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KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Appropriations and Revenue (2-24-26)
Appropriations & Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a program freedom tax credit.
- The other component addresses program integrity. The other component addresses program integrity.
- </c> other comp component addresses program other comp component addresses program integrity.<00:24:30.720
- </c> responsible uh Medicaid pro uh program. responsible uh Medicaid pro uh program.
- </c> administering public assistance programs administering public assistance programs which<00:48:44.079
Committee:
House Appropriations & Revenue
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> High School Sea Rider culinary program High School Sea Rider culinary program which<00:01:21.200
- </c> introduce first and foremost our program introduce first and foremost our program instructor,<00
- </c> Program. Thank you for being here. U Mr. Program. Thank you for being here. U Mr.
- We are not just funding programs. We are building systems.
- </c><00:43:48.720><c> of</c> And please note, last week the city of And please note, last week the city
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So as these drugs work and as these programs work.
- consider in those conditions with regard to this program.
- I want to highlight another program.
- called the Guide CMS program.
- On the same day, I started my doctorate program.
Committee:
House Public Health
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 041 Feb 24th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:35:03.839><c> to</c> also had the just transition program to also had the just transition program
- </c> The bill is creating another program The bill is creating another program that<00:42:15.839><c>
- Small-town Colorado is dying.
- City and there isn't a place open after City and there isn't a place open after 5:00<00:51:18.559><c>
- </c> to them, whether it's from small to them, whether it's from small business<01:09:50.880><c> to</
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Nov 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Some people are involved in some of our programs.
- and prevention program.
- We're a small community.
- Now he instituted a misdemeanor diversion program.
- We call it VPP, violence prevention program.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- , City, City, okay?
- reserve program.
- Recognizing the gentleman from Baltimore<00:45:48.080><c> City.</c> Baltimore City. Baltimore City.
- Delegate from Baltimore City. Wow. Delegate from Baltimore City.
- Uh Baltimore City. City. City. Thank<02:56:01.120><c> you,</c><02:56:01.200><c> Mr.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
October 14, 2025 - 11:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- ONE PROGRAM TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE FLORIDA PYTHON CHALLENGE.
- I WILL GO BACK TO THE EXOTIC AMNESTY PROGRAM BECAUSE TO BE HONEST I NEVER HEARD OF IT.
- THAT DOES HAVE THIS CLOUT OF A PROGRAM BEING AROUND FOR A WHILE.
- WE WANT TO BRING AWARENESS TO THIS PROGRAM BUT IT IS A GREAT PROGRAM THAT FINDS NEW HOMES FOR ANIMALS
- WORTHY TO TALK ABOUT THE STATES MANATEE PROGRAM.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Legislative Committee on Water Supply During Drought Nov 10th, 2025
Joint Legislative Committee on Water Supply During Drought
Transcript Highlights:
- You are a water resource program manager.
- I always love to see that we have a water resource program manager because you're going to have all the
- As Senator shared, my name is Rea Burns and I am the Water Resources Program Manager at the Department
- For example, NRCS, or the Natural Resources Conservation Service, a small agency within the U.S.
- While some water users had already ceased diverting water, others, like some of the cities and towns,
Summary:
The committee heard first from Deputy State Climatologist Karen Bumbacco, who reviewed the weather and snowpack conditions that contributed to Washington’s 2025 drought. She said the state had a very warm and dry water year, with April through September ranking among the warmest and driest periods on record, and that three straight years of below-normal snowpack and precipitation had compounded drought impacts, especially in the Yakima Basin. She also explained that a weak La Niña could bring a wetter-than-normal winter, though temperature forecasts were less certain, and noted that long-term climate projections point to continued snowpack decline and earlier runoff timing.
Department of Ecology staff Rea Burns and Caroline Melor then described the state’s drought declaration process and response. They said Washington’s statutory drought threshold is less than 75% of normal water supply plus a hardship finding, and that Ecology extended the Yakima drought declaration in April and expanded it statewide in June. They discussed reliance on federal monitoring data and staffing at NRCS, USGS, Reclamation, and NOAA, and said federal staffing and funding instability has created concerns for snowpack and water data. They also reviewed drought response funding, noting that grants have supported projects in the Yakima and Dungeness basins and that the drought emergency account still has a balance available for current needs.
Burns gave a detailed update on the Yakima Basin, saying it experienced unprecedented conditions this year, including nearly empty reservoirs, curtailment orders sent to about 1,500 water users, and the first time even the most senior 1855 surface water rights were turned off. She said widespread compliance occurred, though the process exposed areas for improvement, especially coordination with federal partners. Committee members asked about the long-term basis for climate projections, the 75% drought threshold, federal impacts, drought insurance, reservoir storage, and whether the state should consider more drought funding or new storage projects. No votes or formal actions were taken during the meeting.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- And then again, it's also on the small-scale folks like small-scale meat producers. 37-206 notes that
- CREP is a program... 770 acres enrolled in the CREP program.
- Thank you, legislators, for your support for this program. I'll turn it back to Director Weaver.
- , and we've already heard a lot about WQPA, or the water quality program for agriculture, today.
- , and we've already heard a lot about WQPA or the water quality program for agriculture today.
Committee:
Senate Agricultural Affairs
Summary:
The Senate Agricultural Committee began with a visit from a BYU-Idaho agribusiness class, whose students and faculty were welcomed and briefly introduced themselves. The committee then took up a rule docket, 02-0601-2501, and approved it with an exception: section 112, new subsections 01 through 05, which incorporated documents by reference without a specific date. The committee adopted findings that this was inconsistent with the Idaho Administrative Procedures Act and directed the agency to return with a compliant rule in the future.
The committee next considered RS 33272, presented by Senator Tammy Nichols, which would create standards for kratom products. Nichols said the proposal was intended to preserve lawful access to natural leaf kratom while prohibiting adulterated, synthetic, or artificially enhanced products, requiring limited third-party testing, setting an age restriction, clarifying supply-chain responsibilities, and establishing penalties without creating new licensing or fees. The committee voted to send the RS to print. Senator Todd Lakey then presented RS 33226, the Idaho Direct to Consumer Act, which would reduce regulation on small-scale homemade food and non-alcoholic drink sales made directly from producer to consumer, preempt more restrictive local rules, and include labeling and record-keeping requirements, including for certain direct meat sales. The committee voted to send that RS to print as well.
The Idaho Department of Water Resources, speaking in its role with the Soil and Water Conservation Commission, gave an agency update on conservation district support, CREP, WACPA, and related programs. Officials reported on district funding distributions, landowner assistance, conservation acres served, and performance measures, and discussed budget requests including a proposed miscellaneous revenue fund and additional appropriations to address future CREP matching needs. In response to a question, the department said WACPA was not included in the governor’s budget. The Idaho Association of Soil Conservation Districts then presented on the value of locally led conservation districts, emphasizing volunteer governance, the return on state investment, education efforts, and local projects such as flood recovery and rangeland fire protection. Committee members asked about EPA coordination, and presenters said working through state agencies and local districts remained preferable and generally effective. The meeting concluded after the presentations and questions.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The gold carding program over the last few years has been shown to create a balance of rewarding the
- It's obviously a step in the right direction, but fear it may be too small of a step.
- It's obviously a step in the right direction, but fear it may be too small of a step.
- ACGME, which currently is involved in the credentialing of graduate medical education programs in the
- The background checks... ...graduate programs in the United States.
Bills:
HB163 , HB216 , HB721 , HB2035 , HB2038 , HB3057 , HB3153 , HB3233 , HB3595 , HB3801 , HB3812 , HB4076 , HB4129 , HB4377 , HB4535 , HB4666 , HB4730 , HB4743 , HB4903 , HB5149 , HB5155 , HB1534
Committee:
Senate Health & Human Services
Keywords:
epinephrine, healthcare, emergency response, administration, medical policy, health care, itemized billing, patient rights, provider regulations, Texas Health and Safety Code, cost disclosure, insurance, benefit plan, administrators, chemical dependency, treatment facilities, minor admissions, parental notice, mental health, medical licensing
Summary:
The committee met without a quorum at first, then established a quorum with five members present. Members heard and left pending several House bills, including HB 4743 on allowing hospitals to license mobile stroke units under a hospital license, HB 4129 on earlier DFPS enforcement tools for single-source continuum contractors in community-based foster care, HB 4903 creating a Quad Agency Child Care Initiative to coordinate child care regulations across state agencies, HB 3812 revising the gold card/prior authorization process for physicians, HB 4535 requiring written informed consent before COVID-19 vaccination and a standardized state information sheet, and HB 4666 reducing the frequency of some HHSC reports to the legislature. The chair also noted HB 35 would be voted on later after a subcommittee back was received, and that a large number of bills would be heard the next day.
Most of the testimony focused on HB 4535 and HB 4730. On HB 4535, supporters argued the bill would strengthen informed consent for COVID vaccination by requiring written consent and clearer state-level information about risks, manufacturer liability protections, and adverse-event reporting; opponents, including a pediatrician and medical groups, said existing federal and state informed-consent materials already cover these topics and warned the bill could create duplicative paperwork and penalties. On HB 3812, the Texas Medical Association supported changes that would extend the gold-card evaluation period to one year, raise transparency, and make prior authorization exemptions easier to administer, while health plans said they were neutral and viewed the bill as a balance between reducing burden and preventing fraud or unsafe care.
HB 4730 drew extensive testimony from adoption professionals, birth mothers, adoptive parents, and child welfare advocates. The bill would require DFPS to create a relinquishment form, train child-placing agency staff, and extend the minimum waiting period for voluntary relinquishment from 48 hours to seven days. Supporters of the current law argued the 48-hour period aligns with hospital discharge, allows informed decisions, and helps birth parents and adoptive families begin healing and bonding without pushing children into foster care or creating legal and Medicaid complications. The author said the bill would be revised and that the seven-day provision was a work in progress. No votes were taken on the bills during the meeting; each bill was left pending after public testimony closed.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Budget Review Subcommittee on Justice, Public Safety, & Judiciary (1-20-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- Um these are also and our program needs.
- Um, the city of Madisonville again is an outstanding partner.
- It's a small office. Five is a Kentucky. It's a small office.
- And so the number of cases those are is pretty small.
- And we've run the numbers on small.
Keywords:
Opening and Roll Call 00:28
Public safety Cabinet 01:09
Juvenile justice MH Facility: 04:30
Department of Corrections Repair and Replacement: 10:29
Department of Criminal Justice Flat Track 19:05
KSP : 27:02
Department of Public Advocacy : 37:35, 958, all
Summary:
The subcommittee heard capital project requests from the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet for fiscal years 2026-28. The cabinet described its large statewide footprint and said its facilities face significant deferred maintenance, with the governor’s budget proposing full funding for maintenance pool requests, including an additional $60 million for the Department of Corrections’ maintenance pool and cash funding through investment income. Officials said the projects were based on facility assessments and were presented as necessary public safety investments rather than wish-list items.
For the Department of Juvenile Justice, the main requests were $35 million for a high-acuity mental health treatment facility and $45 million each for two new female detention facilities. Officials said the mental health facility would fill a gap for youth needing psychiatric care, while the female facilities were needed to support a regional detention model and address overcrowding; they noted the current female population has grown by 50% since July 2024. Members asked about locations, and staff said they were considering western Kentucky abandoned mine land and available land in Fayette and Jefferson counties, with current female placements in Boyd County and Warren County.
For the Department of Corrections, officials requested funding for critical mechanical, electrical, plumbing, roof, and structural repairs, including $15.78 million for Kentucky State Penitentiary utilities infrastructure and additional funding for North Point Training Center projects. They also highlighted two re-entry initiatives: a KCTCS partnership for a re-entry campus at North Point and the East Kentucky Applied Manufacturing Institute at Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex, both aimed at reducing recidivism through intensive training and job preparation. Members asked about the KCTCS re-entry model, and DOC explained it would be a more immersive, campus-style program than current prison-based vocational classes.
The Department of Criminal Justice Training discussed projects at its Richmond campus and the planned Western Kentucky Training Center, including a replacement flat track and campus access road at Richmond and added training features in Madisonville. Officials said the Richmond changes were needed because EKU construction had removed the existing flat track and would affect access, while the Western Kentucky project would expand training capacity and reduce travel for law enforcement agencies. The Kentucky State Police then outlined the final phase of the statewide emergency radio system replacement, estimated at about $17.5 million, and said the system is being built in geographic phases; members asked how long completion would take, and staff estimated roughly four years after funding, assuming no major inflation spikes. No votes were taken, and the meeting remained informational with member questions and staff responses.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- It is time we afford our small businesses that same treatment.
- I'm president and CEO of Healthcare Services Group in Jefferson City.
- A relatively small percentage would be in the four- to five-year mark.
- I'm a trial lawyer from Kansas City. I, and I'll tell you to me.
- I'm a trial lawyer from Kansas City. I grew up in Tennessee.
Committee:
House Commerce
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 02/17/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- on implementing both the programs that you all pass as a state legislature plus the programs we run
- We're also standing up an electric resilience grant program as one of those programs.
- The program launched in September.
- The program launched in September.
- that helps support rural funded program that helps support rural small<00:51:48.040><c> businesses</
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (01/23/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- the programs were.
- The program we have right here is designed because you have to have a master's-level program.
- The program we have right here is designed because you have to have a master's-level program.
- The program we have right here is designed because you have to have a master's-level program.
- The program we have right here is designed because you have to have a master's-level program.
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 362, which would grant the Department of Education rulemaking authority related to educator licensure and testing requirements, including passing scores on professional education assessments. Representative Ladd said the bill is intended to preserve New Hampshire’s standards for classroom teachers and CTE instructors, while allowing DOE flexibility through rulemaking. He emphasized maintaining high standards, including for career and technical education, and said he was open to DOE clarifying the language further.
Committee members raised concerns that the bill, as written, could remove language recognizing industry-recognized credentials for CTE instructors. Department of Education Director Steven Appy said DOE had drafted an amendment to clarify that the requirement applies to an initial New Hampshire license, to exempt CTE teachers from content exams, and to preserve current administrative practice allowing basic academic skills testing and industry-recognized credentials as substitutes. The committee discussed the distinction between basic academic skills tests and content assessments, and Appy said the amendment was meant to avoid conflating those requirements. The chair said the committee would take up executive session on HB 362 and related bills later.
The committee then took up House Bill 90, which narrows and defines the rules for part-time teachers, especially in concurrent enrollment settings. Representative Ladd explained that the bill is meant to allow qualified college faculty or adjuncts from the University System or Community College System to teach high school concurrent-enrollment courses when local schools lack a teacher with the needed master’s-level credentials, particularly in math and STEM subjects. He said the bill is intended to expand student access to college-level coursework, save money, and preserve standards, while still requiring background checks and adherence to ethics and conduct rules. Members began asking questions about how the bill would work in practice, including certification and endorsement issues, but the hearing was not concluded in the portion provided.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Tue Mar 25, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:37:09.359><c> for</c> that uh you know this this program for that uh you know this this program
- It authorizes non-injection drug user participation in the program and modifies liability for program
- for program modifies liability for program participants<01:14:52.880><c> staff</c><01:14:53.199><c>
- </c> how it would Define that for a small how it would Define that for a small business<01:46:45.320>
- program, there were pieces of that program that we could not navigate to get back into the state if
Committee:
House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Summary:
The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard Senate Bill 1322, SD2, HD1, a comprehensive measure revising Hawaii’s mental health code. The bill would clarify emergency transportation, examination, and hospitalization procedures for people who may be mentally ill or suffering from substance abuse and deemed imminently dangerous, expand notice requirements, allow certain information-sharing for assisted community treatment petitions, and add liability protections for emergency responders and providers. The Department of the Attorney General supported the bill as a collaborative update to the law, while the Department of Health asked for a copy of provider-generated emergency transport documentation within five days for data and planning purposes.
Testimony was sharply divided. Queen’s Health System, Hawaiʻi Pacific Health, HHSC, and the Institute for Human Services supported the measure or parts of it but requested amendments, including clarifying whether a second psychiatric exam is required, restoring a 72-hour rather than 48-hour stabilization window, and adjusting where patients are taken when an MEO cannot be reached. The ACLU of Hawaiʻi strongly opposed the bill, arguing it weakens due process and civil liberties, especially around involuntary commitment, assisted community treatment, emergency transport by police, and reduced procedural safeguards; it urged the committee to hold the bill and consider an interim working group. Louie E.K. of the Hawaiʻi Disability Rights Center also opposed the bill, focusing on immunity from negligence, the use of police for transport, and the reduction of a three-provider review to one in state-hospital treatment orders.
Other testimony included support from an individual who said the bill could improve mental health care delivery amid provider shortages, and a comment from Hawaiʻi Health and Harm Reduction Center warning that the substance use portion of the bill lacks evidence of effectiveness and could be misused. In response to committee questions, the Attorney General’s office said the measure was developed with input from multiple stakeholders, including state agencies, hospitals, the ACLU, HHSC, and IHS, and that it aims to make assisted community treatment more accessible and effective by streamlining the legal process and improving consequences for noncompliance. No vote or final action was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (02/11/2026)
Environment and Agriculture
Transcript Highlights:
- We don't know how those programs new.
- </c> And we do have raptors in in cities. And we do have raptors in in cities.
- Except just to say that New York City, a lot of cities now are using, trying contraceptives.
- Except just to say that New York City, a lot of cities now are using, trying contraceptives.
- We do have an enforcement program. The ... We do have an enforcement program.
Committee:
House Environment and Agriculture
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Education Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Education
Transcript Highlights:
- It sounds like a good program. Yes.
- We are a tiny city that does so much to support every student and family in our city.
- We are interested in this program. It's very worthwhile.
- Yes, although I will say we do have actually a library school, a library program or two library programs
- , that in this state actually school, one library program or two library programs, that in this state
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Education
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Education heard testimony on several bills centered on school accountability, receivership, graduation requirements, charter school access, community schools, school libraries, and student voting rights. Much of the discussion focused on the Thrive Act, S. 374, which would end state receivership and change the state’s accountability approach. Supporters, including educators, parents, advocacy groups, and students, argued that receivership has not improved outcomes in districts such as Lawrence, Holyoke, Southbridge, Boston, and the Dever, and that local communities should have more control, with greater emphasis on community schools, wraparound services, and broader measures of school quality. They also supported related bills on community schools and school library standards, and several witnesses backed a bill to expand student representative voting rights on school committees.
Opponents of S. 374, especially charter school leaders, parents, students, and some education advocates, focused on Section 4 of the bill, which would change the charter school net school spending cap in the lowest-performing districts. They argued that the provision would reduce access to charter seats in communities where families are seeking more options, and that schools such as Roxbury Prep, Excel Academy, Brook, Veritas Prep, and Libertas Academy have produced strong results for students, including students of color, low-income students, and students with special needs. Several witnesses said the section would force schools to shrink or close and would remove opportunities for families in districts with long waitlists.
Committee members questioned witnesses on both the effectiveness of receivership and the charter school cap language. Chair Lewis and Chair Gordon emphasized the need for a better accountability system and noted concerns about whether current measures, including MCAS-based designations, accurately reflect school quality. Some witnesses said they had discussed the possibility of removing Section 4 from the Thrive Act and suggested it might be addressed in separate charter reform legislation. No votes were taken during the hearing; testimony was received and the committee later closed testimony on S. 374 and several related bills before moving on to the student voting rights bill, S. 367.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Vets Committee Meeting - 2025-04-02
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- This program, I want to say, is highly targeted, accountable, and transparent.
- area, and we come to you today in order to continue that program.
- This is a good program; this is probably... Well overdue, excuse me.
- Out of that 10%, there might be 2% that would be qualified for this program.
- I oversee the therapy program and our outreach program.
Committee:
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- We've done the food program audits from the pandemic program.
- and the SDS program.
- So they come to day program.
- that program.
- He enjoys that day program greatly.
Committee:
House Budget
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> the city, the mayor, and Minnesota Wild. the city, the mayor, and Minnesota Wild.
- </c> have been reviewed by the city council. have been reviewed by the city council.
- </c> economic activity for the city of St. economic activity for the city of St.
- , that is a grant program that supports businesses and cultural programming in the city of St.
- City of St.
Committee:
Senate Taxes