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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Care & Wellness Jan 27th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Health Care & Wellness

Transcript Highlights:
  • We all agree health care costs are burdensome, and we should also all agree that cost containment is
  • needed in our state, not more cost shifting.
  • We all agree health care costs are burdensome, and we should also all agree that cost containment is
  • needed in our state, not more cost shifting.
  • The cost shows up somewhere else, often as higher charges or increase The cost shows up somewhere else
Bills: HB1812 , HB2232 , HB2250 , HB2340 , HB2577
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 4th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So looking at a lot of the ways that we could maybe streamline the costs for doing this work, and it
  • And all we hear is the cost of child care. The cost of child care. Who can afford it? Mr.
  • I mean, it's just one thing after another that just raises the cost.
  • We're pointing out the cost of child care is so expensive.
  • That's going to drive down costs immediately. We can do better.
Summary: The Senate opened with roll call, the Pledge of Allegiance, prayer, and approval of the previous day’s journal. It received a House message that the House had passed second engrossed substitute Senate Bill 5010, and then took up Senate Resolution 8700 honoring Yolanda Cortinas Trout Manuel for her community service, business leadership, and public service. Senator Fortunato sponsored the resolution and spoke warmly in support, and the Senate adopted it by voice vote and recognized the guest in the gallery. The chamber then confirmed Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9142, Maria Seguyenza to the Western Washington University Board of Trustees, after supportive remarks from Senators Bateman and Wilson-Clair. The Senate also passed Substitute House Bill 2248, described as a technical cleanup bill for Secretary of State corporate filings, and House Bill 2309, which removes postgraduate degree requirements for certain state jobs to broaden applicant pools. House Bill 2348 passed as a Department of Natural Resources efficiency measure allowing smaller land sales to be posted online and clarifying fair-market-value requirements. The Senate deferred Second Substitute House Bill 1128 at first, then later adopted a striking amendment and passed the bill as amended. The bill creates a child care workforce standards board to study workforce conditions and make recommendations; several proposed amendments by Senator King to add child-safety training language, add an expiration date, and narrow the board’s scope were rejected. Supporters said the board would professionalize child care work and improve wages and standards, while opponents argued it would add government and costs without solving affordability. The Senate also passed Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2523 on the Community Reinvestment Program, with supporters emphasizing accountability, periodic review, and an independent study, and passed Substitute House Bill 2428 to prevent unintentional lapses in life insurance policies by allowing third-party notices. Finally, the Senate passed House Bill 2340, expanding the CARES substance use disorder recovery program to nursing assistants, and Engrossed House Bill 2317, which streamlines licensing for Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program sites in certain educational settings. Most bills passed by wide margins, though Second Substitute House Bill 1128 passed with a narrower 28-19 vote. The Senate then recessed for lunch and caucus.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 4th, 2026

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • President, was this is going to cost the agency money.
  • And then what is the disposal cost? So.
  • What is the cost of having an incineration unit to burn solid waste? How much does that cost?
  • of land, which in effect drives up the cost of housing.
  • President, and certainly the cost of housing contributes.
Summary: The Senate took up a series of House bills, often suspending the rules to move measures directly to final passage after brief debate. Messages from the House reported signed bills being transmitted, and the Senate later signed several measures in open session. The chamber also excused a few members from voting on specific bills. Among the first major actions, Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2508, clarifying the scope and authority of the Office of Independent Investigations, passed 44-4 after supporters described it as a technical housekeeping bill and opponents raised concerns about overlapping investigations. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1408, which dedicates 20% of sales tax revenue from the two large stadiums to a community preservation and development authority in South Downtown/Pioneer Square/Chinatown International District, passed 47-1 after supporters emphasized reinvestment in historic buildings and neighborhood safety. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1500, requiring more complete resale certificates for common interest communities and homeowners associations, passed 39-9 after a successful amendment clarifying litigation language. Substitute House Bill 1570, allowing collective bargaining for certain student employees at public institutions, failed an amendment to remove the emergency clause and then passed 29-19 despite objections that it blurs student and employee roles. The chamber then debated Substitute House Bill 1390, which repeals the Community Protection Program and directs DSHS to transition participants into other developmental disability services. Numerous amendments sought to preserve restrictions, add assessments, or create liability protections, but most were rejected; the committee striking amendment updating agency names and dates was adopted. The bill passed 29-20 after a lengthy, emotional debate over whether the program protects public safety or unfairly restricts people with developmental disabilities, with supporters citing civil rights concerns and opponents warning about risks to vulnerable residents and the lack of a detailed transition plan. Other measures passed with broad support, including Substitute House Bill 2114 on defective license plates (48-0), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2471 on collective bargaining if the NLRB loses authority (31-18), House Bill 1069 on bargaining over supplemental retirement contributions for Department of Corrections employees (31-18), House Bill 2441 expanding medical premium reimbursements for surviving spouses of line-of-duty deaths (49-0), and Engrossed Third Substitute House Bill 1710 adding preclearance requirements under the Washington Voting Rights Act, which drew debate over local control and litigation but had not yet reached a final vote by the end of the transcript.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Jan 21st, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • administrative cost to the program.
  • Took an hour to do it and didn't cost the consumers anything. state loves to do it and didn't cost the
  • It would cost not to exceed $18.
  • cost burdens on consumers for their participation in recycling in Washington by increasing the cost
  • costs.
Bills: HB1607 , HB2159 , HB2441 , HB2521 , HB2531 , HB2543
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Workforce Apr 29th, 2025

S/C on Workforce

Transcript Highlights:
  • the report card results, the Alliance is in dark blue on the bar graph, with the lowest health care costs
  • You know, that's cost the cities and counties... ...back to work.
  • You know, that's cost the cities and counties a lot of money.
  • Without intentional intervention, the economic cost is staggering.
  • Nationally, disconnected youth cost the economy almost $70 billion annually.
Summary: The subcommittee heard testimony on a broad agenda of workforce, labor, and workers’ compensation bills. HB 4676 would require political subdivision workers’ compensation networks to follow the same notice, access, and complaint rules as certified TDI networks; supporters said public employees and first responders deserve equal access to care, while municipal risk pool representatives opposed added regulation and said existing 504 networks already perform well. HB 4479 would create a rural workforce development grant program at TWC to support college-and-career readiness and local workforce alignment, and HB 3844 would define “opportunity youth” in state law to improve data, coordination, and access to services for disconnected young Texans; both drew strong support from rural, education, and chamber witnesses. HB 5545 would clarify federal tax treatment for wage-replacement benefits in non-subscriber injury benefit plans, with proponents calling it a win for employers and injured workers. HB 5118 would direct TWC and DIR to study AI and automated employment decision tools in hiring, including bias and oversight concerns. HB 1667 would move existing PTSD workers’ compensation language into a broader Labor Code chapter so more first responders, including state and campus officers, could qualify for benefits; supporters called it a technical fix to extend coverage more evenly across agencies. The committee also heard several first-responder and workers’ compensation bills. HB 2369 would speed up claims handling for injured first responders by allowing a single medical evaluation, giving carriers 60 days to accept or deny a claim, and letting workers seek treatment while disputes proceed; law enforcement supporters said it would help injured officers return to work faster, while opponents warned it would revive extent-of-injury waiver problems and increase litigation. HB 4483 would reclassify certain workers’ compensation maintenance taxes as surcharges to reduce retaliatory taxes imposed by other states on Texas-domiciled carriers, and HB 875, as revised by committee substitute, would create a small-project exception to municipal workers’ compensation and bonding requirements for certain low-value construction contracts in small cities; both were presented as cost-saving measures for Texas employers and local governments. HB 4415 would extend anti-retaliation protections for workers’ compensation claimants from first responders to all public employees and expressly waive sovereign immunity for those claims, with supporters describing it as closing a loophole that leaves public workers without the same remedy available in the private sector. The committee also took testimony on HB 5400, which would expand remedies for sexual harassment victims by removing the requirement to first file an administrative charge, extending the filing deadline from 300 days to two years, clarifying retaliation, and eliminating current damages caps. Supporters, including employment lawyers and a parent of a victim, said the current deadlines and caps prevent many survivors from obtaining counsel or full relief, especially younger workers and those in small workplaces or franchises. Across the agenda, witnesses repeatedly emphasized access to care, fair treatment for injured workers, rural workforce development, and stronger protections for vulnerable employees. After each bill was laid out and testimony heard, the chair generally closed the public hearing and left the bill pending; no final votes were taken, and the subcommittee adjourned after completing the agenda.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • There is a medical impact, and then there's a cost analysis. Is that correct? That is correct.
  • We want this done as part of you know', as part of the process because we think this is going to cost
  • efficiency of a bill that could increase costs, or the financial impact on our constituents.
  • are constantly talking to us about the cost of insurance increase.
  • And so there's a cost.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/10/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:03:51.239><c> of</c> certainly are driving uh the cost of certainly are driving uh the cost of
  • , which is the property tax portion of those housing costs.
  • And it does so for housing costs.
  • </c> adding significant costs. adding significant costs.
  • </c><01:06:49.120><c> of</c> you know while this while the cost of you know while this while the cost
Bills: HF2715 , HF2499 , HF3420 , HF3657 , HF2303
Committee: House Taxes
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - House Judiciary

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • GPS monitoring costs $150 a month.
  • Chair, sir, what is the cost associated with this service?
  • Chair, sir, that is a cost that would be per person now. At that point, that's a $40 cost.
  • So it's a cost. I mean, have we looked at what the cost is going to be, the cost factor of this?
  • I just wanted to mention in regards to what it would cost and the fiscal impact.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • the court to consider whether the parties can afford it, weigh the child's best interest against the cost
  • that lives in Paris to have to be all of a sudden where some trustee is in El Paso and by just pure cost
  • and dad have to go to family therapy just to talk about communication issues, I can't delegate the costs
  • and dad have to go to family therapy just to talk about communication issues, I can't delegate the costs
  • It just says the court may order a party to, and it says, pay the cost of counseling.
Summary: The committee heard several House bills, most of them relating to family law and court procedure, and left each bill pending after testimony. House Bill 1916 would clarify that the court that issued a final divorce decree retains exclusive jurisdiction over later actions involving undivided property. House Bill 1973 would require a certified birth certificate, if reasonably available, to be filed with a SAPCR petition or allow alternative proof of parentage while keeping the information confidential. House Bill 2530 would add qualifications and procedural safeguards for appointing amicus attorneys in SAPCR cases, including notice and hearing requirements, minimum qualifications, conflict rules, and limits on what amicus attorneys may do. House Bill 2524 would make Family Code references to attorney’s fees consistent by using “reasonable and necessary” language. House Bill 3180 would correct a scrivener’s error in the civil discovery rules by changing “settlement” to “statement.” The committee also heard House Bill 4213, which would change the interest rate on overdue child support from the current 6 percent simple interest to a fixed 5 percent and require the Attorney General to report on the impact of the change. Testimony was sharply divided: supporters argued lower interest could improve collections and help low-income obligors catch up, citing research and the size of child-support arrearages; opponents said lowering the rate would reduce incentives to pay and harm custodial parents and children. The Attorney General’s office raised implementation concerns about a House version that would have created a variable rate, while the committee substitute was described as restoring a simple fixed rate. After testimony, the bill was left pending. The committee also discussed House Bill 40, updating business court provisions and supplemental jurisdiction; House Bill 3421, streamlining probate procedures for original wills and copies; and House Bill 417, clarifying venue for lawsuits involving private transfer fees on real property. Each drew limited testimony and was left pending. Finally, House Bill 3783 drew extensive testimony on court-ordered counseling and reunification therapy in family cases. The sponsor and supporters said the bill would protect children and abuse victims from coercive, unregulated reunification practices, while opponents argued it was too broad, could interfere with legitimate therapy and judicial discretion, and might affect military families and other high-conflict cases. The committee heard testimony from judges, therapists, parents, survivors, and advocates, but took no final action and left the bill pending.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Cook's bill sponsored by Vice Chair Senator Johnson, about the recovery of fees, court costs
Summary: The committee considered several House bills dealing with family law and civil procedure. House Bill 1916, concerning a court’s jurisdiction in suits to divide property not divided on dissolution of marriage, was reported favorably on a 4-0 vote and recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. House Bill 1973, addressing proof of the identity of a child’s parents in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship, was also adopted with a committee substitute, reported favorably 4-0, and sent to the local and uncontested calendar. House Bill 2524, on recovery of fees, court costs, and expenses in family law proceedings, and House Bill 2530, on special appointments in suits affecting the parent-child relationship, each received favorable 4-0 votes and were likewise recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee then took up House Bill 3180, which was reported favorably 4-0 and recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. The most detailed discussion centered on House Bill 40, relating to updates to business courts. Senator Hughes explained a committee amendment that made conforming changes requested by the Finance Committee and removed language creating two new judgeships, replacing it with a different judge allocation. The amendment was adopted, the amended committee substitute was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably on a 4-0 vote and sent to the local and uncontested calendar. At the end of the meeting, members briefly clarified procedural details about the House Bill 40 amendment and then closed out the agenda. The committee also noted a correction to an earlier reference to Bartleby the Scrivener, and the Chair recessed the Committee on Jurisprudence subject to the call of the chair.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships May 5th, 2025

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Transcript Highlights:
  • Under current law, counties are required to pay the cost of a traveling probate judge. requires the parties
  • of a contested probate proceeding to reimburse the county for the cost of traveling of the traveling
  • Clearing a title is a complicated process that can cost upwards of $15,000.
  • As we heard, it costs about $15,000 to get that deed unclouded, if you will.
  • And it doesn't cost very much. if you go in that.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health May 19th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is a cost-effective way to do that.
  • Over the past decade, the cost of prescription drugs has significantly increased.
  • Bars are completely filled up right now, and this is a way to relieve the cost.
  • The overall cost-benefit analysis showed that for every dollar invested in Haven, the community saw a
  • I think you're going to see the numbers, and the cost diversions in and of themselves will pay for the
Committee: House Public Health
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/26/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> who can pay these costs. who can pay these costs.
  • And those cost of day care?
  • </c> my reading of the bill is that the cost my reading of the bill is that the cost of<00:28:32.919>
  • . costs. costs.
  • </c> will cost us $20,000. will cost us $20,000.
Bills: HF495 , HF4321 , HF3902 , HF4161 , HF3755
Committee: House Taxes
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Taxes - 03/26/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> associated costs. associated costs.
  • </c><00:46:01.040><c> participation</c> what we call the cost participation what we call the cost participation
  • </c> but it is favorable as far as the cost but it is favorable as far as the cost participation.<00:
  • </c> embedded within the the cost embedded within the the cost participation<00:47:18.720><c> policy<
  • That uh of the cost of the hotel stay.
Bills: HF495 , HF4321 , HF3902 , HF4161 , HF3755
Committee: Senate Taxes
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Civil Law and Procedure Mar 23rd, 2026

Civil Law and Procedure

Transcript Highlights:
  • It adds to the cost of litigation.
  • And one of the things that drives insurance costs is litigation cost.
  • that we've been making with reference to insurance costs and how much it costs to litigate.
  • Once you designate the cost, the clerk's going to send out a new notice with just the designated costs
  • But when the clerks are estimating the cost, we're getting the cost for the court reporter's fees, and
Bills: HB135 , HB142 , HB170 , HB194 , HB215 , HB216 , HB226 , HB284 , HB292 , HB297 , HB609
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <c> many</c><00:35:07.359><c> households</c> costs compare favorably, many households costs compare favorably
  • Rural areas are especially affected, with lower incomes and higher energy costs.
  • Um as you income on home energy costs.
  • Those fees represent a real cost that, if it's not borne by the customer, that cost will be shifted onto
  • Those fees represent a real cost that, if it's not borne by the customer, that cost will be shifted onto
Bills: HF3458 , HF3777 , HF3778 , HF3912
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Committee Apr 29th, 2025

Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:
  • considered in a project. have those costs considered in a project going forward.
  • Unanticipated and uncontrolled relocation costs on these... uncontrolled relocation costs on these investments
  • Of course, at some point, as ALDOT's mandated utility relocation costs climb, our ability to execute
  • All those and more could face increased costs, possibly making them unaffordable.
  • Those who benefit from it should cover the costs.
Bills: HB606 , SB271