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OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Feb 10th, 2026
Banking, Financial Services and Pensions
Transcript Highlights:
- We are having issues finding a psychiatrist willing to contract with us, but we have a psychologist that
- Department of Mental Health, and they could be using psychologists, and they don't, and they won't contract
Keywords:
credit card transactions, payment methods, service charge, consumer rights, financial regulation, public finance, pension, pension fund, retirement system, board of trustees, proxy voting, proxy proposal, shareholder vote, shareholder activism, fiduciary duty, pecuniary factors, nonpecuniary factors, ESG, environmental social governance, social goals
Summary:
The Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Committee met and announced that several bills would be laid over, including HB 4225 and HB 4263, while also noting that actuarial follow-up reports on prior referrals were still being revised. The committee then worked through a long agenda, with members frequently noting schedule conflicts and the chair alternating between bills and committee business. The meeting adjourned after the agenda was completed, with the chair saying the committee would return the following week with a longer agenda, likely including additional pension bills.
Several bills related to payment processing and pension governance were heard and passed. HB 3041 would allow merchants to pass along credit card surcharges up to the amount charged by the card company, with the author noting some businesses face fees of 4% to 5%; it passed 9-0. HB 4428 and HB 4429, both dealing with shareholder proxy advisors for pension funds, passed 8-1 and 9-0 respectively; supporters said the bills would require fiduciary standards and transparency, while the speaker referenced opposition from GreenAmerica.org as evidence of the bill’s value. HB 3028, which lets technology center districts and public schools pass on credit card service fees, also passed 7-0.
The committee also advanced several pension-related measures. HB 3265, requested by the Police Pension Board, defines who qualifies as a mental health specialist for disability evaluations; testimony explained the change would let the board use psychologists because psychiatrists are harder to contract with, and the bill passed 7-0. HB 3721 would adjust the DROP benefit for public safety officers so surviving spouses can claim it if the officer dies before electing the option; the author said it has no actuarial cost, and it passed 7-0. HB 3313, a defined contribution retirement bill, would raise contribution levels, eliminate vesting delays, and add retirement planning and lifetime income options; members questioned whether it would affect retention or other retirement plans, and it passed 8-0.
Other bills addressed creditors, housing, and financial exploitation. HB 3588, a Uniform Law Commission request bill on assignment for the benefit of creditors, was described as codifying existing case law and passed 8-0. HB 1064, which would restrict large institutional investors from buying single-family homes in Oklahoma, was amended in concept during discussion to narrow the hedge fund definition and remove a resale requirement; supporters framed it as protecting homeownership, while opponents raised concerns about restricting sales and the evidence for housing impacts, and it passed 5-2. Finally, HB 3020, the Protections for Financial Exploitation of Protected Adults Act, would let financial institutions place temporary holds and act in good faith when they suspect fraud against vulnerable adults; members asked about training and safeguards, and it passed 9-0.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- There will be some contracted out there. Will they pick up the void? I don't know.
- I think that we don't talk about this enough, and we're talking about $250,000 when, you know, a contract
Committee:
House Public Health
Keywords:
public health, domestic violence, human trafficking, healthcare facilities, hospital protocols, behavioral health, Medicaid expansion, clinical interns, mental health services, licensing requirements, micropigmentation, medical procedure, physician oversight, nursing certification, state regulations, psychological autopsy, mental health, suicide prevention, state health department, investigation
Summary:
The Public Health Committee met for its first session and laid over House Bills 3884 and 4410. The committee then heard and advanced several bills. HB 3287 would require hospitals to post discreet notices in areas like X-ray, CAT scan, MRI, or bathrooms telling victims of domestic abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, or human trafficking how to alert staff and ensuring they are not discharged before appropriate reporting occurs; members discussed whether to include a phone number, and the bill passed 5-0. HB 2947 would allow clinics to bill Medicaid for services provided by master’s-level mental health interns working under supervision in accredited programs, with supporters saying it could help address rural workforce shortages; questions focused on supervision, liability, whether it would be limited to Medicaid, fiscal impact, and how many interns might participate, and it passed 5-0.
The committee also considered HB 3784, as amended by a PCS, which would let permanent makeup artists come out from under physician oversight after three years of experience, while preserving supervision if they use prescription medications such as topical anesthetics; after clarification about the PCS, it passed 5-0. HB 3901 would create a psychological autopsy position in the Department of Health to review suicides and overdoses through voluntary family interviews and records review to improve prevention efforts; members raised questions about cost, whether the work should be housed elsewhere, the pilot nature of the proposal, and what data are currently collected, and it passed 5-0. Finally, HB 4275 would allow case managers and peer support specialists to be employed by cities and counties while keeping their certification, and it also passed 5-0. The meeting ended with adjournment and a notice that the committee would meet again the following Wednesday morning at 9:00.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Universities and Colleges - Room 216, 2 February, 2026; 4:30 PM
Universities and Colleges
Transcript Highlights:
- There have been some issues with the confidentiality of these contracts, as they are between the students
- It lays out how that property right can be transferred or contracted out or inherited.
Committee:
Joint Universities and Colleges
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 28th, 2026 at 05:50 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- The DAs are broken out by category, so it'll say how much for personnel, how much for contracts.
- The DAs are broken out by category, so it'll say how much for personnel, how much for contracts.
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 28, 2026 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- A process which includes the design, bidding, construction, and contracting.
- Of all of the contracts that we have right now, in total we have generated $6.7 million.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- ; SB 158, polling places drop-off campuses; SB 1359, firearms destruction by state; SB 1360, ESA contract
- SB 1360, ESA contract renewal account closure; SB 1761, empowerment scholarship accounts post-secondary
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the journal and recorded attendance. Members observed a moment of silence for former Representative Noel Campbell, and several guest groups were recognized in the gallery, including Greater Phoenix school district leaders, GCU Government and History Club students, Arizona Food Bank Network representatives, and local and tribal officials visiting for appropriations and transportation-related discussions.
The chamber also adopted a proclamation recognizing International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Senators and guests offered remarks about the Holocaust, rising antisemitism, and the importance of education and remembrance, followed by a moment of silence. Later, the Senate received and unanimously adopted House Concurrent Resolution 2045 honoring the life and public service of former Congressman Raul Grijalva, with members of the Grijalva family present on the floor and several senators sharing personal tributes.
The Senate then processed a long list of governor’s nominations, first readings, and second-reading bill referrals, including measures on natural resources, education, health, public safety, elections, taxation, utilities, and appropriations. Senator Bolick also read a proclamation for National School Choice Week. The body recessed briefly, returned to consider SCR 1036 on Attorney General public statements, and then received committee announcements before adjourning until the next day.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Jan 27th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- section has been modified with language to include looking at violations by store employees and also contract
- if an owner, store manager, or employee issuing IDFG products has certain violations, the vendor contract
Summary:
The Resources and Conservation Committee met to approve prior minutes and then considered three Idaho Department of Fish and Game administrative rule dockets under the governor’s zero-based regulation process. The first docket covered public use of Fish and Game lands and added definitions for camping and leash, clarified restrictions on dogs and domestic animals on wildlife management areas, and added prohibitions on exploding targets and airsoft guns to reduce fire risk and litter. Members questioned whether the leash language and related references to dogs versus other domestic animals were fully consistent, and whether a separate provision about livestock grazing could be read to conflict with open-range law; department staff said the livestock language was existing rule text and that the intent was not to alter open-range obligations. The committee approved the docket.
The second docket addressed trapping and taking fur-bearing animals. Changes included defining natural liquid scent as bait, increasing reimbursement for non-target species, moving lynx and wolverine reporting to a separate section, allowing certain trap sets on snow-covered routes and under bridges or culverts except at wildlife crossings, allowing trapping of gray wolves on private property near an active feeding site, and removing a fixed July 31 reporting deadline. Testimony was mixed: the Idaho Outfitters and Guides Association said it was neutral, while the Idaho Conservation League supported the incidental bycatch reporting changes but opposed including ESA-listed species such as grizzly bears in the rules, arguing it was unnecessary and confusing. The committee approved the docket.
The third docket revised rules for selecting, operating, suspending, and discontinuing Fish and Game license vendors. It removed outdated vendor classifications and low-numbered vendor criteria, replaced them with community-benefit factors, lowered the active vendor ceiling from 475 to 400, ended acceptance of out-of-state vendor applications, expanded suspension/termination review to include employee and contract violations, changed transaction-count language, and allowed vendors to pass through credit card processing fees. Members asked about the impact of online sales and the nonresident draw on local vendors, how the department would monitor credit card fees, and how smaller rural vendors would be treated; staff said discretion would remain for small or seasonal communities and that fee enforcement would rely largely on customer complaints. The committee approved this docket as well, then adjourned after noting more contentious rules would be taken up later.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- working for a school district and Campbell comes, Senator Campbell comes to me and I give her a contract
- OK, we have a lot of examples of LLCs being created to secure contracts with other districts to promote
Committee:
Senate Education K-16
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- behested payments, including proceedings that are before a behesting official's agency, such as contracts
- and trained staff to canvass ballots and for the committee's information counties across the state contract
Committee:
House Elections
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I guess farm it out or contract out with the State Office of Administrative Hearing.
- The question. and I have is when you bid a contract there's usually a test well component.
- The board approved contracting with. So at the last board meeting and the back and forth with.
- So y'all contracted with SOA to get the legal cost. Yeah.
- Do they even have a contracted customer?
Committee:
House Natural Resources
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- relating to their solid their contracts relating to their solid waste.<00:55:54.880><c> Um</c><00:55
- They also are the organization that works with recycling groups to make those contracts.
- They also are the organization that works with recycling groups to make those contracts.
- </c><01:02:02.400><c> They're</c> groups to make those contracts.
- They're groups to make those contracts.
Committee:
Senate Ways and Means
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/13/25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- Nobody's hiding the contracts that exist between our office and NYU.
- Nobody's hiding the contracts that exist between our office and NYU.
- Nobody's hiding the contracts that exist between our office and NYU.
- Nobody's hiding the contracts that exist between our office and NYU.
- Nobody's hiding the contracts that exist between our office and NYU.
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Fewer projects will likely be lost, improving staff time efficiencies and reducing contracting costs.
- costs in conclusion reducing Contracting costs in conclusion hennipen<00:35:15.440><c> County</c><00
- being built, uh, the practicalities of these projects as they're being bid, um, through lump-sum contracts
- ><00:54:01.319><c> lumpsum</c> being bid um through Lum lumpsum being bid um through Lum lumpsum contracts
- um uh found a problem and the contracts um uh found a problem and the problem<00:54:06.079><c> was</
Committee:
House Taxes
Keywords:
property tax, exemption, leased land, public use, commercial property, HF632, Minnesota property tax, conservation easement, conservation restriction, assessed value, property valuation, tax assessment, real property, land conservation, farmland preservation, natural areas, riparian buffer, water quality, water quantity, county assessor
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- He also said revenue contracts in 2023 were $73 million, compared with $666 million in 2022.
- , negotiating grant contracts, preparing work plans and budgets, following the law, checking lists of
- , negotiating grant contracts, preparing work plans and budgets, following the law, checking lists of
- , negotiating grant contracts, preparing work plans and budgets, following the law, checking lists of
- We're a contracting firm. We do residential and commercial construction.
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- :46.160><c> with</c><00:36:46.280><c> the</c> As the psychiatrist would be, any psychiatrist can contract
- So, like, where are we contracting these psychiatric professionals from?
- Can you tell us what other states we're contracting from?
- <00:37:19.680><c> these</c><00:37:19.960><c> psychiatric</c> Contracting these psychiatric Contracting
- from I I the only reason Contracting from I I the only reason that<00:37:26.839><c> I</c><00:37:27.000
Committee:
House Health Finance and Policy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- with AI still in its streaming contracts with AI still in its relatively<01:04:57.400><c> early</c><
- SAG-AFTRA members are protected in their various occupations by different contracts.
- , we still continue to fight for those same protections for our members in all of our other contracts
- These developers have failed to take into account the perspectives of end users. contracts sagaa has
- been involved in contracts sagaa has been involved in public<01:06:40.000><c> policy</c><01:06:40.640
Committee:
Senate Labor
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/16/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- This is like a contract fee that's being paid.
- This is like a contract fee that's being paid.
- This is like a contract fee that's being paid.
- This is like a contract fee that's being paid. A contract fee that's being paid.
- It's a 24-hour contract fee.
Bills:
HF4338
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
Keywords:
human services, medical assistance, Medicaid, provider enrollment, provider revalidation, fraud prevention, program integrity, background study, background check, fingerprinting, licensing, license revocation, payment withholding, payment suspension, prepayment review, postpayment review, surety bond, compliance training, case management, targeted case management
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- be made whole on the $5 billion, or whatever it ends up costing, who knows these days, with the contracting
- be made whole on the $5 billion or whatever it ends up costing, who knows these days, with the contracting
- </c><00:36:39.760><c> that</c> these days um with the contracting that these days um with the contracting
- </c><01:50:56.400><c> Congressman</c><01:50:56.960><c> Mitchell</c> Contracting Act.
- Congressman Mitchell Contracting Act.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- It happens after the purchase contract.
- So, if the purchaser has to get into a contract, which they're in escrow at that point, how long after
- Does this affect any contracts going forward? >> I don't believe it should.
- that that doesn't affect uh contracts that the<01:42:50.320><c> city</c><01:42:50.880><c> or</c><01:
- </c> Does this affect any contracts Does this affect any contracts >> going<01:43:22.239><c> forward
Bills:
SB2982 , SB2367 , SB2818 , SB2944 , SB2022 , SB2240 , SB2986 , SB2547 , SB2401 , SB3031 , SB3035 , SB3032
Committee:
Senate Water, Land, Culture and the Arts
Keywords:
foreign influence, campaign finance, contributions, state elections, transparency, election integrity, Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor, Ala Wai Harbor, DLNR, BLNR, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Board of Land and Natural Resources, state boating facility, small boat harbor, public-private partnership, PPP, marina management, harbor lease, fast lands, submerged lands
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on several measures, beginning with SB 2982 on campaign finance, which would prohibit foreign entities and foreign-influence businesses from making contributions and expenditures. The Attorney General’s office testified first, followed by the Campaign Spending Commission, which supported the bill but asked for clarification on constitutional review authority and additional implementation time for certifications, forms, and procedures. Common Cause also supported the measure, arguing it would help protect elections from dark money and foreign influence. No vote was taken.
The committee then took up SB 2367 on a state boating facilities lease program for the Ala Wai small boat harbor. DLNR supported the bill, while UPW opposed it, warning about privatization of a public asset and possible job displacement. Several members of the public supported the concept but urged amendments to protect public access, affordability, youth ocean programs, and state employee jobs. Committee members questioned DLNR about the scope of the lease, the role of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, and whether public access and existing concessions would remain protected. DLNR said current leases would remain, the board would retain approval authority, and employees would not necessarily be displaced, but members indicated more discussion and possible amendments were needed.
For SB 2818 on boating penalties, DLNR testified in support and there was no opposition testimony. The committee also heard SB 2944 on conservation, which would require wildlife viewing guidelines that substantially conform to NOAA guidance and reporting requirements; DLNR said it stood on its written testimony. SB 2022 on water code penalties drew support from DLNR’s Commission on Water Resource Management, which said the bill’s two-tiered penalty structure would preserve deterrence while keeping the current $5,000 penalty for first-time or non-harmful violations. The Board of Water Supply submitted comments, and Ulupono Initiative supported the measure as a needed enforcement tool. Committee members discussed whether the higher penalty ceiling should be phased in and asked for stakeholder input on the amount of the penalties.
Finally, the committee began SB 2240 on land use, which would require water availability certification from the Commission on Water Resource Management before a district boundary amendment proceeds to the Land Use Commission. DLNR supported the bill and said it often reviews project documents that lack sufficient information on water needs and availability, so the measure would allow earlier review and comment. The committee also indicated it would seek amendments and further feedback on the water penalty bill before it moved to the next committee.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Rules and Administration - Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct - Part 1 - 05/05/25
Rules and Administration - Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct
Transcript Highlights:
- example, an attorney who gained information about a client's business operations while negotiating a contract
- and to say that negotiating a contract and to say that that<00:40:03.599><c> attorney</c><00:40:04.079
- by Salem, Inc. or Reverend McAfee, by whoever it was that was representing them, for a breach of contract
- </c><01:20:22.320><c> a</c><01:20:22.480><c> breach</c><01:20:22.800><c> of</c><01:20:23.040><c> contract
- </c><01:20:23.600><c> claim</c> them for a breach of contract claim them for a breach of contract claim