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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Human Services Feb 23rd, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • In 2023, he came to the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board as executive director.
  • chair of the Sex Offender Policy Board.
  • I just want to say I believe in the work of the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board.
  • And just for the record, the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board is separate from SVPs.
  • And so the board retains jurisdiction for life over those individuals.
Summary: The Senate Human Services Committee held a brief Monday meeting to hear two bills and a gubernatorial appointment. House Bill 2464, sponsored by Rep. Ortiz-Self, would require private detention facilities to report serious incidents such as abuse allegations, deaths, suicides, injuries requiring hospitalization, and service disruptions to the Department of Health and local law enforcement by the next business day, and would require annual law-enforcement reporting to DOH. Rep. Ortiz-Self said the bill is needed because private facilities have been inconsistent and delayed in sharing information, while state facilities already provide data more readily. Testimony from Columbia Legal Services, the League of Women Voters, La Resistencia, and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project strongly supported the bill, citing barriers to reporting crimes and concerns about abuse in private detention. The committee did not vote on the bill during the hearing, but the chair said it would be considered in executive session. The committee also heard Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2253, a DCYF request bill making several licensing-related changes for foster care, crisis residential centers, and child care. The bill would require immediate termination of certain child-specific foster licenses if high-potency synthetic opioids or illicit substances are found, exempt kinship caregivers from blood-borne pathogen training, allow DCYF to close inactive foster homes, remove sex designation from foster licenses, adjust CRC staffing ratios to one staff for four youth during waking hours and one for six during sleeping hours, and strengthen child care subsidy fraud enforcement through electronic attendance verification and possible license revocation. DCYF and Community Youth Services testified in support, describing the changes as technical fixes that align statute with current practice and reduce burden on providers. Committee members raised concerns that some child care provisions may belong in a different committee and noted the need to ensure the bill does not duplicate or conflict with existing licensing and fraud rules. The committee then held a confirmation hearing for Corey McNally, reappointed to the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board. McNally described the board’s role in release decisions, supervision conditions, violation management, and release plans, and discussed his background in community mental health, the Special Commitment Center, DOC sex offense treatment, and ISRB leadership. Members asked about advances in sex offense assessment and treatment, the distinction between ISRB cases and sexually violent predator civil commitment, board consistency and recidivism work, and victim participation in hearings. McNally said the board uses structured decision-making and actuarial risk assessments, remains neutral on legislation, and provides victim liaisons to offer participation options. The chair closed the hearings, noted the committee would meet the next day on a large packet of bills and one appointment, and adjourned.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 12th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • An act relating to temporary exemptions from licensure for certain applicants. Last line.
  • This is just a little trailer bill for that licensure that would allow music therapy students to practice
  • This bill came to me from the Capital Project Advisory Review Board, and I want to recognize and acknowledge
  • Licensed by the board upon meeting the requirements of RCW 18.92.128.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, recited the Pledge of Allegiance, and heard a prayer before approving the previous day’s minutes and taking caucus breaks. Members were reminded that the three-minute rule for debate had begun and would remain in effect through House of Origin cutoff. The chamber then moved through second- and third-reading action on a series of bills, mostly on capital, consumer, labor, and professional licensure topics. Several bills were advanced and passed with broad or unanimous support. House Bill 2338 would expand low-income weatherization work to community-scale and multifamily projects; House Bill 2353 raises the threshold for requiring pre-design on public projects; Substitute House Bill 2363 allows music therapy students to practice under supervision while exam scores are pending; Substitute House Bill 2525 creates a Heritage Orchard Program to preserve rare apple varieties; Substitute House Bill 2420 increases small works roster thresholds; Substitute House Bill 2428 prevents unintended lapses in life insurance by allowing a third-party designee to help maintain coverage; House Bill 2604 allows electronic signatures for transferring a vehicle to an insurer; and Substitute House Bill 2107 makes permanent a requirement that L&I provide written notice to employers/contractors when hazards are identified. Each of these bills passed by large margins, generally 94 yeas and no nays, except HB 2338, which passed 93-1. The House also adopted Amendment 1517 to Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2247, a striker that revised the veterinary client-patient relationship bill to require annual veterinarian visits for certain animal production, commercial, and breeding operations and to align the measure with federal law. Supporters said it would allow veterinarians to use telehealth between physical exam visits and improve access for rural and agricultural communities. After the amendment, the bill passed 94-0. The session ended with more caucus announcements and the House at ease.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Apr 2nd, 2025 at 12:30 pm

North Dakota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Please say aye. who does create the requirements for licensure and operation.
  • There were nine public meetings of the State Investment Board. Hearings.
  • There were nine public meetings of the State Investment Board.
  • When you're talking 100%, This still has to go through the board.
  • It also gives the State Board the ability to adopt policies and impose fees.
Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, pledge, roll call, and a quorum present, then approved a motion to lay over House Bill 1525 for one legislative day. It also voted not to concur with House amendments on Senate Bills 2294, 2297, 2070, 4017, and 2262, appointing conference committees for each. The chamber then took up a series of House bill amendments and final-passage votes. On amendments, the Senate adopted changes to House Bill 1229 on fleeing law enforcement and driving-record transparency after debate over insurance impacts and public safety; House Bill 1510 on teacher retention, on-site child care, and licensure study language; House Bill 1160 to restrict student personal electronic devices during instructional time; House Bill 1429 to address drone harassment and stalking of animals; House Bill 1203 to harmonize medical marijuana provisions; House Bill 1600 to create a UND immigration clinic with reporting requirements; House Bill 1130 to broaden K-12 funding formula changes and reduce state fiscal impact; House Bill 1279 to modify the coal conversion tax exemption; House Bill 1442 to adjust membership and scope of a state task force; and House Bill 1464 to convert a maternal care services proposal into a study and remove the appropriation. The Senate rejected an amendment to House Bill 1022 concerning the Retirement and Investment Office bonus program, then passed the bill. It also passed House Bill 1234 on a $90 million transfer to reduce PERS liability, while rejecting a floor amendment to it. On final passage, the Senate passed House Bills 1008 (Public Service Commission budget), 1218 (temporary moratorium and study on economic analysis for drain projects), 1234 (PERS funding transfer), 1146 (PERS defined contribution cleanup and emergency clause), 1355 (expanded notice for administrative rulemaking), 1470 (Game and Fish fee changes and guide/outfitter updates), 1029 (Capital Grounds Planning Commission duties), 1017 (Game and Fish budget), 1374 (township supervisor open-meeting exemption for on-site inspections), and 1064 (NC-SARA membership and distance education regulation). It defeated House Bill 1583 on false political advertisements with civil-action language and House Bill 1393 on earned wage access provider regulation. The transcript ends as the Senate begins consideration of House Bill 1326 on self-defense and unlawful firearm possession by felons.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Jordan comes to us from the Legislative Budget Board.
  • We trained all of our boards on this tool in January.
  • We trained all of our boards on this tool in January.
  • We accept licensure applications in kind of a siloed methodology.
  • And I also encourage consideration of licensure at the administrator level.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session - Part 3 - 05/17/26

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • board and reorganize.
  • OR MODIFIED CRITERIA FOR THE COUNTY BOARD TO BE ABLE TO EXERCISE THE RIGHT TO DISSOLVE A CORPORATE BOARD
  • On line 59.29, it talks about this board, the corporate board of directors for the Hennepin Healthcare
  • The corporate board of Hennepin Healthcare System is the existing board of directors, basically for the
  • of Commissioners being acting as the corporate board.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-02-19 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Lock the board and record to vote. Lock the board and record to vote. 36 yayes, zero nays, Mr.
  • Secretary will unlock the board. Senators will proceed to vote. Secretary will unlock the board.
  • Secretary will lock the board and record the vote.
  • Secretary will lock the board and record the vote.
  • But being a former school board member, I have to change my vote today because, as a school board member
Summary: The Senate convened with an opening prayer, pledge, and a series of gallery introductions recognizing visitors, local officials, students, and public safety personnel. The chamber first took up a report from the Ethics and Elections Committee on 42 executive appointments; after Senator Gaetz explained that the committee had reviewed the appointees’ qualifications and suitability, the Senate adopted the report and confirmed the appointments by a 36-0 vote. The Senate then moved through a long special-order calendar focused largely on open-government sunset reviews and other policy bills. It passed measures to continue or consolidate public records and meeting exemptions for aquaculture records, agency-held trade secrets, and cybersecurity information, with one technical amendment adopted on the cybersecurity bill. The chamber also approved bills extending the statute of limitations for failure to report child abuse, strengthening regulation of commercial driving schools, requiring human trafficking education for nursing graduates, creating a new injunction for protection against serious violence by a known person, and making the related public-records exemption. Additional bills passed included a nature-based coastal resiliency measure with an amendment restricting dredge-and-fill in Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve, a chiropractic trust-funds bill, specialty license plates, a one-time waiver of late financial disclosure fines, public school personnel compensation changes, the annual Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services “Farm Bill,” homestead exemption clarification for long-term leaseholders, disability-presumption clarifications for first responders, reinsurance intermediary manager changes, patriotic displays in public schools, ADS-B fee restrictions, autism-related law enforcement training and a Blue Envelope program, campus safety policy transparency at public colleges and universities, and veterinary prescription disclosure. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including local vessel restrictions, temporary certificates for practice, and domestic animals. The Senate also debated and passed a bill allowing licensed insurance agents to market health care sharing ministries, despite concerns raised by Senator Polsky about consumer confusion, commissions, and the sale of non-insurance products; supporters argued it restored free speech, religious liberty, and consumer choice. The chamber approved the bill 32-5 after debate. Most other measures passed with strong bipartisan support, often by unanimous or near-unanimous votes, and several companion House bills were substituted in place of Senate bills before final passage.
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS Feb 12th, 2026

LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Transcript Highlights:
  • Additionally, this matter was submitted to the Professional Licensure Standards Board, and that concludes
  • So I know it says, additionally this matter was submitted to the Professional Licensure Standards Board
  • Wolf, our school board president.
  • So any large-ticket item I put in front of the board.
  • So previously, they were a school board... Any items missing?
Summary: The committee opened with prayer, approved the January 8 minutes, and then reviewed education audit reports. The first report concerned Northwest Arkansas Community College, which had two findings: repeat internal control deficiencies that caused material misstatements in the financial statements, and a tuition revenue loss tied to a Workday system issue that failed to charge some students after drop-add changes. College officials said the problems were misclassification and process issues rather than missing funds, described corrective steps including checklists, monthly closing procedures, and approval controls, and attributed some issues to staffing turnover and the Workday implementation. Members asked about accountability, staffing, and whether students should have been billed; the report was filed as reviewed. The next report was Cedarville School District, where auditors found improper personal credit card charges of $794 by a former elementary teacher. The employee reimbursed the district, and the matter was referred to law enforcement, the prosecuting attorney, the attorney general, and the Professional Licensure Standards Board. Members asked whether any licensing action would follow, but staff said they were only aware that no further action had been taken by the board. The final finding was for West Memphis School District, which had a repeat capital assets issue involving failure to capitalize $851,000 in construction expenditures for a baseball-softball complex, along with other asset-recording and inspection discrepancies. The superintendent said the district had recently begun using Arkansas Legislative Audit for the first time after previously using a private CPA firm, and described new controls such as multi-level purchase approval, tagging, separation of duties, and inventory cleanup. Members questioned why the district had not been audited publicly before and how private audits are handled; staff explained that private audits are still reviewed and findings come before the committee. The report was filed as reviewed. The meeting ended with notice that 28 school districts had no findings and then adjourned.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Feb 18th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • convicted of child-related offenses from using post office boxes and electronic media, and authorizes the Boards
  • And it authorizes the Boards of Pardons and Paroles to adopt rules related to this.
  • current law does not give officers clear authority to restrict that internet access. authorizes the boards
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Committee: Senate Judiciary
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Legislative Session Day 45 Feb 25th, 2026

Idaho Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • consideration the gubernatorial appointment of Trent Nate, appointed to the Idaho Health Insurance Exchange Board
  • inform you that Irving Littman of Boise, Idaho, was reappointed to the Idaho Endowment Fund Investment Board
  • certified public accountants, to revise a provision regarding the powers and duties of the Idaho State Board
  • By way of explanation, these are impacting different types of licensure in the state of Idaho, so we're
  • The reasoning is we actually have some people who are waiting to get licensure with the situation, and
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 9th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • , duties and powers of the board, qualifications of applicants, examinations, licensure, reciprocity,
  • We create a sub-board with 11 members under the licensing board.
  • The plumbing board, the present plumbing board, is going to be dissolved.
  • The current plumbing board will go away, and we will create a board underneath the Louisiana State Board
  • It does away with the board. It puts the new board in place. All the same questions.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Apr 30th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we worked with the board. And the lady was absolutely right. And we worked with the board.
  • Lock the board and read it.
  • And it deals with dentist licensure testing accepted by the American Board of Dental Examiners.
  • And it deals with dentist licensure testing accepted by the American Board of Dental Examiners.
  • The board requires the Board of Trustees members and the Board of Governors to be residents of the state
Summary: The Senate began with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness, and a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange on the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. The chamber also observed a moment of silence for former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron. After routine business, the Senate took up several special-order bills. The first major bill, transportation offenses involving death, increased penalties for repeat DUI/BUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide offenses. An amendment added penalties for refusal to submit to breath or urine testing and required law enforcement to notify suspects of those penalties. The bill passed 37-0. The Senate then passed SB 306 on Medicaid providers, requiring broader after-hours and holiday access to care and setting network standards for Medicaid managed care plans, also by a 37-0 vote. The chamber next considered a major condominium and cooperative associations bill responding to post-Surfside safety and financial concerns. Senators described the measure as balancing building safety with financial relief, extending reserve-study deadlines, allowing temporary reserve relief after inspections, tightening oversight of managers and inspectors, and adjusting voting, resale, and reserve rules. After extensive debate and praise from members for the bill’s sponsors and staff, the bill passed 37-0. The longest discussion centered on a constitutional amendments/petition process bill aimed at curbing fraud in citizen initiative petitions. Sponsors argued that the 2024 petition process was plagued by fraud and identity theft and proposed tighter rules for circulators, faster submission deadlines, voter notification, penalties, and limits on petition handling. Senators offered and adopted multiple amendments, including changes to petition-circulator definitions, invalid-signature thresholds, and voter notification procedures. After a substitute amendment was withdrawn, the Senate continued debating the underlying amended bill, with members split between concerns about election integrity and worries that the bill would burden volunteers and make it harder for citizen initiatives to qualify.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Regulated Industries Dec 9th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB 364 increases efficiency and removes red tape in the licensure process and opens new pathways to licensure
  • Above all, the bill seeks to modernize CPA licensure in Florida, strengthening the profession and securing
  • Well, if we have a problem with the Public Service Commission board, I don't think increasing that is
Summary: The Committee on Regulated Industries met with a quorum and took up four bills. SB 288 on rural electric cooperatives was presented as a negotiated glitch bill to narrow statutory language so co-ops can choose generation and power purchases based on cost and reliability without exposure to special-interest litigation, while preserving consumer protections. A representative from the Florida Electric Cooperatives Association waived in support, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee then considered SB 364 on public accountancy, which was described as a modernization and efficiency measure to expand CPA licensure pathways without lowering standards. An amendment correcting a drafting error and restoring automatic mobility language was adopted without objection. Jason Harrell of FICPA waived in support, while one speaker appeared to discuss a utility issue unrelated to the bill. CS for SB 364 was reported favorably. Chair Bradley’s SB 200 on utilities addressed utility-scale solar decommissioning and storm protection plans. The bill would authorize counties to adopt solar decommissioning ordinances, direct DEP to develop best practices, and require the PSC to consider whether storm protection plan benefits exceed costs. County and AARP representatives waived in support, and the Small County Coalition spoke favorably, saying the bill was a needed step that did not restrict solar development. SB 200 was considered favorably. The committee also heard SB 126 on the Florida Public Service Commission, a strike-all bill focused on PSC reform and utility affordability. The amendment would add CPA and financial analyst expertise, require stronger PSC order support, tighten intervention standards, set return-on-equity and review criteria, require consideration of executive compensation and affordability, and direct the PSC to weigh risk from storm and cost-recovery mechanisms. PSC staff answered extensive questions about utility hardening, storm recovery, and rate-setting. Supporters said the bill would improve accountability and affordability, while others urged stronger enforceable affordability standards and restoration of the return-on-equity cap. Despite concerns, the bill was reported favorably as CS for SB 126.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

November 4, 2025 - 04:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • with us today to brief us on what the federal government is looking for when determining funding boards
  • And and the waiting here for significant need is 1.7 5% next state policy action is the interstate licensure
  • And again, this awards points to state space and whether state participates and 5 of the specified licensure
  • And the licensure compacts and Florida is a member state and the physician, a nurse and the psychology
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Emerging Issues Mar 2nd, 2026

Emerging Issues and Professional Registration

Transcript Highlights:
  • First, Missouri does not require licensure for summer camps.
  • Require licensure. Ensure employees are not criminals with background checks. While I understand...
  • Require licensure. Ensure employees are not criminals with background checks.
  • I can do the exact same thing in a school facility myself and not require licensure.
  • She is female across the board because she's intersex though with an intersex diagnosis.
Summary: The committee held public hearings on several bills, beginning with HB 2855, which would let the Department of Labor adjust workers’ compensation administrative taxes and the second injury fund surcharge in smaller 0.1% increments instead of 0.5%. The sponsor and the department said the change would better right-size collections and reduce the burden on employers; the Missouri Chamber also supported the bill as good governance. No opposition was presented, and the hearing on HB 2855 was closed. The committee then heard extensive testimony on HB 3142, a camp-safety bill prompted by the Camp Mystic flooding tragedy in Texas and a Missouri drowning case. The sponsor and multiple grieving parents urged mandatory emergency plans, staff training, background checks, licensing, weather warnings, and clearer oversight for summer camps. Supporters included the American Camp Association and some state and youth-safety advocates, while opponents—especially camp operators, the Missouri Afterschool Network, and park and recreation representatives—argued the bill was too broad, could burden day camps and church camps, and might worsen child-care shortages. Several witnesses suggested the bill should be narrowed to distinguish overnight residential camps from lower-risk day camps and possibly be housed under DSS rather than DESE. No vote was taken. Finally, the committee took testimony on HB 1893 and HB 2075, which would require sex-segregated multi-occupancy restrooms and locker rooms in private schools and public buildings, with enforcement tied to state funding in some cases. Sponsors said the bills were meant to create clear statewide standards and protect privacy and safety; opponents argued the measures would harm transgender and intersex people, be difficult or impossible to enforce, and create safety and discrimination problems. Supporters emphasized private-school autonomy and concerns about safety in shared facilities. The hearing concluded after extensive questioning, with no action or vote reported.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 3rd, 2026 at 09:00 am

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Clerk will read: An act relating to authorizing the Washington State Leadership Board.
  • Speaker, as we both serve and represent our House caucus on this board.
  • Speaker, as we both serve and represent our House caucus on this board, this Washington leadership board
  • I think that should be left more to local school districts and local school boards.
  • I think that should be left more to local school districts and local school boards.
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services Committee - Room 1510 Jun 30th, 2026

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • What would be the best one that we could all be on board with as a legislative and executive body?
  • What would be the best one that we could all be on board with as a legislative and executive body?
  • So if we were to get a PRTF licensure at a YRTC facility,... ...have we done an analysis on how those
  • Regional Center, one of the experiences I had as part of Region 4 Behavioral Health, being on the board
  • Yes, pretty much across the board we're underbedded, we're understaffed in much of our behavioral health
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Jan 27th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Criminal history background checks as a condition of eligibility for licensure, requiring that an application
  • for cannabis activity licensure be completed and signed by the applicant, adding definitions to the
  • Representative Ferrary, an act relating to health, requiring the Department of Health to pay licensed boarding
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board is the former name; it is now the Office of EMS.
  • Then you have the Board of Pharmacy, the Rare Disease Advisory Council, and more, all totaling under
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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Health and Public Affairs Jan 28th, 2026 at 03:08 pm

Senate Health & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • My name is Christopher Papalillo, and I'm a board member of the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association.
  • I serve on the Board of Directors for New Mexico Safety Over Profit.
  • He said he was once a school board member of the Española Valley and that students and people need to
  • He likes the term of not concealed carry licensure approval, but constitutional carry.
  • Those are those all apply for the support that's needed across the board.
Bills: SB4 , SB7 , SB9 , SB17
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Human Services - 03/23/26

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • So they'll be going into a comprehensive licensure, I think this summer is the start date.
  • So they'll be going into a comprehensive licensure, I think this summer is the start date.
  • So they'll be going into a comprehensive licensure, I think this summer is the start date.
  • So they'll be going into a comprehensive licensure, I think this summer is the start date.
  • So they'll be going into a comprehensive licensure, I think this summer is the start date.