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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 10th, 2026 at 09:10 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • When parents have access to stable child care, employers see improved retention, reduced absenteeism,
  • are unlicensed homes that are providing child care—are not eligible for capital improvement costs, maintenance
  • are unlicensed homes that are providing child care—are not eligible for capital improvement costs, maintenance
  • Amendment 28: Registered child care providers shall not be eligible for capital improvement costs, maintenance
  • He's going to get free health care too for child care. I'm worried I get health care. How is that?
Bills: SB241, SB145
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 2/24/26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • in onetime funding for public schools, including charter schools for security related facility improvement
  • </c> related facility improvement. related facility improvement.
  • Day to take care of hundreds or thousands of kids, and their parents are trusting us to make sure that
  • </c><00:44:11.119><c> Instead,</c> the people who care for them.
  • Instead, the people who care for them.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 10th, 2026 at 07:02 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Health Care Affordability Fund was built to use money generated within the health care system and
  • Hospitals have uncompensated care.
  • And yes, medical care is very, very important. I understand that.
  • We’ve seen health care costs as one of the biggest challenges.
  • Yes, this bill creates the Foster Care Plus pilot project, directing CYFD and the Health Care Authority
Bills: SB241, SB145, HB2
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 10th, 2026

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • As an eligible activity to be eligible for child care assistance.
  • tribes or pueblos related to language and culturally appropriate child care.
  • a pathway to licensure to become a registered licensed child care provider.
  • Lines 3 through 7 require that registered child care providers shall not be eligible for capital improvement
  • You said that was taken care of on the other one? This one.
Bills: SB241, SB145, HB2
Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 241 and reviewed a Senate Finance Committee substitute that incorporated several amendments. Staff explained changes related to the child care fund, residency determinations for federally eligible applicants, expanded child care assistance eligibility for grandparents raising grandchildren and foster parents, updated payment-rate rulemaking, tribal child care sovereignty and culturally appropriate services, limits on land grant permanent fund use for nonsectarian/non-denominational services, provider licensure pathways, and reporting clarifications. Members also discussed whether the bill would maximize federal and state child care tax benefits and how the nonsectarian language would apply to faith-based child care providers. The committee adopted the substitute and then passed it on a 7-3 vote. The committee then moved into House Bill 2 budget language review, focusing on budget adjustment authority and other fiscal provisions. Members discussed proposed BAR language for the State Investment Council, State Treasurer, PERA, and the Economic Development Department, with concerns about caps, whether the language was too broad, and whether some items should revert to existing law or be removed. The committee approved some of the BAR language items, but flagged the Treasurer and Economic Development provisions for later review. Members also discussed extending certain appropriations and project timelines, including a Rio Grande Trail Commission item and several IT and public safety projects, generally favoring extensions where work was still underway. The committee then debated proposed public school support language that would bar PED from approving budgets for schools with fewer than 180 instructional days and from approving new moves to four-day school weeks. Several members argued the 180-day language conflicted with existing statute, which is based on instructional hours, and that the four-day-week restriction could have unintended consequences. The committee ultimately voted down both public school support provisions. The meeting ended with a brief discussion of reviewing the rest of House Bill 2 and related supplemental and language items in the next session, and then adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We spend a tedious amount of time on paperwork and other administrative burdens that don't improve care
  • c><00:03:37.440><c> do</c><00:03:37.560><c> the</c><00:03:37.680><c> things</c> improve care, and we
  • can't do the things improve care, and we can't do the things that<00:03:38.160><c> would,</c><00:03:38.880
  • I don't care. I don't care.
  • The A11 amendment had some improvements for the family child care system, on checking on infants while
Bills: HF4382, HF2929
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/14/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I will do that because I care. out. I will do that because I care.
  • </c> important is cuz I care. important is cuz I care.
  • But, my point don't care.
  • </c> child care is very fragile. child care is very fragile.
  • </c> communities without care. communities without care.
Bills: HF4407, HF4382
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Aging and Independence May 11th, 2026

Joint Committee on Aging and Independence

Transcript Highlights:
  • Unlike other regulated care settings, Unlike other regulated care settings, the proposed ALR regulations
  • Together, these changes will improve the quality of life and care that Massachusetts citizens receive
  • Care is delivered through an interdisciplinary... ...management.
  • That level of micromanagement does not equate to better care.
  • This is in part what brought them to the rest home level of care.
Bills: H5243, H5376, S3056, S3057
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Agriculture improvement loan—that's used to finance improvements of the farm, any ag-related purchase
  • Agriculture improvement loan—that's used to finance improvements of the farm, any ag-related purchase
  • Agriculture improvement loan—that's used to finance improvements of the farm, any ag-related purchase
  • Agriculture improvement loan—that's used to finance improvements of the farm, any ag-related purchase
  • Agriculture improvement loan—that's used to finance improvements of the farm, any ag-related purchase
Bills: HF770, HF857, HF38, HF1500, HF43
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 16th, 2026 at 10:48 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • The early child care work. The workforce is the infrastructure behind universal child care.
  • care facilities.
  • Some care is 23 hours a day.
  • and health care.
  • , personal care.
Bills: SB132, SB241
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 16th, 2026

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • He was careful about what he ate. He was careful about where he went.
  • He was careful about everything.
  • I think that every building is supposed to take care of their ADA issues within that building.
  • So, you know, I just don't see how this is going to improve anything.
  • Like every other state—red, blue, green, purple—they raise their gas tax to improve their roads.
Bills: SB132, SB241
Summary: The committee first heard HB 158 as amended, which would require state agencies receiving appropriations from the Grow Fund to submit accountability and evaluation plans to the State Budget Division and the Legislative Finance Committee. LFC staff said the bill would put existing practice into statute and formalize agency reporting and evaluation responsibilities. The bill drew no opposition testimony, and after questions about whether agencies or LFC would do the evaluations, it passed on a 9-0 due pass vote. HB 255, the Public Safety Workforce Building Program, was then presented as a bipartisan measure to consolidate public safety workforce funding into a competitive grant program for local law enforcement, fire, detention, and public attorney offices. The sponsor said it would not require a new appropriation. There was no opposition testimony, and the committee approved it on a 9-0 due pass vote. The committee then took up SB 309, which would replace the lottery’s 30% return requirement with a fixed floor return for several fiscal years, with a reversion to the current law if the floor is not met. Lottery officials and supporters argued the change would let the lottery offer more competitive prizes, including higher-value scratchers, and potentially increase scholarship revenue; opponents, including Think New Mexico and a nursing student, warned it could cap long-term growth and reduce scholarship funding. After extended debate, the bill passed on a 7-2 due pass vote. Later, SB 79, creating a statewide mosquito-borne disease prevention program through the Department of Health, was presented by its sponsor as a response to West Nile virus and warmer winters. Testimony from the sponsor and the state entomologist emphasized rising mosquito risk and the need for county grants and statewide coordination. Although the committee initially moved to table the bill because funding had already been included in the budget, that motion failed and the bill ultimately received a due pass vote. The committee also heard HB 295, which would create a centralized accessibility reporting position in the Department of Health; after testimony for and against, an amendment stripping the appropriation was adopted, and the bill passed 5-3. The committee then heard HB 124, establishing an Office of New Americans within Workforce Solutions to coordinate workforce integration for immigrants with lawful status. Supporters described barriers faced by immigrant workers and the need for bilingual training and centralized assistance, while the sponsor said the office would have no first-year budget impact. The bill passed 6-4. Finally, the committee considered SB 273 and SB 274, both involving state financial support for affected entities and the Patient Compensation Fund. SB 273, which would provide temporary state assistance to communities affected by economic disruption, passed after debate about precedent and economic recovery. SB 274, which sought repayment from the Patient Compensation Fund for prior state infusions, drew opposition from hospitals and physicians who warned of higher surcharges and questioned the timing and legality; discussion continued around the committee substitute and the fund’s statutory restrictions.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • direct primary care.
  • direct primary care.
  • and long-term care long-term care and long-term care services<00:42:23.040><c> and</c><00:42:23.520>
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It reduces child care wait times and helps build or rebuild the child care early learning system capacity
  • </c><00:04:08.560><c> the</c> providers for Family Care goes down the providers for Family Care goes
  • </c> 20,250 child care 20,250 child care slots<00:04:56.840><c> this</c><00:04:57.039><c> bill</c><00
  • and child care.
  • and child care.
Bills: HF656, HF655, HF633
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Feb 4th, 2026

Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Transcript Highlights:
  • There seem to be some improvement in the communication with the circuit judges or... >> Yeah, correct
  • There seem to be some improvement<00:09:07.279><c> in</c><00:09:07.440><c> the</c><00:09:07.680><c> communication
  • </c> improvement in the communication improvement in the communication &gt;&gt; with<00:09:09.519><c>
Bills: HB150
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - House Transportation & Infrastructure

Transportation & Infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:
  • We also have improvements going on to U.S. 93.
  • We also have improvements going on to U.S. 93.
  • dust and improves air quality.
  • , highway flood mitigation, drainage improvements, and safety improvements.
  • , highway flood mitigation, drainage improvements, and safety improvements.
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Committee Meeting Jun 17th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Today, if a working family relies on purchase of care assistance, their options for care during the summer
  • from low-income working families have access to high-quality summer care.
  • Thank you. ...tiers of learning and to provide recommendations for improvement.
  • So once you update Regulation 728, will that take care of all this?
  • I believe it would take care of this.
Bills: SB293, SB279, SB293, SB279
Summary: The House Education Committee met and first heard Senate Bill 293, the Youth Camp Licensing Act, which would amend child care licensing rules for youth camps. The sponsor said the bill, with amendments, would remove accreditation language, clarify shelter requirements for outdoor camps, and eliminate limits that had restricted the number of children camps could serve, especially for families using purchase-of-care assistance. YMCA and school representatives testified in support, saying the measure would expand access to safe, affordable summer care for low-income working families. The committee voted to release the bill. The committee then approved Senate Bill 328, which would require the Department of Education’s school facility evaluation instrument to be established by regulation and to include lead-based paint hazards in the standard of good repair. The Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Advisory Committee supported the bill, explaining that lead had not been included in the original evaluation tool and that the new language would improve transparency and public comment. Senate Bill 318, updating the Delaware State Education Association special license plate program, also passed after DSEA testified that proceeds support scholarships for educators and students pursuing education careers. House Bill 443, dealing with background checks for education volunteers and mentors, passed as well. The sponsor said it would allow DOE to continue receiving wrapback reports for mentors in the state mentoring program and ensure state and federal criminal background checks remain in place. The committee also released Senate Joint Resolution 15, which directs DOE to reevaluate Delaware’s use of the SAT, modernize the accountability framework, and develop additional measures of student achievement and readiness; supporters argued the SAT does not capture career and technical pathways or other indicators of success. House Bill 459, which prohibits the sale of energy drinks on public middle and high school campuses during school hours or events, passed after discussion focused on whether the bill would affect possession versus sale and whether it could lead to student discipline; DOE said the bill only bans sales, and the sponsor said an amendment would clarify intent. Finally, House Concurrent Resolution 137 passed, directing DOE to review math instruction and MTSS supports statewide; testimony emphasized low math proficiency and the need for stronger, more coherent interventions. The committee also began hearing Senate Bill 279 on occupational therapist salary placement, with discussion centered on aligning OT compensation with other specialist roles and broader salary regulation updates, though the transcript cuts off before final action is shown.
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee Meeting Jun 17th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • And, you know, child care is a really big deal.
  • And if they have child care opportunities, or they could be coaxed into doing child care opportunities
  • And the key stakeholders are business people who need child care.
  • She did not give me her— ...improvement.
  • And I think we'd all agree that you track what you care about.
Bills: SB293, SB279
Summary: The Senate Education Committee approved the June 10 minutes and then heard House Bill 447, which would create a framework for voluntary child care cost-sharing partnerships among the state, employers, community sponsors, and families. Supporters said the bill is meant to help make child care more affordable and support workforce participation by using the existing Interagency Resource Management Committee to coordinate planning and funding. Committee discussion focused on how the tri-share model would work, who would participate, and whether it would reach lower-income families; no public comment was offered on the bill. The committee then took up House Bill 300, as amended, which would establish a statewide Title IX coordinator within the Department of Education to provide training, technical assistance, data collection, and oversight for interscholastic athletics in grades 6 through 12. The bill’s sponsor and supporters said the position would help schools comply with Title IX, improve consistency, and make athletic participation and spending data more transparent; opponents or skeptics questioned whether a new DOE position was needed and whether districts were already meeting their obligations. The sponsor and witnesses responded that existing federal data are delayed and incomplete, that some Delaware schools have participation gaps, and that a state-level coordinator would provide needed support and accountability. Public comment on HB 300 included testimony from the Delaware State Education Association, the Delaware Association of School Administrators, the Delaware School Sports Network, and the Office of Women’s Advancement and Advocacy, all generally supporting the bill or its goals. DASA noted it remained neutral but appreciated changes made in House Amendment 1 to reduce reporting burden. After public comment, the chair asked members to sign the bill release forms for the two bills heard, and the committee adjourned.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services REVISED Apr 13th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, I went to medical school because I wanted to take care of farmers and grew up in Medford, Oklahoma
  • I wanted to go back and take care of my people.
  • It improves access to care while maintaining strong safety standards.
  • able to basically cooperate with those members Local facilities to ensure that there is continuity of care
  • Because then that's something we may need to look at to make sure that for continuity care if somebody