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AZ
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Senate Health and Human Services COR

Transcript Highlights:
  • So the SNAP program, formerly food stamps, is fiscally out of control in this state.
  • What this bill is asking is to make that mandatory, and that program, a mandatory employment program,
  • and implementation of the program.
  • I stood here before you three years ago to start this program.
  • Nothing existed at our state public health for this program before this.
Committee: Senate Senate Health and Human Services COR
Summary: The Senate Health and Human Services Committee met and first recognized Physical Therapy Day at the Capitol, welcoming Arizona physical therapy leaders and students. The committee then took up several bills related to SNAP, health care regulation, child welfare, dementia services, and safe haven newborn surrender. SB 1334 would bar DES from seeking or renewing SNAP work-requirement waivers for able-bodied adults without dependents unless required by federal or state law; supporters said it would curb administrative expansion and opponents argued it would reduce flexibility during high unemployment and harm food-insecure Arizonans. The bill received a do-pass recommendation on a 4-1 vote. SB 1333 would require DES to reduce the SNAP payment error rate to 3% by 2030, with annual reporting, corrective action plans, Auditor General oversight, and possible funding penalties if targets are missed. After adopting a committee amendment changing reporting to quarterly updates and replacing a forensic audit with a special audit, the committee approved the bill as amended on a 4-1 vote. SB 1331 would require able-bodied adults under 60 receiving SNAP to participate in mandatory employment and training unless exempt; proponents said it would strengthen work expectations, while opponents and DES raised concerns about administrative burden and food bank impacts. The bill passed 4-2, with members explaining no votes due to child care, rural access, and food insecurity concerns. The committee also advanced SB 1162, which clarifies DHS’s role in licensing and monitoring health care institutions and, as amended, requires DHS and AHCCCS/Access to coordinate to reduce duplicative oversight and report periodically to the legislature; it passed 6-0. SB 1017, requiring additional signatures and witness verification on emergency informed consent forms for surgical procedures, passed 4-2. SB 1149, which adds reporting and procedural requirements for DCS periodic review hearings, passed as amended 5-1. SB 1249, designating DHS as the lead agency on Alzheimer’s and dementia and creating a state plan and services program funded through lottery monies rather than the general fund after amendment, passed 6-0. Finally, SB 1253 clarified that a parent may surrender a newborn at the hospital of birth without leaving and returning, and requires updated safe-haven reporting; it passed 5-0, after testimony from hospital and safe-haven advocates in support. The committee then adjourned.
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Human Services Committee Jun 16th, 2026

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB 902 is now creating a new technology requirement for programs and families.
  • SB 902 is now creating a new technology requirement for programs in the families.
  • SB 1025 does not create another food program.
  • SB 1025 does not create another food program.
  • that program, when it was established, was set up The program, when it was established, was set up to
Committee: House Human Services
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session - part 4 May 19th, 2025

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Over state government programs and what I call providers, which are the recipients of state funds, is
  • When we know that fraudsters are stealing our taxpayer dollars, they are stealing program dollars.
  • Just half. $100 million a year, and that's just one program. That's just Medicaid, okay?
  • You have child care assistance programs coming in at over $100 million. Dollars.
  • Families that can't get childcare for their kids.
FL
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Fiscal Policy Mar 20th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • FOR VEHICULAR HOMICIDE AND FINALLY THE BILL AUTHORIZES STATE ATTORNEYS TO CREATE A DUI DIVERSION PROGRAM
  • THAT WE BELIEVE THOSE PROGRAMS ARE WELL INTENDED AND OFFER A SECOND CHANCE OR FIRST TIME OFFENDERS BUT
  • THE LANGUAGE THAT REQUIRES THE COMPLETION OF THAT DIVERGENT PROGRAM BE PLACED ON THE DRIVING RECORD
  • THE DEPARTMENT WILL REPORT ON THE PROGRAM THE BADDEST BIRD AND POST-GRADUATION EMPLOYMENT PERFORMANCE
  • IT'S TIME TO UPDATE THIS LAW AND PROVIDE A PROGRAM THAT IS FAIR AND EQUITABLE AND THAT IS THE BILL MR
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 26 Mar 17th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Oklahoma House Floor Meeting

MA
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Financial Services Jun 21st, 2026 at 12:30 pm

Joint Committee on Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • O'Donnell will speak on this, we're fortunate to have a program called Direct Connect.
  • of new programs.
  • A quick example: Morton Hospital and Taunton operated the Rebound Sports Medicine Program.
  • So I tried other programs.
  • So I tried other programs that are catering to those who are over the age of 60.
Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Financial Services
Summary: The Joint Committee on Financial Services held a public hearing on a wide range of bills, with testimony first focused on H. 1315/S. 824, which would require insurance coverage for pain management options during IUD insertion. Representative Sabadosa, Planned Parenthood clinicians, and policy advocates said sedation can reduce fear and trauma, improve access to effective contraception, and should be reimbursed so providers can continue offering it. A Tufts OB-GYN resident also testified that pain control should be standard care for intrauterine procedures. No votes were taken during the hearing. The committee then heard extensive testimony on firefighter health bills, especially H. 1230/S. 690 requiring insurance coverage for cancer screenings for firefighters. Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts leaders, a Dana-Farber oncologist, and firefighters themselves described occupational exposure to carcinogens and personal stories of late-stage cancer detection, arguing that early screening can save lives and reduce long-term costs. Representative Crichton and Representative Howitt also spoke in support, and Representative Ayers testified for H. 4012, which would require neurological disorder screenings for firefighters. Committee members expressed support and sympathy, but no action was taken. The hearing also covered H. 3946/S. 756 on hearing aid coverage, with testimony from students, adults with hearing loss, disability advocates, and HLAA representatives describing the educational, social, and financial barriers caused by lack of coverage and urging broader insurance mandates. Later, Representative Donahue and Representative Vargas testified for H. 1337 to expand insurance coverage for opioid antagonists and related medications, including naloxone dispensed at discharge. The committee additionally heard testimony on H. 1134 to improve chronic pain care coordination and non-opioid access, and H. 4162 to improve ostomy supply coverage and access to certified ostomy care, with patients and clinicians describing denials, quantity limits, and non-medical switching. The transcript ends while testimony on H. 1315/S. 824 is still ongoing; no votes or formal committee actions are recorded in the excerpt.
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Health and Human Services (04/09/2025)

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um transparency future vaccine programs.
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  • /c><01:30:48.480><c> development</c> qualify for the childcare development qualify for the childcare
  • Before rulemaking even starts, the program adopts... if they were to adopt a The program adopts.
  • </c> because they also had a school program because they also had a school program and<04:27:46.800><
Committee: Senate Health and Human Services
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division III (02/19/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • EAP—Employee Assistance Program.
  • Three are in the Bureau of Program Integrity and three are in the Bureau of Program Quality.
  • Program.
  • ><c> and</c> program development program quality and program development program quality and performance
  • </c><02:02:44.800><c> development</c><02:02:45.360><c> program</c> kind of program development program
Summary: House Finance Division III convened a work session on the DHHS budget, with the chair noting there would be no votes and that the committee would spend the day hearing from the commissioner’s office. Nathan White, DHHS Chief Financial Officer, opened with the Division of Finance/Office of Business Operations, explaining that the unit supports the department through daily financial management, AP/AR, audit work, expense projections, transfers, and procurement functions such as contracts, amendments, RFPs/RFAs, and grants management. He also described the division’s revenue and reporting work, including federal draws, CMS-64 reporting, and the public assistance cost allocation plan, and said the department had centralized rate-setting work and a small team handling Medicaid rate analysis and nursing facility rebase work. Members asked about vacancies, turnover, and budget changes. White said the division had 18 positions unfunded in the governor’s budget, reducing personal services from about $10.8 million to $9.9 million, and estimated the division’s vacancy rate at about 11 percent, below the department average. He said turnover was relatively low, with one retirement at the manager level and higher turnover mainly at lower AP-level positions. He also explained that some budget lines reflected reallocations rather than new spending, including fringe benefits centralized elsewhere and an EBT card contract moved into this unit because the staff member overseeing it works in Finance. When asked about a rent/lease increase, he said it was due to higher copier leasing costs under a statewide DAS contract. White highlighted several management and technology improvements. He said a business intelligence tool procured in 2022, using Salesforce and Excel-based data, helped DHHS better track federal revenue and maintenance-of-effort spending, reducing FY24 General Fund lapse by about 70 percent and federal/other revenue lapse by 88 percent compared with FY23; he warned that the tool is not funded in the current budget. He also described Lean Six Sigma efforts in the contracts team, training for vendors and nonprofits on procurement and indirect cost rules, and a Finance Academy to standardize policies and procedures. On the contracts side, he said the department uses Smartsheet for project management and DocuSign for electronic signatures, which cut contract execution time dramatically, but noted DocuSign is also not funded in the governor’s budget. The session ended as the committee prepared to move on to the Employee Assistance Program presentation.
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Aug 17th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Over the course of her time in HR, Liz has served as workers' compensation coordinator, childcare center
  • The bill expands the impact of existing older adult education programs through local partnerships that
  • The recent amendments ensure that the programs offered by local entities do not replace or supplant any
  • By supporting both food banks and the producers that donate to them, these programs are a win-win for
  • The measure passes. that donate to them, these programs are a win-win for farmers and families.
Summary: The Assembly met in session, established a quorum, and opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several guest and retirement recognitions, including tributes to long-serving Assembly staff Liz Foster and Teresa Trujillo. Members also made procedural motions, including placing SB 546 on the inactive file, re-referring SB 716 to the Local Government Committee, and rescinding prior actions on SB 1344 and SB 1273 to return them to the third reading file. The body then took up a long series of concurrence and third-reading items, with most measures passing overwhelmingly. Among the bills discussed were AB 442 on working forest management plans, AB 2042 on civil actions, AB 1145 on vehicles, ACR 162 honoring Congressman Doug LaMalfa, AJR 17 on immigration registry renewal, SB 941 limiting commissary markups in private detention facilities, SB 1306 on controlled substances and semiconductor manufacturing, SB 1169 extending tentative map validity, SB 1211 on conviction integrity units, SB 971 on older adult education, SB 1193 on Alameda County discretionary funds, SB 1115 on public cemetery district trustee removal, SB 1187 removing language-access provisions from a Brown Act transparency measure, SB 505 on money transmitter security, SB 799 on the South Bay Regional Housing Trust, SB 994 banning NDAs for local officials and staff, SB 1405 on unclaimed retirement distributions, SB 881 extending food-bank-related tax incentives, SJR 18 on campaign finance reform, SB 1307 on forged real estate documents, and SB 1196 on utility hookup timelines. Most measures were approved with little or no opposition; SJR 18 passed 43-14, and several items required urgency or 54-vote thresholds and were adopted. The Assembly also adopted HR 136 designating Home Hardening Week and the consent calendar, including ACR 228. The session concluded with adjournment-in-memory presentations for David and Lupe Navarro and Rachel Summers, followed by an announcement that the Assembly would reconvene the next day at 9 a.m. for a floor session recognizing departing members, and the House adjourned until Tuesday, August 18 at 9 a.m.
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Aug 17th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Over the course of her time in HR, Liz has served as workers’ compensation coordinator, childcare center
  • The bill expands the impact of existing older adult education programs through local partnerships that
  • The recent amendments ensure that the programs offered by local entities do not replace or supplant any
  • of the education programs geared toward our older adults that already exist at the California Community
  • By supporting both food banks and the producers that donate to them, these programs are a win-win for
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House lawmakers OK bill to bring Minnesota into compliance with 'One Big Beautiful Bill' 5/7/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> psilocybin program here in Minnesota. psilocybin program here in Minnesota.
  • They go through a health program.
  • </c><00:20:34.559><c> I'm</c> really really great um, program. I'm really really great um, program.
  • </c> particular program. particular program. &gt;&gt; Representative<00:31:56.240><c> Scott.
  • </c> care programs and other social programs care programs and other social programs to<01:05:09.039>
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 38 Apr 9th, 2026

Oklahoma House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm looking at Head Start programs that asked for $22,000 and got zero. ...programs that asked for 222,000
  • Yes, that's what that program does.
  • They came and copied our program and we quit it.
  • I would have zero issue with this program.
  • This program has the ultimate accountability.
Bills: SB1177 , HB3705 , SB1942 , SB2026 , SB1533 , SB1327 , SB2065 , SB2155 , SB2159
Summary: The House convened, completed the roll call, received an invocation focused on grief and remembrance, and heard several special presentations recognizing a brave child, visiting groups, and multiple student-athlete teams and school groups in the galleries. The chamber also introduced the Doctor of the Day and Nurse of the Day. The main business was consideration of the Joint Committee report on Senate Bill 1177, the general appropriations bill, presented by Chairman Caldwell-Trey. Most of the floor time was spent on extended questions about the budget’s major features. Caldwell-Trey explained the bill as a largely flat or modestly increased budget that includes a $200 million transfer to a new sovereign wealth fund, $225 million in set-asides, a $12.5 million “dream accounts” program for newborns, and funding tied to teacher pay, education, workforce, public safety, agriculture, and health agencies. Members questioned the use of one-time funds for recurring expenses, the reduction in state contributions to the OPRS pension system, Medicaid assumptions, emergency management funding, veterans’ services, child care, school counselors, and the lack of funding for some requested items such as National Board Certified Teacher stipends and veterans’ facility maintenance. Caldwell-Trey defended the budget as transparent, early, and designed to preserve cash reserves while supporting core services. No final vote on the appropriations report is reflected in the transcript excerpt. The House also heard explanations that the limits bills would be run later in committee, and that the budget negotiations were still ongoing with the Senate and governor on some related items. The session ended with the queue closed after the budget questioning, and the transcript cuts off during additional remarks from Representative Timmons.
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Aug 22nd, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • We call that the contract deputy program.
  • So that's how the program works.
  • That's the way the program is designed.
  • They're in the contract deputy program.
  • Have this type of program.
Bills: HB26 , HB73 , SB 14 , HB46
Committee: House Intergovernmental Affairs
FL
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

November 5, 2025 - 01:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • Some see program what which is what we now call the last several iterations of our managed care program
  • The LTC program also uses he this information to inform us of the quality of the program, but they are
  • So lots we have the dental program. Again, he does is So lots we have the dental program.
  • program components, a data-driven goals for the programs and reporting for the plans.
  • And when I talked about the evolution of our quality program and kind of learning from past programs
NM
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee Nov 7th, 2025

Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Yes, I don't know all of the appropriated mandatory programs.
  • Many programs could be funded by other revenue streams.
  • The mandatory programs continue to operate.
  • New Mexico has a supplemental SNAP program.
  • And we get basically half of the program revenues.
Committee: House Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Education Policy and Administration (05/27/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> the computer engaging with the program. the computer engaging with the program.
  • Uh, yes, so our program is an online program.
  • </c> know what the program is? know what the program is?
  • </c> are not participating in a prek program. are not participating in a prek program.
  • </c> particular program out of the school. particular program out of the school.
Summary: The committee opened hearings on SB 69, including a germane amendment on school board votes to accept or reject gifts and donations, and a non-germane amendment creating a virtual early childhood readiness family engagement program for preschool children not yet in kindergarten. Prime sponsor Rep. Glenn Cordelli said the literacy program was modeled on earlier HB 671, would be funded through gifts and donations rather than state appropriations, and would include reporting requirements to the governor and legislature. Members questioned changes from the earlier bill, including the move away from center-based language, the lack of a dollar threshold for school board action on donations, anonymous gifts, and whether the amendment preserved enough evaluation data. Testimony on the donation provisions raised concerns about broad language, timing, and public-meeting requirements. Rep. Timothy Han and Becky Wilson of the New Hampshire School Boards Association both noted that school districts already have policies and asked how the bill would work for routine donations, anonymous gifts, and situations that might require non-public discussion under right-to-know law. Wilson cited examples such as field-trip scholarships, backpack drives, and sports uniforms, and said the association was not taking a position but wanted clearer guardrails. Rep. Han said school boards may need to discuss some gifts in non-public session and that the bill should better address those circumstances. On the early literacy amendment, Wilson and others questioned whether the program was sufficiently developed, whether it was appropriate to rely on a primarily online model for very young children, and how it would interact with special education services and IEPs. A representative from Waterford.org, Rob Riley, testified in support, saying the program would be supplementary, adaptive, and family-engagement based, and that Waterford could provide devices and internet access for families who need them. He said the program would work alongside school districts and IEP teams rather than replace existing services. No vote was taken during the hearing; the chair said the committee would later exec the bills and try to get reports in for the calendar.
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Jul 10th, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Congress and the President to protect and increase funding for the Head Start program.
  • childcare option.
  • My first memory of eating fresh fruit was in the Head Start program.
  • We have to know that with federal cuts, that it isn't just this program.
  • There are other programs that intersect with these programs, and we have to be aware of which programs
Summary: The Assembly met with a quorum present after a roll call and prayer, then proceeded through routine journal, procedural, and guest-introduction business. Members recognized several guests, including local district officials, Japanese business leaders, and students/interns, and the chamber also observed remarks about the Texas flooding tragedy during the prayer. The body then moved through the daily file, including second-reading items and concurrence votes on AB 390, which expands the slow-down/move-over law to stationary vehicles, and AB 1478, which allows retailers to absorb mattress recycling fees; both measures had Senate amendments concurred in by recorded vote. The Assembly adopted AJR 12, a bipartisan resolution recognizing Head Start Month and urging Congress and the President to protect and increase Head Start funding. Multiple members spoke in support, emphasizing the program’s role in early education, health, nutrition, and family support, especially in rural and low-income communities; the resolution received 70 ayes and no noes after 69 co-authors were added. The chamber also adopted ACR 96, designating a portion of Highway 101 in Humboldt County as the Patty Berg Memorial Highway, and SCR 50, which calls for state review of climate adaptation and maladaptation criteria to improve climate resilience planning; both measures passed without opposition. On the consent calendar, the Assembly added co-authors to ACR 81 and adopted the second-day consent calendar and remaining consent items, all by unanimous or near-unanimous votes. The body also approved a motion to return AB 529 from engrossing and enrolling to the Senate for further action. The session concluded with numerous adjournment-in-memory tributes, most notably for Rincon Tribal Council Chairman Bo Mazzetti and former legislative secretary George Steffes, followed by a moment of silence for each and adjournment until Monday, July 14 at 1 p.m.
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Finance - Part 1 - 04/28/25

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> programs. a one-time money. programs. a one-time money.
  • . program. program.
  • . program.
  • program I federal program national program I should<02:09:31.920><c> say.
  • </c> programming for $273,000. programming for $273,000.
Committee: Senate Finance
FL
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

December 10, 2025 - 01:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • LASTLY WE HAVE OUR HOSPITAL DIRECTED PAYMENT PROGRAM.
  • AND DATA DRIVEN GOALS FOR THE PROGRAMS AND RECORDING.
  • NEXT OF HEALTHY BEHAVIORS PROGRAMS.
  • THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE NUMBER OF MMA SPECIFICALLY TO THE MMA PROGRAM.
  • WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO WITH THAT PROGRAM IS INCREASE.
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary (01/20/2026)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're a statewide nonprofit focused on childcare, supporting childcare programs and the families they
  • and the families they serve and programs and the families they serve and we<00:08:11.840><c> are</c>
  • And that is the most important thing to us and to us as a childcare field, that these children are number
  • And that is the most important thing to us and to us as a childcare field, that these children are number
  • You did a great job and thank you for your work in childcare. We really appreciate that.
Committee: Senate Judiciary