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HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

HHS Public Hearing 02-05-2025

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
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Summary: The committee heard testimony on a long calendar of health-related measures, beginning with SB 297, a proposed constitutional amendment to protect reproductive freedom. Supporters included medical, labor, and advocacy groups, while opponents, including Hawaii Family Forum and Hawaii Christian Coalition, argued the term “reproductive freedom” was too vague and could be misunderstood. Testimony on SB 350, a similar constitutional amendment protecting contraception, also drew strong support from medical and advocacy groups and opposition from religious organizations; one witness said the measure was especially important to protect reproductive care and contraception. Several bills focused on health system administration and public health. SB 1438 on home care agencies, SB 1439 on nuisances, SB 1441 on transferring the AAHU regional health care system to the Department of Health, SB 1442 on children’s mental health services, SB 1443 on the Department of Health, SB 1444 on general excise tax, and SB 1445 on youth mental health all received mostly supportive testimony from state agencies and community organizations. On SB 1445, the Hawaii State LGBTQ Commission asked that LGBTQI+ and Native Hawaiian youth be specifically considered in mental health services. SB 1450, creating an intensive mobile team pilot for houseless individuals with serious brain disorders, drew support from state agencies and providers; a street medicine advocate said the pilot could help address sustainability, insurance, and service delivery on the streets. The committee also heard testimony on access and workforce measures, including SB 1596 on nursing, SB 1565 on acupuncture, SB 1564 on Medicaid, SB 1418 for an emergency DHS appropriation, SB 1417 on crimes against protective services workers, SB 1411 on Medicaid third-party liability, SB 1399 on a family resilience pilot program, SB 1398 on trauma-informed care, SB 1281 on telehealth, and SB 1279 on telepharmacy. Most of these measures drew broad support from agencies, provider groups, and advocacy organizations. On SB 1281, HMSA opposed the bill as written, warning about audio-only telehealth and federal rule changes, while other health groups supported it as important for rural, kupuna, and disabled residents. On SB 1417, a Honolulu Police Department captain supported stronger protections for DHS workers but could not provide complaint data and said he would follow up later. The hearing ended with the chair noting quorum and asking whether the committee was ready for decision making; no votes or final actions were recorded in the transcript.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

CPN Informational Briefing 06-24-2025

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • of this process are you guys going to start just checking to see if they're just raiding the whole garden
  • Maybe, to go to your analogy, Chair, it kind of gives us a sense of how big is the garden we're looking
  • we're looking at and now we the garden we're looking at and now we can<02:09:38.800><c> determine</c
  • We're eating cabbage on the other end of the garden. Yeah, we all are full of carrots.
  • </c> cabbage on the other end of the garden. cabbage on the other end of the garden.
Summary: The Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee held an informational briefing on the Public Utilities Commission’s performance-based regulation (PBR) framework and the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ whistleblower complaint process. Chair Jared Kohole opened the meeting, noted it was informational only with no public testimony, and explained that members would hear presentations and then have an opportunity for questions. The committee heard first from Ulupono Initiative, which provided background on why utilities are regulated, how Hawaii’s cost-of-service model and rate cases work, and why PBR was adopted to shift utility incentives away from a capital-investment bias and toward performance, efficiency, cost control, and policy goals such as renewable energy and reliability. Ulupono described Hawaii’s PBR structure as a five-year multi-year rate plan with annual revenue adjustments, a customer dividend, a Z factor for extraordinary exogenous events, and an exceptional project recovery mechanism for large projects. It also outlined performance incentive mechanisms tied to renewable portfolio standard progress, interconnection speed, reliability, and shared savings. The presentation said the current docket is evaluating a possible hybrid approach that would combine forward-looking forecasting with historical results, and Ulupono advocated for stronger incentives, arguing the current rewards are too small relative to utility revenues and should be more meaningful to better align utility behavior with legislative intent. The PUC then presented its own overview, emphasizing that the PBR docket is open and active and that the briefing was limited to the record to avoid ex parte concerns. The commission described the development of PBR in Hawaii through multiple phases beginning in 2018: an initial collaborative phase to set goals, a formal contested-case phase that produced the initial framework, later phases adding scorecards, reported metrics, and additional performance incentive mechanisms, and subsequent refinements including sunset of some mechanisms and adjustments after the August 2023 Maui wildfires. The PUC said the framework is intended to be customer-centric, administratively efficient, and protective of utility financial integrity, and that current work includes evaluating how to balance forward-looking and historical test-year approaches within the rebasing process. No votes or formal actions were taken at the briefing.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Emerging Issues Mar 2nd, 2026

Emerging Issues

Transcript Highlights:
  • when you sent your child or your grandchild off for a week of swimming, hiking, and making lifelong memories
  • when you sent your child or your grandchild off for a week of swimming, hiking, and making lifelong memories
  • Now, I want you to think of, or, Hiking and making lifelong memories.
  • In their review of sexual assault complaints in Atlanta, Dallas, Miami Beach, Miami Gardens, and Tucson
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session, 2/6/2026 #1

Maryland House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, order. petitions, memorial, and other papers.
  • Talk about<00:36:45.599><c> Fox</c><00:36:45.920><c> Garden</c><00:36:46.160><c> and</c><00:36:46.160
  • </c> about Fox Garden and the hen house. about Fox Garden and the hen house.
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 029 Feb 11th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • , if we can add this and then also take away his $1.4 million that he wants for his little secret garden
  • </c> than cringey videos and secret gardens. than cringey videos and secret gardens.
  • </c> And this would be only the second time in my memory that I've asked or supported or thought about
  • Recipients of the health disparity grants include Delta County, Delta County Memorial Hospital District
  • </c><04:28:14.479><c> Hospital</c> house, Delta County Memorial Hospital house, Delta County Memorial
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Agriculture Committee Apr 30th, 2025

Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • for 10 years since see the kids light up when they get to come out and pick something out of the garden
Committee: House Agriculture
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Clerk, read House Resolution 1058 by Harris of the House, a resolution relating to peace officer's Memorial
  • this is our annual National Peace Officers' Week recognition resolution and also Peace Officers' Memorial
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 1966 by Johns of the House and Deck of the Senate, an act relating to memorial highway and
  • Members, the amendment puts all of our memorial roads and bridges into the Senate bill.
  • Senate Bill 1966 by Johns of the House and Yeck of the Senate, an act relating to memorial highway and
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 3/3/26

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • They couldn't grow food in the gardens because the water and soil is contaminated.
  • They couldn't grow food in the gardens because the water and soil is contaminated.
  • They couldn't grow food in the gardens because the water and soil is contaminated.
  • They couldn't grow food in the gardens because the water and soil is contaminated.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
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  • </c><00:20:12.640><c> be</c><00:20:12.720><c> able</c><00:20:12.880><c> to</c> working with garden to
  • be able to working with garden to be able to provide<00:20:13.200><c> a</c><00:20:13.360><c> shield<
Summary: The meeting opened with roll call, approval of the September 17 minutes, and an introduction of Sarah Rome to the committee. The chair also noted that the committee would stay on schedule and then moved to presentations. Representative Amy Neighbors and Taylor Williams of the Kentucky Pharmacists Association presented a refiled “pharmacy parity” proposal, formerly House Bill 3, to require Medicaid reimbursement for pharmacist clinical services already authorized under current scope of practice. They said the bill would not expand Medicaid or pharmacist scope, but would align Medicaid with commercial insurance, improve access and outcomes, and likely save money; they cited a Cabinet report under Senate Joint Resolution 26, which found similar laws in other states were producing savings or trending toward savings and would require only modest administrative updates. No member questions were raised after that presentation. The committee then heard an update on the Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening Program from Senator Stephen Meredith, Dr. Whitney Jones, Melissa Carrier, and Representative Neighbors. They described the program’s goals of increasing screening, reducing deaths through earlier detection, and preventing cancers by finding polyps, saying it has produced substantial savings and improved outcomes. Speakers emphasized Kentucky’s high colorectal cancer burden, especially in younger adults, and said the program helps uninsured and underinsured Kentuckians access stool-based screening and follow-up colonoscopies through a network of partners including the Department for Public Health, Kentucky Cancer Link, and university cancer programs. They requested an increase in funding from $500,000 to $1.25 million annually, or $2.5 million over the biennium, to expand services, fill geographic gaps, and support education and navigation. Members asked whether the colon cancer screening was already covered by Medicaid, and the presenters replied that Medicaid does cover it, but the program serves people who are not on Medicaid or who fall into a separate eligibility category based on income and insurance status. A member also clarified the requested funding increase. The committee then moved on to the next agenda item, an update from the Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky, where board member Sal Santoro and CHNK Behavioral Health leaders began a presentation describing the organization’s broader behavioral health work and its request, but the transcript cuts off before that presentation concludes or any action is taken.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, March 17, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • From airports in Manhattan, Salina, Garden City, Dodge City, Liberal, and Hayes, TSA agents are on the
  • May his memory be a blessing to all who knew him. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I yield back.
  • May her memory continue to shine brightly, and may her loved ones find comfort in knowing she served
  • It's like muscle memory for them at this point.
  • May his memory be a blessing, and may the sun shine warmly upon his face. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Joint Appropriations Committee, January 9, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman, we're here today to address the letter submitted by Chief Justice Boom Garden and Justice Fen
  • Chairman, we're here today to address the letter submitted by Chief Justice Boom Garden and Justice Fen
  • The commission itself doesn't have the resources, and it's kind of like the chicken or the fox garden
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  • I garden and chicken coupe a little bit.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Mar 23rd, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • the fundamental structure to provide services and support for those with dementia or experiencing memory
  • I still like to get my hands dirty when I'm out there in the garden, okay? Yes, sir.
  • What started for them as just growing a garden because of food being in short supply and grocery stores
Summary: The committee heard public testimony on several budget requests tied to health and human services. Louisiana Children’s Advocacy Centers asked for continued support and a supplemental appropriation of $1.173 million for infrastructure and standardization, explaining that the money would expand use of the Guardify digital evidence system, improve chain of custody, and reduce reliance on DVDs. Baton Rouge and statewide CAC leaders said prior funding helped eliminate a therapy wait list and speed services for abused children. Members asked detailed questions about the digital system, MDT coordination, and how the request related to SB 237, which would strengthen multidisciplinary review of child abuse cases. The Alzheimer’s Association sought $824,000 to sustain the dementia care specialist program, saying it helps families navigate services, keep loved ones at home longer, and reduce Medicaid costs. AARP and the Live at Home Coalition also testified for 750 additional Community Choice waiver slots at a state cost of $3.3 million, arguing that home- and community-based care is cheaper than nursing homes and that the current wait list is more than 11,000 people. Legislators discussed the size of the need, the state’s long-term care spending mix, and whether more support should go to family caregivers and community-based options. Testimony also focused on disability support services, substance use treatment, and developmental disability provider rates. A parent and direct support worker described the Children’s Choice waiver’s 20-hour cap and low pay, saying it makes it hard to retain caregivers and meet the needs of medically fragile children. Odyssey House and O’Brien House asked for higher Medicaid reimbursement rates under ASAM 4, warned that removal of room-and-board payments and weak Medicaid eligibility pathways are reducing access, and called for more oversight of sober living homes; members questioned outcomes data, length of stay, and links to homelessness. Finally, the Arc of Louisiana said the LDH rate study confirmed underfunding and supported a $53.6 million increase in state general funds, with local ARC leaders describing the services they provide and the need for higher direct support professional wages.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Mar 23rd, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • the fundamental structure to provide services and support for those with dementia or experiencing memory
  • I still like to get my hands dirty when I'm out there in the garden, okay? Yes, sir.
  • What started for them as just growing a garden because of food being in short supply in grocery stores
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Education Committee Apr 9th, 2025

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Immediately after, I started two memorials to spread the word.
  • education conferences some amazing innovation that local districts are doing in having on-site school gardens
  • Kimberly Gunter, second grade teacher Garden Valley Elementary here in Sacramento.
Committee: House Education
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session-Day 4, February 12, 2026-PM

Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And tonight, just a reminder, they have a reception at 6:30 at the Botanic Garden.
  • </c><01:15:20.320><c> So,</c><01:15:20.560><c> please</c> 6:30 at the Botanic Garden.
  • So, please 6:30 at the Botanic Garden.
  • Memory services between 40 and 50% of the overall budget.
  • Memory services between 40 and 50% is.