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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Public Safety Committee Meeting - 2025-04-08
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Line 162 would be the total appropriation for the Department of Corrections.
- Madam Chair, on line 188, there's a small appropriation. To children, youth, and families.
- As a measured request, without it, we could potentially move backwards as an agency with the operating
- This language includes feedback from industry stakeholders and legislators from both sides. the aisle
- I'm the Director of Legislative and Political Affairs for MAPE.
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (04/21/2026)
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> uh how to where to put um the request uh how to where to put um the request for<00:10:51.240><c>
- </c><00:20:32.640><c> a</c> statement, and uh how to uh request a statement, and uh how to uh request
- Again we we would uh written request.
- ><c> that</c><00:32:32.800><c> be</c> respectfully request that that be respectfully request that that
- </c><01:26:29.440><c> to</c> We think it's perfectly appropriate to We think it's perfectly appropriate
Committee:
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on the Judiciary Apr 7th, 2026
Joint Committee on the Judiciary
Transcript Highlights:
- There are eight legislative proposals.
- They brought legislation to us, which I filed.
- This bill is really a from-the-trenches piece of legislation.
- Specifically, this legislation would do the following.
- Worrell for filing this legislation.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on the Judiciary
Keywords:
homelessness, homeless, unsheltered, unhoused, shelter rights, anti-camping, anti-loitering, public space, public land, encampment, sleeping in public, life-sustaining activities, right to rest, right to sleep, vehicle dwelling, RV living, tiny home, civil rights, municipal liability, affirmative defense
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nomination of Paul Lawrence, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Feb 19th, 2025 at 08:30 am
Senate Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, I would like to submit for the record a list of 22 unanswered requests for information that
- I have... done specific requests for access to that information.
- , numerous requests for information and accountability?
- Have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or committed any verbal or physical harassment
- Do you still believe the VA's fiscal year 26 advance appropriation request to be accurate or will greater
Committee:
Senate Senate Veterans' Affairs
Keywords:
veterans affairs, VA modernization, employee layoffs, mental health, suicide prevention, transparency, senate committee, bipartisan support, oversight
Summary:
The meeting involved detailed discussions on various veterans' issues, particularly focusing on the challenges faced by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) amidst a backdrop of significant staffing changes. Members expressed deep concerns over the recent layoffs of over 1,000 VA employees, emphasizing the crucial nature of these positions in the context of mental health support for veterans, particularly amid rising suicide rates. Senators articulated the need for transparency and effective communication between the VA and Congress to avoid further breakdowns in services. The session also spotlighted the ongoing modernization of VA systems and the urgent need to streamline processes to benefit veterans effectively.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
EDN Public Hearing - Tue Feb 17, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Transcript Highlights:
- like</c><00:54:51.359><c> these</c> that legislative guideposts like these that legislative guideposts
- ><c> to</c><02:13:15.280><c> chapter</c> Any legislations or revisions to chapter Any legislations or
- </c> how legislation will impact their lives. how legislation will impact their lives.
- </c> um most appropriate for their schools. um most appropriate for their schools. uh<03:08:42.880><c
- I did want to share that amount is what was requested in our executive budget request for the purpose
Summary:
The committee on Education met on February 17 and announced it would limit public testimony to one minute because more than a thousand testimonies were expected on one measure. The first bill heard was HB 1934, relating to the Imagination Library of Hawaii. The state librarian and Friends of the Library supported the bill, saying the program is a proven, cost-effective way to improve early literacy and should be expanded statewide for children ages 0 to 5. Friends of the Library said the current 50/50 match requirement would be too difficult to meet immediately and asked for state funding for the first few years to help launch the expansion. Testimony included eight supporters and one opponent, and members asked whether the proposal was an expansion of an existing program; the state librarian said it would expand service beyond currently targeted communities.
The committee then heard HB 20004, which would extend the floating librarian pilot program. The state librarian, Department of Education, HSTA, and several individuals testified in support. Supporters said the program helps address staffing needs and improves student readiness, especially for college and information literacy. One retired community college librarian said school librarians help students prepare for college and are increasingly important in teaching critical evaluation of misinformation and AI-generated content. Members asked about implementation of the existing pilot, including recruitment of certified librarians for neighbor island and Oahu complex areas; DOE said those positions had been identified and recruitment was underway, and existing funds remained intact.
The final major discussion was HB 2398, which clarifies the library system’s role in RNMSP-related projects and public library construction on or near school land. The state librarian and public library system supported the bill, while the Department of Education and Attorney General’s office raised concerns about vague language, especially the phrase “land controlled by the board,” and suggested amendments. In questioning, the state librarian explained that the bill was prompted by conflicts on shared or adjacent school/public library sites, including traffic, pickup and drop-off access, and other operational issues. DOE described significant disruption from one project’s traffic changes and said planning for such projects should involve early coordination and formal agreements. The state librarian responded that the new bill would clarify oversight and help avoid delays and disputes over property control and future renovations.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- We are here to hear one piece of legislation.
- You'll find that there on legislative finding C.
- And that's why I support this legislation.
- Committee, I know there has been a request.
- So Romer is not applicable to this legislation.
Committee:
House Local Government
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (02/04/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> believe this is a federal legislative believe this is a federal legislative conversation.<00:46:
- </c> We feel like that's the most appropriate We feel like that's the most appropriate pathway. pathway
- </c> and I would argue It is appropriate and I would argue It is appropriate because because because
- </c><01:55:08.800><c> as</c> legislator uh the legislative branch as legislator uh the legislative branch
- </c> the council to vote on each request the council to vote on each request versus<03:42:56.800><c>
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Judiciary Mar 4th, 2026
Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence
Transcript Highlights:
- So this legislation would really streamline that.
- So we have some time to put that, to put the funding, the appropriation decision out on that, which is
- probably prudent to do right now in the current appropriation climate.
- probably prudent to do right now in the current appropriation climate.
- I know his request was for at least two.
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee met with a quorum and first took up several bills in executive session. It voted House Bill 3144, relating to injunctions, due pass by an 8-4 vote; House Bill 3160, relating to preliminary injunctions and judicial proceedings, due pass by a 9-4 vote; House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2254, relating to post-conviction relief, due pass after adopting a technical committee amendment and substitute, by an 8-5 vote; House Bill 2206, relating to commercial activities, due pass by a 12-1 vote; and House Bill 2256, relating to minimum prison terms, due pass by a 9-4 vote. Members raised questions on HB 3160 about whether probate commissioners should be included in the bill’s language, and on HB 2254 about whether it was the same measure previously used to speed up the process.
In public hearing, the committee heard House Bill 1711, the Uniform Interstate Deposition Discovery Act, which the sponsor and the Attorney General’s office said would streamline out-of-state depositions and subpoenas, reduce legal fees, and make Missouri’s process consistent with more than 40 other states. No opposition testimony was offered. The committee also heard House Bill 1713, which would simplify dissolution of deadlocked LLCs by allowing a judge to order dissolution more quickly, with the sponsor arguing it would reduce delay and litigation; no witnesses opposed it. House Bill 2427 would add judicial positions in St. Charles County, with the sponsor and members discussing the county’s rapid growth, docket pressure, staffing, and the need to reconcile differences among pending versions of the bill. No witnesses testified for or against that measure.
The committee then heard House Bill 3086, which would create an additional associate circuit judge position in Miller County. The sponsor and a local attorney testified that Miller County’s caseload, tourism-related population spikes, municipal cases, and lack of commissioners justify moving up the statutory population threshold for a second associate judge. Members asked about treatment court staffing, courtroom space, senior judges, and whether similar arguments might apply in other counties. Finally, House Bill 3072 would allow the Industrial Labor Commission to modify attorney fee arrangements in permanent total disability cases when an attorney retires or dies and a new lawyer must take over; the sponsor said it would clear up an oversight and help manage ongoing medical issues. The committee also heard House Bill 2968, a cleanup bill to align circuit descriptions with prior recircuiting changes and to authorize a previously budgeted circuit judge position in the 25th Circuit. Testimony from the Judicial Conference explained that the bill would remove outdated geographic language and resolve ambiguity about the election date for the new judge. The meeting concluded after the public hearing on HB 2968, and members were told the next Judiciary meeting would be held the following Tuesday at noon in Hearing Room 3.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- So this legislation would really streamline that.
- On where the appropriate number is going to land, but it's kind of somewhere in there.
- to do right now in the current appropriation climate.
- So I think, I know his request was for at least, was for needing at least two.
- If that was two circuits, I don't know if one circuit and two associates would be appropriate or if it
Committee:
House Judiciary
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- At Lead M's request, we laid over the bill until we received the fiscal note.
- </c> predatory offender at lead M's request predatory offender at lead M's request we<00:02:08.800><c
- I think this is important legislation for that. Thank you.
- </c><01:08:46.199><c> for</c> think this is important legislation for think this is important legislation
- So I assume now we'll get a fiscal note requested.
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 01/29/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> return to uh the legislature to request return to uh the legislature to request continued<00:53:
- </c><00:54:54.160><c> Clarity</c> MSA is looking for legislative Clarity MSA is looking for legislative
- So my request, Mr.
- So my request, Mr.
- So my request, Mr.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> resolved that is inexped to legislate. resolved that is inexped to legislate.
- </c> request a division vote. request a division vote.
- </c> need for this legislation. need for this legislation.
- I heard Wheeler requested a roll call. Representative Palone requested a roll call.
- </c> All a division has been requested. All a division has been requested.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Feb 25th, 2026
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- And welcome to the Committee on Higher Education Appropriations.
- $18 million in legislative funds, $11 million in performance-based funds.
- Is there any request to vote Senator Bracey Davis? Thank you, Madam Chair.
- You all determined that it wasn't appropriate for us to confirm him.
- We have an amazing staff in the Higher Education Appropriations Committee.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House OKs SSHF5, the omnibus K-12 education budget bill 6/9/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Appropriations were increased to fund the governor’s request for MDE’s legal costs and their fraud detection
- </c><00:03:46.959><c> We</c> 2026 as a one-time appropriation. We 2026 as a one-time appropriation.
- Appropriations were increased bianium.
- the governor's request for MD's to fund the governor's request for MD's legal<00:04:53.440><c> costs
- c><00:04:58.639><c> the</c> appropriations that came into the appropriations that came into the working
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Okauu Okauu [questionable], from Legislative District 13. Welcome to the House, Dr.
- , Route 60; 1063, appropriation, Route 60; 1064, U.S.
- Route 665 appropriation; hyperbaric oxygen; 1088, appropriation; Arizona Homeland; 1154, appropriation
- ; state route; 1156, appropriation; short term; 1157, appropriation; border fencing; 1173, behavioral
- health facilities; 117; 1194, vaccination studies; 1204, appropriation, U.S. 60; SB 1207, appropriation
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- At the appropriate time. At the appropriate time, I'd like to report favorably.
- I would offer to move this favorably at the appropriate time.
- This is, like you said, model legislation.
- I think this is excellent legislation.
- We'll provide information requested.
Committee:
House Health and Welfare
Summary:
The House Committee on Health and Welfare met on April 28 with a quorum and took up several Senate bills, beginning with SB 113 on the local health care provider participation program in Calcasieu Parish. The committee adopted a technical amendment and heard that the bill would shift the local sponsor from the parish to the city if needed by a June 1 deadline. After brief discussion and no opposition, SB 113 was reported favorably with amendments.
The committee then approved SB 23, which exempts certain assisted living facilities licensed by LDH from the definition of food service establishment, and SB 150, which would allow LDH to scan and electronically store vital records supporting documents and return originals to citizens. SB 221 also advanced after testimony that it would allow EMS providers to be reimbursed by Medicaid for emergency responses where treatment is provided on scene but the patient is not transported. Members discussed that the bill could reduce unnecessary ER use and likely would require some rulemaking, but it was reported favorably.
A major portion of the meeting focused on SB 404, a broad vision benefit plan reform bill. Supporters, including optometrists, said the measure would improve transparency, patient choice, and access to eye care by limiting restrictive plan practices; opponents from the vision care plan industry argued it was an unprecedented, provider-driven overhaul that could raise costs and reduce flexibility. After extensive testimony and an agreed amendment clarifying network participation, the committee reported SB 404 favorably with amendments. The committee also reported SB 32 favorably with amendments after emotional testimony from parents and advocates about perinatal bereavement care, cooling devices, and training for hospitals to give grieving families more time and dignity after infant loss.
Finally, the committee heard SB 43, which would create a psychedelic-assisted therapy initiative within LDH for clinical research and treatment involving ibogaine and psilocybin, with testimony from veterans, researchers, and advocates describing potential benefits for PTSD, substance use, and traumatic brain injury. The bill was reported favorably with amendments and set to pass a courtesy sheet. The committee then began SB 253, a bill regulating peptides and compounding pharmacies, adopted technical amendments clarifying provider liability, and continued discussion as the transcript ended.
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
ALC-STATE INSURANCE PROGRAMS OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE Jun 17th, 2026
ALC-STATE INSURANCE PROGRAMS OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE
Transcript Highlights:
- We are actually utilizing on our plan and gives us better control and appropriate utilization of these
- insight and expertise on the formulary design, the appeals that run through for pharmacy-related requests
- Well, so I'll go ahead and make the request.
- These drugs, if you don't have the appropriate guardrails and kind of controls on utilization around
- These drugs, if you don't have the appropriate guardrails and kind of controls on utilization around
Summary:
The State Insurance Programs Oversight Subcommittee met on June 17 and reviewed a series of Employee Benefits Division and Office of Property Risk items. The committee approved formulary changes for March and April that favored lower-cost generics, removed some new-to-market drugs from coverage pending more evidence, and made maintenance changes to migraine and diabetes medications. Members also approved a cell and gene therapy policy that would route those therapies through prior authorization rather than automatic coverage; officials said the process should not delay urgent cases and that no current members would be affected. The committee then reviewed a UAMS pharmacy benefit consultant contract amendment, but after extended discussion about the written scope and dollar amounts, the motion was approved with the understanding that any use of optional services would return to the committee for further review. The committee also reviewed the U.S. Able Mutual/Blue Advantage third-party administration contract and the CompSack employee assistance program contract, which officials said would reduce per-member costs and add services.
The subcommittee approved proposed 2027 rates for state employees and public employees, with a 9.8% increase for state employees and a 4.9% increase for public school employees. Officials also reported that the UnitedHealthcare rebid was in its final negotiation stage and would return in August, with medical and pharmacy coverage split as previously recommended. In response to questions, the director said the division was considering broader preventive-care offerings, including weight-loss drug coverage, but would proceed cautiously and with strong utilization controls and holistic support if such a program were adopted.
On the property risk side, the committee reviewed permanent rules making prior temporary rules permanent, a contingency-fee subrogation contract, and renewals for claims management, actuarial services, and investment management. Members raised concerns about Sedgwick’s claim-adjustment timeliness and communication with school districts after severe weather events; officials said performance guarantees and communication expectations had been strengthened, but the renewal was kept at three years for continuity. Finally, the committee approved 2026-27 captive insurance program rates, which included no change to minimum deductibles, a 10% overall rate reduction, and bucketed rate changes by entity type. Officials said the captive program was working as intended, with improved actuarial support and claims experience, and the meeting adjourned after the approvals.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture & Natural Resources Jan 28th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 2170 authorizes ecosystem service projects on DNR lands and is DNR request legislation.
- legislation, with only a few differences.
- Revenue would go into the appropriate account for the land type.
- I am bringing this agency request legislation back before you all.
- I am proud to serve the 40th Legislative District.
Committee:
House Agriculture & Natural Resources
Keywords:
natural climate solutions, ecosystem services, revenue generation, economic opportunities, environmental policy, water rights, adjudication, Columbia River, environmental impact, natural resources, tribal members, fish and wildlife, commission, indigenous rights, state regulation, 904, all
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- Research Committee, Joint Committee, but also as this Appropriations Committee... ...Legislative Research
- And just exactly like our own House Appropriations caught, Mr.
- I don't know that it is prescribed specifically in the legislation.
- employees to oppose or urge legislation, and what was the intention of striking that language?
- They shouldn't support or oppose legislation.
Committee:
House Budget
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
EDN Public Hearing - Thu Feb 5, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:07:43.120><c> private</c> themselves leave to, um, request private themselves leave to, um, request
- And how that allows legislators to be able to make better legislation or potentially insert more support
- to be able to make allows legislators to be able to make better<00:33:10.559><c> legislation</c><00:
- ,</c><00:43:51.200><c> we</c> of concerns regarding appropriations, we of concerns regarding appropriations
- Last year we identified, um, passed legislation to identify surfing as an interscholastic sport.
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on HB 2185, which would add protections for sports officials. The Department of Education, the State Public Charter School Commission, the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, HSTA, HGA, school administrators, the Hawaii High School Athletic Association, the Hawaii State Basketball Officials Association, and several individuals testified in support. The Department of the Attorney General offered comments and recommended amendments, especially on the bill’s civil-action provisions and criminal language, saying the measure should be made more consistent and narrowed to clarify who is covered. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the increased criminal penalties but said its concerns were limited to that portion of the bill. The chair repeatedly noted the committee’s education-policy focus and limited discussion of legal issues.
The committee then took up HB 2621 on student misconduct. The Department of Education testified and answered questions about its student discipline data, explaining that much of the information is kept in the department’s internal Infinite Campus system and is not public, but that some additional information could be added to the annual report while still protecting student privacy. Members discussed whether the department tracks incidents consistently across schools and whether more public reporting would help identify where violence or discipline issues are occurring. The department said it was not seeing an increase in suspensions in the data it had, though it acknowledged internal data showed more detail than the annual report.
HB 2179, concerning DOE and e-pipes, drew comments from the Department of Education, support from the Department of Health, the Hawaii Bicycling League, and other individuals. The committee then heard HB 2534, which would recognize robotics in schools as an interscholastic sport. The Department of Education offered comments, the State Public Charter School Commission supported the bill, and multiple students and robotics participants testified in strong support, arguing that robotics provides STEM opportunities, competition, and career pathways, and that formal recognition and funding would help sustain teams and compensate mentors. No votes or final actions were taken on the bills in the portion of the meeting provided.