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TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services (Part II) May 7th, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- The chair lays out Senate Bill 1782 and recognizes its author, Senator Miles, to explain the bill.
- It's not a drug under emergency use authorization.
- We didn't know that until A drug under emergency use authorization.
- Their opinion is not subject to just a review or congressional intervention.
- Their opinion is not subject to just a review or congressional intervention.
Bills:
HB18 , HB37 , HB116 , HB18 , HB37 , HB 116 , HB388 , HB879 , HB913 , HB 1151 , HB2216 , HB2358 , HB2809 , SB577 , SB1590 , SB1782 , SB1887 , SB2744
Committee:
Senate Health & Human Services
Keywords:
HB 18, Texas Legislature, quorum break, quorum-busting, legislative walkout, absent legislators, political contributions, campaign finance, political expenditures, legislative caucus, specific-purpose committee, Texas Ethics Commission, civil penalty, show cause order, district court, Fifteenth Court of Appeals, session fundraising, travel lodging food expenses, legislative session, compelled attendance
Summary:
The committee first reopened testimony on House Bill 2216, which would strengthen child welfare requirements by expanding “active efforts” to help families avoid removal and support reunification, while also raising standards related to removals and terminations. Supporters from child welfare and family defense groups said the bill would better protect families and align Texas more closely with ICWA-style principles, but several warned it would require significant new funding, staffing, and community services such as mental health care, housing, child care, and substance use treatment. The committee then left HB 2216 pending.
The committee next heard Senate Bill 1782, aimed at boarding and group homes. Senator Miles said the bill closes enforcement gaps left by prior law by requiring retention of background-check records and creating misdemeanor penalties for failing to conduct or keep them, or for knowingly hiring people with serious convictions. Harris County sheriff’s investigators testified in support, describing illegal boarding homes, operators who evade permits and background checks, and exploitation of vulnerable residents; the bill was left pending. The committee also took up Senate Bill 481 on emergency preparedness for nursing facilities and assisted living facilities, adopted a new committee substitute that softened some requirements and removed the fiscal note, and left the bill pending.
The committee then heard House Bill 388, which would require the Texas Department of Insurance to create a single standardized coordination-of-benefits form for dual health plans to reduce errors and surprise bills; it was left pending. Senate Bill 1590 would move paternity registry searches for adoptions to an electronic process with a 10-day target, and House Bill 2809 would track child suicide attempts in managing conservatorship and require related reporting and parental notice; both were left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1887, which would prohibit administering mRNA-containing products for immunization for 10 years, with exceptions for cancer and genetic disorders. Supporters argued the bill was needed for safety, informed consent, and medical freedom, while opponents from the medical, research, and public health communities said mRNA vaccines are well-studied, save lives, and that the bill would harm access, research, and Texas’s biotech economy. The bill remained under discussion as testimony concluded.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- This is to authorize funds so that the ERS pension administration system, which is currently VC, can
- funds so that the ERS pension authorize funds so that the ERS pension Administration<00:13:07.839><c
- Conversations that we've had with the Congressional Delegation indicate that we potentially could see
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AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- 1288, appeals court division to elimination; SB 1308, an adversary fraud appropriation; SCR 1011, congressional
- 1288, appeals court division to elimination; SB 1308, an adversary fraud appropriation; SCR 1011, congressional
- sb12887 stock guarding act in management areas sb 1308 for an adversary fraud appropriation sr 1011 congressional
Summary:
The Arizona Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, confirmed attendance, and approved the prior journal. Several senators then used points of personal privilege to introduce guests and recognize visitors, including Chaplain Ron Lagata, an Air Force air traffic controller apprentice shadowing Senator Gabaldón, a guest of Senator Farnsworth, and a group connected to Arizona’s space industry and Special Olympics Arizona.
Senator Bolick read a proclamation for “Not in Our State,” condemning human trafficking and calling on Arizonans, schools, churches, nonprofits, law enforcement, and businesses to work together to prevent trafficking and support victims. Senator Tothley then gave an emotional statement about the death of an eight-year-old girl in his community, criticized delays in the turquoise alert system, and urged statewide changes so alerts go out more quickly and broadly. The Senate observed a moment of silence in the child’s memory.
The chamber then moved through second reading of a long list of bills and resolutions covering topics such as counseling after traumatic events, military permitting, EMS reciprocity, election procedures, court-ordered treatment, assisted living, juvenile detention education, Alzheimer’s funding, gaming appropriations, short-term rentals, law enforcement mask prohibitions, fire district formation, prison and correction officer issues, port of entry funding, appeals court structure, and congressional term limits. Several bills were also referred to committees, including measures on voting centers, candidate petition circulators, weather modification, federal land acquisition consent, bleed control kits, foreign donations, unemployment benefits, and SNAP purchases. The Senate also announced upcoming committee meetings and then adjourned until Monday, January 26, 2026, at 1:15 p.m.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Bill to establish a supplemental energy assistance program, HF771, heard in energy committee 3/25/25
Transcript Highlights:
- The final bill on the agenda for today is House File 771, authored by Representative Craft, who is making
- received about 90% of this year's appropriation already, and the other 10% was just passed in the Congressional
- received about 90% of this year's appropriation already, and the other 10% was just passed in the Congressional
- received about 90% of this year's appropriation already, and the other 10% was just passed in the Congressional
- Was just passed in the Congressional CR that just passed.
Summary:
House File 771, as amended, was laid over for possible inclusion. The bill would create a state supplemental grant program to build on LIHEAP, with the goal of expanding energy assistance beyond the winter season to cover summer cooling needs and reduce utility shutoffs. Representative Craft said the proposal would use existing LIHEAP systems, help more eligible households, and support related services like weatherization. The committee adopted the author’s amendment, DE2, without objection.
Supporters testified that energy costs remain unaffordable for many Minnesotans, especially in rural areas and among low-income households, seniors, and people using delivered fuels. Annie Levenson-Faulk of the Citizens Utility Board said only about a quarter of eligible households receive assistance, summer shutoffs are common, and cooling needs have grown significantly. Trisha Leite of the Minnesota Rural Electric Association, Amanda Macky of Minnesota Valley Action Council, and Ken Schum of the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association all supported the bill, saying year-round assistance would help households, reduce disconnects, stabilize demand for aid, and ease pressure on utility rates. Michael Schmitz of the Department of Commerce said Minnesota has received about $112 million in LIHEAP funds so far this year and is awaiting additional federal money; he also noted recent funding has been lower than in prior years and inflation has reduced its value.
Members discussed the scale of utility shutoffs, the increase in cooling demand, and whether the bill addresses root causes or serves as a temporary fix. Representative Weiner argued that the state should focus on keeping more money in taxpayers’ pockets and reducing the need for subsidies, while Representative Craft responded that the underlying issue is low incomes and widening wealth inequality, and that policies like the child tax credit are better ways to address poverty. The chair also asked how LIHEAP dollars flow, and Commerce said most benefits are paid directly to utilities on behalf of households rather than as direct cash payments to recipients.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- reconvene today upon final adjournment or recess or during bill referral if Permission is granted or authorized
- Number three two seven by Kitzman posthumously paying tribute to the life and legacy of Congressional
- Benavides was presented the Congressional Medal of Honor. by President Ronald Reagan. on to serve his
- and academic career oriented education hb21 by gates relating to housing financing, corporations authorizing
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Feb 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- DEBRIS CONTRACT WHICH EACH COUNTY INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLS, THE STATE DOES NOT HAVE THAT JURISDICTIONAL AUTHORITY
- AUGMENTATION, OUR VAST RELATIONS WITH OUR DIFFERENT MULTIPLE VENDORS AND THE RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE CONGRESSIONALLY
- MANAGEMENT IF THAT COUNTY EM IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH I THINK 252, IF IT'S NOT IN 252, OKAY, THERE IS NO AUTHORITY
- THOSE ARE THE MARKS THAT HELP ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AT A LOCAL LEVEL WITHOUT CALLING CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- Charles County Election Authority has a lottery today.
- Charles County Election Authority has a lottery today.
- Charles County Election Authority, or the Jackson County Election Authority, or the 115 election authorities
- Charles County Election Authority or the Jackson County Election Authority or the 115 election authorities
- I don’t know how the election authority there in St.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- But what we don't want to see is another sales tax put in its place that you do not have authority to
- In this language, In this language, it's not authorized to increase the rate.
- You're only authorizing an expansion of the base. Okay, thank you.
- And so one of the problems is the H.J.R. that's been brought before us is basically an authorization
- request... ...is basically an authorization, requesting of the voters an authorization to move forward
Summary:
The Commerce Committee held a public hearing on H.J.R. 174 and then H.J.R. 173, both constitutional resolutions sponsored by Speaker Patterson and described as steps toward modernizing Missouri’s tax system by eliminating the state individual income tax and broadening sales taxes. Patterson argued the current tax structure is outdated, said the proposal would let voters decide whether to move forward, and emphasized that future legislation would set the details and guardrails. He and supporters said the plan would increase disposable income, attract businesses and residents, and could help lower property and personal property taxes by directing broader sales-tax revenue to local governments. Committee members pressed him on whether the proposal was too open-ended, whether it could raise taxes on goods and services, and how it would affect schools, seniors, and low-income Missourians. Patterson repeatedly said the next General Assembly would decide exemptions and rates, and that the bill was only the first step.
Opponents, including the Missouri Budget Project, AARP, the Missouri Association of Realtors, the Consumers Council of Missouri, and trial and defense lawyers, warned the proposal would shift the tax burden onto lower- and middle-income residents, seniors, and people who rely on services. They argued that broadening sales taxes would likely make the tax code more regressive, raise consumer costs, and create uncertainty because the bill does not spell out exemptions for items such as health care, real estate services, utilities, or legal services. The Missouri Budget Project said its modeling suggested the state could face a large revenue shortfall and that most Missourians would pay more overall. AARP said older Missourians, especially those on fixed incomes, would be hit hardest, while the Realtors and utility advocates focused on the risk of higher housing and energy costs. Legal-services witnesses said taxing professional services would raise client costs and add administrative complexity.
Supporters countered that Missouri’s current system disadvantages wage earners and does not reflect modern commerce, especially digital and service-based transactions. Witnesses in favor included economists, business owners, tax-reform advocates, and former lawmakers, who said income taxes do the most damage to growth, that states without income taxes tend to attract people and investment, and that Missouri needs a more competitive tax environment to keep and attract younger workers and entrepreneurs. Some supporters also said the proposal could help reduce property taxes and broaden the tax base to include out-of-state consumers and online commerce. The committee heard testimony from both sides but took no final vote in the portion provided; the chair limited testimony and questions to three minutes each and then moved from H.J.R. 174 to the identical H.J.R. 173 for additional testimony.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Human Services Mar 26th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Services authorized in their Individual Program Plan (IPP) as a result of the DSP workforce shortage.
- The budget reconciliation bill lays out spending targets for congressional committees.
- The Congressional Budget Office has told the committee that considers Medicare and Medicaid that if it
- While funding continues through annual congressional appropriations, there is no long-term guarantee.
- The latest Workforce Authorization Bill excludes vocational rehabilitation.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, you've got quite the bill author to make sure that happens.
- <00:48:23.440><c> directed</c><00:48:23.760><c> allocation</c> congressionally directed allocation congressionally
- We're grateful to Chair Koznick for authoring this bill and the support of Chair Hansen and co-authoring
- We're grateful to Chair Koznick for authoring this bill and the support of Chair Hansen and co-authoring
- Our $4 million authoring this bill.
Bills:
HF1569 , HF460 , HF850 , HF707 , HF798 , HF852 , HF366 , HF365 , HF836 , HF866 , HF885 , HF959 , HF1196 , HF1788 , HF1349 , HF2272 , HF2652 , HF1251 , HF607
Committee:
House Capital Investment
Keywords:
transportation, bond issuance, capital investment, infrastructure, road improvements, HF460, Sibley County, Highway 21, County State-Aid Highway, bonding bill, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, transportation grant, infrastructure improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, stormwater, public works, local infrastructure
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, are there any questions for the author of the bill?
- All right, you're recognized to ask the author some questions.
- a closure will be authorized.
- Members, any questions for the author?
- So, members, any other questions for the author on House Bill 186?
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nomination of Lieutenant General John D. Caine (Retired), to be general and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense. Apr 1st, 2025 at 08:30 am
Subcommittee on Personnel
Transcript Highlights:
- in providing witnesses and briefers in response to congressional requests? Yes, Senator, I will.
- Based on your understanding of relevant classification and authority, do you believe that any of the
- Do you have the, do you lack the authorities or do you lack the technological capability?
- Will you seek the authority to be able to take down UASs above military bases?
- NORAD, NORTHCOM and the relevant state and local authorities to make sure that we're illuminating those
Committee:
Senate Subcommittee on Personnel
Keywords:
national security, military readiness, Kane nomination, defense budget, China threats, Russia, collaboration, modernization
Summary:
The meeting centered on the nomination of retired Lieutenant General Dan Kane for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delving into various security concerns and the strategic environment facing the U.S. today. Testimonies highlighted the growing threats from adversaries such as China and Russia, with discussions around the necessity of maintaining and modernizing military capabilities to address these challenges. The need for agility in military operations and enhancing collaboration among various defense agencies was underscored. Further, concerns were raised regarding the defense budget and the importance of a strong national defense strategy were prevalent throughout the discussions. The committee members collectively emphasized the need for superior readiness and modernization to keep pace with global threats.
NE
Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Afternoon Session Apr 9th, 2026
Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It changes the authorized use of the learning community levies, subscribes for powers and duties for
- The department would be authorized to establish a credit program making awards to microloan delivery
- Veterans National Traumatic Injury Treatment Act, and any other legislation that will improve or authorize
- If this resolution is approved, we will send a letter to all the members of the Nebraska congressional
- If this resolution is approved, we will send a letter to all the members of the Nebraska congressional
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 02/17/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Medina said, so we're trying to work through that, work with our Congressional Delegation.
- </c> that work with our Congressional that work with our Congressional Delegation<00:21:31.760><c> I<
- One of the things I'm, as the author of universal school meals, and I agree I'm also the author of the
- One of the things I'm, as the author of universal school meals, and I agree I'm also the author of the
- </c><01:36:19.280><c> of</c> of the things I'm as the author of of the things I'm as the author of universal
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- If you break the rules, your appointment may be terminated by the appointing authority.
- They have this oversight, and this will be taking away that local official authority and getting rid
- It would be placing that authority in our office, yes, sir, and the Secretary of State.
- Like I said, 60% of the voting age people in my congressional district are not participating.
- Also, the authority responsible for procuring election supplies commits an offense if the authority intentionally
Committee:
House Elections
Keywords:
HB 817, Texas Election Code, majority vote, majority threshold, ranked-choice voting, preferential voting, instant runoff voting, vote reassignment, ballot ranking, election administration, public office election, Election Code Section 2.0215, runoff elections, plurality vs majority, voting systems, education reform, budget allocation, teacher retention, student performance, accountability measures
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, April 2, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- April 1, 2025, the Honorable Jimmy Patronis was elected Representative to Congress for the First Congressional
- on April 1, 2025, the Honorable Randy Fine was elected Representative to Congress for the Sixth Congressional
- Speaker, it's an honor here to be representing the men and women of Florida's First Congressional District
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Thirty Four - Monday, March 9
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm assuming that a scrap dealer is also not authorized.
- , that authority to write that summary ballot.
- What we're trying to do as a General Assembly and give the SOS, our chief election authority, that authority
- , that authority to write that summary ballot.
- One or two members must be from each congressional district within the state.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Jul 22nd, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- We're very proud to say that New Mexico's Congressional Delegation warmly embraced and received us as
- We're asking for $113 million additional dollars that would go from Congressional appropriation to the
- We are seeking $35 million in congressional appropriations to continue to grow that program that was
- were directed either to workforce solutions, which I have no problem with, or to the health care authority
- Each state, under the basic program, can authorize 30 national medical graduates to go to work in the
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 14th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Tennessee wiped out its only majority-Black congressional district.
- The author himself is really about.
- Do you wish for the first roll to be open for co-authors? Yes.
- I rise today as a proud co-author of AB 2518, and I want to thank our colleague from San Diego for authoring
- I thank our colleague from San Diego for authoring this bill.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
EEP/AEN Joint Info Briefing - Tue Jan 7, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- In summary, this site is eligible to receive an operating permit from the permitting authority, which
- In summary, this site is eligible to receive an operating permit from the permitting authority, which
- In summary, this site is eligible to receive an operating permit from the permitting authority, which
- In summary, this site is eligible to receive an operating permit from the permitting authority, which
- Did we reach out to our Congressional Delegation and ask them for help on this?
Summary:
The informational briefing focused on the City and County of Honolulu’s effort to site a replacement landfill for Oahu before the Waimanalo Gulch landfill closes in 2028. Chair Nicole Lowen and other legislators opened the meeting by framing the issue as important statewide and encouraging recycling, composting, and proper use of the curbside bins. The city’s Department of Environmental Services, led by Director Roger Babcock and Deputy Director Mike O’Keefe, then presented the background and siting process.
ENV explained the legal and technical constraints that shaped the search, including the 2019 Land Use Commission decision requiring closure of Waimanalo Gulch by March 2, 2028, and the 2020 Act 73 restrictions on landfill siting near residences, schools, hospitals, conservation districts, airports, and tsunami inundation areas. They said a landfill advisory committee reviewed six candidate sites in 2021-2022 and rejected them because they fell within the Board of Water Supply’s no-pass zone. After further evaluation and an extension of the naming deadline, the city selected a site in central Oahu near Wahiawa, on agricultural land currently used as a Dole pineapple field.
City officials said the selected site was chosen as the best of the evaluated options and, in their view, could be permitted under state and federal law. They described planned environmental protections, including a modern sanitary landfill design with double liners, leachate collection systems, monitoring wells, and post-closure monitoring, and said the existing Waimanalo Gulch landfill has operated for 35 years without leachate leaks. They also emphasized that the site would still require a special use permit, Department of Health approvals, an environmental impact statement, and other public permitting processes, and that public engagement would continue over the next several years.