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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- involving a permanent ankle injury sustained while working at MCF Stillwater, calculated under the standard
- 03:47.440><c> calculated</c><00:03:48.080><c> under</c><00:03:48.280><c> the</c><00:03:48.440><c> standard
- </c> Stillwater calculated under the standard Stillwater calculated under the standard statutory<00:03
- ,</c> product standards, product standards, uh<01:00:15.240><c> protect</c><01:00:15.640><c> proprietary
- , and members of the to one standard, and members of the majority<01:46:22.240><c> are</c><01:46:22.360
Committee:
Senate Finance
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Thu Mar 19, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 2970, Senate Draft 1, relating to standards of conduct.
- One is to try to consolidate it within the existing contract clause in Chapter 84 standards of conduct
- </c><00:17:08.480><c> of</c><00:17:08.600><c> conduct</c> in the Chapter 84 standards of conduct in the
- Chapter 84 standards of conduct in<00:17:09.839><c> order</c><00:17:10.040><c> to</c><00:17:10.160><
- Constitution to specify that the Constitution to specify that the standard<00:56:00.040><c> for</c><00
Committee:
House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on several Senate bills. On SB 2530, relating to campaign contributions, the State Procurement Office suggested clarifying that contractor disclosure information be submitted within 30 days of a fully executed contract, while the Campaign Spending Commission supported the bill but asked that the restriction on contributions by officers be expanded beyond compensated officers. Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action supported the measure and urged keeping the Senate language, arguing it better addresses contractor influence, while no other testifiers appeared.
On SB 2970, relating to standards of conduct, the State Ethics Commission supported the bill and proposed amendments to consolidate the new language into existing Chapter 84 contract provisions and use “department head” instead of “director.” The State Procurement Office supported the measure but recommended closing a perceived loophole by limiting the covered contracts to those under $10,000. No opposition testimony was offered.
The committee then heard SB 2919, which would fund one full-time Deputy Public Defender position focused on immigration-related advice under Padilla v. Kentucky. The Office of the Public Defender, Hawaii Coalition for Immigrants’ Rights, and the ACLU of Hawaii supported the bill, explaining that the position would help public defenders advise clients about immigration consequences of criminal cases, not provide immigration representation. Members asked several questions about the scope of the position and whether it could assist with citizenship; testimony clarified that it would not handle civil immigration matters. The bill was also described as creating a statewide consistent resource for the public defender system.
Finally, on SB 2446, relating to the judiciary, the Intermediate Court of Appeals supported adding a seventh associate judge position but noted the court has only recently been fully staffed at six judges and has improved output through internal changes. The chair emphasized that the bill authorizes the position without funding and encouraged the judiciary to return later if appropriations are needed. The committee also began hearing SB 2730, a criminal justice reform bill on warrantless arrests and citations. OHA supported reducing unnecessary arrests but objected to making citations visible on criminal records; the Department of the Attorney General opposed the bill, citing law enforcement flexibility, identification concerns, and possible litigation costs; and the Judiciary requested a later implementation date and suggested changes to citation-resolution language. The transcript ends while testimony on SB 2730 was still underway.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill would protect labor standards in the meatpacking sector and establish market competition for
- of practice, revised quality standards of practice, revised accreditation<00:58:03.520><c> guidelines
- Then we try the standard<01:24:28.960><c> 30-day</c><01:24:29.920><c> therapy</c><01:24:30.560><c> of
- </c><01:24:31.679><c> flockitine</c><01:24:32.480><c> or</c> standard 30-day therapy of flockitine or
- is standard cost for a declaw nationwide is about<01:27:43.360><c> $1,000</c><01:27:44.080><c> with<
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
Keywords:
agriculture, livestock, retailers, ownership interest, exclusive contracts, meat packing companies, dominant retailers, state law, Department of Agriculture, appropriation, funding, agriculture policy, state budget, animal welfare, cat declawing, animal cruelty, therapeutic procedures, civil penalties, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, aquatic life
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:17:09.199><c> order</c><00:17:09.679><c> protection</c><00:17:10.240><c> language</c> standardizing
- order protection language standardizing order protection language throughout<00:17:11.039><c> the</c
- We don't want to create a standard of continuing to move forward money that becomes set in perpetuity
- of continuing to to create a standard of continuing to move<00:39:19.200><c> forward</c><00:39:19.599
- </c><01:26:36.560><c> for</c><01:26:36.880><c> federal</c><01:26:37.520><c> state</c> gold standard for
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 13, February 24, 2026-AM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> constitutional standards. constitutional standards.
- K through 12 schools and it does not impose on the school district to say that there are safety standards
- 35:02.400><c> that</c><01:35:02.719><c> we</c><01:35:02.960><c> have</c><01:35:03.120><c> to</c> standards
- that we have to standards that we have to enforce<01:35:05.360><c> in</c><01:35:05.600><c> the</c><01
- It still does not safety standards.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- And so we would just recommend that we provide for a standardization of what maybe perhaps a safe level
- budget, but you included in the standard budget, but you only<00:59:26.079><c> want</c><00:59:26.480
- There's a $41 million standard budget, $29 million is Homeland Security. What does this mean?
- There's a $41 million standard budget, $29 million is Homeland Security. What does this mean?
- This change will allow clarity in agency employee numbers, standard budget and exception requests, and
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Keywords:
First Amendment, free speech, lawsuits, immunity, public participation, strategic lawsuits, foreign censorship, digital innovation, constitutional rights, Wyoming GRANITE Act, extraterritorial laws, civil actions, speech protection, legal jurisdiction, joint liability, artificial intelligence, social scoring, biometric data, privacy rights, government regulation
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Health & Social Services, February 11, 2026
Labor, Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:14:35.920><c> Wyoming</c> safety standards remain intact.
- Wyoming safety standards remain intact.
- So, it's like there's a double standard going on.
- </c><01:16:07.520><c> And</c> there's a double standard going on.
- And there's a double standard going on.
Committee:
House Labor, Health & Social Services
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:35:18.800><c> for</c><00:35:19.119><c> invalidating</c> of the standards for invalidating of
- the standards for invalidating administrative<00:35:20.640><c> acts</c><00:35:20.880><c> under</c><00
- </c> certifications uh standard certifications uh standard certifications<00:40:34.560><c> that</c><00
- FRTs replace the standard trigger on a firearm such that the shooter need only pull the trigger once
- FRTs replace the standard trigger on a firearm such that the shooter need only pull the trigger once
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee held an informational briefing on the State of Hawaii’s affirmative litigation against the federal administration, with no public testimony. Attorney General Lopez and deputies said the office’s goal is to enforce the rule of law, not make partisan points, and noted that Hawaii is involved in 27 ongoing cases. They grouped the cases into four broad areas: immigration, funding freezes and grant terminations, federal agency dismantling/reductions in force, and protecting elections, health, and safety.
Several immigration-related cases were discussed in detail. These included a challenge to the federal sharing of Medicaid data with DHS for immigration enforcement, a similar challenge to USDA’s demand for SNAP applicant and recipient data, and litigation over immigration-enforcement conditions attached to federal grants. The office also described the birthright citizenship executive order, saying it conflicts with the 14th Amendment and Supreme Court precedent; lower courts granted preliminary relief, and the U.S. Supreme Court later addressed only the scope of nationwide injunctions, not the merits. In the Department of Transportation case, the court granted a preliminary injunction against the “Duffy directive,” finding the immigration conditions lacked statutory authority, were arbitrary and capricious, and violated the Spending Clause and APA.
The briefing also covered multiple funding disputes. In the education funding freeze case, the Department of Education and OMB withheld about $6 billion in formula funds, including roughly $33 million for Hawaii; after suit was filed, the funds were released. Other cases included the termination of over $11 billion in public health grants, which affected Hawaii Department of Health grants, the NIH indirect cost cap case, and NIH grant terminations tied to DEI, transgender issues, and vaccine hesitancy. The speakers said some cases have already resulted in preliminary or permanent injunctions, while others remain on appeal or are still being litigated.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (6-25-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:05:11.840><c> So,</c> standard and the national standard.
- So, standard and the national standard.
- Uh, so, we see the state standard or state average, national average.
- This chart is one that we made just to show kind of what we're seeing, and this is pretty standard, but
- ,</c><01:14:19.680><c> but</c> and this is this is pretty standard, but and this is this is pretty standard
Summary:
The meeting opened with the pledge and prayer, a roll call established quorum, and members announced a Veterans Caucus meeting to follow the session. The committee also recognized distinguished veteran Joe Mash Masterson of Bardstown, who was praised for his Army service, long-time advocacy for veterans, and leadership in the American Legion and local veteran organizations. Masterson thanked his family, the American Legion Post 121, and the VA staff, and several members offered remarks honoring his service and the committee’s practice of recognizing veterans.
The committee then briefly addressed a referred administrative regulation, 017 KAR 001 030, which leadership described as technical updates to existing policy; no vote was taken. After that, members heard testimony from KDVA and Finance and Administration officials on the ongoing HVAC replacement project at the Radcliffe Veteran Center. Officials said the system had been problematic for years, that design work began early to accelerate the project, and that the work was complicated by the need to replace the system in an operating nursing facility. They explained that the project was bid in March, awarded to Less Mechanical, and that protective measures, shop drawings, and equipment orders were underway.
Committee members pressed officials on why the problem had taken so long to resolve, why the original system had been installed, whether the issue had been communicated regularly, and whether the state should be paying for a replacement in a relatively new facility. Officials said the original system’s components and warranties had failed, that they had tried to replace parts before moving to a full replacement, and that the system’s manufacturer and quality differed from a similar facility in Glasgow that had not had the same issues. They said the current phase one contract was about $6 million, with the remaining funds held for phase two to restore full occupancy; phase two design was nearly complete and could be bid later if funding is approved. Officials estimated phase one completion around January 2026 and full completion around March 2027, depending on funding and scheduling.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Section one establishes a new standard for the Department of Education when awarding or administering
- Section one establishes a new standard for the Department of Education when awarding or administering
- Section one establishes a new standard for the Department of Education when awarding or administering
- Section one establishes a new standard for the Department of Education when awarding or administering
- Section one establishes a new standard for the Department of Education when awarding or administering
Bills:
HF1388
Committee:
House Education Finance
Keywords:
BARR Center, Building Assets, Reducing Risks, education finance, school funding, grant appropriation, evidence-based program, student achievement, social and emotional learning, school climate, teacher effectiveness, high school graduation, students in poverty, students of color, BIPOC, equity in education, Minnesota Department of Education, urban schools, suburban schools, rural schools, school coaching
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (03/19/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- of EMS and um the the current standard of EMS and um the governor<00:28:24.559><c> uh</c><00:28:24.720
- and uh I would like to move to standard and uh I would like to move to retain<00:45:25.119><c> this<
- The purpose of the bill is for the Insurance Department to receive a standardized form format of the
- </c><01:39:23.119><c> form</c><01:39:23.400><c> format</c> uh receives a standardized form format uh
- receives a standardized form format of<01:39:24.320><c> the</c><01:39:24.480><c> insurance</c><01:39:
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 167, a PFAS-related measure expanding the state’s restrictions to include ski wax and related fluorocarbons. The sponsor said the bill was a follow-up to last year’s PFAS law and largely targeted products already off the market, describing it as a reaffirmation of the state’s intent to keep PFAS out of water. The committee voted unanimously to recommend the bill ought to pass and then placed it on the consent calendar.
Next, the committee considered House Bill 275 on health career credentialing requirements. The discussion centered on a proposal that would have required insurance companies to pay for training mandated by federal requirements. Members concluded that approach was not appropriate and voted unanimously to make the bill inexpedient to legislate, then placed it on the consent calendar. House Bill 276, dealing with on-premise beverage license requirements, was then reconsidered after an initial ITL vote. The committee adopted an amendment creating a tavern license for establishments limited to patrons over 21, with a higher fee and no food requirement, and then voted 15-0 to recommend the bill ought to pass as amended; it was also placed on the consent calendar.
The committee then took up House Bill 310, which would establish a commission to study a regulatory framework for stable tokens and tokenization of real-world assets. The sponsor said the amendment added blockchain-based trusts and discussion of privacy and environmental concerns. The committee approved the amendment 16-0 and then voted 16-0 to recommend the bill ought to pass as amended, placing it on the consent calendar. House Bill 312, concerning intercollegiate student athletes’ right to earn compensation from name, image, and likeness, was retained because members said the issue was not ready and the NCAA had not resolved how to handle it. Finally, the committee began discussion of House Bill 316 on ground ambulance reimbursement, with an amendment that would replace the bill’s reimbursement provisions with a study commission; members debated how it related to another bill, HB 725, and whether the amendment would delay immediate relief for ambulance providers.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Transportation Mar 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- font color="aaaaaa">technical amendment, but it </font> <font color="aaaaaa">brings up the plate standards
- font color="aaaaaa">technical amendment, but it </font> <font color="aaaaaa">brings up the plate standards
- </font> <font color="aaaaaa">brings up the plate standards.
- Meet </font> <font color="aaaaaa">our minimum quality standards.
- Meet </font> <font color="aaaaaa">our minimum quality standards.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 1/16/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:07:18.000><c> of</c> increases and increase the standard of increases and increase the standard
- and protect consumers uphold standards and protect consumers but<00:09:32.920><c> overregulation</c>
- The first is that we do not believe it's fair to superimpose the new permissible leave standards for
- The first is that we do not believe it's fair to superimpose the new permissible leave standards for
- The first is that we do not believe it's fair to superimpose the new permissible leave standards for
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session May 18th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- For decades, I repeat, for decades, it's been a standard practice to integrate the cost of repairing
- For decades, I repeat, for decades, it's been a standard practice to integrate the cost of repairing
- This does not weaken standards.
- The law sets a very high standard for workforce needs that have to be documented for these programs.
- respiratory care tasks and services and clarifies required patient-specific training and competency standards
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 14th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- A.J.R. 31 calls on Congress to restore preclearance, codify a results-based standard under Section 2,
- promote economic activity throughout the state while maintaining appropriate safety and compliance standards
- easier to comply with and the program more sustainable while maintaining California's high health standards
- This bill standardizes the personal importation limit for alcoholic beverages to six liters every 31
- AB 2751 corrects that inconsistency by making it and establishing a clear standard for everyone entering
Summary:
The Assembly convened after initially lacking a quorum, then completed the prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, journal motions, and a long series of procedural actions, including suspending rules to move bills and approve a large Appropriations Committee hearing list. Members also made several guest introductions, including Shannon Lee, district staff from Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez’s office, and later guests tied to agritourism and education recognitions.
The floor debate centered heavily on AJR 31, a resolution urging Congress to restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Supporters argued that recent Supreme Court decisions and redistricting efforts in other states were weakening Black and other minority representation and that California should take a clear stand for voting rights. Opponents argued the measure promoted racial division, conflicted with equal protection principles, and that districts should be drawn based on place or communities of interest rather than race. After a contentious debate with repeated parliamentary warnings over decorum, the Assembly suspended the rules to take up the resolution, added coauthors, and passed AJR 31 by a vote of 58-8.
The Assembly then moved through a series of bills and resolutions, generally approving them with little or no opposition. These included AB 2341 clarifying emergency language translation rules for local agencies; AB 1816 extending court supervision for certain sex-offender rehabilitation programs; AB 2561 protecting consumer privacy settings on phones and digital devices; ACR 167 recognizing World Agritourism Day; ACR 190 recognizing California Day of the Teacher; AB 1581 improving identification of Native American students in public schools; AB 1586 requiring opioid overdose prevention training for school resource officers and safety planning; AB 1665 requiring mental health training for school coaches; AB 1693 streamlining retail tenant-improvement permitting; AB 1768 authorizing a local tax measure related to health funding; AB 1712 facilitating a water-system sale for Santa Fe Springs; AB 1792 addressing sexually exploitive AI imagery in health education; and AB 1822 prioritizing school projects that address extreme heat. Most measures passed overwhelmingly, several unanimously, and the resolution on agritourism and the teacher day were adopted by voice vote.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- thing, and these were changes we made in the Judiciary Committee, was making sure that that willful standard
- thing, and these were changes we made in the Judiciary Committee, was making sure that that willful standard
- 00:22:53.800><c> that</c><00:22:54.080><c> that</c><00:22:54.400><c> willful</c><00:22:54.960><c> standard
- </c> making sure that that willful standard making sure that that willful standard was<00:22:56.400><
Committee:
Senate Finance
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Local Government Committee Apr 29th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I mean, I'd like to be able to see this more as a standard for a lot of our transit agencies.
- AB 2134 will establish standard minimum protections for parental leave for city council members across
- and repair projects more quickly and more cost-effectively without sacrificing transparency, labor standards
- The appropriate standard for cities is parity with those other local agencies.
- The appropriate standard for cities is parity with those other local agencies.
Summary:
The committee heard eight bills, mostly on local government, housing, and public agency contracting. AB 1658 would make permanent higher change-order authority for Santa Clara and Los Angeles counties on large construction projects; supporters said it would reduce delays and save money on major projects, and the bill passed 6-0. AB 2263 would authorize the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority to develop employee-preference affordable housing; supporters said it would help with workforce retention and long commutes, and it also passed 6-0. AB 2134 would require city councils to allow parental leave without forcing members to seek public approval or risk losing their seats; supporters described the bill as necessary to protect new parents in local office, and it passed 6-0. AB 2188 would raise Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District’s contracting authority to $250,000, with supporters citing administrative savings and faster project delivery; after committee amendments, it passed 6-0. AB 2033 would let general law cities use job order contracting for repair and maintenance work, with safeguards against employee displacement; supporters called it an efficiency tool, while AFSCME opposed it over workforce impacts, and it passed 8-0 after amendments.
AB 1768 would authorize Los Angeles County and Contra Costa County to ask voters to approve a temporary transactions and use tax to help offset major federal health care cuts and preserve clinics and public health services. Supporters from community clinics, Planned Parenthood, labor groups, counties, and health organizations said the measure would let voters decide how to respond to funding losses; opponents, including CalTax and some cities, raised affordability and tax-burden concerns. Members also discussed equity concerns within Los Angeles County and the importance of local control. The bill was moved out on a 5-2 vote and left on call. AB 2415 would allow the city of Folsom to shift housing obligations away from its historic district and toward other transit-oriented sites; supporters said it would preserve the historic district while still meeting housing goals, and it passed 10-0.
AB 2741, heard at the end of the meeting, would give cities a grace period to fix housing elements that were certified by HCD but later found noncompliant by a court, especially where cities relied on overlay zones. Supporters from the League of California Cities, Redondo Beach, and real estate groups said cities acted in good faith and should not be immediately subjected to builder’s remedy; opponents from California YIMBY and legal aid groups argued the bill would weaken housing accountability and reward noncompliance. The transcript ends during testimony on AB 2741, before a final vote is recorded.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Local Government Committee Apr 29th, 2026
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- I mean, I'd like to be able to see this more as a standard for a lot of our transit agencies.
- AB 2134 will establish standard minimum protections for parental leave for city council members across
- and repair projects more quickly and more cost-effectively without sacrificing transparency, labor standards
- The appropriate standard for cities is parity with those other local agencies.
- The appropriate standard for cities is parity with those other local agencies.
Committee:
House Local Government
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- provide for definitions, to provide for medical necessity determinations, to provide for coverage standards
- of 1950 to be known as the Louisiana Artificial Intelligence Insurance Fairness Act, to establish standards
- So if you just put policy number, that's not standardized.
- The company may have one number and the That's not standardized.
- So not a standard company, like the, you know, companies that are not backed by our guarantee association
Committee:
House Insurance
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- And we're going to go with our standard rules. We have bill sponsor.
- to take it completely out of service because of the expense involved in bringing it up to an EPA standard
- So we have an electron... standard.
- Those states have similar renewable portfolio standards, similar assets, and similar geographic locations
- it's completely different for the labor costs, the construction costs, and the renewable portfolio standard
Committee:
House General Laws