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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26 - Afternoon Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> program. But thank you Mr. Chair. program. But thank you Mr. Chair.
- </c> are profiting off the program instead. are profiting off the program instead.
- It is a federal program.
- It is a program. It will not go away. It is a federal<01:39:07.920><c> program.
- This is a federal program.
Summary:
The committee first approved the March 11, 2026 minutes, then heard House File 4048, which would exempt chiropractors from Minnesota’s provider tax if they are no longer eligible to provide chiropractic benefits under Medicaid/MinnesotaCare. Representative Robbins said the bill corrects an unfair situation because chiropractors still pay the tax even though the benefit was eliminated. Testifiers from the Minnesota Chiropractic Association and a longtime chiropractor supported the bill, arguing that most chiropractors are small-business owners and should not pay a tax for services they can no longer provide. Several members said they supported restoring chiropractic coverage instead of changing the tax, and there was discussion about whether the tax applies to all providers and whether it is effectively passed on to patients. The committee adopted a motion to recommend HF 4048 to the Committee on Taxes.
The committee then took up House File 3893, as amended, a bill to restrict artificial intelligence from engaging in psychotherapy or counseling with humans. The author and supporters said the bill is intended to prevent AI chatbots from posing as therapists or counseling vulnerable people, citing reports of suicides and other harms linked to chatbot interactions. The A2 amendment was adopted; the author said it reflected stakeholder concerns and added informed-consent language. Testifiers in support, including a psychologist and a suicide-prevention nonprofit leader, urged strong safeguards and said AI should not replace licensed professionals in crisis settings.
Other testimony raised concerns about overbreadth and unintended effects. TechNet and a rural mental health provider said the bill should be narrowed so it applies to clinical therapy rather than wellness or educational tools, and should allow supervised AI uses such as transcription and administrative support. Members discussed rural access, existing licensing-board authority, privacy laws, and whether the bill should target AI companies directly rather than licensed clinicians. The transcript ends during continued discussion of HF 3893, with no final committee action shown in the excerpt.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 118 May 12th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Senate Committee on Finance Jul 28th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- About the SNAP program.
- that Texas would set up and design a program.
- money And she was enrolled in a program, a Medicaid program that allowed her to receive money directly
- It depends on the program.
- A key component of Texas' child care program is that we view it as a workforce development program.
Summary:
The Senate Finance Committee met to hear interim charges on higher education transparency and on preventing fraud, waste, and abuse in state government. The chair emphasized accountability for taxpayer dollars and asked witnesses to address financial reporting, audit practices, and whether more frequent or comprehensive audits would improve oversight. Legislative Budget Board staff described how public university systems and most community colleges respond to requests about internal audit practices, noting that university systems generally follow a similar annual audit timeline and that community colleges use a more varied mix of internal and external audit arrangements. Members focused on gaps in reporting, especially Texas Southern University’s missing submissions for several years and Collin County Community College’s nonresponse to the LBB survey.
The State Auditor’s Office then outlined its higher education audit work, including mandatory statewide single audits, DEI compliance audits, HUB and State Use Program audits, benefits proportional audits, and discretionary audits based on risk. The auditor said the office has released 43 higher-ed audit reports since fiscal year 2021 and has two audits in progress, and explained that internal audit reports from institutions help guide future audit selection. Senators pressed the office on the lack of enforcement authority, the value of internal auditors at each institution, and whether community colleges should have more standardized reporting and audit requirements. The auditor and general counsel said the SAO can refer suspected fraud to law enforcement but cannot itself enforce findings, while several senators suggested stronger clawback authority and more robust internal audit structures.
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board explained that it collects annual financial reports, sources-and-uses data, and community college finance reports, and uses them for funding formulas and other reporting. It also trains governing board members and said it has limited regulatory authority, though community colleges must certify compliance annually and can lose eligibility for state funds if they do not. Members questioned the reliability of self-attested data, the adequacy of board training, and whether a single reporting structure would be more efficient. During public testimony, a ScholarShot representative argued for clearer, student-facing financial transparency so students can see total cost of attendance and the gap they must cover before enrolling.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, April 1, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Some blue states, as I mentioned, have given these individuals driver's licenses and other benefits,
- Some blue cities have let them vote in local elections to cause even more confusion and abuse of the
- These programs create pathways to brighter, more stable futures.
- </c><02:10:58.480><c> to</c> housing assistance and food programs to housing assistance and food programs
- :07.679><c> brighter,</c> programs create pathways to brighter, programs create pathways to brighter,
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- program.
- So, we have some content programs, data content programs.
- We have some content programs, data content programs.
- We are very proud of this program.
- We are very proud of this program.
Committee:
Senate Finance
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force (12-16-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Again, if you don't want to be in the program, it's an optional program.
- Again, if you don't want to be in the program, it's an optional program.
- Again, if you don't want to be in the program, it's an optional program.
- want to be in the program, it's an optional<00:21:32.400><c> program.
- the WIC program.
Summary:
The committee approved the minutes unanimously and then heard extended testimony from Senator Jimmy Higdon, who reflected on Kentucky’s 2011 childhood obesity task force and said the state’s childhood obesity problem has worsened since then. He described prior recommendations from that task force, including more physical education, nutrition education, classroom-based physical activity, complete streets, bike lanes, sidewalks, and safe routes to school. Higdon also argued that government programs have contributed to obesity and drug abuse, focusing especially on SNAP and Medicaid, and said he has long advocated for a waiver to distribute SNAP benefits twice a month rather than once a month.
Higdon said SNAP fraud and abuse are significant, claiming some recipients sell benefits and some retailers bend the rules on eligible purchases. He also said spreading benefits through the month could help families keep fresh food in the home and stabilize grocery store business, especially in food deserts and rural areas. In response to questions, he said he would not support allowing hot prepared foods under SNAP, though he said a grocery-store produce incentive similar to the farmers market match could be beneficial if structured separately. He also said the WIC program is a model for how SNAP could be better administered.
Members thanked Higdon for his service and discussed whether the issue is food insecurity or poor nutrition. Senator Douglas emphasized adding stronger guardrails to nutrition-related programs, and Representative Proctor asked about the challenges of operating grocery stores in rural areas and food deserts. Higdon said independent grocers face thin margins, competition, and cyclical market pressures, and that SNAP distribution patterns can worsen those challenges. After Higdon’s testimony, the committee heard from Ann Cressilious, a registered dietitian with the Kentucky Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, who began a presentation on the profession and on efforts to improve nutrition and access to nutrition information in Kentucky.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, March 5, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- one anti-poverty program for children.
- This shouldn't be a red or blue issue.
- This shouldn't be a red or blue issue.
- The program now has 11 state championships, a truly remarkable achievement. Mr.
- engage</c> Carolina through the program they engage Carolina through the program they engage in<02:10
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Human services budget bill aimed at 'restoring trust' passes House 5/11/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> things that can enhance program things that can enhance program integrity<00:03:55.360><c> uh</c
- </c> programs and we should have the data. programs and we should have the data.
- </c> programs, wavered services. So, Mr. programs, wavered services. So, Mr.
- Uh, as we've seen, the entire CCAP program is structurally broken, program is structurally broken, uh
- </c> procedures that allows program procedures that allows program participants<01:29:10.480><c> and<
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- This program works.
- This program works.
- This program works.
- </c> program.
- The AIS prevention aid program program.
Committee:
Senate Taxes
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
EIG-AEN, AEN, AEN DEFER Public Hearings 01-29-2025
Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- program within a certain number of years.
- c><00:49:16.920><c> the</c><00:49:17.119><c> program</c> department does not adopt the program department
- </c><01:05:33.760><c> enough</c> needing to know about the program enough needing to know about the program
- Greg Takasima, Pesticides Program Manager.
- </c><01:36:42.760><c> for</c> invasive species placard program for invasive species placard program for
Committee:
Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs
Summary:
The joint committees heard testimony on Senate Bill 103, relating to electric vehicle batteries, and then moved to Senate Bill 995, relating to renewable fuel. On SB 103, the Department of Health and the State Energy Office supported the measure, and Redwood Materials said it supported the bill’s intent but requested an amendment to add a battery recycler to the commission. Other testimony on SB 103 included support from several individuals and organizations, with one opponent noted. A committee member also raised a possible deadline change requested by the Alliance of Automobile Innovation for future work on the measure.
The bulk of the hearing focused on SB 995, which would create tax incentives for sustainable aviation fuel and related renewable fuel production. Supporters included the Hawaii Renewable Fuels Coalition, Pono Pacific, Hawaiian Airlines/Alaska Airlines, the Tax Foundation, PAR Hawaii, Pacific Biodiesel, and others. Supporters said the bill would help build a local SAF industry, encourage camelina and other feedstocks, and advance decarbonization goals. Several supporters also said they had proposed amendments or technical comments and stood on their written testimony.
Opposition testimony argued the bill could allow toxic waste feedstocks, such as construction and demolition waste, into fuel production, and questioned whether the incentives would truly benefit Hawaii farmers or consumers. One opponent said the bill’s benefits could flow to the producer and to imported feedstocks rather than to local agriculture, and another questioned the scale of local land and water available for camelina production. Committee members pressed witnesses on acreage, water use, expected yields, the role of PAR Hawaii’s refinery investment, and whether the state would be subsidizing a business decision that might not produce significant local fuel. No vote or final action was taken in the excerpt provided.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, March 6, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- She now lives a quiet life as a mother and trainer at a local gym, where she teaches youth programs.
- :15:19.120><c> youth</c> a local gym where she teaches youth a local gym where she teaches youth programs
- her sister Stephanie Han has programs her sister Stephanie Han has built<00:15:22.360><c> her</c><00
- which is in state's medic health program which is in trouble<00:17:16.959><c> sweeping</c><00:17:17.559
- See the blue? That's military and what we call non-defense discretionary.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- So, thank you. particular service or program, um, it's particular service or program, um, it's many,<
- </c> grant program. Is that an AP request? grant program. Is that an AP request?
- That program is now up up running and That program is now up up running and humming.<00:59:31.440><c>
- project uh, a program that is over project uh, a program that is over subscribed,<01:21:18.840><c> I<
- With that, we have bonding program.
Committee:
Senate Capital Investment
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> and interested in in the Page program and interested in in the Page program for<00:08:26.720><c>
- </c><00:28:50.000><c> to</c> a peer-to-p peer car sharing program to a peer-to-p peer car sharing program
- </c> has some of his first year program has some of his first year program evaluators<00:30:51.600><c
- ><c> program</c><00:59:04.240><c> for</c> appropriations for the program for appropriations for the program
- The program starts at 8:00.
Summary:
The Senate convened with an invocation, journalized the prayer, and recognized Read Across America Day with a special resolution congratulating the Maryland State Education Association on the program’s 28th anniversary. Senators also welcomed several guests and student groups, including Eleanor Roosevelt High School students, Maryland Federation of Republican Women members for Red Scarf Day, medical shadows from Johns Hopkins, a student page prospect, and a group from Matthew Henson Elementary School.
The chamber then took up multiple Finance Committee consent calendars and individual local alcohol-related bills, all of which were reported favorably, adopted without objection, and ordered printed for third reading. Measures included changes to alcohol license fee refunds for uniformed service members, Anne Arundel County license classifications and compensation for liquor board officials, a Baltimore City racetrack license extension, a Cecil County license quota change, and new or expanded licenses for golf courses, sports venues, and barber shop/beauty salon establishments. The Senate also advanced bills on social work licensing, a rural readiness economic development program, a Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission extension, peer-to-peer car sharing insurance rules, telematics-based auto insurance disclosures and appeals, and veteran status notation on public profiles.
Several bills were amended before being advanced, generally with technical or clarifying changes and no recorded opposition. Senate Bill 18 would create a provisional social work license; Senate Bill 351 would regulate insurer use of vehicle telematics data; Senate Bill 395 would revise insurance and liability rules for peer-to-peer car sharing; and Senate Bill 197 would alter comprehensive plan elements in land use law. Senate Bill 439, protecting fire and rescue public safety employees from adverse action based on medical cannabis certification, also moved forward without amendment.
One measure, Senate Bill 69, which would make permanent the nonprofit navigator position in the Department of Commerce, was discussed at length after a member raised concerns about oversight of nonprofit grant funding. On request, the bill was special ordered to the next day for further consideration. All other bills discussed in the transcript were advanced to third reading by unanimous or near-unanimous voice action, with no recorded roll-call votes.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 03/10/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> that invest with us uh in our programs that invest with us uh in our programs either<00:23:21.680
- And state programs like Secure Choice are really what that idea is, and it's taking hold in a program
- And state programs like everybody.
- </c> is and it's taking hold in a program is and it's taking hold in a program like<00:38:45.040><c>
- </c> extended to the Secure Choice program extended to the Secure Choice program and<00:39:42.320><c>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- That is the top bar on this blue is what we have today.
- of programs that are already done.
- </c><01:01:10.039><c> to</c> in through these formula programs to in through these formula programs to
- </c> few days we've started to have program few days we've started to have program officers<01:03:02.119
- I'm wondering what effect this is having on the program.
Committee:
House Energy Finance and Policy
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- The elderly parole program safely reduced... ...to SB 356.
- of any release program nationwide.
- The elder parole program has sufficient built-in safeguards.
- This program is called the elderly parole program because that's what the science says these people are
- These programs are extremely rigorous. They are structured.
Committee:
House Public Safety
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/13/25
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't think we have to create a big program to do this, but I think we should have all players on the
- I don't think we have to create a big program to do this, but I think we should have all players on the
- I don't think we have to create a big program to do this, but I think we should have all players on the
- I don't think we have to create a big program to do this, but I think we should have all players on the
- it to pull the that has to program it to pull the information<00:48:12.520><c> out</c><00:48:12.680>
Committee:
House State Government Finance and Policy
Keywords:
payment transparency, public contracts, contractor rights, government accountability, construction payments, municipal finance, liquor store, audit requirements, state auditor, local government, historic flag, state flag, display standards, ceremonial, Minnesota Statutes, Ursa Minor, state symbol, Minnesota state laws, constellation, official state designation
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- midwife degree program.
- But they don't want to start that program until we know that there's a license program in place.
- </c><01:00:49.760><c> That</c> midwife uh degree program. That midwife uh degree program.
- </c> we know that there's a lensure program we know that there's a lensure program in<01:01:32.319><c
- I assume it's a two-year program?
Committee:
House Health Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/26
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The biggest programs they run are the federal energy assistance program and the federal weatherization
- 00:06:46.160><c> assistance</c><00:06:46.639><c> program</c> the federal energy assistance program the
- like the Xcel PowerOn program, Minnesota's CARE program, CenterPoint's Gas Affordability Program, and
- like the Xcel PowerOn program, Minnesota's CARE program, CenterPoint's Gas Affordability Program, and
- </c> program, Centerpoint's Gas Affordability program, Centerpoint's Gas Affordability Program,<01:19
Committee:
House Energy Finance and Policy
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Finance Division III (04/20/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> the administration of the program. the administration of the program.
- </c> a service or program a service or program um<01:15:22.800><c> in</c><01:15:23.040><c> in</c><01:
- uh reinstatement of the the program. And uh reinstatement of the the program.
- I think with this amendment, it does increase the transparency of the program.
- It does increase the transparency of the program.
Summary:
Division Three of the Finance Committee met in work session on April 20, 2026, to consider Senate Bills 481, 603, and 663, with the discussion focused primarily on SB 481, relative to the sale of the Sununu Youth Services Center property. The chair explained that the bill was advisory only and that the committee’s recommendations would go to full Finance on April 27. For SB 481, members reviewed conflicting provisions in the prior budget law about whether sale proceeds should go to the general fund or the Youth Development Center Claims and Administration Settlement Fund, and the bill was described as a compromise that would direct proceeds to the general fund before June 30, 2027, and to the settlement fund after that date. It was noted that the settlement fund had originally received about $20 million and had roughly $10 million remaining.
The committee also received an extensive update from DCYF Director Marie Noonan on the new Youth Development Center in Hampstead. She reported that construction remained on schedule, with major structural and interior work complete, substantial completion expected in late summer or early fall 2026, and occupancy anticipated in early 2027. The presentation highlighted the facility’s design features, including single-occupancy bedrooms, sensory rooms, an education wing, medical and clinical suites, visitation space, a gym, and multiple outdoor courtyards, all intended to support a trauma-informed setting. Members asked about the facility’s funding, square footage, fencing, and scanner; staff said the building is about 34,000 square feet, funded entirely with federal ARPA state recovery funds to date, and that the scanner is on site but not yet operational pending policy and staff training.
Committee members also raised concerns about the facility’s design and security. In response, DCYF said some concrete walls are required for structural and safety reasons, but they are being painted to maintain a brighter environment, and that the fencing will be about 15 feet high with privacy netting because the campus is shared with Hampstead. Officials said the new facility is legislatively limited to a maximum of 12 youth, while the current center can house 12 to 18, and emphasized that courts ultimately determine placements. No votes or final actions were taken during the work session.