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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/19/26
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> services because they're still going to services because they're still going to need<00:21:49.760
- Do they have access to food? Do they need referrals to get those basic needs met?
- Do they Do they have access to food?
- </c> services, getting them connected to services, getting them connected to mental<00:38:04.720><c>
- ><c> services</c> somebody is um there to connect services somebody is um there to connect services and
Bills:
HF2825
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Keywords:
expungement, criminal justice, background check, security industry, private detective, 1183, house
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- There's also this question as it relates to access to information, and I trust the good gentleman when
- Services, appropriating additional monies to the Division of Veterans Services for fiscal year 2027,
- Services, appropriating additional monies to the Division of Veterans Services for fiscal year 2027,
- appropriate to help benefit rural health access within the state of Idaho.
- They get some special access to tags, et cetera.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Available to their employees in exchange for a reasonable term of service.
- But at the same time, they are providing services to that hospital's patients.
- But at the same time, they are providing services to that hospital's patients.
- But at the same time, they are providing services to that hospital's patients.
- But at the same time, they are providing services to that hospital's patients.
Committee:
Senate Labor
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Education Committee Apr 15th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So early accessible information is what allows families and physicians to respond before a quiet gap
- Parents deserve information to keep their kids healthy in a time when we will have less access to primary
- California can make sure more high school students can have access to the same kinds of programs that
- If we had more funding, BACR would be able to not only provide programs to more students and expand services
- reimburse school districts for the mandated services we're already providing to these students.
Summary:
The Assembly Education Committee heard a lengthy agenda of education-related bills, with quorum established at the start and several measures taken up on consent or special order. The committee also announced that AB 1644, AB 2362, and later AB 2197 were pulled from the hearing. Members reminded the public of hearing rules and limited testimony to two witnesses each in support and opposition.
AB 2651, by Assemblymember Bonta, would require schools to notify parents when school vaccination rates fall below herd-immunity thresholds. Supporters, including physicians, the California State PTA, public health groups, and school employee organizations, argued that families need timely, school-specific information to protect children and vulnerable community members. Opponents raised concerns about privacy, stigma, and whether school-level snapshots could be misleading. The bill passed the committee 5-1 and later 7-1 on the roll call. AB 2509, by Assemblymember Schultz, would allow districts to use a five-year rolling average for ADA funding calculations; supporters said it would stabilize funding amid attendance declines, while one member noted concerns about masking long-term enrollment problems. It passed 5-1 and later 7-2.
The committee also approved AB 2430, which would expand after-school access, especially for high school students, improve funding and transparency, and create a work group on program quality. Testimony emphasized the value of expanded learning for youth development and working families, and members discussed the need to address middle school access as well. AB 2526, focused on special education funding, would expand the low-incidence fund to include students qualifying for the California alternate assessment; supporters said it would better align funding with student need, while some concerns remained about over-identification. AB 2325, the Pathways to Bilingual Teaching Act, would create a grant program to build bilingual teacher pipelines through partnerships among schools, community colleges, and universities; it received strong support and passed unanimously. AB 2460, presented by Assemblymember Pellerin for Assemblymember Celeste Rodriguez, would update school mental-health referral protocols to address trauma related to immigration enforcement; it also passed unanimously. AB 2404, which sought to require Central Valley representation on several governor-appointed bodies, drew debate over geographic representation and board composition and ultimately failed on a 2-5 vote.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/20/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- We said that would expire at the end of '26, so we have to backfill the access budget.
- Not too short of a time, you're going to see a glut of people coming back onto Access, but there's a
- I don't have access to anybody else. Good news. Is there another comment?
- I don't have access to anybody else who wishes to speak. No, that's all I show on the list.
- We strongly believe that the members of the Scottsdale community deserve access to the technology and
Keywords:
roadable aircraft, registration, vehicle title, license plates, aviation safety, corrections oversight, funding, state budget, criminal justice, reform, appropriation, Department of Transportation, right turn lane, traffic improvement, infrastructure funding, transportation funding, authorization, road improvements, intersection safety, transportation
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 18, 2025 - 09:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- So the problem, in a sense, that we're trying to solve here is that within a mitigation service area
- Then you have to go to the next available, next adjacent available mitigation service area.
- They do have access to millions of dollars. Through the chair, please. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
- What they need is accessible voting options and easy access to information about those options.
- All of these factors can impact disaster-affected Floridians' access to voting, in addition to the damages
Summary:
The Natural Resources and Disaster Subcommittee heard and acted on several bills related to wetlands, emergency management, fishing licenses, disaster recovery, the Florida Keys, brownfields, wastewater treatment, and spring protection. HB 1175 on mitigation banking drew the most discussion, with supporters saying it would create more predictable release of mitigation credits and help address shortages, while opponents warned it could weaken watershed-based wetland protection and allow credits to be used farther from the impact site. The committee adopted a strike-all amendment making the changes prospective after July 1, 2025, and then reported the bill favorably with committee substitute by a 12-3 vote.
The committee also considered HB 1535, a broad emergency management strike-all that would expand local storm-preparedness information, debris removal coordination, shelter planning, permitting procedures after storms, limits on post-storm fee increases and moratoria, and changes to election procedures after disasters. Members raised questions about FEMA coordination, shelter standards, impact fees, and the 100-mile post-storm land-use restrictions. After adopting the strike-all, the bill was reported favorably with committee substitute on a 17-0 vote. HB 673, which would extend the same fishing-license convenience to freshwater guides that saltwater captains already have, and HB 705, which extends a public-records exemption for disaster recovery assistance applicants, were both reported favorably without amendment.
Later, the committee approved HB 995 for the Florida Keys, which combines affordable-housing incentives, a Habitat for Humanity bond exemption, an extension of the Florida Keys Stewardship Act, and a modest increase in hurricane evacuation time to allow additional residential permits; it was reported favorably on a unanimous vote. HB 733 on brownfields received a technical strike-all and was also reported favorably. HB 645 creating a general permit for distributed wastewater treatment systems passed unanimously, and HB 691 on a reclaimed-water project tied to Outstanding Florida Springs passed 16-1 after concerns were raised about cost, water quality, and whether the bill could broaden the intent of existing spring-protection law. The meeting adjourned after all agenda items were completed.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Business, Trade & Economic Development Feb 18th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- utilities, a repossession of a vehicle, or an eviction if you do not have access to emergency funds.
- if you do not have access to emergency funds.
- So today, many individuals have limited access or no access to other credit or banking lenders.
- We ask for your support for these local businesses to ensure they remain able to deliver essential services
- So we think all of these things go together to help us maintain and provide the services to the communities
Summary:
The Senate Business, Trade, and Economic Development Committee heard public testimony on several House bills. HB 2624 would expand an existing exemption in the solicited real estate transaction law to allow public entities to solicit and buy real property for any public purpose, and also for Indian tribes and nonprofit nature conservancy organizations; the sponsor said the bill is meant to fix an omission from last year’s law, while a forest landowners group opposed it as creating a loophole for low-ball offers to vulnerable owners, and Trust for Public Land supported it as a different kind of transaction with existing appraisal and public-process protections. HB 2334 would create a cash-transaction rounding system to address the end of penny minting; staff said rounding would apply after tax and be permissive for sellers, with immunity and preemption provisions, and retailers and grocery groups supported it as a practical solution to penny scarcity, while members asked about signage and mixed-tender transactions.
The committee also heard HB 1269, which would shorten pawn loan terms from 90 to 60 days, raise interest and fee caps, increase storage fees, and allow online payments for extensions. Pawn industry witnesses and the sponsor said the changes are modest, overdue, and needed to reflect inflation and operating costs while serving unbanked customers; some senators questioned whether the combined changes would more than double costs for borrowers, and industry witnesses said they were willing to work on the numbers. HB 2428 would require insurers to send advance lapse notices for individual life insurance policies to policyholders and a designated third party, with proof of delivery, to prevent unintended lapses; the sponsor, the Insurance Commissioner’s office, life insurers, AARP, and a business group all supported the consumer protection goal, though insurers noted added compliance costs and the bill’s delayed effective date for new policies.
Finally, the committee heard HB 1078 on pet insurance, which would bar cancellation or nonrenewal based on a pet’s age or conditions that develop during the policy term and would restrict certain affiliate-policy transfers; the Insurance Commissioner’s office strongly supported it as a consumer protection measure, and staff noted a fiscal impact estimate and a new fiscal note request. The committee also took testimony on HB 2624 from both supporters and opponents, and on HB 2334 and HB 1269 from industry and public witnesses, but no votes were taken in the meeting. The chair closed public testimony and adjourned the committee after hearing all scheduled bills.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Idaho to the Commission on Human Rights to serve a term July 125 to July of 2028.
- , and reasonably priced utility services while allowing utilities an opportunity to earn a fair return
- Section 20 on page 18 is non-discriminatory access to poles.
- Pole owners must provide non-discriminatory access to poles, ducts, and conduits.
- So I'd like to welcome them to the Capitol.
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- I'd just like to hear what some of those updates are, you know, that is making this more accessible and
- the past couple years has really heightened my awareness of access to care.
- And you sit there and they access your port, and the first thing they give you is steroids, right, to
- What we're trying to do is really open up access to care and take away the barriers for many of our community
- , because I have gone through this, and if I can find any tool, any barrier to remove access to care
Committee:
House Business
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Transportation (2-11-25)
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> need to bring to the table need to bring to the table representative<00:10:14.160><c> Jackson</c
- This legislation would leverage a tool already being used by many states to increase the access and availability
- to be able to the transportation cabinet to be able to do<00:12:37.720><c> this</c><00:12:38.720><c>
- . have to drive for hours an hour to get have to drive for hours an hour to get somewhere<00:13:20.639
Keywords:
Roll Call 00:30
HB 15 Discussion 04:24
HB 15 Vote 07:13
HB 161 Discussion 10:05
Hb 161 Vote 19:34, 958, all
Summary:
The House Transportation Committee held its first meeting of the 2025 session, established a quorum, welcomed new members and staff, and reviewed basic committee procedures, including phone silence, speaking through the chair, and the 24-hour amendment rule. The chair then moved to the agenda, which consisted of two bills.
House Bill 15, sponsored by Representative Rudy, would lower Kentucky’s learner’s permit age to 15 to match surrounding states. Supporters said it would give parents more choice and help young drivers get licensed earlier; one member explained her yes vote by describing strong support from middle school students. The bill passed the committee with favorable expression, with Representative Lehman voting no and others voting yes.
House Bill 161, sponsored by Representative Jackson, would allow third-party entities to process driver’s license renewals, not initial licenses. Jackson said the goal was to improve access after the state reduced renewal locations from county offices to regional centers, creating long travel times and long waits, especially for rural and older residents. He said the third-party model could be used by approved businesses or agencies, with an average added fee of about $2 to $5, and that it would still require the same vision-screening process. Members asked about Real ID renewals, timing, local testing options, and eye exam requirements. The bill also received favorable expression, and the committee adjourned after completing the agenda.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 13th, 2026 at 01:35 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- to Health and Human Services, potentially to the Department of Labor.
- And what we do is To use these kinds of services to really transform people's lives.
- million in contractual services to provide legal services and professional guardianship services for
- to provide legal services and professional guardianship services for clients.
- be able to access right away instead of waiting for legal services and paid professionals to do that
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Judiciary committee approves anti-kickback bill, HF2260 3/20/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, it updates some of the uh investigative and uh arrest data that we were able to access.
- Uh the bill also contains a proposal related to personal data protection for human services judges.
- So this just adds those uh human services judges who are very similar to the administrative law judges
- And then it that we were able to access.
- 00:10:59.760><c> to</c><00:11:00.000><c> report</c> self-service, or fraud to um to report self-service
Summary:
The committee heard House File 2260, a Judiciary Committee clone of portions of the larger DHS policy bill, and adopted the A1 amendment, which was described as largely technical but also incorporating changes from the related human services bill. The bill was presented as covering several DHS-related policy areas, including background studies transparency, anti-kickback provisions for medical assistance and child care assistance, and personal data protections for human services judges. The amendment also added a number of provisions related to direct care and treatment, competency restoration billing and data sharing, fraud enforcement tools, behavioral health fund eligibility, and clarifications to prior law.
Testimony from DHS Office of Inspector General legislative director Ardian Diddy emphasized that the bill would improve transparency in background studies, update investigative and arrest data access, extend a limited set-aside to similar provider types, and correct an effective-date error from last session. He also said the anti-kickback language would mirror federal Medicaid law for medical assistance and create a state-level prohibition for CCAP, giving DHS and law enforcement more tools to investigate fraud and misuse. Additional provisions would add human services judges to existing personal data protections for judicial officials. Diddy also explained amendment sections from the governor’s fraud package, including authority to act against entities convicted of fraud or theft, data-sharing improvements, and a disqualification from management and billing positions.
Members raised questions about possible conflicts of interest involving DHS employees with outside LLCs and about the need for stronger safeguards against fraud. The chair and other members referenced recent fraud cases and said the bill would help prevent similar abuses. Christy Grumman of DHS testified on the judge privacy section, saying there are about 35 human services judges and describing a recent incident in which a judge received violent threats serious enough to require the family’s temporary relocation by the State Patrol. Representative Hudson supported the anti-kickback provisions as a needed codification of agency authority. The committee then approved the amended bill and recommended it be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety, Finance, and Policy.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Local Government Committee Jun 17th, 2026
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- in new costs, limiting their ability to deliver essential services.
- decision of diverting money from other public services or finding ways to stretch general funds to cover
- Like many other communities across the state, the county is struggling to maintain access to critical
- We believed then, and still believe today, that AHS's decision to move forward with substantial service
- that, yes, jurisdictions utilize these inspection fees to fund general services.
Committee:
House Local Government
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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- safety, providing access to surplus badges for certain employees.
- fines that are to be used to provide direct services to victims here in Minnesota.
- , making them eligible to receive a portion of court-imposed fines used to provide direct services to
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- The Florida Senate congratulates and expresses its appreciation to the YMCA for 175 years of service
- Across Florida, YMCA, leadership, and a commitment to public service.
- The Florida Senate congratulates and expresses its appreciation to the YMCA for 175 years of service
- The bill strengthens the teacher workforce by expanding access to teacher apprenticeship programs to
- The bill strengthens the teacher workforce by expanding access to teacher apprenticeship programs to
Summary:
The Senate convened with an opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognitions for the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Thomas Clem of Lakeland, and a large YMCA delegation visiting for the organization’s 175th anniversary. Senators highlighted the YMCA’s youth leadership programs and community service, and the chamber entered a proclamation recognizing the YMCA’s long service and its work in community support, youth development, and public health efforts.
The chamber then took up several bills on the special order calendar. Senate Bill 100 adopted the 2026 Florida Statutes and the 2025 regular session’s statute materials; Senate Bill 102 removed repealed provisions from the statutes; and Senate Bill 104, the general reviser’s bill, deleted obsolete language, updated cross-references, and corrected drafting errors. Each of those bills was advanced to third reading and passed unanimously, 36-0. Senators also passed Senate Bill 7010, which authorizes Roth post-tax contributions in state and local deferred compensation plans, also by a 36-0 vote.
Senate Bill 320, relating to administrative efficiency in public schools, drew the most substantive policy discussion. Its sponsor said the bill would reduce district-level mandates, expand teacher apprenticeship pathways, create longer-term teacher contracts and certificates, streamline salary supplements and assessments, increase flexibility in district finances and Title I use, adjust facility planning requirements, and shift oversight of district-run VPK programs. The sponsor emphasized reducing bureaucracy while preserving accountability and focusing resources on students; the bill passed 36-0. The Senate also withdrew Senate Bill 1720 from further consideration, waived rules to immediately certify all bills passed that day to the House, and adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator, please come to order.
- We just need to be the one standing next to you. Almighty God, we choose to trust you today.
- call out some of my constituents who came to talk to me today.
- SB 1346, access fee for service claims. SB 1369, county medical examiner reports access.
- SB 1398, access redeterminations eligibility verification report — Health and Human Services.
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then recorded 30 members present and approved the prior journal without objection. Several members used personal privilege to welcome guests, including students from Aliento for an annual education day at the Capitol, a coalition of gun safety advocates, constituents visiting individual senators, and a guest shadowing Senator Gobildone. Senators also recognized a visitor from Tempe and a group from the area agencies on aging.
The chamber then moved through second reading of a long list of bills and resolutions covering topics such as solar radiation management, veterinary telemedicine prescriptions, pharmacist prescribing standards, public records and digital media copies, health facility complaints, utilities and renewable energy, water and groundwater management, juvenile and criminal justice, school funding and records, insurance licensing, autonomous vehicle safety data, digital currency, county and municipal governance, behavioral health appropriations, and several election, tax, and constitutional measures. Standing committee reports on the calendar were not read and were entered into the journal.
Before recess, Senator Ortiz spoke in support of student walkouts across the Valley protesting immigration enforcement, praising the students’ nonviolent activism and describing it as part of a broader civil rights tradition. After recess, the Senate took up first reading and committee referral of additional bills on public benefits eligibility, workforce reporting, tribal consultations, insurance settlements, missing kidnapped children reporting, small modular reactors, firearm safety instruction in schools, election petition cures, housing and HOA issues, public records fees, water quality testing, groundwater withdrawal fees, and cargo theft. The only recorded vote was on adjournment, which passed by voice vote, and the Senate adjourned until Thursday, January 29, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education May 1st, 2025
S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education
Transcript Highlights:
- I, um, I'm happy to be here, very happy to be here today laying out HB 1079.
- Despite their structured, discipline, and leadership training pathways to military services, JROTC and
- Students in these programs often lack the access to the same state funding and accountability recognition
- training and technology education, expanding students' access to rigorous skill-based training.
- be looked to.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, September 9, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> service,</c> appreciate his commitment to service, appreciate his commitment to service, not<00:
- 3.8% pay raise for all service members, improved housing and DoD schools, and expands access to health
- To access to health care and child care.
- </c> and when the public had access to that. and when the public had access to that.
- avoid shortages at medical facilities, and it improves service member access to mental health services
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 1/22/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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- to policy makers<00:33:45.760><c> public</c><00:33:46.279><c> access</c><00:33:46.720><c> to</c><00:
- Unless you know how to look for it, unless you have access to those facilities to do the searching, it's
- Unless you know how to look for it, unless you have access to those facilities to do the searching, it's
- Unless you know how to look for it, unless you have access to those facilities to do the searching, it's
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Health Service (2-18-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- So the goal is to services and supports.
- <c> health</c> get access to highquality oral health get access to highquality oral health care<00:09
- We cannot just give money to rural hospitals to support services that are going to suffer funding losses
- get access to that kind of service.
- get access to that kind of service.
Summary:
The Health Services Committee heard a presentation from Dr. Steven Stack, Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, on Kentucky’s Rural Health Transformation Program. He said Kentucky received about $213 million in federal funding, among the highest awards nationally, after a fast application and negotiation process. He emphasized that the grant is time-limited, must be used for the specific goals in the state’s application, and cannot be treated as a general bailout or replacement for existing funding. He also noted the state will use a website, ruralhealthplan.ky.gov, to share the full application, award terms, and future opportunities.
Dr. Stack outlined five focus areas: maternal health and prenatal/early childhood supports; EMS and trauma response workforce and transfer capacity; behavioral health crisis care through the EMPATH model and mobile crisis services; oral health access through more hygienists, telehealth, and hub-and-spoke models; and rural community hubs for chronic disease prevention and innovation, including food-as-medicine and healthier lifestyle interventions. He stressed that the program is meant to be transformative, not duplicative, and that it cannot pay clinician salaries, fund new construction, replace EMR systems broadly, or duplicate billable services. He said the state will work with community partners, hospitals, universities, and others, including the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, to begin implementation.
Members responded positively overall. Senator Berg praised the award and the goal of integrating care across the state, but raised concerns about access to prenatal care and about possible future changes to water fluoridation, warning both could harm children and rural families. The chair and other members thanked Dr. Stack for the update and congratulated him on the award. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during this portion of the meeting.