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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 224 Conference PM - 04-30-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-30-2026 12:00pm

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • of her care and her active, I'll tell you, this woman goes to the Heiau every day when she returns home
  • of her care and her active, I'll tell you, this woman goes to the Heiau every day when she returns home
  • of her care and her active, I'll tell you, this woman goes to the Heiau every day when she returns home
  • Smaller than even our small committee hearings.
  • </c><00:19:44.240><c> committee</c> Smaller than even our small committee Smaller than even our small
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 229 Conference PM - 04-30-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • for the task to which they are called and through each one bless the great state of Oklahoma, our home
  • Members, if you would turn your attention to the south gallery over here, we have a group of students
  • considered... the many independent ODAF licensed pet breeders who spent a lifetime building their small
  • businesses and whether they may be harmed similarly to when Walmart came into our small communities.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • And through each one, bless the great state of Oklahoma, our home, in Jesus' name. Amen.
  • Members, if you would turn your attention to the South Gallery over here, we have a group of students
  • Members, if you would turn your attention to the South Gallery over here, we have a group of students
  • Members, if you would turn your attention to the South Gallery over here, we have a group of students
  • businesses and whether they may be harmed similarly to when Walmart came into our small communities?
Summary: The House convened, took the roll, heard an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then moved through a series of introductions and floor presentations recognizing visitors, students, local officials, and the Luther cheer team. The chamber also introduced the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Lydia Dennis, and several members made personal announcements later in the day. The House then considered and passed several bills, mostly by wide margins. Measures included HB 2947 on behavioral health, allowing Medicaid billing for supervised mental health interns; HB 2951 cleaning up Department of Corrections prison listings in statute; HB 2980 allowing DMVs to accept valid physical proof of insurance; HB 382 barring fire departments from employing people who must register as sex offenders; HB 3519 changing the abandoned medical marijuana grow cleanup process from a bond to a fee; HB 3644, the Blake Burgess Act, requiring clot and embolism training and reporting; HB 3882 creating a revolving fund for ODOT lake and industrial access grants; HB 3661 removing a sunset from the forestry equipment tax provision; and HB 3996 memorializing OIDS obligations in capital appeal cases. Several bills drew brief questions about fiscal impact or implementation, and title-striking motions were made on some measures. The most debated item was HB 4335 on pet shops and local regulation. Supporters said it created a framework for municipalities and counties to regulate pet shops without outright bans, while opponents argued it undermined local control and favored a commercial retailer. After debate from both sides, the bill passed 60-26. The House also adopted the emergency on HB 3882, and at the end of the day the chamber adjourned until March 5, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/26

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • This group includes a lot of labor groups, which we just heard from Mr. Johnson about.
  • It includes also environmental groups.
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  • And working with that group, I did sit on that legislative work group for a while.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Feb 11th, 2026 at 05:05 pm

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm a born and raised New Mexican, 15 generations, a private practice physician in a specialty group
  • People were getting priced out of their homes because the property taxes were going up.
  • It applies to second homes.
  • Representative Pata Home and Senator, oh, Senator Figueroa. Happy to see you.
  • At its core, this Provide time-leak laser care close to home.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Feb 11th, 2026

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • I’m a born-and-raised New Mexican, 15 generations, a private practice physician in a specialty group
  • Excluding any group of providers from the caps on punitive damages will continue to impact premiums for
  • Excluding any group of providers from the caps on punitive damages will continue to impact premiums for
  • People were getting priced out of their homes because the property taxes were going up.
  • It applies to second homes.
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 99, a medical malpractice reform measure. Sponsor Chair Chandler and Minority Leader Armstrong described months of stakeholder negotiations aimed at balancing patient compensation with concerns from physicians, hospitals, and insurers about litigation costs, punitive damages, and access to care. The committee substitute kept the existing monetary damage caps but changed several provisions, including definitions of “occurrence” and “value of medical care,” treatment of future medical expenses, a higher clear-and-convincing standard for punitive damages, a two-step process before punitive damages can be pled, and a lower punitive-damages cap for smaller providers versus a higher cap for large hospital systems. Supporters said the bill would help recruit and retain doctors and stabilize the malpractice market; opponents argued it weakens accountability, especially for corporate and out-of-state hospital systems, and several speakers urged a stronger amendment to preserve patient rights. After debate, the committee voted 10-0 to give the House Judiciary Committee substitute for HB 99 a do-pass recommendation. The committee then heard House Joint Resolution 5, which would amend the state constitution to allow legislative compensation. Sponsors and supporters said paying legislators would make service more accessible to working people, parents, rural residents, and others without independent wealth, and would broaden representation. Several advocacy groups and individual commenters backed the proposal, while members raised questions about the pay formula, with the resolution tying compensation to the state median income. Some members supported the idea but preferred a salary commission or a different mechanism. The committee approved HJR 5 on a 7-3 vote. Finally, the committee began hearing House Memorial 39, which calls for a task force to study the current state of sexual assault examination kits and report on backlog progress. Sponsor Rep. Ferrari and the New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs explained that a prior task force a decade ago found more than 5,000 untested kits and led to policy changes, including the Sexual Assault Survivors Bill of Rights and a statewide tracking system. The memorial is intended to reassess whether backlogs remain and recommend further fixes.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Judiciary Feb 11th, 2026

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • And as I think now today, and Superintendent Kane can explain more, there's a small amount that gets
  • The group is called New Mexico Safety Over Profits. Ms.
  • But let's say they didn't actually go all the way to home base in that situation.
  • But let's say they didn't actually go all the way to home base in that situation.
  • The number of youth that are in that position is very small, very small.
Summary: The committee first took up a lengthy informational presentation on the Patient Compensation Fund (PCF) and New Mexico medical malpractice insurance. Teresa Hassey, a plaintiffs’ attorney, described the PCF’s origin in the 1976 Medical Malpractice Act, its role as a state-backed excess coverage system, and her view that it was mismanaged when hospital participation expanded without individualized risk assessments. She argued that hospitals underpaid surcharges, that the fund was depleted by claims, and that the 2021 amendments and later legislative infusions were meant to shore up deficits and phase hospitals out. Superintendent of Insurance Alice Kane and LFC analyst Julia Rodriguez presented a different perspective, emphasizing recent general fund infusions, current surcharge collections, the use of actuarial reviews, and the PCF’s budget and settlement activity. Kane said the market is highly concentrated, New Mexico’s malpractice costs and defense expenses are high, and the fund still provides lower-cost coverage than the open market, while also noting ongoing issues with future medical claims, TPA transition, and investment management. Committee members questioned the presenters at length about why New Mexico malpractice premiums are so high, whether defense costs were being conflated with claim payouts, how the PCF works with primary coverage and excess coverage, and whether hospitals were properly assessed when they entered the fund. Several senators raised concerns about punitive damages, corporate practice of medicine, and whether the state’s legal environment is driving doctors away. Others challenged the data comparisons, noting differences between one-year figures and multi-year averages, and asked why New Mexico’s costs remain far above neighboring states. Kane and Hassey disagreed on the causes, with Kane pointing to high claims and defense costs over time and Hassey arguing that hospital participation and punitive-damage exposure distorted the market. The chair concluded the discussion by saying the committee had not exhausted the topic and that he still wanted a clear path to reducing doctors’ insurance costs. After a break, the committee moved on to Senate Bill 41. Senator Charlie introduced the bill, which would eliminate the statute of limitations for the most serious sexual crimes in New Mexico. He argued that trauma, coercion, fear, and delayed disclosure often prevent survivors from reporting promptly, and said the law should reflect that reality. The bill was presented as a response to survivor testimony heard in a prior hearing, and the sponsor framed it as part of a broader effort to modernize the justice system for sexual violence cases.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Business, Trade & Economic Development Feb 4th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Business, Trade & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • The next bill is SB 6250, concerning the maximum principal amount of small loans.
  • It increases the limit of the principal amounts or total loan balance of small loans, receiving...
  • The limit of the principal amounts or total loan balance of small loans received by a small loan borrower
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture & Natural Resources Jan 14th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Agriculture & Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • As somebody who grew up food insecure, I grew up in and out of foster homes.
  • I was homeless in my teens, and I grew up in and out of foster homes.
  • banks, pantries, large organizations like Second Harvest and Northwest Harvest and Food Lifeline, and small
  • Small farms in the community are essential when supply chains are interrupted for any reason.
  • It's small businesses, it's small farmers, that are able to fill those gaps.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Natural Resources May 21st, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • issue when somebody maybe had inherited some land or, or needed for financial reasons to sell off a small
  • for the purposes of repairing, maintaining, or rehabilitating dams and reservoirs or building, uh, a small
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 2nd, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's from a small business. Yay.
  • It designates the first Saturday of each month as small... Small Business Saturday.
  • This dedication of Small Business Saturdays each month allows small businesses to thrive and stabilize
  • I appreciate the opportunity to tell you my small business story.
  • They all started as a small business. Thank you for your time.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Mar 11th, 2026

Judiciary

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  • Whereas many of them could be home with their families.
  • Whereas many of them could be home with their families.
  • Whereas many of them could be home with their families.
  • The intent of this bill is to provide extra safety and security for those children who are in DHR homes
  • <c> in</c><01:02:44.480><c> DHR</c><01:02:45.440><c> uh</c><01:02:45.599><c> facilities</c> in DHR homes