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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session - part 2 Mar 6th, 2025

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • File 13 to Representative Knutson, Nash, and the bill author.
  • Recognize the author of the bill, Representative Bliss.
  • I recognize the author of the bill. The clerk will report the bill.
  • I recognize the author of the bill.
  • I recognize the author of the bill from Dakota, Representative Berg.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Jan 20th, 2026

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • members of the Senate, pursuant to Article Four, Section 5B2 of the New Mexico Constitution, I am authorizing
  • members of the Senate, pursuant to Article 4, Section 5B2 of the New Mexico Constitution, I am authorizing
  • Pursuant to Section 5B2 of the New Mexico Constitution, I am authorizing for your consideration during
  • An act authorizing a transfer from the general fund to the Behavioral Health Trust Fund.
  • Senate Bill 9, sponsored by Senators Stefanik, Scheer, Campos, and Cedillo-Lopez, an act authorizing
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • The other thing that changes in January of 2027 is that the authority for MassHealth...
  • The authority for MassHealth to authorize retroactive coverage is going to shift.
  • So I mean, I think... is that the authority for mass health to authorize retroactive mass health coverage
  • on our ability to go back and authorize retroactive coverage.
  • This isn't changing how many hours are authorized, right?
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The subcommittee opened with roll call and approved the November 2025 minutes. Commissioner Charlie Carr then introduced Leslie Darcy, chief of LTSS at MassHealth, who provided an update on the PCA working group and on federal and state budget pressures affecting MassHealth and long-term services and supports. Darcy said the PCA working group had completed its work and submitted recommendations, including reinstating the 66-hour overtime cap, strengthening program integrity, and ending paid paperwork time for EVV users; she said those changes were implemented on 11/26 and were expected to save $7.4 million. She also described additional consensus recommendations to lower the overtime cap from 66 to 60 hours, create a seven-hour weekly meal-prep support limit, and continue exploring benchmarks, though the group could not reach consensus on a benchmark standard. Darcy warned that a federal bill enacted about six months earlier would significantly affect MassHealth, with an estimated $3.5 billion loss to the Commonwealth by 2028. She outlined upcoming changes including revised immigrant eligibility rules in October 2026, work requirements for certain non-disabled adults beginning in January 2027, six-month redeterminations for some adults, and shorter retroactive coverage periods. In response to questions, she said people with disabilities and Medicare beneficiaries would be exempt from the work and six-month redetermination requirements. She also explained that reduced federal ACA subsidies were being offset in Massachusetts by state spending, including $250 million in additional state support to keep premiums lower for middle-income families. Members raised concerns about community hospitals, the health safety net, and the impact of federal funding changes on provider rates and uncompensated care. Darcy said restrictions on provider taxes would limit MassHealth’s ability to use those revenues to support rates, and she noted a current $300 million shortfall in the health safety net. She said FY27 would likely include a rate freeze, targeted reductions, one-time budget measures, and further work groups to examine programs such as adult foster care, which she said had grown 40% in two years. Carr emphasized that the situation was serious but potentially fluid, and the meeting ended with no further business; the subcommittee agreed to adjourn before the next meeting and noted an upcoming February presentation from the Department of Public Health.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • There's no authority there.
  • The authorizer provides us certification that the charter is in compliance...
  • So we are getting real-time data from the authorizer, which we had on Highlands.
  • The authority will rely on information prepared by the chartering authority and the submission of a good
  • in a school district-based authorizing program.
Keywords: 988, house, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • And we've had an expansion of that from actually multiple Senate authors.
  • Also want to thank the author, Senator Betancourt, for the bill.
  • We've provided significant feedback to the author of that bill, and we will do the same with your author
  • Yes, we are going to work with that authorization.
  • Question for the author, Madam Chair. Senator Menendez for the author.
Committee: Senate Education
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I don't have any questions for the author.
  • I don't have any questions for the author.
  • I don't have any questions for the author.
  • I don't have any questions for the author.
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Bills: HF2103 , HF2793
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill authorizes the county commissioners to establish a relocation assistance program if they so
  • This is directed specifically at the healthcare authority.
  • The Oklahoma Healthcare Authority...
  • If we don't take it, this bill is for us to take the authority and say that if they're not here legally
  • Senate Bill 2135 authorizes county agents to obtain and administer county pecards through any county
Keywords: 914, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Care & Wellness Feb 10th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • Specifically, the bill directs the Health Care Authority to adopt network adequacy standards for nursing
  • The Health Care Authority must obtain feedback from stakeholders such as hospitals, nursing homes, and
  • The standards must be adopted by the Health Care Authority by January 1, 2028, and the MCOs must meet
  • The health care authority must obtain feedback from stakeholders such as hospitals, nursing homes, and
  • And the standards must be adopted by the health care authority by January 1st of 2028.
Summary: The Health Care and Wellness Committee met on February 10 at 8:30 a.m. and heard two bills. On Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 5594, staff explained that the bill would expand state policy on biosimilars by allowing health carriers to require patients to try a biosimilar before covering the equivalent brand drug starting in 2027, directing exchange plans to increase biosimilar utilization, and changing pharmacist substitution rules so substitution is generally allowed unless the prescriber says not to substitute. The prime sponsor, Sen. Harris, said the bill would lower costs and noted many other states already allow similar substitution. Supporters from health plans and generic/biosimilar manufacturers said biosimilars are safe, effective, and can save consumers and the system money, while a patient advocate raised concerns that the bill may not guarantee lower out-of-pocket costs at the pharmacy counter and suggested preferred formulary placement as a fix. AAM supported the bill with a technical amendment to place biosimilars in the same section as generics and interchangeable products, and the hearing on the bill was closed with no vote taken. The committee also heard Engrossed Senate Bill 5142 on Medicaid network adequacy for post-acute care. Staff said the bill would require the Health Care Authority to adopt network adequacy standards for nursing homes and inpatient rehabilitation facilities, considering community access, regional availability, timeliness, and federal Medicaid rules, with standards due by January 1, 2028 and implementation by July 1, 2028. Sen. Muzzall described it as a follow-up to last year’s bill that would create a pre-approved pathway for patients who are difficult to discharge because continuing care is hard to secure. Testimony from hospital and health system representatives strongly supported the bill, saying patients often remain in hospitals longer than medically necessary because of delays in finding skilled nursing or rehab placements and because single-case agreements are time-consuming and unpredictable, especially in rural areas. Public testimony on SB 5142 was then closed, and the meeting adjourned without any recorded votes or other action.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - House International Trade

International Trade

Transcript Highlights:
  • First component is adding members to the Commerce Authority as ex officio members.
  • Is providing oversight that we want to work with the Commerce Authority.
  • If they have an idea... ...oversight that we want to work with the Commerce Authority.
  • It falls completely under the Commerce Authority and their director.
  • Tony, tell me about the Commerce Authority. Tell me about the Competes Fund.
Bills: HB2754
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Appropriations Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • To address the regulatory costs and our concerns, we urge the author to adopt our request amendments
  • We are optimistic we can work something out with the author, so look forward to conversations.
  • Katherine Charles on behalf of Housing Action Coalition. to work with the author.
  • Yes, love this bill and I'm a co-author so thank you for letting me join.
  • I would love to be added as a principal co-author and allow you to close.
Keywords: 988, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Agriculture (02/11/2026)

Environment and Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's up for us to be the guards to that.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Civil Law and Procedure Mar 30th, 2026

Civil Law and Procedure

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, we're going to let the author come back to the table. Okay, good, yeah.
  • If we could have the author back at the table.
  • Well, let, if you don't mind, I spoke to the author last night.
  • That authority would not change. ...a long-standing practice. That authority would not change.
  • What we did instead was give the judge the authority to... ...instead was give the judge the authority
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 718, which would limit liability for landowners who allow free use of private property for aeronautical activities at non-public airports. The author said the bill was modeled on Arkansas law and was intended to help private airstrips. After brief questions about fees and the effective date, the bill was reported favorably without objection. House Bill 134, dealing with material harmful to minors online, was then amended to clarify that interactive computer services may not deliver harmful material to minor accounts they created, while removing algorithm restrictions and cure language; it was reported as amended. House Bill 410, which would require notification before recording direct in-person conversations, drew substantial testimony. The author said the bill was aimed at privacy concerns raised by wearable AI devices and hidden recording tools, and the adopted amendments changed the measure from consent to notification and added exceptions for first responders, evidence preservation, civil or administrative proceedings, criminal matters, and recordings in one’s own residence. Supporters said the bill protected ordinary people from secret recordings, while opponents warned it could chill family-law recordings, citizen journalism, HOA disputes, and other legitimate uses. The bill was ultimately reported as amended. House Bill 318, which would reduce the presumption of paternity period from 300 days to 150 days, was heavily criticized by family-law practitioners and a law professor who said the current 300-day rule tracks gestation and that shortening it would shift burdens onto mothers; the author then voluntarily deferred the bill. A companion study resolution, HCR 19, directing the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the presumption of parentage, was reported favorably. The committee also heard House Bill 970 on competing custody orders. The author described cases where different courts issued conflicting custody rulings for the same child, but judges and attorneys raised concerns about the bill’s “earliest order controls” rule, its effect on out-of-state orders, protective orders, and the lack of a clear mechanism for judges to discover prior orders. After testimony from judges and committee discussion about possible fixes and a unified filing system, the bill was voluntarily deferred. House Bill 163, another private-airstrip liability bill, was reported favorably, and House Bill 170 and House Bill 194, both dealing with construction/design professional contracts and preemptive periods, were reported as amended or favorably after testimony that they would align design-professional rules with contractor rules and keep Louisiana projects under Louisiana law. House Bill 254, limiting acts of donation of motor vehicles to certain relatives and charities, was reported as amended after discussion about tax treatment and possible loopholes. Finally, the committee began House Bill 485, a proposed constitutional amendment declaring parental rights fundamental and subjecting government restrictions to strict scrutiny. Supporters argued it would protect parents’ authority over children’s upbringing, education, care, and control, while opponents said the language was overly broad and could complicate child welfare, public health, and school safety measures. The author said the amendment would not protect abuse or neglect and was meant to ensure government interference meets strict scrutiny, but the transcript cuts off before final action on the measure.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • But to ask the author of the bill, Mr.
  • But to ask the author of the bill, Mr.
  • He said these individuals are representatives of their appointing authority.
  • When I was these individuals are representatives of their appointing authority.
  • You know, that's up for that appointing authority to just That their appointing authority wants.
Summary: The committee heard and advanced a series of bills and resolutions, many involving taxes, education funding, health policy, and election rules. Representative Newton’s HB 1823, on the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency’s home-building activities, passed 10-0. Speaker Hilbert’s HB 2425, which would align Oklahoma election dates more closely with Texas and move some elections to March, passed 9-2 after debate about turnout and accountability. HB 4440, requiring Medicaid work requirements to track federal law, passed 10-2 amid discussion of chronic unemployment and the limits of changing Medicaid expansion because it is in the Constitution. HJR 1087, a major proposal to restructure the T-SET tobacco settlement trust and redirect funds toward higher education and related uses, passed 12-0 after extensive debate over venture capital investing, public health spending, and whether the trust should be modernized. The committee also took up several property-tax measures. HJR 1053 would create a revenue-neutral ad valorem framework, requiring local approval for increases beyond prior-year levels; it passed 9-2. HJR 1054 would exempt business inventory from ad valorem taxation, and after questions about scope and possible abuse it passed 9-2. HJR 1044 would lower the annual cap on growth in assessed value for homestead and agricultural property from 3% to 2%; it passed 9-2. HB 4145 would raise the homestead exemption from $1,000 to $7,000 and passed 9-1. HJR 1081 would freeze ad valorem taxes for qualifying seniors and passed 8-1. The committee also advanced HB 3891, a county commissioner pay bill, after title was struck and members discussed its impact on small counties; it passed 9-2. Other measures included HB 1770, directing an elk population study by Oklahoma State University, which passed 11-0; HB 1675, requiring youth camps to complete site-specific hazardous assessments, which passed 11-0; HB 3627, allowing the State Committee of Blind Vendors to meet by video conference due to quorum issues, which passed 11-0; HB 3472, expanding tire-recycling fund eligibility, which passed 10-1; and HB 1225, barring changes to the biological sex designation on birth certificates, which passed 8-2 after debate over medical, legal, and equal-protection concerns. The committee also advanced HJR 1019, a heavily amended proposal concerning party nominations for general elections, after striking title and narrowing the scope to federal, state, and county races; it passed 8-1 with two not voting. HB 3462, updating plumbing licensing law and aligning exam standards with other trades, passed 9-0 after title was struck to accommodate further negotiations.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 16th, 2026 at 07:10 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • An act relating to the authority of investigators of the Attorney General's Office. Last time.
  • The bill addresses the authority of investigators in the Office of the Attorney General.
  • their authority gives them to do.
  • But again, it’s still under the limited authority.
  • This bill seeks to expand that authority even further.
Summary: The House first took up House Bill 2156, which would expand the Attorney General’s investigative authority, especially for organized retail crime and related economic and financial crimes. Members debated a series of amendments on training standards, background checks, warrant service, scope limits, and definitions. Some amendments were adopted, including provisions clarifying electronic service of search warrants, background-check expectations, decertification standards, and a definition of economic and financial crimes; others were rejected or ruled out of scope. The bill was then amended, advanced, and passed 54-43. The House then considered several other measures. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2219 on child care operational efficiency passed overwhelmingly after amendments addressing opioid-related safety standards in licensed child care settings. House Bill 2124, adjusting the lump-sum retirement allowance threshold, passed unanimously. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2266, dealing with permanent supportive housing, traditional housing, and indoor emergency shelters, was amended to add local notice, transparency, community meeting, and siting protections, then passed 56-40. The chamber also passed Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1784, which updates certified medical assistant supervision rules for diagnostic radiologic procedures, by 96-0. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2523, codifying the Community Reinvestment Program, passed 88-9 after amendments adding accountability and local-government provisions. House Bill 2113, clarifying supervision authority for diagnostic radiologic procedures in rural hospitals, passed 97-0. House Bill 2632, modernizing statutory terminology by replacing “alien” with “non-citizen,” passed 58-39. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2476, expanding theater seating rules for venues serving alcohol, passed 81-50. The House then began House Bill 2320 on regulating firearms manufacturing involving 3D printing and CNC milling; several narrowing amendments were rejected, a striking amendment was adopted, and debate continued with supporters citing ghost-gun risks and opponents raising constitutional concerns.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Labor & Commerce Jan 26th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • Medical cannabis laws provide separate authorizations for qualifying patients and providers.
  • produced or possessed in excess of the six-plant limit, unless otherwise authorized. ...plant limit
  • unless otherwise authorized, and the bill authorizes, or excuse me, clarifies that LCB has no authority
  • Lastly, local bans authorized under existing cannabis statutes remain unchanged.
  • Right, I know medical cannabis does authorize that conduct.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills. SB 5882 would extend workers’ compensation PTSD presumptions to local correctional facility workers after 90 days of employment, with staff explaining the bill’s scope, fiscal note, and how claims would affect employers’ experience ratings. The sponsor and labor representatives supported the measure as a response to correctional officer trauma, while cities, retailers, and self-insurers opposed it over cost, system sustainability, and the need for more study. Labor and Industries said the estimated five-year state-fund claim cost ranges from $6.7 million to $15.3 million, and the hearing closed after testimony from both sides. The committee then heard SB 6196, which would impose a 95% excise tax on kratom products starting in 2027, create licensing and labeling requirements, and direct revenue to youth harmful substance prevention. Supporters argued kratom is unregulated and increasingly available to youth, and some urged age-gating and stronger restrictions on synthetic concentrated products. Opponents, including retailers and the American Kratom Association, said the bill is too punitive, would hurt legitimate businesses, and should be revised into a consumer protection framework rather than treated like a controlled substance. No vote was taken. SB 6204, allowing adults to grow up to six cannabis plants at home with a 15-plant household cap, drew strong support from cannabis advocates and some medical users, who said home grow should have been part of legalization and would help consumers understand the plant. Opponents from law enforcement, cities, and public health warned about youth access, enforcement problems, fire and chemical risks, and possible impacts on cannabis tax revenue. The committee also heard SB 6134, requiring notice to striking workers about possible UI overpayments if they later receive retroactive wages, which the sponsor said would prevent surprise repayment obligations; testimony was overwhelmingly supportive. Finally, SB 6195, aimed at reducing cannabis oversupply by tying producer canopy size to reported sales, drew broad support from cannabis businesses and trade groups, who said it would stabilize the market and address JLARC’s findings, with some stakeholders asking for implementation fixes and clearer language.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Finance Sep 25th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is made up of both projects that are authorized through their operating budget, so federal funds
  • What happens is we get borrowing authority in House Bill 3, and that borrowing authority translates into
  • These had become priorities under that bonding authority, including when we expected those projects to
  • Our goal ultimately is to not have debt service with the Finance Authority.
  • The bonding authority—why don't you just get those to written response?
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Land Grant Sep 8th, 2025

House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm Donnie Quintana with the New Mexico Finance Authority. One microphone on at a time.
  • I'm the Managing Director of Lending at the New Mexico Finance Authority.
  • The finance authority representatives, Mr.
  • But when it comes to a loan through the New Mexico Finance Authority, they're not the answer.
  • So the land grants have zoning authority.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Transportation and Energy Committee Jan 22nd, 2026

Transportation and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we're opening this bill would allow the Oil and Gas Board the authority to reopen those for the purpose
  • And this would allow a geothermal company to come in and open that under the authority of the Oil and
  • And this would allow a geothermal company to come in and open that under the authority of the Oil and
  • And this would allow a geothermal company to come in and open that under the authority of the Oil and
  • And this would allow a geothermal company to come in and open that under the authority of the Oil and
Bills: SB174 , SB174
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • I just want to thank the author for bringing this forward again.
  • The author is closed. So with that, I ask for an aye vote.
  • The author is closed, and the bill is moved. Will the Secretary call the roll?
  • The Legislature has granted other jurisdictions this sort of authority many times.
  • The author has accepted technical amendments from the committee.
Summary: The committee heard several tax and local government measures. SB 288 would clarify Proposition 19 rules for inherited homes in probate so the one-year timeline to claim the property tax benefit starts when the home is legally transferred; it had support from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and passed 5-0 to Appropriations as amended. SB 347 would reduce the state’s minimum annual tax on LLCs, LLPs, limited partnerships, S corporations, and C corporations from $800 to $600; it also passed 5-0 to Appropriations as amended. SB 762 would authorize the city of Hercules to ask voters to approve a local sales tax increase of up to 1% to support city services and infrastructure; it passed 4-1 to Local Government, with one no vote from Senator Valadares. The committee also considered veteran property tax relief measures. SCA 4 would remove a constitutional restriction so eligible veterans could stack the homeowners’ exemption with the disabled veterans’ or veterans’ exemption, and SB 623 would make conforming statutory changes to implement that constitutional amendment. Both measures were supported by veterans’ organizations, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, and county representatives, and both passed unanimously 5-0 to their next committees, with SCA 4 going to Elections and Constitutional Amendments and SB 623 going to Military and Veterans Affairs. The consent calendar, including SB 575 by Senator Laird, was adopted 5-0 after technical amendments were accepted. The committee then lifted the call on SB 288 and confirmed its 5-0 vote. The meeting concluded after all listed items were acted on.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Housing Committee Jun 30th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • They get to continue to have all the land use authority.
  • They get to continue to have all the land use authority.
  • Author: I'll defer to my technical witness.
  • So we are anticipating an author and a quorum.
  • If not, I'll turn it back over to the author to close.
Summary: The committee began without a quorum and first heard AB 748, which would create pre-approved housing plans for single-family homes and small multifamily projects under 10 units, with delayed implementation for smaller cities and counties. The author said the bill is modeled on the state’s ADU preapproval process and is intended to make housing approvals ministerial and faster. Support came from housing and business groups, while several cities opposed it. Senators raised concerns about local control and whether small or rural jurisdictions have the staff and infrastructure to implement the program, but the author emphasized that local agencies would still control the plans and land-use decisions. No vote was taken because there was no quorum. The committee then heard AB 1621, which would tighten timelines and accountability for post-entitlement permits, limit plan-check resubmittals, and restrict field changes unless needed for health and safety. The California Building Industry Association and many housing groups supported the bill, arguing that permitting delays raise costs and slow housing production. The League of California Cities, counties, and several local governments opposed it, saying the two-plan-check limit is too rigid and that the bill could create litigation risk and reduce local flexibility to ensure code compliance. Members debated the proper standard for additional review and whether the bill should allow exceptions for state mandates; the author said the bill was meant to stop endless back-and-forth while preserving health-and-safety exceptions. The bill was recommended for a due-pass motion to Appropriations when quorum is reached. AB 2748 was next, proposing a three-year delay in the new electric-vehicle readiness requirements for 100% affordable housing projects, keeping the older 40% standard during that period. The author and affordable housing advocates said the change would reduce costs and help scarce housing dollars go further, while opponents from environmental, transportation, and clean-energy groups argued the current code is already cost-effective and that the bill would create a double standard and reduce EV access for low-income residents. Senators discussed whether the bill should require additional EV-capable infrastructure if projects use the older standard, and several members said they supported the bill but urged continued work on amendments. The committee also heard AB 1732, which would expand CEQA streamlining to student housing projects at public universities and community colleges with long-range plans. The author and student housing advocates said campus housing shortages are driving student homelessness and that the bill would help projects move faster; some senators supported the concept but questioned the bill’s geographic limits and whether labor standards or rural-campus criteria might be too restrictive. The meeting also included AB 1738, which would require jurisdictions to offer virtual inspections for certain simple home inspections. Supporters said remote inspections save time and money and have been used safely in California, while one senator said she could not support virtual inspections for more complex items like roofs and solar work. No final votes were taken during the transcript, and several bills were held pending quorum or further action.