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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/06/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Certified midwives are not new to the United States; they are practicing in 12 other states already,
- Certified midwives are not new to the United States; they are practicing in 12 other states already,
- midwives in our state.
- Please support this bill. right place for everyone in our state right place for everyone in our state
- </c> Dr stanle if you could please um state Dr stanle if you could please um state your<00:15:31.920>
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/11/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services
Senate Health and Human Services COR
Transcript Highlights:
- They will then build their own state-at-a-network.
- They will then build their own state at a network.
- As you stated, that businesses are... ...concern, as you stated, that businesses are going, maybe go
- Democratic-led states.
- savings for a state investment.
Committee:
Senate Senate Health and Human Services COR
Summary:
The committee first approved the February 4 minutes, then heard Senate Bill 1086, which would require AHCCCS contractors to reimburse non-contracting providers for certain lab services when a member was referred by a contracting provider and would bar prior authorization for diagnostic services. The sponsor said the bill was intended to address unpaid claims and improve access, while Access testified neutral but warned the prior-authorization ban could increase utilization and create a fiscal impact. The committee adopted the Warner amendment limiting non-contracting reimbursement rates to no more than contracting rates, then passed SB 1086 as amended on a 4-2 vote.
The committee then took up Senate Bill 1611, an emergency measure to require Access to contract with an administrative services organization for the American Indian Health Plan, while keeping Access ultimately responsible for administration. The chair’s amendment expanded ASO duties to include provider support, quality improvement, and data analytics, removed Access claims-payment authority, added tribal observers to the selection committee, and exempted IHS and tribal-facility services. The sponsor and tribal witnesses described the bill as a response to fraud, provider nonpayment, and harm to Native communities, while Access raised concerns about the fast timeline, tribal consultation requirements, possible duplication of program-integrity functions, and fiscal uncertainty. After debate over the emergency clause and tribal consultation, the committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1611 as amended on a 5-2 vote.
The committee also heard Senate Bill 1630, which would direct Access to seek federal approval for a Medicaid home- and community-based services program for adults with serious mental illness. Supporters said the bill would create a long-term community-care option for the sickest SMI members, reduce cycling through hospitals, jails, and homelessness, and potentially save state general fund dollars; family members and advocates testified in support. Access was neutral and said it was finalizing a fiscal estimate. The Angus amendment narrowed eligibility to long-term SMI, reduced the enrollment cap from 500 to 250, changed reporting to semiannual, and removed priority-order language; the committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1630 as amended unanimously.
Later, the committee passed Senate Bill 1193, which protects emergency medical care technicians’ personal identifying information from sale or disclosure by the Department of Health Services, after adopting a clarifying amendment expanding the protected information and addressing commercial requests. It then heard Senate Bill 1318, which repeals the state’s separate dense-breast notification requirement so Arizona law aligns with the FDA’s newer mammography notice standard; the sponsor and DHS said the change would reduce confusion from duplicate, slightly different notices, and the bill was moving forward with discussion of possible future amendment language.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- The Alabama Iron and Steel Council from all over the state and John Bargainer.
- all</c><00:41:10.640><c> over</c><00:41:10.800><c> the</c><00:41:11.040><c> state</c> Steel Council
- from all over the state Steel Council from all over the state and<00:41:11.599><c> John</c><00:41:11.920
- </c><01:26:28.960><c> I</c> uh military code. There's no question. I uh military code.
- </c> everything you've done in our state. everything you've done in our state.
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a roll call establishing a quorum of 29 members present. The chamber adopted routine motions to excuse absent senators, dispense with reading the prior journal, and allow bills and committee reports to be taken up throughout the day. The Committee on Banking and Insurance reported Senate Bill 269 favorably with a substitute, and the bill was placed on the calendar for the next legislative day. The Senate also welcomed several guest groups in the gallery, including homeschool families, Blount County leaders, and the Alabama Iron and Steel Council.
A series of resolutions were introduced and adopted immediately. Senator Stewart’s Joint Resolution 64 honored Joanne Blackman Bland, recognizing her role as a young freedom fighter on Bloody Sunday and later work in voting rights and economic development. The Senate also adopted Joint Resolution 65 congratulating Maplesville High School on its 2025 Class 1A state football championship and Joint Resolution 66 honoring the long-standing partnership between Quebec and Alabama.
The Senate then took up local legislation and several calendar bills. Senate Bill 319 for Shelby County, House Bill 460 and House Bill 459 for Henry County, and House Bill 467 regarding the city of Tuscumbia were all advanced and passed, with certification motions adopted where required. The Rules Committee reported Senate Resolution 67, setting the special order calendar, which the Senate adopted. The special order calendar included bills on corrections, services evaluation, retirement benefits, the Growing Alabama Act, health, vessels, homestead exemption, the National Guard, the state port, early childhood education, tourism investment, pardons and paroles, and health-related matters.
Under the special order calendar, the Senate passed House Bill 274 on Department of Corrections unmanned aircraft systems, Senate Bill 317 creating the Commission on the Evaluation of Services, House Bill 159 cleaning up retirement provisions for certain circuit clerks, Senate Bill 289 revising the Growing Alabama Act, and House Bill 182 requiring military education to count toward EMS licensure. The chamber also considered House Bill 254 on vessel inspections, with discussion focused on limiting law enforcement stops and boarding of vessels for safety or marine sanitation inspections absent another reason; the transcript cuts off before final disposition of that bill.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- Purpose buildings that we lease for the state, but we have 330 office buildings that we lease.
- And on page 25, there's a summary of state-owned building space usage by state agencies.
- There's a summary of state-owned building space usage by state agencies.
- The security At 14 of our state buildings.
- These are for repairs and renovations at state buildings around the state.
Committee:
House Budget
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session May 18th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- the state.
- Senate Bill 1398 by Senator Rubio, an act relating to state buildings.
- Under current law, state agencies are required to obtain green building certifications.
- Under current law, state agencies are required to obtain green building certification for new construction
- I rise today in memory of former state and United States Senator John Seymour.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
WAM-HHS, WAM-EDU Informational Briefings 01-14-2026
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We also have councils and boards, which include the State Rehabilitation Council, Hawaii Interagency
- <00:02:55.040><c> Hawaii</c> state rehabilitation council, Hawaii state rehabilitation council, Hawaii
- </c> state building and coupa building. state building and coupa building.
- Which state building are you guys going?
- codes. >> Uh, we need to renovate those buildings. >> Okay.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- code requirements for the new construction of certain large buildings, and instead requires local jurisdictions
- ><c> the</c> adopt building code requirements for the adopt building code requirements for the new<00
- with certain building codes, energy codes, etc.
- Uh, for all buildings that are built in the state, I don't believe so. Okay. Thank you.
- We have a lot of developers that aren't from the state. They build the building.
Summary:
The House convened with 122 members present, opened with prayer, and approved the previous day’s journal. The chamber then took up two congratulatory resolutions: one honoring Layla Wishard of Hagerstown for winning gold with Team USA at the Junior Roller Derby Association World Cup in Australia, and another recognizing Delores Millhouse as the 2026 Maryland Mother of the Year. Both resolutions were read and adopted with applause.
The House then considered a series of committee reports, primarily from the Committee on Economic Matters, and advanced multiple bills to third reading after adopting committee amendments and favorable reports. Measures included consumer contract protections in House Bill 103, workers’ compensation presumptions for hypertension in House Bill 347, broadband access and affordability in House Bill 382, housing and land-use changes in House Bills 548 and 894, data privacy in House Bill 711, franchise law changes in House Bill 730, a blockchain-based real property title pilot program in House Bill 810, bankruptcy exemptions in House Bill 1098, and telecommunications infrastructure protections in House Bill 1100.
Several bills drew questions and were special ordered for further review. House Bill 711, the Data Privacy Act, prompted extended discussion about whether its geolocation provisions could affect stadium and venue security tracking; the sponsor said the bill was intended to close loopholes around cell phone and vehicle location data and would not change existing permission-based rules, but the bill was still special ordered until the next day. House Bill 894, the transit-oriented development bill, also drew questions about local government concerns and was special ordered, with the floor leader saying county and municipal groups were generally satisfied with the amendments. House Bill 1100 was also taken up after the amendments were adopted, and the title amendment process began as the transcript ended.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/27/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- So we were in Salt Lake City, it was When Governor Hobbs did her State of the State, the top official
- again is that we have to build in designated providers upcor has submitted to policy of the state again
- WIFA is currently conducting both an out-of-state and an in-state...
- WIFA is currently conducting both an out-of-state and an in-state augmentation process.
- It's a 75-25% split of out-of-state to in-state projects for that funding.
Summary:
The committee began by announcing that House Bill 2094 would be held and not heard that day, then received a lengthy update from Arizona Department of Water Resources Director Tom Buschatzky on Colorado River negotiations and post-2026 operating rules. He described Arizona’s legal position, the basin’s water allocations, current shortages, conservation efforts, and the state’s view that the Upper Basin should share more of the reductions and move more water from reservoirs above Lake Powell to Lake Mead. Members asked about tourism, recreation, tribal water rights, public outreach, and the role of the state’s delegation and the federal government. Buschatzky said Arizona has already made major conservation cuts and that further reductions are likely, whether by agreement or federal action, and emphasized ongoing negotiations and public meetings.
The committee then heard House Bill 2758, which would expand McMullen Valley groundwater transfer rules to allow eligible entities, including private water companies, to withdraw and transport groundwater under specified conditions, with ADWR oversight and reporting requirements. Supporters argued the bill would provide a lawful, regulated way to move water for urban growth and housing needs, while opponents from La Paz County and rural advocacy groups said it would accelerate aquifer depletion, harm private wells, and benefit a New York hedge fund at the expense of local residents. After debate over guardrails, stakeholder outreach, and the impact on rural communities, the committee adopted the Griffin amendment and passed HB 2758 as amended on a 6-4 due-pass vote.
Finally, the committee took up House Bill 2098, which revises bonding authority and public hearing notification requirements for county water augmentation authorities and allows such authorities to enter into local repayment agreements with WIFA. Pinal County officials and related stakeholders testified in support, saying the changes would help the Pinal County Water Augmentation Authority finance future water and infrastructure projects, including possible augmentation efforts tied to Bartlett Dam, and would clean up statutory language to match the authority’s needs. The transcript ends during testimony on HB 2098, before any committee vote on that bill is shown.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (01/29/2026)
Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Municipalities retain authority over zoning, noise, building codes, and commercial regulation.
- </c> authority over zoning, noise, building authority over zoning, noise, building codes,<00:54:31.839
- by state few states are going state by state few states passing<01:39:20.000><c> and</c><01:39:20.239
- And what I will posit to you today is that this not only avoids building surveillance states, but it
- have</c><04:05:40.399><c> a</c> and as you stated, some states do have a and as you stated, some states
Committee:
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs
AK
Alaska 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Jun 12th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Alaska House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They're not dependent on the state collecting the revenue and then depending on the state appropriating
- There is a direct state equity option.
- In fact, just yesterday, Alaska unions, the Building and Construction Trades Council of Southcentral
- Alaska, the Fairbanks Building and Construction Trades Council, and the Alaska Petroleum... ...Joint
- There is income coming to the state.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee and Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee Feb 11th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- U.S. states use factor apportionment. Most states, like California, just use sales factor now.
- In the United States, we of course, for state purposes, have formulary apportionment, where states can
- Council on State Taxation and Terry Brennan, Director of Revenue Budget and Pensions, SEIU California
- I am with the Council on State Taxation. COST is a not-for-profit trade organization.
- It's got an operation in State A. It's got half its sales in State A.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Fri Feb 13, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- States Code Section 1357G, States Code Section 1357G, or<00:10:19.680><c> any</c><00:10:19.839><c> other
- </c><02:24:06.080><c> code</c><02:24:06.399><c> section</c> to title 8, United States code section to
- title 8, United States code section 1101A15U3.
- > A15T</c> United States code section 1101 A15T United States code section 1101 A15T and<02:24:20.319
- </c> United States code section 11101 A15U. United States code section 11101 A15U.
Committee:
House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on House Bill 1768, which would prohibit state and county law enforcement agencies and officials from entering into federal immigration-enforcement agreements under 8 U.S.C. 1357(g) and from assisting in certain immigration enforcement actions except in limited circumstances. The Office of the Public Defender, Hawaii Coalition for Immigrant Rights, the Legal Clinic, and the ACLU of Hawaiʻi all testified in strong support, arguing the bill would protect due process, reduce fear in immigrant communities, preserve trust in local police, and keep local resources focused on public safety. Testifiers said cooperation with immigration enforcement can chill court attendance, crime reporting, and cooperation with police, and they emphasized that the bill would not stop federal enforcement or affect other deputization agreements for environmental or other criminal matters. Committee members asked whether any 287(g) agreements currently exist in Hawaiʻi; testifiers said they were unaware of any and believed the bill would maintain the status quo. No vote was taken in the portion provided.
The committee then took up House Bill 1548, which would reduce the maximum sentence for misdemeanors from one year to 364 days and allow people previously sentenced to one year to seek sentence modification. The Office of the Public Defender, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Legal Clinic, the Hawaii Coalition for Immigrant Rights, the ACLU of Hawaiʻi, and the William S. Richardson School of Law immigration clinic all supported the measure, saying the one-day change could prevent severe immigration consequences such as detention, removal, and bars to relief that can be triggered by a sentence of 365 days or more. Testifiers stressed that the bill would not change criminal liability or public safety, but would align Hawaiʻi law with similar reforms adopted in other states. Members questioned whether the change would affect citizens or create an automatic immigration process; witnesses responded that the issue is the federal immigration consequence tied to the maximum sentence, not actual time served, and that citizens would not face that consequence. The transcript ends during continued discussion of HB 1548, with no final vote shown.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Nov 20th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We also listed the Baton Memorial Building on both the state and federal registries.
- That building is actually the historic state Capitol.
- It was also home to the governor's office prior to the building of this building.
- And state printing.
- Building passed all codes, Mr. Chairman. Um, Mr.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee, June 11, 2026 - PM
Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- state.
- state.
- complex in Cody that they are building right now on a state parcel, and so that's a special use lease
- </c> lot of that is state state land and you lot of that is state state land and you got<00:58:48.720
- that are being... state land grazing lees across the state state land grazing lees across the state is
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (01/20/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> state holidays. state holidays.
- They build Wallace Building Products.
- That was stated. We New Hampshire. That was stated.
- So, it's brought in from out of state. state. state.
- . state. state.
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/27/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- So in 1963, the United States Supreme Court decided that pursuant to the state, In 1963, the United States
- The current policy of the state, again, is that we have to build in designated providers.
- again is that we have to build in designated providers upcor has submitted to policy of the state again
- WIFA is currently conducting both an out-of-state and an in-state...
- It's a 75-25 percent split of out-of-state to in-state projects for that funding.
Committee:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Keywords:
solar radiation management, environment, prohibition, Arizona Revised Statutes, public health, complaint process, Attorney General, groundwater management, water conservation, irrigation, water supply, brackish groundwater, water supply development, desalination, water infrastructure, financial assistance, environmental reviews, brackish water, groundwater, water resources
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Apr 22nd, 2025
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, Chercos John Siri, state representative, former state rep, our colleague.
- Uh, state veterans cemeteries that the US Department of Veterans Affairs pays to build and that the Veterans
- state veterans cemeteries.
- ever going to fund one of these state-funded or, uh, VA funded state veterans cemeteries in those areas
- Yes, and I'm not a former state rep, but I am a former city of Park City council member, served with
Committee:
House S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- And state your name. How you Okay. And state your name.
- They have real implications for how we build systems and structures in our state.
- build houses in the building trades and build houses across<01:08:03.039><c> the</c><01:08:03.280><c
- It does vary state to state. Some have universal language.
- States.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Caucus of the Whole - 2026-05-29 - 11:15AM
Vermont House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- to build capacity to support Vermonters across the state and find them where they are and help them
- with our school buildings.
- Thank you very much to the staff from the Joint Fiscal Office and Legislative Council on all three of
- Uh, and it could be even an apartment where two or three people share the same building.
- And then it is also the mechanism that we use to link up to federal tax code.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Select Committee on Housing Finance and Affordability Aug 27th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We want to build upon what's working well and ensure our state investments work together to maximize
- And maybe I'm old school on this, but if you still have people in different state department buildings
- So as we continue to think about how we're building and what we're building and where we're building,
- How we're building and what we're building and where we're building and the cost of that, not only is
- And I can say that because I used to be the president of the National Council of State Housing Agencies
Summary:
The Assembly Select Committee on Housing Finance and Affordability held its first hearing of 2025 to examine California’s housing finance system, with opening remarks emphasizing the state’s severe housing shortage, high costs, and the need for practical recommendations to the Legislature and Governor. Co-chairs described the committee as an educational and problem-solving forum focused on financing housing production, first-time homeownership, mixed-income developments, and affordability across the income spectrum. Witnesses from state agencies and the development sector were invited to explain how housing is financed and where the system is breaking down.
Panelists from the California Housing Partnership, the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency, the Tax Credit Allocation Committee/State Treasurer’s Office, CalHFA, and Related outlined the “capital stack” used to finance affordable housing, stressing that projects typically rely on multiple public and private sources, including federal and state low-income housing tax credits, tax-exempt bonds, state subsidies, local funds, and rental income. Speakers noted that affordable housing rents generally cannot support full project costs without public subsidy, and that recent federal changes—especially the expansion of the 4% and 9% tax credit programs and the reduction of the bond financing threshold for 4% credits—should allow California to finance substantially more units. CalHFA also described its homeownership programs, including My Home, Dream For All, and disaster-related mortgage assistance, as well as its multifamily lending and bond issuance programs.
Several witnesses and committee members emphasized that the system remains too complex, too slow, and underfunded. They pointed to the need for more state funding, a housing bond, a permanent funding source, and better coordination among agencies, while also citing recent streamlining efforts such as AB 434’s SuperNOFA, AB 519’s one-stop-shop working group, and the planned California Housing and Homeless Agency reorganization. Members raised concerns about equity, access, missing-middle housing, gender and racial disparities, and whether current programs adequately serve extremely low-income households and those at risk of homelessness. No formal votes or actions were taken during the hearing; the discussion ended with committee members and witnesses agreeing that both funding and administrative reform are needed to increase production and improve affordability.