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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services May 28th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We rely on Medi-Cal to maintain their health and stay in their homes and communities.
- We are strong supporters of home and community-based services.
- Wanted to thank you for rejecting the cuts to the community advocacy contracts.
- , immigrant communities.
- These are some of our most vulnerable communities right now.
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Appropriations Committee Meeting Jun 23rd, 2026
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- The groups were, of course, the large landowners, the agricultural community, the home builders, the
- business community, and the environmental community.
- The full-time equivalent investigator level three position will support personnel, technology, licensing
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
military pension, military retirement pay, veterans, retiree tax relief, income tax exemption, pension exclusion, Delaware income tax, retirement income, state tax subtraction, armed forces retirement, National Guard, Space Force, Coast Guard, NOAA, Public Health Service, taxable income, Title 30, Section 1106, wetlands protection, nontidal wetlands
Summary:
The House Appropriations Committee met to hear several bills, with members repeatedly reminded to focus on fiscal impacts rather than policy merits. The committee first considered SB 9 on freshwater wetlands, which would combine tidal and non-tidal wetlands programs into one permitting framework; supporters said the bill resulted from a two-year consensus process and that the governor’s office and DENREC would absorb a significant share of the cost. Public testimony was largely supportive, emphasizing flood control and ecosystem services, though one speaker opposed the spending. The committee voted to release SB 9.
The committee then heard SB 278 on child care assistance, which would preauthorize summer camp for eligible school-age children and create a separate lower co-payment for half-day care. The sponsor and the YMCA of Delaware said the change would better align family co-pays with provider reimbursement and make before- and after-school care more affordable for working families. The committee also released SB 278, SB 168 on alcohol delivery for package stores, SB 120 on health insurance coverage for certain testing and treatment, and HB 4, a pilot program for artificial intelligence and extended reality in schools; HB 4 was described as having a near-$3 million fiscal note and a one-year implementation delay because it was not funded in the budget.
Later, the committee approved SB 219, which gradually increases the military pension income tax exclusion from $12,500 to $25,000 over three years and includes related joint-filing and residency changes. Supporters argued it would help attract and retain military retirees and bring federal dollars into the state. The committee also released SB 1, a major primary care reform bill that would increase primary care spending and implement hospital payment reforms, with projected long-term savings to the state employee health plan, and SB 325, which expands background checks and wrap-back monitoring for fire service personnel and adds an investigator position for the Fire Prevention Commission. In each case, public commenters and committee members generally supported the bills, and all were released from committee by recorded vote.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Thirty One - Tuesday, March 3 - Morning Session
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I spoke to a lot of parents in the community. They love it.
- if I'm a home on it, what does that do to the community?
- We asked community members to participate in this plan.
- When a school closes, it's devastating to that community.
- This will directly affect rural communities too.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, February 19, 2026
Labor, Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
- This will include um continued use of the programs, technologies, and education to improve patient safety
- ><00:03:05.360><c> programs,</c> continued use of the programs, continued use of the programs, technologies
- c> and</c><00:03:07.200><c> education</c><00:03:07.680><c> to</c><00:03:07.920><c> improve</c> technologies
- , and education to improve technologies, and education to improve patient<00:03:08.800><c> safety</c>
Bills:
SF0121
Committee:
Senate Labor, Health & Social Services
Keywords:
pharmacy, collaborative care, healthcare, prescriptions, patient safety, Wyoming Pharmacy Act, 916, all
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- It'll take about five minutes to set up the technology for it.
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ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Legislative Task Force on Government Efficiency Jun 30th, 2026
Legislative Task Force on Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- We've been working with the North Dakota Information Technology Department to try to help provide these
- We've been working with the North Dakota Information Technology Department to try to help provide these
- Do you know if other states have gone to this approach of really changing the technology so that it's
- So has risk management taken that into consideration with the rising cost of technology?
- We can leverage technology where all of these programs can be interlinked.
Summary:
The task force first approved the March 25, 2026 minutes as amended, including a correction removing language that suggested the auditor’s office would contract with a security vendor. Members then moved to a bill draft on concessions (LC 27.0161.00000), which would raise the competitive solicitation threshold from $25,000 to $50,000, allow requests for proposals in addition to bids, clarify that proceeds go to the entity’s operating fund or general fund, and make other technical updates. OMB explained the draft and answered questions about scope, fragmentation, vendor restrictions, school districts, and whether concession proceeds could be directed to nonprofits; OMB said the draft could be refined further, including clarifying covered entities and contract length. No vote was taken on the draft during the discussion.
OMB also reported on other survey items. It said a proposal to broadly allow agencies to create pre-qualified architect/engineering/land surveying vendor pools would not move forward, because the existing authority is working well for the agencies that already have it. On legal notices, OMB said it has been working with the North Dakota Newspaper Association on modernization, including an ADA-compliant online notice system and possible statutory updates to reflect changing technology and notice definitions. On click-through agreements for routine IT purchases, OMB and the Attorney General’s office said policy clarification—not statutory change—was enough, and the $20,000 threshold was intended to distinguish low-dollar adhesive contracts from purchases where terms can be negotiated.
The committee also heard that OMB and the Center for Distance Education had resolved questions about alternate procurements and food/beverage expenditures through existing policy, so no statutory changes were needed there. North Dakota University System representatives gave a brief update on ongoing collaboration with OMB on statutory efficiency ideas, including concessions and surplus property. Finally, the task force discussed a draft on requirements for new or expanded spending programs, which would require agencies to identify purpose, expected benefits, alternatives, success measures, and full implementation costs, and would require reporting on outcomes over time. Members debated whether OMB or Legislative Council should collect and report the information, how to use the new program evaluators, whether real-time dashboards should be used, and how to choose which programs to evaluate; staff from Legislative Council said they would work with OMB and the auditor’s office to revise the draft and process.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Jan 14th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The Office of Information Technology Services. We added that back in 2019.
- Water Conservation Commission in CREP and also a $200,000 increase for the Office of Information Technology
- In CREP and also a $200,000 increase for the Office of Information Technology Services.
- from the general fund and transfer that into the dedicated fund from the Office of Information Technology
- Board, their only enhancement request was for computer hardware through the Office of Information Technology
Summary:
The committee met as JFAC for a statewide budget overview and related process presentations. Keith Bybee of LSO walked members through the general fund outlook, emphasizing that projected revenues for FY 2026 and FY 2027 are below current budgeted spending, creating a structural imbalance that will require either budget reductions or use of one-time cash and reserve balances. He highlighted major statutory cost drivers over the last several years, including public defense, IT services, Medicaid expansion, public schools, and water resources, and reviewed cash reconciliation items, transfers, supplementals, rescissions, and the governor’s proposed use of various fund balances and interest earnings to help balance the budget. Members asked about the deficit, corrections costs, tax conformity timing, fire suppression deficiency funds, and whether stabilization funds should be used; Bybee stressed that the Legislature has options but must decide whether to rely on short-term money or make longer-term structural changes.
Janet Jessup then explained the budget hearing process and the Legislative Budget Book, including historical summaries, fund analyses, organizational charts, five-year snapshots, performance measures, and enhancement/outcome reporting. Morgan Poloni followed with an overview of deficiency warrants and supplemental appropriations, explaining that deficiency warrants cover certain authorized expenses after they occur and are typically used for items like fire suppression or pest control, while supplementals adjust the current year appropriation and can apply to general, dedicated, or federal funds. She noted that deficiency warrant requests have grown in recent years, largely due to pest control, and that supplemental and rescission bills may require emergency clauses to take effect immediately.
Francis Lippett presented on state health insurance costs, saying FY 2024 spending on health and dental insurance was $646.2 million and that costs are rising faster than in prior years. She explained how the state uses employee premiums, a sweep account, and reserve balances to stabilize the plan, and said the FY 2027 appropriation is expected to rise about 14 percent, with employee premiums projected to increase 7.3 percent to maintain the current 80/20 cost split. Members asked about why premiums are charged for benefit-eligible employees who decline coverage, how reserve targets are set, how school district employees fit into the state plan, and how the state selects its insurance carrier; the Division of Insurance administrator said the plan is administered by Regence under a multi-year contract and that the state will rebid the plan within the contract term.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 02/27/25
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
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- Riny talk about the impact that's going to have on the artist community, and not just the artist community
- and not just the artist community and not just the artist Community<00:34:49.240><c> retailers</c><00
- :34:50.200><c> museums</c><00:34:51.119><c> cannot</c> Community retailers museums cannot Community retailers
- </c> motans from fraud through Community motans from fraud through Community Education<01:09:40.600><
Committee:
Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
House Chamber - Mon Apr 21, 2025, 11:30AM HST - Day 54
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Item number four, Senate communications. Mr. Clerk, are there any Senate communications?
- Clerk, four, Senate communications. Mr.
- </c> are there any Senate communications? are there any Senate communications?
- The soar program is to and community.
- </c><00:39:41.839><c> are</c> comes with a bill our communities are comes with a bill our communities
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services May 28th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We rely on Medi-Cal to maintain their health and stay in their homes and communities.
- We are strong supporters of home and community-based services.
- Wanted to thank you for rejecting the cuts to the community advocacy contracts.
- , immigrant communities.
- These are some of our most vulnerable communities right now.
Summary:
The Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Human Services held its final hearing on the budget, with the chair framing the Senate’s plan as a counterproposal that rejected major cuts and preserved revenues. Public comment was overwhelmingly supportive of the subcommittee’s actions, especially on Medi-Cal, IHSS, PACE, behavioral health, child care, CalFresh outreach, immigrant legal services, and long-term care. Testimony from disability, aging, county, health plan, provider, labor, and advocacy groups urged the committee to keep rejecting asset tests, immigrant coverage reductions, IHSS cost shifts, PACE rate cuts, and behavioral health reductions, while supporting mobile crisis, 988, Title IV-E workforce funding, and the “Be Home Soon California” proposal to expand home- and community-based care.
Several speakers also pressed for additional or related funding and policy changes, including county alternatives for people losing Medi-Cal under federal HR1-related changes, more support for public hospitals and indigent care, CalFresh and Cal Food investments, child care slots and COLAs, dental rate cut delays, and expanded immigration legal and food assistance. Others thanked the committee for restoring or preserving funding for behavioral health innovation and advocacy grants, public health IT and disease investigation, diaper banks, hearing aids for children, and distressed hospital loans. The committee also heard concerns about fee-for-service shifts, outpatient dialysis coverage, and other implementation details, with some groups asking for trailer bill language or guardrails.
After public comment, the subcommittee took three votes on large blocks of budget items. The first block of consent items passed 3-0, the second block passed 2-1, and the final block passed 2-0, with the chair announcing that the items were approved and out of committee. The hearing then adjourned.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (01/29/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
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- It just said medical community.
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MD
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> present here and for our communities. present here and for our communities.
- Senate Bill 198, Prince George's Community College Airspace and Aviation Systems Technology Programs
- Senate Bill 198, Prince George's Community College Airspace and Aviation Systems Technology Programs
- Senate Bill 198, Prince George's Community College Airspace and Aviation Systems Technology Programs
- </c> Ownership Communities Member Training. Ownership Communities Member Training.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- I staff finance and appropriations, transportation, and technology. This is my 31st session. Mr.
- a Democratic intern staffing the Finance Committees and the Appropriations, Transportation, and Technology
- I go to Mesa Community College, where I'm the student body president and an active participant on our
- As you know, in our school choice community in Arizona, it's lively.
- I also have a son in the academy wanting to serve our community as well.
Bills:
SB1042 , SB1043 , SB1044 , SB1135 , SB1136 , SB1142 , SB1180 , SB1221 , SB1252 , SB1254 , SCR1003
Committee:
Senate Finance
Keywords:
public funds, virtual currency, bitcoin, investment, Arizona Strategic Digital Asset Reserve Act, state treasurer, retirement system, state payments, cryptocurrency, Arizona law, payment methods, government transactions, property tax, tax exemption, Arizona Revised Statutes, digital currency, workers' compensation, death benefits, burial costs, spousal compensation
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee May 28th, 2025
Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- When we have, um, reduction in Medicaid dollars into rural communities, what does that multiplier look
- Uh, we are seeing a potential for cost sharing and co-pays, um, community engagement requirements, uh
- Setting these up in communities across the state, those are going to go forward.
- They provide services for residents in the community.
- The FQHC in my community, um, they draw down about 625,000 a month.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- What has become to happen with the advent of creativity and AI and technology, I guess, is that there
- specifically our school system and what has become to happen with the advent of creativity and AI and technology
- I guess and advent of creativity and AI and technology, I guess, and there are outside groups that are
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
Summary:
The Senate State Affairs Committee approved the February 6, 2026 minutes and then considered several print requests. Senator Shippy presented RS 33200, which would clarify the law on resistance to a threatened party and the defensive display of a firearm; it was introduced without opposition. Senator Anthon presented RS 33340, a criminal trespass change aimed at preventing intentional disruption of church services, and the committee voted to send it to print. Senator Taves also presented RS 33347, the “conversational AI safety act,” which would require chatbots to disclose that they are chatbots and add protections for children; it likewise advanced to print.
The committee then heard House Bill 504, presented by Senator Guthrie and Idaho State Lottery Director Andrew Arulanandum. The bill would prohibit bulk lottery ticket purchases by setting a $5,000 purchase threshold within a certain time period and allowing the Lottery to flag suspicious activity. Supporters said the measure is intended to protect the integrity of the lottery, keep prizes and tax revenue in Idaho, and deter syndicates that target games nearing sellout. The director said the fiscal impact would be essentially zero and noted other states have similar restrictions.
After discussion, the committee voted to send HB 504 to the floor with a due pass recommendation. The chair then adjourned the meeting with brief weekend and Valentine’s Day remarks.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Judiciary Committee Mar 26th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- automated vehicles, I think there is going to have to be at some point a general revisit on the new technology
- automated vehicles, I think there is going to have to be at some point a general revisit on the new technology
- automated vehicles, I think there is going to have to be at some point a general revisit on the new technology
Summary:
The Assembly Judiciary Committee met in a subcommittee setting to hear SB 26, a follow-on bill to last year’s AB 1755 dealing with California’s Song-Beverly “Lemon Law” process. Senator Umberg explained that the measure is intended to preserve the compromise reached last year while allowing automakers to opt out of the new framework and return to the prior law, with the goal of speeding up discovery and helping consumers resolve claims more quickly. Committee members and the author also noted the bill’s connection to concerns about court congestion and the need to revisit the law as vehicle technology evolves.
Support came from Consumer Attorneys of California, Toyota, and several automakers and manufacturers, including General Motors, Rivian, Honda, Hyundai, Lucid, Tesla, Kia, Volkswagen Group, and Mercedes. Toyota said the bill gives automakers a five-year opt-in choice and reflects the negotiated deal. In soft opposition, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety said it preferred more manufacturers opt out, but remained concerned about AB 1755’s reduced statute of limitations and repose, negative equity deductions, and the broader impact on consumers with defective vehicles.
After quorum was established, the committee took up the motion and passed SB 26 on a roll call vote, with all members present voting aye. The chair thanked the stakeholders for reaching a compromise and indicated the bill would move forward, with immediate referral anticipated after floor action.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 06/02/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- ALL COMMUNITIES.
- , in part with all of other communities.
- PART WITH ALL OF OTHER COMMUNITIES.
- , and that is our Jewish community.
- over there in former A COMMON COMMUNITY AND THAT IS OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY.
Summary:
The Senate convened, approved the prior day’s journal, and then processed a large number of motions to discharge bills from committees and substitute identical Senate or Assembly versions for third reading. The chamber also adopted the resolution calendar with exceptions and took up several resolutions and ceremonial recognitions, including a resolution mourning Hudson Talbott, a Dairy Month resolution highlighting New York’s dairy industry, and introductions honoring Niskayuna academic teams, Gabriella Scheer for receiving the Liberty Medal, the Hartstein family’s civic engagement, and Diana Cochran’s advocacy for safe firearm storage.
The Senate then moved through the calendar and passed many bills on topics including insurance, public health, education, labor, social services, banking, local government, veterans, public service, consumer protection, criminal procedure, cannabis, parks, taxation, election law, and highway matters. Several members explained votes on notable measures: support for acupuncture insurance coverage, consumer protections for doorbell-camera data sharing, expanded protections in debt collection cases, trauma-informed procedures for sexual assault survivors, a Legionnaires’ disease awareness program, changes to mandatory minimum sentencing, and universal safe storage of firearms. A number of home rule and local authorization bills were also approved, including parkland alienation measures and local tax exemption authorizations.
Most measures passed with broad bipartisan support, though some drew recorded opposition. Notable roll calls included the consumer debt uniformity bill, the mandatory minimum sentencing bill, the safe storage/firearms bill, and the public housing and public health measures, each with more divided votes. The chamber also accepted a lengthy Rules Committee report sending many additional bills directly to third reading, and then began the supplemental calendar, passing at least the first items before the transcript ended.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- It simply allows that partnership to take place to address safety in our communities.
- on the website they can, but if they're a county that doesn't have a website or great internet technology
- just gives them an option, a tool in the toolbox that they feel like is going to help make their community
- Minimum security inmates will generally be assigned to community work.
- The list goes on... ...assigned to community work. The list goes on.
Committee:
House Judiciary
Keywords:
hospital liens, medical billing, government healthcare, insurance claims, patient rights, controlled substances, unlawful distribution, marijuana, violent offense, sentencing guidelines, criminal justice, aggravated theft, employee benefits, retirement funds, criminal penalty, state law, overdose, failure to render aid, public health, Alabama Athletic Commission
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on S.F. 4760 - Omnibus Public Safety policy provisions - 05/08/26
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> uh public safety for our communities. uh public safety for our communities.
- </c> juvenile and adults community-based juvenile and adults community-based residential<00:25:06.280
- </c> uh and also the mobile uh communication uh and also the mobile uh communication devices<01:04:46.240
- Chair, members, this is a community supervision working group provision.
- </c> amends the language to my community amends the language to my community supervisions<01:15:45.320
Summary:
The Public Safety Policy Conference Committee met on May 8, 2026, with all conferees present. The chair opened with decorum instructions, explained that the meeting was policy-only, and noted that no public testimony had been signed up. Members then introduced themselves, with several noting they were retiring at the end of the session or year.
The committee adopted a series of provisions, mostly by unanimous voice vote, including House language on identity theft and financial crimes updates, supervision abatement and restitution considerations for corrections, protective-order enhancements for murder penalties, prediction markets, victim-notification requirements for plea and sentencing hearings, research data privacy, ignition interlock and impaired-driving license changes, DOC licensing and sanctions for juvenile/adult community-based residential facilities, criminal-conviction employment and licensing standards, jail medication procedures, domestic abuse law changes, and a grant-use extension for dual-status/crossover youth funding. Several items were described as technical or clarifying changes, while others updated law to address AI-related identity theft, foreign protective orders, victim privacy, and corrections oversight.
The committee also heard discussion on a Senate provision allowing victims of domestic violence to petition for wireless account and phone-number transfers. A witness supported the concept but urged changes to better align the state language with existing federal law; members noted the issue might need another vehicle or further work. For the domestic abuse item, staff explained that an A15 amendment would later adjust the warrantless-arrest window from 28 days to 14 days. On the jail-medication item, a member emphasized the changes were clarifying and not an admission that last year’s law was flawed. All adopted provisions passed by voice vote without opposition.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm an applied sociologist, so I work within the community.
- communication, teamwork, problem-solving, and critical thinking.
- But I'm also the president of student government at Austin Community College.
- My name is Miles, and I'm an economics student at Austin Community College.
- I think it reflects that community.
Bills:
SB 37
Committee:
House Higher Education