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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Transportation Mar 4th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- be paid incrementally over the, in the case of leases of luxury vehicles to be paid incrementally or pay
- So when you renew your tabs, you have the option of paying by check or by debit, which generally is a
- So what we were doing this year is clarifying that all kinds of payment cards would pay the surcharge
- So what we were doing this year is clarifying that all kinds of pay. or credit cards and debit cards.
- So what we were doing this year is clarifying that all kinds of payment cards would pay the surcharge
Summary:
The Transportation Committee met in executive session on Gross Substitute House Bill 2711, a transportation resources measure, after a staff walkthrough of the Senate striking amendment S-5820.4. Staff explained that the striker largely replaced the bill with provisions from Senate Bill 6352 and related transportation revenue and policy changes, including updates to mobile driver’s licenses, account interest provisions, recreational vessel and luxury vehicle tax clarifications, peer-to-peer tax administration changes, fuel tax timing changes, aircraft fuel tax and account changes, bicycle education grants, ferry payment-card fee authority, traffic safety camera revenue and rebuttable presumption rules, online driver education regulation, transit annexation tax/liability clarification, Sound Transit 75-year bond authority limits, stolen copper protections for light rail and DOT communications infrastructure, and a highway contracting threshold change. Staff also reviewed fiscal impacts, including revenue gains from trade-in value clarifications and aircraft fuel changes, and losses from the diesel tax delay, motorhome exemption, and repeal of the luxury aircraft tax.
Members asked several clarifying questions, including the luxury RV tax threshold, how trade-in value is treated under the luxury vehicle tax, whether ferry debit-card fees are authorized, and the legality of passing card-processing fees to customers. Staff and counsel said the luxury vehicle tax applies to value over $100,000, trade-in value is added back for the luxury tax calculation, and the ferry provision is intended to clarify that both credit and debit card surcharges may be passed through. On the traffic safety camera section, staff described a revised approach that would require stronger proof from registered owners to rebut presumed responsibility, and on Sound Transit bonds, staff clarified that bonds over 40 years would be limited to federal transportation loan purposes and would affect eligibility for certain state grants.
After caucus, the committee returned to executive session, waived the amendment posting deadline under Senate Rule 45, adopted the striking amendment, and then voted to advance ESHB 2711 as amended with a do pass recommendation to the Rules Committee. The motion carried, and the chair thanked staff before adjourning the meeting.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Care & Wellness Feb 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- these switches to biosimilars, which I'm not disagreeing with, give that guarantee the patient won't pay
- We're just doing a level of protection that the patient doesn't pay more in a switch. ...the substitution
- these switches to biosimilars, which I'm not disagreeing with, give that guarantee the patient won't pay
- We're just doing a level of protection that the patient doesn't pay more in a switch out. ...we sit here
- We're just doing a level of protection that the patient doesn't pay more in a switch out.
Summary:
The Health Care and Wellness Committee met on February 10 at 8:30 a.m. and heard two bills. On Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5594, staff explained that the bill would expand state policy on biosimilars by allowing health carriers to require patients to try a biosimilar before covering the equivalent brand drug starting in 2027, directing exchange plans to increase biosimilar utilization, and changing pharmacist substitution rules so substitution is generally allowed unless the prescriber says not to substitute. The prime sponsor, Sen. Harris, said the bill would lower costs and noted many other states already allow similar substitution. Supporters from health plans and generic/biosimilar manufacturers said biosimilars are safe, effective, and can save consumers and the system money, while a patient advocate raised concerns that the bill may not guarantee lower out-of-pocket costs at the pharmacy counter and suggested preferred formulary placement as a fix. AAM supported the bill with a technical amendment to place biosimilars in the same section as generics and interchangeable products, and the hearing on the bill was closed with no vote taken.
The committee also heard Engrossed Senate Bill 5142 on Medicaid network adequacy for post-acute care. Staff said the bill would require the Health Care Authority to adopt network adequacy standards for nursing homes and inpatient rehabilitation facilities, considering community access, regional availability, timeliness, and federal Medicaid rules, with standards due by January 1, 2028 and implementation by July 1, 2028. Sen. Muzzall described it as a follow-up to last year’s bill that would create a pre-approved pathway for patients who are difficult to discharge because continuing care is hard to secure. Testimony from hospital and health system representatives strongly supported the bill, saying patients often remain in hospitals longer than medically necessary because of delays in finding skilled nursing or rehab placements and because single-case agreements are time-consuming and unpredictable, especially in rural areas. Public testimony on SB 5142 was then closed, and the meeting adjourned without any recorded votes or other action.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- So the counties are starting to block people from actually carrying when you want to go in to pay a bill
- then you're still allowed to go anywhere else in the rest of the building, so you can actually go and pay
- the state, but we're forcing this down to the county level, to the counties, with no way for them to pay
- You can't go in and pay any fees that you have, you can't go in to vote, you can't go in to even see
- You can't go in and pay any fees that you have, you can't go in to vote, you can't go in to even see
Committee:
House State Affairs
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 4th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Medicaid would need to add this to their forms, but that would be regardless of whether the person is paying
- So my understanding is that most undocumented individuals actually self-pay for their care in hospitals
- comes into the hospital and whether they have insurance, whether they have Medicaid, whether they're paying
- it was first enacted about 20 years ago, that individuals who are seeking the background check will pay
- There are 14 participants, but the law specifically says that these individuals do not have to pay for
Summary:
The House Health and Welfare Committee met with a quorum and first considered RS 33-166, a code cleanup bill to repeal the final remaining section of the county medical indigent program, which had already been repealed in 2022. One member raised concern about removing the section entirely in case the program ever needed to be reinstated, but the sponsor said the bill was simply final cleanup requested by counties. The committee voted to introduce the bill.
The committee then took up RS 33-186, which would require hospitals that accept Medicaid to add a self-reporting immigration-status question to admission forms and to submit quarterly data to the Department of Health and Welfare on admissions, emergency visits, and uncompensated care by immigration category. Members questioned administrative burden, redundancy, and whether the information would be reliable, but the sponsor said the purpose was transparency and data collection on hospital utilization and costs. The committee voted to introduce the bill.
House Bill 494 was presented next as a measure to move existing background-check rules into statute, with the sponsor saying it would not add new checks or costs but would help preserve FBI cooperation and provide clearer legislative oversight. Department staff said background checks cost $70 per person and confirmed sex-offender registry checks would remain part of the process. The committee voted to send the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.
House Bill 531 updated Idaho law to allow schools to administer epinephrine through modern delivery systems, including nasal spray, rather than only EpiPens. Testimony from a parent, a school nurse, and an Idaho PTA representative supported the update, while one parent asked that the bill be broadened so blood glucose monitoring could be provided when prescribed for conditions other than diabetes. The sponsor said he was open to working on that issue in a separate bill, and the committee then voted to send HB 531 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation. At the end of the meeting, a member invited the committee to a Medicaid listening session later that day, and the committee adjourned.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Medicaid would need to add this to their forms, but that would be regardless of whether the person is paying
- So my understanding is that most undocumented individuals actually self-pay for their care in hospitals
- comes into the hospital and whether they have insurance, whether they have Medicaid, whether they're paying
- , since it was first enacted about 20 years ago, that individuals seeking the background check will pay
- There are 14 participants, but the law specifically says that these individuals do not have to pay for
Committee:
House Health and Welfare
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Jan 29th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill is House Bill 511, and this is a pay-to-play bill.
- This bill is House Bill 511, and this is a pay-to-play bill.
- And so the users will pay for this instead of IDL having to ask for more money out of the general fund
- And so the users will pay for this instead of IDL having to ask for more money out of the general fund
- seasons, and our dedicated account is... ...diminishing because we are putting a lot more emphasis on paying
Summary:
The Conservation and Resources Committee approved the January 27, 2026 minutes and then considered several RSs tied to the Idaho Code Cleanup Act. Representative Dustin Manwaring explained that the RSs were recommended by the DOGE task force to repeal outdated or unused code: RS 32887 (Fish and Game, wolf-management transition and hunting fine provisions), RS 32890 (Parks and Recreation, an unused outdoor recreation enhancement/Park and Recreation Fund program), RS 32902 (Water Resources, obsolete compact and trust-account provisions), and RS 32903 (Lands, provisions on floating timber and townsite claims). Each RS was introduced by committee vote.
Representative Mark Sauter presented RS 33049, which would expand and update rules for water-skiing activities on public waters, including allowing driver-and-skier-only skiing in limited circumstances with added equipment, age, and time restrictions. A committee member asked whether other user groups such as paddlers or kayakers had been consulted; Sauter said he had not reached out broadly but would be prepared to answer more if the measure received a hearing. The committee voted to introduce RS 33049.
The committee then heard House Joint Memorial 9 from Representative Judy Boyle and J.R. Simplot Company representative Elizabeth Kreiner. The memorial asks Congress to reaffirm FLPMA as the governing law for federal land exchanges after a Ninth Circuit decision raised questions about older land-disposal statutes. Kreiner described a decades-long Simplot-BLM exchange that was later challenged in court and said the ruling could affect completed and future exchanges across the West. The committee voted to send H.J.M. 9 to the floor with a do-pass recommendation.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 511, also from Representative Boyle, to raise the cap on the wildland-urban interface fire-protection surcharge from $40 to $100. Boyle and Idaho Department of Lands Director Dustin Miller said the current cap has not changed since 2009 and no longer covers rising firefighting costs amid growth in the WUI; logging and forest-industry witnesses supported the bill as a modest way to fund fire protection. After testimony, the committee voted to send H.B. 511 to the floor with a do-pass recommendation and then adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 3 May 19th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Are they less deserving of economic security when they're worried about paying their bills?
- conversations about how we were going to keep communities alive, how we were going to ensure that workers could pay
- their rents, and how we were going to ensure that people could pay their mortgage and pay for groceries
- Being able to pay your rent, your bills, and put food on the table is incredibly important for families
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board (12-10-25) - Part 2
Transcript Highlights:
- Their third party typically pays for those services, and Medicaid wraps around and pays for services
- <c> premiums</c><00:59:15.680><c> for</c> Medicaid does pay for premiums for Medicaid does pay for premiums
- </c><00:59:23.119><c> for</c> Their third party typically pays for Their third party typically pays for
- Now we're, as a state, going to be expected to pay for these without changes in revenue.
- Every dental professional, dentists, hygienists, and assistants must pay for their education.
Summary:
The Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board reconvened and heard a presentation from the Attorney General’s Office Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Control unit. AG staff described the unit’s structure and work: it investigates and prosecutes Medicaid provider fraud, and also handles abuse, neglect, and exploitation cases involving vulnerable adults in facility settings when asked to assist. They said the office has prosecutors, detectives, auditors, and support staff, works with federal partners, Commonwealth’s attorneys, CHFS, DMS, OIG, and MCOs, and uses a hotline and referral line for complaints. They also explained the MCO referral process, including monthly meetings, stand-down lists, and review of referrals for a “credible allegation of fraud” before the AG office decides whether to open a criminal or civil investigation.
The presentation focused heavily on current fraud trends. Staff said behavioral health is a major concern, along with participant-directed waiver services, medically assisted treatment, cash billing for services, controlled-substance billing, and vision and dental fraud. They gave examples such as duplicate time sheets for family caregivers, questionable Suboxone counseling and urine drug screening practices, and a prior optometry case involving false claims for children’s glasses. They also discussed CMS’s estimate that about 5% of Medicaid payments are improper, noted that most improper payments are at the fee-for-service level, and said there is no reliable overall fraud-rate estimate. They highlighted a sharp shift in behavioral health billing after the cabinet’s November 1, 2024 policy changes, saying individual psychotherapy spending dropped while group billing increased, suggesting providers may have moved billing to different codes.
Members asked about the scale and timing of cases, how MCO referrals are screened, and whether the data reflected more people being served or just higher spending. The AG office said investigations can take years, with some federal cases still awaiting sentencing from 2018 and 2019 matters, and that they currently had nine individuals awaiting sentencing in federal court. They also reported 58 hotline reports during the referenced period, six cases opened from MCO referrals, and four additional MCO referrals not accepted for active cases. Several members raised concerns about home-based services and the risk of abuse or fraud when family members are reimbursed, and asked whether the process could be streamlined; the AG office said it had no immediate recommendations but would be willing to return with suggestions after further review.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> be forced to borrow money and pay be forced to borrow money and pay interest<00:26:41.919><c> on
- I understand it's folks to pay for.
- </c> who are not working and we have to pay who are not working and we have to pay for<01:32:43.120><
- To pay for paying people not to work, and I've got 600 iron workers who are out of a job.
- That's what we've going to pay for.
Committee:
House Education Finance
Keywords:
charter schools, education funding, revenue calculation, general education revenue, special education, school library aid, education finance, school districts, funding eligibility, compensatory revenue, task force, free meals, school funding, education equity, HF2210, school unemployment aid, Minnesota Department of Education, general fund appropriation, unemployment insurance, unemployment claims
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- :38:32.480><c> online</c> that they're able to pay through online that they're able to pay through online
- </c> pay one and a half? pay one and a half?
- You could use it to pay a friend.
- </c> smart contract network, you have to pay smart contract network, you have to pay they<01:16:29.679
- </c> the consumer because they'd have to pay the consumer because they'd have to pay higher<01:21:34.719
Committee:
Senate Commerce
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- They're going to be paying another state's taxes, and so there wouldn't be D.R. records.
- They're going to be paying another state's taxes, and so there wouldn't be D.R. records.
- They're going to be paying another state's taxes, and so there wouldn't be D.R. records.
- They're going to be paying another state's taxes, and so there wouldn't be D.R. records.
- They're paying for you.
Committee:
House Election Law
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division III (03/03/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Are we paying for 12% of our population? Are we paying for 4%?
- Are we paying for 12% of our population? Are we paying for 4%?
- Are we paying for 12% of our population? Are we paying for 4%?
- Are we paying for 12% of our population? Are we paying for 4%?
- Are we paying for 12% of our population? Are we paying for 4%?
Summary:
The committee held a Division 3 budget work session focused on the Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Economic Stability. Karen Hebert, the division director, and Nathan White, DHHS chief financial officer, walked members through the governor’s operating budget pages and a briefing book, explaining that the division was consolidated in 2018 and serves programs aimed at financial stability, poverty reduction, child care access, and related supports. Members repeatedly asked for clearer breakdowns of general fund spending, historical growth since consolidation, and how the division’s broad mission areas map onto specific budget lines.
A major portion of the discussion centered on the Bureau of Child Development and Head Start collaboration and the child care subsidy program. Hebert said the child care scholarship/subsidy helps low- and moderate-income families access daycare so parents can work, attend school, or receive treatment, and that eligibility is based on state median income up to 85%. She reported a 45% increase in utilization, 4,032 children receiving daycare support as of the end of January, and about 15% of eligible children being served. She also described the quality improvement system “Granite Steps for Quality,” with 160 providers enrolled out of 717 licensed programs, and noted that 1,200 child care professionals added credentials in the last year.
Members pressed for cost-benefit information, asking for data on how much the state pays, how many providers and children are served, and whether the department could quantify unmet need. The witnesses said some projects were funded with short-term ARPA child care dollars and that detailed cost data for specific examples, such as the Gorm Community Learning Center expansion, would need to be looked up. They also explained that the child care fund is a federal block grant with required spending set-asides of 9% for quality, 3% for infants and toddlers, and up to 5% for administration, and that unused funds remain available. The committee also reviewed slide 10’s accounting units, including that the Child Care Workforce Fund is 100% general funds and was created as a priority item under HB 2 from the 2024 session, while some other child care-related units are 100% federal funds.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (02/10/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> you're talking about why should I pay you're talking about why should I pay higher<00:09:58.160>
- </c><00:10:24.160><c> they</c> some County pays lower uh because they some County pays lower uh because
- </c><00:10:46.600><c> a</c> many of them realize they're paying a many of them realize they're paying
- </c> getting subsidy that will say I'm paying getting subsidy that will say I'm paying higher<00:13:01.560
- </c><00:47:03.839><c> down</c> are seen as a way either of paying down are seen as a way either of paying
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Corrections and Public Institutions Apr 15th, 2026
Corrections and Public Institutions
Transcript Highlights:
- and things that we do here, it still has to remain within the budget for the sheriff to be able to pay
- that now, and it will still have to come out of the budget that is assigned to the sheriff's office to pay
- that now, and it will still have to come out of the budget that is assigned to the sheriff's office to pay
- administrator pursuant to this section is provided from other than state funds, the source of such funds shall pay
Committee:
House Corrections and Public Institutions
Summary:
The committee first called the roll and established a quorum with nine members present. It then moved into executive session and took up House Committee Resolution 29, which was approved unanimously on a 9-0 roll call vote.
Next, the committee considered House Bill 2414. After a brief motion and no discussion, the bill was voted do pass by a 6-3 roll call, with Chairman Mayhew, Vice Chair Cook, Representatives Davis, Dolan, Elliott, Faulkner, and Hovis voting yes, and Representatives Brown, Bush, and Kalberloh voting no.
The committee then took up Senate Bill 945. Members adopted House Committee Substitute 0.04C, then adopted two amendments: one concerning the sheriff’s attorney fee language and another concerning treatment court administration and reimbursement. After rolling the amendments into a new substitute, the House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 945 was voted do pass by a 9-1 roll call vote, and the committee adjourned.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Corrections and Public Institutions Apr 15th, 2026
Corrections and Public Institutions
Transcript Highlights:
- and things that we do here, it still has to remain within the budget for the sheriff to be able to pay
- and things that we do here, it still has to remain within the budget for the sheriff to be able to pay
- that now, and it will still have to come out of the budget that is assigned to the sheriff's office to pay
- administrator pursuant to this section is provided from other than state funds, the source of such funds shall pay
Committee:
House Corrections and Public Institutions
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Economic Development and Tourism Committee Mar 11th, 2026
Economic Development and Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- bill is going to provide that the term cost of merchandise shall only include the amount the board pays
- y'all for your time. shall only include the amount the board shall only include the amount the board pays
- </c><00:04:29.600><c> And</c><00:04:29.840><c> this</c> pays for case lots of liquor.
- And this pays for case lots of liquor.
Committee:
House Economic Development and Tourism
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Producers were not going to pay the commissions that we built into these products.' Sorry.
- The federal government has shrunk what they're paying for Medicare, which is causing tremendous price
- our state and they have to agree to be solvent, in other words, have enough financial resources to pay
- with regard to the product design, the pricing of the product design, which includes what they would pay
Committee:
Senate Health and Welfare
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- I'll pay attention. Are you ready to do the minutes, Representative Green? Absolutely.
- They pay into the fund. The fund builds...
- They pay into the fund. The fund builds up.
- So the Idaho dealers are paying into it, and it's just used for them and their clients.
Committee:
House Transportation and Defense
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on County & Regional Government May 12th, 2025
S/C on County & Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- about this before that one of the issues is finding... the doctors who do this for what a county would pay
- The way we pay for some of that is we, you know, most counties will provide services to Kaufman and Hunt
- We certainly appreciate that, but we do like the idea of allowing counties tocombine and jointly pay
- Because, like you said, they're high paying and it's a supply and demand issue.
Bills:
SB1370
Committee:
House S/C on County & Regional Government
Keywords:
medical examiner, forensic services, county coroner, autopsy, death investigation, forensic pathology, county government, commissioners court, medical examiners district, regional district, public health, criminal justice, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 49.25, county population threshold, interlocal agreement, 1184, house, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- expressed that she is committed to the confirmation process and today needs to be with her family and pay
- c> and today needs to be with her family and today needs to be with her family and<00:04:10.239><c> pay
- respects</c><00:04:10.799><c> to</c><00:04:10.959><c> her</c><00:04:11.120><c> father-in-law</c> and pay
- respects to her father-in-law and pay respects to her father-in-law who<00:04:12.080><c> has</c><00:
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee met on Thursday, April 24, and considered several judicial nominations and confirmations. The first items were Governor’s Messages 790, 788, and 789, naming nominees for Chief Judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals and Circuit Court Judge positions for the First Circuit. Members briefly discussed the nominations, including one public concern raised about Judge Karen El Holma, but the chair and members stated the nominees were qualified and recommended consent in each case. All three nominations were approved by unanimous votes of the members present, with some members excused.
The committee then took up Judiciary Communications 29, 30, and 31, covering confirmations to the District Family Court and District Court of the First Circuit for six-year terms. The committee again recommended consent on each item and adopted those recommendations without objection. For JC 31, the chair noted that the nominee was absent due to a family memorial for her father-in-law and asked members not to weigh that absence against her. The nominations were approved, and applause followed several of the votes.
At the end of the meeting, the chair announced that the Senate floor vote was anticipated for Wednesday, April 30 at 11:30 a.m., and then adjourned the committee.