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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 22nd, 2026 at 02:01 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

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  • The state lab is one of them.
  • To my right is my deputy state auditor and former state controller, Donna Montoya Trujillo.
  • The State Personnel Office comp and class study that was conducted missed our office.
  • The state allocations to state agencies are a reverting fund that was set up in the initial law, and
  • We're going to invite up the Secretary of State. Thank you. State of... Okay, wait, I got it.
Bills: HB1
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Jan 22nd, 2026 at 11:06 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • About 500 students from about 30 schools across the state are here right now.
  • And thank you for all the wonderful work that is going on across our state.
  • Usually we have backpacks that we give out across the state.
  • Today it's a state, and now we're going down to the local.
  • agencies required by law, be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico.
Bills: HB1
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 22nd, 2026 at 09:36 am

Senate Finance

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  • This is one of the bigger state projects.
  • Is that enough for the whole state?
  • The State Engineer's Office.
  • State NMSU's multidisciplinary academic facility at 55 million.
  • We can only do three years in the state budget.
Bills: HB1
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 20th, 2026 at 04:16 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

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  • And there are several phases of the program so that the data that is coming from the states that goes
  • so that the states can do redistricting, et cetera, is also accurate.
  • , I believe, by multiple agencies within the state.
  • One of the ways it can be accessed is through the New Mexico State Library webpage.
  • It's basically stating that the legislature finds that it's urgent to ensure that this funding.
Bills: HB1
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee May 6th, 2025

Judiciary

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  • Senator, you mentioned other states that have done this. How many? Where are they?
  • And maybe the term states was improper as in the plural, but the state of Florida has done it.
  • I know for a fact, and I can't say if any other states have done it. So, Florida...
  • Other states have done it.
  • I think federal and state... Federal and state, we do.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Border Security Mar 20th, 2025

Border Security

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  • any other state agencies.
  • any other state agencies.
  • benefit to this state.
  • , from various bodies and communities across the state, that could oversee this study and make sure we
  • , different studies across state government.
Bills: SB825
Summary: The Senate Committee on Border Security heard testimony on Senate Bill 825 by Senator Middleton, as substituted, which would require an annual or biennial study of the economic, environmental, and financial impacts of illegal immigration in Texas. Middleton said the bill is intended to provide lawmakers with comprehensive data on costs to law enforcement, health care, education, infrastructure, and taxpayers, and to support possible federal reimbursement claims. Several senators, including Hinojosa and Eckhardt, agreed that a study is needed but raised concerns about bias, the scope of the study, and whether the Comptroller’s Office rather than the governor’s office should conduct it. Middleton argued the governor’s office was the best coordinating entity because it could direct multiple agencies to provide data, while Hinojosa and others emphasized the Comptroller’s expertise and prior 2006 study. Public testimony was generally supportive of the idea of a study but critical of the bill’s framing. Sarah Cruz of the ACLU of Texas said the study should be a full cost-benefit analysis and warned that focusing only on costs could create an anti-immigrant narrative. Danny Woodward of the Texas Civil Rights Project also supported the concept but recommended moving the study to the Comptroller or, alternatively, creating a neutral commission. Jaime Pointe of Every Texan likewise supported updating the 2006 analysis and said state agencies should be able to cooperate with a governor-led study. Resource witnesses from the governor’s office, HHSC, TEA, OCA, TDCJ, and DPS explained that data collection would be uneven across agencies. HHSC and TEA said they often do not collect immigration status and, in TEA’s case, federal law limits schools from requesting such information; OCA and TDCJ said they could provide only partial or indirect data unless new reporting requirements were added. DPS said it already has Operation Lone Star data but would need to collect additional information if tasked with the broader study. The chair asked the governor’s office to provide a follow-up answer on separation-of-powers and related authority questions by the following Tuesday, and the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair without taking a vote on the bill.
TX
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  • . state, such as Angelo State and West Texas A&M.
  • This is an extraordinary opportunity for Victoria, for our region, for our state, and most importantly
  • An educational pipeline that will make them more comfortable in making these investments in the state
  • It is a growing need to feed the state of Texas and to feed the world.
  • I am the president of the Keating Auto Group, the largest car dealer group in the state of Texas, and
TX
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  • OK. 130 Raise state your name here you represent.
  • Go ahead, state your name, who you represent.
  • universities. in our great state of Texas.
  • Many states, such as Alabama.
  • aid and certain state grant programs.
TX
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  • the outcome of the study.
  • in an unbiased. and comprehensive study on the impact of immigration on this state.
  • , from various bodies and communities. across the state that could oversee this study and get make sure
  • Your concerns are already addressed in the ways in which we do state... different studies across state
  • to oversee this study.
Bills: SB825
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/22/2026 - House Health & Human Services

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm a junior studying at ASU. I study psychology. Madam Chair, members, my name is Logan Kilby.
  • I'm a junior studying at ASU. I study psychology, and I'm a research intern.
  • We even looked to other states.
  • However, landmark studies in 2022 and 2023 of almost 10 million infants in the United States showed that
  • It just states ambulance.
Summary: The committee opened with attendance and member introductions, then heard a series of health-related bills, many focused on access to care in rural and underserved communities. HB 2049 would allow particle accelerators for radiation therapy in critical access hospitals and counties under 400,000 population under general supervision; sponsors and rural oncology witnesses said it would reduce travel burdens for cancer patients while maintaining safety protocols. HB 2050 updated radiologic technologist statutes to align with current national standards, adjust accreditation and clinical-hour requirements, and allow radiologist assistants to work under supervision rather than direct supervision; an amendment also added registered nurses to the list of professionals not needing a separate license to use diagnostic X-ray machines. Both bills were supported by testimony about workforce shortages and access, though one member voted no on HB 2050 over concerns about oversight and board authority. Both measures received do-pass recommendations, with HB 2050 amended. The committee then unanimously advanced HB 2082, which creates a Childhood Cancer and Rare Childhood Disease Research Commission to award grants for phase-one pediatric cancer and rare disease trials. Testimony came from families affected by pediatric brain cancer, including a parent who described traveling internationally for treatment and a college student currently undergoing treatment who urged the state to invest in research. Members expressed strong sympathy and support, and the bill passed 12-0. Next, HB 2015 would require Access to cover breastfeeding and lactation services in multiple settings; the sponsor and medical witnesses described breastfeeding as preventive care with benefits for infants and mothers, while Access testified neutral and noted a fiscal estimate was being developed and that the amendment would protect the state if CMS does not approve the services. The bill, as amended, also received a unanimous do-pass recommendation. The committee also approved HB 2177, which directs Access to seek CMS waivers so tribal and Indian Health Service facilities can be reimbursed for certain covered services, including dental care, for American Indian and Alaska Native members. The sponsor and a Sage Memorial Hospital representative said the bill would help rural tribal facilities keep services local and maximize federal matching funds; it passed unanimously as amended. HB 2178, requiring a state agency medical chief officer to hold an active medical or osteopathic license, was described as a cleanup measure after a lapse in licensure exposed a statutory gap, and it also passed unanimously. HB 2179, which clarifies definitions separating air ambulance from ground ambulance regulation, was supported as a technical clarification to avoid unintended consequences and likewise received unanimous approval. Finally, the committee advanced HB 2183, which creates an emergency medicine study committee to examine Arizona’s EMS system, including rural and urban capacity, workforce burnout, uncompensated care, and emergency department utilization. The sponsor said the study would help the state understand system pressures and identify policy solutions; firefighters, health care advocates, and an emergency medicine nurse practitioner testified in support, emphasizing the ER’s role as the safety net and the strain from staffing shortages, rural closures, and high volumes. The bill was still under discussion at the end of the transcript, with testimony continuing after the initial supporters spoke.