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MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Conservation and Natural Resources Apr 16th, 2026
Conservation and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- He does soil testing all across the state and all across the Midwest.
- Those infrastructures would be tested, and they already are, but the information isn't provided to the
- Representative Justus: They're already being tested now, so I don't see a...
- So, for example, if a system does not test for E. coli, it's a serious federal water quality violation
- So, for example, if a system does not test for E. coli, it's a serious federal water quality violation
Summary:
The Conservation and Natural Resources Committee first took up Senate Bill 953, which was described as ensuring environmental protection funds remain dedicated to that purpose. The committee substitute added provisions from House Bill 1885, changing Clean Water Commission membership conflict rules, and Senate Bill 1397, giving certain reservoir water storage contract holders exclusive rights to return flows. Members discussed the conflict-of-interest language and the water-return provision, then adopted a House committee amendment and the amended substitute by voice vote. The committee then voted the House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 953 do pass by a 6-5 roll call, with Representative Wellenkamp voting no.
The committee then heard House Bill 3193, a proposal by Representative Wellenkamp to reduce single-use plastic waste in state parks and historic sites by phasing out plastic bags, plastic water bottles, and Styrofoam/styrene containers, while allowing exemptions where needed. Supporters, including conservation groups, a Missouri River Bird Observatory representative, and others, said plastics harm parks, waterways, wildlife, tourism, and human health, and urged alternatives and better waste practices. Some members raised concerns about accessibility and the need for practical substitutes for people with disabilities and for emergency or park operations. The Missouri Beverage Association opposed the bill, arguing its plastics are recyclable and that education and recycling are better approaches than bans.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 3320, the Drinking Water Transparency and Accountability Act, which would assign Missouri public water systems A-F grades based on violations, finances, operations, and infrastructure, and would impose additional oversight and spending restrictions on systems graded D or F. The sponsor said the bill would make water-system problems easier for ratepayers to understand and help address chronic failures; supporters from Missouri American Water, Central States Water Resources, and the Missouri Chamber said it would improve transparency and support investment. Opponents from municipal utilities, the Missouri Municipal League, and the Missouri Water Association argued the bill oversimplifies a technical field, duplicates existing consumer confidence reports, could confuse customers, and may undermine trust in local systems. No vote was taken on HB 3193 or HB 3320 before adjournment.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Early Learning & Human Services Jan 23rd, 2026 at 08:00 am
Early Learning & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- allowing the termination of licenses for inactivity, exempting kinship care providers from completing blood
- defines the consequences if the tool, whether the current one or a future replacement, were to fail that test
- , if we could define what that test is.
Keywords:
child welfare, risk assessment, investigation, child abuse, neglect, military families, early childhood education, access, assistance program, education equity, homelessness, youth programs, advisory committee, prevention, protection, HB 2219, child care licensing, early learning, DCYF, Department of Children Youth and Families
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Transportation Jan 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- concern is maybe are seniors or those with mobility issues that, you know, can't pass a driver's license test
- I think that the younger crowds, the YouTubers, and all the folks that are, you know, testing other people
- The cold-blooded nature of it. Iguanas, huh? All right, I'm done, guys.
Summary:
The Transportation Committee met with a quorum and first took up SB 654 on traffic infraction enforcement, a comprehensive bill addressing red light, school zone speed, and school bus camera programs. The sponsor said the measure was intended to improve consistency, transparency, privacy protections, and due process, including virtual hearings, record-retention rules, limits on remote surveillance and data use, school zone flashing-light requirements, clerk fee retention, and school board approval and reporting for school bus camera systems. An amendment clarifying reporting periods and liability-transfer affidavits was adopted without objection, and after questions about information sharing, facial recognition, school zone warnings, and school bus stop safety, the committee reported the bill favorably as a committee substitute.
The committee then adopted a delete-all amendment to SB 1080 on transportation, which required FDOT rules on direct payments to first-tier subcontractors and certain takeover agreement terms involving sureties and replacement contractors. With no opposition, the amended bill was reported favorably. The committee also unanimously recommended confirmation of a slate of appointments in tabs 1 through 6 after taking a single roll call vote.
Next, the committee considered SB 382 on electric bicycles and scooters. A strike-all amendment shifted the bill away from immediate enforcement changes toward data collection and study, while retaining rules requiring riders to yield to pedestrians, provide an audible signal before passing, and limit speed near pedestrians, and creating a task force to study e-bike safety and recommend future policy. Members raised concerns about enforceability, shared-use paths, access barriers for users who rely on e-bikes, and whether data would be shared with local governments; supporters from law enforcement and advocacy groups appeared in support. The amended bill was reported favorably.
Finally, the committee reported favorably on SB 684, which allows electronic signatures in connection with total-loss vehicles and vessels, and SB 880, which creates a Miami Northwestern Alumni Association specialty license plate. The meeting ended after all items were approved and the committee rose without objection.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- forebearers, mothers and fathers, grandparents and Generations before whose hard work, sacrifice, sweat, and blood
- for the certain delivery medical conditions and licensing of Dispensing Organizations and Cannabis Testing
- Natural Resources, HB 1644 by Oliverson, relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of testing
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Science, Technology and Telecommunications Aug 25th, 2025
Science, Technology & Telecommunications Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- But do you know all the test cases?
- We conduct penetration testing to validate that.
- We conduct tests of the weapons at the Tonopah Test Site, which is used for cruise missiles and airdropped
- She is one of our very few test engineers, so she works on this very large test equipment that we have
- She's one of our lead test engineers there. For Patrick.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- This has been tested in Wisconsin; it's had a court challenge and it was upheld.
- So their blood, their DNA, everything like that? Medical records, etc.
- So their blood, their DNA, everything like that would still come back to that specific name?
Summary:
The committee first took up Senate Bill 982, adopting a House committee substitute and two House committee amendments before voting the bill do pass 14-1 with one present. The substitute added cleanup language to reflect recently enacted sex offense classifications and made changes related to sexual violent predator civil commitment housing, allowing the Department of Mental Health to contract with the Department of Corrections for secure placement when DMH runs out of bed space. One amendment required sex offender registry entries to remain under the offender’s name and biological sex as listed at the time of the offense, and another clarified age-related language without changing existing “Romeo and Juliet” protections.
The committee then passed House Bill 3414 12-1 with three present, and House Bills 3434, 3460, and 2628 as a combined House committee substitute 11-4 with one present after adopting an amendment. That package focused on emergency contraception and related health care facility provisions; members discussed language clarifying that emergency contraception does not include FDA-approved medication to terminate a pregnancy, and concerns were raised about combining the bills and about religious-objection issues for providers. The committee also heard Senate Joint Resolution 87, which would place the office of sheriff in the Missouri Constitution and preserve election of sheriffs by county voters, with carve-outs discussed for certain jurisdictions; testimony from the sponsor, a sheriff, and the interim sheriff of St. Louis emphasized local accountability and public safety, while some members questioned removal procedures and the role of the Attorney General.
Later, the committee heard House Bills 1868 and 3257, identical bills creating a Class D misdemeanor for impeding, threatening, or harassing first responders after an oral warning and within a defined distance. Sponsors and witnesses from law enforcement, ambulance, fire, and physician groups said the measure was intended to protect responders and bystanders during volatile scenes, while members asked about crowd-control training, the 25-foot distance, and how harassment would be judged in emotionally charged situations. The committee also heard House Bill 3017, which would create the offense of permitting a public nuisance for property owners or controllers who knowingly allow repeated illegal activity on their property; after three documented complaints or observations, authorities could secure the property and trespassers could be arrested. Members debated whether the felony penalty was too severe, how landlords would be notified, and whether the bill created an unfunded mandate, though Kansas City police testified in support and the bill sponsor argued it would give law enforcement a tool to address repeat nuisance properties.
CA
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Indian Affairs Sep 26th, 2025
House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- During one of those diagnostic tests, my blood pressure dropped so low that my nurse later told me it
- could not be picked up by the blood pressure cuff.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (01/23/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- test which I believe<01:05:24.359><c> is</c><01:05:25.079><c> commonly</c><01:05:25.720><c> used</c>
- </c><01:05:53.359><c> that</c> that person can pass the test that that person can pass the test that
- meter, a blood pressure cuff, and a weight scale for heart failure.
- meter, a blood pressure cuff, and a weight scale for heart failure.
- meter, a blood pressure cuff, and a weight scale for heart failure.
Summary:
The committee held public hearings on House Bill 144 and House Bill 145, both related to professional licensing for dietitians and dental hygienists. HB 144 was described as a technical fix to align statute with existing Board of Dental Examiners rules allowing dental hygienists to administer nitrous oxide and local anesthesia, with supporters saying the bill would add needed training and examination requirements to statute. A dentist and dental society representative testified that the practice is already being done safely within scope, and committee members discussed whether nitrous oxide is still used and whether the bill was mainly to keep the paperwork and law consistent. The committee moved HB 144 forward on a 12-0 vote and placed it on consent.
HB 145 would join New Hampshire to a dietitian licensure compact and add a criminal history check for initial licensure to match compact language. The sponsor and board witnesses said the compact would improve portability, support telehealth, help military families and spouses, and maintain public safety by ensuring qualified practitioners and information-sharing among member states. Committee members asked about withdrawal from the compact, the difference between single-state and compact licensure, and why a background check was included; the witness said the compact is not yet active, with four states enacted and seven needed, and that the background check is required by the compact language. Additional testimony from a private-practice dietitian supported the bill, citing continuity of care, rural access, and workforce mobility, while some members raised concerns about telehealth across state lines and the practical effect of the background check.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/13/25 - Part 2
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I had kidney failure, liver failure, lung failure, a stroke, a heart attack, sepsis, massive blood clots
- What happened to me should never happen again. blood clots severe heart tricuspid valve blood clots severe
- 25.680><c> the</c> means thank you so so as you get to the means thank you so so as you get to the test
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KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture (11-6-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- National standards for electric vehicle station testing.
- It's to actually test the fueling stations, if you will, as they are coming into place.
- He has been part of the national conversation on electric vehicle charging station testing.
- He has been part of the national conversation on electric vehicle charging station testing.
- The testing equipment, as you can imagine, is not inexpensive, so that is part of the budget request.
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Attendance Roll Call 00:01:00
Approval of Minutes 00:02:31
Kentucky Farm Bureau 00:02:42
Kentucky Department of Agriculture 00:28:18
Kentucky Cattlemen's Association 01:48:13, 958, all
Summary:
The committee heard first from Kentucky Farm Bureau leaders, who outlined the organization’s current priorities and recent work on farmland transition. Eddie Melton said Farm Bureau is working through 983 county and advisory committee resolutions and highlighted support for the updated selling farmer tax credit, now law through House Bill 775, as well as Senate Bill 28’s agriculture economic development provisions. He said Farm Bureau’s likely priorities include maintaining the 50% share of the tobacco settlement fund for agriculture, protecting funding for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, preserving sales tax exemptions on farm inputs, keeping property taxes controlled, and exploring additional tools to keep farmland in active farmers’ hands, including possible loan or inheritance-tax changes. He also raised concerns about eminent domain transparency, nuisance deer permits, and access to agricultural inputs and crop protection products.
Alita Bots described the farmland transition initiative in more detail, saying the revised state tax credit is generating strong interest and that a new federal tax provision now allows eligible land sales to actively engaged farmers to spread capital gains taxes over time. She said the initiative has reached 22 counties and more than 1,300 people this year through outreach and meetings, and that Farm Bureau is pairing policy work with resources to help farm families plan transitions and prepare wills and other estate documents. Drew Graham added that the effort is also meant to bridge the rural-urban divide and support rural communities, and Farm Bureau invited members to its annual meeting in early December.
Members asked about rising insurance costs and deer damage. Farm Bureau representatives said severe convective storms, inflation, and higher repair and material costs have driven insurance rate increases, citing five major storm events since 2021 and a recent Owensboro hailstorm that caused about $350 million in losses; they said the company is moving toward percentage deductibles to help moderate increases. On deer, they said crop-loss totals are hard to quantify but acknowledged the problem and discussed possible coordination with the Department of Fish and Wildlife and Hunters for the Hungry. Commissioner Jonathan Shell then began the Department of Agriculture presentation, reporting gains from the department’s school agriculture outreach program, including a 23% increase in county participation between March and September and improved teacher-reported student learning, before continuing into the department’s legislative priorities.
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2026-03-20 - 11:00AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- . testing. testing.
- </c> biomarker testing. biomarker testing.
- </c><00:38:24.760><c> biomarkers</c> test those biomarkers test those biomarkers >> [snorts] >
- </c> test early. test early.
- ><c> covered</c> federal list of tests that are covered federal list of tests that are covered by<00:
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice Jun 30th, 2025
Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- We actually, it is totally untreated, although we pass it through all the tests and systems, but we've
- It's not tested. Um, it's put in stations, stores that, you know, my 14 year old kid can go get.
- There's no testing. There's no regulation, and there's no overs.
- My question is about the testing labs, those are essential to the whole process.
- He set up these testing labs. Um, so now we're having a better vetting process.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development and Assembly Business and Professions Mar 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- take the NCLEX in order to know that they meet the standards, and then they still have to take that test
- That test, know that they meet the standards, and then they still have to take that test.
- And if that preparation meets the standard, they let the national testing entity know that they can administer
- So it is two steps: they have to apply, have their education evaluated, and then they go and test.
- practice and in my education as a physical therapist, noticing maybe even early signs of compromise of blood
Summary:
The joint Assembly and Senate Business and Professions sunset oversight hearing focused first on the Board of Registered Nursing (BRN), with opening remarks emphasizing legislative oversight, consumer protection, workforce access, and the need to evaluate whether licensing boards are efficient and effective. BRN leaders reported progress since the last review, including faster licensing timelines, streamlined enforcement, improved consumer satisfaction, expanded nursing program enrollment, and new statewide data collection on faculty. Committee members then questioned the board about nurse practitioner scope and supervision, international licensure, English proficiency, online nursing education and clinical placements, military and veteran pathways, workforce shortages, diversity in nursing, the LVN-to-RN 30-unit option, and the role of the board’s RN executive officer. The board explained California’s tiered APRN system, the NCLEX and national certification requirements, the 500-hour direct patient care clinical requirement, and its use of nursing education consultants and board-approved programs to oversee schools and placements. Members also discussed retention problems, especially for new graduates, and the board said shortages are often driven by burnout, lack of support, and employers’ reduced use of new-grad training programs.
Public comment largely centered on proposed BRN sunset issues affecting advanced practice nursing, education oversight, and workforce development. Nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, and nurse anesthesiology groups generally supported the BRN sunset report but asked for clearer implementation of AB 890, support for APRN-to-RN delegation authority, streamlined renewals for nurse midwives, and protection of the current population-focus model. The California Medical Association raised concerns about out-of-state nurse practitioners practicing independently without California transition-to-practice requirements, specialty delegation, ratios, and data collection. Higher education representatives from UC, CSU, private nonprofit colleges, and nursing associations urged the board to reduce duplicative documentation, modernize clinical placement rules, improve parity between in-state and out-of-state programs, and address bottlenecks in securing clinical sites. An online nursing school argued that California should create a pathway for distance-learning programs so students can complete clinicals in-state rather than traveling out of state. Several speakers also highlighted the need to expand access for rural and underserved communities, support diverse and nontraditional students, and preserve affordable pathways into nursing.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Assembly Business and Professions and Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Mar 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- the NCLEX in order to... know that they meet the standards, and then they still have to take that test
- That test, know that they meet the standards, and then they still have to take that test.
- And if that preparation meets, they let the national testing entity know that they can administer the
- So it is two steps: they have to apply, education evaluated, and then they go and test.
- practice and in my education as a physical therapist, noticing maybe even early signs of compromise of blood
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development and Assembly Business and Professions Mar 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- take the NCLEX in order to know that they meet the standards, and then they still have to take that test
- That is a... ...that test, know that they meet the standards, and then they still have to take that test
- If that preparation meets the requirements, they let the national testing entity know that they can administer
- So it is two steps: they have to apply, have their education evaluated, and then they go and test.
- practice and in my education as a physical therapist, noticing maybe even early signs of compromise of blood
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- That's a modest approach for blood loss, but I'm not going to do that to you. Sure.
- We give blood at 17 already. I did not realize that. And so that was a discussion.
- Another example at the beginning of the pandemic: gaining that rapid information of testing.
- All we had initially was PCR test results, and then later came which... ...testing, all we had initially
- was PCR test results.
Bills:
SB57, SB405, HB62, HB193, HB203, HB222, HB246, HB420, HB475, HB486, HB574, HB584, HB815, HB949, HB1092, HB1214
Keywords:
SB 57, Act 735, Act 463, nutrition, public health, food additives, artificial colors, banned chemicals, ingredient labeling, food labeling, FDA, food and beverage regulation, consumer disclosure, school nutrition, Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 40, Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 17, food manufacturers, food retailers, compliance, effective date delay
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- The best time to give blood is today.
- Uh, Luminous blood drive with us.
- </c><00:31:56.640><c> mobile</c> present themselves at the blood mobile present themselves at the blood
- that's been given into the blood van.
- the people that have given blood this morning. >> I want to highlight my intern who gave blood for the
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, July 23, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- at the Nevada Test Site.
- </c> ground atomic testing at the Nevada test ground atomic testing at the Nevada test site.<06:58:56.080
- We have never tested it dollar on it.
- ,</c> War conducted over 1,000 nuclear tests, War conducted over 1,000 nuclear tests, far<07:30:34.080
- And if we were to resume testing, the rest of the world would resume testing.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Feb 12th, 2026
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Normally, red blood cells are disc-shaped and flexible, allowing them to move easily through blood vessels
- When red blood cells sickle, they do not bend or move easily and can block blood flow to the rest of
- Normally, red blood cells are disshaped and flexible, allowing them to move easily through blood vessels
- When red blood cells sickle, they do not bend or move easily and can block blood flow to the rest of
- I've been drawing blood for 26 years. I'm a community activist. I'm a nursing student.