Video & Transcript : 'code city' :

Page 485 of 500
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Public Safety Committee Mar 25th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Section 11379 of the Health and Safety Code excludes the drug that we're speaking of today.
  • AB 352 adds a subdivision to Penal Code Section 422 to make criminal threats against judges and court
  • While ensuring the safety of our judges and court commissioners is important, Penal Code 422 already
  • Moreover, Penal Code 422 already provides prosecutors the discretion to apply the law as a misdemeanor
  • We should not use the penal code in this way.
Summary: The committee heard several public safety and criminal justice bills. AB 837 by Assemblymember Davies would add ketamine transportation to existing drug trafficking law; supporters, including district attorneys and peace officer groups, said it would address a growing and dangerous drug trend, while opponents argued increased penalties do not reduce drug supply and can worsen health harms. The bill was approved on a due-pass-as-amended vote and sent to Appropriations. AB 352 by Assemblymember Pacheco would make threats against judges and court commissioners an aggravating factor in sentencing; judicial and law enforcement groups supported it as a response to rising threats, while ACLU and criminal justice advocates said existing law already covers threats and the bill is unnecessary. It also passed to Appropriations. The committee then took up AB 938 by Assemblymember Bonta, which expands vacatur and affirmative-defense relief for survivors of human trafficking, intimate partner violence, and sexual violence, including for some violent offenses. Survivors and advocates testified that the bill would allow people coerced into crimes to tell their full stories and seek relief, while district attorneys and sheriffs warned it could sweep too broadly and affect public safety. The chair and several members strongly supported the measure, and it passed as amended to Appropriations. AB 475 by Assemblymember Wilson would make prison work assignments voluntary and is tied to a broader effort to remove involuntary servitude language from the state constitution; supporters framed it as a rehabilitation and dignity issue, while one member objected to the premise and cited the defeat of a related ballot measure. The bill was voted out to Appropriations but left on call pending additional votes. Assemblymember Lowenthal presented AB 704, which would allow people convicted of low-level offenses before age 26 to petition to seal and destroy records after a waiting period. Supporters said the bill addresses the limits of expungement in the digital age and recognizes young adult brain development; prosecutors and police groups raised Brady/disclosure concerns and objected to treating 18- to 25-year-olds like children. The committee debated those issues at length before sending the bill to Appropriations. Lowenthal also presented AB 812, which would expand resentencing opportunities for incarcerated firefighters who serve on conservation fire crews; supporters emphasized rehabilitation, wildfire response, and reduced recidivism, and the hearing continued with support testimony and the start of opposition testimony as the transcript ended.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

October 7, 2025 - 12:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • LOOK AT AND MAKE SURE GOVERNANCE OF THE AI SYSTEM IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT FITS WITHIN THE INSURANCE CODE
  • ALGORITHM SO ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS FOR OUR INDUSTRY IS THOSE GUARDRAILS ARE WITHIN THE INSURANCE CODE
  • WE ARE NOT DOING SOMETHING THAT IS OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL -- INSURANCE CODE OR REGULATIONS
  • INFORMATION, THE REALLY GOOD RESULTS WITHOUT VIOLATING OR BEING OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITHIN THE INSURANCE CODES
  • THAT IS ACTING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE INSURANCE CODE IN FLORIDA.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, July 21, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • UB has become a our great city.
  • community projects, balance a city budget,<00:19:10.080><c> and</c><00:19:10.400><c> build</c><00:19
  • and helping more than nine cities and helping more than 127,000<00:37:57.119><c> neighbors</c><00:37
  • of Selma in the consultant for the city of Selma in the early<00:59:44.640><c> 90s.
  • </c> HR 1118, a bill to amend title 41, United States Code, and Title 10, United States Code, to provide
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 3/13/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The amendment is coded A5. I recognize a member from Ramsey.
  • The amendment to the amendment is coded A10.
  • </c> amendment is coded amendment is coded A7<01:38:14.800><c> I</c><01:38:14.960><c> recognize</c><01
  • The amendment is coded A8.
  • </c> engrossment the amendment is coded engrossment the amendment is coded A8<01:49:57.719><c> I</c><
Keywords: 1183, house
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><03:44:43.239><c> violations</c> students uh criminal code violations students uh criminal code violations
  • I think also most districts, at the beginning of the year, provide a school code of conduct, and those
  • I think also most districts, at the beginning of the year, provide a school code of conduct, and those
  • Parents are well aware of what those code of conducts are as well.
  • I mean, are there fire codes that say that a school district can only have so many students?
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first took up HB 662, which would require discussion of abortion procedures and the viewing of certain videos in public school health education. Members argued the bill went too far by naming specific videos and involving the Attorney General in enforcement, and they said curriculum decisions should be left to educators. The committee voted ITL on HB 662 by a unanimous 18-0. The committee then considered HCR 6, a resolution calling for the removal of the superintendent of District 67. Members said the resolution targeted an individual and that the underlying dispute was already in court, so the matter should be left to the legal process. The motion to ITL passed 18-0. Next, HR 9, urging the Department of Education to emphasize STEM education, received broad support as a nonpartisan statement of priorities, and it also passed 18-0. HB 440, concerning educator licensing and shortages in Career and Technical Education, was amended to clarify that the bill applies to initial licensure only. After discussion about whether the amendment was necessary, the committee adopted Amendment 0188 unanimously and then voted OTPA on the bill as amended, 18-0. HB 222, which repealed the requirement for an MOU between charter schools and districts on services for students with disabilities, drew testimony that districts already provide substantial oversight through IEP processes and that the MOU requirement was burdensome and largely unenforced; the committee voted OTP 18-0. The committee then took up HB 719, which would repeal the right of first refusal for charter schools to purchase or lease unused district facilities. Supporters said the existing law had not generated complaints and could impede charter expansion, while opponents said the issue had not proven to be a problem and local control should be preserved. The committee voted ITL 17-1, with one member opposed and no minority report. The chair then postponed HB 184, a study committee bill on school start times, because it was scheduled for the next day, and the committee moved into a work session on bullying-related bills, discussing HB 108, HB 384, and HB 673 without taking final action in the portion provided.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • It does include their birth date, their zip code, and their town.
  • , their zip code and their town.<00:19:07.960><c> That's</c><00:19:08.679><c> that's</c><00:19:08.960
  • So, what information is contained in the data is a person's sex, the five-digit zip code at which they
  • 00:24:20.920><c> the</c><00:24:21.240><c> five-digit</c><00:24:22.000><c> zip</c><00:24:22.200><c> code
  • at which they um the five-digit zip code at which they reside,<00:24:24.440><c> um</c><00:24:24.960>
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The committee took up House File 4466, the Health Finance and Policy bill, and first adopted the A8 amendment, described as a set of technical fixes. Members then considered a large A9 amendment that bundled a wide range of Children and Families provisions, including child care licensing modernization, crisis nursery licensing, SNAP/MFIT-related language, child care provider self-reporting, a physical abuse recognition poster, child protection and welfare provisions, funding for parent support outreach, and forensic interview training scholarships. Supporters described it as bipartisan work with relatively small fiscal impact, while opponents said it greatly expanded the bill and should be handled separately; after a roll call, the A9 amendment failed 7-14. Representative Scott then offered the A11 amendment, raising concerns about new all-payer claims database language and whether it should have been heard in the Judiciary and Civil Law Committee. Department of Health staff explained the data-sharing safeguards, de-identification process, fee structure, and enforcement provisions, but Scott remained concerned about privacy and the scope of the program and withdrew the amendment. The committee then moved to final bill discussion. Members and authors described HF 4466 as a lean health finance bill largely conforming Minnesota law to federal HR1 Medicaid-related changes, including work requirements, retroactive eligibility limits, cost-sharing, and home equity provisions. Supporters argued conformity was necessary to avoid major federal funding losses and noted a few additional member bills in the package; opponents criticized the federal changes as harmful, especially for vulnerable populations such as victims of trafficking and domestic violence. Fiscal staff said the bill would save just over $2 million in FY 2026-27 and almost $98 million in FY 2028-29. No final vote on the bill itself was taken in the portion provided.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/13/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • No zip code is immune. Thank you, Sherry Lopez, for bringing this important topic...
  • No zip code is immune. Thank you, Sherri Lopez, for bringing this important topic to our awareness.
  • HB 2153, international revenue code. HB 2156, construction equipment and farm equipment.
Keywords: 1182, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • The 1370 Penal Code, that is what it is. We're not proposing to touch that in any way.
  • , 6500 civil commitment, or you get through the Penal Code, 1370.1.
  • Those who came in through the Penal Code, they have their own set of rules.
  • It also has a legal parallel within the Penal Code. So thank you. Thank you.
  • And that's 7301, Welfare and Institutions Code.
Keywords: 988, house, all
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

Public Health - Room 216, 27 January, 2026; 3:00 PM

Public Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I think it's more of a code correction than anything else. >> Okay.
  • </c><00:39:10.960><c> correction</c> So I think it's more of code correction So I think it's more of
  • code correction than<00:39:11.839><c> anything</c><00:39:12.240><c> else.
  • or uh regulations a perception of code or uh regulations that<00:48:29.280><c> that</c><00:48:29.680
  • </c><00:55:14.000><c> a</c><00:55:14.319><c> master</c> states have on in their code a master states
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Insurance Apr 23rd, 2026

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • That NAIC model is still contained in the Louisiana Administrative Code.
  • I'm calling it the right thing, Louisiana Administrative Code. It's in regulation.
  • That NAIC model is still contained in Louisiana Administrative Code.
  • I'm calling it the right thing, Louisiana Administrative Code. It's in regulation.
  • Aggregated, such as zip code or county.
Committee: House Insurance
Summary: The House Insurance Committee met on April 23 with a quorum present and first deferred HB 1142. The committee then heard HB 1187, which would direct any excess Louisiana Citizens emergency assessment funds, after related debt is paid, toward the Louisiana Fortified Homes Program or future Citizens debt. Representative Sawyer and Commissioner Tim Temple said the bill would likely redirect about $50 million in one-time surplus funds and would help expand a popular roof-mitigation program that has already awarded more than 4,600 fortified roofs. The bill drew support from several witnesses and was reported as amended without objection. Next, HB 1210, dealing with insurance claim disputes and a pre-suit review process for Louisiana Citizens claims, was discussed. Representative Dana Henry said he was voluntarily deferring the bill and instead pursuing a study resolution after hearing concerns from members and stakeholders. Department and Citizens officials said the proposal was modeled on Florida’s process and could help resolve disputes faster and cheaper, but the bill was ultimately voluntarily deferred after testimony and some opposition cards were noted. The committee then took up HB 1199, which requires coverage for genetic testing and treatment related to SCN2A-associated disorders. Representative Jordan and the Diedon family gave emotional testimony about their daughter Emily’s diagnosis and the importance of timely genetic testing. The bill was amended to require that testing be ordered by a provider and deemed medically necessary by the health plan, with discussion about whether a neurologist should be involved; members said that issue could be refined later. HB 1199 was reported as amended. Finally, the committee considered HB 880, the Louisiana Artificial Intelligence Insurance Fairness Act, which would regulate AI use in underwriting, rating, and claims. After a lengthy discussion about state insurance regulation, McCarran-Ferguson, and concerns that the bill could jeopardize federal broadband funding, Representative Jordan voluntarily deferred HB 880, and HB 920 was also deferred. The committee then heard HB 1221, which would limit the policy data collected for the Louisiana Fortified Program Fund. Former Representative Bowler argued the bill was needed to protect policyholder privacy, while the Department of Insurance and Commissioner Temple said the data is needed for surplus-lines premium tax audits, fraud detection, and consumer assistance after disasters. The discussion continued with questions about what data would be visible and how it would be used, but the transcript ends before a final action on HB 1221 is shown.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Mar 23rd, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 684 creates a new section of code, Section 22-69, to authorize a sheriff's office to seek
  • conviction data and arrived at 630 convictions per year under Sections 8, 918, and 18924 of Idaho Code
  • Is there a section code that we need to? I'll let Mr. Bybee speak to that. Mr.
  • The section that's in blocked is going to refer to the section of the bill, not the section of Idaho Code
Summary: The committee first considered trailer appropriations for House Bill 684 and Senate Bill 1226. HB 684 would allow sheriffs to seek reimbursement for costs of collecting absconded prisoners, probationers, or parolees from out of state, with a fiscal impact estimated at up to $200,000; the committee approved a FY 2027 addition of $200,000 ongoing to the Department of Correction and recommended a due-pass. SB 1226 would add sexual battery and domestic violence misdemeanors to crimes requiring DNA samples and thumbprints, with an estimated annual cost of $63,000; the committee approved a FY 2027 addition of $63,000 ongoing to the Idaho State Police and also recommended due-pass. The committee then revisited the Secretary of State budget after House Bill 909 failed on the floor. The analyst reviewed the requested voter pamphlet funding, overtime transfer, and ITS replacement items. The committee adopted a revised FY 2027 motion adding $235,800 from the General Fund, including a one-time $350,000 voter pamphlet appropriation, a $20,000 transfer to personnel, and a 2% base reduction, and sent the budget forward with a due-pass recommendation. A major portion of the meeting focused on restoring behavioral health programs using a mix of Millennium Income Fund, opioid settlement funds, and federal matching dollars. Members debated options to restore ACT, peer support, skills training, transportation, partial hospitalization, and early serious mental illness programs. A broader restoration motion failed in the House committee, but a narrower FY 2027 motion for ACT and peer support services passed, as did a separate $250,000 opioid-settlement appropriation for peer support services in mental health courts. The committee also adopted language directing the Department of Health and Welfare to identify savings for future continuation of the restored programs and approved a FY 2026 supplemental of $200,000 for a legislative consultant to support oversight of the Medicaid managed care transition under HCR 30, despite objections that it duplicated department efforts. The committee adjourned after noting it would likely meet again Wednesday to handle remaining trailers, transfers, and supplemental items.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Mar 23rd, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 684 creates a new section of code, Section 22-69, to authorize a sheriff's office to seek
  • convictions data and arrived at 630 convictions per year under Sections 8, 918, and 18924 of Idaho Code
  • “So, where you have section blocked in there, is there a section code that we need to...”
  • The section that’s in blocked is going to refer to the section of the bill, not the section of Idaho Code
Keywords: 989, all
Summary: The joint Senate Finance and House Appropriations committee considered several trailer appropriations and related language items. It approved $200,000 ongoing for the Idaho Department of Correction tied to House Bill 684, which allows sheriffs to seek reimbursement for costs of collecting absconders from out of state, and approved $63,000 ongoing for the Idaho State Police under Senate Bill 1226 to cover DNA sample and thumbprint collection for certain misdemeanor offenses. The committee also reconsidered the Secretary of State budget after House Bill 909 failed on the floor, and passed an amended FY 2027 budget with a $235,800 general fund increase, including a one-time $350,000 voter pamphlet appropriation, a $20,000 transfer from operating to personnel, and a 2% base reduction. A major portion of the meeting focused on restoring behavioral health programs in the Department of Health and Welfare using one-time Millennium Income Fund and opioid settlement dollars. Analysts outlined options to restore ACT, peer support, skills training, transportation, partial hospital, and early serious mental illness programs. The committee first rejected a broader restoration package, then approved a narrower FY 2027 package restoring only assertive community treatment and peer support services with $4.619 million from the Millennium Fund, $5.555 million from the opioid settlement fund, and $20.525 million in federal funds. It also approved $250,000 from the opioid settlement fund for peer support services in mental health courts and adopted language directing the department to identify savings for future funding needs, though a broader language motion failed. The committee then approved a FY 2026 supplemental of $200,000 for the Legislature to hire a consultant for the Medicaid Legislative Review Panel under HCR 30, despite objections that it duplicated work already being done by the Department of Health and Welfare’s consultant. Members also discussed that the one-time behavioral health funding would only carry programs through FY 2027 and may require general fund support later. The committee adjourned after announcing it would likely meet again Wednesday to handle year-end transfers, remaining trailer bills, and other pending budget items.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Legislative Session Day 26 Feb 6th, 2026

Idaho Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In fact, there's at least 39 pieces of tax code that it affects that we've looked at.
  • hedged their bet based on the historical practice that the state would conform to the federal tax code
  • So I just want us to think about that and should we look back to how we have changed our tax code in
  • recent... ...to how we have changed our tax code in recent years, considering this bill.
Keywords: 989, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Jan 13th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • So we're authorized under IRS tax code to issue tax-exempt debt.
  • But we have authority under several different IRS codes for several different tax-exempt bond programs
  • And by going through us, we can take advantage of that tax code to do a tax-exempt financing.
  • structure for this in all 50 states to take advantage of the low-income housing tax credit under the IRS code
Summary: The Housing Committee held public hearings on two bills. HB 2118 would limit homeowners associations’ ability to adopt or enforce new covenant restrictions on the use of a unit that are more onerous than those in place when the owner bought the property, unless the owner agrees in writing. The sponsor said the bill is meant to protect buyers from having the rug pulled out from under them on things like chickens or renting part of a home. Staff explained the bill’s grandfathering and recording provisions, and that it excludes rules required by law. Testimony was split: supporters emphasized fairness, certainty, and protecting relied-upon uses, while opponents from HOA and management groups argued it would create fragmented enforcement, higher costs, administrative complexity, and conflict within communities, and that existing law and court decisions already address these issues. The committee closed the hearing without taking a vote. HB 2236 would update Washington Housing Finance Commission statutes. The bill would allow the commission to make direct mortgage loans, extend the term of the commission attorney, remove advance notice to the state finance committee before bond issuance, repeal the housing finance program and housing finance plan requirements, and revise the commission’s purpose language. The sponsor and commission said the changes would modernize outdated statutes, improve efficiency, and give the commission more flexibility to use its revenues and financing tools for affordable housing, gap financing, preservation, and starter homes. Committee members asked about the commission’s bond structure, default risk, and the meaning of “public funds,” and the commission said the transactions remain third-party and tax-exempt, with no state credit risk. Banking industry witnesses said they generally support the commission’s mission but wanted clearer limits on direct lending and the use of public funds, and they were working with the commission on amendment language. Committee members expressed support for the collaboration and the goal of increasing housing production. No votes were taken; both hearings were closed and the committee adjourned.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

GVO-TCA Public Hearing 02-13-2025

Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • It says that beginning January 1, 2027, it will establish a preference in the procurement code that favors
  • 00:09:55.160><c> in</c><00:09:55.279><c> the</c><00:09:55.440><c> procurement</c><00:09:55.959><c> code
  • </c><00:09:56.640><c> that</c> preference in the procurement code that preference in the procurement
  • code that favors<00:09:57.160><c> vids</c><00:09:57.440><c> or</c><00:09:57.600><c> offers</c><00:09:
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The joint hearing of the Government Operations and Transportation, Culture and the Arts committees considered three bills. SB 1092 would establish a transportation demand management program for state employees, including a parking cash-out option. Testimony was largely in support, including from state planning, energy, labor, and several individuals, while committee members raised concerns about whether the program was mandatory and whether there was a full implementation plan. The bill’s proponents said it was voluntary and intended to reduce long parking waitlists by incentivizing employees to opt out of parking. The committees ultimately recommended SB 1092 be passed with amendments, and the measure was adopted in both committees. SB 1093 would create a parking demand management program and require DAGS to transition state employees from monthly parking to daily-rate parking. Testimony included strong opposition from most individuals and several agencies, with one supporter. A committee question focused on the loss of pre-tax payroll deductions under a daily-rate system, and the Deputy Attorney General explained that the current monthly arrangement allows deductions from gross pay, which would not work the same way with daily payments. Given the opposition and concerns, the committees recommended deferral indefinitely. SB 1121 would establish a procurement preference, beginning in 2027, for construction companies with electric vehicles. Testimony included comments from DAGS, the Department of Transportation, and others, with opposition noted from DOT. Committee members questioned charging infrastructure and battery disposal for electric vehicles used in construction. After discussion, the committees concluded it was in the best interest to defer the measure.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • Because as these structures make structural changes, if it involves code enforcement officers or code
  • enforcement, we would need to determine what the codes were, and we would have to develop a whole new
  • </c> the lack of definition of um the code the lack of definition of um the code enforcement.<01:40:55.520
  • </c><01:41:13.280><c> enforcement</c> allow the towns to have code enforcement allow the towns to have
  • code enforcement over<01:41:14.080><c> it.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee began with introductions and a description of the day’s process: a full committee work session on four bills, with no public testimony, followed by caucus and then executive action. The first bill discussed was HB 113, concerning OHRV operation on certain highways in Windsor. Representative Nab presented an amendment that would require a public hearing and Department of Transportation approval, modeled on procedures used in Coös and Grafton counties. Members discussed whether Windsor had already held a local vote or hearing, whether minutes from a town meeting existed, and whether the amendment truly preserved local control. A Windsor resident testified informally that the town had not taken a final vote and that the matter had been left to the state. Committee members also raised concerns about noise, dust, public safety, and the fact that the road in question would connect OHRVs on a state road rather than a trail system. The chair closed the work session on HB 113 and said the committee would return after caucus to vote on the bill and amendment. The committee then took up HB 595FN, relative to coastal resilience zones. Representative Nat said the bill addressed flooding concerns in both coastal and inland New Hampshire, but that the sponsor viewed it as too complex and had recommended breaking the issue into separate parts in future legislation. On that basis, Nat said it was appropriate to ITL the bill, and noted that the sponsor supported that course. No further discussion followed, and the work session was closed. Next was HB 629FN, funding the operation, maintenance, and repair of state dams. Representative Darby explained that the original bill had proposed both a waterfront frontage tax and a $5 charge tied to boat registration, but that the amendment would replace the bill by removing the frontage tax, moving the $5 dam-maintenance fee to the boat decal section of statute, and changing the effective date to January 1, 2027. Darby said the larger fee had raised concerns about impacts on current-use property and enforcement, while the revised $5 fee would raise roughly $500,000 to $600,000 annually. Representative Dunn thanked Darby and said the Marine Trades Association supported the revised approach. A question was raised about whether the original prime sponsors supported the amendment; the chair said they were on board, and Darby added that the proposal reflected recommendations from a prior study committee. The committee then closed HB 629FN and opened SB 27FN, relative to dwellings over water. On SB 27FN, Representative Derby said he opposed the bill because it would take away public access rights and amounted to a one-off legislative solution for a private concern. Representative Donnelly asked how many similar structures might be affected and whether the Department of Environmental Services knew of other cases; DES responded that there was one other related case under settlement compliance and no other active cases with the same issue. In follow-up discussion, DES clarified that the proposal was not a shoreland 50-foot setback issue, but rather involved structures extending over public water. The discussion remained focused on the scope of the bill and its potential precedent-setting effect, with no vote taken in the portion of the transcript provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 4/29/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • We equalize that with aid to try to make it so that it shouldn't matter what zip code a child lives in
  • We equalize that with aid to try to make it so that it shouldn't matter what zip code a child lives in
  • We equalize that with aid to try to make it so that it shouldn't matter what zip code a child lives in
  • We equalize that with aid to try to make it so that it shouldn't matter what zip code a child lives in
  • We equalize that with aid to try to make it so that it shouldn't matter what zip code a child lives in
Bills: HF1049
Committee: House Taxes
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Feb 3rd, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • Before you is the reportable disease provisions of administrative code.
  • It's a function that the state has had in law of administrative code.
  • around to consolidate or make more concise and to remove anything that repeats in state law or state code
Summary: The House Health and Welfare Committee approved the minutes from January 28 and 29 and then took up a previously held administrative rule docket from the Department of Health and Welfare on reportable diseases. Jared Larson said the rule mainly reorganizes existing provisions, with two substantive changes involving lead and hemorrhagic fevers. Members asked about the definition of a “suspected case,” and Dr. Christine Hahn explained that certain urgent diseases, such as measles or tuberculosis, may need to be reported before lab confirmation so public health can respond quickly. The committee voted to adopt the rule docket. The committee then heard RS 32849, which would direct the state to seek a federal waiver to provide 30 days of case management services for juveniles under 19 leaving state or local correctional settings, as required by federal law. Larson said the proposal is not discretionary, is subject to appropriation, and is intended to avoid possible Medicaid funding penalties. He estimated an ongoing general fund cost of about $311,000 and federal funds of about $635,000 if implemented in fiscal year 2028. Members questioned who qualifies as an eligible juvenile, whether youth with private insurance would be forced onto Medicaid, and what the potential CMS penalties might be if Idaho does not comply. Larson said the services would not require a switch from private insurance and that he could not yet specify the penalty amount. Representative Wheeler moved to introduce RS 32849, and the motion passed. Before adjourning, the chair said House Bill 497 would be held while the committee waits for more information about concerns being discussed on the Senate side. The committee also noted it would likely meet at 8:30 a.m. on Friday because the floor session is scheduled for 9:00 a.m.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • satchel of mail and the arrow key, which can then be duplicated or used to open any blue box in the zip code
  • A name along with a unique identifying account number is what constitutes PII under Texas code.
  • instrument, as the theft of personal identifying information, as defined in Chapter 32 of the Penal Code
Keywords: 1184, house, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • healthcare safety net and making sure that no one is denied based on their income, identity, or zip code
  • The Care No Matter Act is about ensuring every Texan, regardless of their race, income, or zip code,
  • Evidence-based reproductive care, no matter their zip code, their identity, their income, or their political