Video & Transcript Research : 'contractor'

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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Tue Apr 14, 2026, 9:00AM HST - Day 44

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • legitimate contractors. legitimate contractors.
  • from the same dishonest contractor. from the same dishonest contractor.
  • to expel this bad contractor. to expel this bad contractor.
  • getting the job the contractor getting the job the contractor subsequently<01:18:24.760> cheats
  • , contractor, contractor, which<01:18:34.240> is<01:18:34.360> not<01:18:34.600> an<
Keywords: 910, house, all
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

Insurance - Room 216, 3 February, 2026; 9:00 AM

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill requires<00:04:35.520> any<00:04:35.840> contractor<00:04:36.400> or<00
  • :04:36.560> person<00:04:36.800> who requires any contractor or person who requires any
  • contractor or person who installs<00:04:37.600> or<00:04:37.759> modifies<00:04:38.320
  • <00:04:54.880> would<00:04:55.199> be owner uh or elevator contractor would be owner
  • uh or elevator contractor would be responsible<00:04:55.759> for<00:04:56.000> registering
Summary: The committee took up several insurance and health-related bills. Earlier discussion focused on metastatic cancer step therapy and biomarker testing, with the sponsor explaining that the bills would prevent insurers from requiring patients to try less effective treatments first and would require coverage for biomarker testing to better target treatment. The biomarker bill was described as a product of a summer study committee and was reported favorably. The committee also advanced a bill setting standards tied to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and a private residence elevator bill requiring licensing, inspection, and permitting for elevator installers, with an amendment exempting those elevators from annual inspections after the initial inspection. Members then considered a mitigation program for retrofitting homes, with the sponsor saying the Department of Insurance and industry were close to a workable statewide program. The bill would be funded by increasing a fee paid by insurance companies, not policyholders, and would allow use of a third-party administrator capped at 5% of program funds. The committee also reported bills extending the state health plan repealer, extending the LOSAP volunteer firefighter program repealer, and creating a fraud detection trust fund at the Insurance Department to address AI- and cyber-related fraud. The fraud fund bill drew questions about whether it would raise premiums and how it would help investigators; supporters said the fund would support staffing and equipment and that the existing fund had been dormant. Additional bills included a transparency measure for dental insurance spending, which would require reporting on the share of premiums spent on dental services beginning in 2027, and a bill expanding access to self-funded group health plans for members of legitimate professional and trade associations. The committee also heard a Mississippi Patient Protection Act aimed at strengthening willing-provider protections and limiting insurer discrimination against qualified providers; an amendment was proposed to clarify that vision benefit managers would not be treated as pharmacy benefit managers. Most measures were moved by title sufficient due pass and reported without opposition.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Mortgage Finance Authority Act Oversight Jul 21st, 2025

Mortgage Finance Authority Act Oversight Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • In this program, our internal staff takes the applications and seeks contractors to do the necessary
  • Improving review timelines and potentially using third-party contractors to do that.
  • We went out to contractors to say, okay, here's the final plans, how much is this going to cost?
  • We were guessing for a long time and talking to contractors, and then unfortunately, even post-COVID,
  • The contractor was able to build ahead of schedule.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Health and Human Services Jan 27th, 2025

House Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • An NMHBA member who is a general contractor in farming... ...and had 20 employees before COVID-19.
  • In Albuquerque, another NMHBA member reports that a contractor has grown by 40% but continues to struggle
  • It does not preclude, Madam Chair, Representative, the Secretary from using outside contractors, which
  • If they work for a contractor as an employee, they would be an employee in the state of New Mexico and
  • would be paying into the fund, as would their contractor employer.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

January 15, 2025 - 01:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • Carroll-Bowen, Associated Builders and Contractors of Florida. Ms. Delegal, you are recognized.
  • Carol Bowen from the Associated Builders and Contractors of Florida. You are recognized.
  • I'm Carol Bowen, chief lobbyist for Associated Builders and Contractors of Florida.
  • We represent general and specialty contractors, associate suppliers.
  • We represent general and specialty contractors, associate suppliers.
Summary: The Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee held its first meeting of the 2025 session and focused on an overview of county and municipal home rule powers and state preemption. After roll call and member introductions, Chair Alex Rizzo and Vice Chair Griff Griffiths explained the constitutional and statutory basis for local self-government, the distinction between charter and non-charter counties, and how express and implied preemption limit local authority. Griffiths emphasized that home rule gives local governments broad power to address community needs, but the Legislature can override that authority through clear preemption, with courts ultimately deciding disputes. Representatives Holcomb and LaMarca added that local issues should generally be addressed locally first, but statewide standards can be appropriate when uniformity is needed or local action is ineffective. The committee then heard from a panel representing counties, cities, business, and construction interests: Ginger Delegal of the Florida Association of Counties, Carolyn Johnson of the Florida Chamber of Commerce, Rebecca O'Hara of the Florida League of Cities, and Carol Bowen of Associated Builders and Contractors of Florida. Delegal and O'Hara argued that home rule is rooted in local autonomy, policy experimentation, and accountability to voters, and warned against broad or “vacuum” preemptions that remove local authority without replacing it with state regulation. Johnson and Bowen supported preemption when local rules create a patchwork that hurts statewide competitiveness, raises costs, or complicates business operations, citing examples such as labor rules, heat safety, permitting, and procurement preferences. The panel also discussed the 2023 local ordinances law, which requires business impact estimates and provides attorney’s fees in certain challenges, as a mechanism to resolve disputes locally before resorting to preemption. Members questioned the panel about the 2024 heat-safety preemption and how to protect workers in the absence of local ordinances. Business representatives said existing OSHA duties and industry best practices already require employers to provide safe conditions, while local governments and the state should avoid inconsistent standards across jurisdictions. Another discussion centered on construction permitting, licensing, and local boards that may slow projects and increase costs; Bowen suggested eliminating redundant local fees and barriers while preserving statewide licensing and enforcement against bad actors. No votes were taken, and the meeting remained informational, with the chair inviting continued discussion on when preemption is appropriate versus when local governments should retain authority.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • Number one, we've got to make sure we have contractors available.
  • We want to do it in multiple phases so that we have a diversity of opportunities for contractors.
  • All of our contractors come all of our consultants come local governments actually come.
  • The availability of contractors and labor and we usually schedule that project and has a duration.
  • And those contractors have been able to pursue additional projects because it frees up their resources
Keywords: 999, senate, all
LA
Transcript Highlights:
  • So the ability for one homeowner to opt out, because contractors don’t treat your property the same way
  • they’ve made a mess, if they tore up something else in the yard—what are the requirements of the contractor
  • would the municipality be putting these water lines in, or would they contract it to a utility contractor
  • this instance be actually doing the work, or would they have a separate contract with a utility contractor
  • The conversations have been about bidding that work out to a utility contractor.
Summary: The committee met on May 13 and first took up House Concurrent Resolution 89, which asks the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism to study, with the Louisiana State Museum and the World War II Museum, the feasibility of a Louisiana Maneuvers museum and trail. Representative Owens described the historical significance of the Louisiana Maneuvers and said the proposal would help preserve and teach that history. The committee moved HCR 89 favorably to the floor without objection. The committee then heard House Resolution 179, which would create a study of neighborhood crime prevention and security districts and their effectiveness in reducing crime. Representative Marcel said the resolution was prompted by questions about crime data and district performance, while several members raised concerns about the number of study groups and the breadth of a statewide review. Other members supported the idea as a way to gather data on what works, including cameras and other security measures. The resolution was moved favorably to the floor. Next, the committee considered Senate Bill 228, a constitutional amendment to allow public funds to be used to replace lead and copper drinking water service lines on private property, and Senate Bill 268, the companion implementing bill that sets out the notice and replacement process. Paul Rainwater explained that the program would use EPA and state revolving-fund money, with work focused on the line from the meter to the shutoff valve, and that the city would inventory affected homes, give notice, and then proceed with replacement. Members asked about homeowner rights, emergency entry, contractor accountability, and whether the program could expand beyond New Orleans; Rainwater said he would return with more detail on the objection/emergency process. Both SB 228, as amended, and SB 268 were reported favorably. The committee also advanced Senate Bill 283, which creates the Boulevard at Harding Area Special District in Baton Rouge to encourage development near Southern University, and two resolutions: House Resolution 225, urging agencies and local governments in Ouachita Parish to study solid waste, debris removal, and disaster resilience services, and House Resolution 223, urging Shreveport and partners to advance the Southern Soul City Initiative. All were moved favorably to the floor, and the meeting ended with members and the chair thanking staff and noting it was likely the committee’s last meeting of the session.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education Mar 5th, 2025

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Vicky, we show you Russia as Vicky Van Est on behalf of the Plum Heating Cooling Contractors Association
  • The Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling Contractors Association represents plumbers and... across the state
  • . and HVAC contractors.
  • OK, Shannon, we show you registered as Shannon Noble. on behalf of the Texas Air Conditioning Contractors
  • Shannon Noble, representing the Texas Air Conditioning Contractors Association. Association.
Bills: HB20, HB 120, HB20, HB120
AR
Transcript Highlights:
  • last rule we have on the agenda today is a rule to allow us to be exempt from the recovery audit contractor
  • I don't have a problem with this rule, but can you expand a little bit on what a recovery audit contractor
  • So we were not able to secure a recovery audit contractor using a traditional form of payment.
Keywords: 1204, all
Summary: The committee met briefly, approved the January 7 minutes, and heard several Department of Human Services rules. DHS explained a rule allowing rehabilitative hospitals to open psychiatric units, provide acute psychiatric services, and receive Medicaid reimbursement, noting the service is needed and already being provided in Jefferson County. Members also reviewed a rule allowing DHS to participate in the CMS cell and gene therapy model for value-based payment agreements to treat sickle cell disorder with CGT therapy. A third DHS rule would exempt the state from the CMS recovery audit contractor requirement. DHS said recovery audit contractors typically work on contingency to identify fraud, waste, abuse, or overpayments, but Arkansas law prevents contingency arrangements, so the state uses other program-integrity layers instead. Those layers include internal retrospective reviews, an external payment integrity office, the Office of Medicaid Inspector General, and the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. Members asked for clarification on the contractor role, and DHS responded that the exemption has no cost and was approved by CMS. During new business, Representative Pilkington asked about a reported increase in uninsured postpartum cases in a DHS quarterly report. DHS representatives said they were not prepared to answer at the meeting and would follow up offline. Representative Johnson also asked about a handout related to program integrity and Arkansas Medicaid. With no further business, the committee adjourned.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Judiciary Feb 10th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • It requires covered local governments to establish a qualified contractor program by January 1, 2007.
  • It limits the roles of those qualified contractors to ministerial and technical review functions only
  • It requires covered local governments to establish a qualified contractor program by January 1, 2007.
  • It does not authorize qualified contractors to exercise quasi-judicial or discretionary authority.
  • It does not authorize qualified contractors to exercise quasi-judicial or discretionary authority.
Summary: The committee first considered CS/SB 1434 on infill redevelopment. A late-filed strike-all amendment narrowed eligibility to certain contaminated or brownfield properties in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties, added adjacency and density/intensity limits, and excluded agricultural land, park land, land outside the urban growth boundary, and land near military installations. The amendment was adopted without opposition, and the bill was reported favorably on an 8-0 vote, with limited support and opposition noted in waived appearance forms. Members then took up CS/CS/SB 212 on sexual offenders and sexual predators. The strike-all added public swimming pools and related child-centered locations to residency and presence restrictions. Testimony was sharply divided: proponents argued the bill would help protect children and law enforcement, while opponents, including treatment experts and homelessness advocates, said there was no empirical evidence the restrictions reduce abuse and warned of retroactive punishment and increased homelessness. The amendment was adopted, and the bill passed 8-1. The committee also approved CS/CS/SB 686 on agricultural enclaves after an amendment allowing certain enclaves adjacent to interstates to be developed for commercial, industrial, or single-family residential uses and clarifying exclusions for protected areas. Opponents argued it would weaken zoning and comprehensive plans, while supporters framed it as a property-rights measure; the bill was reported favorably 10-0. SB 554 on nonprofit corporations, a technical update to nonprofit law modeled on prior for-profit corporate revisions, also passed unanimously after supportive waived testimony. Later, the committee approved SB 1338 on charitable giving, which creates a donor remedy for endowment restrictions and limits state reporting burdens on certain regulated or exempt organizations; members discussed cy pres and the sponsor said further changes would be worked out later. CS/SB 532 on court fees was amended to let clerks retain all collections above revenue projections rather than half, with supporters saying clerks have been underfunded for years; it passed 10-0. The committee also favorably reported SB 218 on land use regulations, which restores normal land-use authority to counties not affected by recent hurricanes, and CS/SB 692 on cybersecurity standards and liability, which creates a presumption against liability for entities that comply with cybersecurity frameworks and reporting requirements; the cybersecurity bill drew concerns about retroactivity and the adequacy of compliance incentives but passed 9-2.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/23/26

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, we do update a BEAD contractor list, and then finally we have 50 telecommuter-forward communities
  • Um, I know we've looked at contractors and permitting and qualifying.
  • What's driving the RFP to contractors?
  • :42.720> and contractors and permitting and contractors and permitting and qualifying.<00:35:44.079
  • they're creating their own contractors they're creating their own contractors or<00:36:05.040>
Bills: HF3508, HF3548, HF3549
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES Feb 19th, 2026

ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

Transcript Highlights:
  • Rule C is the recovery audit contractor exemption rule.
  • It is a state plan amendment that we put in with CMS to exempt us from the recovery audit contractor
  • Recovery audit contractors are contractors that are used by Medicaid and Medicare programs to review
Summary: The Administrative Rules Subcommittee reviewed a series of agency rules and related requests. The Department of Corrections and Post-Prison Transfer Board reported quarterly updates with no questions, and several Commerce rules were approved, including repeals tied to the minority business enterprise and women-owned business enterprise programs and the Consolidated Incentives Act because they were superseded by Act 116 or duplicative of statute. The Insurance Department’s new rule for online marketplace guarantee providers was also approved, with Airbnb used as an example of the type of platform covered. The Department of Education presented an update to the Arkansas Adult Diploma Program to align payment milestones with Act 502 of 2025, and DFA presented a rule implementing a new tax credit for Arkansas rice used in beer and sake production under Act 874 of 2025. Members asked about verification of grain bills and whether the credit was broadly available; DFA said the rule tracks the statute and requires producers to submit the grain bill with their return. DHS then presented a SNAP rule implementing federal changes from Public Law 119-21, including raising the able-bodied adult without dependents age limit to 64, changing treatment of dependents and exemptions, and adjusting energy assistance income treatment; the rule was approved despite one public comment. Later, DHS Medical Services amended the Medicaid Rehab Hospital Manual to allow rehab hospitals to operate psychiatric units and bill Medicaid for those services, and also secured approval for a recovery audit contractor exemption because Arkansas law bars contingency-fee contractors and the state already has other program integrity safeguards. The Board of Public Accountancy’s rules implementing Act 428 of 2025 were approved after discussion of a new CPA licensure pathway requiring a bachelor’s degree plus two years of experience, changes to substantial equivalency for out-of-state CPAs, and removal of a government/not-for-profit coursework requirement. The committee also approved the Department of Education’s request to be excluded from certain reporting requirements, retained all 18 DAPSAF rules under a review of Group 3, filed outstanding 2023-session rulemaking updates, and adjourned after filing monthly updates.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Finance - 05/14/25

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • For commerce, the bill adds an application and approval process for owner-controlled and contractor-controlled
  • approval process for ownerc<00:02:54.000> controlled<00:02:54.319> and<00:02:54.560> contractor
  • ownerc controlled and contractor ownerc controlled and contractor controlled<00:02:55.840> insurance
Bills: SF1832
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • FROM THE ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS SPEAKING IN SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
  • CAROL BOWEN SPEAKING IN SUPPORT, WAIVING IN SUPPORT, ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS CHRIS DAWSON
  • FLORIDA ROOFING AND SHEET-METAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION WAIVING IN SUPPORT, ADRIANA SOTO FLORIDA CHAMBER
  • OF COMMERCE WAIVES IN SUPPORT, DAVID SHIP CONTRACTORS WAIVES IN SUPPORT, IS THERE DEBATE ON THE BILL
Keywords: 999, senate, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Banking and Insurance Mar 10th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Alarm and sprinkler projects sets deadlines for permits and inspections laws, contractors to begin work
  • immediately after submitting a complete application requiring contractors to provide plans for onsite
  • Within 3 business days of request, contractors must maintain plans and specs on site for fire alarm and
  • So representing fire sprinkler contractors, engineer suppliers and again during the Lee.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • requesting agencies when they are conducting a base suitability or fitness assessment for federal or contractor
  • federal<00:05:03.479> or asset assessment for federal or asset assessment for federal or contractor
  • employees<00:05:05.800> under<00:05:06.280> five<00:05:06.880> USC contractor
  • employees under five USC contractor employees under five USC section section section 9101<00:05:09.600
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then heard an announcement inviting members to the Kentucky National Guard’s annual legislator briefing and rotary-wing flight over Frankfort on March 10, with a Friday deadline to RSVP. After roll call, the committee took up House Bill 340, sponsored by Representative Tony Hampton, with testimony from Hampton and representatives of the Kentucky sheriffs and law enforcement community. HB 340 would create a new section of KRS Chapter 13 requiring criminal justice agencies to provide criminal history records information to requesting federal agencies conducting suitability or fitness assessments for federal or contractor employees under 5 U.S.C. 9101. The bill also allows a $25 fee to reimburse agencies for the cost of providing the records and makes a conforming change to juvenile justice records law. Supporters said the measure is needed to bring Kentucky into compliance with federal law, noting the state had been out of compliance and could risk federal funding; they also said sheriffs’ offices need statutory authority to charge the fee. Members asked about whether the bill covers all background checks, sealed or expunged records, and juvenile records. Testimony explained that the bill applies to federal security-related background checks, that federal law requires access to sealed or expunged records, and that juvenile information would remain in-house but could be relevant when applicants disclose past conduct. One example was given involving a juvenile firearms-related offense discovered during a federal suitability review. The committee then voted on the bill, and House Bill 340 passed with favorable expression, with the chair announcing it should do the same in the House.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Health Committee Jun 17th, 2026

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair Weber Pierson and fellow senators, I am Rebecca May on behalf of the Contractor State License Board
  • This bill would allow contractors to bypass an inspection performed by local building departments if
  • provides essential oversight to protect consumers and business owners from harm by requiring a contractor
  • However, I do have similar concerns as have been raised by the Contractor State Licensing Board.
  • I am concerned about a contractor who does this work on your behalf, on an owner's behalf, self-certifying
Keywords: 987, senate, all
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • But the SAU operation in its entirety, all employees and contractors, is a key administrator cost we'd
  • :03:41.800> all<01:03:42.320> employees<01:03:43.320> and<01:03:43.600> contractors
  • entirety, all employees and contractors entirety, all employees and contractors is<01:03:45.200>
  • purposes of this subsection,” “Administrators” shall be defined by reference to all employees and contractors
  • of the school administrative unit and all district employees and contractors covered by the definition
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The conference committee first discussed HB 1099, which creates a committee to study private business providing special education services and local school district reimbursement. Members explained that the issue is broader than special education alone, involving residential placements, foster care, court-ordered placements, and questions about which entity pays for education and care costs when students are placed in residential facilities. The House proposed an amendment to expand the study to include students placed in residential facilities by school districts as well as those placed through episodes of treatment or court order, and members agreed the existing commission would not resolve the issue before its July 1, 2026 expiration. Representative Coker raised concern about the phrase “but not limited to,” but members said the broader language was needed to capture placements beyond the existing statutory categories. The committee then agreed to accede to the Senate version of HB 1099 with a committee amendment, and the House voted unanimously to adopt amendment 2026-1845H. The bill was placed on the consent calendar, and the meeting adjourned. The transcript also includes a separate conference committee discussion on HB 1807, concerning mandatory reporting to voters. The main dispute was how to present administrator compensation: the House favored total administrative cost, while the Senate initially preferred average administrator salary. Members debated whether voters would be better informed by totals or averages, and whether the bill should define “administrator” more clearly by reference to DOE rules. The committee reached a tentative compromise to add both an average administrator salary graph and a total administrator cost graph, define administrators by reference to ED 501.02(B), scale the graph more precisely, and list the top 10 highest-paid administrators plus any employee earning over $100,000. Both chambers then gave unanimous support to the revised approach, with the understanding that the draft would be finalized and signed later.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce May 11th, 2026

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • the Uniform Standards Code for Manufactured and Modular Housing, to provide for the Residential Contractors
  • and factory-built housing developers, to provide for warranties, ...housing residential contractors
  • Brad Hassert here with the Contractors Licensing Board who can help me with answering any questions you
  • Amendments 1 and 2 provide that the definition of factory-built housing developer encompasses contractors
  • Brad Hassert, on behalf of the Contractors Licensing Board. I don't...
Summary: The House Committee on Commerce met on May 11, 2026, and first advanced several Senate measures with little or no opposition. It reported favorably Senate Bill 79 recreating Louisiana Economic Development, Senate Concurrent Resolution 5 establishing the Louisiana-Ireland Trade Commission, and Senate Bill 375 on Class B firefighting foam, after adopting a technical amendment clarifying use in declared emergency firefighting operations. The committee also advanced Senate Bill 398, which moves manufactured and modular housing regulation under the Louisiana Contractors Licensing Board and expands inspection and enforcement provisions, after adopting two sets of mostly technical amendments and hearing testimony that the change would improve consumer safety and increase inspection coverage without adding net cost to locals. It then reported favorably Senate Bill 163 on virtual currency business licensing, after adopting an amendment providing that any future federal licensing law would preempt the state act, and Senate Bill 287 on virtual currency kiosks, which adds refund timelines, disclosure requirements, customer support, and reporting duties; witnesses from the banking and law enforcement community said the bill responds to common fraud complaints and improves consumer protection. The committee also reported favorably Senate Bill 54, which allows estheticians to blow-dry hair after certain services, despite strong opposition from cosmetology board representatives and industry witnesses who argued the service is outside esthetics training, could create scope-of-practice and facility issues, and should instead be addressed by lowering or revising separate blow-dry licensing requirements. The committee then considered House Resolution 197, which urges the Louisiana Public Service Commission to study the feasibility and value of distributed energy generation and storage resources. After adopting technical amendments and a second amendment changing mandatory language to requests and urging the PSC to coordinate with the LSU Energy Institute, the resolution was reported favorably. Testimony from solar and energy industry representatives, the PSC, and LSU focused on how distributed resources, batteries, rooftop solar, and virtual power plants could improve reliability, reduce costs, and help meet rising demand; members also discussed how the study would evaluate market value, avoided costs, and capacity benefits. Questions centered on methodology, grid impacts, and comparisons to Texas’s ERCOT system and Winter Storm Uri, with PSC officials emphasizing that the study would help determine whether such resources benefit ratepayers. Representative Wright presented House Bill 744, a proposed constitutional amendment to transfer regulation of certain New Orleans utilities from the city council to the Public Service Commission. He argued the change could reduce rates through consolidation and eliminate duplicative regulatory costs, while PSC officials explained the city’s authority is a constitutional exception dating back to 1921 and that Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana operate as separate companies with different regulatory environments. After discussion of rate impacts, utility structure, and whether the proposal should instead become a study, the bill was deferred. The committee then began Senate Bill 386, the Louisiana Data Privacy Act, which would give consumers rights to access, correct, delete, and opt out of certain uses of personal data; the sponsor introduced the bill and the committee started considering technical and substantive amendments, but the transcript ends before final action on that measure.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Consumer and Public Affairs Jan 22nd, 2026 at 01:59 pm

House Consumer & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • complicit in the corrupt scheme that ICE exploits for sweetheart deals with its favorite for-profit contractors
  • , this bill is not focused on regulating the question of contracting directly between detention contractors
  • We know that contractors, including CoreCivic, are heavily reliant on bringing people in on temporary
  • To hold its contractors to. Okay, thank you, Madam Chair and Representative.
  • sought to regulate their direct contracts between the federal government and private detention contractors
Keywords: 996, all