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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Governmental Oversight and Accountability Apr 1st, 2025
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Health Committee Mar 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- The California Endowment estimates that the plan saves the state's General Fund about $1 million annually
Summary:
The Assembly Health Committee met on March 25, 2025, with Chair Mia Bonta presiding and initially operating as a subcommittee until quorum was established. The committee heard several health-related bills, including AB 73 on creating a Black Mental Health Navigator certification, AB 499 on lowering the state reimbursement trigger for the Robert F. Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan, AB 843 on aligning California health insurance language-access rules with federal standards, AB 257 on a specialty care network using telehealth and virtual services for Medi-Cal and underserved communities, AB 64 on allowing diacritical marks on vital records, AB 315 on the Home and Community-Based Alternatives waiver, and AB 40 on clarifying that emergency services include reproductive health services such as abortion. Testimony generally emphasized disparities in access, culturally competent care, language access, rural provider shortages, and the importance of preserving or expanding programs that help vulnerable populations.
Supporters included authors, state and local health organizations, advocacy groups, and affected individuals. AB 73 was backed as a way to address stigma, mistrust, and culturally competent mental health access for Black Californians. AB 499 was described as helping keep a self-insured farmworker health plan operational while maintaining a low-cost, labor-management model. AB 843 was supported as a way to prevent children and families from having to translate sensitive medical and insurance information and to protect limited-English-proficient Californians. AB 257 drew support as a demonstration project to improve specialty care access through California-based clinicians and virtual care, with examples of reduced wait times and costs. AB 64 received emotional testimony from the author, a child and his family, and others about the importance of accurately recording names with accents and other marks. AB 315 was presented as a cost-neutral or cost-saving way to expand home- and community-based care for medically fragile people, with strong support from disability, health, and provider groups. AB 40 drew support from reproductive health and medical organizations, while one opposition witness argued it could conflict with emergency care standards and overburden emergency departments.
The committee took roll-call votes and advanced AB 499, AB 73, AB 843, AB 257, AB 64, AB 315, and AB 40 to Appropriations, with AB 40 receiving some no votes. The committee also adopted its 2025-26 rules and approved a consent calendar that included AB 225, AB 304, AB 403, AB 688, and AB 951. Several measures were initially placed on call and later lifted and recorded as passing out of committee before adjournment.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Item number two, Permanent Endowment Fund for Rural Community Healthcare Investment Program from Fund
Bills:
SB 1
Committee:
Senate Finance
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Ethics and Campaign Finance Committee Feb 25th, 2026
Ethics and Campaign Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Um, says the problem is this: with gift cards, people get a $100 gift card, $150, whatever, just
- Gift cards are so often used...
- </c><00:16:12.720><c> card,</c> gift cards, people get a $100 gift card, gift cards, people get a $100
- gift card, 150,<00:16:13.920><c> whatever,</c><00:16:14.800><c> just</c><00:16:15.680><c> slapping</
- card working financial >> and and gift card working financial services<00:16:56.240><c> gift</
Committee:
House Ethics and Campaign Finance
Keywords:
juvenile justice, detention, age of majority, jurisdiction, child welfare, K-12 education, wireless communication devices, digital safety, social media education, classroom distraction, agriculture authority, eminent domain, property rights, tax exemption, agriculture center, SNAP, nutrition assistance, benefits theft, state reimbursement, food security
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session-Day 21, March 6, 2026-PM
Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Funding (02/04/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> enrichment scholarships for gifted enrichment scholarships for gifted students<03:24:03.080><c>
- </c><03:26:41.239><c> um</c><03:26:42.040><c> uh</c> were twice gifted um uh were twice gifted um uh
- opinion gifted students um um in your opinion gifted students um um from<03:36:43.680><c> the</c><03
- And they might not be gifted in woodworking. They might not be gifted in art.
- , and every child does have gifts.
Summary:
The Education Funding Committee met in executive session and first took up HB 193, which limits the maximum credits per course eligible for the Dual and Concurrent Enrollment Program. Representative Ladd said the bill clarifies that eligible courses may not exceed four credits and was requested by the community college system. Representative Earth offered an amendment to make the bill effective on passage, which the committee adopted 18-0. The committee then approved HB 193 as amended by an 18-0 OTPA vote and placed it on the consent calendar.
The committee next retained HB 295, concerning School Building Aid program funds, after Representative Spillsbury said the building aid bills were complex and needed more work. The motion to retain passed 18-0, with the chair explaining that retained bills can be revisited later and that related language could be moved among building aid bills. HB 354 was not acted on because the chair said the Department of Education and others had suggested possible changes that should be worked out first.
HB 366, another school building aid bill, was also retained 18-0 for the same reasons as HB 295. The committee then considered HB 494, which funds the math learning communities program. Representative Earth offered an amendment to flat-fund the program, reducing the proposed increase by a net $50,000 and keeping funding at current levels for the biennium. After discussion about budget pressures and the program’s role in supporting math instruction and professional development, the amendment passed 18-0, and the bill as amended was approved 18-0 and placed on consent.
Finally, the committee took up HB 515, which would repeal charter public school eligibility for state school building aid. Representative Popovici-Muller moved inexpedient to legislate, arguing charter schools should not be treated differently from other public schools, while Representatives Luno and Damon opposed the motion, saying charter schools differ in governance and financial risk and should not receive limited state building aid. The motion failed 10-8, so HB 515 was sent to the regular calendar. The committee assigned Representative Damon to the minority report and Representative Popovici-Muller to the majority report, with a noon deadline the next day. The committee then began HB 716, an appropriation for the dual and concurrent enrollment program. Representative Ladd described the program as a successful affordability measure that saves families money and supports college access. Representative Earth offered an amendment to flat-fund the program at current levels, reducing the proposed increase by $500,000 in each year of the biennium. Shannon Reed of the Community College System said the change could limit enrollment or the number of funded courses, though students could still take additional courses at their own expense. Representative Ladd explained the program’s tuition structure and said the funding would help meet demand; the transcript cuts off before the final vote on HB 716.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 4 February, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- the money go towards gifted that the money go towards gifted education<01:13:46.719><c> instruction.
- </c> uh gifted student funding and gifted uh gifted student funding and gifted student<01:27:07.920><
- And this gifted funding is different. And this gifted funding is crucial.
- And so what this is doing is stating that the gifted money is to go to the gifted children.
- </c> gifted programs. gifted programs.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Economic Development & Workforce Investment (7-16-26)
Economic Development & Workforce Investment
Transcript Highlights:
- concerted effort in Indiana involving Eli Lilly and other corporate citizens, as well as the state, to endow
- 24.320><c> really</c> Indiana as well as the state to really Indiana as well as the state to really endow
- ><01:30:26.080><c> I</c><01:30:26.239><c> do</c><01:30:26.400><c> want</c><01:30:26.480><c> to</c> endow
- research and you know I do want to endow research and you know I do want to acknowledge<01:30:26.960
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- the people, the company pays nothing back to society, pays very little to the average worker, and endows
- average society, pays very little to the average worker,<01:21:53.840><c> and</c><01:21:53.960><c> endows
- </c><01:21:54.400><c> huge</c><01:21:55.160><c> fortunes</c><01:21:56.040><c> on</c> worker, and endows
- huge fortunes on worker, and endows huge fortunes on their<01:21:56.320><c> executives.
Committee:
House Taxes
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/10/26
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- So, you know, there's a lot of people who have their own political ideas, but if they're endowed with
- but who have their own political ideas, but if<00:36:36.000><c> they're</c> if they're if they're endowed
- 37.560><c> public</c><00:36:37.920><c> trust,</c><00:36:38.480><c> they</c><00:36:38.640><c> do</c> endowed
- with a public trust, they do endowed with a public trust, they do their<00:36:38.960><c> job</c><00:
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Keywords:
medical assistance, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, fraud, payment withholding, withheld payments, program integrity, public funds, state agency, program participant, credible allegation of fraud, administrative reconsideration, contested case, chapter 14, data practices, confidential data, protected nonpublic data, anti-fraud
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 086 Part 2 Apr 10th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 087 Part 2 Apr 11th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c> new wolves would be paid for by gifts, new wolves would be paid for by gifts, grants,<00:07:18.320
- ,</c><00:09:53.400><c> grants,</c><00:09:53.800><c> and</c> should be coming from gifts, grants, and
- should be coming from gifts, grants, and donations,<00:09:54.720><c> and</c><00:09:55.000><c> I</c><00
- ,</c> source, especially not that of gifts, source, especially not that of gifts, grants,<00:22:00.440
- ,</c> to give this funding through gifts, to give this funding through gifts, grants,<00:50:21.160><c
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 03/18/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- By placing uh gift card fraud<00:04:14.960><c> within</c><00:04:15.320><c> gift</c><00:04:15.520><c>
- gift cards back on the shelf.
- When the teacher went to purchase the supplies with the gift card, the funds were wiped and the gift
- </c> of operation for the gift card altering. of operation for the gift card altering.
- </c> zero balance on the gift card. zero balance on the gift card.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- The financial disclosure is to make sure there is no question of where the judge has received gifts and
- Not that we don't have the transparency piece, but it is the opportunity for some of these gifts to be
- The judiciary is already not allowed to accept gifts from people who have matters pending before us.
- But as far as accepting... ...gifts, there's a difference.
- de minimis value is improper to accept from somebody who's got a case, but bribery or accepting a gift
Committee:
House Emerging Issues
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 2/23/26
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- It's not about perks, not about gifts.
- </c> gift ban anyway. gift ban anyway. Thank<00:43:07.200><c> you.</c> Thank you. Thank you.
- So, I think it's important to have some limitation on the value of gift.
- </c> some you know carve out to the gift some you know carve out to the gift because<00:56:35.119><c>
- Now, we spent some time trying to gift.
Keywords:
correctional fees, supervision fees, probation, Department of Corrections, criminal justice funding, electronic home monitoring, drug testing, restitution collection, community service work, postprison supervision, court-ordered services, fee sunset, fee phaseout, offender fees, community corrections, supervised individuals, 1183, house
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- the next 10 years as Gifted and Talented Week. of over 490,000 gifted and talented students in the state
- But my memory's a little. better, although I am not gifted nor talented.
- Are you. a gifted and talented, were you a gifted and talented student? That was answered.
- gifted and talented person? Yes, I was. But you're not about to ask questions.
- This is for gifted and talented people.
Keywords:
education funding, Texas State Technical College System, constitutional amendment, capital projects, workforce education, military education, early registration, ROTC, corps of cadets, higher education, military academy, student athletes, name image likeness, compensation, intercollegiate athletics, representation, tuition assistance, military, Texas State Guard, education
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- use gift cards.
- use gift cards.
- to purchase gift cards.
- It further defines the offense to include possession and transportation of stolen gift cards, gift card
- card; transport of an unactivated gift card; and transporting gift card redemption information to a
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation, recognized a Karnes County Day delegation and the Texas Association of Museums, received a governor’s message on Texas Diabetes Council appointments, and introduced the Doctor of the Day. The chamber then took up several resolutions, including SR 388 honoring the Texas Association of Museums, and adopted SRs 380, 382, and 387 by voice vote. Senator King was excused due to a family death, and the journal reading was dispensed with.
The Senate then moved through a series of bills, most of them on expedited suspension of the regular order and three-day rule. Measures passed included SB 868 on Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program funding for high-wildfire-risk areas; SB 264 exempting certain family motor-vehicle transfers from tax; SB 2112 on oyster mariculture penalties; SB 1484 on catfish labeling and marketing; SB 660 on bollards near hospital emergency rooms; SB 1809 creating offenses for gift card fraud; SB 32 and SJR 81 providing business personal property tax relief and a related constitutional amendment; SB 1267 modernizing boat titling and adding disclosure for hidden hull damage; SB 1470 allowing DPS data sharing for voter list maintenance; SB 2406 and SB 2407 implementing Sunset recommendations for the Sabine River Authority and Lower Neches Valley River Authority; SB 609 on school district compliance with legally required policies; SB 921 on ex parte Medicaid eligibility renewals; SB 2320 increasing DWI penalties; SB 1822 requiring disclosure and oversight of AI-based utilization review algorithms; SB 693 on notaries public and deed theft prevention; and SB 664 setting statewide qualifications and oversight for magistrates and related judicial officers.
One of the most contested items was SB 779 on common law public nuisance claims, which drew extended debate over whether the bill would limit lawsuits against lawful, regulated activities and whether it would preserve private nuisance and other existing remedies. Despite objections, the Senate suspended the rules and passed the bill to engrossment by a 17-12 vote, holding it there. Another debated measure was SB 1008 on state and local authority over the food service industry; after a perfecting amendment, it was passed to engrossment and then to final passage. Several bills were adopted or passed with near-unanimous support, while others, including SB 1267, SB 1470, SB 1822, and SB 2320, saw some opposition but still cleared the chamber.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Emerging Issues Mar 9th, 2026
Emerging Issues and Professional Registration
Transcript Highlights:
- The financial disclosure is to make sure there is no question of where the judge has received gifts and
- Not that we don't have the transparency piece, but it is the opportunity for some of these gifts to be
- But under our judicial code, there is a carve-out for what are called de minimis gifts.
- And that's defined as something—it's not even de minimis gifts, it's just de minimis things that are
- But as far as accepting gifts, there's a difference.
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 3423 from Rep. Darren Chappell, which would require judges in Missouri courts of record to file annual financial disclosure statements, bar judges from hearing cases involving people who have given them money, and extend similar disclosure rules to members of judicial nominating commissions. Chappell framed the bill as a transparency and ethics measure. Business groups supported the proposal, but judges, bar groups, and trial and defense lawyers opposed it, arguing existing judicial ethics rules already address gifts and recusals, that the bill is overly broad in covering “anything of value,” and that it could create unintended consequences, including strategic donations to force recusal and reduced public access to judicial financial disclosures. The Supreme Court’s representative said the bill should be read alongside the full Code of Judicial Conduct and offered to provide the committee with that material. No vote was taken.
The committee then heard House Bill 2922 from Rep. Jeff Myers, which would align Missouri’s right-to-try law with federal law by extending access from terminal illness to debilitating conditions and by addressing the use of Schedule I drugs in that framework. Myers said the bill is intended to help ensure access to emerging treatments and has passed in various forms in prior sessions. There was no opposition testimony, and the hearing concluded without action.
Next, the committee heard House Bill 2643, also from Rep. Senate, the “Hope for Missouri Patients Act,” which would expand right-to-try access for individualized treatments such as gene therapies, enzyme replacement therapies, and substrate reduction therapies for patients with rare or debilitating diseases. Supporters, including the Goldwater Institute, a parent of a child with a rare disease, and Americans for Prosperity, said the bill could help patients access customized treatments sooner and reduce red tape. The sponsor and witnesses emphasized that the bill would not require insurance coverage and is meant to help patients who cannot wait for lengthy clinical trial or FDA pathways. No opposition testimony was offered.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 3204 from Rep. Senate, which would create a tax credit to encourage private donations to prevention resource centers that work on substance misuse prevention. Supporters from prevention organizations and advocacy groups said the credit would strengthen local prevention coalitions, reduce future treatment and criminal justice costs, and stabilize funding for services such as school education, early intervention, and suicide prevention. One opponent warned that Planned Parenthood could qualify as a prevention resource center and receive tax credits, but supporters said they had no concern about that. The hearing ended with no vote or other committee action, and the committee adjourned.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- of Independence of 1776 described all men as being created equal and acknowledging that they are endowed
- </c> and acknowledging that they are endowed and acknowledging that they are endowed by<00:24:00.880>
- The Declaration of Independence described all men as being created equal and endowed by their Creator
- by their creator with and endowed by their creator with certain<00:57:42.880><c> unalienable</c><00:
- This act shall become effective October 1, 2026. are endowed by their creator with are endowed by their
Summary:
The meeting included a Senate recognition ceremony honoring the Winona High School boys basketball team for winning the 2026 Alabama High School Athletic Association 5A state championship. A resolution was read commending the team for its 101-40 victory over Silicag, noting the team’s record-setting performance, Brendan Davis’s MVP honor, the contributions of other players, and Coach Cedric Lane’s leadership. Senators and the lieutenant governor praised the players’ sportsmanship, the school community, and the team’s historic season, and copies of the resolution were presented to the team, coaches, and administrators. Several guests and school representatives also spoke briefly, including the coach and principal, who thanked the Senate and noted the team’s success and the principal’s retirement after 35 years.
After the recognition, the Senate returned to session and adopted the Committee on Rules report setting the special order calendar. The calendar included Senate Bill 99 on the Ten Commandments, Senate Bill 298 on Class 3 municipalities, House Bill 381 on camp safety, Senate Bill 370 on tax increment districts, Senate Bill 363 on the Department of Economic and Community Affairs, House Bill 466 on firefighters, House Bill 95 on elections, House Bill 259 on stablecoin, and Senate Bill 342 on education.
The chamber then took up SB 99, sponsored by Senators Kelly and Sessions. Senator Kelly described the bill as requiring local school boards to display the Ten Commandments, together with founding documents such as the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Alabama Constitution preamble, in certain history classrooms and common areas for grades five through 12, using donated displays and funds when available. He said the bill was intended as a historical and educational measure, not religious instruction, and emphasized the inclusion of a disclaimer stating Alabama is not establishing a religion. After extended debate and a petition to close debate from the Rules Committee, the Senate voted on the bill by long roll and passed SB 99, with the recorded vote announced as 30 yeas and 4 nays.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a study of gifted in-field teacher endorsements.
- I coordinate gifted education for Santa Fe Public Schools, research gifted education, and I'm an emeritus
- A gifted-in-field endorsement would support an expert teacher in a field to be a gifted education teacher
- A gifted in-field endorsement would support an expert teacher in a field to be a gifted education teacher
- must be different from gifted education at the elementary level.
Committee:
House House Education
Keywords:
foster children, school transportation, education funding, public education, child welfare, New Mexico Highlands University, soccer field, women's sports, infrastructure improvement, funding allocation, student athletes, appropriation, New Mexico State University, nutrition, travel support, funding, education, university support, financial assistance, parenting students