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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/24/2026 - House Commerce

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Seeing none, we do have one person—Frank McGalley. Come on up.
  • This also outlines items that should be in the report.
  • And to provide a copy of the inspection report.
  • differently, or this person had this situation.
  • reporting cycles. ...and aligning any new reporting requirements with our current annual reporting cycles
Summary: The Commerce Committee heard and acted on a long series of bills, with several strike-everything amendments. SB 1421, dealing with restrictions on financial institutions, check cashers, and remittances involving undocumented immigrants, drew strong opposition on constitutional and economic grounds and support from the sponsor as a sovereignty measure; the committee rejected a Villegas affordable-housing striker and gave the bill a due pass recommendation. SB 1254, a continuation/cleanup bill for the Industrial Commission of Arizona and its divisions, was explained as mostly renaming and administrative changes and passed unanimously after adopting the chairman’s striker. SB 1515 created a Public Safety Parity Fund for DPS and corrections retention bonuses funded by investment earnings from the Budget Stabilization Fund; law enforcement witnesses supported it as a needed retention tool, while some members objected to using rainy-day fund interest, and it passed on a split vote. SB 1206 updated homeowner protection rules for adjusters and contractors after disasters, limiting certain conduct during loss events and emergency responses, and passed unanimously after amendment. The committee also approved SB 1563, which continues the Barbering and Cosmetology Board and lowers some fee caps, after testimony that the board protects public health and sanitation. SB 1649 established a Digital Assets Strategic Reserve Fund; a Ripple Labs witness discussed self-custody options for unclaimed crypto, while an Aguilar striker would have required reporting on employers whose workers receive public assistance, but that amendment failed and the underlying bill passed. SB 1290, originally about HOA closed meetings, became a major debate over transparency versus privacy; opponents warned the Carter striker would force disclosure of sensitive member and employee matters, supporters argued HOAs should not take secret action, and the committee adopted both the Aguilar consumer-protection striker and the Carter HOA transparency striker before passing the bill. SB 1670, preempting local contractor licensing and allowing certain journeyman licenses, was amended with a Villegas striker aimed at landlord algorithmic pricing and passed unanimously. The committee continued the Arizona Department of Gaming, Racing, and Boxing/MMA commissions in SB 1671, with the chairman’s amendment narrowing reporting requirements and adding aggregate complaint reporting; the department said it had worked with auditors and supported the bill, which passed. The meeting then moved into SB 1747, beginning discussion of social media application requirements for developers and covered companies, including age verification and parental consent, but the transcript cuts off before further testimony or action on that bill.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

ECD Public Hearing - Fri Mar 20, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Economic Development & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • Would anyone like to testify in person? Please. Would anyone like to testify in person? Please.
  • It's not in person; it doesn't have to be in person.
  • <00:49:36.600> I person, doesn't have to be in person.
  • I person, doesn't have to be in person.
  • always going to be able to do in person. always going to be able to do in person.
Summary: The committee opened by reviewing hearing procedures and then took up SB 2580, which concerns Hawaii’s film production tax credit and related incentives. Testimony was strongly supportive overall, with witnesses saying the measure would help attract productions, extend the sunset date, include streaming platforms, and strengthen the state’s competitiveness. Several supporters asked for cleanup language on grant administration, tax credit management, local-hire uplifts, and limits on third-party audit requirements for smaller productions. The state film office said the bill was generally strong but suggested clarifying language and noted that DBEDT and DOTAX already provide oversight of the current credit. No vote was taken in the transcript, but the bill drew broad support with a few comments and one opposition noted later in the hearing. The committee then heard SB 2578 SD1, a measure to create a film commission and related grant structure. Testifiers said the proposal would formalize industry input, improve accountability, and help the state compete globally, but they also raised concerns about how a new grant program would interact with the existing tax credit system. The film office said the grant program and tax credit should be separated operationally, that the advisory structure should include industry voices and possibly union representation, and that county film commissioner language may need technical adjustment. A testifier also suggested a Hawaii film museum and related tourism opportunities. The measure was described as having 42 supporters, one opposition, and five comments, with no final action shown. The committee next considered SB 2259, a dementia training measure. Supporters, including the bill’s drafter and the Alzheimer’s Association, described personal caregiving experiences and said free dementia training could help workers and families. Suggested amendments focused on clarifying the relationship between EOA and DBED and allowing retraining every two years because of workforce turnover. DBED said the bill is worthwhile but is not really an economic development initiative, and it should align with existing dementia programs and be easy for businesses to use, preferably online. The committee then moved to SB 3084 SD1, which HTDC said would expand its R&D matching program beyond SBIR to other federal research grants because of uncertainty at the federal level; the transcript ends as testimony begins, with no vote or final action recorded.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • And issues have been noted in the annual local report on unissued securities issued by the various local
  • Additionally, there needs to be a buy-in report on the repayment of bonds issued by local governments
  • So BRB has a local annual report, and if you look at the period from 2020 to 2024, the average percentage
  • This bill requires the advisory committee to submit their report to the governor and legislature by September
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Paxton moves that Senate Bill 2215 be reported to the Senate with a recommendation to do not
  • As the committee substitute for Senate Bill 2215 was reported to the full Senate, the chair asks what
  • Okay, Senator Cook moves that Senate Bill 1944 be reported to the Senate with a recommendation to do
  • The committee substitute for Senate Bill 1944 will be reported to the full Senate.
  • Senator Nichols moves that House Bill 1593 be reported back to the full Senate with a recommendation
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services (Part II) May 7th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • And that's by patient reporting.
  • Finally, this bill undermines personal liberty.
  • Regarding the VAERS report, that is from the Harvard Pilgrim report, which they compared in an analysis
  • ... ...the VAERS report, that is from the Harvard Pilgrim report, which they compared in an analysis
  • of reported vaccine injuries that were captured in the CMS reports of injuries.
Summary: The committee first reopened testimony on House Bill 2216, which would strengthen child welfare requirements by expanding “active efforts” to help families avoid removal and support reunification, while also raising standards related to removals and terminations. Supporters from child welfare and family defense groups said the bill would better protect families and align Texas more closely with ICWA-style principles, but several warned it would require significant new funding, staffing, and community services such as mental health care, housing, child care, and substance use treatment. The committee then left HB 2216 pending. The committee next heard Senate Bill 1782, aimed at boarding and group homes. Senator Miles said the bill closes enforcement gaps left by prior law by requiring retention of background-check records and creating misdemeanor penalties for failing to conduct or keep them, or for knowingly hiring people with serious convictions. Harris County sheriff’s investigators testified in support, describing illegal boarding homes, operators who evade permits and background checks, and exploitation of vulnerable residents; the bill was left pending. The committee also took up Senate Bill 481 on emergency preparedness for nursing facilities and assisted living facilities, adopted a new committee substitute that softened some requirements and removed the fiscal note, and left the bill pending. The committee then heard House Bill 388, which would require the Texas Department of Insurance to create a single standardized coordination-of-benefits form for dual health plans to reduce errors and surprise bills; it was left pending. Senate Bill 1590 would move paternity registry searches for adoptions to an electronic process with a 10-day target, and House Bill 2809 would track child suicide attempts in managing conservatorship and require related reporting and parental notice; both were left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1887, which would prohibit administering mRNA-containing products for immunization for 10 years, with exceptions for cancer and genetic disorders. Supporters argued the bill was needed for safety, informed consent, and medical freedom, while opponents from the medical, research, and public health communities said mRNA vaccines are well-studied, save lives, and that the bill would harm access, research, and Texas’s biotech economy. The bill remained under discussion as testimony concluded.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services (Part I) May 7th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • I got to be her mother in person in the little time I had.
  • I got to be her mother in person in the little time I had.
  • For me personally, my daughter Catherine was born as a micropreemie.
  • This speaks to the power of personal experience.
  • We have one person that registered for the bill.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services met with a quorum and took up several House and Senate bills, with public testimony limited to two minutes per witness. The committee first heard HB 2358, a cleanup bill requested by HHSC that would repeal outdated training and conference requirements for long-term care facility surveyors and certain providers; there were no witnesses, and the bill was left pending. The committee then heard HB 18, the rural hospital stabilization bill, which would create financial assessment tools, a rural hospital finance office at HHSC, an academy for rural hospital officers, multiple grant programs, enhanced Medicaid reimbursement tied to average cost, OB/GYN add-on payments, expanded pediatric telehealth connectivity, and a rural pediatric mental health program. Senator Perry and witnesses from TORCH, a rural hospital, AARP Texas, and ARCHI strongly supported the bill as a way to stabilize rural hospitals, improve OB access, and address workforce and financial pressures. Committee members discussed rural hospital closures, low-volume quality metrics, system affiliation, and the need for predictable monthly reimbursement; the bill was left pending after testimony and questions. The committee next heard HB 37, which would create a perinatal bereavement care initiative for families experiencing stillbirth, neonatal death, or intrauterine fetal demise, including counseling, staff training, and access to cooling devices, with possible grants and a recognition program for hospitals. Senator Huffman explained the bill, and several witnesses testified in support, sharing personal stories about infant loss and the importance of time with the baby, trained staff, and cuddle cots or similar devices. A neonatologist also supported the bill while suggesting clarification that hospitals should not be penalized if state funding is unavailable and recommending use of regional advisory councils to help implement training. Public testimony was then closed and the bill left pending. The committee also heard HB 879, which would create a streamlined licensing pathway for veterans with medical or nursing experience to practice in Texas, and HB 913, which would add new state hospitals to statute and split the North Texas State Hospital into two separate hospitals with their own superintendents; both bills had no opposition testimony and were left pending. Later, the committee heard SB 2744, a heart disease screening bill that would update the 2009 Texas Heart Attack Prevention Act to require insurance coverage for coronary CT angiography with plaque analysis, including soft plaque detection, as a preventive screening tool. The author and invited witnesses argued the technology is more effective than calcium scoring alone, can identify patients before symptoms appear, and could save lives at a cost comparable to or lower than colonoscopy. An insurance industry witness opposed the bill, arguing the technology has not been recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force for universal screening and that the mandated coverage and payment level would raise costs; the bill was left pending after testimony. Finally, the committee heard HB 1151, a parental rights bill clarifying that refusing psychotropic medication or psychiatric treatment is not neglect unless the child is harmed. Supporters, including parent advocates and attorneys, said the bill would protect parents from CPS overreach and preserve medical decision-making authority, while one witness urged broader attention to physical causes of behavioral issues. Public testimony was closed and HB 1151 was left pending.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development May 7th, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Sometimes, you know, boards will want to hold hold a meeting in person.
  • We have a higher in-person number because, yeah. Awesome.
  • Chair Bell moves that HB5567 as substituted be reported to the full House. that be reported to the full
  • Okay, I was going to ask your personal opinion, but I was advised not to ask it. Okay?
  • I'm happy to report that my folks live right down the road in Trophy Club, so proud Texans.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Human Services Apr 29th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • The policy must detail reports made to law enforcement from.
  • I'm personally aware of offense locations related to the series of murders.
  • , no death reports that we could fall back on.
  • Daycares to report audits, results of the Texas School Safety Center.
  • I have, you know, persons who have come.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Apr 29th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • We ensured that the private duty nursing hours provided by this person are not only prescribed by the
  • And it's been reported that states with complex care aid programs like these, about seven so far, have
  • The policy must detail reports made to law enforcement from or within the community, reports of criminal
  • I'm personally aware of offense locations related to this series of murders, the Pillowcase Murders,
  • death reports that we could fall back on.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Apr 29th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • aggressive effort into trying to get our revalidation done in a timely manner. ...cycle where one person
  • I know personally of two extremely qualified families in my district who decided not to become foster
  • From the home, they can still go and, you know, the person who's going through the licensing process,
  • Either way, you're paying fair market value rates, and that's assured in the cost reporting process.
  • Medicaid cost report to fair market value.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Human Services Apr 8th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our services are free to families and our advisors provide personal guidance based on personal care needs
  • Report incidents in 2021 were 9, 97, in 2022 was 25, in 2023 was 22, and in 2020204, uh, was 9.
  • or persons.
  • DFPS does not currently track the numbers of times reported time reported incidents have resulted in
  • However, they do know how often reports are made involving assaults, harassment, or threats.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Apr 8th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our services are free to find. ...and our advisors provide personal guidance based on individual care
  • emotional or physical actions by the client that may lead to... to the damage or theft of a caseworker's personal
  • existing resources to reimburse a present or former employee of the department for loss of or damage to personal
  • Reported incidents in 2021 were 97%... in 2022 was 25 and in 2023 was 22. In 2024, it was nine.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Apr 8th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • criminal mischief, and assault by contact reports.
  • The reports consisted of numerous runaway reports, but also other serious violations including family
  • I've personally met with members of the DFPS.
  • Fire was reported to be set in the driveway of the residence.
  • For instance, if a personal care attendant does not have a personal care attendant for a day or two,
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • The committee also should focus on protecting consumers from scams and the FTC consumers report shows
  • Medder is the right person for the FTC.
  • Motion is agreed to and the nomination is ordered to be reported favorably.
  • The motion is agreed to and the bills are ordered to be reported favorably.
  • The motion is agreed to and the nomination is ordered reported favorably.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held an important meeting where they discussed various bills aimed at addressing pressing issues like consumer protection, technology, and environmental management. Chairman Cruz opened the meeting by emphasizing the role of subpoenas in ensuring accountability and oversight, highlighting a recent compliance from several parties following such threats. The meeting progressed to consider several bills, including the Romance Scam Prevention Act championed by Senator Blackburn, which seeks to protect vulnerable populations from online dating scams that have resulted in enormous financial losses, particularly among seniors. The committee also nominated Michael Kratios for the Office of Science and Technology Policy and Mark Medder for the Federal Trade Commission, underscoring the significance of leadership in fostering innovation and consumer protection in technology sectors.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Feb 26th, 2025

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Drummond moves to give the bill a favorable report as amended.
  • The bill is given a favorable report. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
  • I'd move to give the bill a favorable report. Uh, we have... Oh, I'm sorry.
  • Bills in favor report.
  • It was given a favorable report. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, committee.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 25th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Do you have any inkling or any idea of what kind of persons will be targeted to serve on that task force
  • They come to me, and I write a report and get it to you. Just curious on that.
  • I think every single person is.
  • In many cases, people who have to make these phone calls do so because they have a duty to Report.
  • So, whether that be a teacher, a nurse, a clergyperson, and many of them will probably not report if