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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Minnesota So, Chapter 156 establishes Minnesota regulatory structure for veterinary medicine, licensing
  • The bill represents a comprehensive modernization, expanding definitions, updating licensing systems,
  • The bill expands the board from a seven-member to a nine-member board, adding a licensed veterinary technician
  • These regulations are necessary to add to the practice act before veterinary technician license begins
Bills: HF3718
Summary: The Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee met with quorum present, approved the March 2 minutes, and then heard a presentation on economic consolidation in agriculture from Austin Ferk, who said he was not taking additional public testimony. Ferk argued that consolidation in meat, dairy, and grain markets has squeezed farmers on both input and output prices, raised consumer prices, and reduced product quality. He used charts and examples to claim that concentrated markets lead to price gouging, that farmers now receive a historically low share of each food dollar, and that industrial production has contributed to environmental problems, especially in Iowa. Ferk focused on several large agribusiness firms, especially JBS and Cargill. He described JBS as a dominant meatpacker with a history of bribery allegations and market power across beef, pork, poultry, and leather, and said its ownership of brands can obscure who is actually selling the product. He also criticized Cargill as an opaque, privately held company with enormous influence over grain and food markets, and said the farm bill and crop insurance system have been shaped to favor overproduction of corn and soy rather than diversified farming. He argued that these policies, along with ethanol demand and export-oriented livestock production, have harmed rural communities, increased manure and nitrate pollution, and contributed to health problems. In the latter part of the presentation, Ferk discussed antitrust and policy responses, including concentration studies, a proposed packer ban that would prevent meatpackers from owning the animals they slaughter, and restrictions on slotting fees and other pay-to-play practices in grocery retail. He also referenced the failed Kroger-Albertsons merger as an example of consolidation harming local communities. No committee vote or formal action was taken on the presentation beyond approving the minutes.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPN DEFER, CPN-HOU, CPN, CPN-EDT Public Hearings 02-03-2026

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:24:20.080> Next Next measure is SB 2771 relating to licensing.
  • DCCA Professional Licensing Division with comments. >> Good morning. >> Cindy. We can't hear you.
  • Cindy Matsushita of DCCA's Professional Vocational Licensing Division.
  • professional licensing division with professional licensing division with comments. comments. comments
  • DCCA's Professional Vocational Licensing DCCA's Professional Vocational Licensing Division.<01:25
Bills: SB2045, SB2354
Summary: The committees first took up SB 2071 on rent-to-own housing. Testimony was generally supportive from HHFDC and Hawaii Realtors, but Sierra Club of Hawaii and others opposed the bill unless it was amended to exclude ceded lands from the 99-year lease provision. Members discussed the scope of ceded versus non-ceded lands and whether an inventory exists. The committees ultimately recommended passage with amendments, including HHFDC’s proposal to make the fixed-price period flexible by tying it to an option period and Sierra Club’s language limiting the program to non-ceded state or county land. They then heard SB 2191 on limited profit housing associations. HHFDC supported the measure, while the Tax Foundation of Hawaii and the Office of the Auditor urged caution about tax exclusions and asked for clearer, more targeted limits and measurable outcomes. The committees adopted amendments to add a statement of purpose, include measurable metrics, apply the tax provisions to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025, and delay the effective date to allow for administrative changes. SB 2191 was recommended for passage with amendments. The committees also considered SB 2197, which would have replaced the five-year fixed-price period in rent-to-own housing with an option period set by HHFDC, but deferred it indefinitely because its issues were addressed in SB 2071. SB 2180 on deposits of public funds drew comments from the Hawaii Bankers Association questioning definitions and noting banks are already subject to Community Reinvestment Act requirements; decision-making was deferred to the next day in the CPN committee and to a later date for the housing committee. Finally, SB 2210 on housing discrimination received support from disability advocates and the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, which asked for one additional investigator; the committees passed it with amendments adding a blank appropriation for one full-time position and planned to notify Ways and Means for possible re-referral.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Creating a criminal penalty for operating without a license will help deter exploitation and prevent
  • , psychologists, and therapists, through their respective licensing boards and during their license renewal
  • Contractors from needing a child-placing agency license, removing outdated tuberculosis testing mandates
  • Currently, SSCCs are required to be licensed under the minimum standards for child-placing...
  • Eliminating the licensing...
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

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

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Additionally, I obtained a license in community education, preschool to 12th grade school principal license
  • <00:14:46.800> in additionally I obtained a license in additionally I obtained a license in
  • <00:14:50.880> and grade school principal license and grade school principal license and prechool
  • a revision of superintendent license a revision of Licensing<00:14:56.279> standards<00:14:56.800
  • Inspector General for the Licensing Inspector General for the Licensing Division<00:58:14.000>
Bills: HF1247, HF628
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Morning Session Apr 10th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • types of alternative license plates, to relate to military service and the operator license act, and
  • to provide provisions under the Motor Vehicle License Act.
  • The Board shall establish fees for examinations and licenses, including electrical contractor, journeyman
  • I'd be remiss if I didn't mention check license plates.”
  • I hope Wilbur is happy to see the check license plates.”
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, does that mean like, in licensing, you have like licensing investigations, we post the results of
  • like So, like in licensing you have like<00:04:20.440> licensing<00:04:21.040> investigations
  • ,<00:04:21.720> we<00:04:21.880> post like licensing investigations, we post like licensing
  • provider can have a perfect licensing provider can have a perfect licensing record<01:41:57.320>
  • licensing visits. Let's do it. licensing visits. Let's do it.
Bills: HF3542, HF3819
Summary: The committee took up House File 3542, authored by Representative Hudson, and first adopted the February 25 minutes. Hudson explained that the bill, as amended in a DE1, would require agencies to disclose to the public, legislators, or the press the existence of certain investigations only after the subject has been notified and the agency has decided to reduce, suspend, or withhold payments. He said the amendment was intended to avoid tipping off subjects before notification while still increasing transparency about investigations involving public funds. A separate A3 amendment was withdrawn after the DE1 was adopted. Several members questioned the bill’s scope and timing, asking what “existence of an investigation” meant and whether the proposal would disclose information before findings were complete. Hudson clarified that the bill was aimed at identifying who is being investigated, not revealing investigative details. The committee then heard extensive public testimony from child care providers and advocates, who opposed the bill and argued it would expose providers to harassment, threats, and stigma before any findings were made. Testifiers described recent threats, ICE-related disruptions, audits, overpayment findings, and the burden of CCAP compliance, saying the bill would punish providers for paperwork errors and worsen safety concerns, especially for Somali and other providers of color. A board member of the Minnesota Child Care Association also opposed the bill, saying providers had been chilled from speaking publicly because of death threats and harassment, and warning that disclosure of investigations could intensify that climate. In response, Hudson said the bill was not about targeting child care providers generally and was limited to confirmed ongoing investigations after notice to the subject. The committee then heard from Inspector General Keys, who explained that CCAP investigations are administrative, not criminal, and are based on evidence of repeated errors or financial misconduct rather than intentional fraud. He said the office looks for patterns beyond simple mistakes and that the bill’s notice requirement would not impede investigations. The discussion ended amid a brief procedural dispute over comments directed at Hudson, after which the chair returned to the bill and the Inspector General’s testimony.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • In August 2025, the commission is to take action to expand digital tagging across all license types.
  • Senate Bill 1247 simplifies and consolidates non-resident hunting licenses to make the system more efficient
  • Currently, Texas offers multiple types of non-resident hunting licenses, including separate permits for
  • Even with slight adjustments, Texas will still have the lowest non-resident hunting license costs compared
  • This is a common sense update that makes the licensing process more efficient.
Summary: The meeting of the committee centered around significant legislative measures, including several bills aimed at enhancing wildlife safety through the establishment of wildlife corridors and licenses for outdoor activities. Key discussions highlighted House Bill 5259, led by Vice Chair Flores, which proposes a wildlife corridor action plan to reduce animal-vehicle collisions in Texas. This bill is crucial given Texas's alarming rate of wildlife-vehicle accidents, and testimonies from supporting members emphasized the need for action to protect both wildlife and public safety. Furthermore, Senate Bill 1247 was brought forward, simplifying the non-resident hunting license system to improve compliance and conservation funding. The committee also addressed multiple concurrent resolutions recognizing towns for their cultural significance, reflecting a broader commitment to community identity and heritage.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health May 5th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • License plates.
  • And are there licensed health care providers there? Yes. OK, what type of license do they have?
  • Well, we have a licensed social worker and we have... A nurse who is licensed, like is it RN or...
  • license renewal without verified compliance with continuing education requirements.
  • Current law enables TDLR to issue dietitian licenses.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Transcript Highlights:
  • How can you do a chiropractor license online and not ever actually physically do this training?
  • >> They're<00:05:21.520> licensing.
  • >> They're licensing. >> Yes, sir. >> They don't require that I meet standards. >> Yes, sir.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/13/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:21:48.840> or made to the general contractor or made to the general contractor or prime
  • That is not our goal at all. general contractors and think of procore general contractors and think of
  • <00:30:53.519> to not require a prime contractor to not require a prime contractor to disclose
  • information from the prime contractors information from the prime contractors uh<00:31:51.159>
  • generally between the general contractor generally between the general contractor and<00:36:32.400
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

TRS-LBT, TRS-EDT, TRS Public Hearings 02-10-2026

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is relating to administrative driver's license revocation.
  • This authorizes administrative driver's license revocation hearings to be conducted using interactive
  • This authorizes administrative driver's license revocation hearings to be conducted using interactive
  • I'm Carrie Lee Harada, chief adjudicator at the Administrative Driver's License Revocation Office, and
  • I'm Carrie Lee Harada, chief adjudicator at the Administrative Driver's License Revocation Office, and
Summary: The joint committees on Transportation, Labor and Technology, and later Transportation and Economic Development and Tourism, heard several bills. SB 2573 would allow administrative driver’s license revocation hearings to be held by interactive conference technology such as Zoom and permit electronic exchange of evidence. The chief adjudicator for the ADLRO supported it as a non-mandatory option that has worked well since 2021, improving attendance and saving time and money; DOT also supported it. The committees voted to pass SB 2573 with technical, non-substantive amendments. SB 3215 would make permanent the requirement that securing mooring lines at commercial docks be performed by labor subject to collective bargaining by repealing the sunset date in existing harbor safety law. DOT did not submit testimony, and the chair noted support from longshore labor. The committees voted to pass SB 3215 unamended. The committees also heard SB 2693, which authorizes $15 million in general obligation bonds for planning, design, and construction of a 50,000-square-foot aerospace hangar and related facilities at Hilo International Airport. A Phoenix Space executive testified in support, saying Hawaii and Hilo have geographic advantages and that the project could support aerospace investment and jobs; several other organizations and individuals submitted supportive testimony. Committee members questioned whether federal matching funds or airport capacity existed, and DOT said it had no assurance of federal participation and would need to check on capacity and potential users. The hearing then moved to SB 2698, which would create a cruise ship special fund and impose a per-passenger head fee on cruise ships docking in state commercial harbors while repealing the existing cruise ship TAT framework effective January 1, 2026. DOT supported the bill but requested amendments to clarify that the new fee is in addition to existing passenger, port entry, and dockage fees and to raise the fee from $6.50 to $10; DOT said the higher amount would better fund harbor improvements such as shore power. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings testified in support but said the added fee would significantly increase costs, while a local ship supply business supported the cruise industry and opposed the TAT approach, saying cruise activity benefits local farmers and jobs. No final vote on SB 2698 was taken in the excerpt provided.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Conservation Feb 12th, 2026 at 09:03 am

Senate Conservation

Transcript Highlights:
  • This allows motor vehicle manufacturers to be licensed and operate as dealers under certain conditions
  • SB 22 adjusts statutory definitions and licensing provisions to permit manufacturers to become licensed
  • And with that, To make manufacturers become licensed dealers.
  • SB22 would allow Vial manufacturers to act as licensed. SB 22.
  • rules would be identical to the manufacturer licensing that we would do in this bill.
Bills: SB22, SB310
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Ethics and Elections Jan 13th, 2026

Ethics and Elections

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and considered several election- and ethics-related bills. Senate Bill 572 by Senator Harrell, which would update ethics statutes so the definition of “relative” includes foster parents and foster children, received supportive testimony from the Commission on Ethics and passed unanimously. Senate Bill 414 by Senator Bracy Davis, allowing campaign funds to be used for campaign-related child care expenses, was presented as a way to reduce barriers to public service but was temporarily postponed after the sponsor said it lacked the votes to advance. Senate Bill 500 by Senator Avila would require FDLE protective security details for major-party nominees for governor, lieutenant governor, and cabinet offices from nomination through assumption of office; members questioned the scope, definitions of major and minor parties, and whether taxpayers should bear the cost, and the bill was reported favorably on a divided vote. Senate Bill 620 by Senator Mayfield would require candidates for federal, state, county, district, judicial, and school board offices to disclose any non-U.S. citizenship or dual citizenship; testimony opposed the bill as stigmatizing dual citizens, but it was reported favorably. The committee also approved CS for SB 92 by Chair Gaetz, which creates whistleblower-style protections for public employees who file ethics complaints based on firsthand knowledge and face retaliation, with support from the Commission on Ethics. In addition, the committee unanimously approved a block of gubernatorial appointments and then passed Senate Bill 564 by Senator Yarborough, allowing registered or pre-registered high school students to volunteer at polling places for community service hours; members discussed whether the bill would create new volunteer opportunities and whether the term “community service hours” needed clarification. The meeting ended with adjournment.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Feb 12th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • consecutive years immediately before applying for licensure in Florida, even if the veterinarian is licensed
  • would have handicapped them for the rest of their lives, whether they're applying for a professional license
  • It's related to limited licenses for portable electronics and Iware insurance, and this bill allows portable
  • This amendment creates a new section in law to require a license... Strike-all, sir. Thank you.
  • This amendment creates a new section of law to require a licensed mortgage or money service business
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government met with a quorum present and first took up confirmation votes for appointees on tabs 2 through 6, which were recommended favorably without public testimony. The committee then heard CS/SB 1474, which would direct DEP to stop issuing or reissuing permits for Class B biosolids land application when a wastewater treatment facility is reasonably accessible within 50 miles, and it was reported favorably. The committee also heard SB 1708, which removes a timing requirement for veterinarians licensed in good standing elsewhere to qualify for Florida licensure; it received support from Americans for Prosperity and the ASPCA and was reported favorably. Members then considered CS/SB 204 on illegal slot machine operations. An amendment was adopted that set the baseline penalty at a second-degree misdemeanor, elevated violations involving six or more machines or repeat offenses to a third-degree felony, and made violations by a person of authority involving six or more machines or multiple prior convictions a second-degree felony. Testimony supported the bill’s effort to target larger illegal operations while protecting veterans’ organizations and other lawful users from felony exposure; the bill as amended was reported favorably. The committee also adopted a strike-all for CS/SB 1294 addressing Class AA biosolids, requiring agronomic-rate application, recordkeeping, IFAS guidance, and application of fertilizer-related requirements to bulk land application products, with an effective date of November 1, 2026; it was reported favorably after limited questions about oversight and IFAS’s role. Later, CS/SB 772 was heard to allow portable electronics limited licensees to sell “iware” insurance and define that term, and it was reported favorably. CS/SB 1504 updated pre-licensure education for the 440 customer service representative license so a high school student completing a half-credit insurance and personal finance elective can apply upon turning 18; it received supportive testimony from industry groups and was reported favorably. Finally, the committee adopted a strike-all amendment to CS/SB 540 creating cybersecurity program requirements for mortgage and money service businesses, extending oversight to certain investment advisers, clarifying emergency suspension authority for anti-money laundering violations, extending payment deadlines for examination costs, and adjusting director experience requirements for financial institutions; the bill as amended was reported favorably. Senators McClain and Truenow requested to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on tabs 11 and 13, and the committee adjourned at the end of the agenda.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • administering economic assistance, food support, child support, child care programs, and provider licensing
  • we've learned in our discussions this year is the difference between program integrity visits and a licensing
  • Current law allows them to be transferred across all licensed programs, but these studies do not have
  • allows them to be transferred<01:03:01.080> across<01:03:01.680> all<01:03:01.840> licensed
  • transferred across all licensed transferred across all licensed programs,<01:03:03.560> uh
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Child Committee Meeting - 2026-03-24

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Under current law, staff that work at licensed child care centers, family daycare providers, certified
  • licensed-exempt child care providers, including substitutes and unsupervised volunteers, must receive
  • I was a former licensed foster parent and so we had annual trainings that we had to go through, and I
  • Uh, this bill creates a new license for crisis care centers.
  • Um so curious repres license.
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • of licenses, costs are different in terms of each of the licenses, in terms of fees.
  • So if there were 100 licenses for all 34 boards and somebody had 10 licenses, their percentage would
  • how it will impact the state contractors board.
  • The Contractors Board is 100% funded by licensee fees, and they are held accountable by contractors.
  • The Contractors Board is 100% funded by licensee fees, and they are held accountable by contractors as
Bills: SB507