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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, there's at times a lengthy and costly permitting process.
- I know I'll use example in your hometown, Fort Worth, their permitting process takes Several days and
- A better process already exists.
- The MOUs have their own interconnection processes. that are akin to the interconnection processes in
- SB 1252 standardizes this. process statewide, allowing homeowners to install backup power faster and
Committee:
Senate Business & Commerce
Keywords:
SB 213, Texas insurance, Insurance Code, Chapter 551, Chapter 541, bundling, tying arrangement, cross-selling, homeowners insurance, residential property insurance, auto insurance, personal automobile insurance, consumer protection, unfair trade practice, deceptive insurance practice, property and casualty insurer, Lloyd's plan, county mutual, reciprocal exchange, farm mutual
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Committee of Conference on HB 557, HB 71 (06/16/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- If you have the bill on line 20, adding that Department of Health and Human Service contracts shall include
- Health and adding that Department of Health and Human<01:34:20.880><c> Service</c><01:34:21.360><c> contracts
- </c> Human Service contracts Human Service contracts um<01:34:23.360><c> shall</c><01:34:23.840><c> include
- Under section 4, it says repeal section two of this act, which is the Health and Human Services contracts
- And the only way money goes into that fund is through the donation mechanism, not the general fund process
Summary:
The committee of conference first discussed House Bill 557, which concerns information on the school budget ballot. The main issue was how to define and calculate the “average cost per pupil.” House members favored a simple calculation dividing the operating budget by enrollment, arguing that it is clearer to the public and matches how taxpayers think about school costs. Senate members preferred the existing RSA-based definition for consistency across statutes and noted that the current definition was about to take effect. Members also debated whether the ballot language should specify the figure as being for the “preceding year,” and some House members ultimately agreed to that clarification while one member did not.
After discussion, the Senate declined to move off its position on the calculation method, but agreed to a compromise amendment adding “for the preceding year” to the Senate language so it would align with the rest of the ballot information. The committee then agreed to draft the report with that amendment.
The committee then turned to House Bill 71, dealing with restrictions on using public school and higher education facilities to shelter certain migrants, along with a Senate-added provision requiring DHHS contracts to comply with the patient bill of rights. Members generally said they supported the base policy of the bill, but Representative Noble raised a drafting concern about a repeal section that appeared to undo the new contract requirement; the group discussed removing that repeal language and adjusting effective dates. The committee also reviewed Senate-added language creating a donation fund for a proposed accessible pier at Hampton Beach. Supporters said the project would be privately funded through donations, with the state park division managing the fund and any remaining balance eventually transferring to an existing state park donations account if the pier is not built. Members questioned maintenance costs, fundraising responsibility, and whether the account was necessary, but the Senate explained the fund was intended to provide a mechanism for private fundraising and future maintenance support.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Human Services Committee May 27th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- How are we working at having the process?
- We just want to keep the process moving.
- They were still in the process.
- They were still in the process.
- The communication process and pipeline will be improved.
Committees:
Joint Human Services , Joint Human Services Committee
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- , both mail-in and virtual, that entire process is managed by the state.
- </c><00:42:48.640><c> So,</c> the process. So, the process.
- This is part of the process.
- </c><01:20:50.480><c> And</c><01:20:50.719><c> so,</c> their compensation contracts.
- And so, their compensation contracts.
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy
Keywords:
suicide prevention, transportation, mental health, bridge safety, data collection, state law, bridge inspection, active transportation, truck parking, public safety, vehicle registration, fee structure, full-service providers, Capitol security, emergency management, state buildings, law enforcement, Minnesota State Patrol, State Patrol compensation, trooper salary
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Banking and Insurance (9-16-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- before the contract review committee and ask<00:47:39.440><c> for</c><00:47:39.680><c> increases.
- </c><00:57:49.040><c> process</c><00:57:49.359><c> with</c><00:57:49.599><c> the</c> 18-month process
- . process with the 18-month process. process with the federal<00:57:50.079><c> government</c><00:57:50.880
- All all we want to do that process.
- </c> and it was noted during that process and it was noted during that process that<01:31:19.440><c>
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Call to Order and Roll Call 00:00:23
Kentucky Bankers Association 00:02:32
How to Read and Understand KRS 6.948 Health Mandate and Federal Cost Defrayal Impact Statements 00:25:40
Proposed Amendments to Kentucky's Essential Health Benefit-Benchmark Plan 00:50:18
Proposed Health Insurance Legislation for the 2026 Session 01:04:22
Reimbursement for Covered Benefits Delivered Through the Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model 01:01:46
Coverage of Eating or Feeding Disorders 01:18:47
Coverage of Hearing Loss 01:25:31, 958, all
Summary:
The Interim Joint Committee on Banking and Insurance met for its first interim meeting, established a quorum, approved routine opening items, and welcomed a new committee assistant and a legislative intern. The committee first heard a Kentucky Bankers Association presentation from Tim Shank and John Cooper focused on the state’s housing shortage, which they described as affecting all 120 counties and especially low- and moderate-income and workforce housing. They urged support for a proposed $20 million banker-backed revolving fund, paired with tax credits, to finance new housing construction; they said the program would be flexible, could support alternatives such as manufactured housing, and would use below-market loans with tax credits vesting over five years only after units are completed. They also asked for extension of the historical tax credit carryforward from five to seven years and for continued support of new market tax credits, arguing that supply-chain delays make the longer period necessary for historic rehabilitation projects.
The bankers also raised concerns about credit unions, arguing that because credit unions do not pay the same taxes as banks, they should not be allowed to acquire healthy state-chartered banks or hold state and local deposits. They cited the recent purchase of First State Bank of Middlesborough as an example, saying the transaction would reduce state, county, and city tax revenue and weaken local tax bases. In response to committee questions, the presenters said local regulations, zoning, parking, sidewalk, and utility easement issues can significantly delay housing projects, and they emphasized that state policy and infrastructure support are needed to help address affordability and development barriers.
The committee then shifted to a Department of Insurance presentation by Commissioner Sharon Clark on how to read KRS 6.948 health mandate and federal cost defrayal impact statements. Clark explained that the mandate statements were created in 1998 so legislators would have actuarial estimates of how proposed health insurance mandates would affect administrative costs, premiums, and total costs, and she noted that later legislation added federal cost-defrayal analysis. She also reviewed the background of the Affordable Care Act’s essential health benefits framework and said the department’s statements are intended to help lawmakers make informed decisions on proposed health coverage mandates. No votes or formal actions were taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- This just slows down the process before a warrant is issued in most cases. Is that correct? Okay.
- This just slows down the process before a warrant is issued in most cases. Is that correct? Okay.
- This just slows down the process before a warrant is issued in most cases. Is that correct? Okay.
- </c><00:51:51.760><c> So</c> and purposes of processing data. So and purposes of processing data.
- </c> information to process something. information to process something.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- That's coming from Title IV-D grant money and the expedited child support process, and contract which
- That's coming from Title IV-D grant money and the expedited child support process, and contract which
- That's coming from Title IV-D grant money and the expedited child support process, and contract which
- That's coming from Title IV-D grant money and the expedited child support process, and contract which
- That's coming from Title IV-D grant money and the expedited child support process, and contract which
Committee:
House Judiciary
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- then take that money and give it out to themselves and to billionaires in the form of government contracts
- Elon Musk makes $8 million a day in federal government contracts.
- students' money and your taxpayer money, close down your neighborhood school, and then hand it out in contracts
- Elon Musk makes $8 million a day in federal government contracts.
- While your average public school teacher makes about $120,000,000,000 federal government contracts, while
Keywords:
public education, Department of Education, funding, Trump, Kassar, Elon Musk, education policy, youth advocacy, billionaire influence
Summary:
This was a press conference organized by student advocates and Texas Democratic lawmakers to oppose efforts by the Trump administration and allies to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education and to criticize Texas voucher proposals. Speakers argued that the department and its Office for Civil Rights are essential for enforcing civil rights protections, supporting special education, Title I, Pell Grants, career and technical education, and other federal education programs. They said eliminating the department would weaken oversight, shift power to states that have a poor record on student protections, and harm marginalized, low-income, disabled, and rural students.
Congressman Greg Casar framed the issue as a transfer of public money from schools to billionaires, tying the department fight to federal budget and tax-cut debates and to Texas voucher efforts. State Representative Gene Wu said Texas public education is already near collapse and warned that losing federal support would worsen school closures, staffing shortages, and class-size increases. Representative Gina Hinojosa highlighted Texas’s past special education cap and attacks on Section 504, and said she filed bills to route federal block grants directly to schools if federal policy changes move forward.
Representative Vicki Goodwin said the state should fund schools rather than vouchers and noted underfunding of special education and inflation pressures. Round Rock ISD trustee Melissa Ross and Texas AFT president Zef Capo emphasized that federal oversight protects students and that Texas has a history of underfunding and mishandling special education, meals, and other services. The final speaker, Westwood High School senior Eliza Abert, said the loss of federal education support would most harm low-income and middle-class students and called on attendees to oppose the changes. No votes were taken; the event ended with a call for public pressure on lawmakers and continued advocacy.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Republican Members Propose New Legislation Addressing Fraud - 02/19/26
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Democrats codified this nonfeasance when they passed a law gutting the Senate confirmation process
- All state agencies would be required to use it, and they would then use it against vendor contracts,
- 00:10:41.200><c> it</c><00:10:41.360><c> against</c><00:10:41.680><c> vendor</c><00:10:42.079><c> contracts
- ,</c> then use it against vendor contracts, then use it against vendor contracts, government<00:10:43.519
- Within a couple months, they put together a series of contract vendors and brought together the best
Summary:
Senate Republican leaders held a press event to roll out a package of anti-fraud proposals focused on state welfare and human services programs. Mark Johnson opened by citing recent fraud scandals, including a shuttered housing program and reports of vulnerable adults being left without care while providers billed for full services, and said Republicans want top-down reform, stronger accountability, new technology, and tighter oversight of taxpayer dollars. Michael Kreun said Republicans support an independent Office of Inspector General and argued the Senate-passed bill should not be weakened in the House; he also said the Senate should restore its role in confirming agency commissioners, especially at DHS, which he described as central to the fraud problem.
Jordan Rasmusson outlined a plan to stop “blank checks” for DHS and DCYF services by requiring legislative audit review when a program exceeds budget by 5 percent and legislative approval for additional spending at 10 percent over budget. He also said DHS should adopt basic integrity tools such as electronic visit verification and client sign-off. Steve Drazkowski described two bills: a statewide “do-not-pay” list to block payments to ineligible people or entities, and an “I’m Not a Robot” proposal for Medicaid managed care that would require enrollee verification forms, with a 2 percent payment withhold used to encourage compliance and potentially fund county system upgrades. Mark Krueger said the state should improve technology and data use for eligibility determinations, citing other states’ rapid fraud-fighting systems, and proposed penalties for false reporting to the Legislative Auditor after a DHS audit found falsified site-visit records.
Steve Gruenhagen said his bill would require DHS and DCYF to resume annual fraud-prevention and oversight reports to the legislature, which he said had stopped after 2017 despite rising fraud cases. Michael Holmstrom proposed unannounced site visits for all DHS and DCYF providers before enrollment, reenrollment, and revalidation, funded through provider service fees, and cited a recent case involving a woman with autism who was billed for far more care than she received. In the Q&A, Kreun said House Democrats’ delete-everything amendment to the inspector general bill removed the law enforcement division and stripped the bill of its “teeth,” and he suggested the governor’s office may have been involved in efforts to replace the bill with a weaker coordination council model. No votes were taken in the press conference.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
EDN Public Hearing - Thu Feb 5, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Transcript Highlights:
- Do you recall if, for that process, the leagues had to approve it first before the funding came?
- The process, I know it. We talked about it for a couple years.
- This is with regards to privacy tools and conditional gifts, not contracts.
- </c><01:10:52.719><c> For</c><01:10:53.040><c> families,</c> not commercial contracts.
- For families, not commercial contracts.
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on HB 2185, which would add protections for sports officials. The Department of Education, the State Public Charter School Commission, the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, HSTA, HGA, school administrators, the Hawaii High School Athletic Association, the Hawaii State Basketball Officials Association, and several individuals testified in support. The Department of the Attorney General offered comments and recommended amendments, especially on the bill’s civil-action provisions and criminal language, saying the measure should be made more consistent and narrowed to clarify who is covered. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the increased criminal penalties but said its concerns were limited to that portion of the bill. The chair repeatedly noted the committee’s education-policy focus and limited discussion of legal issues.
The committee then took up HB 2621 on student misconduct. The Department of Education testified and answered questions about its student discipline data, explaining that much of the information is kept in the department’s internal Infinite Campus system and is not public, but that some additional information could be added to the annual report while still protecting student privacy. Members discussed whether the department tracks incidents consistently across schools and whether more public reporting would help identify where violence or discipline issues are occurring. The department said it was not seeing an increase in suspensions in the data it had, though it acknowledged internal data showed more detail than the annual report.
HB 2179, concerning DOE and e-pipes, drew comments from the Department of Education, support from the Department of Health, the Hawaii Bicycling League, and other individuals. The committee then heard HB 2534, which would recognize robotics in schools as an interscholastic sport. The Department of Education offered comments, the State Public Charter School Commission supported the bill, and multiple students and robotics participants testified in strong support, arguing that robotics provides STEM opportunities, competition, and career pathways, and that formal recognition and funding would help sustain teams and compensate mentors. No votes or final actions were taken on the bills in the portion of the meeting provided.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- And so we created this process under Section 420, and this is not part of the uniform law.
- And the process has worked very well.
- There's some dicta in that opinion that seems to indicate that this 420 process is the only way that
- So the thought process behind those lines, Representative, is that lawsuits related to a trust could
- They come to me, they pay me, and then we run through the process.
Committee:
House Financial Institutions
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Joint Administrative Procedures Committee Mar 31st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- WOULDN'T THAT ANALYSIS BE INITIATED BY THE RULEMAKING PROCESS?
- THE RULEMAKING PROCESS HAS NOT BEEN INITIATED FOR THESE PROVISIONS.
- THE RULE DOES NOT REFER TO A DOCUMENT THAT SETS OF STANDARDS OUTSIDE OF THE RULEMAKING PROCESS.
- OR AVIATION. >> I AM NOT CERTAIN HOW THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS GOES IN THAT REALM.
- OR WOULD YOU GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND DO THIS NEXT TIME?
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Instead of allowing him his normal process of bringing a lawsuit.
- I like the referendum process on things that are legal.
- So, I'm concerned that this bill abridges that process.
- We do a sufficient job creating those processes by which we can honor the principles, and the processes
- Principles, process, policy.
Committee:
House Intergovernmental Affairs
Keywords:
housing finance, multifamily residential, low income, tax exemption, audit requirements, affordable housing, local government, development bonds, housing assistance, financial assistance, low income housing, community support, affordability, veterans housing, community involvement, air conditioning, tenant support, healthcare, elderly, taxation
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- They're in a process.
- </c> you include food processing you include food processing facilities<01:14:30.280><c> um</c><01:14
- <01:26:13.719><c> if</c><01:26:13.880><c> they</c><01:26:14.040><c> so</c> process if they so process
- I appreciate it. process to work or hope that that process to work or hope that that process<02:18:14.120
- </c> and what did they do they they process and what did they do they they process these<02:32:49.520
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Faculty have been hired, research is underway, and contracts have been signed based on those commitments
- It's something that will have to be determined through the budget-making process. Okay.
- That point was made several times through this process that it's an American-made vehicle.
- That point was made several times through this process that it's a number.
- That point was made several times through this process that it's an American-made vehicle.
Bills:
HB4138 , HB4139 , HB4140 , HB4141 , HB4142 , HB4143 , HB4144 , HB4145 , HB4146 , HB4147 , HB4148 , HB4149 , HB4150 , HB4151 , HB4152 , HB4153 , SB1831 , SB1832 , SB1833 , SB1834 , SB1835 , SB1836 , SB1837 , SB1838 , SB1839 , SB1840 , SB1841 , SB1842 , SB1843 , SB1844 , SB1845 , SB1846
Committee:
Joint Appropriations
Keywords:
appropriations, education funding, health care, general fund, state budget, local funding, gaming, pari-mutuel, horse racing, regulatory assessment, first-time starters, budget implementation, federal funds, government services, budget stabilization, financial reporting, capital outlay, infrastructure, veterans services, highway construction
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 50 (3-19-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And it places time frames on the applicant for licensure and the board of licensure for processing the
- And number three, it prohibits the Department for Medicaid Services and any MCO with which they contract
- from providing coverage they contract from providing coverage for<00:46:19.880><c> any</c><00:46:20.120
- There were issues with that, and I think basically the process stopped.
- And I can basically the process stopped.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/03/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, we appreciate your interest and participation in the legislative process.
- So, I would hate to see the expiration happen and then have to go through a process of reestablishing
- that preserved as well. happen and then have to go through a happen and then have to go through a process
- <00:07:20.160><c> of</c><00:07:20.400><c> reestablishing</c> process of reestablishing process of reestablishing
- to friends, bragging funneling contracts to friends, bragging about<00:47:59.680><c> cheating</c><00
Committee:
Senate State and Local Government
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 16th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I can give you the breakdown of how many we have, but we have part-time contracts.
- I can give you the breakdown of how many we have, but we have part-time contracts.
- contract.
- So if the parent prefers a full-time contract, they'll have a full-time contract. Mr.
- For a full-time contract. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Summary:
The committee met late in the evening and announced that Senate Bill 132 would be rolled until the next day. The only bill heard was Senate Finance Committee substitute for Senate Bill 241, which would codify New Mexico’s Child Care Assistance Program in statute, establish eligibility, payment, wait-list, and co-payment rules, require reporting and transparency, and tie reimbursement rates to a cost-estimation model and wage scale/career lattice. The sponsor and administration described the bill as creating a durable framework for universal child care, with protections for program integrity, inclusion of children with developmental needs, and requirements to maximize state and federal child care tax benefits. Public testimony was largely supportive of the bill’s child care expansion goals, with endorsements from State Police, firefighters, early childhood advocates, and women’s policy groups, but many providers and educators said they could not support it without stronger wage and career-ladder protections and clearer guarantees that funding would reach staff salaries rather than owners or institutions.
The committee adopted Vice Chair Dixon’s amendment, which lowered the proposed transfer from the Early Childhood Education and Care Trust Fund from $1 billion to $700 million and added reporting requirements on the wait list, consultation requirements for rate-setting, additional facility reporting, a prohibition on supplanting certain public education funds, tribal facility participation, and food program reporting. A separate amendment from Representative Duncan to require first-come, first-served enrollment was debated at length but was tabled by a 9-7 vote after the sponsor and secretary said it conflicted with federal prioritization rules and the bill’s targeted access goals. Members also questioned how the bill would affect public entities, nontraditional-hour providers, co-pay triggers, and whether the wage scale would adequately compensate educators.
After debate, the committee voted 10-7 to give the amended bill a do-pass recommendation. Supporters said the bill would strengthen workforce stability, improve access for working families, and help sustain New Mexico’s universal child care system; opponents warned about the long-term fiscal impact, the potential growth of the program, and whether the bill sufficiently protected early childhood educators’ wages and other state priorities. The meeting adjourned with notice that the committee would reconvene at 8 a.m. the next day to hear the Senate’s actions on House Bill 2.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 037 Feb 20th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- If you're a provider, right now there's three entities in a contract.
- of the contract terms.
- </c><00:54:14.800><c> for</c> and transparency in the contracting for and transparency in the contracting
- ><c> of</c><00:54:25.599><c> the</c><00:54:25.839><c> contract</c> knowledge and consent of the contract
- knowledge and consent of the contract terms.<00:54:27.040><c> Uh</c><00:54:27.280><c> and</c><00:54:
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
AGR Public Hearing - Wed Jan 29, 2025 @ 9:30 AM HST
Agriculture & Food Systems
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> and its intent to expand meat processing and its intent to expand meat processing capacity<00:40
- </c><00:40:35.760><c> expansion</c> and we support meet processing expansion and we support meet processing
- </c><00:41:34.359><c> wild</c> focus is on small animal processing wild focus is on small animal processing
- </c><01:19:42.520><c> and</c> confirming the rules and processes and confirming the rules and processes
- </c><01:37:38.960><c> upon</c> position has a 10-year contract upon position has a 10-year contract upon
Committee:
House Agriculture & Food Systems