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MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

Local and Private - Room 210, 4 March, 2026; 9:00 AM

Local and Private

Summary: The committee took up Senate Bill 3230, which would authorize the board of trustees of Greenwood Laflur Hospital to petition for relief from debt and financial obligations, including filing Chapter 9 bankruptcy. The sponsor explained that the measure was being moved quickly because the hospital needed Chapter 9 authority so another hospital could take over operations, and described the bill as largely a formality. No additional questions or testimony were recorded. A motion was made for a do pass recommendation, and the committee voted in favor without opposition. The motion carried, and the committee rose and reported the bill onward.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

JDC DEFER, JDC-EDU Public Hearings 02-12-2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • >> Thank you. >> Private schools, Mr.
  • >> Can I get some money from private >> Can I get some money from private schools?
  • How does this affect private other private schools that don't have, you know, race as a selection?
  • >> I mean, same thing with the private schools.
  • >> I guess same question with the private >> I guess same question with the private
Bills: SB3123
Summary: The Judiciary Committee took up three measures in decision-making. SB 2678, which would create a Judiciary working group to improve family court processes and youth access to legal representation in the child welfare system, was recommended for passage with amendments. The amendments would clarify that members with lived experience are those who have navigated the state child welfare system, replace an actively serving guardian ad litem with a former GAL, allow co-chairs to invite additional experts, and provide compensation for lived-experience members. The committee report would also recommend a $20,000 appropriation, and the motion passed without objection. SB 2528, a Campaign Spending Commission proposal to expand the partial public financing program and raise expenditure limits, was also recommended for passage with amendments and adopted without objection. The committee’s changes would increase the public-funds match to 4:1, raise the maximum public funding available to 20% for statewide executive offices and 25% for legislative and certain county offices, blank out the appropriation in the bill, and instead recommend $7.2 million in the committee report. Technical amendments would also rename the program for consistency and set the bill’s effective date to March 22, 2075. In a joint Judiciary/Education hearing, SB 3123 drew extensive testimony in support from the Governor’s office, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, Hawaiian Council, Kamehameha Schools, and many private-school and community representatives. Supporters said the bill would clarify that donor-funded scholarships, grants, and tuition-free educational programs are charitable gifts rather than contractual obligations, giving donors and schools greater certainty and preserving educational access. Some members questioned whether the bill could affect Kamehameha Schools’ admissions practices or allow schools to avoid donor conditions; witnesses responded that the measure is intended to clarify donor intent, not change admissions, and that an opt-out clause would preserve the ability to create contractual agreements if the parties choose. The discussion ended with the bill still under consideration, with no final vote reflected in the transcript excerpt.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Aeronautics and Transportation Apr 6th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Aeronautics and Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • House bill 3443 has simply raises the oversize and overweight permit fees.
  • Essentially, the purpose for raising the fees is so that the oversized and overweight Permit fees would
  • An oversized and overweight permit fees should pay for the Weigh stations, and so this bill helps do
  • There are a number of fees being raised, permit fees being raised.
  • We're estimating that it'll be about $15 million, assuming that we have the same number of permits requested
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 5th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • When considering an application for a groundwater permit, groundwater conservation districts (GCDs) must
  • consider several criteria for approval, including other permitted wells that may be impacted within
  • or permit amendments.
  • We'll give those people standing should they file a protest against a new permit or a new application
  • , and this protects our private property rights.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Licensing & Administrative Procedures Apr 8th, 2025

Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Transcript Highlights:
  • hold winery permit.
  • Current law prohibits holding both the winery permit, that's a T-A-B-C-G permit. and a non-resident sellers
  • permit, a T-A-B-C-S permit, simultaneously.
  • Coast ASRAC has an S permit acquired by Southern Champion, acquired. Southern Champion, a G permit.
  • Regardless of the permit. type.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Committee, February 25, 2026

Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Transcript Highlights:
  • for building permits.
  • approve a permit.
  • standard, where you have a permit called permit by rule.
  • review of the permit. review of the permit.
  • You have a permit called permit by rule.
Bills: HB0002, HB0022
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Thu Feb 12, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
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Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 2614, which would require merchants selling cosmetics to accept returns of newer unopened goods within specified time frames and expand signage requirements for return and refund policies. DCCA’s Office of Consumer Protection strongly supported the bill, citing updated figures of 180 cosmetic complaints from 2020 to 2025, 54 still under investigation, 148 referred to class action litigation, and more than $1.3 million in consumer losses. Members questioned whether the bill was needed given the pending lawsuit and whether bad actors would comply, while the office responded that clearer signage would improve consumer awareness and could reduce complaints without limiting other remedies. No vote was taken. The committee then heard HB 1660 HD1, which would allow counties to require contractors to disclose wage, benefit, hour, and employment-status information and to deny, revoke, or suspend permits for certain labor-law violations. DLIR, the Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters, Operating Engineers Local 3, and Pacific Resource Partnership testified in support, arguing the measure would help deter cheating contractors, protect law-abiding employers, and keep bad actors from undercutting wages and taxes. One member raised concerns about possible delays to affordable housing projects and whether owners should be held responsible for contractors’ misconduct; supporters replied that compliance is a minimum standard, that county action would be discretionary rather than automatic, and that the bill would not bar counties from working with affordable housing developers. No action was reported. Finally, the committee took up HB 1704, adopting the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact to allow telepsychology and temporary in-person practice across state lines. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the State Health Planning and Development Agency, the Hawaii State Association of Counties, and the Hawaii Association of Health Plans supported the measure, saying it would help fill major staffing gaps, especially for forensic evaluations and services in rural and neighbor-island communities. The Board of Psychology raised concerns about the compact’s scope, the need for a study focused specifically on psychologists, background-check requirements, possible loss of regulatory authority and revenue, and the need to update older statutory provisions. Hawaii Association for Justice opposed the immunity language in the compact, and Shawn Scanlon opposed the bill, arguing it could weaken cultural responsiveness and local control and suggesting the state instead improve temporary licensing and other in-state pathways. The committee also questioned the Department of Corrections about its vacancies and whether telehealth could be filled by local providers; no vote was taken in the excerpt.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EIG Public Hearing 02-05-2026

Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • First is Senate Bill 2671, relating to essential permitting positions.
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  • So, we'd like to permitting process.
Bills: SB2671, SB2902
Summary: The Senate Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs heard two measures. SB 2671, relating to essential permitting positions, drew no oral testimony beyond written comments from the Department of the Attorney General and the Office of Planning. The chair said the bill was intended to make government more efficient and reduce red tape in the permitting process. SB 2902, relating to renewable energy, received testimony from the Division of Consumer Advocacy, the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, the Public Utilities Commission, Kauai Island Cooperative, Bright Saver, and 350 Hawaii. Supporters described the bill as a way to expand access to plug-in or balcony solar, lower electricity bills, improve resilience, and broaden access for renters and apartment residents. Several testifiers urged amendments to avoid limiting the measure to condominiums, to remove condominium board approval language, and to eliminate utility or PUC registration requirements. The PUC said registration could help with safety, linemen protection, and circuit hosting-capacity concerns, and noted that improper installation or oversizing could create problems. After a brief recess, the committee voted to recommend both bills for passage with amendments and deferred each to April 19, 2042. The recommendations were adopted without objection.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Energy REVISED Mar 5th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's private property, and we want to ensure that.
  • We've got some measuring requirements that are put in on all of those permitted users.
  • So there's a Lot of people that aren't going to be affected by this, but those that are permitted, I'm
Bills: SB1928, SB259