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ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda May 28th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- With the Rural Health Transformation Program, as folks are aware, this was authorized.
- This program empowers states to strengthen rural communities by improving health care access, quality
- It's hard to believe that it's been not even one year that we've been working on this program.
- And we will celebrate one year in the program in December.
- In addition, states have to report starting in year one on the sustainability of their programs.
Summary:
The Rural Health Transformation Committee met with a quorum and approved the April 22 minutes. The main presentation came from Kate Sapra of CMS, who outlined the federal Rural Health Transformation Program, a $50 billion, five-year cooperative agreement for all 50 states. She emphasized CMS oversight, annual rescoring based first on implementation progress and later on outcomes, strict deadlines for obligating and spending funds, and the possibility of clawbacks if funds are not used on time or for approved purposes. She also described CMS’s Idaho site visit and the broader federal-state collaboration, including reporting requirements and technical assistance.
Director Juliet Sharon of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare then reviewed the state’s first round of planned sub-awards and solicitations. She explained the distinction between full RFPs, cooperative agreements, and smaller sub-grants, and said the first year will focus on building program structure, hiring support staff, data analysis, third-party administration, needs assessments, and initial service and infrastructure investments such as EMS, maternal and child health, behavioral health, chronic disease prevention, transportation, and technology. Committee members asked for more detail on KPIs, scoring metrics, and access to the actual RFP documents, and Sharon said those materials could be shared through SharePoint with confidentiality protections.
Members also raised questions about reimbursement versus upfront funding, especially for tribes and other rural providers that may not have capital to start projects. CMS said upfront funding is allowable if consistent with state procurement rules and that RHTP funds cannot supplant existing funds or pay for projects already underway without a strong new-project rationale. Questions were also raised about multi-year construction or renovation projects, minor renovation definitions, and whether funds could be shifted between categories; CMS said budget revisions are possible but time-consuming, and year one changes would be difficult. The committee agreed to submit feedback on the first batch of opportunities by May 29 and scheduled the next meeting for July 15.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Former foster youth enrolled in the young adult transitional program and Arizonans designated as having
- Mandatory employment training programs are expensive.
- , better programs within our schools around career technical education, so that we can strengthen our
- We can find ways to save taxpayer money from those wasteful programs without hurting the most vulnerable
- They write... ...reduction so that the program will lose funding.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Retirement and Government Resources Feb 10th, 2026
Retirement and Government Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- So I know this is amending a program that's already in place.
- Has this program been used, and what's a report on how that's going?
- program at all.
- Absolutely, we need effective employee suggestion programs. And I...
- And what we've seen is complete inefficiency out of a program that was designed... Concerns.
Committee:
Senate Retirement and Government Resources
Keywords:
nondisclosure agreements, state employment, employee rights, transparency, government accountability, employee suggestions, cost savings, state agencies, incentives, performance awards, efficiency, Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act, state procurement, state purchasing, State Purchasing Director, Office of Management and Enterprise Services, OMES, exempt entities, purchasing exemptions, state contracts
Summary:
The Committee on Retirement and Government Resources heard several bills dealing with state employment, purchasing, and retirement policy. Senate Bill 1415, by Senator Brooks, would prohibit nondisclosure agreements when a state employee resigns or is terminated, with exceptions for statutorily protected confidentiality such as physician or attorney privilege. Members questioned how the bill would interact with whistleblower protections and sensitive information, but the bill passed 6-1.
The committee then considered Senate Bill 1714, by Senator Jett, which would expand an existing state employee suggestion/incentive program to encourage agencies to identify cost savings and efficiencies, require agencies to review recommendations in good faith, and report back on accepted or rejected ideas. Members raised concerns about open meetings, employee notification, written documentation of suggestions, and possible disputes over the value of savings. The author agreed to work on amendments, the title was struck, and the bill passed as amended 5-2.
Senate Bill 1962, by Senator Bullard, would move certain purchasing exemptions out of statute and into the administrative rules process so exemptions must be periodically renewed and justified. Supporters said this would reduce personality-driven exemptions and improve oversight, while concerns were raised about ongoing needs and emergency situations. The bill passed unanimously 7-0. The committee also passed Senate Bill 26, which would allow retired teachers to return to work after a 90-day break with a salary set by local districts and a 3% contribution back to the retirement system, and Senate Bill 172, which would tie cost-of-living adjustments for pension systems to funding benchmarks and a rolling average, rather than legislative discretion; both bills passed, with SB 26 passing 7-0 and SB 172 passing 6-1. The chair noted the committee expected at least one more meeting and hoped to finish the following week.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Jul 9th, 2025
New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- We work with the programs bureau or the ERG, which is an engineering firm, to help us provide actual
- He oversees the newly established program oversight team at the NMFA.
- The essence of this program and its ultimate goal is to establish a framework within the state of New
- On slide 23, we see the general characteristics of the program. It's getting started.
- some of those programs and then alternative certification programs.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Agriculture Mar 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We're not talking about after-school programs around talking about the booster club serving popcorn or
- Vice chair. >> Like in the bill on line, 26 that they taxpayer funded male or snack program offered to
- I know we have programs around our state to make Florida grown food available in schools.
- In addition to that, we have established a very good for this program.
- programs for each for each is research base size.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- You may ask why: because some programs take more than nine months to complete.
- A vocational program, for example, will take longer than nine months to complete.
- The board doesn't require everyone to do nine months of additional programming.
- The board doesn't require everyone to do nine months of additional programming.
- This is just in cases where people need additional programming before they come home.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary C
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Mar 26th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Idaho has the lowest error rate, one of the lowest error rates in the country in this program.
- It falls under these new, under the new combined programs that we have, and so it really does make it
- I move for FY 2027 the transfer of $1 million from the Idaho Career Ready Students Program Fund to the
- We're Ready Students Program Fund to the Idaho High Needs Student Fund. We have a motion.
- Beginning with FY 2027, JFAC program maintenance budget, add $8,210,800 one time for fisheries habitat
Summary:
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee first approved a trailer appropriation for House Bill 730, adding $351,000 one-time General Fund to the Department of Health and Welfare’s Division of Welfare for SNAP eligibility system changes. One member argued the change was unnecessary because Idaho already has a low error rate and the current eligibility systems work well, but the motion passed with a due pass recommendation.
The committee then considered House Bill 898, which moves the State Historic Preservation Office from the Idaho State Historical Society to the Office of Species, Minerals, and Energy Coordination. Members discussed whether the move was requested by the governor and whether it would create efficiencies in permitting and federal coordination. The committee approved both the reduction from the Historical Society budget and the corresponding addition to SMEC, along with language exempting SMEC from certain transfer restrictions. The State Historical Society director was said to support the move.
Next, the committee approved trailer funding for Senate Bill 128, creating the Idaho High Need Students Fund. The committee added $5 million one-time dedicated funding and approved transfers of $1 million from the Idaho Career Ready Students Program Fund and $4 million from the driver training account. Analysts explained that while the funding is one-time, it could increase the state’s ongoing maintenance-of-effort obligation under federal special education rules if other funding remains unchanged. Members described the measure as a partial, temporary response to a larger special education funding gap.
Finally, the committee revisited the Department of Fish and Game budget after it had failed on the House floor earlier. Members discussed multiple enhancement requests, including habitat projects, Good Neighbor Authority work, fisheries inflation, wolf depredation, communications, and replacement items. A substitute motion that included additional funding for temporary employees failed in the House vote, and the committee then approved a revised motion with a due pass recommendation. The committee also adopted language directing $200,000 of wolf depredation funds to wolf trapping. The meeting ended with discussion of pending items for the next day, including rural health transformation and state police-related budget actions.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 on Public Safety Mar 2nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And as recollection serves, that's a voluntary program. Yes, it is. Employees don't have to do it.
- and whether there are similar programs.
- Also, if they’re continuing in them, we try to delay their transfer if they can complete that program
- Absent state funding, counties are unable to deliver the necessary programs, services, and treatment
- offering rehabilitative programming through the right grant.
Summary:
The Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 on Public Safety heard updates on CDCR’s population projections and the preliminary fiscal impacts of Proposition 36. CDCR said its fall 2025 projections show continued declines in the institution and parole populations through June 2030, while noting Prop. 36 admissions are increasing but remain uncertain. The LAO said the administration’s Prop. 36 estimates may be somewhat low because they were based on only six months of implementation data, and the Department of Finance agreed the methodology is still developing. Committee members asked about the offenses driving admissions and the sentence-length impacts, and CDCR identified the main qualifying offenses and enhancements it is tracking. No votes were taken.
The committee then discussed CDCR’s request for $91 million ongoing for lump-sum leave cashouts for correctional officers and nurses. CDCR said vacancy reductions and prison closures have reduced the salary savings historically used to cover these costs. The LAO supported the funding only on a limited-term basis and urged more oversight and reporting on CDCR’s structural shortfall, while the Department of Finance argued ongoing funding is needed because leave liabilities are mandatory and salary savings are less stable. Members raised concerns about transparency, asked about leave buyback practices and accrued leave balances, and requested more information before the May Revision.
Members also heard CDCR’s proposals for $10 million for the final two statewide video surveillance projects and $15.2 million for Fire Watch coverage and related fire alarm work. The LAO supported the Fire Watch request as a one-time health and safety cost, while CDCR explained the aging prison infrastructure and the need for interim safety measures while longer-term replacement planning is developed. The committee then reviewed CDCR’s proposal to close the California Rehabilitation Center, which would produce a net General Fund reduction of $99.6 million in 2026-27 and ongoing savings of more than $150 million starting in 2027-28. CDCR said the closure is driven by sustained population declines and will include retention and realignment funding; the LAO recommended approval. Public comment focused on county funding for Prop. 36 implementation, opposition to using Prop. 36 as a reason to keep prisons open, and support for community-based rehabilitation programs. The hearing adjourned without any votes.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a contract for the used tire program for District 4 of Arkansas.
- This is an amended federal grant for the Senior Community Service Employment Program."
- It is for payment for children in foster care and in a community reintegration program.
- waiver program. ...is to provide evaluation design, interim program evaluation, and summative evaluation
- for the TEFRA waiver program.
Committee:
All ALC-REVIEW
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Feb 10th, 2026
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- with special needs to fulfill their PE requirement by actively participating in the Special Olympics program
- And we'd happen for about 10 at this point, giving him more broad access to Special Olympics programming
- participated since he was 17 years old, and we think that if he was able to access Special Mix Programming
- last seven we'd happen for about 10 at this point giving him more broad access to special weeks programming
- SB 9794 requires that every employee of a residential facility or day training program for people with
Committee:
Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Keywords:
high school diploma, graduation requirements, physical education credit, performing arts credit, marching band, Special Olympics, students with disabilities, IEP, individual education plan, 504 plan, Florida education, school credits, diploma substitution, ROTC, dance class, State Board of Education, public schools, graduation pathways, adaptive physical education, Agency for Persons with Disabilities
Summary:
The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs considered three bills and a confirmation. On SB 1600, the committee adopted a strike-all amendment and a technical amendment that shifted the bill from creating an accreditation process to requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation, DCF, and community-based care lead agencies to study liability insurance coverage and availability in the child welfare sector and report findings to the legislature by January 1, 2027; the bill also included enforcement provisions for failure to provide requested information. Support was noted from child and family advocacy groups, and the committee reported the bill favorably.
The committee also heard CS for SB 556, which would allow students with disabilities to satisfy a physical education graduation requirement through participation in Special Olympics, if included in the student’s IEP, and would clarify that two years of marching band participation can satisfy both PE and fine arts credit. Special Olympics Florida, families, and other supporters testified in favor, emphasizing flexibility, access, and recognition of rigorous activity. The bill was reported favorably. The committee then considered CS for SB 794, which requires background screening for employees of residential facilities and day training programs serving people with developmental disabilities and directs a review of waiver support coordination, including quality, consistency, access, competencies, recruitment and retention, caseloads, and geographic gaps in services. An amendment to conform to the House version was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably.
Members then questioned Secretary Taylor Hatch regarding her confirmation as Secretary of the Department of Children and Families. Senators raised concerns about child welfare system performance, parent notification and rights, CBC funding formulas, managing entities, opioid settlement spending, peer support expansion, and technology/interoperability improvements. Hatch described DCF’s recent data and initiatives, including reductions in out-of-home care entries, youth advisory efforts, missing children recovery operations, expanded behavioral health capacity, and technology upgrades for benefits processing. Public comment included support from family and provider organizations and concerns from a former foster care worker about medical misdiagnosis cases. The committee voted to recommend Hatch’s confirmation favorably, with Chair Grall voting no, and adjourned after allowing Senator Sharief to be recorded as voting in favor of SB 1600.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 1350, outdoor-based therapy programs, grants.
- SB 1353, monitoring program fish containment's appropriation.
- SB 1357, large electronics recycling programs. Thanks.
- SB 1357, large electronics recycling programs. Natural Resources.
- SB 1391, Stress Management Pilot Program, Appropriation.
Summary:
The Arizona Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, and approval of the journal. The chamber then recognized several guest groups and proclamations, including Alzheimer’s Association advocates, Arizona Society of CPAs members, the Arizona Airports Association, and students from Onyose Day Academy. A proclamation was read declaring January 26, 2006, as Arizona Aviation Day, highlighting the economic and public-safety importance of Arizona’s aviation sector and its airports.
The bulk of the meeting consisted of points of personal privilege and floor statements, many focused on condemning recent deaths and injuries involving federal immigration enforcement actions in Arizona and other states. Senators called for investigations, transparency, due process, and an end to what they described as excessive force and warrantless enforcement. One senator also read a resolution supporting human rights and the people of Iran, condemning state violence and supporting secular protections and international accountability.
The chamber also handled routine business, including gubernatorial nominations, which were referred to the appropriate committees, and the introduction and first reading of numerous bills and resolutions covering topics such as taxes, education, immigration, elections, health care, water, labor, housing, firearms, and appropriations. After committee announcements, the Senate adopted a motion to adjourn and recessed/adjourned until Tuesday, January 27, 2026, at 1:15 p.m.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 1350, outdoor-based therapy programs, grants.
- SB 1353, monitoring program fish containment's appropriation.
- SB 1357, large electronics recycling programs. Natural Resources.
- SB 1373, appropriation, summer youth employment program.
- SB 1391, stress management pilot program, SB 1391, stress management pilot program.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Transportation Committee Jan 12th, 2026
Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- and signed into law last year to allow Los Angeles County and Alameda County to implement a pilot program
- AB 647 is a rushed and premature expansion of a program that went into effect only 11 days ago.
- and before we understand the impact on our most vulnerable neighbors, AB 647 seeks to expand this program
- AB 647 seeks to expand this program from two county entities to over 100 local and state agencies.
- Valentine said AB 1421 is complementary to the pilot programs that have gone on in California, which
Committee:
House Transportation
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Economic and Rural Development Jun 4th, 2025
Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- rural communities benefit from the recent bills that we just passed, uh, like our site readiness program
- HB 19, our trade ports, uh, legislation that we passed this year, and then the animal welfare, um, Program
- The other thing, of course, is CTE and apprenticeship programs, always, uh, and as far as locations go
- Uh, we do have some issues in the nursing program where it's gotten to a point now where.
- driver license program.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Agriculture and Forestry Committee Apr 9th, 2025
Agriculture and Forestry
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill does not affect that program at all.
- I assume that the monitoring program.
- As you heard earlier, this plan right here, which is a condition of the program, ensures that it has
- Postmortem and this monitoring program Postmortem and this monitoring program can continue, and the deer
- breeding industry actually recommends that that program continue.
Bills:
HB509
Committee:
House Agriculture and Forestry
Keywords:
HB509, game breeder, game breeder license, cervid, deer breeder, whitetail deer, elk, fallow deer, deer farm, captive deer, cervidae, wildlife disease, disease testing, antemortem testing, state veterinarian, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, property rights, private property, animal transfer, breeding stock
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- While initially exploring the license plate program, NHSA identified the existing plate decal program
- down to a two-year program.
- ><c> that</c> shoveled down to a two-year program that shoveled down to a two-year program that money
- The Hike Safe program has been a fantastic program for our folks that are lost in the woodlands of the
- </c> implementation through a pilot program implementation through a pilot program and<02:02:40.440><
Committee:
Senate Transportation
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services has the Lakes Management and Protection Program
- The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services has the Lakes Management and Protection Program
- The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services has the Lakes Management and Protection Program
- Would the task force take up an idea of expansion of the volunteer program?
- the lake host program, and so indirectly I think it would benefit it.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Education (2-27-25)
Transcript Highlights:
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Keywords:
Meeting Start: 00:01:04
Attendance Roll Call: 00:01:12
Senate Bill 3 (Sen. Wise): 00:05:28
Senate Bill 6 (Sen. Givens): 00:32:17
House Bill 241 (Rep. Truett): 00:52:18
Senate Bill 268 (Sen. Reed): 01:11:57
Adjournment: 01:24:48, 958, all
Summary:
The Senate Standing Committee on Education met and first handled introductions of guests and visitors from several school districts and education groups. The committee then took up Senate Bill 3, which relates to student athletes and includes an emergency clause. The bill sponsor and invited witnesses, including athletics directors from the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville, said the measure is intended to update Kentucky’s NIL laws in light of the House v. NCAA settlement and other national changes in college athletics.
Supporters said SB 3 would let Kentucky universities directly compensate student athletes, help them secure third-party NIL deals, require reporting of deals over $600, and create guardrails and fair-market-value review to reduce pay-for-play concerns. They emphasized that the bill is meant to keep Kentucky institutions competitive, align with expected national standards, and prepare for changes expected around July 1, 2025. Witnesses also discussed the need for more uniform rules nationally, the role of the Power Four conferences in developing governance and clearinghouse systems, and the desire to preserve both athlete mobility and continuity in college sports.
Several members raised concerns about the transfer portal, NIL incentives, and the broader effect on college athletics, with one senator saying NIL and the portal have damaged the sport but acknowledging Kentucky must compete. Witnesses responded that tighter portal windows and clearer national rules would help, while still preserving student-athlete transfer rights when needed. After discussion, the committee moved to a vote on SB 3; the roll call was taken, and the bill advanced out of committee, with at least one senator explaining a reluctant yes vote because of competitive pressures on the Commonwealth.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Local and County Government REVISED Mar 3rd, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Local and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Commissioners may solicit sealed bids from qualified financial institutions to provide a' county card program
- intern working with the State Auditor's Office to make sure that we had tailored guardrails for this program
- It does not eliminate the current program, which is currently handled through OEMS.
- Guardrails for the current state ecard program. This program will align with that.
- Beyond what OEMS is allowed to do in their current state-prepared program, the additional language was
Committee:
Senate Local and County Government
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Feb 13th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm honored to speak this morning about the California YMCA Youth and Government Programs Leadership
- Many California political leaders have come from programs like the YMCA's Youth and Government Program
- Many California political leaders have come from programs like the YMCA's Youth and Government Program
- you please raise your hand if you were once a delegate in the California YMCA Youth and Government Program
- In the YMCA Statewide Youth and Government Program, my amazing young legislators-to-be, welcome.
Summary:
The Assembly met for a floor session marked largely by ceremonial and procedural business. After a quorum call, the body opened with Valentine’s Day remarks, a prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by guest introductions recognizing California YMCA Youth and Government participants from several delegations, including Glendora High School, Crenshaw YMCA, Wilmington YMCA, and Mid Valley YMCA.
On the daily file, most items were passed, retained, or continued without controversy. The only recorded vote was on the consent calendar, which included Senate Concurrent Resolution 107 honoring Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; it was adopted 63-0. The chamber also approved a request to allow certain members to speak on adjournments in memory.
Several members then offered adjournment tributes: Assembly Member Gibson honored James Armstrong, a veteran and community leader in Carson and Watts; Assembly Member Rubio remembered actor-comedian Thomas Kent Carter (TK Carter); and Assembly Member Boerner honored Dave Hodges, founder of the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach. The Assembly then announced there would be no session on President’s Day, with the next floor session scheduled for Tuesday, February 17 at 1 p.m., and adjourned accordingly.