in the transcript; most items were simply presented, briefly discussed, and left on consent or calendar status, with one bill noted as held in rules and another pulled for further discussion.
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

January 20, 2026 - 09:30 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • They have been, in a lot of cases, addicted to OxyContin, fentanyl, or heroin and are now using these
  • It is almost impossible to use test equipment to Jeff Smith: field test for concentration caps, leaving
  • Secondly, requirements for childproof blister sealed packaging, Jeff Smith: third-party testing, dosage
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Safety REVISED Feb 10th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, Senate Bill 241 will now classify a third possession of methamphetamine, fentanyl, or cocaine as
  • It's restricting to just three drugs: methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine. She waves.
  • I'm talking about fentanyl, heroin, the hard stuff that is ruining lives.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • SENATORS, WE WILL TAKE UP TAB NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS SENATE BILL 214 ON SPECIAL OBSERVANCES FENTANYL AWARENESS
  • AND DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY TO SPONSOR EVENTS AND PROMOTE AWARENESS ON THE DANGERS OF FENTANYL
  • IN 2022 FENTANYL WAS INVOLVED IN NEARLY 70 PERCENT OF OPIOID RELATED DEATHS IN THE STATE.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Mar 11th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I've had them reopen the trial, present that DNA evidence, or had it tested with that understanding
  • 32:42.080> it present that DNA evidence or or had it present that DNA evidence or or had it tested
  • > with<00:32:44.480> that<00:32:44.720> understanding<00:32:45.200> that tested
  • uh with that understanding that tested uh with that understanding that if<00:32:45.679> it<00
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • When I was 23, I overdosed after taking a drug that contained fentanyl. But I didn't die.
  • Monkeypox, tuberculosis, avian influenza, Ebola, and it's currently being configured to facilitate test
  • the newborn screening and prenatal screening programs are actually supporting the Genetic Disease Testing
  • health care facilities about infection prevention, proper PPE usage, and symptoms monitoring and testing
  • Working with local health jurisdictions on farmworker monitoring, testing, dispensing of medications,
Keywords: 988, house, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • This included the elimination of the asset test, the COVID unwinding redetermination flexibilities and
  • The asset test elimination, federal success, federal flexibilities.
  • When I was 23, I overdosed on fentanyl. Sorry, it's hard to talk about this. We appreciate you.
  • , CMS intends to update regulations through the rulemaking process to revise the statistical test.
  • , CMS intends to update regulations through the rulemaking process to revise the statistical test.
Summary: The committee heard a budget oversight hearing on the Department of Health Care Services, focusing first on the overall Medi-Cal budget and a March General Fund loan to cover a current-year shortfall. DHCS said the 2025-26 budget proposal totals $193.4 billion, with Medi-Cal projected at $188.1 billion total funds and $42.1 billion General Fund, driven by higher enrollment, pharmacy costs, managed care growth, and costs tied to eligibility expansions and the COVID-era redetermination unwinding. The department said the $3.44 billion loan was needed to manage cash flow and ensure timely payments to providers and plans, while the LAO noted Medi-Cal’s cash-basis budgeting creates volatility and that more detailed estimates would come with the May Revision. Members discussed federal Medicaid threats, the need for transparency on cost drivers, and the impact of pharmacy spending, long-term care, and immigration-related coverage expansions. The second major topic was family health programs, including California Children’s Services, the continuous coverage unwinding, and opioid settlement fund spending. DHCS described CCS funding methodology changes, ongoing county stakeholder work, and a delayed rollout of CCS monitoring and oversight until July 1, 2025, while county representatives and advocates argued the program is underfunded and asked for more technical assistance and a delay in implementation. On the unwinding, the department explained that federal redetermination flexibilities helped maintain coverage after the pandemic, but the Governor’s budget proposes ending them at the end of June 2025; advocates urged making the flexibilities permanent to avoid coverage losses. For opioid settlement funds, DHCS and Finance said the budget increases funding for naloxone distribution while reducing other harm-reduction spending based on updated settlement revenues, prompting criticism from members and public commenters who argued the change would weaken effective harm-reduction programs. The hearing also included an update on Proposition 35 implementation. DHCS said the voter-approved measure continuously appropriates MCO tax revenues beginning in 2025, with up to $4.6 billion annually available for specified Medi-Cal and provider investments in 2025 and 2026, but implementation depends on consultation with the required stakeholder advisory committee. The department and LAO noted uncertainty about future federal rules affecting the MCO tax after 2026. Public testimony largely supported maintaining Medi-Cal expansions, protecting immigrant coverage, preserving harm-reduction funding, and increasing support for community health workers, pediatric dental care, and CCS county administration. No votes were taken during the portion of the hearing provided.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Legislative Audit Committee Jun 1st, 2026

Joint Legislative Audit

Transcript Highlights:
  • Objective four has us test the allowability of a selection of non-road-improvement projects that use
  • Prop 36 was approved by the voters to address repeat theft and fentanyl-related effects.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
Summary: The Joint Legislative Audit Committee met to consider new audit requests and received a status update from the State Auditor, who reported 10 JALAC audits in progress, several statutory audits underway, and that all audits approved in 2025 are moving forward. The committee first approved a consent calendar covering audits on University of California library resources, law enforcement information sharing, EDD unemployment insurance claims, and Housing and Community Development housing development monitoring. One requested audit on local law enforcement and human trafficking had been withdrawn before the hearing. The committee then debated and approved an audit request from Assembly Member DeMaio on the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) and its road project management and use of transportation funds. DeMaio argued the audit was needed to examine whether restricted funds, voter-approved revenues, and project commitments were properly used, while SANDAG officials said the agency already undergoes extensive oversight and that its funding sources and project uses are governed by multiple existing audits and reporting requirements. Several members questioned whether the audit would duplicate existing reviews, but the motion passed after roll call. Next, the committee approved Senator Valadares’s audit request on Board of State and Community Corrections Proposition 47 grant administration. Supporters said the audit would assess whether grant recipients and BSCC oversight are producing reliable outcome and recidivism data and whether the funds are achieving public safety goals; BSCC responded that it already has internal controls, that the State Controller conducts biennial audits, and that its reported outcomes show reductions in homelessness, unemployment, and recidivism among participants. The committee also approved Senator Cortese’s audit of CalHR’s dental benefits procurement and contract oversight, prompted by concerns about stagnant annual maximums, provider network losses, and out-of-pocket costs for employees and retirees. CalHR said its current dental network remains strong, that it recently completed an RFP adding MetLife as a second carrier beginning in 2027, and that it maintains performance guarantees in its contracts. All three regular-calendar audit requests were approved, and the committee then completed add-on votes approving the earlier consent calendar items before adjournment.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

More drugs approved for opioid use disorder 2/23/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • spring, as what happens with substance use disorders, Ray relapsed due to the inherent properties of fentanyl
  • Next online would be Jason Urbanic. >> Can we do a sound test? >> Yes. >> Uh, can you hear me?
Keywords: 1183, house
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Energy Resources May 12th, 2025

Energy Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • The example I'll give you is just in general terms: if the cartels sell a large amount of fentanyl up
  • Right now, Mexico is testing all fuels going into Mexico because of blending and tax evasion, import
Bills: SB290, SB2949
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am

Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, you know, to be able to replace the medications I was on, like opioids, like fentanyl, oxycodone,
  • So the whole point of Question 4 was to make it taxed and regulated and tested.
  • That's not tested. That's not taxed, and that's not regulated.
  • businesses must bear the cost of complying with overly burdensome regulatory requirements, the cost of testing
  • businesses must bear the cost of complying with overly burdensome regulatory requirements, the cost of testing
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Cannabis held a hearing on a package of cannabis bills focused on equity funding, delivery expansion, advertising restrictions, medical use, first responders, and ownership limits. Testimony strongly supported S. 87/H. 184 to direct a larger share of cannabis revenue into the Cannabis Social Equity Trust Fund and related equity programs, with speakers arguing the current funding is insufficient and that automatic transfers would better support businesses and communities harmed by the war on drugs. Several witnesses also backed H. 145/S. 89 to allow licensed cannabis delivery into municipalities that ban retail sales and to hotels, saying current rules unfairly limit social equity delivery operators and consumer access. There was also support for H. 176 on medical cannabis eligibility and S. 76 on cannabis use by first responders, while H. 177/H. 178 on new taxes drew opposition from several business owners who said the industry is already heavily burdened and overtaxed. A major point of debate was S. 94/H. 157, which would prohibit billboard advertising for non-prescription marijuana. Public health advocates, parents, and neuroscientists argued that cannabis billboards normalize use, are seen by youth, and are difficult to regulate effectively under the current 85% adult-audience standard. They urged a public health approach similar to tobacco restrictions. In contrast, several industry witnesses opposed further advertising limits, saying cannabis businesses already face strict marketing rules, billboards are privately owned, and additional restrictions would hurt small operators and raise First Amendment concerns. Some witnesses also criticized the proposed increase in ownership caps and consolidation provisions in the broader cannabis bill, warning they would favor large multistate companies over small and social equity businesses. Committee members asked questions about billboard ownership, enforcement of the current advertising rules, and the legal basis for restricting sign content. Witnesses and members also discussed the Cannabis Control Commission’s role, the difficulty of enforcing audience-composition standards, and whether delivery should be treated more like alcohol. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chair noted that written testimony would continue to be accepted.