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MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 22 January, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Mississippi Board of Pharmacy. Senator Brian pass and retain. Childc care facility licensing.
- Mississippi board of pharmacy. seven. Mississippi board of pharmacy.
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Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, received an invocation from Dr. Danny Irvin, and led the pledge of allegiance. Routine business followed, including unanimous consent to dispense with the reading of the journal, committee reports, and bill titles. The chamber also recognized several guests, including family members of senators, Dr. Diana Osbrook of the University of Mississippi, recovery day guests, Mississippi State women’s basketball coach Sam Purcell and staff, leaders from the Mississippi Trucking Association’s Lead MTA program, and students from Presbyterian Day School.
A major item was Senate Resolution 10, commemorating the bicentennial of Mississippi College in Clinton. Mississippi College President Dr. Blake Thompson addressed the Senate, describing the school’s 200-year history, its church affiliations, and its planned name change to Mississippi Christian University. He also highlighted the school’s partnership with the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and introduced the Choctaw Eagle mascot, Tuska. Senators praised the institution’s contributions to the state and its alumni in public office.
On the calendar, several measures were taken up and passed over or retained, including Senate Bill 2017 on repealing obsolete commissions, Senate Bill 2259, a government efficiency/structure measure, child care facility licensing legislation, and a Mississippi Board of Pharmacy bill. Senator England was added as a co-author to Senate Bill 2017. The Senate also noted campaign finance report deadlines and remembered Senator Butler’s brother, Percy L. Butler, in memory.
The meeting ended with extensive announcements about committee and subcommittee meetings, but the dominant procedural action was a weather-related recess resolution. After warnings of possible severe travel conditions on Monday and Tuesday, the Senate adopted a motion to recess until 5:00 p.m. that day, with the journal to reflect adjournment until 4:00 p.m. Monday unless weather conditions require reconvening Tuesday or Wednesday instead.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- the donation of wild game meat, including Axis deer, by a hunter for the use or distribution by charitable
- Donation of wild game meat, including Axis deer, by a hunter for the use or distribution by charitable
Summary:
The Hawaii State Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection met in decision-making session and took up a series of previously heard bills. SB 21 on water carriers was passed with amendments to make the inflationary cost-indexed adjustment mechanism permissive rather than required, along with technical changes and a non-defective effective date. SB 133 on energy was passed with amendments adopting PUC recommendations and changing the effective date to July 1, 2050. SB 391 on recycling, creating an end-of-life lithium-ion battery management working group, was passed unamended. SB 532 on DOE medication administration in public schools was passed with amendments incorporating Hawaii State Center for Nursing proposals and a defective effective date. SB 230 on wild game meat donations was passed with technical amendments and a July 1, 2050 defective date. SB 1279 on pharmacists and telehealth supervision under the 340B program was also passed with a defective effective date of July 1, 2050. SB 1494 on optional hearing aid coverage was passed with technical amendments and a defective effective date of July 1, 2050.
The committee deferred action on SB 588, which would allow self-certification for certain behind-the-meter solar systems and exempt them from FEA no-rise/no-impact declarations, citing the testimony submitted. It also deferred SB 281 on telehealth conformity with federal Medicare rules and SB 49 on prior authorization data reporting, both until Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. in Conference Room 229. SB 838 on health insurance coverage for continuous glucose monitors was passed with amendments adopting technical changes and Department of Human Services proposals, plus a defective effective date of July 1, 2050; one member noted support but urged future consideration of including Medicaid managed care. All measures acted on were adopted without objections or reservations, with Senator Richards excused from voting on the measures discussed.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Family Service (10-15-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- we have, um, we're going to start with Representative Amy Neighbors and Taylor Williams with the Pharmacy
- Association to discuss the pharmacy parity bill.
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uh and and Taylor Williams with pharmacy uh and and Taylor Williams with pharmacy - <00:02:29.680>
It the pharmacy parity bill. Thank you. It the pharmacy parity bill. - , our pharmacists are already pharmacy, our pharmacists are already uniquely<00:09:40.399>
well
Summary:
The meeting opened with roll call, approval of the September 17 minutes, and an introduction of Sarah Rome to the committee. The chair also noted that the committee would stay on schedule and then moved to presentations. Representative Amy Neighbors and Taylor Williams of the Kentucky Pharmacists Association presented a refiled “pharmacy parity” proposal, formerly House Bill 3, to require Medicaid reimbursement for pharmacist clinical services already authorized under current scope of practice. They said the bill would not expand Medicaid or pharmacist scope, but would align Medicaid with commercial insurance, improve access and outcomes, and likely save money; they cited a Cabinet report under Senate Joint Resolution 26, which found similar laws in other states were producing savings or trending toward savings and would require only modest administrative updates. No member questions were raised after that presentation.
The committee then heard an update on the Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening Program from Senator Stephen Meredith, Dr. Whitney Jones, Melissa Carrier, and Representative Neighbors. They described the program’s goals of increasing screening, reducing deaths through earlier detection, and preventing cancers by finding polyps, saying it has produced substantial savings and improved outcomes. Speakers emphasized Kentucky’s high colorectal cancer burden, especially in younger adults, and said the program helps uninsured and underinsured Kentuckians access stool-based screening and follow-up colonoscopies through a network of partners including the Department for Public Health, Kentucky Cancer Link, and university cancer programs. They requested an increase in funding from $500,000 to $1.25 million annually, or $2.5 million over the biennium, to expand services, fill geographic gaps, and support education and navigation.
Members asked whether the colon cancer screening was already covered by Medicaid, and the presenters replied that Medicaid does cover it, but the program serves people who are not on Medicaid or who fall into a separate eligibility category based on income and insurance status. A member also clarified the requested funding increase. The committee then moved on to the next agenda item, an update from the Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky, where board member Sal Santoro and CHNK Behavioral Health leaders began a presentation describing the organization’s broader behavioral health work and its request, but the transcript cuts off before that presentation concludes or any action is taken.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- He's gonna say, "To what pharmacies in your area, which one do you prefer?"
- The human pharmacies do not carry our veterinary specific drugs.
- We can have our own in-person dispensing pharmacy.
- I'm allowed to use my own dispensing pharmacy by law.
- But by state pharmacy law, any prescription from a veterinarian has to be filled by a pharmacy.
Keywords:
agriculture, finance, young farmers, financial assistance, pest control, veterinarian, veterinary medicine, veterinary telemedicine, telehealth, telemedicine, veterinarian-client-patient relationship, VCPR, animal health, livestock, pets, remote care, electronic means, telephone consultation, controlled substances, prescription drugs
Summary:
The second bill, House Bill 3469, was introduced to address pest control regulations concerning nuisance birds. Representative Campos explained how the bill proposes non-lethal methods to deter these birds, such as the use of laser lights and sounds, which avoids conflict with both state and federal regulations. The committee heard impassioned testimonies from members of the public who shared firsthand experiences regarding the adverse effects of these birds on property and public health. The meeting concluded with both bills being left pending, reflecting a desire for further deliberation among the committee members.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (04/30/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:52:16.160>
that <00:52:16.559>felt only two pharmacies that felt only two pharmacies - pharmacy, which is already overworked. pharmacy, which is already overworked. and<01:18:48.400><
- And so my concern is you're overwhelming the pharmacies, and pharmacies that are in poor areas with a
- I don't think this helps pharmacies. I don't think it helps anybody.
- I don't think this<01:20:57.120>
helps <01:20:57.600>pharmacies.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 11, 2026 - 09:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- And the bill also strengthens OIR’s oversight over PBMs, the pharmacy benefit managers.
- And the bill also strengthens OIR’s oversight over PBMs, the pharmacy benefit managers.
- , independent pharmacies, drug manufacturers, and consumers.
- For example, in 2025, Transparency RX Corporation and the Association of Pharmacy Benefit Managers was
- Should the bill posture change and it only apply to pharmacy benefit managers, most of my comments, if
Summary:
The Insurance and Banking Subcommittee met to hear and vote on several bills, with all measures reported favorably. The first major item was PCS for HB 175 on payment stablecoins, which would create a Florida regulatory framework aligned with the federal GENIUS Act so issuers can choose state regulation instead of federal licensing. Members asked extensive questions about how stablecoins differ from other digital assets, whether Florida would need federal approval, and what impact the bill would have on the Office of Financial Regulation; the sponsor and OFR said the state framework would mirror federal standards and that any workload increase was currently indeterminate. The PCS passed unanimously after testimony from OFR and the Florida Blockchain Business Association in support.
The committee then approved CS for HB 961, which streamlines electronic signature requirements for salvage titles and certificates of destruction, and HB 1415, a DFS stablecoin pilot program allowing certain stablecoins to be used for licensing and regulatory fees. HB 1415 was amended to remove authority for a Florida coin, limit the pilot to established stablecoins with at least $1 billion market cap, and require secure custody through a public depository or custodial bank. Members discussed how any interest or revenue would be used, with sponsors saying the pilot was still exploratory and intended mainly to cover program costs. Both bills passed favorably.
HB 1039, establishing a state cryptocurrency reserve, also passed after a strike-all amendment moved administration of the reserve from the CFO’s office to the State Board of Administration and tightened eligibility to cryptocurrencies with a $100 billion market cap over the prior 12 months. Supporters argued the bill would create a framework for future diversification and investment in established digital assets, while several members raised concerns about volatility, reporting frequency, and the meaning of new terms such as qualified liquidity provider and secure custody solution. The committee also passed CS for HB 951 on penny rounding for cash transactions, with an amendment clarifying cash transaction definitions and treating money orders and gift cards like credit-card transactions for rounding purposes.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Budget Section Commerce and Legal Service Division Jun 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So currently we have 320 active charitable gaming organizations in the state.
- So, Aaron, in regards to the sites, there's been a lot of talk, a lot of discussion about charitable
- I mean, it's all legal, but I mean, I'm pretty sure when charitable gaming started, this is not what
- So what you see in gaming around the country versus charitable gaming in North Dakota, and I'm sure other
Summary:
The committee met to review the Attorney General’s budget and related agency operations, beginning with Legislative Council staff walking members through compliance reports and a blue-sheet base budget document. Staff highlighted current-biennium items such as FTE changes, one-time appropriations, litigation funding, opioid settlement receipts, continuing appropriations, and major special and federal funds. Members asked for clarification on items including the Missing Indigenous People Grant Fund, the Internet Crimes Investigation Fund, and the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit grant funding.
Assistant Attorney General Clare Ness then gave an overview of the office’s structure, staffing, and budget pressures. She emphasized the office’s broad statutory duties, the value of its legal services to state and local government, and concerns about attorney pay lagging behind other agencies. Members discussed whether attorney compensation should be benchmarked more consistently across state government and whether some legal work could be consolidated within the AG’s office. Ness also addressed questions about AG opinion turnaround times, boards-and-commissions training, the new-and-vacant FTE pool, operating expense cuts, office leases, and the state’s criminal justice information systems.
The crime lab presentation drew significant attention. Director Jennifer Penner described severe space, safety, and infrastructure problems at the current lab, including cramped work areas, glycol leaks, outdated fire and burglar alarms, air-handling limits, and equipment failures that have delayed toxicology work. She said the 2024 study projected a much larger facility would be needed and that the preferred location would be near the current health department site, but in a new building. Members asked about possible evidence risks, backlog status, and whether the proposed building would solve the current problems; Penner said it would and noted backlogs have improved overall, though some delays remain.
The committee also heard from the new Medicaid Fraud Control Unit director, who described the unit’s civil and criminal work, federal-state funding split, and examples of fraud such as billing for services not provided or upcoding. The gaming division reported continued growth in charitable gaming and e-tabs, with members expressing concern about large trust-account balances, site competition, and possible misuse of proceeds. Finally, BCI outlined its caseload, cybercrime work, missing Indigenous persons task force, and the surge in CSAM cyber tips; members asked about AI-generated CSAM, and the AG’s office noted that last session’s law increased penalties and expressly allowed AI-generated CSAM to be prosecuted like other CSAM. No formal votes or actions were taken beyond approval of the minutes.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Working Group on Omnibus K-12 Education Appropriations - 05/22/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- dispose of surplus school books by donating them to a family of a student in the district or a charitable
- dispose of surplus school books by donating them to a family of a student in the district or a charitable
- ><00:11:10.560>
district <00:11:10.959>or <00:11:11.200>a <00:11:11.440>charitable - In the district or a charitable organization.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Oct 6th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- We also have representatives from public health and from pharmacy here, and I also have Vice President
- You're already on pharmacy. Oh, I am? Yes. There we go. We'll back up one. There we go.
- We're going to the College of Pharmacy. The College of Pharmacy is another really important place.
- Overall, across the United States, pharmacy enrollment has been down since COVID, but we are not on that
- Our College of Pharmacy has actually seen an increase, and we are at about a 3.3 percent growth in our
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Inouye College of Pharmacy. And you can recognize them with their white. Thank you, Mr. president.
- <00:05:57.759>
But attending our Hilo Pharmacy School. - But attending our Hilo Pharmacy School.
- Welcome to the Senate, and please give our Hilo Pharmacy students, but I also understand they're from
- Welcome to the Senate, and please give our Hilo Pharmacy students, but I also understand they're from
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, for the Board of Pharmacy recommendations.
- I'm the Executive Director of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy.
- , pharmacists, and pharmacist interns, as well as 77,800 pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician
- Just a quick question in terms of the pharmacy profession itself.
- Pharmacy schools estimate that there will be a shortage in the coming years.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- business, Senate Bill 1721 by Senator Middleton about transfer of the license. and Regulation of Charitable
- original bill the committee substitute to Senate Bill 1721. transfers the regulatory authority of charitable
- have confirmed that TDLR, that the new substitute will aid them in smoothing this transition. of Charitable
Keywords:
SB 1065, handgun carry, license holder, concealed carry, open carry, government contracts, governmental entity, property lease, state agencies, local government, higher education, university, Texas Government Code, Penal Code 30.06, Penal Code 30.07, Penal Code 46.03, Second Amendment, gun rights, firearms, civil penalty
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- gaming and expanding from a charitable gaming and expanding from a minimum<01:36:38.080>
of <01 - One of the recipients of charitable gaming funds is the New Hampshire State Police Bagpipe Band.
- I represent the New Hampshire Charitable Gaming Operators Association, and we are here in support of
- Um, I'm not paid by casinos or benefit of the monies that we get from our charitable casino, which is
- Um, I'm not paid by casinos or benefit of the monies that we get from our charitable casino, which is
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 03/23/26
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- by the people who agree with that mission and are supporting those organizations through their charitable
- If it's truly their mission to help people, then they should raise the money through charitable donations
- If it's truly their mission to help people, then they should raise the money through charitable donations
- If it's truly their mission to help people, then they should raise the money through charitable donations
- If it's truly their mission to help people, then they should raise the money through charitable donations
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Aug 27th, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- dealers without a prescription, providing that they follow guidelines to be laid out by the State Pharmacy
- And it allows the State Board of Pharmacy to make rules as needed.
- And I don't like the shady influencers, gray market pharmacies, and pharmaceutical manufacturers making
- Online pharmacies mark up Ivermectin by 25%, while influencers get paid to promote it through discount
Bills:
HB25
Keywords:
ivermectin, pharmacist authority, prescription-free, healthcare regulation, patient access, 1185, senate, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- counter without a prescription, providing that they follow guidelines to be laid out by the state pharmacy
- liable or civilly liable for the dispensing of ivermectin into this bill and allow the state board of pharmacy
- And I don't like the shady influencers, gray market pharmacies and pharmaceutical manufacturers are once
- Online pharmacies mark up ivermectin by 2,400%, while influencers get paid to promote it through discount
Bills:
HB25
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, March 3, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- close friend, and I appreciate all that he has done for all the communities in Kentucky and all the charitable
- close friend, and I appreciate all that he has done for all the communities in Kentucky and all the charitable
- close friend, and I appreciate all that he has done for all the communities in Kentucky and all the charitable
- close friend, and I appreciate all that he has done for all the communities in Kentucky and all the charitable
- close friend, and I appreciate all that he has done for all the communities in Kentucky and all the charitable
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Human Services Subcommittee Feb 16th, 2026 at 10:30 am
A&B Human Services Subcommittee
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/05/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, they also have nearly 2,500 contracts with pharmacies.
- A single covered entity might have multiple contracts with multiple pharmacies, and a single pharmacy
- , and a single multiple pharmacies, and a single pharmacy<00:10:36.800>
may <00:10:37.040>have - <00:10:37.200>
contracts <00:10:37.680>with pharmacy may have contracts with pharmacy - Um so, pharmacies are not in Minnesota.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
CPN, CPN, CPN DEFER, CPN-JDC, HHS-CPN, CPN DEFER Public Hearings 02-17-2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Robust tracking of product, and it's not like a pharmacy because marijuana medical is not a pharmacy;
- Robust tracking of product, and it's not like a pharmacy because marijuana medical is not a pharmacy;
- Robust tracking of product, and it's not like a pharmacy because marijuana medical is not a pharmacy;
- Robust tracking of product, and it's not like a pharmacy because marijuana medical is not a pharmacy;
- The doctor writes the script, the pharmacy fills it, and then there's mechanisms for the pharmacy to
Summary:
The committee first heard SB 888, which would bar operators of smart household security devices from sharing user data with law enforcement unless the user consents or police obtain a warrant. DCCA’s Office of Consumer Protection offered comments and Judiciary submitted written support. Several individuals also submitted written support. The committee recommended passage with amendments clarifying that the Office of Consumer Protection may enforce violations and adopting Judiciary’s recommended changes, while also deferring the effective date to July 1, 2050. The motion passed unanimously among members present, with one senator excused.
The committee then took up SB 2777 on insurance disclosures. The bill would require authorized insurers to disclose claim-handling data to consumers, including claims open at the start of a period, closed with payment, closed without payment, and open at the end of the period. The committee described amendments to clarify the bill, remove a requirement for the DCCA insurance division to handle publication, and defer the effective date to July 1, 2050. The measure was passed with amendments and the recommendation was adopted, with one member voting no and another excused.
In a joint Commerce and Consumer Protection/Judiciary hearing on SP2738 relating to tax haven abuse, the Department of Taxation offered comments and the Tax Foundation testified in opposition, arguing the state should rely on IRS audits and existing worldwide reporting rules rather than create a separate state approach. Other written testimony was noted in both support and opposition. The committees recommended passage with amendments adopting Taxation’s technical changes and deferring the effective date to July 1, 2050; the recommendation was adopted, with one senator noting reservations.
The joint hearing then moved to health-related bills, including SB 2690 on primary care spending, SB 3103 on energy assistance, SB 3137 on Department of Health authority over food, drugs, and cosmetics, SB 3164 on child welfare service organizations, and SB 3206 on cannabinoids. SB 2690 drew strong support from physicians and advocates who said it would address primary care shortages, especially on neighbor islands, while HMSA and others warned a fixed spending percentage could raise costs and suggested a working group. SB 3164 drew support from child welfare providers and opposition from the Attorney General over indemnification language, and SB 3206 drew mixed testimony: state agencies raised federal-law and vagueness concerns, while hemp and cannabis advocates and some farmers supported the measure and urged broader legalization or amendments.