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ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
House Floor Session Jan 23rd, 2026 at 09:00 am
North Dakota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And so they're going to have to go through the entity... ...And so they're going to have to go through
- the entity in question would have to follow all the financial burdens that come with any loan, sustainability
- into play, has turned Dickinson over the years from a money-losing proposition to a very successful entity
Keywords:
presidential physical fitness test, physical education, fitness assessment, student fitness, school curriculum, graduation requirements, elementary school, middle school, high school, public schools, nonpublic schools, superintendent of public instruction, exceptions, disability accommodations, North Dakota studies, computer science, cybersecurity, health education, concept-based fitness class, school standards
Summary:
The North Dakota House convened in special session with prayer, roll call, and a quorum present, then took up several rural health-related bills. Senate Bill 2401, as amended, required physicians to complete one hour of continuing education in nutrition and metabolic health each renewal cycle and also added language allowing criminal history background checks for the Board of Occupational Therapy Practice. Supporters emphasized the role of nutrition in reducing chronic disease, and the bill passed 92-0.
The House then considered Senate Bill 2402, which expanded pharmacists’ limited prescriptive and therapeutic substitution authority for certain low-acuity conditions and clarified related lab-test and communication requirements. Members discussed examples such as motion sickness, cold sores, lice, hypoglycemia, COVID and flu testing, emergency access to medications and supplies, and limits excluding certain drug classes; the bill passed 91-1. Senate Bill 2403 created a temporary medical facility emergency operating loan option through the Bank of North Dakota for qualifying rural hospitals facing severe financial distress, with extensive debate over the targeted nature of the aid, anti-gifting concerns, repayment terms, and the hospital’s turnaround plan; it passed 80-12.
Senate Bill 2404 appropriated funds for NDIT to address federal digital accessibility requirements and for the Public Service Commission’s litigation efforts related to transmission costs, with a backup loan authorization available if needed; it passed 92-0. At the close of the session, leaders thanked members and staff for their work on the rural health transformation package, a committee notified the Governor and the Senate that the House had completed its business, absent members were excused, and the House adjourned sine die.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Higher Education and Workforce Development Jan 20th, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Higher Education and Workforce Development
Transcript Highlights:
- as MURR, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, NextGen Precision Health, and align governance across the entities
- Are the four entities listed from the University of Missouri, the next gen, the Murr, the cancer center
- designed that shortly after I got to the University of Missouri, Columbia, involves all of these entities
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Local Government Jan 14th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- When you see outside entities come in, especially state government that has unlimited resources, they
- I'll just close by saying that limiting conservation district tools risks removing one of the few entities
- I'll just close by saying that limiting conservation district tools risks removing one of the few entities
Committee:
House Local Government
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
Other - PSCOC Dec 11th, 2025
Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force
Transcript Highlights:
- We are a finance company, and we work mostly with public entities, charter schools, and districts.
- We work with about 15 government entities in the state.
- It makes sense for both entities to make this transition permanent.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
October 8, 2025 - 10:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- Guthrie: WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TODAY TO HAVE A CITY CONTRACT WITH A PRIVATE ENTITY.
- EXPEDITED WORKSHEET IS COMPLETELY ALLOWABLE BY FEDERAL LAW THROUGH FEMA THAT ALLOWS AN INDIVIDUAL OR AN ENTITY
- WE ARE A CAPITAL PARTNER, ALL THOSE AIRPORTS ARE ALL OPERATED BY ENTITIES THAT WERE SET UP BY THE LEGISLATURE
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Appropriations Apr 21st, 2025 at 09:15 am
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- So that's what leaves the fund to go to the other entities, and the remaining 13.5 percent, I guess,
- And sure, and I don't disagree, you want to make sure every entity is taken care of.
- You want to make sure every entity is taken care of.
Committee:
House Appropriations
Summary:
The committee met to consider Senate Bill 2012, the Department of Transportation budget, with Representative Brandenburg presenting a detailed House amendment package and Speaker Robin Weisz explaining the overall funding strategy. The discussion focused on restructuring transportation funding streams, including moving Prairie Dog money into a flexible transportation fund, adjusting gas tax distributions, increasing the legacy earnings transfer from 7% to 8%, and authorizing a $155 million bond for Highway 85. Members also discussed DOT operations, bridge funding, rest areas, electronic titling, and the use of funds for grants to counties, cities, and townships. A separate provision would let the DOT consider whether local ordinances or policies unreasonably restrict permitted agriculture or energy projects when scoring grant applications, which drew significant debate about local control and whether the language was punitive.
Testimony from Brandenburg and Weisz emphasized that the plan was intended to provide more predictable funding, preserve the ability to match federal dollars, and direct money where needs are greatest through a grant process. Weisz said the package was designed to simplify multiple revenue buckets, ensure DOT can meet federal match requirements, and free up money for the general fund while still supporting transportation needs. Several members raised concerns about whether cities, counties, and townships would receive as much as under the prior Prairie Dog structure, whether the bridge allocation was correctly reflected in the bill, and whether the local-policy language would penalize subdivisions that oppose energy projects. Supporters argued the state needed to protect revenue tied to energy development and that local governments would still receive distributions plus additional grant opportunities.
The committee adopted the House amendment to SB 2012 by a vote of 19-1-3, then rejected an amendment to remove the local-policy language on a 5-15-3 vote. The committee then passed SB 2012 as amended on a 20-0-3 vote, with Representative Brandenburg designated as the carrier. The chair announced that Senate Bill 2014 would not be taken up at that time and the committee recessed until called back.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- school or university cannot be penalized by any state agency, political subdivision, or governmental entity
- , funding, facility use, or official recognition to student organizations. support from a foreign entity
- of concern, those entities of concern defined by the Fed's today are China, Russia, North Korea, and
Bills:
SB2972 , SB1909 , SB2815 , SB735 , SB2233 , SB800 , SB1069 , SB2683 , SB2986 , SB2058 , SB2310 , SB2055 , SB1032
Committee:
Senate Education
Keywords:
expressive activities, freedom of speech, public forum, higher education, protests, student rights, antisemitism, public institutions, disciplinary policy, student organizations, compliance, institutional policy, disciplinary sanctions, diploma designation, institution merger, academic records, student options, Holocaust education, Holocaust Remembrance Week, genocide education
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Additionally, this bill expands the hours registered offices of business entities are required to be
- Finally, this bill expands the hours registered offices of business entities are required to be open
- The bill designates independent sanctioning authorities as qualified entities for participation in the
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognized several guests and groups in the gallery, including students, business groups, and university basketball coaches. The chamber then moved through a long special order calendar, taking up a series of bills on trust law, school district reporting, debt collection, service of process, lodging and food service establishments, lien waivers, public records protections for Crime Stoppers personnel, foreign ownership/health care licensure issues, diabetes management in schools, platting, fentanyl testing, third-party reservation platforms, electronic landlord-tenant notices, leaving the scene of a crash, background screening for athletic coaches, surrendered infants, and affordable housing. Several bills were temporarily postponed, and multiple House companion bills were substituted where the measures were identical or had only drafting differences.
Debate focused on a few measures. Senators questioned the trust code bill’s effect on out-of-state attorneys general; the school reporting bill was described as strengthening arrest and misconduct reporting for instructional personnel; and the service-of-process and lodging bills were presented as technical and consumer-protection fixes. The fentanyl testing bill drew emotional support from the sponsor and families affected by overdose deaths. The surrendered-infant bill prompted opposition over safety, anonymity, and the limited use of baby boxes, while supporters argued it could save lives. The affordable housing bill, updating the Live Local Act, was amended to adjust parking reductions and allow certain properties to use the administrative approval process, with additional limits and exclusions added.
Most measures passed overwhelmingly, including the trust code bill, school reporting, debt collection, service of process, lien waivers, public records, foreign-country business interest restrictions, diabetes management in schools, platting, fentanyl testing, third-party reservation platforms, electronic landlord-tenant notices, leaving-the-scene restitution, athletic coach background screening, surrendered infants, and affordable housing. The day’s most divided vote was on the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services bill, which drew extended debate over fluoride policy and other provisions; it passed 27-9. At the end of the session, the Senate agreed to immediately certify all bills passed that day to the House, recognized a Taiwan-related resolution for the journal, made additional announcements, and adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- CTMRA, NTTAA, NTTA, and the other tolling entities are not.
- HB 4888 would empower regional mobility authorities to finance transportation projects to other entities
- learned a lot about the transportation needs of the people of the metro region and how these kind of entities
Committee:
House S/C on Transportation Funding
ND
Transcript Highlights:
- Obviously, as an entity, I think for us, we're going to be in a neutral stance on this bill because we
- Obviously, I, you know, as an entity, I think for us, we're going to be in a neutral stance on this bill
- the staff they have and the chairman of those tribes to do, like any other subdivision or any other entity
Bills:
HB1455
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Keywords:
tribal consultation, Indian Affairs Commission, tribal governments, tribal sovereignty, state-tribal relations, Native American, tribal nations, consultation requirement, legislative process, jurisdiction, sovereignty, North Dakota tribes, government-to-government consultation, tribal chairpersons, 908, all
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee first heard House Bill 1455, which would require the North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission to review introduced legislation for tribal implications and conduct consultation with affected tribes. Rep. Collette Brown said the bill was intended to formalize and strengthen tribal consultation, and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe representative Ross Bell testified in support. Brad Hawk, executive director of the Indian Affairs Commission, testified neutrally, saying the office already does much of this work but that the bill would add structure; several senators raised concerns about duplication, possible future staffing costs, and whether the bill was necessary. The committee amended the bill to replace “each measure” with “all legislation,” then passed a do-not-pass recommendation on HB 1455 by recorded vote, with Sen. Luick designated as carrier.
The committee then took up House Bill 1032, dealing with municipal courts, appeals, and judge qualifications. Legislative Council and court staff walked through proposed amendments, including making municipal courts courts of record on a delayed effective date, clarifying appeal procedures, and adding standards for municipal judges. Members discussed whether to use the term “ethical standards” or “judicial conduct”; after questions about definitions and enforcement, the committee settled on replacing the language with “judicial conduct” in the amended bill. The committee adopted the amendments and then passed HB 1032 as amended on a do-pass vote, with Sen. Cory to carry.
Later, the committee heard House Bill 1263, which would make it easier for people with criminal records to seek sealing after a denial by allowing an appeal and reducing the waiting period for a new petition from three years to one year. Rep. Nels Christensen, Christopher Davis, Travis Fink, and Brad Peterson all supported the bill’s goal of giving people a better path to rehabilitation and employment. The main point of disagreement was whether to keep the statutory presumption that the benefit to the petitioner must outweigh the presumption of openness of criminal records; several witnesses urged removing that language, while others said it was part of the compromise that created the current law. The committee closed the hearing without taking final action and said it would review the House discussion before deciding later.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- and so we do get a little bit better, uh, information, uh, uh, passing through the, the different entities
- negotiate lower drug costs with the providers, and we receive about what, 90% of our drugs from foreign entities
- And so what can Amazon do to negotiate with these foreign entities who produce these drugs to get this
Bills:
HB 741 , HB 1199 , HB 2070 , HB 2402 , HB 2542 , HB 2665 , HB 2789 , HB 3096 , HB 3396 , HB 3595 , HB 3747 , HB 4116 , HB 4127
Committee:
House Human Services
Keywords:
child welfare, relative caregiver, monetary assistance, Department of Family and Protective Services, child custody, family law, emergency power, nursing facilities, assisted living, generator requirements, health and safety, emergency generators, power outage, emergency generator, assisted living facilities, power source, child abuse, neglect registry, court findings, Medicaid
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- mid-sized county and so we do get a little bit better. information passing through the different entities
- percent of our drugs from foreign entities? Does Amazon have that ability?
- with these foreign entities who produce these drugs to get this price down.
Bills:
HB741 , HB 1199 , HB2070 , HB2402 , HB2542 , HB2665 , HB2789 , HB3096 , HB3396 , HB3595 , HB3747 , HB4116 , HB4127
Committee:
House Human Services
Keywords:
child welfare, relative caregiver, monetary assistance, Department of Family and Protective Services, child custody, family law, emergency power, nursing facilities, assisted living, generator requirements, health and safety, emergency generators, power outage, emergency generator, assisted living facilities, power source, child abuse, neglect registry, court findings, Medicaid
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Health Policy Mar 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- amendment clarifies that a limited liability company that has been organized as a not-for-profit entity
- pediatric oncology focus, freestanding children's hospitals here in the state of Florida will be the entities
- But oftentimes in a peer review of the reach of a research project, the entity applying for that project
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Agriculture Mar 17th, 2025
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on S.F. 3432 - Omnibus Judiciary and Public Safety Appropriations - 05/13/26
Transcript Highlights:
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- traffic enforcement and traffic safety, troopers can also go to training through the BCA and other entities
- :02:39.040><c> BCA,</c><01:02:39.560><c> through</c><01:02:39.760><c> other</c><01:02:40.600><c> entities
- </c><01:02:41.640><c> Uh</c> through BCA, through other entities.
- Uh through BCA, through other entities.
Summary:
The Safety and Security Conference Committee met on May 13, 2026, with a quorum present and no immediate vote taken. Chairs explained the committee was working ahead of a possible target so it could act quickly later if needed, then proceeded with member introductions and a reminder about committee decorum. Staff noted a microphone delay and said the meeting would include a side-by-side walk-through of the House and Senate policy language and a review of the fiscal spreadsheet.
Fiscal staff summarized major differences in court, public safety, and legislative security funding. The House and Senate proposals differed on safety and security funding for the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and District Courts, as well as on courthouse grants, capital security enhancements, and a new legislative/protective services unit. Staff also reviewed Senate-only and House-only items, including a Senate proposal to require removal of insignia from public safety vehicles sold to the public, and House provisions for a security services task force and member security costs. Total general fund impacts were reviewed, with the House total corrected to include an open appropriation that had been omitted from the spreadsheet totals.
Nonpartisan staff then walked through the policy differences. The Senate language focused on a Protective Services Unit and security for principal state officials, while the House language focused on a Legislative Services Unit and security for legislators. Both bills included provisions on Capitol Complex Security, reporting requirements, and reimbursement arrangements with local law enforcement, but differed on details such as whether elected officials must provide contact information to DPS and how requests for personal protective services are handled. The House-only amendment A8 was presented for discussion; it would revise emergency contact provisions, replace the House’s personal protective services request language with a more detailed threat assessment and mitigation framework, direct implementation of the new unit, and make related reimbursement and technical changes.
Judge Richard Kyle, president of the Minnesota District Judges Association, testified in support of stronger judicial and court safety measures. He described rising threats against judges, citing survey results showing high rates of judges limiting personal information, receiving inappropriate communications, changing personal behavior, and experiencing threats to themselves and family members. He said the association supports legislative authorization and funding for home security and personal data protections for judicial officers, and emphasized that safety concerns for judges and court staff have become more serious in recent years.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- just say that in these bills that we have before us today there is a requirement that for-profit entities
- don't engage in that for-profit entities don't engage in self-dealing,<00:07:12.280><c> that</c><00:
- Or you didn't foresee for-profit entities come in and killing seniors to make money. I mean, right.
- There's these entities and institutions are hiring them. And what they're doing, they're using AI.
- </c><01:07:13.400><c> and</c> they're There's these entities and they're There's these entities and institutions
Committee:
Senate Human Services
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/16/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I've never even heard of this entity.
- I've never even heard of this entity.<00:48:20.160><c> Um</c><00:48:20.880><c> I've</c><00:48:22.240>
- Um I've I don't know if this is entity.
- Number one, because like this entity has tremendous impact, right?
- </c><00:53:14.240><c> has</c> because like this this entity has because like this this entity has tremendous
Bills:
HF3732
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Tourism and Gaming Working Group (TGWG) - Wed Apr 15, 2026 @ 11:30 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I think casinos in states are either owned and operated by either a commercial entity or a tribal entity
- > a</c> owned and operated by either a owned and operated by either a commercial<00:55:51.240><c> entity
- or</c><00:55:52.200><c> or</c><00:55:52.360><c> a</c><00:55:52.400><c> tribal</c><00:55:52.840><c> entity
- </c> commercial entity or or a tribal entity. commercial entity or or a tribal entity.
Keywords:
traffic violations, demerit point system, driver license points, traffic safety, hit and run, reckless driving, repeat offenders, recidivism, Department of Transportation, DOT, task force, traffic enforcement, road safety, vehicle code, license suspension, county police, Hawaii transportation, SCR132, Senate Concurrent Resolution, Makakilo Drive Extension
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Tue Apr 7, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Did you think of that entity?
- 06.040><c> this</c> you know, I mean you already have this you know, I mean you already have this entity
- created to do such work already entity created to do such work already and<00:16:10.720><c> to</c><00
- </c><00:17:08.120><c> They</c> We Did you think of that entity?
- They We Did you think of that entity?
Committee:
House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Summary:
The committee heard a series of resolutions and a few bills, with testimony largely in support across the agenda. Early measures included HCR 15/HR 17 supporting Kamehameha Schools’ admissions policy, and HCR 22/HR 22 urging Congress to pass federal kidney disease legislation; both drew support and no opposition. The committee also heard HCR 146 HD1/HR 138 HD1 on “excited delirium,” with testimony from advocates urging the resolutions be broadened to include related terms such as hyperactive delirium and agitated delirium, and from family members and disability-rights advocates describing the issue as harmful pseudoscience tied to police-custody deaths and calling for a ban on the term and better mental-health responses.
The committee then took up HCR 123/HR 115 on creating a coordinated support and stabilization task force for Native Hawaiians experiencing homelessness or extreme low income. Department of Hawaiian Home Lands testified in support, describing its transitional housing work and saying collaboration and data-sharing with the state homelessness office would help beneficiaries and others; members questioned whether existing entities already do similar work and whether the proposal would extend beyond beneficiaries. HCR 32/HR 32, which asks the governor’s senior advisor on mental health and the justice system to develop a plan to increase access to Hawaii State Hospital for certain criminal defendants, drew support from the Department of Health, the governor’s office, and disability-rights advocates, who emphasized coordinated planning, diversion from arrest when appropriate, and matching people to the right level of care.
Additional resolutions addressed a range of policy issues: renaming Leeward Community College to Puloulou Community College (with no testimony), creating an ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi pathway under the Niʻihau dialect at UH (UH noted existing courses already cover the dialect but not a degree pathway), moving to a demerit-point driver licensing system (support only), and coordinating transportation infrastructure planning for Hawaiian home lands (DHHL supported the measure and said an expired DOT memorandum of understanding had covered related collaboration). The committee also heard support for expanding DHHL financial literacy and homeownership-preparedness programs, a resolution asking the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission to examine algorithmic discrimination, and a resolution urging the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Advisory Committee to follow its rules, comply with the Sunshine Law, review its executive director, and strengthen accountability; the last measure drew 11 written supports and no opposition. No final votes or decisions were taken in the portion provided, as the hearing focused on testimony and questions.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 4/7/26
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- report to chairs and ranking minority members of different committees with fiscal jurisdiction over an entity
- And the report must detail whether the entity has implemented any recommendations identified by the legislative
- The report must detail whether the entity has implemented any recommendations identified by the legislative
- and in rare occasions, which I believe went a little bit farther, was actually going out to the entities
- For example, if the Department of Human Services makes a grant to an entity, the requirement would be
Committee:
House State Government Finance and Policy