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ID
Transcript Highlights:
- The committee will now consider House Concurrent Resolution 25.
- And so once that is drafted by Congress and comes back to us, it'll take 38 states, so both houses and
- If you'd permit, my grandpa made an interesting comment the other day.
- I was at a friend's house and a commercial came on for Ronald Reagan, and I made some comment that I
- And that authority is exclusive to the Congress itself and, of course, for revenue to the House.
Committee:
House State Affairs
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
April 10, 2025 - 09:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- Regarding regulatory concerns, the bill only permits Bitcoin investments through SEC-regulated exchange-traded
- The House of individuals that have conducted themselves and done the research to make sure that we are
- House Bill 1433 does... I’ve heard, these are people I’ve met. House Bill 1433 does three things.
- I think it would be wise for the House to consider a longer-term conversation.
- I think it would be who the house to consider a longer-term conversation.
Summary:
The Insurance and Banking Committee met with a quorum and heard three bills. HB 487 would authorize the CFO and State Board of Administration to invest up to 10% of certain state funds in Bitcoin, require specified custody methods, allow Bitcoin lending under rule, and create a process for accepting taxes and fees in Bitcoin. The sponsor and several proponents argued it would diversify state investments, hedge inflation, and position Florida as a leader in digital assets. Members raised concerns about volatility, security, valuation, and whether Bitcoin was being singled out over other cryptocurrencies, but the bill was reported favorably after debate and a roll call vote.
The committee then considered HB 7011, an Open Government Sunset Review measure for records of insolvent insurers. The bill would continue some exemptions but make additional records public, including underwriting files, risk-solvency assessments, corporate governance annual disclosures, and the names, benefits, and compensation of insurance executive officers. There was no public testimony, and members discussed privacy and safety concerns, but the bill passed and was reported favorably.
Finally, the committee heard HB 1433 on hurricane mitigation grants and insurer regulation. The bill would tighten restrictions on former executives of failed insurers, raise capital requirements for new insurers, and require mitigation credits when homeowners receive Safe Florida Home funds. An amendment was adopted to require a licensed person to make final claim-denial decisions when AI or automation is used and to prioritize filings that lower rates. Consumer advocates supported the transparency and consumer protections, while industry representatives urged caution on the AI provisions. After debate, the amended bill was reported favorably. The meeting ended with closing remarks from the ranking member, vice chair, and chair reflecting on the committee’s work and likely final meeting of the term.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee BR Sub. on Health & Family Services (2-26-25)
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c><00:02:57.080><c> uh</c> Medical uh assistance permit uh Medical uh assistance permit uh percentage
- bit more in depth about the prepayment audits, but we identify providers to audit based on some in-house
- </c><00:15:23.839><c> data</c><00:15:24.160><c> analytics</c> based on some in-house data analytics based
- on some in-house data analytics algorithms<00:15:25.600><c> that</c><00:15:25.720><c> we</c><00:15:25.839
Summary:
The subcommittee met to review the Department for Medicaid Services’ program integrity work. Commissioner Lisa Lee and Program Integrity Director Jennifer Dudinsky outlined Kentucky Medicaid’s structure, funding, enrollment, and spending, including FMAP rates, the size of the Medicaid and KCHIP populations, the number of providers, and 2024 expenditures. They also described the managed care and fee-for-service populations, noting that managed care serves most members while fee-for-service is concentrated in long-term care and waiver populations.
Most of the discussion focused on fraud, waste, abuse prevention, and provider oversight. The department described its provider enrollment and certification checks, revalidation requirements, site reviews, fingerprinting for some high-risk providers, and termination grounds such as false application information, Medicare actions, unreported ownership changes, and abandonment of a provider number. Members asked about nonprofit ownership reporting, MCO fraud oversight, and how the department tracks unusual CPT code utilization, especially in behavioral health. The department said it uses data analytics, audits, policy review, and collaboration with behavioral health staff to monitor those trends.
Dudinsky explained the division’s four branches: provider licensing and certification, audits and compliance, recovery, and third-party liability/estate recovery. She described prepayment and postpayment audits, referrals of credible fraud allegations to the Attorney General, monthly meetings with the AG’s office, and coordination with the Office of Inspector General, CMS, HHS OIG, MCOs, and other partners. She also explained payment suspensions, stand-downs during law enforcement investigations, and recovery efforts for overpayments, provider/member fraud, and third-party liability. The department said its recovery and avoidance efforts produced more than $251 million in savings so far in 2025. No votes or formal actions beyond approving the minutes were taken.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- >> The House will come to order.
- Second reading of House File 35 28. Second reading of House File 35 71.
- Second reading of House File 35 79. Second reading of House File 35 87.
- Second reading of House File 35 88. Second reading of House File 35 89.
- Files, herewith returned: House File 34 25, an act relating to housing, and House File 45 41, an act
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee 2nd Revision: Agenda Revised: 10:30 a.m. Ethics Commission
A&B General Government Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- It had a housing hotel.
- Provided housing. And that's key. I want to say this delicately.
- Needs that we have as well as our own in-house counsel, Margaret Kerr.
- If you'll recall, last year we basically kind of cleaned house on all of those.
- House District 97 and currently, we have House District 35 that's underway.
Committee:
House A&B General Government Subcommittee
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations - Room 210; 20 January, 2026: 8:45 AM
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- And then we have some other smaller fees like building and permitting fees.
- We’ve won it. building and permitting fees. We cut building and permitting fees.
- Um, we spoke with Senator Hopson back in the fall, and um, we visited last week with the House, with
- And you'll see in your handout that on the House side, they asked me to lay down how we would use $15
- </c> see in your handout that uh on the house see in your handout that uh on the house side,<00:47:40.560
Committee:
Joint Appropriations
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services May 7th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And aging IHSS consumers will lose the support that stabilizes their housing, worsening a crisis in which
- The person gets a notice of action from the HCS, from the Medi-Cal side of the house.
- They get a notice of action from the IHSS side of the house.
- I support firmly the program of autodermination, yeah that permit that the people discapacitated have
- The fraud is in those who want the cuts and do not permit our children to live independently.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on H.F. 2438 - Transportation Omnibus - 05/09/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Um so stay tuned to that the house.
- </c> both the Senate and the House bills. both the Senate and the House bills.
- It's proposed in the House bill.
- </c><00:36:37.200><c> Mindot</c> proposed in the House bill. Mindot proposed in the House bill.
- </c> between house and senate. between house and senate. All<01:19:05.400><c> right.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, May 14, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The House will be in order.
- If the Republican House rules permitted, I would have offered the motion with a very significant amendment
- If House rules permitted, I would have offered the motion with an important amendment to this bill.
- If House rules permitted, I committee.
- If House rules permitted, I would<04:17:42.319><c> have</c><04:17:42.479><c> offered</c><04:17:42.800
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-01-15 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- House calendar.
- They just want to get off the streets and be housed.
- Now, I think that this is the Florida House of Representatives is the People's House.
- Welcome to the Florida House. And go Knowles.
- The House is adjourned.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present, then adopted the special order report for the day. The chamber took up House Bill 167 on former phosphate mining lands. Sponsor Rep. McClure said the bill removes strict liability for previously mined phosphate lands if a Department of Health study is completed at the owner’s request and the former mining status is recorded publicly. Opponents, led by Rep. Cross and others, argued the bill relies too heavily on buyer-beware principles and does not adequately notify future buyers or renters. The bill passed 87-24 after debate.
Members then considered House Bill 145 on suits against the government. Rep. McFarland said it updates Florida’s sovereign immunity caps, raising them to $500,000 per person and $1 million per incident, with a later automatic increase, while preserving the liability shield and improving access to compensation for people harmed by government negligence. The bill also aligns the statute of limitations with private claims and allows entities to settle above the cap. After brief debate, the House passed the bill 104-7.
The House next debated CS/HB 289 on wrongful death for an unborn child, which would expand Florida’s Wrongful Death Act to allow claims involving unborn children and their parents. The bill prompted extensive questioning and debate about damages, definitions, medical care, surrogacy, and whether the measure could affect abortion access or expose doctors, friends, family members, and surrogates to lawsuits. Multiple amendments sought to carve out protections for mothers, health care providers, abortion care, perinatal professionals, surrogates, and victims of rape, incest, or human trafficking, but each was defeated. The final vote on the bill itself was 33-78, so the motion failed and the bill did not advance.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- And in 1925, the state legislature enacted a law, House Bill 69, which required every school across the
- In fact, one year after the Idaho legislature adopted House Bill 69, Idaho Attorney General A.H.
- And I went back and sure enough, on February 5th, in here, we heard House Joint Memorial 11, which was
- Last year, last session, we passed House Bill 14, which is to look at and find outdated, unnecessary,
- The legislature wanted to have a voice in that, so this says let's put two House members and two Senate
Committee:
House Education
Summary:
The committee heard RS 33261, the School-Sponsored Bible Reading Act, which would require public school teachers to read sequential Bible passages daily without comment or instruction, with accommodations for objections and injunctive relief as the enforcement mechanism. The sponsor and a representative from Idaho Family Policy Center argued the bill fits Idaho’s history and the U.S. Supreme Court’s current “history and tradition” approach, while opponents said it was unconstitutional, not voluntary, and inconsistent with separation of church and state. A substitute motion to return the RS to the sponsor failed on a tie vote, and the motion to introduce the RS also failed on a tie vote.
The committee then considered RS 33332 C1, which would treat student walkouts or absences for protest as unexcused and require reporting to state officials. The sponsor said the bill was aimed at students leaving class to protest during school hours, while members raised concerns about impacts on student civic engagement, parent-excused absences, and politically active youth groups. The RS was introduced by voice vote.
Next, the committee heard a revised RS 33523-2-3 on collecting aggregate data about students’ immigration status in public schools to estimate the cost of educating non-citizen students. The sponsor said the bill would not deny enrollment, would use only aggregate data, and was intended to help the legislature understand costs; members questioned administrative burden, possible discrimination, and the fiscal note. The motion to introduce the RS failed on a tie vote.
Finally, the committee advanced Senate Bill 1244, a code-cleanup measure removing obsolete regional library system provisions, to the floor with a due pass recommendation. It also heard Senate Bill 1227 on artificial intelligence in K-12 education, which would create a state framework for AI use, local district policies, training, transparency, and privacy protections; testimony was generally supportive but urged caution, especially for younger students. The committee voted to send SB 1227 to general orders for amendment.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Judiciary Jan 14th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- This increase in March 2023 was preceded by the passage of legislation related to litigation reform, House
- House Bill 837 also made significant reforms to bad faith actions against insurers.
- The change is contained in House Bill 837 and took effect when the bill became law on March 24th and
- When you have a felony on your record, you cannot find You cannot find housing.
- Court rules permit the sealing of court records to protect innocent third parties.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Vice Chair, please move House Bill 2796. Madam Chair, move the House Bill.
- Vice Chair, please move House Bill 2233. Madam Chair, I move House Bill 2233...
- Vice Chair, please move House Bill 2396. Madam Chair, I move House Bill 2396.
- House Bill 2689.
- House Bill 2689.
Committee:
House Health & Human Services
Keywords:
physician assistants, licensure compact, medical services, multistate practice, patient care access, healthcare workforce, military families, adverse actions, dementia care, telementoring, healthcare education, rural communities, grant funding, HB 2233, rural health transformation, rural health transformation program, AHCCCS, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, Joint Legislative Budget Committee, JLBC
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 5th, 2026
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The House will be at ease, please. The House will be at ease. The House will be in order.
- The House will be at ease subject to the call of the Speaker. The House will be in order.
- The House is at ease. The House will be in order. Good morning, everyone. Representative Griffey.
- The House is at ease. The House will be in order. Good morning, everyone. Representative Griffey.
- With the consent of the House, the House will now adjourn until 9:30 a.m.
Bills:
HB2720 , HB2073 , HB2487 , SB5816 , SB5919 , SB5831 , SB6137 , SB6244 , SB5420 , SB5868 , SB6044 , SB6132 , SJM8002
Keywords:
behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, insurance tax, state regulation, insurers, taxation, budget impact, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives
Summary:
The House took up Second Substitute Senate Bill 5974, a bill modernizing and strengthening laws concerning sheriffs, police chiefs, volunteers, youth cadets, and related law enforcement roles. Members first considered a striking amendment and then a series of floor amendments, with debate repeatedly focusing on sheriffs as elected constitutional officers, the scope of state authority over local law enforcement, and whether the bill would create unfunded mandates or practical problems for counties. Supporters of the bill and many amendments argued for clarifying language, local flexibility, and state payment for new requirements; opponents generally warned the bill would weaken elected sheriffs, impose costs on counties, or overreach into local control.
Amendment 2343, which would have added intent language emphasizing that sheriffs are directly accountable to the electorate, was debated at length and defeated on a roll call vote, 41 yeas to 56 nays. Amendment 2373, shifting background-check costs to the state through the Washington State Patrol, was also defeated, 44 yeas to 53 nays. Amendment 2374, narrowing provisions affecting private security and specially commissioned officers, failed 41 to 56. Amendment 2369, clarifying rules for volunteers and youth cadets, failed 41 to 56. Amendment 2371, limiting surveillance-related provisions to situations requiring a warrant, failed 42 to 55. Amendment 2372, clarifying that only non-public information would be restricted from disclosure, also failed 41 to 56.
Later, Amendment 2370, which would have aligned the bill’s definition of volunteer law enforcement officers with existing statute, was defeated 42 to 55. Finally, Amendment 2352, which would have exempted current sheriffs from the bill’s new decertification rules, was debated as a protection against changing the rules midstream but was opposed on the grounds that the bill already grandfathered in the one sheriff who did not meet the new experience requirement; the amendment’s vote was not completed in the excerpt provided. The transcript also begins with the Speaker signing several bills, including Substitute House Bill 1570 and Substitute Senate Bill 6248.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- land and one in El Paso of a red flower beetle that just took over the whole community, infesting houses
- That facility will house...
- second half of using and it is that it's a genetically modified organism, and you have to have special permits
- We want to make sure that your colleagues in the House and Senate understand that this did not end with
- Bexley talked about last time dealing with response strategies and permitted measures.
Committee:
House Agriculture & Livestock
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Economic and Rural Development Sep 4th, 2025
Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- With that, we need more housing, just like the rest of the nation, but we need all levels of housing,
- housing that we need.
- Compensated that can be housed.
- And housing is an issue.
- So housing is a piece.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
CPN-EIG, CPN-HHS, CPN DEFER Public Hearings 02-11-2025
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- Yes, the House companion to this bill has a slightly different allocation.
- Is HIO willing to look at a number between that House Bill 982 HD1 version and what you have in this
- to uh look at a number between that to uh look at a number between that house<00:29:19.880><c> bill</
- bill 982 HD1 version and what you house bill 982 HD1 version and what you have<00:29:23.600><c> in</
- I don't believe that this bill would permit the PUC to audit the fund because the fund is separately
Committee:
Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection
Summary:
The joint Senate hearing focused primarily on SB 1201, a wildfire measure that would create a wildfire recovery fund and allow securitization for electric utilities. Hawaiian Electric strongly supported the bill, saying it would help protect customers, property owners, insurers, and the broader economy from future catastrophic wildfire liability while improving the utility’s credit profile and lowering financing costs. Support also came from DCCA Consumer Advocacy, the Attorney General’s office on written comments, Ulupono Initiative, Clearway Energy Group, IBEW Local 1260, Par Hawaii, KIUC, the Chamber of Commerce Hawaiʻi, Plus Power, and numerous organizations and individuals. Opponents or commenters raised concerns about the liability cap, victim compensation process, and fund structure, including the Hawaiʻi Association for Justice, the Hawaiʻi Regional Council of Carpenters, and the Hawaiʻi Insurance Council; Henry Curtis of Life of the Land supported the concept of a fund but questioned the catastrophe threshold and whether the fund would be empty without a prudency finding.
Much of the discussion centered on whether the proposed fund would actually help restore Hawaiian Electric to investment grade, with senators comparing the proposal to California’s wildfire fund. Hawaiian Electric said the bill was only one part of a broader process, alongside physical risk reduction and settlement finalization, and argued that without the bill the utility would not regain investment grade. Senators also questioned the proposed $1 billion fund size, the fairness of ratepayer contributions versus shareholder contributions, and whether customers should pay for consulting and administrative costs; Hawaiian Electric said its proposed amendment would remove those consulting-related charges. The company also said the fund would accrue interest and, if unused, could be returned to customers, and that there would be replenishment and supplemental contribution mechanisms if the fund were exhausted.
The Attorney General’s office said it still had further amendments to discuss, and the departments had not yet resolved where the fund should reside administratively, though Hawaiian Electric said it believed DCCA was the appropriate place but was open to alternatives. KIUC requested two amendments. No vote or final committee action was taken during the hearing, and the measure remained under discussion with questions and proposed amendments still outstanding.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on the Judiciary Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on the Judiciary
Transcript Highlights:
- The first is House Bill 1997, Senate Bill 1153.
- Third bill is House Bill 1750.
- And finally, House Bill 1831.
- The House bill was filed by Representative Lay Davis.
- Um, so I'm trying today on House Bill ...
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on the Judiciary
Summary:
The Joint Committee on the Judiciary held a lengthy hearing on a wide range of bills involving domestic violence, sexual assault, child sexual abuse, trafficking, victim compensation, and related criminal justice reforms. Testimony focused on measures to support survivors and close perceived legal gaps, including bills to protect domestic violence survivors in child welfare proceedings, expand victim compensation for homicide families and trafficking survivors, create a DNA exception to the rape statute of limitations, eliminate or extend statutes of limitations for child sexual abuse, and strengthen laws on upskirting, sexual abuse by adults in positions of authority, and sexual assault by rideshare drivers. Several speakers also addressed bills concerning vulnerable adults, harassment and custody-related abuse, and early evidence kits.
Witnesses included legislators, prosecutors, advocates, and many survivors who described personal experiences with abuse and barriers to justice. Supporters argued that current laws often leave survivors without meaningful remedies, especially where consent, reporting requirements, evidentiary rules, or statutes of limitations prevent prosecution or compensation. Prosecutors and advocates said the bills would clarify vague statutes, increase penalties in some cases, and better reflect the realities of coercion, grooming, trafficking, and delayed reporting. Some testimony also urged amendments, including changes to victim compensation reporting rules and clarifications to avoid unintended conflicts with other wage-recovery laws.
No committee votes or final actions were taken in the hearing itself. The chairs emphasized strict time limits, respectful conduct, and the submission of written testimony, and several witnesses were called out of order to accommodate the large number of speakers.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- We are convening the House Committee on Finance.
- We are reconvening the House Committee on Finance.
- </c> testimony in strong support of House testimony in strong support of House Bill<01:38:03.920><c>
- Thank you for the opportunity to testify in opposition to House Bill 2561, House Draft 2.
- You know, the House of Representatives is supposed to be the House of the People.
Bills:
HB1183 , HB1656 , HB1658 , HB1661 , HB1663 , HB1664 , HB1859 , HB2116 , HB2271 , HB2276 , HB2335 , HB2360 , HB2387 , HB2472 , HB1805 , HB2469 , HB1815 , HB1860 , HB2117 , HB2118 , HB2437 , HB2438 , HB2604 , HB1590 , HB2156 , HB2268
Committee:
House Finance
Keywords:
retirement, pension, law enforcement, public safety, Hawaii Revised Statutes, indebtedness, salary recovery, employee compensation, deductions, financial management, collective bargaining, employee relations, impasse procedures, arbitration, public employment, HB1661, cafeteria plan, Section 125, Internal Revenue Code, flexible spending account
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- My one question is if a sex offender is living in the house and he's currently there paying, you know
- We're using the wall at their house.
- We're using the wall at their house.
- Um, a court may prevent or may permit intervention under the rules of civil procedure.
- </c> Um, a court may prevent or may permit Um, a court may prevent or may permit intervention<01:05:04.480
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Keywords:
felony, law enforcement, police officer, criminal penalties, public safety, sex offender, child care facility, residency restrictions, criminal law, sex offenders, child care facilities, legislation, false claims, civil penalties, state accountability, whistleblower protection, fraud prevention, 916, all