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CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 111 May 4th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- . process. process.
- </c> It's missing um the mark of the process It's missing um the mark of the process on<01:11:25.120>
- ,</c> though we don't agree with the process, though we don't agree with the process, if<01:20:18.320
- Unless Colorado goes through the state plan approval process, which is a very lengthy four-step process
- Unless Colorado goes through the state plan approval process, which is a very lengthy four-step process
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- at this process through an interim<01:04:38.000><c> study.
- We might need to cancel contracts. We might need to reduce staff.
- </c><01:15:23.760><c> We</c> Um we might need to cancel contracts.
- We Um we might need to cancel contracts.
- And please stop changing the vote in the middle of the process, both sides.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (02/12/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:09:55.360><c> ctor</c> organization that's the contract ctor organization that's the contract
- </c> money and part of the state contract money and part of the state contract approved<01:10:41.199>
- when the contract itself between the<01:12:43.560><c> state</c><01:12:43.719><c> of</c><01:12:43.840
- And here's where this year's organization of the process is going to be causing a problem in 1999.
- is going to organization of the process is going to be<04:07:05.159><c> causing</c><04:07:05.600><c>
Summary:
The committee opened a public hearing on HB 402, a bill dealing with whether Education Freedom Account (EFA) payments should be described in state law as not constituting taxable income. The bill sponsor argued that the current statute is misleading because New Hampshire should not imply a federal tax result, and said the bill would remove that language and could also be amended to clarify that families should consult tax advisors. He emphasized that the measure was not intended to impose a state tax on EFAs, but to avoid giving inaccurate advice about possible federal tax liability.
Testimony was divided. A retired representative and a tax preparer both opposed the bill, saying EFA payments are already treated consistently with IRS rules and that the bill would create confusion, administrative burden, and possible tax consequences for low- and moderate-income families. They argued the bill is a solution in search of a problem and warned that requiring 1099s could add costs for the scholarship organization and recipients. A tax attorney supported the bill’s repeal of the state language, saying New Hampshire should not put tax advice into statute and that the current wording is inaccurate because federal law, not state law, controls taxability. He cited IRS Section 117 and Publication 970, explaining that only some scholarship-like payments are tax-free and that many EFA-eligible expenses may not qualify for federal exemption.
Members asked questions about what would be misleading, whether the bill was trying to tax EFAs, and the cost of issuing 1099s. The sponsor and witnesses repeatedly said the bill was not a state tax on voucher payments, but a clarification about federal tax treatment. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 03/19/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, the other is the process that would make the process where each landowner could at a different time
- Um, yes, there is already a process in place through the easement process.
- in place through the already a process in place through the easement<00:18:36.840><c> process.
- Uh normally the easement process.
- </c><00:19:16.880><c> Uh</c> pipeline abandonment process. Uh pipeline abandonment process.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- But project in any type of contract.
- What's the process look like?
- So, the clerk will read the next bill, please. regulatory process to um file as a regulatory process
- What's the process through like a ALJ? What's the process look<01:02:45.760><c> like?
- The legislative process to the process.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget Apr 6th, 2026
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- that you'll have time to read and interpret and understand and vet out the bill is just part of the process
- Thank you. ...the bill is, you know, it's just a part of the process. Follow-up. Thank you, Mr.
- decision we made on how they might spend that money will have to come through the appropriations process
- Is that the cost of payout basically on contracts and benefits, or help me understand.
- If they're not seeing an increase that matches inflation, I'm trying to understand the thought process
Bills:
SB1177
Summary:
The Senate Appropriations Committee met to consider Senate Bill 1177, the general appropriation bill. The chair and budget authors explained that the proposal was built to balance the budget using a mix of general revenue, cash sweeps, and other fund transfers, including money from unclaimed property, revenue stabilization, and other statutory funds. Members also discussed a proposed $35 million OWRB revolving loan fund tied to ARPA interest and a $200 million transfer from the Revenue Stabilization Fund to the Taxpayer Endowment Trust Fund as part of a long-term savings strategy.
A number of agency-specific items drew questions. Members reviewed the OPEB employer contribution reduction, rent coverage for state agencies, child care and Head Start funding, Department of Corrections revenue from ICE-related agreements, sheriff grant funding, and education funding, including about $99 million in additional formula funding, a $2,000 teacher pay raise, and reading-related appropriations such as Strong Readers and Just Right Reader. The committee also discussed mental health funding, including a $30 million consent decree line, a proposed privatization of CCBHC services with an estimated $10 million savings, and related reduction-in-force costs. Other topics included Attorney General transfers and litigation funding, higher education allocations, Langston University extension funding, historical society requests that were not funded, and a biosolids pilot program.
During debate, supporters argued the bill fulfilled the constitutional duty to pass a balanced budget and highlighted increases for education, health care, and water infrastructure. Opponents criticized the use of one-time cash, tax cuts, and what they described as special-project spending, while raising concerns about transparency and underfunded services such as child care and transportation. After debate, the committee voted 18-5 to pass Senate Bill 1177.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- The legislation makes no policy change, but simply moves language related to the process of requesting
- We have an annual contract with the United Dairy Industry Association to fund an additional 0.25 cents
- And then you can see the processing plants, 25 in Idaho.
- So we're seeing processors and companies come in and invest in processing capacity within our region.
- So that's just kind of our general governance and review process with our board.
Committee:
Senate Agricultural Affairs
Summary:
The Senate Agricultural Committee approved minutes from February 26 and March 3, 2026, then heard three House bills. House Bill 630 would move existing administrative-rule language on airborne control permits for predatory animals into statute without changing policy; the sponsor said the permits are free, limited to private property, and used for livestock, wildlife, or domestic animal protection rather than sport hunting. House Bill 631 would similarly codify current rule language on certificates of free sale for Idaho products, with the fee capped at $100 per certificate. Both bills drew no opposing testimony and were sent to the floor with due pass recommendations.
The committee also heard House Bill 826 on the Idaho Honey Commission. The sponsor said the bill shifts regulatory authority from the commission to the Idaho State Department of Agriculture, cleans up code, and reflects current practice under an existing memorandum of understanding. Testimony from the Idaho Honey Industry Association supported the bill, emphasizing the importance of the honey sector and noting that hobbyist beekeepers are not affected. Members asked about hobbyist thresholds, pesticide-related bee registration, and penalties; the sponsor and department explained that hobbyists remain exempt from commission funding, bee site registration is handled elsewhere in department rules, and the $10,000 penalty already exists while the misdemeanor provision is being removed. The committee passed the bill to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
After the bills, Dairy West gave a presentation on its regional checkoff program covering Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and Utah. Speakers described producer-funded promotion, research, school nutrition, sports sponsorships, retail promotion, farmer relations, sustainability outreach, and export development. They said Idaho remains the largest dairy-producing state in the region, with major exports to Mexico, Southeast Asia, Japan, Korea, and emerging markets elsewhere. In response to questions, they said the industry relies heavily on immigrant labor and that the organization is not a lobbying group. The committee took no action on the presentation and adjourned after the briefing.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 2170, state contracts for an adversary prohibition. Public safety.
- that will inevitably, despite what we hear the speaker saying, delay study process that will inevitably
- They encourage women's participation at every level of the political process, from grassroots organizing
- to see that kind of open stakeholder discussion and move through that in an open and transparent process
- will say, my time warning about all of the different SCRs and ballot referrals moving through the process
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Is that how that process works? Yes, sir.
- In depositions, they do a similar process, although you can have just a digital recording.
- As cases have been filed and have moved through the process, and questions have come up, have you run
- We set a $10 million amount in controversy for what I'd call contract claims in the first bill, HB 915
- Again, you know, the MDL process deals with pre-trial proceedings, with the actual trials of those cases
Committee:
Senate Jurisprudence
Keywords:
digital court reporting, court reporting, court reporter, electronic recording, audio recording, video recording, transcription, verbatim record, judicial administration, Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial System, courts, depositions, grand jury, referee, court commissioner, court technology, courtroom technology, access to justice, accuracy
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services May 5th, 2025
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- , or third priority to provide evidence of low-income housing tax credits, to streamline finance processes
- We want to move into some additional steps so that the process doesn't stop, and we're not waiting until
- The Laguna Madre Water District has begun the process of meeting their ...future water needs with one
- Having already received SWIFT funding, this process is well underway.
- This will provide us with that access. for that process, to get us a financing tool without TCEQ.
Keywords:
private activity bonds, housing, residential rental projects, low-income, affordable housing, bond measures, funding equality, political subdivisions, public communications, election fairness, debt collection, consumer rights, disclosures, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, settlement agreements, State Board of Education, group benefits program, health insurance, state employees, dependents eligibility
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 04/15/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- And maybe for you just a question about the process. I understand there's no targets.
- </c> companies must credential and contract companies must credential and contract with<00:41:54.880>
- </c><00:47:55.240><c> the</c> At the same time in this process the At the same time in this process the
- The bill also would like to see a more streamlined process in asserting these exemptions.
- </c> forward through the budget process. forward through the budget process.
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/13/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- My testimony today will focus on the screening process and the process for working with hospitals and
- for</c> screening process and the process for screening process and the process for working<00:21:33.200
- The full process of establishing community placement is improved.
- </c><01:18:14.239><c> with</c> for these agencies to contract with for these agencies to contract with
- </c><01:47:59.679><c> of</c><01:47:59.920><c> County</c> outline a process of County outline a process
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (3-24-26)
Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- friends, do you ever hear of welding industrial-type welds in the home building process?
- Certification is a very narrow process.
- And they've done it for the same reasons, because of safety process.
- I know that there is a process.
- Steve Kelly, contract lobbyist for the Kentucky State Police Professional Association.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-02-04 (4:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Do when they are contracted to use that venue? Is that correct?
- Look, I’ve been around this process 30 years, and I think we really need to be careful about what we’
- Members, this bill seeks to align Veterans Court processes with the other specialty courts.
- It simply clarifies the process to get in.
- And I understand you may say, well, they'll go through the legal process.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for former Washington County administrator Alan Massey, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several gallery recognitions. The chamber adopted the special order report and then took up a series of bills on the special order calendar. Early measures included CS/HB 967 on electronic payments to local governments, which passed 110-0, and HB 127 requiring cursive writing instruction in grades 2-5, which passed 111-0 after members spoke about literacy, signatures, and heritage. CS/HB 453 on high school diploma requirements passed 111-0 and would allow certain students to use Special Olympics participation for PE credit and marching band for PE and arts credit. The House also passed CS/HB 237 on use of professional nursing titles, which requires APRNs using the title doctor to clarify they are APRNs, by 111-0.
The chamber then debated HJR 583, a proposed constitutional amendment on religious expression in public schools. Supporters said it would codify existing statutory protections for student and school personnel religious expression and let voters decide; opponents argued it was unnecessary, could create confusion, and risked constitutional problems involving school-sponsored prayer and the separation of church and state. After structured debate, the resolution passed 93-17. The House next passed CS/HB 363 on dental therapy, which creates a licensed mid-level dental provider and drew sharp debate over access to care versus patient safety; it passed 80-29. HB 375 on autonomous practice by certified registered nurse anesthetists passed 78-28, and HB 301 on psychiatric mental health APRN autonomous practice passed 88-18.
Later, the House passed HB 863 on arbitration for Citizens Property Insurance disputes, giving policyholders a choice between arbitration and court, by 105-3, and HB 1399 on property insurance affiliates, which increases oversight of insurer-affiliate transactions, by 160-3. Members also heard and advanced a local claims bill, HB 6517, for relief of Eribeito and Sanchez Mayan against the City of St. Petersburg, describing severe injuries allegedly caused during an arrest and transport; the bill was rolled over for third reading at the end of the transcript. Throughout the day, members also paused for multiple recognitions of visiting students, local officials, professional groups, and community organizations.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Mar 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- The petition process is already in place allows and this was done before I ever got here.
- legitimate contractor, you know, this is an abuse of the process.
- for all of our applicants to facilitate this process.
- The application process includes multiple verification steps to confirm eligibility.
- The bill also requires DCF to contract for a bed capacity study for residential treatment.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection Committee Jun 29th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I think that, did they get processed in time? I'll be accepting committee amendments. Perfect.
- Did they get processed in time? I'll be accepting committee amendments. Perfect.
- At the heart and beginning of the life insurance application process is the process of informed consent
- At the heart and beginning of the life insurance application process is the process of informed consent
- Tomorrow, and we don't have time to process them in between.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection heard several bills focused on privacy, AI, surveillance, and consumer protections. AB 302 would bar schools from excluding students from extracurricular activities because they do not use social media and would require schools to use at least one non-addictive means of contacting students and parents; it drew support from Common Sense Media and no opposition. AB 1705, the Reclaim Act, would require websites hosting non-consensual pornography to verify consent before upload; district attorneys and the Commission on the Status of Women supported it, while TechNet and CCIA opposed or raised concerns. AB 2007 would separate parental consent for a child’s image/likeness from general program enrollment forms in youth programs; educators supported it, while local government and parks groups raised implementation and penalty concerns. AB 2212 would update higher education sexual harassment definitions to include tech-facilitated harassment such as cyberbullying, doxing, and nudification-related abuse; students and advocacy groups strongly supported it, with no opposition. AB 1837 would extend transit agencies’ authority to use camera enforcement in bus-only lanes and at transit stops, with privacy retention limits and human review; transit agencies supported it, while some senators expressed concern about automated enforcement and surveillance, and the bill was placed on call after a split vote. AB 2392 would create an intersegmental higher education working group on generative AI training and procurement standards; it passed 5-0 after amendments removed prerequisites tying AI deployment to completion of the report. The consent calendar was also approved on call. Later, AB 1798 would prohibit life and disability insurers from using non-diagnostic genetic information in underwriting; supporters argued it protects privacy and encourages testing, while insurers opposed the bill as undermining risk-based underwriting, and it advanced on a 3-0 vote on call. Finally, AB 1883 would restrict workplace use of emotion-recognition and neural-data surveillance tools; labor and privacy advocates supported it, employers and local agencies raised safety and litigation concerns, and it passed 3-0 to Labor after narrowing amendments.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Task Force Jun 24th, 2026
Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Task Force
Transcript Highlights:
- , and people that may or may not be there in agencies that may or may not have the same processes.
- say, hey, I've got something that's going to make you feel better right now and start you on this process
- with outside agencies just to have. up close and personal, is that they then develop contracts with
- I’m not an expert in that process and how it’s done.
- But that's a really intensive process. It requires a lot of coordination.
Summary:
The task force meeting opened with a brief organizational update, including new leadership, roll call, and an explanation of the task force’s statutory duties: to study current and future drug and substance use in Missouri, explore solutions, draft or modify legislation, and report recommendations on prevention and treatment. The chair outlined the summer hearing plan, which would feature field experts, with future sessions expected to cover alternative therapies such as psilocybin and ibogaine and testimony from the Department of Mental Health. Members were encouraged to think about legislative ideas and policy recommendations for the upcoming session.
The first major testimony came from Dr. Rachel Winograd, who described Missouri’s overdose crisis as evolving into a “fourth wave” marked by fentanyl mixed with animal tranquilizers such as xylazine and medetomidine, along with methamphetamine and other synthetic drugs. She said overdose deaths have declined for a third straight year, with preliminary 2025 data around 1,200 deaths, but emphasized that the crisis remains severe. Her main recommendations were to focus on demand reduction rather than repeated supply crackdowns, expand evidence-based treatment—especially methadone and buprenorphine—broaden naloxone access, and improve practical supports like housing, transportation, and case management. She also said peer services are valuable but should not be used as a substitute for clinical care, and noted that Missouri Medicaid generally covers evidence-based treatment but reimbursement for peer recovery services remains a gap.
Dr. Heidi Miller, the state medical director at the Department of Health and Senior Services, reinforced the call for integrating substance use disorder care into whole-person health care. She highlighted the state naloxone standing order, which supports more than 11,000 Medicaid naloxone prescriptions annually, and urged five best practices: integrating SUD treatment into primary care, maternal health, general medical training, EMS initiation of buprenorphine after overdose, and expanded methadone access. She also argued for team-based reimbursement, stronger parity enforcement between behavioral health/SUD and physical health, and caution in regulating emerging substances so policy does not outrun the science.
Dr. Doug Burgess of University Health in Kansas City echoed the integration theme, arguing that Missouri’s system is too fragmented and that patients are often stabilized and then left to coordinate their own next steps. He compared ideal SUD care to the coordinated response used for heart attacks, with seamless transitions from emergency care to inpatient treatment, rehab, and outpatient follow-up. He said treatment courts can be effective when they are well coordinated and informed by addiction science, and he stressed the importance of discharge planning, peer recovery coaches, information-sharing, and maintaining Medicaid coverage during justice involvement. No formal votes or committee actions were taken during this portion of the meeting.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- And to clarify, how does the contract work between the construction workers and their employer when it
- ><c> uh</c><00:23:14.400><c> the</c> contract work between uh the contract work between uh the construction
- So, have a contract with their employer.
- Um, and those contracts are fairly new for the state to enter into, right?
- Um, and those contracts are fairly back.
Committee:
House Labor
Keywords:
retirement, law enforcement, pension, public safety, employee contributions, Law Enforcement Standards Board, LESB, civil service exemption, collective bargaining exemption, law enforcement certification, police standards, law enforcement training, officer certification, training and curriculum coordinator, lead investigative agent, administrative manager, administrator, Hawaii HRS 76-16, Hawaii HRS 139-3, personnel exemption
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- conduct at our hearings we strive to protect the rights of all who participate in the legislative process
- Due to process for teacher enrollment, the teacher's process plays a critical role in protecting against
- The due process and the cost of due process procedure is thoughtful but it is lengthy and if you have
- As it moves through the process respect the actress for the yes vote. Thank you.
- The first piece is moving from a one year application and grant process to a four.
Committee:
House Education
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Process it honestly. As an example.
- I am disappointed in the process of this bill, or the lack thereof.
- My family had to go through the process to become American citizens.
- My family had to go through the process to become American citizens.
- Because there is no process in place.