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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Health & Long-Term Care Jan 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- By modernizing endometriosis education and care, Washington can improve outcomes for an estimated 5%
- Endometriosis is neither rare nor obscure, and it affects an estimated 200 million women and girls and
- When care is delayed, patients pay the price with their bodies and their futures.
- When care is delayed, patients pay the price with their bodies and their futures.
- So yes, obviously hospital prices are detached from reality.
Summary:
The committee first met in executive session and advanced Senate Bills 6102 and 6103 with due-pass recommendations to the Rules Committee, and referred Senate Bill 6194 to the Ways and Means Committee without recommendation. SB 6102 would align the Ambulance Transport Fund quality assurance fee with federal regulations, SB 6103 would make payments for rural emergency hospital services subject to appropriation, and SB 6194 would allow cost-based Medicaid payments for rural hospitals on federally recognized Indian reservations under specified conditions.
The committee then held public hearings on several bills. SB 6183 would require health plans, beginning in 2027, to cover FDA-approved HIV antiviral drugs without prior authorization, step therapy, or other utilization management, with one therapeutic-equivalent exception for prevention drugs. The prime sponsor and one testifier supported the bill as a way to reduce barriers to timely HIV treatment and prevention; sign-in testimony showed 53 pro, 58 con, and one other. SB 5985 would create an online endometriosis resource center, require Department of Health training modules, and direct OSPI to include menstrual health and endometriosis awareness in school standards. The sponsor and multiple patients and clinicians testified in support, emphasizing long diagnostic delays and the need for earlier education; sign-in testimony showed 36 pro, 56 con, and 92 not testifying.
SB 6019 would revise home care rate statutes to clarify how Medicaid home care agency rates are set, cap administrative portions at 20%, and require verification that funds are spent as required. The sponsor, labor, and provider representatives supported it as a technical fix to preserve pay parity, while sign-in testimony showed 46 pro and 57 con. SB 6161 would direct the Department of Health to include dementia risk-reduction information in public and provider materials when appropriate and to consult experts; supporters said it could help reduce cognitive decline and align with the state Alzheimer’s plan, while sign-in testimony showed 61 pro and 62 con.
Finally, SB 6210 would authorize the Health Benefit Exchange to add a new certification criterion for marketplace plans to address affordability and access, including possible requirements tied to county availability, plan differentiation, and metal-level offerings. The prime sponsor, the Exchange, AARP, and patient advocates supported it as a response to rising premiums and limited choices, especially in rural or single-carrier counties; insurers, brokers, and some carriers opposed it, warning it could reduce competition, create uncertainty, and raise costs. The Office of the Insurance Commissioner supported the bill with a requested amendment to avoid premature disclosure of proposed rates.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Transportation Infrastructure Revenue Subcommitee Nov 3rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- be glad to discuss this with you and provide some circumstances where you might be able to get an estimate
- In this case, we did a conservative estimate, an aggressive estimate, and then we did a base case.
- vehicles tend to be more expensive, it also captures a great deal of other factors that impact the price
- Pricing a mile of driving is essential.
- Something we'd have to consider in our price for the project, but I appreciate it.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 11, 2025 - 10:15 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- As a side note, members, last week the Early Learning Program's estimating conference met and did adopt
- , five, 10 years, going from 25 to 35 percent, child care prices have even, are even drastically more
- But over the last, I think, five to 10 years, 45 percent child care prices have been inflated, right?
- And so the budget amendment was submitted requesting $12.3 million, roughly, to support an estimated
- DL developed an estimate of children who would be potentially eligible for the SR Plus program based
Summary:
The Pre-K through 12 Budget Subcommittee met with a quorum and focused on School Readiness, specifically the new provider reimbursement rates and the School Readiness Plus program. The chair gave an overview of how School Readiness is funded and administered, noting that the Legislature now sets county-based reimbursement rates using market and cost data, and that School Readiness Plus was created to help families who would otherwise fall off the subsidy “cliff” at 85% of state median income by extending assistance up to 100% of state median income. Panelists from the Children’s Forum, the Association of Early Learning Coalitions, and the Division of Early Learning described the programs as major workforce and family-support tools that help parents stay employed and help providers recruit and retain qualified staff.
Testimony emphasized that higher reimbursement rates increase parental choice, help providers cover rising child care costs, and support better staffing and lower turnover. The panel also said School Readiness Plus is easing the pressure on families to turn down raises or promotions for fear of losing child care assistance, though uptake is still early because the program only began in late 2024 and is only available to current School Readiness families at redetermination. The Division of Early Learning reported about 275 children enrolled in School Readiness Plus as of March 10, with expenditures of about $161,420 through January 2025, and said participation is increasing.
Members asked about the federal-state funding split, wait lists, reverted funds, coalition accountability, county-based rate differences, and whether the entrance eligibility threshold should be raised or shifted to state median income. The panel said roughly 70% of School Readiness funding is federal, about 4% has typically reverted in recent years, and the wait list is around 12,000 children, with reasons including income ineligibility, lack of available seats, and funding limits. They argued that raising the entrance threshold would expand access but would require additional funding, and they also discussed the need to reduce workforce barriers such as in-person testing and training requirements. The meeting ended with no formal action beyond the presentation and member discussion, and the subcommittee adjourned.
WI
Wisconsin 2026 1st Special Session
Joint Committee on Finance May 12th, 2026
Joint Committee on Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- Or was that because the program needs had changed from what the estimate was?
- Because costs went up, the proration rate was lower than estimated. All right.
- So 42.7% would mean it's estimated that based on eligible... 42.7% would mean it's estimated that, based
- It is so important to note that those estimates were... ...truly.
- And gas prices are the single most important measure to the American economy.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Finance
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Transportation Jan 22nd, 2026 at 04:00 pm
Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- FIFA is estimating that there will be 3 billion unique viewers, which is more than one-third of the world's
- One of the concerns is that vacation homes have been bidding up the price of housing, and it's kind of
- One of the concerns is that vacation homes have been bidding up the price of housing, and it's kind of
- That's one in seven drivers, and in Washington the percentage is estimated to be even higher.
- drivers, and in Washington, the percentage is estimated to be even higher, nearly 20 percent or one
Committee:
Senate Transportation
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, June 29, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Gas prices are too high. Grocery prices are too high. Health care prices are too high.
- Gas prices are too high. right now. Gas prices are too high.
- Health care Grocery prices are too high.
- And too many prices are too high.
- Families across the country have paid the price, Mr.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Special Committee on Property Tax Reform Apr 14th, 2026
Special Committee on Property Tax Reform
Transcript Highlights:
- Heathley, Murphy, Overcast, Price, Taylor, Van Schoiack, here. Warwick, here.
- generally speaking, the CFO in the school district or whatever will look at the new assessments and estimate
- It's not an estimate by the CFO. It's an input that they wait on.
- So I just want to sort of dispel any notion that it's an estimate by the school district CFO that ends
- Price, no. Taylor, no. Van Schoiack, aye. Warwick, aye.
Summary:
The Special Committee on Property Tax Reform met in executive session with a quorum present and took up a House Committee substitute for Senate Substitute for Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bills 1066 and 1088. Members discussed several amendments that bundled multiple property tax provisions, including clarification of the 15% commercial ownership threshold, school levy language, senior property tax freeze language, no-tax-increase bond wording, ballot language requirements, and a severability clause. One proposed amendment to preserve a comparison to a single-rate calculation in the auditor’s multi-rate tax form drew extended discussion about whether the current siloing approach could reduce projected revenue for taxing districts; the sponsor ultimately withdrew that amendment after noting the issue would need further study.
The committee then adopted another amendment shortening ballot language requirements, and later adopted the underlying committee amendment and rolled the changes into a new substitute. Members also discussed a tax abatement provision added to the bill, with concerns raised that large abatements, such as those tied to a data center project, could affect levy calculations; supporters argued the language would apply to cities and counties rather than school districts. After debate, the committee voted to adopt the substitute and then voted the House Committee substitute for the Senate substitute for Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bills 1066 and 1088 do pass by a roll call vote of 11 ayes and 5 noes. The committee then adjourned.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 5 on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation May 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- by $6.1 million, bringing the total estimated payment in 2026-27 to $668.3 million.
- our prior estimates by $2.3 billion in 2026-27 and in the current year by $1.3 billion.
- These increases are to align the WIOA funding with estimated federal allocations.
- The position included in the request is an estimated annual cost of $154,000.
- So we are estimating about a $100 million shortfall.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Oil is our main driver in a lot of this budget, and that price can move up and down. So, Mr.
- Chair, what price did we use to calculate the income side of this?
- And the revenue estimate that we In FY25 were almost $800 million.
- And the revenue estimate that we had in December dropped that by 70% almost.
- And the first quarter, we missed the revenue estimate by a lot.
Committee:
Senate House Appropriations & Finance
Keywords:
Shaken Baby Syndrome, abusive head trauma, child safety, training and education, healthcare funding, youth internships, workforce development, education, grant funding, employment, drinking water, water quality, environment, public health, water filtration, private well testing, federal funding, childhood sexual abuse, time limitations, civil actions
Summary:
The committee took up House Bill 2, the General Appropriations Act, and reviewed the Senate Finance Committee substitute and amendments. Staff described the budget as balanced, with recurring growth of about 2.65% and reserves maintained at roughly 28% if the related disaster reform bill passes. Members discussed the bill’s major spending areas, including health care, child care, public safety, economic development, natural resources, and education, along with technical corrections, cleanup items, and where the public could find the revised bill online. There was also discussion of contingent appropriations that depend on other bills passing, and staff said a hot list of those items would be circulated.
Several members asked about specific allocations, including university athletics and facilities funding for UNM and NMSU, tourism, the State Racing Commission, the Spaceport Authority, and school-related items. The committee also discussed reserve levels, oil and corporate income tax revenue assumptions, disaster and fire recovery funding, and concerns about fraud, waste, and abuse in emergency spending. Members raised questions about a Gallup DA funding issue, online school funding, and a personal care/health care item in the Health Care Authority budget. Staff clarified several line items and explained that some appropriations were tied to future legislation or temporary provisions.
After debate, the committee adopted the Senate Finance Committee amendments and then voted on the committee report for House Bill 2. The motion to do pass House Bill 2 as amended passed 8-3. The chair noted that the committee would need to return later because of caucuses and the floor schedule, and staff thanked members for the process and preparation.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- annual... ...and national economy, and whereas the aviation industry has an estimated annual economic
- SB 1322, price regulation, abnormal market disruptions.
- SB 1322, price regulation, abnormal market disruptions. Judiciary elections.
- SB 1322, price regulation, abnormal market disruptions. Regulatory fares and government efficiency.
- While the regime has admitted to around 3,100 deaths, independent estimates reveal a far higher toll,
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Since the beginning of 2020, it's estimated that home prices have risen over 25% statewide, and the typical
- Since the beginning of 2020, it's estimated that home prices have risen over 25% statewide, and the typical
- Since the beginning of 2020, it's estimated that home prices have risen over 25% statewide, and the typical
- Since the beginning of 2020, it's estimated that home prices have risen over 25% statewide, and the typical
- that home prices have risen over 25% statewide, and the typical mortgage payment on the median-priced
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/25
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- an everyday low-price model.
- ><c> and</c> pricing including grocery pricing and pricing including grocery pricing and covered<01:14
- board</c> drives the price price across the board drives the price price across the board house<01:15
- What this bill is about is not regulating prices; it's about regulating price discrimination.
- </c><01:25:35.280><c> is</c><01:25:35.719><c> pricing</c> volume based pricing is pricing volume based
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
Keywords:
homeowners insurance, property insurance, commercial property insurance, insurance affordability, insurance market stabilization, reinsurance, catastrophic reinsurance fund, self-insured pool, premium costs, coverage notice, liability reform, climate risk, climate change, housing affordability, multifamily housing, rental housing, common interest communities, cooperatives, small business insurance, Minnesota Commerce Department
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- c> skyrocket,</c><02:22:09.680><c> leaving</c> fertilizer prices to skyrocket, leaving fertilizer prices
- </c><02:54:44.080><c> are</c> a reckless war in Iran and prices are a reckless war in Iran and prices
- </c> started and diesel prices are up 47%. started and diesel prices are up 47%.
- ><c> have</c> Residential natural gas prices have Residential natural gas prices have increased<02:54
- </c> wildly higher gas and de diesel prices wildly higher gas and de diesel prices and<03:10:43.680><
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services May 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- However, instead of the $3.5 million that was estimated at Governor's budget, the estimate has been updated
- However, instead of the $3.5 million that was estimated at Governor's budget, the estimate has been updated
- However, instead of the $3.5 million that was estimated at Governor's budget, the estimate has been updated
- The administration did provide some estimates for the number of recipients estimated to be impacted by
- Again, as the administration noted, the estimate... ...estimated savings in the out years of this proposal
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Public Works and Highways (03/10/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- The estimated replacement will be this spring, with an estimated completion this summer.
- The estimated replacement will be this spring, with an estimated completion this summer.
- </c> programmed in the estimated programmed in the estimated replacement<00:33:58.960><c> will</c><00
- </c><04:38:31.840><c> which</c> comes from a contractor estimate which comes from a contractor estimate
- The DOJ estimate of $2.2 million: is that a hard estimate, or is it to be adjusted maybe depending on
Summary:
The committee heard a Department of Corrections capital budget presentation on HB 25, focused largely on urgent maintenance and security needs at the New Hampshire State Prison for Men and other DOC facilities. DOC officials described the governor’s proposed priorities: boiler surge and radiator tank replacements, electronic controls and camera upgrades, and replacement of HVAC units using R22 refrigerant. They also outlined additional requested projects totaling $15.4 million, including a body alarm/man-down system at Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility, steam line and trap repairs, fire alarm replacements, and removal of an underground diesel tank in favor of above-ground storage.
DOC testified that many systems are well beyond their expected service life, including 40-year-old boilers, outdated analog cameras, and HVAC equipment using discontinued R22 refrigerant. They said the men’s prison is relying on a leased temporary boiler, has significant steam leaks causing major water loss and reduced boiler efficiency, and is dealing with frequent fire alarm faults and deteriorating wiring. On the body alarm system, they said the vendor no longer supports the equipment and replacement parts are no longer available. On the diesel tank, members questioned whether it could be abandoned in place or whether fuel could be reused; DOC said it had not explored all alternatives and would follow up, while noting the tank is underground and tied into the warehouse system.
Members also asked whether some current investments could be reused in the planned new men’s prison. DOC said some items, such as air handlers, might potentially be moved, but most projects are needed to keep the current facility operational and would not be practical to transfer. Questions were also raised about the leased boiler arrangement, the use of the man-down system by staff and visitors, and whether the kitchen project could be converted to a modular unit. DOC said the modular kitchen approach is necessary because the existing kitchen cannot remain fully operational during repairs. The committee then moved to lapse extensions, and DOC identified several projects no longer needing extensions, including items numbered 64, 65, and 66 in HB 25, with the chair noting those balances would be deleted and that the lapse amount was $550,500.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- In 2024, an estimated 16,920 Californians were diagnosed with lung cancer.
- These are critical treatments, but their high price tags are putting a real strain on patients and our
- And when biosimilars enter the market, they introduce competition that helps bring prices down across
- Drug companies often keep these drug prices high by setting their own list prices and then offering co-pay
- coupons in order to help some patients afford those high prices.
Committee:
Senate Health
Summary:
The committee heard several health-related bills, beginning with SB 1124 on lung cancer screening awareness. The author and supporters said the bill would require CDPH signage about lung cancer screening eligibility at tobacco point-of-sale locations to address low awareness and low screening rates. Support came from medical students, physicians, and the California Academy of Family Physicians, while retailers raised concerns about sign size, retailer notification, and implementation. Committee members generally supported the bill and noted the need to work through those concerns.
SB 1150 sought to require clearer patient notice when cancer cases are reported to the California Cancer Registry. The author described the bill as a response to inconsistent notification practices and privacy concerns, and the chair and other members shared personal stories about learning they or family members were in the registry without knowing it. Cancer registry and university stakeholders expressed appreciation for amendments but continued to have concerns or wanted more time to review the language. The bill was discussed as a patient-awareness measure rather than a change to reporting requirements.
The committee also heard SB 1400 on Alameda Health System governance, SB 1094 on biosimilar substitution and health plan policies, SB 1314 on smoke shop regulation and nitrous oxide restrictions, and SB 1309 on eliminating cost-sharing for medically necessary follow-up after lung cancer screening. SB 1400 and SB 1314 drew support from local officials, labor, and public health advocates, with members emphasizing youth protection and local oversight. SB 1094 passed after extensive debate over pharmacist substitution authority and notification requirements, with a 6-0 vote and opposition from biotechnology and physician groups. SB 1309 also passed after members discussed the cost of follow-up care and the value of early detection, despite opposition from health plans over premium impacts; it received a 7-0 vote and was placed on call.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (03/19/2026)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- But we're seeing in the gas prices now.
- :14.560><c> can</c><01:20:14.800><c> fairly</c> estimate so that we can fairly estimate so that we can
- Basically, the program prices for this.
- </c> lowering the class one wreck ACP price lowering the class one wreck ACP price down<01:24:34.160>
- fuel price increases. fuel price increases.
Committee:
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- versus library price.
- </c> from 2022 to 2025, library ebook pricing from 2022 to 2025, library ebook pricing increased<00:58
- </c> retail and library e audio pricing retail and library e audio pricing increased<00:58:14.960><c>
- ><c> and</c><00:59:06.480><c> they</c> inequitable pricing practices, and they inequitable pricing practices
- </c><01:42:05.760><c> 18.5</c> construction though has estimated 18.5 construction though has estimated
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:00:59.760><c> and</c> Care Board reference based pricing and Care Board reference based pricing
- ,</c><00:01:53.360><c> and</c> Board, reference based pricing, and Board, reference based pricing, and
- </c> reference-based pricing for hospitals. reference-based pricing for hospitals.
- It requires that the Green Mountain Care Board use reference-based pricing to reduce hospital prices
- </c> they need to demand price moderation. they need to demand price moderation.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture & Natural Resources Jan 23rd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- He added that an estimated 207 structures and property worth over $100 million were protected.
- Representative Springer asked George Geisler for an estimate of how long it took an air asset to get
- per year, which means that the cost per truckload of gravel that comes out... ...of the price for a
- to find that just a few days earlier, this corporation had bought them out as well and jacked the prices
- to find that just a few days earlier, this corporation had bought them out as well and jacked the prices
Committee:
House Agriculture & Natural Resources