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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Committee, First Extraordinary Session Jan 27th, 2025
Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- I would point to a base number of 2.5 million that the Department of Justice has currently, but that
- Budget, and I would turn to my colleagues for anything specific, but that is the base budget that the
- They have base budgets.
- Our economy in California is based on hospitality.
- Our entertainment in California is based on hotels. I have the resort area, Disneyland.
Committee:
House Budget
CT
Connecticut 2026 Regular Session
Medical Assistance Program Oversight Council Care Management Committee May 13th Meeting May 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And we hear that from our school-based health centers.
- And we hear that from our school-based health centers.
- And then we need to think about sustainable community-based care.
- , the Connecticut Association, School-Based Health Centers.
- With the Dental Policy Advisory Committee and the school-based, the Connecticut Association, School-Based
Summary:
The Care Management Meeting opened with a DSS update on the PCMH program. Staff reported the program remained steady at 124 practices, 553 sites, and 2,548 providers, with some month-to-month fluctuation driven by practice consolidation, retirements, and a few practices leaving the program because NCQA requirements were burdensome. Members asked about declining provider and site counts, member attribution trends, and whether PCMH practices overlap with behavioral health homes; DSS said attribution changes are largely due to members becoming ineligible, moving, or getting other insurance, and that PCMH and behavioral health homes are separate programs that coordinate informally. The committee also discussed why some smaller practices leave the program and whether the requirements could be made easier to support retention.
The committee then resumed a detailed presentation on the Husky Dental program. The presenter described the dental benefit’s history, the importance of preventive oral health, workforce and consolidation pressures in dentistry, and the lack of interoperability between dental and medical records. Network data showed year-over-year declines in enrolled dental practitioners and service locations, with access gaps concentrated in rural and eastern parts of the state. Appointment availability surveys showed average waits of 38 days for adults and 23 days for children, but much longer waits at FQHCs than private fee-for-service practices. The presenter said Connecticut remains above the national median on CMS pediatric dental quality measures, though sealant rates remain a concern, and noted that preventive care is associated with lower per-member costs. Members raised concerns about provider participation, large practices dropping Medicaid, mobile dental care, and whether the public directory accurately reflects which dentists are actually accepting new patients. The presenter said the plan uses secret-shopper calls, tracks appointment availability, and has begun using place-of-service coding to better identify school-based dental care. She also noted a new MOU with 20 Head Start programs to share data and provide oral health literacy and navigation support.
The final major topic was implementation planning for HR1. DSS said CMS guidance was expected in early June and proposed using upcoming meetings to cover medical frailty, communication strategy, and data integration/ex parte verification. Committee members urged the department to create a dashboard to track disenrollments and other impacts of HR1, to build a process for complaints and problem resolution, and to think through cost-sharing, caregiver verification, exemptions, and notices. Members also asked about using existing eligibility structures such as the working-disabled program as a model. The committee agreed to move the next meeting to June 10 by Zoom, with the agenda to be circulated in advance and any PCMH Plus quality data shared if available.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Municipal and County Government (02/03/2026)
Municipal and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- We base our judgments on whether this is appropriate in terms of maybe age-based.
- We we we base our our that, right?
- on replacement or cost-based value.
- </c><06:29:27.200><c> on</c> property and land to be based on property and land to be based on replacement
- :43:26.558><c> master</c><06:43:27.040><c> schedule</c> based on my overall master schedule based on
Committee:
House Municipal and County Government
Summary:
The committee convened for a day of public hearings on nine bills, with plans to later execute several early bills and possibly additional measures under House Rule 44. Chair Diane Pauer outlined time limits for sponsors and testimony, announced a lunch break around noon, and noted substitute members would be arriving later. The first hearing was on House Bill 1107, which would allow municipal budget committees to have one to three alternate members. Representative Valon, the prime sponsor, said the bill was intended to help towns like Epping deal with quorum problems during the compressed budget season and noted that alternates are common on other local boards. The New Hampshire Municipal Association testified in support, saying the bill would increase flexibility and help fill seats. Committee members raised concerns about whether alternates should be elected, how they would be selected, whether they would be sufficiently informed to vote, and whether the bill’s one-year term language and rescission provisions were clear. The sponsor and NHMA said the process would be consistent with other local boards, that alternates would typically be appointed after elections, and that they would follow up on possible statutory clarification. The hearing closed with six remote supporters, one paper supporter, and no opposition reported.
The committee then heard House Bill 1118, sponsored by Representative Colby, which would raise the daily amount municipal employees may hold before remitting funds to the treasurer from the current $1,500 limit to $3,500. Colby said the existing thresholds are outdated, have not been updated in about 20 years, and create burdens for smaller towns that must make frequent bank deposits, sometimes far from town offices. She said the bill would improve efficiency and allow staff to focus more on serving residents, while still allowing municipalities to keep lower limits if they choose. Members asked about how the remittance process works in practice, what amounts municipalities typically collect, and whether the change reflected a broader trend of updating cash-handling thresholds. The sponsor explained that the bill only changes the dollar thresholds in the relevant statutes and does not require municipalities to adopt the higher limit. The transcript cuts off before any final action on HB 1118 is reported.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
FULL INTERVIEW: Saving Our Safety Net by Stabilizing HCMC | Senator Rich Draheim Apr 24th, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, you're, it's billable hours and it's just a numbers game, but I think part of it is a staffing
- hours and and I mean it's just<00:12:35.680><c> a</c><00:12:35.960><c> numbers</c><00:12:36.400><c> game
- but</c><00:12:37.320><c> and</c><00:12:37.440><c> I</c><00:12:37.520><c> think</c> just a numbers game
- , but and I think just a numbers game, but and I think part<00:12:37.920><c> of</c><00:12:38.000><c>
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Just remind you, this isn't a high school basketball game. This is a Senate committee.
- It reminds me a little bit of the Survivor game.
- You know, we have tried this balanced budget amendment for so long, and Survivor game.
- I think it's time for Idaho to join this fight, to stand up and show that we want to get in the game,
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Rules
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislating Legacy - Senator Foung Hawj Jun 9th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- keep with my sports analogies, I was told that this is just the halfway mark and there's still half a game
- there's</c><00:09:52.640><c> still</c><00:09:52.880><c> half</c><00:09:53.040><c> a</c><00:09:53.279><c> game
- </c> mark and there's still half a game left. mark and there's still half a game left.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- It really did help cities put some skin in the game when it came to building affordable housing.
- It really did help cities put some skin in the game when it came to building affordable housing.
- the existing hazardous substance subdistrict in regards to how the calculation would be based.
- So there was a question about why setting the base value at the land value is important.
- </c><01:14:53.400><c> value</c> change to land value as the base value change to land value as the base
Committee:
House Taxes
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jul 23rd, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We've seen huge disruption around that during some of the World Cup games.
- This redraft of this amendment goes at something called the preference modifier inside of this base bill
- concern, and I shared this with the gentlelady from Needham, that in fact some of the criteria in the base
- This redraft of this amendment goes at something called the preference modifier inside of this base bill
- this with the gentlelady from Needham there was some concern that in fact some of the criteria in the base
Summary:
The Senate considered a large number of amendments to an economic development bill and adopted them one by one, with repeated brief recesses as members finalized language. Early amendments made permanent the option for hybrid public meetings and added procedures for alleged open meeting law violations, authorized speed camera enforcement in school and construction safety zones, and created a retirement credit option for part-time teachers who reduced hours to care for children. Other adopted amendments updated gateway municipality designations every three years, capped ticket resale prices and banned speculative “ghost tickets,” and addressed vulnerable road users, crumbling concrete, and a fund for seasonal communities housing.
Members also approved amendments to create a new framework for responding to crimes against women, including better investigation of staged suicides and adding sex and gender to the hate crimes statute; to establish a trigger law protecting private-sector labor organizing rights if federal labor law is weakened; to create a bottom-up “Enough Act” fund to fight poverty; to allow airport restaurants and bars at Logan to operate during flight hours; and to protect seniors and adults with disabilities from financial scams by allowing temporary delays of suspicious transactions and reporting to protective agencies. Additional housing-related amendments were adopted for rural communities, residential PACE financing, and a five-community tenant opportunity to purchase pilot program. A Senate Ways and Means amendment was then adopted, the substitute draft was applied to the underlying bill, and the bill was ordered to a third reading and then passed to be engrossed.
The chamber also adopted an order to reconvene the following Monday at 11 a.m. and to dispense with printing a calendar. The Senate then adjourned.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Anchoring a Solution outlines actual solutions that are based on extensive knowledge of the situation
- When you imagine the vertical lifts pieces of equipment, how will that be based?
- You think it’ll be just at Pieces of equipment, how will that be based?
- And you'll see kind of short trips based on where the demand is.
- And you'll see kind of short trips based on where the demand is.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
Summary:
The Transportation Committee took up several bills and agency priorities. SB 44, as amended, increased penalties for operating a vehicle with unauthorized red or blue lights and for obscuring a license plate, including new penalties for using, possessing, manufacturing, or selling license-plate obscuring devices. The sponsor and supporting law enforcement witnesses said the bill addresses widespread plate obstruction and enforcement problems; the committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. The committee also passed SB 654, designating a railroad overpass in Starke as the Heroes Memorial Overpass, and SB 620, creating a Miami-Dade College specialty license plate with proceeds supporting scholarships and limited administrative/marketing costs.
The committee then considered SB 594, which would allow Florida deep-water ports to seek Fish and Wildlife Commission approval for no-anchoring/no-mooring buffer zones adjacent to port channels and turning basins. An amendment clarified the application process, review timeline, rulemaking, and enforcement. Port representatives supported the bill as a way to protect channels and commerce, while several boating and cruising advocates opposed it, arguing the 5,000-foot buffer was excessive, could create safety issues, and would displace anchored vessels without adequate alternative dockage. Despite the opposition, the committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably.
The committee also heard a presentation from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles on its 2025 legislative priorities, including stricter proof-of-address and identification requirements for vehicle registration, changes to tank vehicle and IFTA rules, a higher crash-report damage threshold, and electronic notice options. Secretary Perdue then outlined FDOT priorities focused on workforce development, research, rural road funding, small business participation, consistent traffic-control standards, modal infrastructure, transit accountability, spaceport support, advanced air mobility, and shifting some power-consumption revenues to the Transportation Trust Fund to offset electric vehicle impacts. No votes were taken on the agency priorities, and the meeting adjourned after members recorded additional affirmative votes on SB 44 and SB 654.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes SF2884, the Minnesota State Retirement System pensions bill 5/19/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- workers who understand, like the commission does and like the four mentioned groups do, that the pension game
- is a long game.
- is a long game.
- is a long game.
- The pension game is a long game. It's not about spinning the wheel on the Titanic.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Jun 23rd, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- In advance of the England-Ghana World Cup game this afternoon, we have some distinguished guests.
- In advance of the England-Ghana World Cup game this afternoon, we have some distinguished guests joining
Summary:
The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and recognized guests from the United Kingdom Mission and England Fans Embassy ahead of the England-Ghana World Cup match. The chamber then took up several matters for final passage, including bills on Worcester police officer age requirements and North Adams retired police officers serving as special police for paid details; both were passed to be enacted and sent to the Governor.
The Senate also received House action on the Senate’s resilience bill, S. 3064, which the House had amended by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting a new text. Senator Durant moved nonconcurrence and a committee of conference, and the chair appointed Senators Cyr, Rausch, and Durant to the conference committee. The Senate adopted resolutions congratulating Eddie Palladino on his retirement from MassDOT and commending Plymouth on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, and it suspended Joint Rule 12 to refer several House petitions to committee.
On third reading, the Senate adopted an amendment replacing S. 2120 with a new draft removing the term “hearing impaired” from the General Laws, and then passed the bill to be engrossed. It also passed to be engrossed three local bills concerning Haverhill election procedures and a Southbridge alcohol licensing extension. Finally, the Senate adopted an order setting expedited consideration of the House energy and clean power bill, H. 5175, with Ways and Means new text S.D. 3143, and adopted an order to reconvene the following Thursday at 11 a.m. before adjourning.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Jun 23rd, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- In advance of the England-Ghana World Cup game this afternoon, we have some distinguished guests.
- In advance of the England-Ghana World Cup game this afternoon, we have some distinguished guests joining
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- I'll use one that was very popular, gaming.
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- It's based on the level of threat. Okay.
- </c> >> It's based on the le No, it's just based >> It's based on the le No, it's just based
- </c><01:12:42.400><c> on</c> this allows them to prosecute based on this allows them to prosecute based
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on County & Regional Government Apr 28th, 2025
S/C on County & Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Instead, we're asked to kind of handle these one-offs based on different holidays.
- Would a normal pathology certification also have most of the same skills?
- HB 5611 is based.
Bills:
HB2814 , HB4477 , HB5084 , HB5108 , HB5127 , HB5383 , HB5611 , HB5663 , HB5664 , SB1563 , HB2668 , HB3841 , HB4114
Committee:
House S/C on County & Regional Government
Keywords:
juvenile justice, release documents, children, identification, Texas Juvenile Justice Department, civil service, staffing requirements, local government, positions exemption, Texas legislation, fireworks, Lunar New Year, retail permits, public safety, Texas law, holiday sales, HB 5108, deaths in custody, custodial death, jail death
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Warren Stephens, of Arkansas, to be Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Thomas Barrack, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey, Tilman Fertitta, of Apr 9th, 2025 at 08:30 am
Foreign Relations Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- We must stop Chinese exploitation of our technological base.
- to appropriately stewarding the public diplomacy resources, equipping our practitioners with the skills
- But it's going to take a while for them to step up and create the industrial revolution. base to produce
Committee:
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Keywords:
Senator Flinstone, HB22, SB4, amendments, public testimony, legislation, environmental impact, economic implications
Summary:
The meeting featured a thorough examination of various bills, including substantial discussions on HB22 and SB4. Key points included amendments proposed by committee members, particularly from Senator Flinstone, who emphasized the need for clarifications on certain provisions. The committee actively engaged with several witnesses providing public testimony, some in favor of the proposed legislation while others highlighted concerns and potential implications. The discussions were vibrant, showcasing different perspectives, especially on the environmental and economic impacts of the bills in question. The meeting concluded with a consensus to reconvene after a recess to further address the outstanding issues related to the bills.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Mar 27th, 2025
S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health
Transcript Highlights:
- So part of the thing is we do not base the testing on this at all on sex, right?
- We'll ensure that young Texans graduate with foundational knowledge and skills in their life's tool belt
- Lauren Gamble, and I am a hospital-based pediatrician here in Austin.
Keywords:
Medicaid, child health, express lane option, income verification, supplemental nutrition assistance, telepharmacy, healthcare access, remote dispensing, rural clinics, pharmacy regulations, health literacy, state health plan, health care, patient outcomes, public health, economic impact, healthcare, breast cancer, cervical cancer, insurance eligibility
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jan 23rd, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Foothill Family, they have found when we are able to support parents in building their parenting skills
- Today, Bradley Thomas, CEO of Triple P America, an evidence-based positive parenting program implemented
- money bill is able to be available to our local governments, to our fire safe councils, to community-based
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Nobody wants to go out there and say, put me in the game, coach.
- It isn't based on any particular number.
- based on the amount of population.
- And Jeff, that's based on the whole calculation, not just the base salary within this bill.
- That's not just the base salary within this bill.
Committee:
Senate Finance
Keywords:
inmates, department of public safety, per diem, local correctional facilities, jail funding, insurance premiums, Municipal Fire and Police, dedicated fund, assessments, Louisiana legislation, hazardous waste, cleanup fund, environmental protection, state treasury, Consumer Price Index, law enforcement, firefighters, health insurance, survivors benefits, Lafayette
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- This was a zero-based rulemaking rewrite of the chapter.
- This was a zero-based rulemaking rewrite of the chapter.
- So negotiated rulemaking for this was a zero-based rulemaking chapter rewrite.
- So negotiated rulemaking for this was a zero-based rulemaking chapter rewrite.
- Livesley: For the purposes of this rule, this is another zero-based rulemaking chapter rewrite.
Committee:
Senate Agricultural Affairs
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/13/2026 - Senate Natural Resources
Senate Natural Resources Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- So there is some skin in the game from these grantees as well.
- That's the demand that water providers, based on our conversations with them and based on their publicly
- We will issue to each of these teams, and based on each... ...how are we going to answer all of those
- So we determine, based on that information and based on what they tell us about the environmental feasibility
- sooner, give us that additional water supply at a different time frame, kind of build that portfolio based
Summary:
The Natural Resources Committee convened for introductions of members, staff, interns, and pages, with members briefly noting their districts and roles. The committee’s only agenda item was a presentation from the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority (WIFA) by Director Chelsea McGuire, who outlined WIFA’s mission and recent work financing water infrastructure across Arizona.
McGuire described three major funding programs: the rural water supply development revolving fund, the water conservation grant fund, and the long-term water augmentation fund. She said WIFA has financed nearly $3 billion in water infrastructure over 30 years, awarded about $87.3 million through the rural fund, and allocated $211 million in conservation grants expected to save 6.6 million acre-feet of water. She also said WIFA is out of conservation money and requested continued state support, while noting the revolving funds remain stable even if federal funding declines.
A large portion of the discussion focused on the long-term augmentation fund and its competitive solicitation process. McGuire said WIFA identified a projected 100,000 to 500,000 acre-foot supply gap in 10 to 15 years and selected seven projects for further due diligence after receiving 17 responses, including desalination, reuse, groundwater storage, and exchange-based projects involving private partners. Senators asked about public transparency, project timelines, costs, and the need for state funding; McGuire said public engagement will continue, the projects are intended to match the identified time frame, and state funding is needed both to pay for due diligence and to reduce project risk and cost. No votes or formal actions were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the presentation and questions.