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ID
Transcript Highlights:
- We have had testimony in my committee's previous years where parents come in and say, 'My child was a
- It has to do with the county fair boards.
- First of all, thank you for the very thorough explanation of what's in the bill and slide in here.
- This has been a little while in the making.
- This has been a little while in the making.
Committee:
House Ways and Means
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Banking and Finance Committee Jan 12th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- This helps in two ways.
- So if you have something that's happening in California, in a small jurisdiction, they can look on IC3
- This helps in two ways.
- We have a senior fair every year in our district, and the senior scam workshop is by far the one that
- We have a senior fair every year in our district, and the senior scam workshop is by far the one that
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Banking and Finance met and initially lacked a quorum, so it began as a subcommittee before later obtaining enough members to act. The committee took up a consent calendar containing AB 501, AB 683, and AB 1278, all of which were approved for passage to their next committees, with AB 501 sent to Judiciary and AB 683 and AB 1278 sent to Appropriations. The committee then heard AB 871, which was presented as a measure to strengthen protections against elder financial abuse and scams by improving reporting and training requirements for financial institutions and mandated reporters.
The author described the bill as a response to widespread elder fraud, including a personal family experience, and explained that the bill would add reporting guidance to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) and the Federal Trade Commission. Supporters, including the California Welfare Directors Association and several local government and advocacy representatives, said the bill would help identify patterns, improve coordination, and potentially stop fraudulent transfers more quickly. The California Bankers Association did not oppose the bill but raised concerns about whether IC3 is the right reporting channel in every case, whether a dollar threshold should apply, and how institutions would operationalize customer notification requirements.
Several committee members spoke in support, emphasizing the prevalence and sophistication of scams targeting older adults and the need to avoid imposing civil penalties or undue liability on financial institutions. The author said she was working with stakeholders to address concerns and keep the bill effective. AB 871 was then approved on a due pass motion to the Judiciary Committee, and the roll was left open briefly for absent members before the meeting adjourned.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Appropriations - S/C on Article I, IV, V Mar 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- the budget in the financial capacity.
- On page 17 of number 35, I'm sorry, just in particular yesterday or day before we met in all the talk
- This is moving money in accordance with DPS's, uh, request, uh, to have the funding in a different strategy
- Um, this is 122 million, um, for 833.5 FTEs, uh, to focus in for appointments and in office, um, services
- No, it's in the budget.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- We had problems in the past, and that whole process has been reworked.
- We have a new director, and this model is based on what's being done in Arkansas.
- In the past, that whole process has been reworked.
- We have a new director, and this model is based on what's being done in Arkansas.
- In statute, it says shall be charged, shall be charged.
Committee:
House Public Health
Keywords:
Oklahoma Health Care Authority, Medicaid, immigration verification, healthcare access, federal reporting, health care providers, auditing, patient rights, claims, protection from fraud, audit process, error correction, hospice care, physician determination, healthcare standards, symptom management, health information exchange, all-payer claims database, health care transparency, health care costs
Summary:
The committee first announced several bills would be laid over because sponsors were absent, then took up House Bill 4423, which would require Medicaid applicants to be legal U.S. citizens. After adopting a PCS, members asked whether Medicaid already had citizenship limits, and the bill passed 4-1. House Bill 3342 followed, revising the Health Care Authority audit process; the sponsor said it was based on an Arkansas model, had no fiscal impact, and was intended to be fairer after prior problems. It passed 5-0. House Bill 3645, allowing physicians or other independent doctors to authorize hospice referral when a patient lacks next of kin or is not coherent, also passed 5-0. House Bill 3647, creating an all-payer claims database through the state HIE for greater transparency in medical costs, passed 5-0 after a question about which entities would be included or excluded.
House Bill 3887, which removes the requirement for a physician referral every 30 days for continued physical therapy, drew the most discussion. The sponsor said therapists would refer patients back to a physician if treatment was not helping or was outside their scope, while a member raised concerns about delayed diagnosis and suggested adding a timeline; the sponsor said he would be open to further discussion. The bill passed 4-1. House Bill 4430 extended tort claims protection to certain state-employed providers who work for entities such as FQHCs, and House Bill 4431 did the same for nurse practitioners working for state agencies; both passed 5-0.
Later, House Bill 2964 changed medical-record copying language from “shall be charged” to “may be charged,” giving facilities discretion on whether to charge patients for copies of their records; it passed 5-0. Finally, House Bill 3834 was heard for research funding on ibogaine therapy for PTSD and related conditions among veterans, firefighters, and police officers. The sponsor said the goal was to allow Oklahoma research, not to remove the substance from controlled status, and a witness described the treatment as a monitored oral session used in Mexico and supported by some studies. The bill passed 5-0, and the chair adjourned the meeting, noting the laid-over bills would likely be heard the following week.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (01/15/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
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- So in the um in in in section >> Thank you.
- in politics in general.
- Yeah, in in a new drug public?
NH
Transcript Highlights:
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Committee:
House Housing
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Jan 22nd, 2026 at 09:00 am
A&B Education Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- We are working in lifelong learning in the arts.
- In year one, we had 1,111 students in our courses.
- So, in 2010, we had $10.4 billion in Unfunded liabilities.
- one in FY24.
- I think they were brought in in 2011, give or take.
Committee:
House A&B Education Subcommittee
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- in the bill.
- in parts.
- is the same in Texas as it is in Nebraska, as it is in Maine, or any other state.
- The committee's substitute to House Bill 718 supports both financial integrity and fairness in public-private
- , in addition to a minor in Chemistry, while engaging in the Performing Arts. world during that time,
Committee:
Senate Education
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 4th, 2026 at 06:25 pm
Senate Health & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Is there anyone in the audience in support of the amendment? Seeing none. Anyone in opposition?
- He has something that's one in 200,000 in our country.
- In some.
- The ACLU stands in strong support of SB 129 because it provides long-needed clarity and fairness for
- Workers in the workforce in New Mexico.
Committee:
Senate Senate Health & Public Affairs
Keywords:
prior authorization, pharmacy benefits manager, PBM, health insurer, prescription drugs, step therapy, formulary, auto-adjudication, electronic portal, appeals, medical necessity, serious mental illness, mental health, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, substance use disorder, addiction treatment, cancer, autoimmune disorder
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Second, in a tight budget year, it's fair to say that everyone should share in the pain, or as I like
- Second, in a tight budget year, it's fair to say that everyone should share in the pain, or as I like
- Second, in a tight budget year, it's fair to say that everyone should share in the pain or as I it's
- fair to say that everyone should share in the pain, or as I like to say, get the same haircut.
- the house and I was sitting in a in I was on the when I was in the house and I was sitting in a in I
Summary:
The Senate opened with roll call, prayer, and approval of the corrected journal, then received committee reports and House messages before moving into floor action on several bills. Among the measures introduced and referred were bills on housing, education, machine guns, cash rounding, virtual currency kiosk fraud prevention, unauthorized workers, and other State Affairs topics. The Senate also took up a number of third-reading bills, including Senate Bill 1314 on Health and Welfare board structures, Senate Bill 1316 on newborn screening exemptions, Senate Bill 1301 on brewer retail taprooms, Senate Bill 1331 on a broad rescission/appropriations reduction package, Senate Bill 1332 on cash transfers to balance the budget, and later Senate Bill 1308 on mediation and Senate Bill 1309 on juvenile corrections.
Senate Bill 1314 drew the most substantive debate early in the meeting. Supporters said it would eliminate outdated board structures in the Department of Health and Welfare and regional behavioral health boards that no longer served a necessary function, while opponents argued the boards still provided public accountability, regional input, and transparency, especially for behavioral health services. The bill passed 28-7. Senate Bill 1316, which updated exemption language for newborn screenings to align with other Idaho law and clarify parental rights, passed unanimously 35-0. Senate Bill 1301, allowing small brewers to expand from one to two remote taproom locations, passed 31-4 after supporters framed it as a free-market and small-business measure.
The most contentious vote was on Senate Bill 1331, the rescission bill reducing fiscal year 2026 appropriations by about $192.7 million, including cuts to general fund, federal, and dedicated funds, along with reductions in FTEs and some program funding. Supporters said it was needed to balance the budget amid revenue uncertainty and that agencies had been asked where to make the additional 1% cuts; opponents criticized the bill as an across-the-board, opaque “Christmas tree” approach that cut lean and bloated agencies alike and created confusion about specific reductions. After extended debate, the bill passed narrowly 18-17. Senate Bill 1332, which transferred money from several funds back to the General Fund to help balance the budget, also drew criticism for shifting money from programs such as Launch, water pollution control, and building projects, but it passed 26-9. Later, Senate Bill 1308 passed 35-0 and Senate Bill 1309 passed 35-0 with little opposition. The Senate then returned to other business, introduced Senate Bill 1361 on public safety appropriations, and began consideration of Senate Bill 1300, which would change confirmation and appointment provisions for certain state agency directors.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Forty Six - Thursday, April 2
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- walk in God, the strength of all who put their trust in you and the light of those who walk in your
- And it's not fair to get a tick bite and have to not take part in ice cream socials.
- It's not fair to have gotten a tick bite and not take part in barbecues and not be included in those.
- Or sawdust in sand in vitamins. Sawdust and sand in vitamins.
- You should have the Holy Spirit in your home, in your household, in your heart.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- In our nation, It's in our nation are paramount.
- And we're in a major migratory route for the deer in that area.
- or in my pasture.
- We just want to make sure practices are ethical and that we have fairness, transparency, in protecting
- In that document, in addition to setting our state the union.
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
ID
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Due process and the right to a fair trial is a human right in the United States, not just for citizens
- in court to have a right to stay in this country.
- It is a pyramid scheme in which those who bought in early benefit from everybody else who buys in later
- So for years we've had in statute public health and in that we have second public health, and in that
- in the state.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- On each bill that's called, there'll be two primary witnesses in support and two primary witnesses in
- In San Jose, in Modesto, you already heard from the author about the example in your Belinda, so I won't
- Association of Realtors are in support but could not be in attendance today.
- Just in case, if you're in support of SB 1364, please approach the microphone.
- in this bill.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- We look at many in this room who have been successful in their lives, Successful in their endeavors.
- We look at many in this room who have been successful in their lives and in the State House.
- the Senate, 728 as amended in the Senate, 723 as amended in the Senate, 825 as amended in the Senate
- It was intended to fill in gaps in our rural communities, in particular for the purposes of ensuring
- You know, kids in one district are, you know, taking classes while they're in class in order to get ahead
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- in God.
- Founded in 1986 and incorporated in 1999, Carmel School in Ruther Glen, Caroline County, is focused on
- something that has changed the way I look at women in leadership, women in the military, and women in
- While serving in the Navy, While serving in the Navy, Mr.
- Long before we were allowed in boardrooms or legislatures, we organized in living rooms, in kitchens,
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- In different forms.
- fees in three ways.
- In San Jose, in Modesto, you already heard from the author about the example in your Belinda, so I won't
- In the end, I guess I would ask with this bill in its current version, if there's In the end, I guess
- Association of Realtors are in support but could not be in attendance today.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Summary:
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard several bills focused on health care planning, mental health court participation, homeowners association governance, groundwater enforcement, pet-policy disclosure in rentals, and post-disaster property speculation. SB 1088 would update California’s POLST and DNR laws by renaming POLST to Portable Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment, allowing electronic signatures, clarifying who may sign on a patient’s behalf, and making clear that these forms are voluntary; it drew support from the Coalition for Compassionate Care and no opposition. SB 1242 would let original family petitioners participate in CARE Court for care coordination and information-sharing, while preserving judicial discretion to exclude them if harmful; supporters said it would improve treatment coordination, while Disability Rights California opposed it as coercive and a removal of patient consent. The committee advanced SB 1242 on a 7-0 vote, with the bill placed on call.
The committee also considered SB 1007, which would require more HOA budget transparency, disclosure of evidence for violations, and a lower cap on regular assessment increases without a homeowner vote. Supporters argued it would improve accountability and protect homeowners from steep fee hikes, while HOA industry groups warned it could undermine funding for insurance, maintenance, and other operating costs. Members raised concerns about the cap and the need for flexibility for large expenses; the bill passed 6-1 and was placed on call. SB 1364, as amended, would prevent a person convicted of sexual assault from obtaining custody or visitation of a child conceived from that assault, while preserving the possibility of voluntary co-parenting and aiming to qualify California for federal grant funding; it passed 8-0 and was placed on call.
Later, SB 997 would give the North Fork Kings Groundwater Sustainability Agency lien authority to enforce fees and its groundwater sustainability plan, addressing an enforcement gap for a GSA created by special legislation rather than a joint powers agreement. It drew support from agricultural and county groups and passed 9-0, placed on call. SB 1296 would require landlords to disclose pet policies up front on applications, websites, and ads, and allow refund of an application fee if disclosure was not provided before payment; supporters said it would reduce wasted application costs and pet relinquishment, while rental housing groups said the ad disclosure requirements were impractical. The bill passed 8-0 and was placed on call. The final bill, SB 1090, was introduced to prohibit large property owners from making unsolicited purchase offers for five years in wildfire-disaster areas, responding to investor activity after the Eaton and Palisades fires; the author and a SAGE witness described it as a protection against disaster capitalism and predatory low offers to displaced residents.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/04/2026 - Senate Government
Senate Government Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- And it started at, in the mid-30s-ish in the House, and we were slowly adding.
- I mean, in all fairness, so does the U.S. House of Representatives.
- Anyone in the room? No.
- There was a 50% to 60% increase in 2021, a 20% increase in 2022, a 35% increase... ...in program usage
- There was a 50% to 60% increase in 2021, a 20% increase in 2022, a 35% increase in 2023, and now we're
Summary:
The committee first heard SB 1036, which would tighten unemployment insurance eligibility by requiring five weekly work-search actions, weekly reporting, cross-checks against data sources for fraud or ineligibility, and employer reporting of refusals to return to work or accept suitable work. The sponsor argued the bill would reduce fraud and improve program integrity, while DES said it was neutral but warned of system-update costs, added workload, and more appeals; some members raised concerns about apprenticeship programs and administrative burden. The committee adopted a technical amendment and then recommended the bill do pass as amended on a 4-3 vote.
Next, the committee considered SB 1054, a strike-everything amendment to make city and town emergency measures subject to referendum. Supporters, including Payson’s mayor, former mayor, and council members, said local governments had abused emergency clauses to push through tax increases and bond measures without voter input. The League of Arizona Cities and Towns opposed the measure, arguing it would undermine true emergency powers and slow city responses. The committee adopted the amendment and then recommended the bill do pass as amended on a 4-2 vote.
The committee then heard SCR 1022, which would increase the House from 60 to 90 members beginning in 2033, with a later amendment delaying implementation to 2043. Senator Mesnard said the change would improve representation by reducing the number of constituents per member and nesting three House districts within each Senate district; some members and a public witness supported the idea, while others questioned cost, feasibility, and the effect on legislative power. The committee adopted the amendment and recommended the resolution do pass as amended on a 5-2 vote.
Finally, the committee quickly passed SB 1271, barring municipalities from penalizing businesses based on the number of emergency calls or the value of stolen/damaged property, with exceptions for malicious or false calls, and SB 1437, requiring public records to be provided in the least expensive electronic format with fees limited to material costs. Both measures received unanimous or near-unanimous support after brief testimony, and the committee also began hearing SB 1439, a strike-everything amendment creating a Conservative Grassroots Network specialty plate, but the transcript cuts off before any action on that bill.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- in the substitute.
- In concept? You got to...
- May I put that in and read that in, Mr. Chairman, for a proper process? Okay, Ms.
- Byron, you want to read that in? House Bill 66. Mr. Byron, you want to read that in?
- Yes, and that existed in the McCormick... Before it's filed in the courthouse.
Bills:
HR217 , HB66 , HB204 , HB208 , HB326 , HB472 , HB483 , HB484 , HB793 , HB1051 , HB1080 , HB1087 , HB1111 , HB1215 , SB78 , SB148
Committee:
House Municipal
Keywords:
rent stabilization, affordable housing, cost burdened, Louisiana housing, housing policy, emergency rental protections, Alexandria, municipal ordinances, administrative adjudication, code enforcement, housing violations, building codes, zoning, nuisance ordinances, vegetation ordinances, sewerage, drainage, licensing, permits, local government