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FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Mar 26th, 2025
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- It provides $93.6 million in Medicaid provider rate increases, $13.3 million in additional resources
- It provides $93.6 million in Medicaid provider rate increases, $13.3 million in additional resources
- No mask provides 100% protection.
- The use of technical assistance offered by DCF to child care providers.
- And what it does, it provides an opportunity, you know, we're going to pilot it as for it, but it provides
Summary:
The Health and Human Services Appropriations Committee met to review and advance the Senate’s fiscal year 2025-26 budget proposal for the committee’s portfolio. The presentation highlighted a $1.8 billion increase over the current base budget, including full funding for Medicaid and KidCare, investments in IT modernization, Medicaid provider rate increases, mental health and substance use services, opioid treatment, foster care and guardian assistance, elder care, veterans’ services, cancer research, school nurse staffing, and other public health initiatives. The committee adopted a motion allowing technical adjustments and then approved the budget proposal to be reported to the full Senate Appropriations Committee.
The committee then heard and voted on several bills. SB 152 on surgical smoke protection required hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to adopt smoke evacuation policies; nurses testified in support, citing workplace and patient safety risks, and the bill was reported favorably. CS/SB 958 on early detection of type 1 diabetes required the Department of Health to provide educational materials to schools and, by amendment, early learning coalitions; it was also reported favorably. CS/CS/SB 170 on nursing home oversight added consumer satisfaction surveys, reporting requirements, quality incentive changes, and financial reporting penalties, with an amendment exempting state-operated homes and directing a study of best practices; it passed after questions about dementia, language access, and retaliation protections. CS/SB 738 modernized child care regulation by streamlining DCF processes and reducing obsolete requirements, and was reported favorably without opposition.
The committee also approved CS/SB 1356 creating the Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases at FSU and a Sunshine Genetics pilot to expand rare-disease screening and research, with support from members emphasizing early detection and data collection. SB 1370 separated ambulatory surgical centers into their own statute, with testimony that the change would better reflect the industry and help avoid burdensome regulation; it passed favorably. Finally, CS/CS/SB 1626 made a range of child welfare changes, including codifying DCF coordination with military installations, adjusting shelter certification, refining criminal-background exemptions, extending licensing compliance time, addressing room-and-board rate methodology, and clarifying missing-child procedures; after adopting three amendments and hearing both support and concerns, the bill was reported favorably. The committee also recorded a member’s affirmative vote on SB 958 before adjournment.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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- c><01:04:14.160><c> local</c> article uh provides for local article uh provides for local governments
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- </c><02:07:54.560><c> um</c> um by scams and we are providing um um by scams and we are providing um
Committee:
Senate Taxes
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Ways and Means Apr 21st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman and members, Senate Bill 318 by Senator Reese provides relative to tax exemption budget and
- So this will put a requirement on local taxing authorities to provide the level of tax exemption that
- Logan here who can provide some background as well and help me answer questions.
- Logan here who can provide some background as well and help me answer questions.
- He's present and will provide information if requested. Ms.
Summary:
The Ways and Means Committee met on April 21, 2026, and took up a series of tax, revenue, and property-tax related measures. SB 318 was amended and reported as amended; it revises the Department of Revenue’s annual tax exemption budget process by removing parish-level reporting from that report, creating a separate business tax benefit report by NAICS code, and requiring parish sales tax collectors to produce a similar local exemption report. SB 128, allowing the Department of Revenue to use an existing vendor for address-change services, was reported favorably. SB 149, concerning the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds and requiring good-faith deposits only from the winning bidder, was amended and reported as amended. SB 180, which lets a surviving spouse of a deceased disabled veteran transfer an expanded homestead exemption one time under certain circumstances, was reported favorably. SB 196, extending the tax appeal period from 60 to 90 days and making conforming changes elsewhere in law, was amended and reported as amended. SCR 11, creating the Anchor Home Task Force to study tax credits to encourage Louisiana college graduates to stay and work in the state, was reported favorably. SB 340, making the permanent homestead exemption form requirement statewide for assessors, was reported favorably.
Later in the meeting, the committee heard several bills from Senator Gregory Miller on the state’s ongoing tax sale and ad valorem tax reform package. SB 73 was reported favorably to resolve a conflict between prior legislation and the 2024 constitutional amendment on tax sale timing. SB 238 was reported favorably to clarify which collection procedures apply to older tax sales and to preserve prior notice procedures where already completed. SB 191 was amended to restore the requirement for two advertisements for tax lien auctions instead of one, and then reported favorably as amended. SB 89, a backup measure to require the St. Charles Parish assessor to provide a permanent homestead exemption form, was also reported favorably, with the sponsor noting it was intended to avoid duplication if the statewide bill already enacted the same policy.
Testimony was generally supportive across the agenda, with Department of Revenue, Department of Veterans Affairs, local tax, sheriffs, press, and land title representatives appearing in support or for information. Committee members asked a few clarifying questions, mainly about the scope of homestead exemption portability, whether local governments would face new costs, and the effect of the tax appeal deadline change. No roll-call votes were taken; the committee adopted amendments where offered and reported the bills and resolution favorably or as amended by unanimous consent. The meeting then adjourned.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
2026 Joint Budget Subcommittee on Higher Education - 03/18/2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We've got to provide funding and, for example, for the community colleges, the public community colleges
- Some of our highlights include providing $475.7 million to increase the income eligibility threshold
- Providing an additional $12 million for SUNY and $8 million for CUNY community colleges for the 2026-
- Providing $97.3 million for additional state operating support for CUNY, collective bargaining costs,
- PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL 12 MILLION FOR SUNY AND 8 MILLION FOR CUNY COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOR THE 2026-27
Summary:
The Higher Education Conference Committee met to discuss budget priorities for SUNY, CUNY, community colleges, TAP, student aid, and capital funding. Chair Toby Ann Stavisky emphasized the need for increased operating and capital support, protection against enrollment-based funding losses, no tuition increases, a review of TAP because it has not kept pace with living costs, and action on student loan access and research funding cuts. Assembly Chair Alicia Hyndman outlined the Assembly’s higher education proposal, including $475.7 million to expand TAP eligibility, raising income thresholds for TAP and the Excelsior Scholarship, creating a graduate tuition assistance program, adding community college operating aid, expanding the Opportunity Promise Scholarship, forgiving SUNY hospital debt service, increasing CUNY operating support, restoring opportunity program funding, creating a $110 million student loan support program called New York Rises, and funding five-year capital plans for SUNY and CUNY plus additional ECAP grants.
Members broadly supported making higher education more affordable and accessible, while highlighting district-specific needs. Senator May praised SUNY Reconnect, community college workforce programs, hospital debt service relief, and a five-year SUNY capital plan. Senator Gonzalez framed the budget as an investment in economic mobility. Senator Griffo supported affordability, operating and capital aid, and additional support for medical schools and hospitals. Assembly Members Walker, Colton, and Fall backed TAP expansion, opportunity programs, disability supports, SUNY Downstate’s transformation, and capital needs at CUNY and SUNY campuses.
Assembly Member Smullen, speaking for the minority conference, urged a five-way budget process, said TAP has not kept pace with inflation, and called for a more stable long-term funding model for community colleges. He also stressed aligning higher education with workforce needs. Assembly Member Pirozzolo pointed to the College of Staten Island as an example of the benefits of investment and warned that employers recruiting students directly from high school could weaken higher education unless colleges continue strengthening trade and career training. The meeting ended with no vote on the budget items, and the chairs adjourned the conference committee after concluding remarks.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- I, along with Chairman Miller, attended each meeting and provided input.
- interactive experience, like a chatbot where you provide information and the program responds and provides
- I think... ...that app providers owe a duty to exercise reasonable care.
- The provider, the chatbot is not—it's not just the content, Representative Glorioso.
- is not responsible, as opposed to the providers—and not even the provider, that algorithm, right?
Committee:
House Civil Law and Procedure
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/17/26 - Part 3
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It provides further whistleblower protections by keeping the name of the whistleblower fully private,
- includes and builds upon the work we completed in 2023 under Chair Cleborne's House File 3621 to provide
- includes and builds upon the work we completed in 2023 under Chair Cleborne's House File 3621 to provide
- When it came back over to provide an annual program integrity report from both DHS and DCYF that directs
- </c> to the highest of ideals, and provide to the highest of ideals, and provide the<00:08:44.400><c>
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- The House now advances to the second order of business: prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, provided
- severability, and declaring an emergency and providing an effective date.
- Amending Section 19-2716, Idaho Code, to provide that the procedures used in an execution shall not be
- Amending Section 19-2716, Idaho Code, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 36, Laws of 2025, to provide that
- What this wouldn't do is provide immunity for people like myself. I've had a lot of training.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- the program integrity provisions. they can provide services for children they can provide services for
- providers.
- Yes. that we provide under the rate exception that we provide under the rate exception goes<00:12:07.680
- </c><00:12:08.959><c> It</c> goes to the service providers. It goes to the service providers.
- </c> monitoring and to be able to provide monitoring and to be able to provide those<00:12:21.760><c>
Committee:
House Ways and Means
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> Psychological Services um as provided Psychological Services um as provided through<01:03:54.039
- </c><01:04:29.799><c> Services</c> psychologists um are providing Services psychologists um are providing
- </c> work work with regard to Pro providers work work with regard to Pro providers coming<01:08:57.600
- </c> does allow for a physician to provide does allow for a physician to provide medical<01:21:44.639
Committee:
House Health Finance and Policy
NV
Transcript Highlights:
- There are no callers to provide neutral testimony at this time.
- I'm going to cover sections two and three briefly and happy to provide answers to questions and provide
- Chair, Jonathan Norman, Nevada Coalition of Legal Service Providers.
- “There are no callers to provide opposition testimony at this time.
- There are no callers to provide opposition testimony at this time.
Bills:
AB49 , AB169 , AB188 , AB284 , AB296 , AB306 , AB356 , AB366 , AB467 , AB499 , AB515 , AB540 , AB542 , AB595
Committee:
Senate Finance
Keywords:
educational personnel, teacher licensing, reciprocal licensure, provisional teaching, school counselors, school nurses, school social workers, state education standards, health insurance, speech-language pathology, stuttering, rehabilitative services, habilitative services, coverage requirements, health plans, retired public employees, subsidy, Medicare, health reimbursement arrangement, Public Employees' Benefits Program
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Section 22, providing for a provisions.
- <01:25:02.000><c> technical</c> providing technical providing technical assistance.<01:25:04.080><c>
- It's Senate File 1113, Senator Muay's bill to provide for MA coverage for birth services provided at
- support services providers.
- And that's $4.5 services providers.
Committee:
Senate Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c><00:41:47.319><c> mentioned</c> the nursing home providers mentioned the nursing home providers mentioned
- uh long-term care we are providing uh long-term care we are providing<00:45:54.359><c> for</c><00:45
- </c><01:02:12.240><c> work</c> manufacturing positions and provide work manufacturing positions and provide
- </c><01:26:07.920><c> those</c> mental health so we provide those mental health so we provide those Services
Keywords:
nursing home, employment standards, worker rights, Minnesota Statutes, labor compensation, workforce development, job training, economic stability, low-income, career pathways, education funding, Summit Academy, employment, STEM programming, GED preparation, Neighborhood Development Center, NDC, small business, entrepreneurship, business training
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
WV Senate Finance Committee in Session Mar 12th, 2026 at 01:59 pm
Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- Members may recall that that is the bill that provided for the simplification and modernization of the
- Members may recall that that is the bill that provided for the simplification and modernization of the
- It also provides that funding for public charter schools is in the amount of $8,600 per student.
- It also provides that funding for public charter schools is in the amount of $8,600 per student.
- that after all this funding has been provided for Tier 2 and Tier 3 students, any additional funding
Committee:
Senate Finance
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 21 January, 2026; 3:30 PM
Public Health and Welfare
Transcript Highlights:
- We have about 1,500 child care providers across the state.
- </c><00:21:05.120><c> that</c> about 1,500 is that right providers that about 1,500 is that right providers
- </c> have about 1,500 child care providers have about 1,500 child care providers across<00:21:13.039>
- Uh although I'm legislature provided us.
- It goes directly to the child care provider.
Committee:
Joint Public Health and Welfare
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I think the services can be provided by a provider outside the state, but they have to be residents of
- I think the services can be provided by a provider outside the state, but they have to be residents of
- ><c> providers</c><01:10:45.520><c> with</c><01:10:45.640><c> more</c> imds residential providers with
- services are provided by a tribal provider.
- </c> you know making sure that the provider you know making sure that the provider and<01:23:17.000><
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Special Investigative Committee, February 26, 2026
House Special Investigative Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- At the close of questioning, witnesses will be provided the opportunity to provide a two-minute oral
- the opportunity to will be provided the opportunity to provide<00:13:08.959><c> a</c><00:13:09.120><
- </c> prior to the text that I did provide. prior to the text that I did provide. >> Okay.
- </c> provide it via text, correct? provide it via text, correct?
- </c> were provided on the floor. were provided on the floor.
Committee:
House House Special Investigative Committee
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
Transcript Highlights:
- We're going to start in person, and Bill Yelenek, the Providers Council...
- they provide care.
- across the Commonwealth, except for Boston, where my colleague Craig provides services.
- It would provide a greater understanding of an individual's cognitive strengths and weaknesses.
- This legislation provides a tangible solution for that problem.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities held a hearing focused on accessibility-related legislation, with the chairs emphasizing ASL and CART accessibility and asking testifiers to speak slowly and clearly. The committee heard testimony first on H.223/S.130, a bill to establish a livable wage for community-based human service workers by reducing the pay gap with state employees. Providers’ Council, Communities for People, the Key Program, and BAMSI all supported the bill, describing persistent wage disparities, high vacancy and turnover rates, and the impact on continuity of care for children, youth, and families. Witnesses said the bill would help recruitment and retention and stabilize services across the Commonwealth.
The committee then heard extensive testimony on H.224/S.160, the ACE Act, which would create a dedicated funding source to improve accessibility in the creative economy. Arts organizations and advocates, including Community Access to the Arts, Abilities Dance Boston, Jacob’s Pillow, the Multicultural Arts Center, Northampton Community Music Center, Mass Creative, Open Door Arts, and Monkey House, described barriers such as inaccessible buildings, lack of ASL interpretation and captioning, inadequate lifts and backstage access, and the high cost of renovations. Testifiers said the bill would help smaller and historic institutions make physical and programmatic improvements and allow people with disabilities to participate as artists, workers, and audiences.
The committee also heard testimony on H.4180, which would require DDS to consider neuropsychological evaluations when determining eligibility for intellectual disability services. Parents and advocates argued that IQ cutoffs alone can miss significant functional needs, especially for autistic adults and others with complex developmental profiles, and urged broader access to DDS supports. Additional testimony supported S.101 on closed captioning and telecommunications in public areas, and S.158 on requiring restaurants to have some chairs with arms to better accommodate physically disabled and older patrons. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chair adjourned after hearing from the scheduled witnesses and noting a few signups that were not present.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- Section 2415E provides the duties required of controllers.
- Section 2415I provides the construction of duties in this bill, which provides clarifications that some
- Section 2415J provides that the bill will be enforced through the Consumer Protection Act.
- and resources be provided to the Attorney General's office for enforcement of the act.
- </c> office is explicitly directed to provide office is explicitly directed to provide guidance<00:21
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Civil Rights & Judiciary Feb 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Are you willing to provide that?
- Are you willing to provide that to me? Oh, yes, of course.
- creating model policies will provide that clarity.
- And creating model policies will provide that clarity.
- I appreciate all those who came down to provide testimony.
Summary:
The Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee heard testimony on several bills. On SB 5906, the SAFE Act, staff and Sen. Hansen described protections limiting immigration enforcement access to non-public areas in schools, early learning settings, higher education, health care facilities, adult family homes, and ballot-processing areas, and restricting collection of immigration-status information. Supporters said the bill would clarify and strengthen existing Keep Washington Working policies, while some witnesses requested amendments to better define health care facilities, clarify adult family home and election-related provisions, and keep Section 6 on ballot security. Some members questioned the factual basis for reported ICE activity near schools and daycares and the distinction between judicial and administrative warrants.
The committee also heard SB 5886 on personality rights and forged digital likenesses. Staff explained that the bill would add digitally created or modified likenesses to the Personality Rights Act, raise civil penalties, and allow recovery of actual and non-economic damages in forged-digital-likeness cases. The sponsor and supporters said the bill is intended to address AI deepfakes and identity misuse while preserving satire and fair use; student and advocacy witnesses supported the measure as a way to protect students and victims of digital impersonation. The committee then heard SB 5169, which expands child hearsay and closed-circuit testimony rules to older children and additional offenses. Prosecutors and forensic interviewers supported the bill as necessary in trafficking and child abuse cases, while defense advocates opposed it as an overbroad expansion that could raise confrontation-clause issues and create legal challenges.
Additional hearings included SB 5865, which would move garnishment form updates from statute to the Washington Pattern Forms Committee; judges supported it as a way to fix a wage-withholding calculation error and allow future updates without legislation. SB 5912 would reinstate the Indigent Defense Task Force to study statewide public defense delivery and recommend sustainable reforms; counties, the Office of Public Defense, and defense groups supported it. SB 6009 would make permanent the current process for direct review of administrative decisions by the Court of Appeals and retain land-use transfer provisions; a Court of Appeals judge supported the bill. SB 6087 would extend limited liability for donations of children’s items to religious organizations and add strollers and car seats, with support from Zero Waste Washington. The committee did not take final votes on these bills during the hearing.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill emphasizes the need for human oversight in the decision-making process by providing that an
- that insurers provide in the state of Florida.
- I would love to have the conversation about that today and provide my insights on that.
- to provide the state of Florida citizens with choices over what products that they want.
- to come in and provide those benefits.
Committee:
Senate Banking and Insurance
Summary:
The committee first took up SB 794, as amended by a late-filed strike-all, which would require a human being to make insurance claim denial decisions and prohibit artificial intelligence from being the sole basis for a denial. The sponsor said the bill was intended to preserve human oversight while allowing innovation in claims processing. Public testimony included support from the Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate and the Florida Medical Association, along with one speaker urging additional protections for homeowners. The committee adopted the strike-all and reported SB 794 favorably with committee substitutes.
Members then heard SB 134, which removes the $500 threshold on the sales tax exemption for bullion, making sales of gold, silver, and platinum bullion fully exempt and eliminating certain dealer documentation requirements. Supporters argued the change would reduce a regressive tax and help consumers preserve savings; the sponsor estimated a revenue impact of about $300,000. The bill was reported favorably. The committee also adopted a strike-all on SB 888, which directs the Office of Insurance Regulation to create a more consumer-friendly homeowners insurance website with premium comparison information, market data, rate filing access, and educational resources. The sponsor and Leader Boyd said the goal was to improve transparency and help consumers navigate a stabilizing market. SB 888 was reported favorably with committee substitutes.
The final bill heard was SB 1578, covering mammograms and supplemental breast cancer screenings. The sponsor said it would expand coverage requirements in ACA plans and private insurance policies, including annual mammograms for women ages 40 to 50 and supplemental screening coverage, while noting Medicaid already provides these services. The Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate waived in support, and the bill was reported favorably. After the bills, the committee held a lengthy panel discussion on gold and silver as legal tender and transactional money, with testimony from officials from Utah and Florida, industry representatives, and advocacy groups. Panelists discussed constitutional authority, consumer protections, depository oversight, taxation issues, and possible transactional platforms for precious metals. No further action was taken after the discussion, and the committee adjourned.