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NH
Transcript Highlights:
- So, the current standard in the Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices references the 85th
- So, the current<01:13:12.360><c> standard</c><01:13:12.840><c> in</c><01:13:12.920><c> the</c><01:13:
- 13.040><c> Federal</c><01:13:13.360><c> Manual</c> current standard in the Federal Manual current standard
- The core goal was to establish consistent standards that reinforce public confidence in towing services
- that reinforce consistent standards that reinforce public<01:37:01.680><c> confidence</c><01:37:02.400
Committee:
House Transportation
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- currently have implemented various queue systems, this pilot program will establish a measurable standard
- accessibility and timeliness of our government services to Floridians and will help achieve the standards
- set by the Florida Customer Service Standards Act.
- Service Standards Act. That is the bill. Are there amendments? None on the desk, Mr. President.
- Committee Substitute for House Bill 1175, a bill to be entitled an act relating to safety design standards
Summary:
The Senate first handled a large batch of executive appointments reported by the Ethics and Elections Committee. Senators debated several nominees, with some members objecting to particular appointees over their views or past conduct. The report on the first group of appointments was adopted 31-0, and Jeffrey Aaron’s separate confirmation to the Public Employee Relations Commission was approved 26-10 after extended debate centered on his role as counsel to the Hope Florida Foundation and allegations that he helped facilitate the transfer of Medicaid settlement funds into political activity.
The chamber then considered Chavon Harris as Secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration. Supporters praised her work on Medicaid directed payments and hospital funding, while opponents criticized her prior tenure at the Department of Children and Families, citing problems with Medicaid redeterminations, postpartum coverage, Hope Florida oversight, and a women’s shelter case. The Senate adopted her confirmation report 32-5. Next, Taylor Hatch’s confirmation as Secretary of the Department of Children and Families was taken up; the committee report noted ongoing concerns about SNAP/EBT compliance, child welfare practices, audits, and Hope Florida, but recommended confirmation based on her stated commitments to reform. After debate over DCF’s performance and accountability, the Senate adopted her confirmation report 33-4.
After a brief recess, the Senate held a recognition ceremony for outgoing President Kathleen Passidomo. Senators from both parties offered lengthy remarks praising her leadership, diligence, humor, and support for members, often recalling personal interactions and her role in shaping legislation and mentoring newer senators. The ceremony emphasized her service as Senate President and continued leadership as Rules Chair, and included a presentation of a handmade keepsake box filled with letters and mementos from staff and colleagues.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- currently have implemented various queue systems, this pilot program will establish a measurable standard
- accessibility and timeliness of our government services to Floridians and will help achieve the standards
- set by the Florida Customer Service Standards Act.
- Committee Substitute for House Bill 1175, a bill to be entitled an act relating to safety design standards
- Current building code standards impose a hard cap of three patients for office surgery suites based solely
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-10 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- currently have implemented various queue systems, this pilot program will establish a measurable standard
- accessibility and timeliness of our government services to Floridians and will help achieve the standards
- set by the Florida Customer Service Standards Act.
- Service Standards Act. That is the bill. Are there amendments? None on the desk, Mr. President.
- Committee Substitute for House Bill 1175, a bill to be entitled an act relating to safety design standards
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> higher standard higher standard and<01:07:50.480><c> I</c><01:07:50.720><c> think</c><01:07:50.880
- But I think, as elected officials, like I said earlier, we need to be held to a higher standard.
- And I don't want tax law higher standard And I don't want tax law changing<01:12:29.440><c> from</c>
- </c><01:12:50.400><c> Totally</c> held to a much higher standard.
- Totally held to a much higher standard.
Committee:
Senate Elections
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- It requires intent, and it relies on established legal standards and the burden of proof.
- So the way that this bill is currently written, we are actually setting a minimum standard that says
- </c> years, and we set the minimum standard years, and we set the minimum standard in<01:19:17.840><c
- So, um, the standard is five years.
- So, um, the standard is five years.
Committee:
House Judiciary
Keywords:
stalking, minors, felony, protection orders, criminal penalties, grooming, sexual offenses, child protection, 916, all
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 3 February, 2026; 3:00 PM
Public Health and Welfare
Transcript Highlights:
- In particular, the bill updates outdated language throughout the statute to meet modern standards.
- The bill updates outdated language throughout the statute to meet modern standards.
- First and foremost being that standards.
- </c><01:22:03.520><c> Let</c><01:22:03.760><c> me</c> board's doing lowering standard.
- Let me board's doing lowering standard.
Committee:
Joint Public Health and Welfare
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- So, this proposal is simply adding some language to the original session law that has all of the standard
- <c> uh</c><01:09:46.719><c> for</c><01:09:47.040><c> our</c><01:09:47.279><c> debt</c> and as is standard
- uh for our debt and as is standard uh for our debt finance<01:09:48.000><c> facilities</c><01:09:48.480
- </c><01:10:12.719><c> language</c> that has all of the standard language that has all of the standard
- them do the community participation, you know, conceive of and build skate parks to an excellent standard
Committee:
Senate Capital Investment
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- 04:52.639><c> Safe</c><00:04:53.240><c> Drinking</c><00:04:53.680><c> Water</c><00:04:54.039><c> standards
- </c> exceed Safe Drinking Water standards exceed Safe Drinking Water standards today<00:04:55.320><c>
- There are practice standards for implementing different things, be it cover crops, be it a grass waterway
- uh for implementing different standards uh for implementing different things<00:08:10.280><c> be</c>
- </c><01:12:10.520><c> for</c> compliance with statutory standards for compliance with statutory standards
Committee:
House Taxes
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- But it has to be in a way that we can actually obtain, applying the same financial review standard to
- to All Grain buyers review standard to All Grain buyers regardless<01:14:06.560><c> of</c><01:14:06.719
- Director Nick, does this language essentially loosen the standards for the financial reporting?
- </c><01:42:00.159><c> uh</c> exactly that is part of the standard uh exactly that is part of the standard
- </c> um good accounting uh sorry the standard um good accounting uh sorry the standard practice<01:42
Bills:
HF1063
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
Keywords:
grain buyers, grain dealer, grain elevator, agriculture, financial reporting, audit, CPA review, independent accountant, financial statement, balance sheet, cash flow, nonpublic data, licensee oversight, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, grain purchase volume, insolvency, nonpayment, warehouse chain, fiduciary duties, producer protection
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- These waters do not meet water quality standards for at least one out of 31 different measures.
- ><00:23:37.120><c> quality</c> Waters do not meet water quality Waters do not meet water quality standards
- for at least one out of 31 standards for at least one out of 31 different<00:23:40.600><c> measures<
- Talking about parts per million and percent risks and standard deviations and that sort of thing, we
- </c><00:59:43.319><c> for</c> Clarity or a water quality standard for Clarity or a water quality standard
Committee:
House Legacy Finance
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (03/04/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Otherwise, it's a very rarely used standard.
- standard—beyond a reasonable doubt.
- Otherwise, it's a very rarely used standard.
- Otherwise, it's a very rarely used standard."
- Otherwise, it's a very rarely used standard.
Summary:
The Children and Family Law Committee opened its March 4 meeting with procedural announcements, including a deadline for any Minority Report, notice that the committee would not meet the following Tuesday because of town meeting day, and a preview of its March 18 agenda. The chair said that meeting would include hearings and executive sessions on HB 518, requiring DHHS to provide a detailed annual report of DCF costs, and HB 775, directing DHHS to seek proposals for supervised visitation centers; HB 553 was also slated for executive session. The committee also heard an update on Representative Grossman’s son, who remained in the PICU at Mass General.
The main hearing was on HB 493, which would require child abuse and neglect education for physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants as a condition of licensure. Representative Alicia Gregg presented the bill and an amendment reducing the required training from two hours to one hour, saying the goal was to improve recognition of abuse and prevent both missed cases and false accusations. Cassandra Sanchez, the state Child Advocate, strongly supported the bill, describing a 2020 review of nine cases of non-ambulatory infants with serious injuries and later system mapping that identified gaps in medical recognition; she said the training should be part of existing continuing education hours and that voluntary uptake had been limited. Dr. Michael Matos of Wolfeboro Pediatrics also testified in support.
Ben Bradley of the New Hampshire Hospital Association opposed legislating the requirement, saying hospitals already train staff and that the legislature should not single out one topic for statutory mandate when other reporting obligations are handled differently. In questioning, committee members asked whether the hour would be part of existing continuing education, whether hospitals already provide similar training, and whether the bill should be placed in the continuing medical education statute instead of child protection law. Bradley said hospital members already provide annual training and collaborate with proponents, but did not support putting the requirement in statute. Sanchez said the bill was intended to use one of the hours already required for training, though members noted that the bill text did not clearly say so. The committee also heard broader testimony about the Family Division of Circuit Court, including a proposal to create a subcommittee to study more difficult issues such as pre-trial counseling, evidentiary practices, and domestic violence-related cases, with the Speaker appointing members to that subcommittee.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (01/12/2026)
Education Policy and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:12:59.120><c> And</c><00:12:59.279><c> that</c><00:12:59.519><c> those</c> new standards.
- And that those new standards.
- It may be even that that floor is too low given where our existing 306 standards are.
- </c><01:19:46.320><c> That</c> character and high moral standards.
- That character and high moral standards.
Committee:
House Education Policy and Administration
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:10:24.600><c> for</c> kind of as a as a gold standard for kind of as a as a gold standard for
- It started as a pilot in 2003, where the first thing was to develop standards, so standards were developed
- It started as a pilot in 2003, where the first thing was to develop standards, so standards were developed
- It started as a pilot in 2003, where the first thing was to develop standards, so standards were developed
- It started as a pilot in 2003, where the first thing was to develop standards, so standards were developed
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- DNA analysis has really become the gold standard of forensic testing, and we continue to see demands
- of forensic testing and we standard of forensic testing and we continue<00:09:36.400><c> to</c><00:09
- The goal is to meet state and federal guidelines and standards for our students.
- I'm hearing as high as by MnDOT's own standards, 30 to 50%.
- </c> MnDOT's own standards, 30 to 50%. MnDOT's own standards, 30 to 50%.
Committee:
House Capital Investment
Keywords:
water treatment, infrastructure, municipal funding, bond issuance, Becker, sewer improvements, sanitation, Hibbing, state bonds, infrastructure funding, capital investment, safety improvements, mobility, U.S. Highway 12, bonds, transportation funding, trails, Prior Lake, bond funding, recreational improvements
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 27 (2-13-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I think that's an unreasonable standard for anybody in any profession.
- </c> I think that's an unreasonable standard I think that's an unreasonable standard for<00:33:34.559
- And I'll close with standards of care.
- And I'll close with this.<01:00:51.040><c> Those</c><01:00:51.440><c> standards</c><01:00:51.839><c>
- Those standards of care that they this.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Public Pension Oversight Board (9-23-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- He explained that the standard fixed statutory rate employers pay toward the retirement annuity trust
- He said they are talking about the standard fixed statutory rate employers pay toward the retirement
- </c><00:18:53.520><c> fixed</c> we're talking about that standard fixed we're talking about that standard
- Uh, there isn't really an accounting standard for that calculation. So, we've worked on it.
- a an accounting standard for that calculation.<00:56:59.839><c> So,</c><00:57:00.000><c> we've</c><00
Keywords:
Meeting Start: 00:00:35
Attendance Roll Call: 00:00:55
Approval of Minutes: 00:02:56
Deferred Compensation Authority Update: 00:03:12
Retiree Health Update - TRS: 00:15:58
Retiree Health Update - KPPA: 00:56:13
Adjournment: 01:08:10, 958, all
Summary:
The Public Pension Oversight Board met with a quorum, approved the prior minutes, and heard updates from the Kentucky Public Employees Deferred Compensation Authority and the Teachers Retirement System. The deferred compensation update highlighted continued growth in assets to about $4.787 billion and roughly 88,000 participants, strong retention from auto-enrollment, a marketing campaign tied to pay raises that generated additional participation, and a new self-directed brokerage account expected to launch July 1 of the coming year for participants with at least a $40,000 balance, allowing up to 25% of their account to be moved into the brokerage window. The director also described the free financial planning service, which has been used by about 3,500 participants with a high return rate, and said the plan is currently in a fee holiday; if fees are charged, they are capped at $237 per year for most participants.
Members asked questions about who provides the CFP service, the fee structure, and the brokerage eligibility threshold. The director said the CFP service is provided through the authority’s service bundle with Nationwide, not as a separate paid service, and explained that the fee cap and current fee holiday are intended to keep the program low-cost. Board members praised the deferred compensation program’s performance and asked for a copy of the legislation referenced in the presentation.
TRS then presented on retired teachers’ health insurance. Barnes first clarified how declining federal contributions for federally funded school positions affect the retirement annuity trust, explaining that if those federal dollars fall, the amounts would need to be covered through the SEEK formula and that the projection for those contributions is about $80 million over the next three years. He then reviewed TRS retiree health coverage, distinguishing between KEHP for retirees under 65 or not Medicare-eligible and MEHP for Medicare-eligible retirees, and explained that TRS recently completed RFPs for both prescription drug and medical coverage. TRS will keep Express Scripts for prescription drugs, but will move the Medicare Advantage medical plan from UnitedHealthcare to Humana on January 1, 2026, while keeping the plan design, provider access, and out-of-pocket structure largely unchanged, with a new hearing-aid benefit of $500 per ear.
Barnes also reported the 2026 premium and contribution changes: the maximum TRS contribution toward KEHP will rise to $1,144.96 from $930.76, an 18% increase that he said will require roughly $15 million to $16 million more in the state budget, while the MEHP premium will drop to $200 per month from $210. He said the TRS board has statutory authority to set these amounts and that the changes will have mixed actuarial effects, with the KEHP increase being negative overall and the MEHP decrease positive.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And we are already the gold standard, but not in care, not in safety, but in state-sponsored suffering
- This is not the standard of care Texas women are receiving.
- That's important because the legal standard of allowing citizens to enforce this law is a key aspect
- The standards for the state of Texas are such that the police officers here in the Capitol won't even
- That's when a man enters my bathroom, and that's the standard you legislators have allowed.
Committee:
House State Affairs
Keywords:
HB 229, Texas, political subdivision, local government, county dues, county association, state association of counties, lobbying, lobbyist, public funds, taxpayer lawsuit, injunctive relief, attorney's fees, Government Code Chapter 556, Local Government Code Section 89.002, legislative advocacy, municipal government, county government, city government, special district
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- and there are um um there are standards and there are um you<00:51:41.880><c> know</c><00:51:42.040>
- Because if there is a difference, but we're talking about a standard, which is...
- I also think that there is, you know, setting higher standards sets a particular bar for a reason.
- So the public standard is the same.
- So the public standard is the same.
Committee:
Senate Education
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 03/18/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- We've, I think, set a strong standard in Minnesota of the difference between dignified affordable housing
- We've, I think, set a strong standard in Minnesota of the difference between dignified affordable housing
- <00:24:28.399><c> while</c><00:24:28.640><c> setting</c><00:24:28.919><c> a</c><00:24:29.080><c> standard
- </c><00:24:29.799><c> I</c> new community while setting a standard I new community while setting a standard
- uh in Minnesota of the standard uh in Minnesota of the difference<00:24:46.679><c> between</c><00:24
Committee:
Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention