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KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Appropriations and Revenue (3-4-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Section 15 simply has an emergency clause that goes into effect immediately.
- Clause that goes into an emergency Clause that goes into effect effect effect immediately<00:13:43.519
- If it is new expansions outside of the scope we're currently operating in, then yes, it would affect
- If it is new expansions outside of the scope we're currently operating in, then yes, it would affect
- </c> question when that would be in operation question when that would be in operation it<00:21:47.279
Keywords:
Meeting start 00:00:00
Roll Call 00:00:15
HB 537 Discussion 00:01:30
HB 537 Vote 00:05:15
HB 695 Discussion 00:07:00
HB 695 Vote 00:23:15
HJR 31 Discussion 00:27:40
HJR 31 Vote 00:29:55, 958, all
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 537, as amended by PHS 1, which was described as a technical measure needed to ensure Kentucky can receive opioid settlement funds despite changes in bankruptcy court orders. The sponsor and Attorney General’s office explained that the bill does not change the settlement formula or substantive terms, but adjusts the mechanism for receiving the money. After brief discussion, the committee adopted PHS 1 and then passed HB 537 out favorably on a 17-0 vote, with one member recording attendance after arriving late.
The committee then considered House Bill 695, also amended by PHS 1, a Medicaid stabilization bill. The sponsor said the measure is intended to hold the program steady while the legislature gathers more information and awaits work by a future Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board. The bill would limit new waivers, state plan amendments, and coverage expansions; require reporting and record retention; create a Kentucky Medicaid Pharmaceutical Rebate Fund; direct certain behavioral health and managed care changes; and include an emergency clause. Members raised questions about the rebate fund, work requirements, and whether the bill could affect coverage or funding, while supporters emphasized transparency, data collection, and preventing new expansions until oversight is in place.
Several members spoke in favor of the bill’s goals but expressed caution about micromanaging a complex program and about possible unintended consequences for beneficiaries. Representative Fleming stressed the need for stronger oversight and noted the potential fiscal impact of federal Medicaid changes. Representative Stevenson voted pass, saying the committee should let the new oversight board handle the issue, and Representative Gentry also passed, citing concern about overreach and the burden of data collection. The committee ultimately reported HB 695 favorably on a 16-1 vote with three pass votes. Afterward, members recorded additional yes votes on HB 537 for the record.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Health Care Affordability, Select Apr 30th, 2026
Health Care Affordability, Select
Transcript Highlights:
- And providers, because they are not They will show up in emergency rooms.
- Because for doctors, hospitals, everybody operates across the board.
- I mean, you're out really trying to hire operators or machinists, et cetera.
- You know, just for example, operating room inefficiencies.
- The operation of a nonprofit hospital operates exactly the same as a for-profit hospital, but just with
Committee:
House Health Care Affordability, Select
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- F4 is a letter from Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management.
- This is Public Safety, Emergency Management with the Department of Health.
- This is Public Safety, Emergency Management with Department of Health.
- Number 11, UA Little Rock with SSIA Technologies to provide operational digital planetarium system.
- Contract number 13: DHS with Dana's House for emergency shelter services for DCFS clients.
Committee:
All JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
Summary:
The committee considered and approved several temporary appropriation requests in Section B, including spending authority for the Court of Appeals to pay appointed counsel in criminal appeals, Commerce/Aeronautics airport and aviation grants, and Insurance Department items for workers’ compensation benefits and premium tax refunds. It also approved ARPA-related requests in Section C to return unused federal funds from DHS aging, mental health, substance abuse, and Older Americans Act grants.
In Section D, the committee reviewed and approved Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act requests, including Agriculture grants for wildfire preparedness and forestry capacity, a large Commerce broadband BEAD request, environmental recycling-related reallocations, and Oil and Gas Commission grants for facility repairs and sample preservation. Members questioned the broadband program’s audit process and performance safeguards; the State Broadband Director said the funds are federal, subject to audits, and payments are released only after engineering certification of completed work. The committee also approved DHS reallocations in Section E, including major transfers within Medical Services from hospital medical appropriations to private and public nursing home lines, as well as transfers for children and family services, developmental disabilities, and youth services.
The committee then reviewed cash fund requests, miscellaneous federal grants, pay plan and performance fund transfers, methods of finance, and a large set of contracts. A Northwest Arkansas Community College official explained storm-damage repairs and insurance settlement issues, and DHS explained its hospital medical transfer was moving excess appropriation rather than cash. Members also questioned several UAPB tobacco prevention subgrants, especially arts-based outreach, and asked for more data on effectiveness; the committee later voted to expunge and re-refer the J-2 item for further review at a later ALC meeting. Additional discussion covered a DEQ grant to Free Geek of Arkansas for e-waste recycling, a UAPB tobacco program, and various contracts for universities, DHS services, corrections, and public safety. The meeting ended with reports filed for information and a brief member comment thanking others for concern after a tornado in Stone County; no one was injured.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House DFL Leader Media Availability 5/17/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, most dramatically around guns and, um, Operation Metro Surge.
- </c> Operation Metro Surge. Operation Metro Surge.
- </c><00:09:09.920><c> Metro</c><00:09:10.240><c> Surge,</c> through Operation Metro Surge, through Operation
- Republicans have Operation Metro Surge.
- </c><00:19:16.440><c> metro</c> who are impacted by operation metro who are impacted by operation metro
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine worldwide threats; to be immediately followed by a closed hearing in SH-219. Mar 25th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Intelligence (Select) Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Fentanyl production and smuggling operations in Mexico.
- They provide the greatest ground-level intelligence to conduct these operations in Arkansas.
- Precise operational issues were not part of this conversation. Correct.
- To what extent is the FBI tracking operatives? Who remain in the United States today?
- What I would say is it relates to the issue of emerging technology.
Committee:
Senate Intelligence (Select) Committee
Keywords:
national security, cyber threats, civil liberties, transnational crime, FISA Section 702, public-private partnership, intelligence community, Annual Threats Hearing
Summary:
The Senate Intelligence Committee convened for a significant meeting focused on the Annual Worldwide Threats Hearing. Prominent officials from various intelligence agencies presented their insights on emerging national security threats, including concerns over increasing cyber threats, particularly from China and non-state actors. A major discussion point included the balance between national security and civil liberties, as evidenced by conversations surrounding Section 702 of FISA and its implications for privacy protection. The challenges posed by cartels and transnational criminal organizations, especially related to narcotics trafficking, were emphasized as pressing issues necessitating coordinated responses from federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. This meeting underscored the necessity of public-private partnerships to tackle these multifaceted threats effectively.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> boards of health approve the operating boards of health approve the operating budget<00:09:24.160
- </c><00:21:38.080><c> in</c> with this other physicians operate in with this other physicians operate
- It's an emergency reg.
- I would invite It's an emergency rag.
- </c> Operations Administration Task Force. Operations Administration Task Force.
Committee:
Joint Health Services
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- responders to arrive and emergency responders to arrive and emergency responders to arrive and whereas
- education to have cardiac emergency education to have cardiac emergency response plans in place and
- and to save more lives from emergency and to save more lives from emergency and to save more lives from
- of the business of the the operation of the business of the the operation of the business of the state
- of state operations of state operations of state government I think there's ways that we government
Bills:
SJR 36 , SJR 2 , SB 4 , SR 45 , SR 47 , SR 63 , SR 66 , SR 70 , SR 85 , SCR 14 , SB 10 , SB 11 , SB 10 , SB 11
Keywords:
SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, constitutional amendment, homestead exemption, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval, November 2025 ballot, local government, Ways & Means
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Under the scope, it says that these rules do not apply to emergency systems. ...scope, it says that these
- rules do not apply to the Emergency Assistance for Families in Idaho program, and when I went and pulled
- 135, enacted last session, addresses all adults... scope it says that these rules do not apply to emergency
- 15.01.20, Rules Governing Americans Act Programs, and 15.01.20, Rules Governing Area Agency on Aging Operations
- program guidance and the Code of Federal Regulations. 15.01.12, Rules Governing Area Agency on Aging Operations
Committee:
Senate Health and Welfare
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- operate at full capacity due to staffing shortages.
- Lord knows, we’ve got to then staff them and operate them.
- And there's nothing against the big operations.
- And there's nothing against the big operations.
- Emergency medical care is my passion.
Committee:
Senate Health & Human Services
Keywords:
SB 500, Texas adoption law, Family Code, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child-placing agency, prospective adoptive parents, adoption records, confidential information, nondisclosure agreement, child history report, health history, social history, educational history, genetic history, termination of parental rights, permanency plan, single source continuum contractor, privacy, redaction
Summary:
The committee first took up several pending bills and reported them favorably: SB 968, SB 636 as substituted, SB 1137, and SB 1138 as substituted. Each was advanced by roll call vote, and the committee also recommended the approved bills for the local and uncontested calendar. The chair then moved to the posted agenda and heard SB 719, a mental health bed-capacity study bill by Senator Eckhart, with a committee substitute that refined the data collection to distinguish state and non-state beds, child and adult beds, include two point-in-time counts, and capture jail diversion data.
Testimony on SB 719 was largely supportive from Integral Care, NAMI Texas, and the Children’s Hospital Association of Texas, all of whom said Texas needs better data on inpatient psychiatric capacity, workforce needs, and future demand. Several witnesses described long waits for beds, especially for forensic restoration, and argued the study would help target future investments. Senator Perry and others noted the state has already made major investments in new beds and urged the bill to account for beds already coming online; the committee ultimately withdrew the substitute and left SB 719 pending after public testimony closed.
The committee then heard SB 1864, which would allow small egg producers to sell ungraded eggs more broadly, including to restaurants and retailers, with the substitute increasing the weekly sales threshold and addressing sanitation and labeling. Supporters said grading is about size, not safety, and that the bill would help small farms reach new markets; opponents from the Texas Poultry Federation argued grading and candling help identify cracks and defects that can affect safety and quality. The committee adopted the substitute and left the bill pending. It also heard SB 1467, requiring DSHS to share death record information with hospitals for record accuracy and quality review, and SB 912, which would modernize continuing education tracking for health licensing agencies; both bills drew supportive testimony and were left pending. Finally, the committee heard SB 2023, which would create an HHSC grant program to help counties pay for indigent burial costs, with county representatives testifying in support.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Following the end of the federal emergency declaration for COVID.
- And that operation ended up being one of the biggest and most important military operations in American
- And I had to have emergency surgery.
- Or do you believe the emergency rulemaking will be done promptly?
- But it doesn't give a time frame for the emergency rules to be adopted.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Special Session E May 29th, 2026
Florida Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It adds military operations eligible. Currently, it is 10%.
- It adds military operations eligible for the deployed service member property tax exemption.
- where the Seminole Tribe of Florida operates at least two casinos.
- We're doing this to alleviate the financial hardship of those same casino operators.
- These operators actually need help to keep these same tens of thousands of people employed.
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved to the conference report on House Bill 501E, the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026-27. Budget chairs presented the major spending areas, describing a $114.5 billion overall budget that they said was fiscally responsible and below the prior year’s spending. Highlights included pay increases and retirement adjustments for public safety employees, education funding for K-12, higher education, health and human services, criminal justice, transportation, environmental programs, and agriculture/regulatory agencies.
Members then questioned chairs on several items. In education, senators discussed K-12 declining enrollment funding, teacher salary set-asides, private school scholarship spending, mental health funding, preeminence funding for universities, the Hamilton Center at UF, and charter school PICO funding. In health and human services, questions focused on the iBudget waiver waitlist, provider rates, ADAP/HIV funding and the return of Biktarvy to the formulary, KidCare, rural health funding, SNAP-related IT and error reduction efforts, and the IDD managed care program. In criminal justice, senators asked about correctional officer pay, prison staffing and infrastructure, air conditioning in prisons, juvenile justice facilities, law enforcement recruitment, and court system funding. Environmental and transportation questions covered Florida Forever, water quality, state parks, water projects, housing, elections funding, and emergency management.
Several specific actions and explanations were given during debate: the budget includes $8.8 million for state attorney competitive area differentials but no funding for public defender CAD requests; assistant state attorneys will start at $70,000 and assistant public defenders at $65,000; the battery disposal issue was described as a temporary study/preemption approach; and the Senate said the budget does not fund Medicaid expansion, preeminence funding, or the SunBucks Summer EBT state share. Senators also noted that some proposals discussed in committee did not make it into the final budget. The transcript ends with debate statements from members praising the budget process and Chair Hooper, while also expressing concerns about public schools, health care access, affordability, and the lack of funding for certain priorities.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 16th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- They will include paramedics and other sorts of people who are emergency service personnel.
- In this case, it happens to be the emergency services. But I'm going to let Kyle, Mr.
- The Emergency Medical Systems Bureau.
- It's related to the staff salaries and other associated operational, eligible operational expenses.
- It's a dummy bill, quote, quote, an emergency bill. I'm still old school.
Summary:
The committee first heard Senate Bill 130, which would require heart calcium scans for people over 50, allow pharmacists to manage related screening and medication, and eliminate cost-sharing barriers for the testing and treatment. The sponsor argued the bill could prevent coronary artery disease deaths and reduce long-term health costs, while an industry lobbyist questioned whether it would actually save patients money and raised concerns about the substitute language. After questions about costs, rural access, pharmacist training, liability, and the effect of treatment, the committee adopted a due pass recommendation on the committee substitute by a 6-4 vote.
The committee then considered House Bill 31, the EMS personnel licensure interstate compact. Supporters from the Chamber of Commerce, Think New Mexico, the Health Care Authority, and an autism advocacy group said the compact would help address EMS shortages, improve emergency response, and support rural health workforce needs. One opponent warned about out-of-state personnel practicing under unfamiliar standards and possible retention problems. The committee adopted an immunity-related amendment and then gave the bill a 9-0 do pass recommendation. House Bill 33, the psychology inter-jurisdictional compact, was also heard and amended with a similar immunity change. Supporters said it would expand telehealth and behavioral health access, while some members questioned data on workforce shortages, standards, and how the compact would affect New Mexico’s oversight. The committee approved the amended bill 8-0.
House Bill 43, a cleanup bill for PERA disability and survivor pension provisions, was presented as a technical measure to clarify statutes, update the disability earnings cap to match Social Security, and reduce ambiguity without changing benefits or liabilities. Members asked about double-dipping, survivor provisions, and fiscal impact, and the bill received a 9-0 do pass recommendation. The committee also heard Senate Memorial 22, which asks the Legislative Finance Committee to study how CYFD-administered state and federal funds support domestic violence services. Sponsors and advocates said funding has been flat or reduced despite rising need, and that providers need clearer, more transparent data; committee members expressed concern that the state lacks a clear accounting of where the money goes. The memorial passed on a 9-0 vote.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-05-29 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- These funds maintain critical emergency management systems within FDM used to support statewide emergency
- Operational costs are rising.
- Instead, we have provided operational support. So, for instance, you mentioned UCF.
- UCF is receiving an additional $6 million in operational support.
- Nearly $250 million for the Emergency Response Fund for Ron DeSantis.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The ESEA operates through a comprehensive system of funding allocation and accountability measures.
- I'm not sure why 1996 is the operative year.
- They are not available, or are school districts still receiving these emergency dollars?
- They are not available, or are school districts still receiving these emergency dollars?
- They are not available, or are school districts still receiving these emergency dollars?
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Wed Feb 25, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Public safety is hazardous operations.
- </c><00:21:13.919><c> that</c> diverted to federal operations that diverted to federal operations that
- Operations.
- </c> operational rate is 39.5%. operational rate is 39.5%.
- This measure emergency response.
Committee:
House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Summary:
The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard testimony on two immigration-enforcement bills: HB 1886 HD1 and HB 2540 HD1. HB 1886 would limit state and federal collaboration in immigration enforcement, require visible identification and restrictions on facial coverings for law enforcement officers, and create offenses for improper masking, lack of identification, and unauthorized civil immigration interrogation, arrest, or detention. HB 2540 would also limit state and federal collaboration, require law enforcement agencies to adopt and publicly post written civil immigration enforcement policies, prohibit stops or arrests based solely on immigration status, and restrict state and county participation in civil immigration enforcement in certain places.
Most testimony supported both measures. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Office of the Public Defender, the ACLU of Hawaii, the Hawaii Coalition for Immigrant Rights, the Legal Clinic, and several private individuals said the bills would increase transparency, accountability, and community trust, and would help protect constitutional rights and reduce fear among immigrants and other community members. Several testifiers emphasized Hawaii’s history and the need to keep local law enforcement separate from federal immigration enforcement, while others said the bills would help people feel safer going to court, school, work, or public protests. A retired police officer also supported visible identification and uniform standards for officers, including federal agents operating in Hawaii.
A few testifiers opposed the use of masked or unidentified officers and argued that local police should not be diverted from ordinary public safety duties to immigration enforcement. One ACLU witness noted that the federal government has increasingly used local and state agencies to expand immigration enforcement, and said the task-force provisions in the bills are important to prevent blurred lines between agencies. The committee did not take a final vote in the portion of the meeting provided, but it recorded very large numbers of supportive testimonies for both bills, with only a small number in opposition.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- and providing... ...declaring an emergency and providing...
- Maybe they do remodeling to their operating rooms in their hospitals.
- Emergency services would be allowed to have capital needs afforded.
- It does not change how banks or credit unions operate today.
- It does have an emergency clause with effective date of July 1, 2026.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 79 Aug 6th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- and maintain, by striking out Section 3, and by inserting before the enacting clause the following emergency
- preamble: Whereas the deferred operation of this act... ...and by inserting before the enacting clause
- the following emergency preamble: Whereas the deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 13, February 24, 2026-PM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And I think that's kind of the standard the state has operated on.
- And I I just the state has operated on.
- , operations, operations, expenses,<01:28:40.480><c> expenses,</c> expenses, expenses, expenses, expenses
- </c><01:48:01.840><c> outside</c> laboratory service operations. outside laboratory service operations
- Operational services: we had a note in there that just said, "You got two jets.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education Mar 19th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- are provided about, and that is the emergency EMS programs, which are provided by a third party, not
- We ask that the Legislature provide existing students and funding for core operations.
- Epic Fury, the same individuals that are operating in theater as we speak.
- This gap is not just operational; it is a compliance risk. I don't know.
- This gap is not just operational; it is a compliance risk.
Summary:
The subcommittee first noted that item one on the Imagination Library update was being pulled pending review of newly received receipts, invoices, and backup documentation from the State Library and the Department of Finance. The chair said the committee would continue reviewing the materials and later determine whether additional oversight and accountability measures are needed regarding taxpayer funds and implementation of the program.
The main discussion focused on the California Community Colleges budget request. Chancellor Christian described strong post-pandemic enrollment recovery and asked the Legislature to fund 3% enrollment growth, change the funding formula to use the highest of the three years rather than a three-year average, and remove the 10% growth cap to avoid unfunded FTES. She also urged support for the Governor’s proposals on COLA, deferral repayment, the Common Cloud Data Platform, credit for prior learning, and Calbright College, while adding requests for AI literacy funding, a Rebuild L.A. workforce effort, veterans services, and support for the Chancellor’s Office. Senators raised concerns about high district reserves, part-time faculty conditions, veterans’ credit pathways, and enrollment fraud; Christian said reserves are complex but should be addressed district by district, and that identity verification and AI tools are being used to prevent fraudulent enrollments.
Finance and LAO staff then reviewed the student-centered funding formula and enrollment growth proposals. DOF said the Governor’s budget fully repays $408.4 million in deferrals, provides a 2.41% COLA, and includes funding to cover current-year apportionment costs; LAO recommended prioritizing those proposals but suggested beginning enrollment growth funding in 2026-27 rather than revising the current-year target. Chris Ferguson said most districts are growing, that 54 of 72 districts would benefit from a formula change favoring current-year enrollment, and that unfunded growth remains a concern. On facilities, staff explained that deferred maintenance needs are about $2.2 billion, with projects prioritized by life safety, modernization, and capacity needs.
The final item was Calbright College. President Menon said Calbright serves more than 6,200 adult learners statewide, with strong completion and wage gains, and asked for the Governor’s proposed $38 million ongoing increase. She and staff emphasized Calbright’s flexible, competency-based model, its partnerships with employers and other colleges, and its role in serving working adults and caregivers. LAO questioned the proposed funding level and recommended moving Calbright onto the student-centered funding formula in the future to better tie funding to enrollment and outcomes, while Calbright argued its structure is different from traditional colleges and needs separate treatment. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- but is the current software emerged but is the current software engineer<00:46:23.200><c> prepared</
- Um, there are business models where companies are saying, well, we'll have a remote operator sitting
- Um, there are business models where companies are saying, well, we'll have a remote operator sitting
- Um, there are business models where companies are saying, well, we'll have a remote operator sitting
- Um, there are business models where companies are saying, well, we'll have a remote operator sitting
Committee:
Senate Labor