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UT

Utah 2025 Regular Session

Business and Labor Interim Committee - November 19, 2025

Business and Labor Interim Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Federal programs, including the VA, would be unable to credential certified clinicians under this model
  • Further, we've confirmed that through the VA healthcare system, we are required to have a license.
  • going wrong, please take rid of and get rid of that bad apple so that the rest of us can operate appropriately
  • Thank you. ...rid of that bad apple so that the rest of us can operate appropriately. Thank you.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/26/2026 - Senate Military Affairs and Border Security

Military Affairs and Border Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • He was a 37-year-old ICU nurse at the VA. His final words were, “Are you okay?”
  • What this does is appropriate monies for veterans to be able to undergo hyperbaric oxygen treatment.
  • You know, down here, this is very appropriate for this committee to hear surface ideas, how we can try
  • It's all, as it gets past this committee, hopefully, and then to appropriations and on to the budget
  • So with that, we know being on appropriations before being a chair, I know this goes into a box too.
Bills: SB1055 , SB1065
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations - Human Resources Division Apr 10th, 2025 at 02:30 pm

Appropriations - Human Resources Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • Okay, and that's an appropriate expense in that area? Mr. Chair, yes it is. Representative Mitskog.
  • salary structure, subject to limitations, less state appropriation. ...and to establish an appropriate
  • salary structure, subject to limitations, less state appropriation.
  • I'm concerned that that's not the appropriate place to take it from, because those federal rules are
  • They took a little bit out of the general fund appropriation on the salary increases.
Summary: The committee reconvened to work through the amended version of Senate Bill 2025, beginning with a clarification from the Department of Veterans Affairs on the source of funds used to cover the commissioner’s salary equity increase. Commissioner Lonnie Wong explained that the money came from federal highly rural transportation grant administrative/salary funds, within the allowable 10% administrative cap, and that the department had not exceeded that limit. The committee then reviewed the major House changes to the veterans budget, including funding for a veterans benefits specialist FTE, salary equity increases for veterans service officers, additional operating funds, one-time funding for homeless veteran services and the Veterans Post-War Trust Fund, carryover authority for Fisher House and veterans transportation projects, accrued leave, and a document scanning project. Members also discussed a section changing governance authority for veterans affairs and the veterans home, with questions about the ACOVA board and the governor’s appointment authority. The committee debated the appropriateness of using federal grant administrative funds for salary adjustments and the broader shift in authority over veterans affairs, with some members emphasizing legislative control over salaries and budget decisions and others supporting the reorganization as a way to improve administration. After discussion, Amendment 25.092.0203 was moved, seconded, and adopted on an 8-0 roll call. The committee then moved SB 2025 as amended, and that motion also passed 8-0. The meeting then shifted to Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation budget issues, where members reviewed FTE reductions, salary equity funding for correctional officers and parole/probation officers, and the status of federal ARPA dollars that had previously been used to backfill salaries and bonuses. DOCR officials described pay levels for correctional officers and compared them with county jail wages, arguing that the proposed equity funding was needed for retention and competitiveness. Members also discussed transitional facility costs, women’s treatment unit funding, and county jail overflow housing, including new or planned bed capacity in Grand Forks, Burleigh-Morton, Rugby, and other facilities. The committee agreed to continue refining the budget through a new long sheet and planned to request amendments for consideration in the following days before adjourning.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 8th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • national level where many ourselves on a national level where many of our veterans that work for the VA
  • , of our veterans that work for the VA, of our veterans that work for the VA, Social Security, and other
  • field is the service officers out in the field is the service officers out in the field is the federal VA
  • is always constantly federal VA is always constantly federal VA is always constantly changing.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 9th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I move for adoption at the appropriate time and yield for questions.
  • Senator Galahar, you knew moved for adoption at the appropriate time and yield for questions.
  • A few questions and a move for advancement at the appropriate time.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate legislative Session Mar 23rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Fort questions and move for passage at the appropriate time.
  • amounts and that physicians are compensated appropriately.
  • Restore title with the approval of the appropriations chair.
  • You'll for questions asked for advancement at the appropriate time.
  • And the advancement at the appropriate time. And will yield for questions.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 5th, 2026 at 05:40 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I think it's absolutely appropriate that those positions were not included in the amendment and all
  • It's only on appropriate grounds, which are the three grounds outlined in this amendment.
  • That is an appropriate function for this commission.
  • I think that's appropriate.
  • So we do not need a new right of action here, and it is not appropriate. So I'm urging a no vote.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 5th, 2026 at 02:05 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Appropriations Committee amendment is before us for purposes of amendment. Amendment 2201.
  • Now the question before the House is the adoption of the Appropriations Committee amendment as amended
  • The Appropriations Committee amendment is before us for purpose of amendment.
  • Now the question before the House is the adoption of the Appropriations Committee amendment as amended
  • governments and the state government can use the technology effectively to prosecute crimes when appropriate
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 4th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • With the consent of the House, the bill will be substituted as recommended by the Appropriations Committee
  • choose to use. ...open, and it's ridiculous, the regulations they choose to use, things that aren't appropriate
  • care at the base of it that makes it more difficult for families to make family wages and have appropriate
  • In the Appropriations Committee earlier this session, I also presented a bill to look at rebased rates
  • With the consent of the House, the Appropriations Committee amendment will be adopted.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, recited the Pledge of Allegiance, and heard a prayer from Tammy Stamphley, a Presbyterian minister and hospital chaplain. After approving the previous day’s minutes and receiving a Senate message, the chamber moved to second and third reading of several bills, with multiple measures advanced under suspended rules. The first major vote was on Engrossed Senate Bill 5872, which establishes a pre-K-related account to support up to 10,000 additional early learning slots for three- and four-year-olds. Supporters emphasized the Balmer Group’s private funding commitment and the value of early learning and family support; the bill passed 97-0. Substitute Senate Bill 5834, a Department of Retirement Systems request bill changing the fund source for legal, medical, administrative, and fraud-prevention expenses using interest earnings from pension funds, also passed 97-0. Substitute House Bill 2689, dealing with the Working Connections Child Care program, drew the most debate. Supporters said it aligned attendance policy with federal rules, adjusted reimbursement rates, and helped balance the budget while preserving child care resources. Opponents argued it cut support in rural and underserved counties, would worsen child care deserts, and placed budget savings on the child care industry; it passed 53-44. The House then passed Senate Bill 5922, allowing school districts to transfer vehicle depreciation funds with OSPI approval, by 59-38, and Senate Bill 6065, a narrower bill for districts under enhanced financial oversight such as Prescott, by 97-0. The session ended with announcements that both caucuses would meet later in the day.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 4th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In appropriations, I ran an amendment that was a little bit... Oh, I need to move my amendment.
  • In appropriations, I also moved a similar amendment, but that one had to do with critical areas ordinances
  • The train goes down because we did not have Sound Transit follow the appropriate guidelines that are
  • With the consent of the House, the Appropriations Committee amendments will be adopted.
  • Clerk will read: An act relating to making enrollment status of the beneficiary subject to appropriation
Summary: The House received a Senate message announcing passage of Substitute House Bill 1570 and then moved several bills from Rules to the second reading calendar, including Substitute Senate Bill 5242 on anaphylaxis medications in schools and Senate Bill 6132 on Inland Port District debt. The chamber then took up a series of bills, beginning with Senate Bill 5988 on Department of Health accreditation fee authority for opioid treatment programs. An amendment to cap the fee at $17,000 was debated at length but failed, and a separate amendment was ruled beyond the scope of the bill. Senate Bill 5988 then passed 62-34. The House next considered Substitute Senate Bill 6309 on enhanced municipal permitting tools for high-capacity transit projects. Several amendments were offered to require written consent from abutting property owners, preserve setback and seismic/critical-area protections, and add transparency provisions, but the scope challenge to the transparency amendment was sustained and the other amendments failed. Supporters argued the bill would streamline permitting for Sound Transit and reduce taxpayer costs; opponents said it gave a large transit authority too much discretion and weakened property-rights and land-use protections. The bill passed 56-38. The House also passed Substitute Senate Bill 5886 on personality rights and digital likeness protections, and Senate Bill 6136 on workers’ compensation transparency, both with strong bipartisan support. After caucuses and a rule suspension to work past 10 p.m., the House took up additional second-reading bills. It passed Substitute Senate Bill 6034 to codify the Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs, Gross Second Substitute Senate Bill 5395 on prior authorization and AI in health care, Substitute Senate Bill 6248 creating the Washington Travel Insurance Act, Substitute Senate Bill 5720 on uniform consumer debt default judgments, Senate Bill 5995 on port modernization funding with labor-related concerns, and Senate Bill 6103 affecting rural hospitals and enrollment status subject to appropriation. Later, the House passed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6110 on e-motorcycle regulation, Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5156 allowing smaller elevators in some housing, Substitute Senate Bill 6269 updating motor fuel definitions to include hydrogen, Substitute Senate Bill 6189 extending time for Thurston County to pursue an aquatics public facilities district, and Senate Bill 6134 requiring unemployment applicants to acknowledge repayment if retroactive union pay is received. Most bills passed with large majorities, though some drew dissent over labor, property rights, transit governance, or regulatory scope.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways & Means Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • It allows providers to deviate from the treatment guidelines when medically appropriate, prevents an
  • provider network, and allows L&I to hire additional claims workers subject to the allotment and not appropriation
  • removes the authorization for L&I to hire additional claims managers with monies from the non-appropriated
  • Amendment 44, offered by Senator Saldaña, creates an appropriate state aircraft noise mitigation account
  • First, the development of the referral pathway would now be subject to appropriations.
Committee: Senate Ways & Means
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Feb 7th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • You know, this work is subject to annual appropriations.
  • You know, this work is subject to annual appropriations.
  • You know, this work is subject to annual appropriations.
  • You know, this work is subject to annual appropriations.
  • You know, this work is subject to annual appropriations.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Public Safety and Homeland Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • It was called in an appropriate time. Do we have a signup list? >> All right.
  • It was called in It was called an appropriate<00:31:43.519><c> time.
  • :43.919><c> we</c><00:31:44.080><c> have</c><00:31:44.080><c> a</c><00:31:44.240><c> signup</c> appropriate
  • Do we have a signup appropriate time. Do we have a signup list? list? list?
Bills: HB1 , HB198 , HB11 , HB32 , HB33 , HB34 , HB56 , HB68 , HB72 , HB101 , HB102 , HB110 , HB154 , HB166 , HB168 , HB274 , SB114 , HB1 , HB198 , HB11 , HB32 , HB33 , HB34 , HB56 , HB68 , HB72 , HB101 , HB102 , HB110 , HB154 , HB166 , HB168 , HB274 , SB114
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee Apr 14th, 2026

Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials

Transcript Highlights:
  • I respectfully ask for an aye vote at the appropriate time.
  • The motion is do pass to the Committee on Appropriations.
  • The motion is do pass as amended to Appropriations.
  • It's merely about figuring out how much is appropriate.
  • So it goes from here to Appropriations, I believe.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Health Insurance Affordability Task Force, June 17, 2026 - AM

Health Insurance Affordability Task Force

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so the VA gets the best price out of anybody in terms of drug pricing.
  • And so the VA gets not cost effective.
  • You need coders who can bill appropriately, but it's not providing medical care.
  • </c> saying that appropriately or right? saying that appropriately or right?
  • And I think there, it's there's an appropriate answer is there is no role.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • As a result, for burials in Hilo, each burial is not reimbursed by the VA.
  • each burial thusly is not reimbursed by each burial thusly is not reimbursed by the<00:55:11.000><c> VA
  • and so in absence of the board the VA and so in absence of the board they'll<00:55:15.520><c> continue
  • to give us that protection appropriate to give us that protection so<01:09:16.080><c> yes</c><01:09:
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Summary: At the joint hearing on SB 951 SD2, the committees heard testimony on a child protection measure requiring mandatory child abuse and neglect reports to include military status and to improve communication between DHS and the Department of Defense. The U.S. Department of Defense testified in support and described its coordinated community response process for abuse reports, saying the bill would help ensure child safety and better coordination with DHS. DHS was initially absent, later appeared, and said it supported the measure but was still working with DOD on implementation details and staff training. Members asked about how DHS becomes involved and whether there were gaps in the current process. The chair recommended passage with technical amendments, including changing the effective date to 7/1/25 and conforming related language, and both committees adopted the recommendation by vote. The Public Safety committee then heard SB 1377 SD2, which would create a Veterans Cemeteries Board within the Office of Veterans Services in the Department of Defense to provide guidance, education, and technical assistance to state veteran cemeteries. DOD supported the bill and explained that county-run cemeteries must meet National Cemetery Administration standards to remain eligible for federal reimbursements and grants; witnesses described past compliance problems at several cemeteries, including one still not compliant in Hilo, and said the board would help counties prepare for future site visits and improve oversight without taking over operations. Members asked about costs, reimbursement amounts, and whether the state would assume cemetery operations; DOD said the current reimbursement process runs through the state to the counties and that direct takeover would be costly. The committee adopted the chair’s recommendation to pass the bill with amendments. The committee also heard SB 1382, which would make intentionally or knowingly causing bodily injury to a National Guard member performing duty a class C felony. The Hawaii National Guard and HPD supported the bill, citing incidents during the Maui response where Guard members encountered noncompliant and sometimes physically confrontational individuals while assisting police and protecting impacted areas. Testimony emphasized that Guard members are often unarmed and should receive protections similar to first responders. One witness opposed the bill, but the committee moved forward and adopted the chair’s recommendation to pass with amendments. Finally, the committee took up SB 1379 SD2 on emergency preparedness and Community Readiness Centers. Hawaii Emergency Management supported the bill, and supporters said it would create a statewide framework for resilience hubs that can provide supplies, action plans, and refuge during disasters. Testimony highlighted recent hurricanes, wildfires, and other hazards, and argued the measure would complement existing county efforts rather than replace them. County of Hawaii testimony opposed the bill, raising concerns about overlap and cost, while members asked about estimated expenses and implementation. The discussion ended with questions about planning and whether the bill would enhance existing programs; no final vote was captured in the excerpt.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Transportation Jan 29th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • So if somebody is in them, I cannot park in them, even to go to the VA or anywhere else.
  • Although he does have the benefit of the VA and not having to pay for an appointment, if that same guy
Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee met for work sessions, public hearings, and executive action. In the work session, WSDOT briefed the committee on the U.S. 12 corridor near Walla Walla and the North Spokane Corridor. Brian White said U.S. 12 is an eight-phase project with seven phases complete, and phase eight would finish the corridor, improve freight mobility and safety, and include a jurisdictional transfer of the old highway back to Walla Walla County. He said the project remains short of full funding, including a gap between the $350 million corridor cost and the $110 million federal Rural Surface Transportation grant, but WSDOT hopes to build smaller independent-utility pieces and begin construction in summer 2027. Charlene K. then reported that the North Spokane Corridor is seven of eight highway miles open, with major remaining work on the I-90 connection and related interchanges, bridges, and trail segments. She described the project as on track for design completion in 2027 and construction completion around 2030, while noting risks tied to federal approval, tight construction space, labor and contractor availability, utilities, and community impacts. The committee also heard from Karen Messmer of the Cooper Jones Active Transportation Safety Council, who summarized the council’s 2025 report and 2026 priorities. She emphasized that pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities remain unacceptably high and urged a safe-system approach focused on safer speeds, roads, road users, vehicles, land use, and post-crash care. She highlighted recommendations including safety-based performance measures, better speed management, more local safety planning support, improved driver education, attention to micromobility and large vehicles, and faster toxicology and crash-data processing. In public hearings, the committee heard Senate Bill 6131, which would expand the Washington Traffic Safety Commission’s fatal crash review authority, designate it as a public health authority for limited access to health information, and create a confidential fatality review committee. The sponsor and Traffic Safety Commission said the bill would help identify common contributing factors in all fatal crashes while protecting confidential information; a media representative testified that the bill preserves public access to records already open and supports the goal of improving safety. The committee also heard Senate Bill 6155, which would extend disability parking placard renewal from every five years to every 20 years and remove the need for a health care practitioner’s signature at renewal; supporters said this would reduce burdens on permanently disabled people, while opponents warned it could increase fraud and misuse of placards. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 6238, which would raise the minimum tug escort horsepower for oil tankers in restricted waters to 3,000 horsepower or 5% of tanker deadweight, whichever is greater; the sponsor and Board of Pilotage said the change would align statute with current practice and newly adopted rules. Testimony was mixed, and the hearing closed with two people signed in pro and two con. In executive session, the committee advanced several bills. It passed Senate Bill 5746 on EV charging infrastructure property crime, Senate Bill 5824 on fifth wheel travel trailer length, Senate Bill 6110 on e-bikes and e-motos, Senate Bill 5839 on county ferry district passenger-only service, and Senate Bill 6148 on regional transit authority bond terms, all with due pass recommendations to the Rules Committee. An amendment to SB 6110 adding several state agency leaders to the e-moto work group was rejected. The committee adjourned after signing committee reports.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Mar 9th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • provides limited access to the prescription drug monitoring program for federal investigators of the VA