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MO
Transcript Highlights:
- For example, in 2023, parents sued a Minnesota hospital after learning that the hospital had shared their
- The parents found out after being notified their child's medical record was breached while in possession
- Unfortunately, the parents were unable to prevail in their suit due to a loophole claimed by the hospital
- law with a private right of action, Minnesota has a private right of action, which allowed for the parents
Committee:
House Health and Mental Health
Summary:
The Committee on Health and Mental Health heard testimony on several bills. Senate Bill 1019, sponsored by Sen. Crawford, would let district and municipal hospitals invest up to 50% of non-operating funds, up from 25%, and would also allow municipal hospitals in third-class cities to operate in areas where hospital district and county hospitals operate. The sponsor and a hospital representative said it would improve returns and rural access; there was no opposition, and the hearing closed without questions.
House Bill 2606, sponsored by Rep. Caton, would give patients stronger control over their health records by requiring informed consent before providers or medical entities sell or disclose information for marketing or research, with civil remedies and damages for violations. Supporters argued it restores patient ownership, strengthens privacy beyond HIPAA, and closes loopholes, citing Minnesota’s law as a model. Opponents, including the Missouri Hospital Association, Missouri State Medical Association, Washington University, and the Missouri Ambulance Association, warned it could disrupt care coordination, quality improvement, research using de-identified data, and data reporting obligations, and could create administrative burdens and lawsuits. The Secretary of State’s office said it wanted an amendment so records could still be used 50 years after a patient’s death for archival and genealogy purposes.
House Bill 1638, sponsored by Rep. Overcast, would extend the Alzheimer’s State Plan Task Force to 2033, add an assisted living facility representative, create staggered terms, remove Senate confirmation requirements, and require updated reports every five years. The sponsor and the Alzheimer’s Association said the task force has been delayed by appointment problems and needs to be fully staffed to continue its work. The committee also discussed the task force’s prior incomplete staffing and the need for continuity, and the hearing concluded with no opposition.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- area, when I'm doing polling locations, electioneering, and things of that nature, I have a lot of parents
- Representative Van Schoak brought up my main concern, too, which was you're creating a holiday where parents
- I mean, because then you have an opportunity for parents to maybe be off of work or the arrangements
- They get a lot of input from the community and parents, and they set it well in advance.
Summary:
The Elections Committee met in executive session first and adopted a House Committee substitute for House Bill 2387, which combined HB 2387 and HB 2480. The substitute removed provisions on extending no-excuse in-person absentee voting and shortening the absentee voting window, shifted the presidential candidate filing fee to be set by state party committees, and added language to bind presidential delegates to primary results while allowing national party rules to control where required. Members discussed the legal basis for delegate binding, party input on the substitute, and the role of closed primaries, then the committee voted 10-2-1 to do pass HB 2387 as substituted. The committee also passed House Bill 1987 and House Concurrent Resolution 23 without opposition, and passed House Bill 1802 after members discussed election transparency and concerns about applying the measure uniformly across counties; the vote was 11-2.
In public hearing, the committee heard House Bill 2605, which would update election notice requirements, especially for bond elections. Sponsor Rep. McGaugh and the State Auditor’s office said the bill would address technical publication errors that had jeopardized voter-approved bond issues by allowing notice defects to be cured if no election contest is filed within 30 days, while also allowing one newspaper publication and one direct mailing notice. Testimony from county clerks, school administrators, a fire district, the Missouri Press Association, and others generally supported the bill as a practical fix, though one witness urged broader website posting of notices. The hearing also covered House Bill 2301, a campaign finance cleanup bill that would clarify definitions and reporting rules in Chapter 130, especially for continuing committees and indirect political spending; the sponsor said it was intended to fix ambiguity from prior law, and the only testimony in favor called for additional restrictions on recurring donations and more transparency.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 1787, which would require schools used as polling places to treat election days as school holidays beginning in the 2026-27 school year. The sponsor said the bill was intended to improve child safety and could also help with staffing and voter participation, while members raised concerns about school calendars already being set and whether the mandate should instead be optional or delayed to a later school year. A witness in favor supported the safety goal but asked for local control and a later effective date. No opposition testimony was presented, and the committee adjourned after the hearing.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House/Senate DFL Media Availability 2/27/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Free school meals for parents and kids.
- Free school meals<00:02:55.040><c> for</c><00:02:55.280><c> parents</c><00:02:55.840><c> and</c><00:02
- </c><00:02:57.200><c> tuitionfree</c> meals for parents and kids. tuitionfree meals for parents and kids
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Feb 25th, 2026
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
Transcript Highlights:
- this was first established here in the State of Florida, it was established and is established for parents
- Most of the parents will be raising the kids for life. There is no good reason not to allow it.
- And community or the ability to force parents to go into this exclusive remedy program for parents and
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Parents will be told to trust the system while the facts are locked away.
- It is vital that the parents have access to all the law enforcement records from that day.
- For their children to heal, the parents must heal, the children who attended Robb Elementary.
- Affected, and it is likely that their trauma will affect their own children and their parenting of those
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies Jun 21st, 2026 at 12:30 pm
Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies
Transcript Highlights:
- First, when you talk about supporting our schools, our K-12 education, higher education, including our
- on education.
- And NEP educators do it with fun and engaging educational programming.
- And neph educators do it with fun and engaging educational programming.
- for early education, K through 12, and higher education, and we've allocated it accordingly.
Summary:
The committee on Economic Development held a hearing on the DRIVE Act, a proposal to invest $400 million in Massachusetts research and innovation without new taxes. Governor Healey and administration officials said the bill would direct $200 million to public higher education research and regional partnerships and $200 million to a research funding pool for hospitals, universities, and other institutions, with the goal of retaining talent, leveraging private and philanthropic dollars, and offsetting major federal R&D cuts. They argued that research is a core economic engine for the state, supporting jobs across labs, construction, services, and surrounding businesses, and said the bill would help protect the Commonwealth’s tax base and competitiveness during a period of federal uncertainty and cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, and other programs.
Committee members raised concerns about whether Fair Share surtax dollars should instead be used for K-12 and other community needs, whether the proposal is enough given the scale of lost federal grants, and how the money would be allocated. The governor responded that the funds are one-time surplus dollars, that most surtax revenue already supports education, and that the bill is meant as a bridge to stabilize public higher education and research. She also said the legislation includes a review board and could support a revolving or matched-fund approach in some cases. Several members pressed for more detail on selection criteria, future funding, and whether private companies and large endowments should contribute more.
University of Massachusetts leaders and researchers testified that federal grant cancellations and delays are already causing layoffs, furloughs, rescinded admissions, and lost research capacity. UMass officials said the bill would help preserve faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and research programs in medicine, climate science, marine science, Braille instruction, and AI decision-making. They emphasized that the funding should be merit-based and that the state needs to act quickly to prevent talent from leaving Massachusetts. Business, labor, and industry groups, including MassBio, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, AIM, the AFL-CIO, and Building Trades, supported the bill, saying it would protect jobs, sustain the innovation ecosystem, and reinforce Massachusetts’ national leadership in research and life sciences. No vote was taken in the hearing.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 47 - 2 Apr 27th, 2026 at 04:00 pm
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Pogoiller, I, members wish to vote, change your vote, chair's parent, close, guys, y, Travisci.
- Members wish to vote, change, vote, chairs, parents, to close. 81, I, 10A, have received majority voters
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- I think this is a great bill because we're going to encourage more working families, more working parents
- Working families, more working parents, will be able to run for office, and certainly they bring with
Committee:
Senate Ethics and Elections
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Ethics and Elections met with a quorum present and took up two bills. First, it heard SB 72 by Senator Berman, which would allow candidates to use campaign funds for dependent child care expenses incurred while actively campaigning, with limits to prevent use for general family living costs and a requirement to keep records for at least three years. The League of Women Voters appeared in support, and Senator Rouson joked about whether the bill should also cover dependent pets. The bill was reported favorably by committee vote.
The committee then considered SB 348 by Chair Gaetz, dealing with ethics violations related to falsely claiming military rank or honors for material gain and with collection of delinquent ethics fines. Gaetz explained that the bill would make such false claims a violation of the Florida Code of Ethics and authorize penalties including censure, fines, and possible removal recommendations; it would also allow public employers to withhold pay to satisfy unpaid ethics penalties. Senator Bradley asked for clarification that “material gain” includes political and professional benefits, not just money, and the chair confirmed that it does. An amendment defining delinquent penalties as unpaid 90 days after imposition was adopted, and the Florida Commission on Ethics spoke in support of the bill’s salary-withholding provisions and expanded jurisdiction. Senator Collins, a veteran, strongly supported the anti-stolen-valor section. The committee then reported CS for SB 348 favorably and adjourned.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- As it stands right now, up to the age of 25, you are still able to stay on your parents' insurance and
- I think we can all agree that the policy to allow an individual to stay on their parents' healthcare
- under federal law, now under Obamacare or whatever you want to call it, children can stay on their parents
Committee:
House Government Oversight
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Law & Justice Feb 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It would require a court to automatically grant a defendant's motion for a parenting sentencing alternative
- It would give the court discretion to impose the parenting sentencing alternative when the defendant
- It would direct a court that is not required to automatically impose the parenting sentencing alternative
Summary:
The committee took executive action on a series of bills, beginning with Engrossed House Bill 2445 on heir finder services and probate. Members adopted Striking Amendment Alpha, which added definitions and guardrails for heir finder agreements, including written filing and court oversight requirements, and then advanced the bill as amended to the Rules Committee. A second proposed striker, Bravo, was rendered out of order after Alpha was adopted.
On Engrossed House Bill 1574 concerning access to life-saving care and substance use services, the committee considered several competing amendments. Amendment Charlie was rejected, while Amendment Delta was adopted to narrow protections and add public health and syringe service program provisions. Amendment Echo, which would have limited distribution of drug testing equipment to health care facilities and excluded syringe and smoking equipment, was rejected. Amendment Foxtrot, dealing with fentanyl endangerment and parenting sentencing alternatives, was withdrawn after discussion and then incorporated into a new striking amendment; the bill as amended was sent to the Rules Committee. The committee also adopted a striking amendment on Second Substitute House Bill 2333, expanding protections for elected officials and prosecutors, including security provisions, address confidentiality, residential address redaction, and limited criminal history information sharing, and sent it to Ways and Means.
The committee next acted on Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2548 on health care market standards, adopting Amendment Hotel to exempt state-owned or state-operated entities and public hospital districts from filing fees, rejecting Amendment India on fee calculations and refunds, and then sending the bill as amended to Ways and Means. On Engrossed House Bill 2156 regarding Attorney General investigators, the committee rejected several amendments that would have limited criminal investigations, required additional certification, redirected recovered funds, or narrowed the definition of economic and financial crimes, then advanced the bill as amended to the Rules Committee. It also adopted striking amendments on Second Substitute House Bill 1909 creating a court unification task force and Substitute House Bill 2203 creating reckless interference with emergency operations, sending both bills onward. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2508 on the Office of Independent Investigations and Substitute House Bill 2248 on corporate filings were advanced without amendments, and the committee removed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2095 on vulnerable users of public ways from the day’s exec list. The meeting ended with final votes, committee recommendations, and adjournment, marking the last Law and Justice Committee meeting of the 2026 session.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Joint Administrative Procedures Committee Mar 31st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- AND TYPICALLY THE PARENTS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CIRCUIT COURT ADMINISTRATED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF
- REVENUE MOST PARENTS ARE UNREPRESENTED EARNING MINIMUM WAGE OR CLOSE TO HIM WAGE.
- WE HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WANTS TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE ON PARENTAL RIGHTS SPECIFICALLY.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The millions of dollars of police overtime, the cost to our education system moving in my district 8,000
- system moving in my our education system moving in my district<00:14:57.280><c> 8,000</c><00:14:58.000
- </c><00:15:01.920><c> My</c><00:15:02.079><c> own</c><00:15:02.280><c> parents</c><00:15:02.760><c> wouldn't
- My own parents wouldn't afraid to leave.
- My own parents wouldn't leave<00:15:03.200><c> their</c><00:15:03.400><c> own</c><00:15:03.680><c> their
Bills:
HF4477
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/7/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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- 08.560><c> and</c><00:05:08.680><c> support</c><00:05:09.080><c> to</c><00:05:09.160><c> county</c> education
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- The next proposal reinstates parental fees for families who have income over 675% of the federal poverty
- The next proposal reinstates parental The next proposal reinstates parental fees<01:02:38.360><c> for
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (2-12-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> students to complete both an educational students to complete both an educational component<00:04
- </c> which is a companion to the education which is a companion to the education component<00:05:10.320
- Okay, all right. continuing professional education waiver continuing professional education waiver based
- </c><00:34:55.919><c> examination</c><00:34:56.720><c> and</c> well education examination and well education
- </c> they receive a favorable education they receive a favorable education evaluation<00:37:00.079><c
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 46, which would allow lottery winners of $1 million or more to remain anonymous. After brief discussion and a motion with a second, the committee approved the bill unanimously and sent it to the House floor.
Members then heard House Bill 54, a workforce and education measure aimed at aligning dual credit and project-based learning with licensed construction trades and other high-demand careers. The sponsor and witness said the bill is intended to help students meet both education and on-the-job training requirements, address labor shortages, and speed entry into the trades. Several members raised concerns about possible abuse of internships, the need for input from unions and other trade groups, and the amount of authority left to the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to write regulations. The sponsor said the bill does not replace current hands-on training requirements and expressed willingness to continue discussions. The committee passed the bill, with some members explaining their votes as conditional or in hopes of further amendments.
The committee also approved House Bill 261, which would let retired CPAs provide certain uncompensated services, such as nonprofit work, while retaining their CPA designation, and would create a retirement-based CPE waiver for those limited services. A question from Representative Donworth focused on how retired CPAs would disclose their status to nonprofits; the board representative said retired status is noted in board records, but there is currently no separate requirement governing use of the CPA designation. The bill passed.
Finally, the committee considered House Bill 262, which would remove restrictions on small CPA firm names after an owner dies or retires. The sponsor said Kentucky is an outlier because current law requires the remaining owner to change the firm name. The bill passed unanimously. After that, the chair turned the gavel over to the vice chair and began presenting House Bill 306, which would change engineering education requirements for licensure, especially to help Eastern Kentucky University fire protection engineering technology graduates qualify for licensure in Kentucky rather than leaving the state. The sponsor and witnesses explained that the bill would not change the rest of the PE licensure pathway, only the education component, and said most other states already allow this route. Members noted that engineers may have concerns and encouraged continued discussions before the bill advances further.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- In addition to his parents, Kalamina and Pasquale, he was predeceased by his sister Annette Pascarelli
- In addition to his parents, Kalamina and Pasquale, he was pre-deceased by his sister Annette Pascarlli
Summary:
The Senate took up several committee reports and House and Senate bills, including a proposal to repeal archaic law criminalizing pregnancy, which was referred to the Judiciary Committee, and Senate bills designating October 15 as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day, which were advanced through procedural steps. The chamber also passed to be engrossed local and special legislation, including changes to the Tewksbury town charter, a Boston Police Department age-waiver bill for Lewis Cabral, a Nantucket charter bill making the county charter gender neutral, and a sick leave bank bill for Sally DeRosia of the Department of Correction.
The Senate also suspended Joint Rule 12 on a House petition concerning the taxation of certain foreign government pensions and referred it to the Committee on Revenue. In addition, the Senate adopted an emergency preamble for a Warren election-validation bill. The chamber then considered final passage of several bills, including measures affecting the Cotuit Fire District, the Historical Society of Sandwich and Cotuit, and the Salem licensing board compensation, all of which were enacted and sent to the Governor.
A separate election-validation bill for Bourne required a two-thirds vote and was enacted by standing vote, with two members in favor and none opposed. The session also included a motion to adjourn in memory of Ralph Edward Pascarelli, which was adopted after a brief tribute and moment of silence. The Senate then adopted an adjournment order and recessed until the next formal session.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Feb 19th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- She was predeceased by her parents, Frank and Pascolina Pocari Los Sordo, her sister Mary, and her brothers
- She was pre-deceased in death by her parents, Frank and Pascolina Pocari Los Sordo, her sister, Mary,
Summary:
The Senate met on February 19, 2006, beginning with the Pledge of Allegiance and remarks recognizing Iwo Jima Day in Massachusetts. The chamber also adopted a congratulatory resolution for Elizabeth Beth Renaud on her retirement from public service to the city of Salem.
Several local bills were taken up and advanced without objection. House Bill 4272, authorizing the town of Hudson to grant one additional off-premises wine and malt beverage license, was ordered to a third reading and then passed to be engrossed. The Senate also enacted House Bills 3977 and 4438, concerning alternate members for the Beckett Conservation Commission and allowing Swampscott to establish a fall annual town meeting; both were signed by the President and sent to the Governor.
The Senate adopted orders extending committee reporting deadlines for the Environment and Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee and the Transportation Committee to March 31. It also suspended Joint Rule 12 to refer several House petitions to committee, and later suspended rules to advance a Ways and Means recommendation on House Bill 4769, the higher-education infrastructure bill, by substituting Senate Document 2962 and placing it on the Orders of the Day for second reading. Another petition, concerning legislation on constitutional violations under color of law, was referred to the Judiciary Committee after suspension of the necessary rules.
The session included welcoming remarks for visiting students from Pinecrest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and concluded with a motion to adjourn in memory of Phyllis Chapman of Hingham, which was adopted. The Senate then adjourned to meet again the following Monday at 11 a.m.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Natural Resources and Environment Apr 1st, 2026
Natural Resources & Environment
Transcript Highlights:
- It's widespread to educational purposes.
- And we have to start somewhere, and I try to do my best, starting with our children, educating them to
- My grandparents, parents, brothers, we've been there for over 50 years.
- But my parents, like I said, came there in 1857. We still have a home on the lake.
Committee:
House Natural Resources & Environment
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- were talking about eight-year-olds showing up to class stoned because they were getting into their parents
- know, having just a little bit of familiarity, I'm going to take something of a, let's call it an educated
- On page 155 is the SUD Prevention and Education.
- So $8.1 million reflects the true reduction of this House bill section and includes parent ombudsman
Committee:
House Budget
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Budget Feb 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- were talking about eight-year-olds showing up to class stoned because they were getting into their parents
- having just a little bit of familiarity, I'm going to, I'm going to, you know, take something of an educated
- On page 155 is the SUD prevention and education.
- The $8.1 million reflects the true reduction of this section and includes Parent Ombuds Services, Mental
Summary:
The Budget Committee heard the Department of Mental Health’s FY 2027 budget presentation, with Director Valerie Hoon outlining a $4.4 billion department budget, including $1.7 billion in general revenue, and describing the department’s roles in substance use, behavioral health, and developmental disabilities services. Early questioning focused on marijuana-related mental health impacts, but the main discussion centered on the department’s new decision items, funding sources, and expected wait lists. The director explained several increases tied to Medicaid growth, mental health youth services, outpatient competency restoration, crisis residential services, developmental disability waivers, and provider tax adjustments, along with offsets such as reduced wraparound funding at the Kansas City Assessment and Triage Center and cuts to some youth and self-directed DD services.
A major portion of the hearing focused on competency restoration for people found unfit to stand trial and currently held in county jails. Members pressed the department on the cost, effectiveness, and legal implications of keeping people in jail while awaiting services, noting a reported wait list of roughly 524 to 538 individuals and average holds of about 14 months. The department said it currently has eight outpatient competency restoration beds in the community, is seeking funding for 50 additional outpatient slots, and also operates jail-based restoration for about 40 people at a time. Members repeatedly asked for breakdowns of violent versus nonviolent cases, success rates, cost per person, and the split between state and federal funding, while the department explained that Medicaid can cover only the treatment portion, not residential housing or other non-billable costs.
The committee also discussed broader capacity constraints in state hospitals and developmental disability services. Hoon said Fulton, Center for Behavioral Medicine, and FTC North are full, with 183 vacancies across the department, and that the department is working on a new Kansas City hospital that would add 150 beds, though completion is now expected closer to 2029 or 2030. In the developmental disabilities section, the department warned that the governor’s recommendation would create wait lists for in-home waiver services and crisis residential services, and members questioned proposed reductions to self-directed services rates and other provider payments. No votes were taken, and the committee recessed before finishing the presentation.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Senate Emergency Management Committee and Natural Resources and Water Committee May 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And so while Cal Fire is... ...well, our public education, all under one mission-driven organization.
- Property owner education is a really vital component to what we do with the JPA.
- Our budget funds vegetation management, public education, grants for our residents, evacuation route
- And we find that public outreach and education is so vitally important.
- And we find that public outreach and education is so vitally important.