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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/25/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- And then who operates your benefit.
- </c> Um and then who operates your benefit. Um and then who operates your benefit.
- <00:50:54.520><c> medical</c><00:50:54.960><c> assistance</c> emergency medical assistance emergency
- On page 29, you'll see the rural emergency hospital payment methodology technical change.
- </c> rural emergency hospitals. rural emergency hospitals.
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
October 8, 2025 - 03:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- As you know, today we're going on a site visit of a new state emergency operations center.
- Members, as you know, today we're going to a site visit at a new state emergency operations center.
Summary:
The Natural Resources and Disaster Subcommittee convened for its first meeting of the session with roll call taken and several members noted as excused. The chair welcomed returning and new members, including Representatives Boyles, Miller, and Owen, and introduced the new policy chief, Roberta Skinner.
No legislation was discussed or voted on. The chair explained that the purpose of the meeting was a site visit to a new state emergency operations center and gave logistical instructions, including wearing comfortable shoes and bringing photo ID.
The meeting then adjourned for departure to the van outside the House Office Building for the site visit.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/19/2026 - Joint Legislative Audit Committee
Joint Legislative Audit Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- And I appreciate being here, even with a family emergency.
- Did it significantly disrupt the operations of the school district? No.
- As Megan mentioned earlier, we combined the operating budget limit reserve, the operating margin ratio
- She's also human resources, payroll, and many other operational responsibilities.
- She's also human resources, payroll, and many other operational responsibilities.
Committee:
Joint Joint Legislative Audit Committee
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- notifying a tenant of their rights, responsibilities, and restrictions related to installation and operation
- Extreme heat is becoming more frequent and more severe, and emergency response alone is not enough.
- Extreme heat is becoming more frequent and more severe, and emergency response alone is not enough.
- We need preventative housing. and more severe, and emergency response alone is not enough.
- When operating costs increase, those costs don't disappear.
Committee:
House Housing
Keywords:
land bank, land banking authority, affordable housing, housing crisis, housing supply, public corporation, public housing authority, nonprofit housing, tax-foreclosed property, blight remediation, redevelopment, anti-displacement, equity, redlining, racial segregation, deed restriction, affordability covenant, property tax exemption, excise tax exemption, predevelopment
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- May I ask, under the underlying bill, there is a phrase used about operations that are team-based.
- And adding an emergency clause appears totally unnecessary on this issue.
- On that said, the emergency clause, I think, is interesting in this.
- And adding an emergency clause appears totally unnecessary on this issue.
- Since 1998, we have operated with eight judge positions in Yakima County.
Committee:
Senate Law & Justice
Keywords:
garnishment, debt, form standardization, financial protection, legal processes, toxicology testing, laboratories, accreditation, public health, standards, indigent defense, task force, criminal justice, legal aid, public defense, face coverings, law enforcement, public safety, civil liberties, court security
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Nov 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- But we have a lot of emerging trends that are increasing. So this is an increase.
- And I'm here as the budget chair of the Clerk of Courts Operations Corporation.
- And frankly, to sum it up, we're operating a 2025 business with 2008 prices.
- chair of the Clerk of Courts Operations Corporation.
- This leaves us with an operational deficit of $75 million.
Summary:
The committee heard budget presentations from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the clerks of court. FDLE outlined 28 legislative budget requests for fiscal year 2026-27, including funding for a new Fort Myers regional operations center lease, technology and data system upgrades, moving several programs off uncertain federal grants, expanding the wellness office, cryptocurrency seizure efforts, cybersecurity, forensic equipment, digital forensics, criminal history modernization, training, and the SAFE fentanyl enforcement program. Members asked about the reported 79% increase in officer misconduct cases, the role of body cameras and masking, public records request burdens on local agencies, and the status of Fibers and the Uniform Arrest Affidavit systems. FDLE said the misconduct data covers all sworn officers and corrections personnel, that many cases would not be affected by body cameras because they involve off-duty conduct or internal matters, and that it is working with agencies and vendors to improve participation in reporting systems.
DJJ Secretary Matt Walsh updated the committee on the Florida Scholars Academy, describing the new unified education system across 39 residential facilities. He reported first-year enrollment, course completions, graduations, and compliance results, and said the program now provides in-person and blended instruction, individualized support, mental health services, and career and technical education. He also discussed staffing shortages in some detention facilities, the need for more residential beds, and the importance of recognizing and supporting staff. In response to questions, he explained how the program addresses students with disabilities and behavioral needs through one-on-one instruction, paraprofessionals, and immediate mental health support.
The clerks of court presented a budget request centered on funding shortfalls and rising costs. Clerk and Comptroller Stacey Butterfield said clerks are operating with outdated funding levels despite increased statutory duties, higher postage and staffing costs, and growing workloads in priority case types such as injunctions for protection and other high-risk matters. The clerks requested $22 million in direct appropriations, including support for due process costs, jury management, and staffing for 37 new judges approved last session. Members also asked about Senate Bill 532, which Butterfield described as a CPI-based measure to update court fines and fees that have remained unchanged since 2008. The committee took no votes on the presentations and adjourned after discussion.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So they don't just get to continue operating as unlicensed. No ma'am. Okay.
- The problem becomes when a boarding home operator starts to operate as an assisted living facility, and
- Some of us may have heard about that from that operator.
- The operators, frankly, have figured out how to monitor.
- So, there are some that are not, and they could still operate.
Bills:
HB2510 , HB3589 , HB4611 , HB4655 , HB4665 , HB4666 , HB4670 , HB4700 , HB4730 , HB4798 , HB4838 , HB5136 , HB5243 , HB5302 , HB5539
Committee:
House Human Services
Keywords:
assisted living, healthcare, licensing, criminal offense, personal assistance, group home, regulation, health and safety, inspections, resident care, criminal background checks, adoption, parental rights, registry, vital statistics, disclosure, counseling, foster care, independent living, financial literacy
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
FIN Info Briefing - Tue Jan 6, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:29:24.240><c> and</c> uh makes sense for the operations and uh makes sense for the operations
- Um first is about um operation actually.
- So operations for at least Aahu County.
- </c> plans to use its internal operating plans to use its internal operating funds<01:41:52.480><c> to
- </c> operations have for our entire state. operations have for our entire state.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee Feb 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- But statutory intent must also be paired with operational alignment.
- When definitions Intent must also be paired with operational alignment.
- Experienced in our operations since the law went into effect.
- Online fundraising is not peripheral to nonprofit operations.
- But regulation must reflect operational reality.
Summary:
The Assembly held its first-ever outcome review hearing, focused on AB 488, Assemblymember Irwin’s 2021 law regulating charitable fundraising platforms and platform charities. Chair Bauer-Kahan and Irwin described the hearing as part of a new oversight process meant to evaluate whether enacted laws are working as intended and to identify implementation problems. Irwin reviewed the bill’s purpose: updating California’s charitable solicitation rules for online fundraising, requiring platform registration and reporting, setting disclosure and conduct rules, and creating protections for charities and donors.
The Attorney General’s office said the implementing regulations took effect in stages in 2024 and 2025 after extensive rulemaking, and argued the law was needed because online fundraising had outgrown older solicitation laws. The office highlighted enforcement concerns, including unregistered platforms, delayed remittances, and unauthorized fundraising pages, and said the new online filing system should improve processing and compliance. Nonprofit representatives and platforms generally supported the law’s transparency goals but said implementation has created major burdens, especially around “good standing” determinations, slow registry response times, and disruptions to fundraising when charities are flagged as delinquent. PayPal Giving Fund and GoFundMe both said they complied with the law but urged changes to better fit platform operations, reduce delays, and ease requirements for small or micro-donations.
Committee members pressed the witnesses on donor protection, due process, and whether California should shorten the time to resolve good-standing issues. Several members said the law has helped stop misleading or unauthorized fundraising practices, while also acknowledging unintended consequences for nonprofits. Irwin said she is preparing follow-up legislation to address implementation problems and balance the interests of charities, platforms, donors, and the Attorney General’s office. During public comment, Candid praised the review and the DOJ’s efforts to improve the process, and a PG&E representative described an unintended consequence in employee giving where donations were redirected because recipient charities were not in good standing.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 13th, 2026 at 01:31 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- State if we, you know, the next emergency that we have, the next pandemic, there are some benefits to
- The emergency nature of what happened.
- We work closely with the emergency response.
- And about 140,000 is for operational of. Vehicles just to repair a pickup anymore.
- The Board operates as a 15-member non-salaried body, currently with a vacancy of two.
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the censorship industrial complex. Mar 25th, 2025 at 01:00 pm
Constitution Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- to speech, to assembly, the right to petition the government, and to have free... press that could operate
- But I want to end by talking about a new emerging threat.
- It's no accident that the censorship industrial complex emerged after President Trump's first election
- Risk raters operating with the government's imprimatur create blacklists of such outlets to starve them
- They conspired with NBC News and Google in that operation. And we were able to push that back.
Committee:
Senate Constitution Subcommittee
Keywords:
censorship, First Amendment, social media, misinformation, free speech, government regulation, Big Tech, public discourse
Summary:
The meeting primarily focused on the implications of government involvement in censorship, particularly regarding social media platforms and compliance with misinformation standards. senators and witnesses discussed growing concerns over the influence of large tech companies, like Facebook and Google, in shaping public discourse and suppressing dissenting views. A significant part of the meeting included testimonies from various experts emphasizing the dangers of the 'censorship industrial complex'—a term used to describe the collaborative efforts between government entities and private organizations to control information flow. This collaboration is viewed as a violation of First Amendment rights, with calls for urgent legislative action to restore free speech protections.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment & Energy Feb 18th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Environment & Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Ecology must assess penalties under the Climate Commitment Act if the EITE owner or operator fails to
- Ecology must assess penalties under the Climate Commitment Act if the EITE owner or operator fails to
- That a person say they just had it, they have it there for emergency use only, or they have only used
- Ports do not currently distribute electricity or operate as utilities.
- Ports do not currently distribute electricity or operate as utilities.
Committee:
House Environment & Energy
Keywords:
ski areas, winter sports, terminology, recreation, economic development, SB6291, on-site wastewater treatment, onsite wastewater treatment, septic system, sewage treatment, wastewater inspection, environmental health, local board of health, public health, professional engineer, land surveyor, certificate of competency, inspection standards, design review, supervised practice
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Senators, probably the scariest thing a parent has to do is take their child to the emergency room.
- We want to make sure that when they go to that emergency room, the emergency room is ready and able to
- So what this bill does is make sure that all our hospitals that have emergency departments are ready
- And we want to make sure that when they go to that emergency room, the emergency room is ready and able
- services during declared emergencies or lead agency failures.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, January 13, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Operation Midway Blitz has torn apart the Chicago land area.
- ,</c> decree so that crane operators, decree so that crane operators, laborers,<00:41:49.520><c> and<
- Operated by the southern Indiana.
- </c> circumstances related to this emergency circumstances related to this emergency continue<05:42:39.600
- </c><05:42:50.718><c> declared</c> continue the national emergency declared continue the national emergency
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Given the severity of weather emergencies in the rest of this country that we have seen, protections
- They often operate in the underground economy, misclassifying workers as independent contractors, operating
- When he went to the emergency room, his employer threatened to call ICE if he reported it.
- I had to call my sister myself to take me to the emergency room.
- Employers currently operate from fear of liability and therefore avoid responsibility.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development held a lengthy hearing on June 18 focused on workers’ compensation, independent contractor and classification issues, workplace safety, warehouse worker protections, extreme temperature protections, retaliation against injured workers, and workplace bullying. Committee chairs outlined procedures for the hybrid hearing and noted that members would be leaving intermittently for floor votes. Testimony also touched on a bill to expand workers’ compensation disfigurement benefits by removing the current $15,000 cap and extending coverage beyond scars on the hands, neck, and face.
A major theme was workplace safety in warehouses and in extreme heat or cold. Teamsters, warehouse workers, and labor advocates described high injury rates, strict quotas, lack of water, inadequate ventilation, frozen or missing safety equipment, and pressure to work through heat waves and snowstorms. Supporters urged favorable reports on bills protecting warehouse workers and requiring employers to adopt heat- and cold-safety plans, while the NFIB opposed the temperature bill as overly prescriptive and burdensome for small businesses. Sen. Edwards, Sen. Roche, Rep. O’Day, and others argued that the measures are needed to prevent heat illness, provide shade, water, rest breaks, training, and emergency plans, and to cover all workers regardless of immigration status.
Another major subject was the “Act to Protect Injured Workers,” backed by labor groups, immigrant worker centers, legal services organizations, and individual workers. Witnesses said employers often retaliate after injuries by threatening deportation, lying about how injuries occurred, delaying care, or firing workers, and they supported stronger anti-retaliation enforcement, multilingual notices, and a rebuttable presumption of retaliation within 90 days of protected activity. The Mass AFL-CIO and immigrant advocacy groups supported the bill and opposed measures they said would weaken employee classification standards. Testimony also supported a funeral-benefits bill to raise workers’ compensation death-benefit reimbursement for burial and funeral costs, based on a family’s experience after a workplace fatality. The committee heard additional testimony on workplace bullying bills, with some witnesses urging a new legal duty for employers to prevent and respond to bullying, while others described the harms of toxic workplaces and the lack of effective remedies.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- We simply shift the cost to more expensive emergency rooms, residential services, and crisis settings
- We simply shift the cost to more expensive emergency rooms, residential services, and crisis settings
- We operate a residential day service and a day school for children.
- Specifically, the needs we're talking about are operational and capital in nature.
- House Bill 10... ...to operate the government.
Committee:
House Budget
KY
Transcript Highlights:
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- And these tow truck operators work in unpredictable, hazardous conditions and all kinds of weather.
- </c> truck operators work unpredictable truck operators work unpredictable conditions,<00:04:41.520><
- </c><00:05:13.039><c> And</c> green light usage for tow operators.
- And green light usage for tow operators.
Committee:
House Transportation
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- We are still waiting to find out whether we will get emergency support from the federal government in
- this emergency.
- this emergency.
- Businesses have to find different locations to operate out of, or... Housing.
- Businesses have to find different locations to operate out of, or they lose revenue.
Committee:
House Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House/Senate DFL Press Conference 5/15/25
Transcript Highlights:
- That has never been the way that the DFL has operated.
- When you take away people's health care, they end up in the emergency department.
- But the Republican Party operated.
- </c><00:04:41.640><c> It</c> end up in the emergency department.
- It end up in the emergency department.
Summary:
House and Senate DFL lawmakers, joined by Unidos Minnesota and other allies, held a press event responding to a budget deal they said would end MinnesotaCare coverage for roughly 20,000 undocumented adults at the end of the year while preserving coverage for children. Speakers, including Rep. Cedrick Frazier, Sen. Sandy Leafman, and Emilia Gonzalez Davalos, argued the agreement was cruel, would harm vulnerable families and essential workers, and was being justified under a false claim of fiscal responsibility. They said the affected people are Minnesota residents who work, pay taxes, and contribute to the state, and they rejected the idea that private insurance markets are a viable substitute.
The speakers emphasized that many enrollees are receiving ongoing care such as cancer treatment, dialysis, insulin, and asthma medication, and warned that losing coverage would push people into emergency rooms and increase costs for hospitals and communities. They also said the deal set a dangerous precedent by using mixed-status families and undocumented workers as bargaining chips in negotiations. Several speakers framed the issue as part of broader attacks on immigrant communities at the federal and state levels.
In response to questions, the lawmakers said they had not been given meaningful input on the agreement, that the DFL leadership had tried to make the “least harm” choice, and that the members speaking would vote no on the provision. They said their focus was on this specific health-care agreement rather than other budget bills, and they indicated the program’s cost was within projections, citing about 20,000 enrollees, roughly 17,000 adults, and spending under $4 million so far. The event ended with a call to continue fighting the deal and to pursue a Minnesota public option and broader long-term coverage solutions.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Banking and Finance Committee Apr 28th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- as fintechs or non-bank lenders who now originate over half of all mortgages nationwide and often operate
- Credit unions also invest heavily in the communities in which they operate, both via financial support
- Credit unions also invest heavily in the communities in which they operate both via financial support
- In our work, we have become experts on the emerging marketplace of third-party litigation financing.
- As with any new opaque financial product, the emerging industry has attracted its share of bad actors
Summary:
The Assembly Banking and Finance Committee met to hear several bills, beginning with a consent calendar that included AB 665 and AB 866, both adopted on a do pass basis and referred to Appropriations. The committee then took up AB 801, which would create a California Community Reinvestment Act to require covered financial institutions, including state-chartered banks, credit unions, residential mortgage lenders, and money transmitters, to meet the financial needs of low- and moderate-income communities and communities of color. The author and supporters argued the bill would close gaps left by the federal CRA, address redlining and discriminatory lending, and expand investment in housing, small business, and community development. Support came from community groups, CDFIs, labor, and housing advocates, while opposition from mortgage bankers and credit unions argued the bill would impose costly new reporting and regulatory burdens, especially on institutions they said already serve underserved borrowers well. Committee members discussed the scope of the bill, the experience of other states with state CRA laws, and possible carve-outs or tiered treatment for smaller credit unions. AB 801 was passed as amended and referred to Appropriations, with the roll left open and later completed; one member voted no and others were not voting or voted aye as the roll was finalized.
The committee also heard AB 743, which would require licensing and surety bonds for commercial lawsuit financing and bring those transactions under DFPI oversight. The author said the bill was aimed at a largely unregulated, multi-billion-dollar industry and was intended to increase transparency and address concerns about foreign interests, fraud, and abusive litigation funding practices, while not affecting consumer legal funding. Supporters, including Unified Patents, the Civil Justice Association of California, the California Chamber of Commerce, the California Trucking Association, and the American Property Casualty Insurance Association, said the bill was an important first step toward disclosure and regulation. There was no opposition testimony. AB 743 passed unanimously as amended and was referred to Appropriations, with the roll held open briefly for absent members before the committee adjourned.