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VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session - 2026-05-08 - 11:30AM

Vermont Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The chronic absenteeism framework of effective practices no longer applied.
  • The chronic absenteeism framework of effective practices no longer applied.
  • The chronic absenteeism framework of effective practices no longer applied.
  • The chronic absenteeism framework of effective practices no longer applied.
  • </c> information on the practical information on the practical implications<01:46:55.840><c> of</c><01
Keywords: 927, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 2 - 04/17/26

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • But aren't there rules of court already in place for abusive discovery practices like that?
  • such as the Minnesota Government uh laws such as the Minnesota Government Data<00:14:46.080><c> Practices
  • Act,</c><00:14:47.160><c> retain</c><00:14:47.560><c> those</c><00:14:47.800><c> records</c> Data Practices
  • Act, retain those records Data Practices Act, retain those records and<00:14:48.640><c> data</c><00:
  • </c> in custody created really practical in custody created really practical challenges<00:30:02.040>
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session, 3/20/2026 #1

Maryland House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Amendment number one adds co-sponsors, which is practically the entire committee of ECM.
  • the entire committee practically the entire committee of<00:37:10.960><c> ECM.
  • It adds educational settings as a specialist area of practice.
  • It adds educational settings as a specialist area of practice.
  • It adds educational settings as a specialist area of practice.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Tue Feb 3, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm Jennifer Brooks from the Office of Information Practices.
  • So under existing law, it's already subject to the Uniform Information Practices Act.
  • </c> the the Uniform Information Practices the the Uniform Information Practices Act.<00:57:56.319><c
  • </c><01:42:04.480><c> page</c> the office of information practices page the office of information practices
  • </c> the Office of Information Practices the Office of Information Practices amendment,<01:42:44.560>
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee heard House Bill 1525, which would appropriate funds to counties to open more voter service centers for in-person voting, provide money to the Office of Elections to print and mail the voter information guide to all registered voters, and support a public outreach campaign to increase voter participation. The Office of Elections supported the bill and estimated costs of a little over $2 million to print and mail the guide and about $178,000 for outreach, noting it spent about $441,000 on election advertising in 2024. Testimony from advocacy groups including Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action, Common Cause Hawaii, and Indivisible Hawaii strongly supported the measure, emphasizing access for neighbor island voters, people with disabilities, new voters, and voters who need ballot assistance. County election officials from Honolulu, Maui, and Kauai provided comments or testimony that were more cautious. They said additional funding would be welcome, but staffing and logistics remain major constraints, especially for election-day service centers. Honolulu’s city clerk said funding alone would not necessarily solve long lines, while Maui’s county clerk explained that voter service centers require trained seasonal employees, extensive training, and the ability to handle many ballot styles. Maui also described its current pop-up sites, including Hana, as expensive but necessary for remote communities, and said the county is already running at bare minimum staffing. Members asked questions about who decides how many service centers are opened, how staffing is handled, and whether there is a middle-ground model between the old precinct polling places and the current voter service center system. Honolulu explained that county clerks make those decisions under current law and that the county has tried pop-up sites in addition to its main centers. The discussion also noted that in 2024 most voters used vote by mail, while a smaller number used early in-person voting or final-day service centers. No vote on the bill was taken in the portion provided.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Joint Appropriations Committee, January 7, 2026 - PM

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Things around licensure of various types of professions to allow full scope of practice-type actions
  • uh type um actions on the state practice uh type um actions on the state policy<00:42:31.200><c> side
  • </c><01:02:29.599><c> So</c><01:02:29.839><c> it</c> compacts scope of practice etc.
  • So it compacts scope of practice etc.
  • of the best practices that are out<01:13:41.120><c> there.
Keywords: 916, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, March 24, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • H.R. 730 also directs the National Science Foundation to conduct a study identifying best practices for
  • H.R. 730 also directs the National Science Foundation to conduct a study identifying best practices for
  • This is a serious and very real topic, and so by installing safeguards and creating informed practices
  • This is a serious and very real topic, and so by installing safeguards and creating informed practices
  • and awe inspiring Bill to a practical and awe inspiring Bill to maximize<03:36:51.800><c> the</c><03
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Tue Feb 11, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • We also recommend that this committee focus the bill on discriminatory practices that are based on the
  • We also recommend that this committee focus the bill on discriminatory practices that are based on the
  • Is this not even a common practice in the state of Hawaiʻi?
  • But second, if you seal the entire case, you're also going to be obscuring potentially abusive practices
  • </c><00:58:04.720><c> by</c> know abusive practices by know abusive practices by landlords<00:58:06.559
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committees heard testimony on several transportation and consumer-related bills. HB 496, relating to mamaki tea labeling, drew support from the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Weights and Measures, and the Hawaii Farm Bureau, which said the bill would help protect a culturally important crop and the Hawaii brand. Members questioned Agriculture about staffing and whether the bill was being used to reopen a package-labeling inspection branch; the department said it currently has no Oahu inspectors for that function but has a place for an additional inspector. No opposition was registered on the measure. HB 978, relating to electric utilities, and HB 1316, relating to DLNR/park reservations, were also heard. HB 1316 received support from State Parks, and members discussed where reservation fees would go and whether the statewide reservation system for three parks would cover its costs; the committee indicated a change would be made so fees go to the special fund. HB 914, relating to water carriers, drew support or comments from the PUC, Department of Agriculture, Department of Transportation, Young Brothers, and the Hawaii Harbor Users Group. The main discussion focused on the proposed automatic rate-adjustment mechanism tied to the GDP price index, with members asking for alternative index ideas and questioning whether the PUC already had authority to adopt such a mechanism. Young Brothers said the measure would provide clarity and help recover inflationary costs, while the chair raised concerns about repeated rate increases and asked for further testimony on possible alternative indices. HB 1161, relating to transportation and road usage charges, received support from the Insurance Division, DOT, and the State Energy Office, with comments from the Tax Foundation of Hawaii and the Hawaii Food Industry Association. Members asked whether counties need state authorization to adopt mileage-based charges and why the bill included funding for implementation; DOT said it is helping counties build the data collection and billing system and that Honolulu is handling much of the collection work. A question was also raised about whether plug-in hybrids would be covered, and DOT said vehicles under the federal electric-vehicle definition would be included. HB 1301, relating to transportation network companies, drew opposition from the Hawaii Association for Justice, Lyft, and Uber, all arguing that classifying TNCs as common carriers and changing liability rules would raise costs, reduce access, and disrupt the current statewide framework. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 5/14/26 - Part 2

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:58:51.920><c> would</c> and then as a gun safety practice would and then as a gun safety practice
  • They’re all really practical. This is extremely practical. This isn’t a talking point.
  • </c><03:27:16.239><c> practical.
  • </c> practical. This is extremely practical. practical. This is extremely practical.
  • </c><04:28:51.040><c> These</c> safe gun handling practices. These safe gun handling practices.
Keywords: 1183, house
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/29/2025)

Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • um and so I think massage practices um and so I think right<00:52:05.079><c> now</c><00:52:06.079><c
  • I practiced in the DCYF land, in the civil land.
  • I am currently the director of the Criminal Practice Clinic at UNH Law.
  • </c> uh the director of the criminal Practice uh the director of the criminal Practice Clinic<04:56:30.558
  • </c> are but there's a really practical are but there's a really practical example<06:05:17.760><c> of
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/23/26

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The standards that are laid out would be very consistent with industry practices around the labeling
  • My customers buy from us specifically because they value our regenerative grazing practices, which benefit
  • My customers buy from us specifically because they value our regenerative grazing practices, which benefit
  • Um, that said, and important to note, these practices can pay for themselves over time.
  • but as previously mentioned and bears repeating, cost-share is worthwhile because we know these practices
Bills: HF3579 , HF3549 , HF3548 , HF4388 , HF3566
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/17/2026 - House Commerce

House Commerce Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:
  • of the governor's office and the budget, I still believe that proactive investment ensures safer practices
  • of the governor's office and the budget I still believe that proactive investment ensures safer practices
  • Superior Court, you know, I practice law in my civilian life, Superior Court is less than that.
  • Expanding shade structure regulations within our HOAs is a practical, forward-thinking step that benefits
  • When I think of HOAs, I think that in theory they're an awesome idea, but then in execution and practice
Summary: The Commerce Committee heard and passed several bills dealing with insurance fraud funding, education scholarships, apprenticeships, workers’ compensation fraud, credit unions, manufactured home installation licensing, short-term rentals, homeowners associations, condo disclosures, and an advanced manufacturing infrastructure reimbursement program. HB 4020 would raise the annual insurer assessment cap for the Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions fraud unit from $1,050 to $1,350; it passed after testimony from Nationwide supporting the added resources. HB 2255 would extend Arizona Teachers Academy scholarship eligibility for community college students from two academic years to four, and HB 2591, as amended, would revise the definition and requirements for registered apprenticeships under DES standards; both passed unanimously. HB 2680, as amended, would narrow and clarify workers’ compensation fraud-related provisions and insurance disclosure requirements, and HB 2979, as amended, would modernize credit union bylaws, name changes, and operating powers; both also received due pass recommendations. HB 2868, which adds insurance and fingerprint-clearance requirements for manufactured home/mobile home installation licensees and gives the Department of Housing additional licensing authority, passed with some members present or voting no. The committee also took up HB 2429, a strike-everything amendment on short-term rentals that would let local governments set occupancy limits, extend the violation window for suspension actions from 12 to 24 months, and allow suspension after certain building code violations. The sponsor and city officials described it as a compromise giving communities more local control, while short-term rental owners and neighborhood advocates raised concerns about overbroad enforcement and the scale of the housing impacts; the bill passed 8-2 with one present. HB 4011, which would codify duties for condominium and planned community associations to act reasonably and provide access to information, was heard without the proposed Carter amendment and passed 11-0 after testimony from homeowners, attorneys, and HOA representatives about fairness and enforceability. HB 2397, another HOA-related bill, would expand disclosure requirements for condo and association purchases and escrow information; it passed unanimously after supporters said it would improve consumer transparency. Finally, the committee heard HB 4026, which would change the public infrastructure reimbursement program for advanced manufacturing projects by replacing the current statewide cap with a $75 million annual cap and requiring more transparency for related agreements. Supporters, including Queen Creek’s mayor, GPEC, and the Arizona Chamber, said the program helps fund roads, water, wastewater, and other infrastructure needed to attract large manufacturing investments and jobs, while some members questioned the budget impact and whether the program benefits rural areas. The discussion emphasized projects such as LG in Queen Creek and other major manufacturing investments, with supporters arguing the bill preserves Arizona’s competitiveness and generates long-term tax revenue.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/17/2026 - House Commerce

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • of the governor's office and the budget, I still believe that proactive investment ensures safer practices
  • of the governor's office and the budget I still believe that proactive investment ensures safer practices
  • And Superior Court, you know, I practice law in my civilian life, Superior Court is less than that.
  • Expanding shade structure regulations within our HOA is a practical, forward-thinking step that benefits
  • When I think of HOAs, I think that in theory they’re an awesome idea, but then in execution and practice
Committee: House Commerce
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> practices and robust quality measures. practices and robust quality measures.
  • I have just sort of a practical question about understanding how the collaboration has gelled.
  • So, it's just really a practical question about how that coordination happens. CMHCs?
  • </c> just it's just really a practical just it's just really a practical question<00:29:29.800><c> about
  • This is a very common practice.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The Medicaid Oversight Advisory Board first approved the September 24 minutes and then heard a presentation from four certified community behavioral health clinic providers: Pathways, NorthKey, Seven Counties Services, and NewVista. The presenters explained the difference between traditional community mental health centers and CCBHCs, describing CCBHCs as an enhanced model that integrates behavioral health, primary care, wraparound services, and crisis response. They reviewed the federal history of the model, Kentucky’s entry into the Medicaid demonstration in 2022, and the scheduled end of the enhanced federal match on December 31, 2027. They also emphasized required services such as 24-hour mobile crisis, care coordination, and services for veterans, and described care coordination as a key feature that helps patients follow up after hospital or emergency discharge, manage medications, and connect to transportation and other supports. The presenters gave examples of improved outcomes, including a patient who was able to remain living independently because of coordinated home-based and telehealth support, and they argued that CCBHCs are helping Kentucky build a more responsive crisis system through 988, mobile crisis teams, and crisis stabilization units. They said the model is data-driven, uses performance metrics, and has led to stronger collaboration among community partners. One speaker said more than 100 agencies participated in a Jefferson County community health needs assessment and continued meeting afterward to reduce redundancies and barriers to care. They also said crisis call hub compliance and mobile crisis outreach compliance improved significantly over the past year. Members asked about how navigators and connectors fit into the model, how CCBHCs work with managed care organizations, and how the program could expand statewide. The presenters said navigators are not built into the CCBHC model but may be used through referrals, while the CCBHCs continue to bill MCOs the same way and receive a Medicaid wrap payment for the enhanced rate. They said the goal would be for all community mental health centers to become CCBHCs, but that a state plan amendment would be needed and could not be limited only to CMHCs if submitted to CMS. They estimated about $28 million would be needed statewide to continue the program in the next biennium, combining the loss of enhanced federal match and the state share of enhanced service costs. The board also discussed transportation, with one presenter explaining that their program arranges Medicaid transportation for eligible appointments, and members raised concerns about mental inquest warrant transport and whether sheriffs should remain involved. No votes were taken on the CCBHC or transportation items during the discussion.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 10th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In the strength of their application when it comes to admission practices.
  • Why are you practicing medicine then? Look, we have... We do have basic science in any field.
  • ...from areas of practice of medicine that are more competitive than others.
  • I have attention because I use them in my practice of law, right?
  • Yeah, and it continues to change practically almost every day.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

89th Legislative Session May 8th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So to walk you through practically, you know, They know how to get our data. It's fine.
  • So to walk you through practically, you get your phone. You set up your Apple ID or Google account.
  • And the reason that is is because when you talk about practicality and even implementation, it's way
  • I've practiced in real estate.
  • I've practiced domain is two different things i'm very aware i've practiced in real estate miss barb
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, offered an invocation and pledges, and received several announcements and recognitions before moving to legislation. Members honored the UTRGV chess team for winning a share of the 2025 President’s Cup, educator Jessica Lopez, the late Jennifer Maddenly, Jeanette Valdez Duran and Mobile Blessings from the Heart, TAMAC’s 50th anniversary, and journalist Bernardine Steptoe’s retirement. The chamber also adopted motions allowing committees to meet, setting a local and consent calendar, and suspending posting rules for a Public Health hearing on SB 2721. The House then considered a long series of Senate and House bills on third reading, with many passing by wide margins. Measures included SB 906 on Ysleta del Sur Pueblo peace officers; SB 1229 designating Veterans Memorial Highway; SB 855 on foster care medical costs; SB 703 on massage therapy licensing and trafficking protections; SB 1025 on tax-increase ballot language; SB 1119 on water park liability; SB 1080 on provisional occupational licenses for people with criminal convictions; SB 929 on lien deadlines; SB 1355 on liquor sales credit disputes; SB 2231 on fee waivers for college applications; SB 1877 on Public Utility Commission data access; SB 1998 on pediatric preceptorships; and several House bills on topics such as bond forfeiture notice, health workforce planning, civil commitment counsel, expunction of contempt records, consumer transactions, nuisance birds, theft venue, military grant applications, AI cancer-detection grants, cybersecurity contract language, military-related tuition, utility recovery mechanisms, psychedelic therapy studies, teacher retirement funding transparency, election procedures, juvenile parole eligibility, and more. Some bills drew notable debate or amendments. HB 200, creating a “second look” parole process for certain juvenile offenders after 20 years, prompted extended discussion about serious offenses and juvenile rehabilitation before passing 102-4. HB 2298 on AI-assisted cancer detection passed 85-62 after the sponsor emphasized “augmented intelligence” and physician oversight. HB 5247 on utility capital recovery saw a failed amendment to require ratepayer credits, then passed. HB 3045, a franchise tax exemption for spaceport operators, initially failed 73-74 but later passed after verification showed a 70-69 result. SB 2420, regulating app stores and mobile software distribution, was postponed for later consideration after substantial debate over age verification responsibilities. Several other measures were postponed, including SB 888, SB 552, SB 17, and SB 2420, while HB 1128 on election judges carrying concealed handguns passed 85-57 after a withdrawn point of order.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Session (05/08/2025)

New Hampshire Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It was named that after a Supreme Court decision that upheld that practice.
  • You know, it is now best practice nationally to see our uses mix.
  • You know, it is now best practice agree.
  • It was also more practical because it wouldn't require every municipality to vote to allow gaming, but
  • </c><01:59:43.040><c> require</c> practical because it wouldn't require practical because it wouldn't
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/29/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • this widespread early adoption in Minnesota is aligned with what's nationally recommended for best practices
  • this widespread early adoption in Minnesota is aligned with what's nationally recommended for best practices
  • It's a best practice. Systems. It's a best practice.
  • It's a best practice. And so, systems. It's a best practice.
  • solutions for today deliver practical solutions for today and<00:15:12.320><c> a</c><00:15:12.480><c
Bills: HF3220
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We've got a data practices official that is in DHS.
  • We have to understand that our data goes into more security than just what data practices has, because
  • </c><01:22:51.920><c> official</c> we've got a data uh practices official we've got a data uh practices
  • </c> security than just what data practices security than just what data practices has<01:23:05.719><
  • on what we can give out and practices on what we can give out and where<01:23:43.560><c> and</c><01:
Keywords: 1183, house
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • We also have faculty of practice, which are faculty that can join the university from industry and teach
  • </c><00:14:32.519><c> which</c><00:14:32.680><c> are</c> also faculty of practice which are also faculty
  • of practice which are actually<00:14:33.600><c> faculty</c><00:14:34.079><c> that</c><00:14:34.240><
  • Actually, the faculty of practice are not permanent.
  • are not uh permanent are of practice are not uh permanent are temporary<00:21:40.840><c> positions</
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The hearing covered Senate Bill 426, which would create an early learning apprenticeship grant program. Testimony was overwhelmingly supportive from the City and County of Honolulu, the Department of Human Services, the Executive Office on Early Learning, the University of Hawaiʻi College of Education, the Attorney General’s office, the Early Childhood Action Strategy, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, the University of Hawaiʻi’s early childhood educator project, and a Zoom testifier who described the importance of investing in high-quality early childhood education. Committee discussion focused on the program’s estimated cost, with figures of about $14.5 million in 2025-26 and $15 million in 2026-27, and on whether the program would require ongoing base-budget funding. The committee recommended technical, non-substantive amendments, including a statewide-concern amendment and a deferred effective date, and both committees adopted the recommendation by vote. The committees then heard Senate Bill 1622, which would appropriate funds to establish the Aloha Intelligence Institute within the University of Hawaiʻi to support statewide artificial intelligence initiatives. University representatives described the proposal as the product of campus-wide input and outlined five pillars: governance and policy, outreach and engagement, research and development, workforce development, and AI tools for key sectors such as health care, creative industries, manufacturing, data science, astronomy, and climate change. Members questioned staffing distribution, tuition, enrollment timing, housing, campus placement, and whether positions would be permanent or temporary; the university said it planned about 10 positions across campuses, would start with internal resources, and would house the effort under the Vice President for Research and Innovation initially. The committees recommended an SD1 with the appropriation amounts blanked out, a July 31, 2050 effective date, and committee-report language on housing and West Oʻahu, and the higher education and labor/technology committees adopted the amended recommendation. Finally, the Higher Education Committee took up Senate Bill 1488, a housekeeping measure to consolidate existing University of Hawaiʻi conference center statutes into a single revolving fund structure, and Senate Bill 636, which would fund retention and internship coordinator positions and broader enrollment management efforts at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. SB 1488 drew university support and no opposition. SB 636 prompted substantial questioning about Hilo’s declining enrollment, current retention rate of 72.8 percent, and the scope of the request, which includes not only two named positions but also about $432,000 for enrollment management initiatives such as data analysis, IT support, and other student services. Hilo said it is targeting 3 to 5 percent annual enrollment growth and that the positions would support recruitment, retention, internships, and data-driven enrollment strategy. The committee pressed for a clearer broader plan, but the discussion in the transcript ended before a final vote on SB 636 was shown.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/10/25

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • We know that chemicals transported in the state change based on current practices and what industry needs
  • We know that chemicals transported in the state change based on current practices and what industry needs
  • We know that chemicals transported in the state change based on current practices and what industry needs
  • Based on current practices and what industry needs, so as we evaluate those risks, we want to make sure
  • Can you tell me what the current practice is, why this is needed, and then wouldn't this actually take
Keywords: 1187, senate, all