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CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Public Safety Committee Apr 7th, 2026

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are a statewide association of criminal defense lawyers in private practice and also working in public
  • We are a statewide association of criminal defense lawyers in private practice and also working in public
  • full-time legislator, and I have been for a long time at the local and state level, and I haven't practiced
  • Through his leadership, we developed a best-practice framework known as the three E's: education, removal
  • SB 1230 takes a practical and targeted approach to fixing this problem.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/24/2026 - House Commerce

House Commerce Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is a practical tool to help local governments turn underused properties into long-term affordable
  • What will happen is, as a practical matter, people come out of the meetings.
  • “So, no, that is the plain reading of the language, but it’s the unintended consequences as a practical
  • But as a practical matter, they’re going to unintentionally compromise things because they’re not trained
  • So I think the items that you’re bringing forward just aren’t, in all practicality, I think they’re more
Summary: The committee took up a series of Senate bills, beginning with SB 1421, a contentious measure restricting financial institutions and check cashers from accepting certain identification from unauthorized immigrants and limiting remittance transfers without proof of lawful status. An attempted strike-everything amendment by Rep. Villegas would have redirected the bill to authorize tax-deeded property sales for affordable housing, but the committee rejected that amendment. After public testimony both for and against the underlying bill, the committee voted 6-2 to give SB 1421 a due pass recommendation. The committee then approved SB 1254, which revises Industrial Commission of Arizona statutes, including renaming certain positions, shifting boiler and elevator oversight, and requiring fee schedules to be posted online. It also passed SB 1515, which creates a public safety parity fund for retention pay and benefits for DPS and corrections employees using investment earnings from the budget stabilization fund; supporters cited vacancies, turnover, and pay gaps, while opponents argued the state should fund raises through the general fund. Both bills received due pass recommendations after amendment adoption and roll call votes. Other measures considered included SB 1206, which restricts adjusters and contractors from soliciting work during active loss events or emergency responses, with an exception for essential services; SB 1563, which continues the Barbering and Cosmetology Board and lowers certain fee caps; and SB 1649, which creates a digital assets reserve fund, though an amendment to turn it into a transparency measure on employers receiving public assistance was rejected. The committee also passed SB 1290 after rejecting an amendment on emergency price controls and adopting a Carter amendment clarifying HOA executive sessions may be closed only for discussion without action; testimony on that bill focused heavily on HOA transparency versus privacy concerns. Finally, the committee approved SB 1670, a contractor licensing preemption bill, and SB 1671, which continues the Department of Gaming and related commissions and updates reporting and conflict-of-interest requirements, with the department supporting the continuation and amendment language.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/23/2026 - Senate Federalism and Family Law

Senate Federalism and Family Law Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:
  • I have represented children since I first started practicing in 1980.
  • I have represented children since I first started practicing in 1980.
  • But in practice, those protections are not as secure as they should be.
  • I'm a private attorney, and I've been practicing law for about 37 years, most of it in trial practice
  • Michelle Bena, District 23, and I am here just to narrow down the practical update of parenting time
Summary: The committee first heard HB 2793, which would let cities and towns expedite annexations when 100% of the affected property owners request it, and would modernize notice requirements by allowing electronic newspaper publication and a single on-site notice for small single-parcel annexations. Buckeye supported the bill as a way to streamline uncontested annexations and reduce delay and cost, while a senator raised concerns based on a recent contentious Tucson annexation and the speed of public notice. The committee voted 4-3 to give HB 2793 a do pass recommendation. Members then considered HB 2041, which would prohibit a parent, guardian, or custodian from being found to have abused or neglected a child solely because poverty prevented them from providing supervision, clothing, food, shelter, or medical care. Child welfare advocates supported the bill as a step toward decriminalizing poverty, while another witness argued it did not go far enough because it still allowed investigations based on poverty. Several members said they supported the concept but wanted further changes, and the bill passed 4-3. The committee also approved HB 2239, creating a child care grant program and infrastructure fund at DES to expand access in underserved areas; testimony from child care providers and parents emphasized shortages, workforce challenges, and the need for facilities, and the committee adopted an amendment adding tax credit language and eligible applicants before passing the bill 6-0 with one not voting. HB 2321, requiring DCS to place a credit freeze on a child’s credit report when the child enters care, passed 7-0 without testimony. HB 2371, allowing consenting divorcing parties without minor children to use AI-assisted arbitration and adding an amendment on therapeutic interventions and expert testimony in parenting cases, drew concerns about using AI for binding family-law decisions and about the amendment’s relevance; it passed 4-3. HB 2594, strengthening protections for participants in the address confidentiality program in family-law matters and sealing related voter records, received strong support from a witness describing repeated attempts by an ex-partner to obtain a protected address and passed 7-0 after amendment. HB 2661, requiring DCS to inform parents under investigation that they may delegate temporary guardianship and, as amended, limiting additional documentation requirements, passed 4-3 despite concerns that it gave too much discretion to parents accused of abuse or neglect.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • and restroom facilities that could service the folks at the fire tower when they're doing their practice
  • c><00:08:13.680><c> ago</c><00:08:13.919><c> that</c><00:08:14.160><c> they</c><00:08:14.400><c> practice
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  • 08:36.000><c> they're</c><00:08:36.159><c> doing</c><00:08:36.320><c> their</c><00:08:36.560><c> practice
  • </c> tower when they're doing their practice. tower when they're doing their practice.
Summary: The committee first handled routine business, including approval of the February meeting minutes and several information items. Those items covered university equipment purchases, school district and transportation-related debt issuances, Northern Kentucky University’s planned construction-manager/general-contractor delivery method for the medical examiner/crime lab relocation project, a lease-space advertisement, postsecondary asset preservation allocations, and lease-law compliance reports. Members then discussed the Northern Kentucky crime lab project in more detail; staff explained that the memorandum of agreement would cover the construction portion while the lease would cover operations, and members were told the project should move forward without procurement problems. The committee approved a Kentucky Community and Technical College System project to modify the fire academy maintenance building after the related dormitory project was set aside because of major cost overruns. KCTCS said the dormitory would be about $3 million over budget, so it would not be bid; instead, the maintenance building would be expanded to add showers and restroom/locker facilities, bringing that project from $2 million to about $3.2 million. The committee also approved a Transportation Cabinet project for the Hardin County I-65 southbound commercial motor vehicle station relocation, with members asking about the estimate, the lack of a direct prior example, and the fact that the loadometer equipment itself would be purchased separately and was not included in the construction estimate. Finance and Administration Cabinet lease items were then considered. The committee approved a Department of Public Advocacy lease in Christian County and a Transportation Cabinet vehicle regulation lease in Kenton County, both negotiated down from initial asking prices and both including utilities. Two lease modifications were reported without action: a Department of Revenue fit-up in Jefferson County and an expanded vehicle regulation lease in Adair County. Members also approved a package of Kentucky Infrastructure Authority items, including four loans and six Cleaner Water Program grant reallocations, covering sewer and water projects such as MSD’s Patty’s Run flood pumping station, Paducah-McCracken County’s wastewater treatment plant, Mount Washington’s lift station replacement, and Eminence’s wastewater plant expansion. Finally, the committee heard a batch of Kentucky Product Development Initiative economic development grants and approved the action items in one vote. The projects included due diligence and infrastructure work for industrial and site-development projects in multiple counties, with local match requirements and KEDFA approvals described for each. The committee also received three line-item water grants from House Bill 1 that required no action, and the meeting ended after the grant presentations and approvals.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Mar 3rd, 2026

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • requirements in the bill along with requirements in the bill along with current<00:07:23.680><c> practice
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  • Uh so just updates current practice.
  • 00:07:26.479><c> what</c><00:07:26.639><c> is</c><00:07:26.800><c> currently</c><00:07:27.199><c> practiced
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Bills: HB517 , HB520 , HB233 , HB354 , HB517 , HB520 , HB233 , HB354
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 15th, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Importantly, the bill includes several practical provisions that maintain...
  • The substitute is a practical, targeted, and reasonable step towards protecting Texas homeowners and
  • Waiving deductibles and the unlicensed practice of public adjusting are addressed in laws elsewhere.
  • Vikram Saibhari, a pediatrics resident practicing in Austin.
  • I also happen to be a lawyer who has been practicing for about 25 years.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislation to combat chronic school absenteeism, HF2067, is sent to House Floor 3/25/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So that's what that language really identifies, doing it in a practical piece.
  • So that's what that language really identifies, doing it in a practical piece.
  • We also currently do not practice truancy court as one of our interventions.
  • districts and schools to set the groundwork, providing students more direct engagement, offering best practice
  • districts and schools to set the groundwork, providing students more direct engagement, offering best practice
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Taxes - 03/13/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • Finally, Madam Chair, section four is the repealer of the assignability of the K-12 credit in the data practices
  • Finally, Madam Chair, section four is the repealer of the assignability of the K-12 credit in the data practices
  • Finally, Madam Chair, section four is the repealer of the assignability of the K-12 credit in the data practices
  • Finally, Madam Chair, section four is the repealer of the assignability of the K-12 credit in the data practices
  • Section four is the repealer of the assignability of the K-12 credit in the data practices chapter as
Committee: Senate Taxes
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Special Session B Jan 28th, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative, nothing in this bill would supersede existing procedure and practice.
  • What I was saying to the jury was similar to, as you know, in your practice if there is a situation..
  • I think it will be analogous to what you practice as a PRR. Notification and things of that nature.
  • Places of intentional amnesty for individuals seeking to become closer to God and seeking to practice
  • From a practical standpoint, jurors were tasked with determining guilt or innocence of a defendant.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

ECD Public Hearing - Wed Feb 11, 2026 @ 8:30 AM HST

Economic Development & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • The chamber is privileged to lead a community of practice for seven of the active sector partnerships
  • for seven of the community of practice for seven of the active<00:42:01.119><c> sector</c><00:42:01.440
  • that's high risk including practice that's high risk including things<01:32:40.159><c> like</c><01:32
  • </c> &gt;&gt; there's no custom and practice &gt;&gt; there's no custom and practice &gt;&gt; I<02:10
  • And I'm not know what's involved in their practices, but, you know, this is the whole thing.
Bills: HB2118 , HB2473
Summary: The committee heard several bills related to permitting and economic development. On HB 2603, relating to permits, the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development said it supported the measure with comments. Committee discussion focused on the fact that the state’s facilitated permit process appears to have been rarely or never used, the need to identify specific projects that would use it, and whether DBEDT would need dedicated staffing to administer it. DBEDT said it had found no projects under the current process, had no capacity to run the program as structured, and estimated it would need about 7 to 9 FTEs, including permitting, coordination, data, systems, and possibly legal support. The chair suggested exploring a staff assignment and comparing the concept to federal FAST-41-style expedited permitting. On HB 2140, relating to essential permitting positions, the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development again supported the bill with comments. Testimony and questioning centered on a pilot program to help counties pay competitively for permitting staff. A DBEDT representative said the issue of competitive pay affected both county and state permitting offices and that the bill was intended as a temporary pilot, though a more permanent solution would be preferable. When asked how counties would fund the salary support, the witness said that was not yet discussed with the counties and agreed to follow up. The committee also noted the bill applies to participating counties. On HB 2598, relating to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation, the State Procurement Office and HTDC offered comments, and the Department of the Attorney General raised constitutional concerns. The AG said the bill’s residency-based certification requirements, when tied to procurement, could implicate the dormant Commerce Clause, and that the required 1% contribution tied to state contracts raised unconstitutional-conditions concerns. In questioning, the AG characterized these as legal risks rather than automatic lawsuits. The committee did not take a vote. The committee then heard HB 2141, relating to state enterprise zones. Taxation, DBEDT, HCDA, the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, and HTDC testified in support, while the Tax Foundation noted the program was intended to help economically depressed areas create jobs. HTDC said the bill would help preserve the Maui Research and Technology Center’s enterprise-zone status after rezoning. Committee discussion focused on whether the enterprise zone program is being used effectively, how the bill might attract businesses to areas where the state is investing, and whether the program’s labor requirements are too burdensome for new businesses. DBEDT explained that the program requires a 10% workforce increase in the first year, which must be sustained, and said it promotes the program through county coordinators and in-person outreach. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (01/22/2025)

Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • , who are also not able to get certified in their practice where they receive their treatment.
  • </c><02:02:32.679><c> also</c> Centers and some group practices also Centers and some group practices
  • And in practice, many other patients simply can't find a provider to certify them.
  • This sustainable practice aligns with broader goals of reducing environmental impact while supporting
  • </c> reason for that just it's good practice reason for that just it's good practice to<03:46:37.800>
Keywords: 1189, house, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill also ensures that California implements best practices for managing abandoned digital assets
  • We'll provide necessary consumer protections as well as practical administration and a clear legal path
Summary: The Assembly Banking and Finance Committee met and took up SB 822 by Senator Becker, which would clarify how virtual currency is treated under California’s unclaimed property law. The bill, sponsored by the State Controller, would require holders to report abandoned crypto after three years, attempt to contact owners, transfer the assets to the Controller in kind, and then have the state hold and later liquidate the assets under procedures similar to those used for stocks. The Controller’s Office testified in support, saying the measure would provide needed clarity for holders and administrators and align treatment of digital assets with existing unclaimed property rules. There was no opposition on file, and no additional support or opposition was presented at the mic. Committee members asked no substantive questions. Senator Becker closed by emphasizing that the bill modernizes the law for digital assets and protects Californians’ property rights. The committee voted SB 822 out on a due pass as amended motion to the Appropriations Committee. The roll call showed the measure passing, and the chair announced that the roll would remain open for absent members before adjourning the committee.
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE Jun 15th, 2026

ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE

Transcript Highlights:
  • introducing medical students into rural Arkansas, which is a great place to raise a family and to practice
  • family and have family practice, increasing access to health care for all of our citizens, for the bang
  • And it's somebody who's there contributing to that community by starting to practice, which then provides
  • introducing medical students into rural Arkansas, which is a great place to raise a family and to practice
  • family and have family practice, increasing access to health care for all of our citizens, for the bang
Summary: The meeting focused on Arkansas’s workforce development reorganization and a set of federal waiver requests intended to consolidate and streamline the state’s WIOA system. Commerce officials said the department has already centralized shared services, split the old workforce agency into reemployment and Arkansas Workforce Connections, and submitted a combined WIOA/Perkins state plan. They described nine waiver requests, including replacing local workforce boards with a single statewide board, creating one planning and accountability structure, allowing more flexible movement of funds across regions, easing the “last-dollar” requirement for training and supportive services, reducing required youth program elements, and allowing affiliate sites instead of mandatory comprehensive centers. Officials said the goal is to reduce administrative costs and redirect more money to training, supportive services, and employer-driven programs. Legislators raised concerns about rural representation, local employer relationships, and whether local offices would close. Commerce officials said local offices would remain open, some current staff could be rehired, and regional business councils would preserve local employer input. They said the current system is fragmented and expensive, with roughly $14 million in federal workforce funds flowing through local boards but only about $1.9 million spent on training and supportive services last year; they argued the reorganization could raise training spending to about $6 million to $7 million annually. Questions also addressed board composition, performance accountability, and how funds could be shifted between regions when needs change. The State Board of Workforce Development had approved the waiver package 11-3 before it was submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor. Members also discussed workforce access for people with disabilities, child care and transportation supports, and the role of Arkansas Launch, apprenticeships, and career and technical education. Officials said vocational rehabilitation now has better access to the state job board and that referrals and data-sharing with DHS and other partners still need improvement. Several legislators emphasized the need for training to align more closely with employer demand, especially in manufacturing, technology, health care, and rural areas. The committee also heard a brief overview of Workforce Pell, with staff explaining that the new federal short-term Pell option has narrow eligibility rules and may not fit many existing programs, including some CDL and CNA programs.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • First, in accordance with our usual practice in the subcommittee, we will be taking public comment on
  • The proposed Disaster Rebuilding Fund would combine best practices from the recent hardship programs
  • process to be as least administratively burdensome for grantees as possible, and will be modeling best practices
  • And I feel like it leaves a lot of discretion to HCD about how to interpret that practice.
  • And I feel like it leaves a lot of discretion to HCD about how to interpret that practice.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • But some of that we are using as practice to see how it works. So I just wanted to follow up.
  • As practice to see how it works.
  • We're also acting now to bring these venues together and to encourage the adoption of more best practices
  • venue sustainability summit at LA28, which brought these venues together for a day of sharing best practices
  • that, again, they can adopt now to improve their sustainability before 2028, but practices that will
Keywords: 987, senate, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Apr 22nd, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • In practice, this will mean more documentation, more steps, more delays for patients trying to access
  • In practice, the burden will fall on already stretched systems and patients trying to navigate them.
  • Any five-year practicing lawyer could be essentially run for district attorney.
  • Practically speaking, we do receive a lot of recusals from the DAs around the state.
  • Practically speaking, we do receive a lot of recusals from the DAs around the state.
Committee: House Judiciary
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • So prior to last year's enacted budget, the practice had been that any enrollment growth would be funded
  • in usually it's just on a going forward basis correct so prior to last year's enacted budget the practice
  • had been that any enrollment growth would be funded for the To last year's enacted budget, the practice
  • But what this effort does is much more practical.
  • What are we doing with this, the use of these bond proceeds, to align to some of those good practices
Summary: The committee heard an overview of the California Community Colleges budget proposal, including Proposition 98 funding, a 2.41% COLA for apportionments, enrollment growth funding, repayment of an apportionment deferral, and one-time investments for a student support block grant and deferred maintenance. The Department of Finance described the Governor’s package as providing significant new resources, while the LAO recommended prioritizing COLA and enrollment growth within available funds but raised concerns about some smaller proposals, including making the Healthy School Food Pathways Program ongoing and adding more funding for credit for prior learning before outcomes are known. The Chancellor’s Office supported the COLA, enrollment growth, and one-time investments, and said current projections suggest enrollment growth closer to 3%, with about $85 million to $90 million in ongoing costs if fully funded. Members focused heavily on enrollment growth, the 10% district cap, and whether the state should continue funding growth in the current year and budget year. The Chancellor’s Office said some districts, especially in the Inland Empire and Central Valley, are growing rapidly and that about seven districts are above the cap, with roughly 1,563 FTES and about $30 million in ongoing costs tied to that issue. Members also discussed hold-harmless districts and whether declining campuses should be required to produce turnaround or right-sizing plans. The Chancellor’s Office said districts are already having local conversations and that state funding provides time to adjust, but no formal plan requirement was proposed. The committee then took up common course numbering, where the Chancellor’s Office said all 115 community colleges have implemented the first phase and more than 550,000 students enrolled in the first six commonly numbered courses. The office argued that CCN improves clarity but does not yet guarantee that credits will transfer with full value across UC and CSU, because articulation is still handled campus by campus and can require more than 3,500 separate reviews. Members expressed concern that students can still be forced to retake courses such as calculus or ethnic studies even when they have the same common number, and urged the systems to develop a stronger statewide articulation mechanism tied to outcomes and transparency. The item was left open. Finally, the committee heard the Governor’s proposal to make Calbright College’s funding ongoing at $53.1 million. The LAO recommended instead transitioning Calbright to the student-centered funding formula, with one-time bridge funding in the meantime, arguing the Governor’s proposal lacks a clear enrollment-based rationale and performance expectations. Calbright’s leadership defended the college’s competency-based, flexible model for adult learners, citing more than 6,800 students served, over 2,200 certificates awarded, and wage gains for graduates; they said enrollment is expected to grow from about 7,000 students now to roughly 8,000 to 9,000 next year and around 10,000 over the next couple of years. Members pressed for clearer enrollment and funding data before deciding how Calbright should be funded going forward.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • So prior to last year's enacted budget, the practice had been that any enrollment growth would be funded
  • in usually it's just on a going forward basis correct so prior to last year's enacted budget the practice
  • had been that any enrollment growth would be funded for the To last year's enacted budget, the practice
  • But what this effort does is much more practical.
  • Those are some of the things that are generally considered best practices, but hopefully having a little
Keywords: 988, house, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House and Governmental Affairs Mar 18th, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • So that ballot will count, and that is a practice that we have now, or is this something that's going
  • So yes, that was what we required, but I mean in practice, this isn't something new.
  • The current practice is for an election official to assist the person at the polls.
  • The speaker said the current practice is for an election official to assist the person at the polls.
  • So we're just putting what's in practice into the statute now. Correct.
Summary: The Committee on House and Governmental Affairs met on March 18 and first adopted the minutes from its February 21 meeting. The committee then took up HB 250, which would have narrowed financial disclosure requirements for appointed, unpaid board and commission members by exempting immediate family information. Supporters said the bill would reduce burdens and help recruit volunteers, while opponents argued it would weaken ethics enforcement and create opportunities for undisclosed conflicts of interest. After debate and a roll call, the committee deadlocked and HB 250 failed to advance on a 6-6 vote with one abstention. The committee next considered HB 576, which transfers ownership and maintenance responsibility for the Old Governor’s Mansion to the Department of State and codifies its current operational role. Secretary of State Nancy Landry and mansion staff testified in support, describing expanded programming, increased visitors, and the need to align the statute with current practice. The committee adopted technical amendments and then reported HB 576 favorably without objection. The committee also heard HB 117, which recreates the Department of State and its statutory entities through July 1, 2033, and reported it favorably without objection. The major remaining item was HB 842, the annual omnibus elections bill, which makes numerous technical and substantive changes to election law, including voter assistance for people with disabilities, absentee ballot and petition procedures, inactive voter updates, and election contest deadlines. Several members and public witnesses raised concerns about disability documentation, absentee ballot curing, witness requirements, constitutional amendment challenge deadlines, and the scope of authority given to the Secretary of State, while others said the bill clarified existing practice and improved election administration. After adopting amendments and rejecting a motion to defer, the committee reported HB 842 favorably by an 8-5 vote.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Agriculture. (3-11-26)

Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • It establishes a pilot program for encouraging urban agriculture best practices, encouraging our urban
  • Probably one of the best practices that's ever been put in place since I've been in farming my whole
  • continue to produce the food, fuel, and fiber for this country that we do if we go back to those practices
  • that</c><00:23:59.320><c> we</c><00:23:59.480><c> did</c><00:23:59.760><c> 50</c> back to those practices
  • that we did 50 back to those practices that we did 50 years<00:24:00.480><c> ago.
Committee: House Agriculture