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AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Now, I'm not in agreement with the bill, but I just wanted to point that out.
- I'm not in agreement with the bill, but I just wanted to point that out.
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior journal, and recognition of the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Fred Kogan. Members also introduced numerous guests and groups, including Lunar New Year celebrants, Freedom Academy students, local officials from Nogales and Santa Cruz County, and representatives of Phoenix Ballet, which was honored in a proclamation recognizing National Ballet Day and the company’s contributions to Arizona’s arts community. The chamber also announced committee assignments, upcoming committee meetings, and several birthday and event notices, including African American Legislative Day and a statehood celebration for Arizona.
On third reading, House Bill 2190, relating to the Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants and the Physician Assistant Compact, failed on a 20-38 vote after debate over licensing compacts and rural health workforce needs. House Bill 2206, relating to SNAP rulemaking, passed 33-25 after a dispute over whether it created new rulemaking authority; supporters said it clarified existing authority and would help administer the program, while opponents argued it improperly delegated legislative power. House Bill 2396, also relating to SNAP and food restrictions, passed 34-25 after extensive debate about whether the state should limit purchases by low-income families; supporters framed it as promoting healthier choices and responsible use of public funds, while opponents argued it was paternalistic and harmful in food deserts.
During the SNAP debate, members on both sides cited food access, nutrition, personal freedom, and the cost of living. Supporters referenced WIC restrictions, school lunch standards, and concerns about taxpayer-funded benefits, while opponents emphasized food deserts, rising prices, and the need for families to make their own choices. After the votes, the House recessed briefly, then returned for additional announcements and procedural business, including committee substitutions, bill referrals, and first reading of HB 4097. The House then adjourned until Monday, February 16, 2026.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- would also be appropriate to be drafting what I would envision as a memorandum of understanding or agreement
- the different places the Commission has been located, a lot of this has sort of been a gentleman's agreement
Committee:
House Agricultural Affairs
OK
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- patients are cared for by consistent and experienced teams for institutions with collective bargaining agreements
- Parameters for the use of this money shall be defined by the legislative rules and grant agreements.
Committee:
Senate Senate Finance
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- As part of a settlement agreement between Plainfield Tifts and the City of Tyler, they have both agreed
- prohibits severance pay entirely if the employee is terminated for misconduct, requires severance agreements
Bills:
HB148 , HB334 , HB554 , HB762 , HB1520 , HB1593 , HB3526 , HB3810 , HB5092 , SB2215 , HB2607 , HB148
Committee:
Senate Local Government
TX
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- This allows us to move the sign without going through a major legal process if you can't come to an agreement
- The concept here is that this bill would allow state and local law enforcement to enter into an agreement
Committee:
House Judiciary
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Mar 19th, 2025
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- This is an agreement between ourselves and the Clerk's affiliate who have agreed to this.
- This was the agreement between the stakeholders for this particular bill. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- And I think it was back in 2020 when we originally passed the collaborative practice agreement between
- The collaborative pharmacy practice agreement, also known as the CPPA, was passed into law in 2020.
Committee:
Senate Health Policy
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Health Policy met with a quorum and heard five bills. SB 126, on prescription hearing aids, would remove Florida’s prohibition on mailing hearing aids when required tele-audiology testing and procedures are completed before sale. The sponsor said the bill would improve access, especially for people with travel or geographic barriers. The Florida Academy of Audiologists expressed support in concept but said it was still working with the sponsor on an amendment for consumer safety. The committee voted the bill favorably.
SB 152 would require hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to adopt policies using smoke evacuation systems during certain surgical procedures. Supporters, including the Florida Nurses Association and several nurses, described surgical smoke as a workplace and patient safety hazard containing harmful chemicals, viruses, bacteria, and other contaminants, and said evacuation technology is available and already required in some settings. The committee voted the bill favorably. SB 264 would expand step-therapy exemptions for severe mental illness, including certain postpartum and pregnancy-related mental health conditions, so physicians would not have to require patients to fail preferred drugs in specified circumstances. Support came from Otsuka Pharmaceuticals, NAMI Florida, and several medical and pharmacy groups, who argued that delays in effective treatment can worsen crises and increase hospital and crisis-care costs. The committee voted the bill favorably.
SB 342 would create a public-records exemption for current and former AHCA employees and certain family information, citing threats and harassment directed at inspectors and regulators. President Gaetz said he generally opposes such exemptions but supported this one because the employees are not elected officials and face real safety risks. The committee voted the bill favorably. SB 294 would limit the Board of Pharmacy’s ability to add heart failure, coronary heart disease, and cardiac rhythm disorders to the list of chronic conditions eligible for collaborative pharmacy practice, keeping those conditions under direct physician management. The Florida Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons, Florida Medical Association, and the Florida chapter of the American College of Cardiology supported the bill, while the Florida Society of Health System Pharmacists opposed it. The committee voted the bill favorably. Senator Trumbull asked to be recorded in support of SB 126 and SB 152, and the meeting adjourned without further business.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Business and Commerce (Part I) Feb 18th, 2025
Business & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- Currently, Texas law defines rental agreements inconsistently.
- The Business Code to extend the length of a rental agreement from 30 to 180 days under the Business Code
Committee:
Senate Business & Commerce
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 12, February 23, 2026-AM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, there's really, uh, I have a high expectation that we'll be able to come to an agreement with our
- He said that if they can come to agreement on those funding-model differences, they are really about
- Uh, there's really, uh, I have a high expectation that we'll be able to come to an agreement with our
- to agreement on those differences<00:19:25.440><c> on</c><00:19:25.760><c> funding</c><00:19:26.240>
- </c><00:19:37.200><c> with</c><00:19:37.440><c> our</c><00:19:37.919><c> our</c> come to an agreement
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- That's an agreement between floor sub. That's an agreement between floor sub.
- That's an agreement between the groceries association and and the the groceries association and and the
- between the two parties and agreement between the two parties and agreement between the two parties
- with the we we came into an agreement with the we we came into an agreement with the grocery store folks
- So you're you're in agreement with that you're you're in agreement with that you're you're in agreement
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- have agencies either not responsive or where we come to a point where we really can’t come to an agreement
- </c><00:28:52.799><c> on</c><00:28:53.000><c> what</c> can't come to an agreement on what can't come
- to an agreement on what should<00:28:53.679><c> what</c><00:28:53.840><c> meets</c><00:28:54.120><c>
- on it internally uh and now agreements on it internally uh and now we're<01:31:08.719><c> kind</c><01
- so we don't have frustrated agreement so we don't have frustrated members<01:31:30.360><c> uh</c><01
Bills:
HF3
Committee:
House Ways and Means
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (04/13/2026)
Education Policy and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- We're not going looking for agreements. We're not going for violations.
- We're not going looking for agreements. We're not going for violations.
- </c> agreements like that. agreements like that. >> Per. >> Per. >> Per.
- Yes, they have tuition agreements.
- . ...with the tuition agreement.
Committee:
House Education Policy and Administration
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (02/19/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- on how this and um uh come to agreement on how this might<01:35:39.480><c> work</c><01:35:39.920><c>
- Beard and come to an agreement as to whether the departmental waiver mentioned in 362 should be part
- So maybe we can hold off on 362 until we get departmental agreement on the language.
- um come to an agreement as to um<02:09:06.360><c> whether</c><02:09:06.880><c> the</c><02:09:07.360>
- Applebe is in agreement on 440, as was Mr. Feed, we can go with House Bill 440.
Summary:
The committee opened with House Bill 184, which would create a committee to study changing school start times. Members discussed Amendment 0394, which made the study committee’s duties more investigative and adjusted reporting recipients, including the Governor. Several members raised questions about whether the committee should review evidence-based studies, local district decisions, and existing district reports; supporters said the amendment would better allow the committee to gather information and recognize local control. The amendment passed 17-0, and the bill as amended also passed 17-0. Representative Litchfield noted that no one had testified in opposition and encouraged the future study committee to review an Oyster River School District report on school start times.
The committee then took up House Bill 394, concerning cooperative school district budget committees and board member representatives. Amendment 0476 was adopted 17-0 after discussion that it clarified the bill’s language and reflected work with the School Boards Association. The committee then voted OTPA on the bill, which also passed 17-0. House Bill 738, requiring background checks for employees and volunteers at certain non-public schools or education service providers receiving public funds, was moved inexpedient to legislate. Supporters said the bill would create practical and legal problems for private citizens and homeschooling families, and the motion passed 15-2 with no minority report, placing the bill on consent.
The committee next considered House Bill 235, which would amend the educator code of ethics and conduct to add responsibilities to parents. Supporters argued parents should be explicitly included in the code, while opponents said parents were already covered in existing ethics language and statute. The bill passed narrowly, 9-8. The committee then returned to House Bill 532 on alternate dispute resolution and individualized education plan team meeting facilitation. Amendment 0480H clarified that different rules would apply separately to neutral conference, mediation, and IEP facilitation; it passed 17-0, and the bill as amended also passed 17-0. Finally, the committee moved to House Bill 564, concerning adoption of school administrative unit budgets, and voted to retain the bill for further review because members said there was still confusion about how it would apply to single-district and multi-district SAUs.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We're all, I think, in agreement on that mission. Senator Huffman.
- And third are interlocal agreements with local cities and counties.
- question that Senator King had is that's going to reduce the population... ...sort of converging agreement
- So we generate a subcontract agreement, a payable amount to them, our payable amount to the service itself
- In their local agreements, move away from these contracts. Maybe that's wrong.
Committee:
Senate Criminal Justice
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- And get agreement, we don't ram it through in a matter of two months.
- I think we're in agreement that we want a central system and we want to keep bad actors and find them
- ><00:58:17.560><c> think</c><00:58:17.800><c> we're</c><00:58:17.880><c> in</c><00:58:17.960><c> agreement
- I think we're in agreement that we want.
- I think we're in agreement that we want<00:58:20.200><c> a</c><00:58:20.240><c> central</c><00:58:20.560
Committee:
Senate Labor
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 04/07/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Statute already permits eligible teachers who are at least 62 years old to enter into a return-to-work agreement
- Statute already permits eligible teachers who are at least 62 years old to enter into a return-to-work agreement
- Thank you. years old to enter into a return to work years old to enter into a return to work agreement
- </c><00:01:56.520><c> This</c><00:01:56.680><c> is</c> agreement with their school.
- This is agreement with their school.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
CPC Public Hearing - Wed Feb 12, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Consumer Protection & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- :48.919><c> would</c><00:27:49.120><c> upend</c><00:27:49.679><c> purchase</c><00:27:50.080><c> agreements
- </c> hp420 would upend purchase agreements hp420 would upend purchase agreements and<00:27:50.880><c>
- Okay, so is your understanding of this bill, in conjunction with the collective bargaining agreements
- the this bill in conjunction with the collective<01:22:21.840><c> bargaining</c><01:22:22.360><c> agreements
- </c><01:22:22.840><c> that</c> collective bargaining agreements that collective bargaining agreements
Committee:
House Consumer Protection & Commerce
Summary:
The Consumer Protection and Commerce Committee met on February 12 and heard several bills. HB 97, relating to travel insurance, drew only brief testimony: the Insurance Division stood on written testimony, one industry witness supported the bill and requested a minor amendment, and no one else testified or asked questions. HB 226, relating to window tinting, received support from the Department of Transportation, while the Honolulu Police Department offered comments on the proposed amendments, asking for clearer language on what it means to roll windows down, when the requirement applies, how it handles bad weather, and what sanctions would apply for noncompliance. No further testimony was offered on that measure.
The committee also heard HB 1179, relating to rural emergency hospitals. The Department of Human Services stood on written testimony, and Maui Health Systems strongly supported the bill, saying it would help critical access hospitals better serve kūpuna and provide long-term care beds. There were no questions or additional testimony. HB 420, relating to remedies and the contractor repair act, generated extensive and sharply divided testimony. Opponents, including attorneys representing homeowners and AARP Hawaii, argued the bill was anti-consumer, would weaken homeowners’ ability to recover for construction defects, and would shift costs and risk to consumers. Supporters, including builders, realtors, the Chamber of Commerce, and D.R. Horton Hawaii, said the bill would create a more balanced and efficient process, reduce unnecessary litigation, and help builders address legitimate defects more quickly.
Testimony on HB 420 focused heavily on whether the contractor repair process and class actions help or hinder repairs. Opponents said the bill would delay or limit homeowner recovery, especially for life and safety defects, while supporters said current class-action litigation can prevent direct communication with homeowners and slow repairs. Committee members asked questions about when communication with homeowners stops and whether repairs could be made before a class is certified. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 4th, 2025
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- While I'm not in agreement with everything that DoIT does— It is relatively new, and we continue to grow
- Or have you guys worked out an agreement with him? Chair, representative, that's a great question.
- We've signed some water right settlement agreements, and I know we talked about this last year.
- Years with the federal government and that concessionary agreement does include law enforcement, but
- So I think we have a good sense and agreement around the division of labor.
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance