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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee Jun 30th, 2026
Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials
Transcript Highlights:
- look at the bill analysis, it lists 55 different aspects of regulation that would be part of this program
- So it's... ...that it would be part of this program.
- And that's one of the designs of this bill: to set up a program that has all the protections necessary
- SB 1010 strengthens the existing certified appliance recycler program by improving reporting, increasing
- The bill also gives regulators better tools to oversee program compliance and target enforcement where
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Apr 9th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Massachusetts has always led on ensuring dignity in our safety net programs, but before we can ensure
- Transportation remains one of the most significant barriers and cost drivers for this program.
- METCO is not just a program, it's a promise that every child deserves access to opportunity regardless
- So there is precedent for a program to be put into place to mitigate any enrollment disruptions.
- The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education offer grant programs.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- Of the scholarship program if they had more applicants than we appropriated to fund this program.
- You know, and so an app-based program probably wouldn't be very effective in that case.
- So it sounds like even coaches or even folks in the after-school program should have one.
- We have no tax credit program. Right. That's a whole.
- I would run out of time because we don't have income taxes, we have no tax credit program.
Committee:
House Crime and Public Safety
Summary:
The Committee on Crime and Public Safety met with a quorum and first took up several bills in executive session. House Bill 2323, relating to a domestic violence registry, was discussed as a private law-enforcement database for domestic abuse offenders; members noted it was similar to other registry bills already advanced, though some said it differed in details. House Bill 2530, described as the scrap metal bill, was also voted do pass without discussion. House Bill 1882 was withdrawn from consideration after members noted it had been rolled with another bill and had been sent back from fiscal review and Rules. The committee then adopted a House committee substitute and two amendments for House Bill 3332, which concerns public safety personnel recruitment and retention and employment benefits for first responders; the substitute removed additional degree programs from scholarship eligibility and the amendments fixed scholarship prioritization language and removed a sunset from the line-of-duty death benefit. HB 3332 was voted do pass.
In public hearing, Representative Justice presented House Bill 3174, Missouri’s version of Alyssa’s Law, requiring each school employee to have access to a wearable panic alert system tied to local emergency responders and school personnel. He said the bill is subject to appropriations and would use a qualified vendor list; members questioned cost, funding, liability, and whether schools could already implement such systems. Support testimony came from Lori Alhadeff, Alyssa’s mother, who described the Parkland shooting and argued that faster alerts save lives, including in medical emergencies, and from a teacher who said the system would help in both active shooter and non-shooter emergencies. No opposition testimony was offered.
Representative Williams then presented House Bill 3434, which would create a Missouri statewide sexual assault response task force to examine reporting, investigation, medical response, advocacy, and prosecution and report recommendations by December 31, 2028. She said the task force would build on progress made reducing the sexual assault kit backlog but address ongoing inconsistencies across jurisdictions. Members asked about overlap with a prior expired task force, appointment structure, and whether the group should include more medical or law-enforcement representatives. Support testimony from the Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence described the history of the kit backlog, the Telesane program, uneven services across the state, and the need for continued coordination and accountability; the Missouri Emergency Nurses Association also supported the bill, citing the need to address both rural and urban response challenges.
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC) Mar 20th, 2026
ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC)
Transcript Highlights:
- I would encourage folks to look up the Arkansas Legacy Lunker program and go largemouth bass fishing
- But look up the program. So that's my report. I move for adoption of the report at the proper time.
- But look up the program. So that's my report. I move for adoption of the report at the proper time.
- The State Insurance Programs Oversight Subcommittee...
- The State Insurance Programs Oversight Subcommittee met on Wednesday, March 18th.
Committee:
All ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC)
Summary:
The council opened with a prayer, approved the prior meeting minutes, and received the February 2026 Monthly Revenue Report from Carlos Silva of the Bureau of Legislative Research. He reported gross revenues of $5.36 billion and net collections of $4.5 billion, both above the prior year to date, and said the updated forecast now shows a larger expected surplus. Members asked about declines in some tax categories, natural gas severance fee fluctuations, inflation, and economic development incentives; Silva attributed several changes to timing, refunds, tax cuts, weather, and price volatility, and generally described the state’s revenue trend as positive.
The Executive Committee, Administrative Rules, Claims Review, Game and Fish, Higher Education, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Medicaid studies, Occupational Licensing Review, State Insurance Programs Oversight, and other subcommittee reports were adopted. The Medicaid studies report drew extended discussion about DHS staffing and contract nursing costs at state hospitals and human development centers; DHS officials said they were working on a recruitment and retention plan, reported significant vacancies and turnover, and said the state was not at risk of overspending the contracts. Several members urged reducing reliance on contract labor and moving staff onto state payrolls.
The Review Subcommittee report prompted questions about a Department of Public Safety aircraft maintenance item and a Department of Shared Administrative Services contract for Deloitte to implement performance and goals management software tied to the state’s new personnel system. After discussion, the aircraft maintenance item was held briefly and then withdrawn from the hold, while the shared services contract was explained as a one-time integration/configuration project for a system that will support employee evaluations and performance-based pay; the report and the separate contract vote were approved. The Personnel Subcommittee also heard testimony from Commerce Secretary Hugh McDonald about reductions in force at the Division of Services for the Blind, which he attributed to funding shortfalls and fiscal mismanagement; members questioned the impact on blind and visually impaired clients, the status of board appointments, and whether federal funds could be at risk. The report was adopted with immediate consideration, and the meeting ended after filing the remaining APER report and adjourning.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 14th, 2026 at 09:19 pm
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill moves the Office of Coalfield Community Development to become a program under the Office of
- This amendment requires that vocational education and agriculture programs be offered to all students
- Engrossed Committee Substitute for House Bill 4004, creating the Recharge West Virginia program.
- Recharge West Virginia program. Third reading of the bill. Questions on passage of the bill?
- Funds available for the program would be subject to appropriation by the Legislature.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm Amber Worthington, Deputy Director of Programs and Policy with the Department of Fish and Game.
- The landowner appreciation program is eligible with that 79 acres mentioned earlier, rather than 640
- acres, as the landowner appreciation program hunt minimum acreage requirement.
- Another change is requiring at least 10 tags in a controlled hunt before available for these programs
- We have one testifier on this docket. before available for these programs, and then giving the director
Committee:
House Resources and Conservation
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- , to provide for the creation of the Idaho Child Care Program.
- To provide for the creation of the Idaho Child Care Program, Child Care Program, to provide for the creation
- of the Idaho Child Care Program, to establish provisions regarding parent qualifying activities, to
- The Idaho Grazing Improvement Program was established under the Rangeland Improvement Act and operates
- within the Idaho State Department of Agriculture's Range Program and cost-share grants initiative.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
WAM, WAM DEFER, WAM-JDC Public Hearings 03-04-2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Adopting DOE's amendment to remove the Felix stipend program special fund and the school best fit fair
- revolving fund, commercial enterprise revolving fund, out-of-school time instructional program fund,
- special fund and Felix stipend program special fund and the<00:23:56.040><c> school</c><00:23:56.280
- </c> out-of-school time instructional program out-of-school time instructional program fund<00:24:04.480
- </c> removal grant program. removal grant program. Any<00:24:38.680><c> discussion?
Summary:
The committees met in decision-making sessions and considered a long list of Senate bills, with no oral testimony taken. Several measures were advanced unamended, including SB 2178 on industrial hemp, SB 2277 on hospital price transparency, SB 2387 on digital financial asset transaction kiosks, SB 2688 on compassionate release, SB 3132 on syndromic surveillance data reporting, SB 3219 on housing infrastructure growth bonds, and others. Many bills were also advanced with technical or substantive amendments, including SB 2114 on collective bargaining grievance rights, SB 2601 on procurement penalties, SB 2698 on cruise ships/transportation, SB 2757 on digital asset charters, SB 2948 on insurance fraud, SB 2002 on water governance, SB 2022 on state water code penalties, SB 2190 on inclusionary zoning, SB 3294 on wrongful imprisonment compensation, and SB 17, SB 2407, SB 2811, SB 2907, SB 2930, SB 3084, SB 3103, and SB 2808 in the later agenda segment.
The committee also discussed SB 2080, relating to the psychology interjurisdictional compact, where one senator objected to interstate compacts as opening local jobs to out-of-state professionals; despite that objection, the measure was adopted. SB 3133 on preventive medicine drew amendment discussion to remove unnecessary language about committee members not being state employees and to delete an immunity subsection, while preserving ethics-code coverage and provider immunity. SB 3000 on insurance was amended to remove a savings clause, and SB 2921 on fund transfers received extensive amendments removing or revising numerous special funds and revolving accounts across agencies.
Most votes were unanimous or near-unanimous, often with members present voting aye or with reservations. A few measures drew recorded no votes or reservations, including SB 2080, SB 3133, SB 2921, and SB 2401, where one member voted with reservations and the committee report was to reflect the Attorney General’s comments. In each case, the committee adopted the recommendation and moved the bills forward.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm Deputy Director of Programs and Policy for the Department of Fish and Game.
- Staff wanted to provide a reasonable acreage to allow for turkey controlled hunt in the LAP program,
- that's landowner appreciation program, and landowner permission hunts.
- also and is eligible without 79 8 for the landowner appreciation program also and is eligible without
- So 79 was that kind of acreage component that made sense for the program.
Committee:
Senate Resources and Environment
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- It often includes programming for the family, for the parents and the kids around parenting or job coaching
- The federal government also shuttered the Energy Assistance Program, which provides low-income families
- The design of these programs is to addict our kids and adults, but kids are the most vulnerable, and
- Other providers outside of the self-directed programs will also receive similar rate increases.
- and Supports budget model, and the Consumer Directed Community Supports program.
Committee:
House Taxes
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine options to reduce catastrophic wildfire, including H.R.471, to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisd Mar 6th, 2025 at 10:00 am
Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- And FOFA strengthens Good Neighbor Authority, a critical and overwhelmingly successful program that has
- And yet, these tools remain fragmented across more than 50 federal programs.
- The programs that are being funded are being well utilized, but there's still a shortage of funding,
- And I would also offer that funding of those kind of programs and expansion of those programs. within
- You talked about grazing, so important to reduce those fuel loads, programs to better coordinate the
Bills:
HB471
Keywords:
forest management, wildfire prevention, public lands, Tribal jurisdiction, Fix Our Forests Act, wildfire, forest health, hazardous fuels reduction, fuels treatment, prescribed burning, mechanical thinning, mastication, fuel breaks, fire breaks, wildland-urban interface, WUI, fireshed, fireshed management area, fireshed registry, Fireshed Center
Summary:
The meeting primarily focused on H.R. 471, the Fix Our Forests Act, which aims to address the ongoing crisis of wildfires exacerbated by climate change and the need for updated forest management practices. Various committee members voiced concerns about past federal management failures and emphasized the necessity for collaborative approaches involving local communities and stakeholders in forest management. As discussions unfolded, there were varying perspectives on the implications of certain provisions in the bill, particularly around regulatory changes and their likely impacts on public participation and environmental reviews.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- TDI does oversee the Texas Independent Dispute resolution Program.
- The IDR program creates a process for plans and providers to resolve the payment on those claims.
- The division also oversees the Texas IDR program, which I mentioned earlier.
- the COPA program, and what this is, is a program that regulates the rates.
- We do a fairly extensive consumer education program like TDI. We don't advertise.
Committee:
House Insurance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session - Part 3 - 05/16/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- We need investment in community-based programs.
- Really quick programming note before we break.
- The program uses two separate DNA databases.
- DNA Program, or the MPDP.
- The MPDP is not a criminal investigative program.
Committee:
House Public Safety
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I only have benefit programs.
- And in our other programs, you can see at the top, oh, you're off the program.
- And in our other programs, you can see at the top, oh, you're off the program.
- </c> you're you're you're off the program. you're you're you're off the program.
- Thank you, Chair Baker. the ship program. Again, it's about the ship program.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session-Day 12, February 23, 2026-AM
Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And I want to tell you swim program.
- Welcome. program together that accomplishes program together that accomplishes something<00:08:28.720
- </c> discretion as to what kind of programs discretion as to what kind of programs they're<00:46:09.040
- Um this is ready community program.
- Senate file 69 and literacy program.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for your testimony. to backfill these essential programs and to backfill these essential programs
- and Supports budget model, and the consumer-directed community supports program.
- programs will also the self-directed programs will also receive<01:31:30.560><c> similar</c><01:31:30.960
- 33.520><c> about</c><01:31:33.679><c> here</c> programs that we're talking about here programs that we're
- </c> community supports program. community supports program.
Committee:
House Taxes
HI
Transcript Highlights:
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- So we actually look at these diversionary programs or re-entry programs as being great in addressing
- </c><00:58:43.960><c> counselors</c> shelters there are programs counselors shelters there are programs
- </c><01:52:56.440><c> to</c> kol funding May cover a program to kol funding May cover a program to address
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Committee:
House Housing
Summary:
The House Committee on Housing held a public hearing on several bills. HB 576, relating to restrictions on the transfer of real property under chapter 201H, drew support from HHFDC and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, which said the bill would waive transfer restrictions that conflict with DHHL’s program implementation. HB 421, relating to contractors, drew opposition from the Contractors License Board and DCCA/RICO, who said the measure would weaken owner-builder restrictions meant to prevent circumvention of contractor licensing laws; Hawaii Roter and the Grassroot Institute supported it. Members questioned whether the bill would still bar resale within a year and whether subcontractors would still need licenses. HB 367, relating to building permits, received support from the Hawaii Farm Bureau and Grassroot Institute, with comments from DLNR; testimony urged the bill to be expanded to include zoning permits as well as building permits to avoid confusion, especially on Kauaʻi.
HB 826, relating to housing, received mixed testimony. HHFDC and several local and advocacy groups supported it, while the Sierra Club raised concerns about converting agricultural lands to residential use, possible impacts on food security, property values, taxes, and the need to account for public trust and traditional practices. HB 525 also drew support from HHFDC and three individuals, with no opposition noted. HB 252, relating to managing agents, was supported by the Hawaiʻi Council of Community Associations and opposed by the Community Associations Institute and several individuals, who argued that commercial management experience is not the same as condominium management and preferred language tied to industry certifications and a later effective date.
HB 709, relating to trespassing, was opposed by the Honolulu Police Department, which said officers would have difficulty verifying ownership or tenancy in the field, that the bill could require a separate enforcement team, and that the sheriff’s division is better suited to handle evictions. Hawaiʻi Realtors and the Grassroot Institute supported the measure. Finally, HB 431 HD1, relating to housing, received broad support from the Hawaiʻi State Council on Developmental Disabilities, HHFDC, DHS, the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions, OHA, county housing offices, and multiple nonprofit and political groups. Supporters emphasized the bill’s funding for housing and supportive services, with the homelessness office describing the measure as unprecedented and saying it could help the state cut homelessness in half over the next few years.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- This program wasn't developed in a vacuum.
- I supervise nurses and also oversee the school health service program.
- There's various programs. You can do it by hand and then scan them.
- So we do at the department, and the programs, you know, redoubt.
- So we do at the department and the programs, you know, redact that out.
Committee:
House Health and Welfare
Summary:
The committee heard a personal privilege update on HB 1227, which Representative DeWitt said would return next week as a proposed HCR for a two-year study of the three-doctor panel after discussions with Dr. Nia Colotta. Better Louisiana also presented its new Leadership Louisiana Health Fellows Program, describing it as a data-driven leadership initiative focused on health care workforce, rural access, chronic disease, and other system issues; members discussed whether the program could also help generate policy research, including on managed care organizations.
The committee then considered SB 427 on anatomical gifts. After adopting technical amendments, Senator Presley and Dr. Jeff White explained that the bill would strengthen organ donation law by creating a decision registry that records both yes and no choices, clarifying the legal effect of refusal, and codifying ethical principles such as the dead donor rule. Questions focused on organ viability, registry procedures, minors, and a Monroe case involving a disputed donor designation. Supporters included LOPA and the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the bill was reported favorably.
HB 946, dealing with hospital price transparency and compliance with federal pricing rules, drew extensive testimony. Representative Landry and a witness from Patient Rights Advocate described it as a consumer transparency measure, but the Louisiana Hospital Association opposed the bill’s state-level enforcement and debt-collection provisions. Landry offered an amendment removing the debt-collection and affirmative-defense language, but after debate the substitute failed on a 5-6 vote and the bill was voluntarily deferred. The committee also reported favorably on SB 109, which revises membership qualifications for the Louisiana Emergency Medical Services Commission; SCR 20, urging federal flexibility on Medicaid redetermination for elderly and disabled beneficiaries; SB 216, allowing coroners to rely on licensed practical nurses for medical pronouncements of death; and SB 45, exempting certain gratuitous hospice houses from licensure, with testimony from hospice house operators and supporters.
Finally, HCR 71 by Representative Chasson sought an LDH study of how Louisiana’s law and guidance on pregnancy-related emergency medications is working in hospitals, urgent care, and retail settings. Supporters said providers are hesitant to use medications such as misoprostol because of stigma and uncertainty, while opponents from Louisiana Right to Life argued the resolution was unnecessary and could create controversy. The discussion centered on whether the study should be narrowed or made more objective, but no final action on the resolution was reached in the portion provided.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions Mar 30th, 2026
Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions
Transcript Highlights:
- And I think we have had a number of new programs in recent years, right?
- And I think we have had a number of new programs in recent years, right?
- There are many great programs, and no one's here to criticize the programs.
- Is it going to put too much pressure on programs?
- Federal budget cuts already put our state programs at risk.
Keywords:
tax revenue, state surplus, taxpayer refunds, budget growth, Massachusetts General Laws, income tax, tax reduction, state law, personal income tax, tax rates
Summary:
The Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions held a public hearing on two proposed ballot initiatives: one to reduce the state personal income tax rate from 5% to 4% over three years, and another to revise the state tax collection cap law (62F) so the cap would be based on the prior year’s actual collections plus wage-and-salary growth and would include surtax revenue. Committee chairs outlined the hearing process and noted that the measures would need additional signatures to qualify for the 2026 ballot if not enacted by the legislature.
The committee’s expert witness, Doug Howgate of the Massachusetts Taxpayer Foundation, said the income tax proposal would lower the base rate in stages beginning in 2027 and would ultimately reduce state income tax collections by about $5.4 billion annually when fully implemented. He estimated savings would vary by income level, from a few hundred dollars for lower- and middle-income households to about $10,700 for taxpayers at the surtax threshold. He argued the proposal would improve tax competitiveness but would also require major budget adjustments, likely including reserve use, spending cuts, and possibly new revenue measures; he cited prior downturns and said the state’s rainy day fund is stronger than in past recessions, though spending growth and health care costs remain concerns. On the 62F proposal, he said rebasing the cap to prior-year collections would make refunds more likely, with modeled refunds totaling about $7.9 billion without the surtax and $10.1 billion with it over the last decade, and warned it could reduce stabilization fund deposits and constrain recovery after recessions.
Proponents of both petitions, including representatives from Taxpayers for an Affordable Massachusetts, NFIB, Pioneer Institute, and the Mass Opportunity Alliance, argued that Massachusetts faces an affordability and competitiveness crisis and that lower taxes would help families, small businesses, job creation, and outmigration. They said the income tax cut would put about $1,300 a year back into the hands of average families, help pass-through businesses reinvest, and improve the state’s ability to compete with lower-tax states such as North Carolina. Their economist, Rebecca Paxton, presented a model projecting average annual revenue losses of about $680 million during the phase-in and a total net income tax revenue impact of $2 billion to $2.2 billion, while saying long-term revenue growth would be stronger after implementation. The hearing ended with committee questions and a brief dispute over a planned voter testimonial video, which the chairs said was not appropriate for the hearing at that point.