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TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Apr 24th, 2025

S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • A doula is a healthcare professional who is specifically trained in labor and childbirth support.
  • We are here to provide informational, educational, and emotional support. physical, and advocacy support
  • Part of some doulas' training includes loss support and helping families as they navigate that process
  • For example, I had a family that I supported a year ago who, in the postpartum visit, which was two weeks
  • , breastfeeding support, and newborn care.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • We thank you for their families. We thank you for them, Father.
  • it and to make sure it is the strongest, most robust possible bill there is and to show our firm support
  • Those who are here today, you have earned the weekend at home with your families.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/11/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • Reproductive Freedom for All supports the needs of grieving families.
  • Reproductive Freedom for All supports the needs of grieving families, and we understand their need to
  • So I urge you today to support this bill, HB 2184.
  • So I urge you today to support this bill, HB 2184, and stand with families who deserve this recognition
  • And I support the bill in its form. I'm a yes. Senator Bolick? Aye.
Bills: HB2122, HB2184, HB2910
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Jan 22nd, 2026 at 08:00 am

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • and supports to students.
  • I'll first start out with a piece of the bill that I do support or can support.
  • I'll first start out with a piece of the bill that I do support or can support.
  • And I urge your support. Thank you.
  • I'm in support of this bill.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Revenue Committee, February 16, 2026

Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • Page two, line nine and 10, it says, as used in this paragraph, immediate family members means family
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  • members means family immediate family members means family member<00:03:20.400><c> means</c><00:03:20.720
  • </c> determine exactly how often family determine exactly how often family members<00:08:32.959><c> give
  • So, if<01:08:30.480><c> a</c><01:08:30.719><c> family</c> if a family if a family has<01:08:32.960><c
Bills: SF0061, SF0098, SF0110
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services will come to order, and the clerk will please call
  • And Senator Cook, welcome to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.
  • I'm Grace Price, and I... a year-old health activist here in support of SB314.
  • Yeah, I'd like to attest on my behalf of support of SB314 now.
  • I will say that in Arizona, they just passed this with 100% bipartisan support.
Bills: SB 25, SB25, SB314
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • As a result, 77% are ineligible for military service.
  • Thank you for coming and for your support.
  • I support SB 314.
  • I'm supporting Senator Hughes because I'm from Tyler. Texas.
  • I'm in support of the bill, so make sure when you go home, you let everybody know I'm in support of the
Bills: SB 25, SB25, SB314
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Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 2961 is a tuition waiver for Goldar recipients, waiving public tuition and service and career
  • tech for service members who were killed in action in the line of duty.
  • there's one that's of college age appropriation, so that would mean that 10 to 15 members would be service
  • The schools won't have the option; the families will have the option.
  • House Bill 4118 strengthens support for Oklahoma family caregivers while remaining a nonrefundable tax
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 5th, 2026 at 05:40 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm rising in support of this amendment, in support of our outstanding sergeant-at-arms.
  • This is a support of the posse.
  • Urging support of this amendment.
  • That you support this amendment.
  • Please support this amendment. Please support this amendment. Further remarks.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 5th, 2026 at 02:05 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Military families, again, move often. They sacrifice. Military families, again, move often.
  • I urge your support.
  • Any time we can modernize our support systems for our veterans, our uniform service members, and their
  • families, that's a good thing.
  • So to protect your family, to protect my family, so that the food that we enjoy doesn't inadvertently
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 5th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And people who are struggling, families, I don't know which way to turn.
  • They're important, and they deserve support.
  • So help us lead them into a good path and a good support by voting yes.
  • I urge your support of this bill.
  • So I'm rising in support of this bill. I do ask for your vote on this.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 4th, 2026 at 08:25 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Please support this amendment.
  • me in supporting with the underlying policies.
  • me in supporting with the underlying policies.
  • I hope that you can support me in supporting with the underlying policy. So, asking for yes.
  • Rising in support of this bill, and Madam Speaker, I'm asking for your support of this bill to support
Summary: The House received a Senate message that Substitute House Bill 1570 had passed the Senate, then moved several bills from Rules to the second reading calendar, including Substitute Senate Bill 5242 on anaphylaxis medications in schools and Senate Bill 6132 on Inland Port District debt. The chamber then took up several bills, beginning with Senate Bill 5988 on Department of Health accreditation fee authority for opioid treatment programs. Amendment 2336 to cap the fee at $17,000 was debated at length but rejected, and a separate amendment to add safe-injection-site language was ruled out of scope. Senate Bill 5988 then passed 62-34. Substitute Senate Bill 6309 on enhanced municipal permitting tools for high-capacity transit projects drew multiple amendments focused on Sound Transit’s authority. Amendments to require written consent from abutting property owners, to add flood-zone and seismic/critical-area protections, and to address public-records issues were either rejected or ruled beyond scope, though the local government committee amendment was adopted. The bill passed 56-38. The House also passed Substitute Senate Bill 5886 on digital personality rights and Senate Bill 6136 on transparency in workers’ compensation rate-setting, both with strong bipartisan support. Later, the House passed a series of additional bills: Substitute Senate Bill 6034 codifying the Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs; Gross Second Substitute Senate Bill 5395 on prior authorization reform, with remarks emphasizing limits on AI in health care decisions; Substitute Senate Bill 6248 creating the Washington Travel Insurance Act; Substitute Senate Bill 5720 establishing uniform consumer debt default judgment procedures; Senate Bill 5995 on port modernization funding and labor considerations; Senate Bill 6103 affecting rural hospitals; Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6110 creating a work group on e-motorcycles; Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5156 allowing smaller elevators to support accessible, more affordable housing; Substitute Senate Bill 6269 updating motor fuel definitions to include hydrogen; Substitute Senate Bill 6189 giving Thurston County more time to pursue an aquatics public facilities district; and Senate Bill 6134 requiring unemployment applicants to acknowledge repayment obligations if retroactive union pay is received. Most of these bills passed with large margins, and the House adjourned after completing final passage votes.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 4th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Speaker, rising to support this great bill.
  • Rising in support of this bill today.
  • Also rising in support of this great bill.
  • Why would we support 800 kings in Washington State? Urging support of this amendment.
  • So I ask for support in this amendment.
Summary: The House took up a series of Senate bills and moved most of them quickly to third reading and final passage, often suspending the rules and adopting committee amendments without objection. Early action included Senate Bill 5944, which addresses compensation for interpreters working for L&I when appointments are canceled or missed; it passed 86-10. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5837, dealing with guardianship and supported decision-making, drew debate over a new right to counsel in guardianship cases and concerns about expanding civil legal obligations, but it passed 73-23. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6197, a plumbers enforcement/discipline measure tied to task force work on wages and the underground economy, passed unanimously. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6019, fixing a loophole in home care worker parity law, also passed unanimously, as did Senate Bill 6011, which extends authority for Court of Appeals bailiffs to assess threats against judges and staff, though members noted concerns about access to non-conviction data. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6058, aimed at improving Labor and Industries’ ability to address wage theft complaints and backlog, passed 96-0 after House amendments. Substitute Senate Bill 5923, allowing an island hospital in Skagit County to become a critical access hospital, passed 96-0 amid support for rural health care. Senate Bill 5994, which changes how timber tax revenue is distributed so school districts are not penalized when levies fail, also passed 96-0. Substitute Senate Bill 6076, streamlining public utility district procurement and raising spending thresholds, passed 95-1 after a capital budget amendment. The House then moved to second reading of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5925, a major bill expanding the Attorney General’s authority to issue civil investigative demands in constitutional and discrimination-related matters. The bill prompted extensive debate over civil liberties, due process, and the potential for government overreach. Amendment 2160, which would have required clear and convincing evidence before a CID could issue, was rejected 38-48. Amendment 2149, creating a right to cure before a CID, was also rejected. Amendment 2150, requiring assistant attorney general approval and a reasonable suspicion standard, failed 38-48. Amendment 2151, requiring the Attorney General personally to approve CIDs in writing, failed as well. However, several narrowing amendments were adopted, including limits on scope and relevance (2288), a prohibition on CIDs to federal agencies (2289), a ban on sharing CID-derived information for criminal law enforcement purposes (2290), and a requirement that the Attorney General’s office consult with other agencies in certain overlapping investigations (2154 was rejected, but later amendments continued). Other proposed protections, such as fee-shifting for successful CID challenges and reimbursement when a CID produces no action, were debated at length but not adopted in the portion of the transcript provided.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 4th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It surrounds our families with the services they need in family support.
  • And I think most of you on this floor know how important I believe family support centers and family
  • support is to our Washingtonians.
  • I’m rising in support of the bill.
  • Our families are being neglected.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, recited the Pledge of Allegiance, and heard a prayer from Tammy Stamphley, a Presbyterian minister and hospital chaplain. After approving the previous day’s minutes and receiving a Senate message, the chamber moved to second and third reading of several bills, with multiple measures advanced under suspended rules. The first major vote was on Engrossed Senate Bill 5872, which establishes a pre-K-related account to support up to 10,000 additional early learning slots for three- and four-year-olds. Supporters emphasized the Balmer Group’s private funding commitment and the value of early learning and family support; the bill passed 97-0. Substitute Senate Bill 5834, a Department of Retirement Systems request bill changing the fund source for legal, medical, administrative, and fraud-prevention expenses using interest earnings from pension funds, also passed 97-0. Substitute House Bill 2689, dealing with the Working Connections Child Care program, drew the most debate. Supporters said it aligned attendance policy with federal rules, adjusted reimbursement rates, and helped balance the budget while preserving child care resources. Opponents argued it cut support in rural and underserved counties, would worsen child care deserts, and placed budget savings on the child care industry; it passed 53-44. The House then passed Senate Bill 5922, allowing school districts to transfer vehicle depreciation funds with OSPI approval, by 59-38, and Senate Bill 6065, a narrower bill for districts under enhanced financial oversight such as Prescott, by 97-0. The session ended with announcements that both caucuses would meet later in the day.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 4th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Please support this amendment.
  • me in supporting with the underlying policies.
  • I hope that you can support me in supporting the underlying policy. So, asking for yes.
  • Rising in support of this bill, and Madam Speaker, I'm asking for your support of this bill to support
  • We agree, urging your support.
Summary: The House received a Senate message announcing passage of Substitute House Bill 1570 and then moved several bills from Rules to the second reading calendar, including Substitute Senate Bill 5242 on anaphylaxis medications in schools and Senate Bill 6132 on Inland Port District debt. The chamber then took up a series of bills, beginning with Senate Bill 5988 on Department of Health accreditation fee authority for opioid treatment programs. An amendment to cap the fee at $17,000 was debated at length but failed, and a separate amendment was ruled beyond the scope of the bill. Senate Bill 5988 then passed 62-34. The House next considered Substitute Senate Bill 6309 on enhanced municipal permitting tools for high-capacity transit projects. Several amendments were offered to require written consent from abutting property owners, preserve setback and seismic/critical-area protections, and add transparency provisions, but the scope challenge to the transparency amendment was sustained and the other amendments failed. Supporters argued the bill would streamline permitting for Sound Transit and reduce taxpayer costs; opponents said it gave a large transit authority too much discretion and weakened property-rights and land-use protections. The bill passed 56-38. The House also passed Substitute Senate Bill 5886 on personality rights and digital likeness protections, and Senate Bill 6136 on workers’ compensation transparency, both with strong bipartisan support. After caucuses and a rule suspension to work past 10 p.m., the House took up additional second-reading bills. It passed Substitute Senate Bill 6034 to codify the Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs, Gross Second Substitute Senate Bill 5395 on prior authorization and AI in health care, Substitute Senate Bill 6248 creating the Washington Travel Insurance Act, Substitute Senate Bill 5720 on uniform consumer debt default judgments, Senate Bill 5995 on port modernization funding with labor-related concerns, and Senate Bill 6103 affecting rural hospitals and enrollment status subject to appropriation. Later, the House passed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6110 on e-motorcycle regulation, Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5156 allowing smaller elevators in some housing, Substitute Senate Bill 6269 updating motor fuel definitions to include hydrogen, Substitute Senate Bill 6189 extending time for Thurston County to pursue an aquatics public facilities district, and Senate Bill 6134 requiring unemployment applicants to acknowledge repayment if retroactive union pay is received. Most bills passed with large majorities, though some drew dissent over labor, property rights, transit governance, or regulatory scope.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions Mar 16th, 2026

Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions

Transcript Highlights:
  • The law specifies access to public sewer service and public water service, and I have some questions
  • My understanding is this is for single-family only, so it would have to be multiple single-family homes
  • it have to be house house house house right my understanding is this is for single family single family
  • I'm here today in support of an act to allow single-family homes on small lots in areas with adequate
  • Precious family ties are broken, critical supports are left behind many times.
Bills: H5009
Summary: The committee held a public hearing on Initiative Petition 25-03, House Bill 5000, which would allow single-family homes on smaller lots in areas with public water and sewer service. The hearing began with committee members outlining the Article 48 initiative process and then hearing from two subject-matter experts. Under Secretary Chris Clutchman of Housing and Livable Communities explained how the proposal would amend Chapter 40A, noted that Boston would be excluded, and said municipalities would still be able to adopt reasonable regulations on setbacks, bulk, height, and short-term rentals. He also flagged unresolved implementation questions, including how to treat wetlands, infrastructure capacity, and pre-existing nonconforming situations. Attorney Susan Murphy said the measure would significantly alter local zoning, could create conflicts with existing zoning districts and Section 3A/MBTA Communities rules, and raised concerns about infrastructure capacity and the lack of any home-size or affordability limits. Supporters of the petition argued that Massachusetts faces a severe housing shortage and that large minimum lot sizes are a major barrier to building starter homes. Proponents said the measure would legalize single-family homes on lots as small as 5,000 square feet with 50 feet of frontage where public sewer and water are available, and they cited polling showing public support for lot-size reform. They said the proposal could produce thousands of additional homes per year, help young families and seniors, and expand housing choices in high-cost suburbs. Committee members pressed the proponents on how the measure would interact with affordability, home size, frontage requirements, 40B compliance, and whether the bill would actually produce starter homes rather than larger expensive houses. The Massachusetts Municipal Association testified in opposition, urging the committee to take no action. MMA representatives argued that zoning is fundamentally a local decision and that the proposal would preempt municipal authority with a one-size-fits-all mandate. They also said the bill is impractical because public water and sewer service does not guarantee available capacity, citing examples of communities facing water and wastewater limits and costly infrastructure upgrades. MMA further argued the measure lacks affordability requirements and could be counterproductive, and pointed to existing and pending state tools such as Chapter 40Y, 40R-related proposals, and other housing funding or zoning reforms as better approaches. No vote was taken during the hearing.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • , healthcare, behavioral health, homelessness, housing, and support services, they'll review all of the
  • , healthcare, behavioral health, homelessness, housing, and support services, they'll review all of the
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Bills: HF3378