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VT
Transcript Highlights:
- increase or even maintain<01:01:37.440><c> the</c><01:01:37.760><c> current</c><01:01:38.079><c> standard
- </c> maintain the current standard of care. maintain the current standard of care.
- of competence and that when standards of competence and that when can<01:16:36.080><c> misconduct</c
- </c><01:20:56.000><c> of</c> cannot do it by lowering standards of cannot do it by lowering standards
- These amendments amend the retail pricing standards section of the bill.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So when the standards are applied unevenly, it creates confusion.
- So clear and consistent standards matter not only for program integrity but for ensuring the fairness
- So when the standards are applied unevenly, it creates confusion.
- So when the standards are applied unevenly, it creates confusion.
- So clear and consistent standards matter not only for program integrity but for ensuring the fairness
Keywords:
SNAP, income limits, asset limits, nutrition assistance, children and families, federal poverty guidelines, federal waiver, food assistance, low-income families, nutritional support, day care, tax subtraction, child care costs, licensed child care, dependent care assistance, child care, family child care, child care center, licensing, correction order
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The state must mandate consistent standards for all counties.
- National Children's Alliance,<00:21:33.480><c> the</c><00:21:33.600><c> gold</c><00:21:33.920><c> standard
- </c><00:21:34.520><c> for</c> Alliance, the gold standard for Alliance, the gold standard for responding
- 21:40.360><c> consistent</c> The state must mandate consistent The state must mandate consistent standards
- </c> standards for all counties. standards for all counties.
Keywords:
child care, child care center, day care, licensed child care, video security cameras, surveillance, security cameras, maltreatment, child abuse, child safety, public and shared areas, camera mandate, child care assistance program, CCAP, Great Start Compensation Support, early learning scholarships, licensed provider, Minnesota Statutes 142B.68, Harvey's Law, privacy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- This outdated barrier is truly redundant to existing standards.
- Rigorous masters or doctoral standards.
- APRNs also hold a high standard for mentorship and collaboration in any setting that we work. support
- APRNS also hold a high standard care.
- So the terminology that aligns with the standards used in dental accrediting bodies is throughout the
Committee:
House Health Finance and Policy
Keywords:
hospital moratorium, hospital construction, bed capacity, hospital expansion, health care facilities, hospital licensing, safety-net hospital, level I trauma center, Ramsey County, Minnesota health law, hospital beds, new hospital exception, certificate of need, inpatient capacity, emergency care, trauma services, health system regulation, state moratorium, hospital modernization, health infrastructure
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (04/30/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- that we have at the the same standard that we have at the original<00:24:39.880><c> facilities</c><00
- dose standard dose uh<01:13:00.040><c> doses</c><01:13:01.040><c> and</c><01:13:01.679><c> used</c><
- I mean this is why we've created<01:16:01.360><c> this</c><01:16:01.679><c> standard</c><01:16:02.000
- ><c> in</c><01:16:02.320><c> medicine</c><01:16:02.640><c> and</c> created this standard in medicine
- Ballard that this does comport with DEA standards and is in place in other states.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- our education budget that targets students who are underprepared to learn and not meeting academic standards
- </c><00:04:02.480><c> Um,</c><00:04:02.959><c> and</c><00:04:03.280><c> the</c> meeting academic standards
- Um, and the meeting academic standards.
- </c><00:04:40.400><c> Um</c> and not meeting academic standards.
- Um and not meeting academic standards.
Committee:
House Education Finance
Keywords:
charter schools, education funding, revenue calculation, general education revenue, special education, school library aid, education finance, school districts, funding eligibility, compensatory revenue, task force, free meals, school funding, education equity, HF2210, school unemployment aid, Minnesota Department of Education, general fund appropriation, unemployment insurance, unemployment claims
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/25
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:14:29.279><c> in</c> is this something that's standard in is this something that's standard in
- </c><00:20:12.559><c> it's</c><00:20:12.679><c> the</c> is a language that is standard it's the is a
- language that is standard it's the language<00:20:13.240><c> that's</c><00:20:13.799><c> currently</c
- They need to have that authority, but they shouldn't be setting grant standards for the agencies.
- </c><01:00:33.359><c> um</c> think this is pretty standard um think this is pretty standard um language
Committee:
House State Government Finance and Policy
Keywords:
Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- We really, we're planning on working together to develop an educational program with the police standards
- We really, we're planning on working together to develop an educational program with the police standards
- mandatory punishment for a standard mandatory punishment for a first<01:07:33.079><c> offense</c><01
- so I do have have um meet our standards so I do have have um the<01:19:26.480><c> very</c><01:19:26.840
- It holds them to our standard but allows them to do this at home.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
Transcript Highlights:
- So this would essentially put in place a standard for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts when it comes
- It provides fairness because it makes it so that there's a state standard for cash transactions and non-cash
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure held a public hearing on two bills: House Bill 5138, concerning consumer protections for cash transactions amid penny scarcity, and House Bill 5036, concerning consumer information related to tariffs. Chairs Tackey Chan and Senator Payano opened the hearing, noted the committee’s one-year anniversary, reviewed procedures, and explained that the Senate and House were both in session, with Senator Payano prepared to take over if needed. The committee heard from several industry and legislative witnesses, and the hearing was eventually closed by motion and voice vote.
Supporters of H. 5138, including Senator Paul Feeney, the Massachusetts Package Stores Association, the Massachusetts Restaurant Association, and the New England Convenience Store and Energy Marketers Association, said the bill would create a clear statewide rounding standard for cash transactions if pennies become scarce. They argued it would improve operational efficiency, reduce confusion, provide legal clarity, and protect businesses and consumers by requiring notice and limiting the rule to cash payments. The Retailers Association of Massachusetts also supported the concept but suggested amendments, including changing mandatory rounding language to allow flexibility and clarifying that taxes and fees would not be affected.
Witnesses were largely opposed to H. 5036. The Retailers Association, the New England Convenience Store and Energy Marketers Association, and the Massachusetts State Auto Dealers Association said tariff-related shelf or price disclosures would be difficult or impossible to implement because tariff costs change frequently and are hard to trace through complex supply chains. Auto dealers emphasized the challenge of calculating tariff impacts across thousands of vehicle parts and models, while retailers said the proposal would add burdens and could increase costs. No votes on the bills were taken during the hearing; the only formal action was adjournment of the hearing after testimony concluded.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Affairs to use competitive bidding standards in the awarding of contracts and prohibit sole source contracting
- agricultural associations who may not think that the law applies to them and hold them to the same standards
Committee:
House Agriculture
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
06/12/2026 - House Republican Caucus Calendar #28
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Higher Education Committee Jun 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- your opening remarks, especially around system-wide procurement for training and around training standards
- as well. ...especially around system-wide procurement for training and around training standards as
Summary:
The Assembly Higher Education Committee heard two Senate measures focused on artificial intelligence in higher education. SCR 82 by Senator Niello would encourage the California higher education segments to convene a work group and share best practices on AI use, including how to address academic integrity and student use of AI in coursework. Supportive comments emphasized the need for intersegmental coordination and faculty/student engagement, while the Faculty Association for California Community Colleges raised concerns about preserving faculty purview, academic freedom, and governance differences at the community college level. The resolution was adopted and re-referred to the Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection on an 8-0 vote.
The committee also heard SB 928 by Senator Cervantes, which would establish guardrails for AI use at CSU by requiring that faculty employee positions be filled by humans who meet CSU minimum qualifications and that instructors of record be human faculty for credit and non-credit instruction. The author and supporters, including the California Faculty Association, Teamsters California, the California Federation of Labor Unions, and the State Building and Construction Trades Council, argued the bill is needed to prevent AI from replacing faculty and to preserve the human role in teaching and student support. Members asked for clarification that the bill would not apply to classified, administrative, or clerical employees, and the author’s office said the definition was intended to mirror CSU faculty classifications and bargaining language.
Both measures received unanimous support from the committee after discussion. SB 928 was passed to the Assembly Floor on a 10-0 vote, with several members requesting to be added as coauthors. The consent calendar, which included SB 308, SB 892, and SB 968, was also approved unanimously, and the committee adjourned after announcing its next hearing date.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Higher Education Committee Jun 9th, 2026
Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- your opening remarks, especially around system-wide procurement for training and around training standards
- as well. ...especially around system-wide procurement for training and around training standards as
Committee:
House Higher Education
VT
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Apr 15th, 2026
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
Transcript Highlights:
- So this would essentially put in place a standard for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts when it comes
- It provides fairness because... ...because it makes it so that there's a state standard for cash transactions
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure held a public hearing on House Bill 5036, concerning consumer information related to tariffs, and House Bill 5138, concerning consumer protections for low-value tender scarcity and penny rounding. The chairs opened with procedural remarks, noted both chambers were in session, and explained that testimony would be limited to three minutes. The hearing also included light discussion of the committee’s one-year anniversary and the large volume of bills the committee handles.
Testimony on H. 5138 was broadly supportive. Senator Paul Feeney, the bill’s co-sponsor, said the measure would address confusion caused by the penny’s scarcity by creating a statewide cash-rounding standard to the nearest five cents, with rounding up or down depending on the final digit. He emphasized that the bill would apply only to cash transactions and would require consumer notice rules from the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation. Representatives from the Massachusetts Package Stores Association, Massachusetts Retailers Association, Massachusetts Restaurant Association, and New England Convenience Store and Energy Marketers Association all supported the bill, citing operational efficiency, legal clarity, fairness, and reduced burden on retailers and restaurants. The Retailers Association suggested amendments to make rounding discretionary rather than mandatory and to clarify that taxes and fees would not be affected.
Testimony on H. 5036 was largely opposed by business groups. The Massachusetts Retailers Association, New England Convenience Store and Energy Marketers Association, and Massachusetts State Auto Dealers Association all said the tariff disclosure requirements would be difficult or impossible to implement in practice, especially given frequent tariff changes and the complexity of pricing goods and vehicles. They argued the bill would create compliance burdens and could increase costs rather than help consumers. No votes were taken on either bill. The hearing concluded after no further witnesses came forward, and the committee voted to close the hearing.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- system and interoperability between counties and PSAP centers, and it helps ensure that there's standardized
- system and interoperability between counties and PSAP centers, and it helps ensure that there's standardized
Committee:
House State Affairs
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Is that just the standards, or what does that mean? So you're, Mr.
- And both of those courses, credits are tied to the standards. Yeah. Thank you.
Committee:
Senate Education
Summary:
The committee first approved the March 4, 2026 minutes without objection. It then heard House Bill 712, which would create a civics seal or endorsement on high school diplomas for students who meet specified academic and civics requirements, including coursework in U.S. history and government, a civics test score, and a civics project or related activities. The sponsors described it as a voluntary recognition to encourage civic knowledge and engagement, and testimony from the Idaho Family Policy Center and Dr. Samuel Lair supported the bill as a way to promote citizenship and public service. Committee members asked about how the coursework requirement is defined and whether the seal could be earned alongside other diploma endorsements; the Department of Education clarified that the required coursework is two credits each in U.S. history and American government. The committee voted to send HB 712 to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
The committee then took up House Bill 761, which would consolidate the Idaho STEM Action Center into the Workforce Development Council. Senator Lent and Workforce Development Council/STEM Action Center Director Wendy Seacrest explained that the merger is intended to streamline operations, reduce administrative overlap, and better connect STEM education with workforce development. Seacrest said the combined structure would continue most STEM programs, including teacher professional development, community partnerships, and career awareness efforts, while tying them more closely to careers and workforce needs. She also said the consolidation would save more than $300,000 annually and eliminate two staff positions, and that private donations and foundation support would still be available, including direct support to local districts or organizations and a 50% match requirement for new programs. With no public testimony against the bill, the committee voted to send HB 761 to the floor with a due pass recommendation and then adjourned.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/02/2026 - House Health & Human Services
House Health & Human Services Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- Madam Chair, members, Senate Bill 1023 establishes standards for optometrists to conduct eye examinations
- according to community standards of care, with a recommended examination interval of one year. ...with
Summary:
The House Committee on Health and Human Services heard and advanced four Senate bills. Senate Bill 1242 would allow courts to conduct mental health evaluation and treatment hearings, or testimony within those hearings, virtually by phone, video, or other audiovisual technology when the court finds no unfair prejudice; supporters said it reflects current practice and helps avoid dismissals due to technical issues. It passed on an 11-0 vote with one member absent.
Senate Bill 1145 would transfer licensure and regulation of behavior analysts from the Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners to the existing Behavior Analyst Committee, effective January 1, 2027, and make the committee’s decisions final rather than requiring board ratification. Supporters described it as an efficiency measure that reduces delay in licensing and complaint resolution. The committee recommended the bill 11-0, with one absent.
Senate Bill 1247 would allow individuals who do not receive assisted-living services to live with a resident in an assisted living center or home if the facility authorizes it, and it was described as a clarification of a recent statutory interpretation affecting independent residents. Members discussed possible safety concerns and facility discretion, and one member voted present while the rest voted aye; the bill received a due pass recommendation 10-0 with one present and one absent. Senate Bill 1023 would set optometry eye-exam standards based on community standards of care, recommend a one-year exam interval, and allow optometrists to extend eyeglass prescription validity up to two years, with adjustments based on patient risk factors; supporters said it codifies best practices and does not affect contact lens prescriptions. It passed 11-0 with one absent, and the committee then adjourned.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 19th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill narrows the standard by requiring a life-threatening condition and an objective reasonable
- person standard to the definition of medical neglect.
Summary:
The Health and Welfare Committee approved the February 13 minutes and then considered three RS drafts. RS 33263, by Rep. Dori Healy, would require annual reporting of dental loss ratios to increase transparency in dental insurance; it was introduced without objection. RS 33042, by Rep. Lucas Kaler, would narrow the definition of medical neglect and create private causes of action for knowingly false reports involving children and vulnerable adults. Members raised concerns that the language could discourage reporting, be too broad regarding alternative care, and create a “get-out-of-jail-free” effect if a parent eventually sought care. After extended discussion, the committee took a roll call vote and the motion to introduce RS 33042 failed on a 7-7 tie.
The committee then heard RS 33328 from Rep. John Vander Wada, addressing SNAP administration and related state costs under new federal guidance. He said the proposal would codify current practices and tighten administration, noting the state now bears a larger share of administrative costs. The committee moved to introduce the RS, and it passed by voice vote. The meeting then adjourned, with members noting there was no meeting scheduled for the next day.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 3rd, 2026 at 03:06 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- that that even though we're doing these good things, that maybe you know If we're going to hold a standard
- for one, we should hold a standard for all.
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance