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NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Government, Elections And Indian Affairs Feb 9th, 2026 at 08:35 am
House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- the time, that's because they haven't been able to get an equivalency to say you have a degree in nursing
- an equivalency of a degree, where we can say we have someone who went to university, who studied nursing
- So identifying those people, helping identify whether the barrier is English training for nursing, we're
- So identifying those people, helping identify whether the barrier is English training for nursing, we're
- English training for nursing.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I did also interview one of the nurses from the infirmary. I did...
- What was significant about this interview is that this nurse also, like Richard Eastland, had a daughter
- Well, the same thing with this nurse.
- I want to get back to the nurses. And I want to make sure it's abundantly clear.
- I want to get back to the nurses and the able-bodied folks who didn't know, and had they known.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Nov 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Prior to becoming a nurse practitioner, I was a registered nurse for nearly eight years at a local children's
- I work closely with two other nurse practitioners on my team.
- I work closely with two other nurse practitioners on my team, my medical director, our case coordinators
- And then the next question that I have is how many child protective team physicians, nurse practitioners
- question that I'd asked you was about how many CPT physicians, nurse practitioners, PAs, RNs, right?
Summary:
The Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Committee held a panel discussion on Florida’s child protection teams (CPTs), child advocacy centers (CACs), and related state systems. Testimony came from the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Health, a local CAC director, the Florida Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers, a CPT medical lead, and a Jacksonville sheriff’s sergeant. Witnesses described how DCF investigations, CPT medical and forensic services, CAC multidisciplinary coordination, and law enforcement work together to assess abuse allegations, provide interviews and exams, and connect children and families to services. Several speakers highlighted telemedicine, co-location, and Jacksonville’s specialized investigative model as examples of stronger coordination.
Committee members focused heavily on communication gaps, staffing shortages, and delays in forensic interviews and medical evaluations. Senators asked about implementation of Jordan’s Law, the timing of DCF and law enforcement notifications, whether law enforcement is always included in decisions about forensic interviews, and how quickly children are seen after a report. DCF and DOH representatives said referrals are generally made within 24 hours and that multidisciplinary staffings are used to share information, but law enforcement described cases where interviews were scheduled weeks out or reports arrived late, creating problems for probable cause and safety decisions. Members also raised concerns about turnover among CPIs and CPT staff, caseloads, and the need for more specialty providers.
CAC representatives said the model reduces trauma by bringing services together in one place, but noted uneven access across the state, especially in rural areas and in counties without CACs. They said sustainable funding and workforce development are needed to maintain and expand services, and one speaker noted that some CACs have closed due to funding challenges. DCF said there are about 1,500 CPIs statewide and an average active caseload of about 12 per investigator, while CPTs serve roughly 22,000 to 23,000 children annually. The committee did not take any formal vote or action, but members requested follow-up information on staffing numbers, communication practices, CAC locations, and recommendations for statutory or budget changes. The meeting ended with adjournment.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 3880 by Howard relating to nursing rooms provided by public employers or for the.
- ordering a controlled substance of dangerous drugs or devised by an advancing practice registered nurse
- prescribing, ordering of a drug device at the physician's assistant advanced practice, registered nurse
- The licensure and contracting for delivery of medical assistance by nursing facilities over the Committee
- HB 3910 by Via Lobos relating to the presumption and eligibility of certain individuals for nursing care
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 76 is a bill that offers nursing mothers solid, long-lasting protections that are...
- Nursing mothers already face a unique set of stresses in their daily lives, and worrying about being
- Even after all this media attention, I was contacted by a nursing mother last week who said that by phone
- Yes, this would allow a protection for these nursing mothers and... ... protection for these nursing
- mothers, and they will have the affidavit that they bring with them saying that they are a nursing mother
Keywords:
jury duty, nursing mothers, exemption, legal rights, parental responsibilities, sexual extortion, criminal law, felony, threat, blackmail, SB116, machine gun conversion devices, switches, pistol conversion device, auto sear, firearm accessories, machine gun, automatic weapon, semiautomatic pistol, gun control
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Health Policy Feb 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- REGISTERED NURSES, CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS, AND LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS MAKE OF THE MAJORITY
- APPLICANTS RECEIVED WITH THE NEW LICENSURE PATHWAY FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ADVANCED REGISTRY PRACTICE NURSES
- IN NURSING IN PARTICULAR. WHY ARE THESE NUMBERS SO LOW? AS TO THOSE WHO ISSUE LICENSES THUS FAR?
- A MONTH AGO WE HAD A COUPLE HUNDRED APPLICATIONS AND THIS WAS FOR PROFESSIONS LIKE NURSING THAT HAD AN
- I CAN TELL YOU THAT ONE OF THE BARRIERS THAT MIGHT BE IN EXISTENCE FOR NURSING IS THE YEARS OF ACTIVE
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the VA's Community Care Program. Jan 28th, 2025 at 09:30 am
Senate Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- We're talking about homeless veterans, funding for veterans' nursing homes across the country, suicide
- was going To apparently deny positions being filled in VA facilities across the country: doctors, nurses
- My major hospital, one of my major hospitals in Maine, is down something like 800 nurses.
- community can take care of it when indeed there are shortages in the community in terms of CNAs, nurses
- However, there are only so many doctors and nurses to hire.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- And so the bill that came back to us included not only APRNs that practice registered nurses but also
- included not only APRNs that practice included not only APRNs that practice registered<00:08:12.480>
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has <00:08:14.400>added <00:08:14.760>in registered nurses - but also has added in registered nurses but also has added in physician<00:08:15.600>
assistants.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, December 1, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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nursing patients, and it's bad for nurse nursing patients, and it's bad for - Nursing Association, the largest nursing Nursing Association, the largest nursing professional<00
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 111 May 4th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Nurses Week.
- Nurses Week tribute for Na Nurses Week.
- , With over 80,000 registered nurses and 8,000 practical nurses, nurses are the most numerous of
- nursing.
- Nurses.
Summary:
The Senate came to order, established a quorum, and approved the journal. It then took up several introductions and resolutions, including House Bill 1139 on artificial intelligence in healthcare and House Bill 1263 on requirements for conversational AI services, both referred to the Business, Labor, and Technology Committee. The chamber also moved out of order to consider resolutions and adopted Senate Joint Resolution 25, recognizing the 150th anniversary of the Colorado Mining Association and its role in Colorado’s history and economy. The resolution passed 34-0, and the current roll call was added as co-sponsors.
The Senate also adopted House Joint Resolution 1030, designating a portion of Colorado Highway 14 in Weld County as Mono and Matt Road in memory of Eduardo Mono Hernandez and Matthew Garcia. Supporters described the resolution as a tribute to the two Greeley Central High School student-athletes and to the community’s response after their 2014 deaths. The resolution passed 34-0, and the current roll call was added as co-sponsors.
Later, the Senate considered a gubernatorial appointment to the Transportation Commission: Juan Marano of Aurora, to represent the Third Transportation District. The appointment was confirmed on a 19-16 vote. The chamber then took up the third-reading consent calendar and passed House Bill 1235 on medical assistance updates, House Bill 1299 on reducing regulatory burdens on local education providers, and Senate Bill 175 on workers’ compensation experience modification factors. House Bill 1235 passed 31-4, House Bill 1299 passed 35-0, and Senate Bill 175 passed without recorded opposition.
On final passage, the Senate adopted a technical third-reading amendment to House Bill 113 on election law changes, then passed the bill 23-12 after debate over election-related vulnerabilities. It also passed House Bill 1346, allowing the Department of the Treasury to sell unsold insurance premium tax credits to non-insurance entities, by 23-12; House Bill 1252, updating state entities responsible for emergency response, by 33-2; House Bill 1010, increasing support for older adults in the workforce, by 23-12; and Senate Bill 177, concerning limited access to adjoining property for repairs, after extended debate in which Senator Kirkmeyer argued the measure infringed on private property rights and should be rejected.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Health and Human Services: HB 2408, Nursing Board regulatory.
- Health and Human Services: HB 2729, Nursing Board; HB 2730, occupational therapy; HB 2731, physicians
- HB 2801, marijuana traditional; HB 2818, lobbyists; Government: HB 2828; HB 2838, nurses and appropriations
- HB 2194, license cell; HB 2195, claims poor authorization; HB 2199, nursing facility records; HB 2202
Summary:
The House convened with prayer by Paul Sorensen, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the journal from January 15, 2026. Members also recognized the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Tammy Penhollow, and several guests in the gallery, including education leaders and representatives from Republic Services. Attendance was recorded at 57 present, zero absent, and two excused.
The main floor business was the reading of communications and a very large slate of bills. The clerk listed numerous House bills for first reading and referral to committees, covering topics such as veterans, natural resources and water, financial services, minimum wage, commerce, education, housing, child care, health and human services, public safety, artificial intelligence, taxation, transportation, agriculture, and appropriations. The House also moved through second reading of another extensive group of bills on subjects including health care, criminal justice, transportation, education, firearms, housing, and state budget matters.
No substantive debate or votes on individual bills were recorded in the transcript beyond the procedural referral and reading of measures. The House then received announcements about upcoming committee meetings, birthday wishes for Representative Aaron Márquez, and notices that some committees would not meet. The chamber adjourned on a motion until 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, January 21, 2026.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- for nurse practitioners.
- , and the non-compete prohibition applies only to nurses, not nurse practitioners.
- She said the non-compete prohibition currently applies only to nurses, not nurse practitioners, and that
- nurse nurse practitioner<01:32:35.960>
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NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (03/18/2026)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- The nurse was not told the procedure was an abortion until the nurse walked into the room, when the doctor
- , knowing the nurse objected to assisting in abortions, told the nurse, "Don't hate me."
- But the nurse was required to assist with the abortion anyway.
- But the nurse was required to assist with the abortion anyway.
- If the nurse had not done so, the nurse reasonably feared that UVMMC would fire or report the nurse to
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/26/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Certified nursing assistants are the backbone of our hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, veterans
- to our hospital, our local skilled nursing facilities, and other congregate care facilities.
- assistants to our certified nursing assistants to our Hospital<01:10:55.280>
hit <01:10:55.800 - hit our local skilled nursing Hospital hit our local skilled nursing facilities<01:10:57.440>
and - <01:12:31.360>
Facility local uh uh Skilled Nursing Facility local uh uh Skilled Nursing Facility
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing: Human Services Committee and Health and Human Services Committee - Part 1 - 05/04/26
Transcript Highlights:
- for health insurance provided by nursing for health insurance provided by nursing facilities<00:
- rate limit used to calculate nursing rate limit used to calculate nursing facility<00:24:42.320>
- Chair, about the insurance gap for nursing homes, the nursing rate limits, um, and, um, the remote supports
- Chair, about the insurance gap for nursing homes, the nursing rate limits, um, and, um, the remote supports
- gap for nursing homes, the nursing<01:16:00.480>
rate <01:16:00.719>limits <01:16:02.000
Summary:
The joint hearing opened with chairs explaining that the program integrity omnibus bill is a combined draft assembled from individual member bills and governor proposals, many of which had already been heard in committee. Members emphasized the compressed end-of-session timeline, said the language was not yet ready for enactment, and invited continued revisions as the bill moves next to judiciary and finance. Several speakers stressed the need for bipartisan collaboration, while also warning that the Legislature must act this session on program integrity rather than defer reforms.
The fiscal staff then walked through a spreadsheet showing the bill’s overall budget effects and major provisions. The package includes DHS proposals on transforming human services, market- and receipt-based rate reform, enhanced program and payment integrity, uniform service standards, nursing facility rate changes, ICS reforms, and a repeal/redesign of housing stabilization, along with child care assistance integrity and human services redesign items in DCYF. Staff highlighted that the bill combines multiple sources, including governor proposals and member bills, and noted several items that are also in the supplemental human services budget.
Committee discussion focused heavily on prepayment review, remote supports, ICS, and provider accountability. Chairs said the bill would codify prepayment review with a 60-day notice requirement after providers were caught off guard by prior rollout, and that remote supports and ICS language were placeholders or under active debate. One member argued the system needs stronger standards but cautioned against harming compliant providers, while another urged the committee to learn from good providers and warned against repeating failed implementations. Staff also reviewed thematic indexes covering billing and service delivery oversight, EVV, administrative reform, licensing and background studies, provider enrollment, sanctions, and child care provider compliance training.
No formal votes were taken in the portion provided. The hearing ended with staff beginning the index walkthrough and members indicating that posted amendments would be considered as the bill advances through the remaining committees.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 3 February, 2026; 3:00 PM
Public Health and Welfare
Transcript Highlights:
- emergency power and fuel in nursing emergency power and fuel in nursing homes.<00:49:52.480>
- The recent ice storm has made us aware of the need for electricity, particularly in nursing homes and
- We're inadequate not only in our nursing homes, but also in our assisted living facilities, where we
- After Katrina, my grandmother was in a nursing home. She had a DNR.
- nursing homes and personal care homes. nursing homes and personal care homes. >> Yes.
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum and first took up several bills described as vehicles to keep options open for pending rural health issues, especially the rural health transformation fund and the Greenwood Hospital situation. The chair explained that Greenwood Hospital is struggling financially and operationally, including a Medicaid overpayment dispute in which Medicaid planned to recoup $2 million from a December payment, threatening payroll and continued operation. The committee discussed a proposed committee substitute that would delay recoupment until May 1 and preserve legislative flexibility to help Greenwood if a workable plan emerges. The committee adopted motions for title sufficiency and due pass on the block of bills, including the committee substitute and reverse repealer provisions.
The committee then turned to two certificate-of-need bills. One bill, 2474, was presented as a rural hospitals measure that would let certain rural hospitals obtain certificates of need for services such as outpatient dialysis units, ambulatory surgical facilities, and geriatric psychiatric units, with definitions aimed largely at Delta and other rural counties. The chair also included a provision making the state health officer’s licensing decision final and not subject to judicial review, with only a short reconsideration process available. Senator Hill objected, arguing the bill concentrated too much power in the health department, eliminated meaningful court review, and unfairly picked winners and losers instead of letting the market work. The chair responded that the goal was to reduce costly, repetitive litigation and preserve access to care in areas where hospitals struggle financially.
The committee then considered Senator Blackwell’s broader CO bill, which would address appeals and litigation more generally by shifting costs to the losing party in CO disputes. A reverse repealer was adopted first, and the chair explained that the bill was intended to reduce endless and expensive appeals while still allowing a limited opportunity for reconsideration. Senators Hill and others raised concerns about limiting judicial review and expanding health department power, while the chair said many states have no judicial review in this area and that the committee was exploring the issue further. The chair said he had asked several members to study the matter and contact the National Council of State Legislatures. The committee ultimately adopted the motions on the bills and amendments by voice vote, with the ayes prevailing each time.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-09 (1:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Doctors and nurses, as Representative Eskamani has already alluded to, they're having to consult with
- No shade to nurses. I have a lot of friends that are nurses.
- Members, nurses are nurses, psychiatrists are psychiatrists. Vote no.
- We're not allowing these nurses to do anything that they aren't already doing today. That down.
- We're not allowing these nurses to do anything that they aren't already doing today.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the pledge, quorum call, and several recognitions, including guests for Education and Sharing Day, law enforcement officer of the day Detective Miata Anderson, and later FAMU Day at the Capitol and other visiting groups. The chamber adopted the special order report and then moved through a series of budget-related bills and conforming measures, with debate focused largely on recurring funding, environmental programs, housing, insurance reserves, and tax policy.
Members approved HB 5011/SB 2506, which conform environmental resource funding to the proposed budget by shifting Seminole Gaming Compact-related dollars from recurring to nonrecurring funding; supporters said this preserves annual legislative review, while opponents warned it would reduce funding for the Resilient Florida program, wildlife corridor protection, invasive species removal, and other conservation efforts. The House then passed HB 5013, reducing state-funded property reinsurance reserves by lowering the RAP program and repealing FORA funding, and HB 5501, which redirects documentary stamp tax revenues from housing and transportation trust funds to general revenue; Democrats argued the housing changes would reduce affordable housing support, while Republicans said the move was needed to control recurring spending. The chamber also passed HB 5015 on state group insurance, HB 5201 on Florida PALM accounting conforming changes, HB 5203 on Capitol Center tenancy and utilities control, and HB 5009 creating a Florida Accountability Office and revising audit and budgeting functions.
The most extended debate came on HB 7031, which permanently reduces the state sales tax rate from 6% to 5.25% and also lowers several related tax rates. Supporters described it as broad-based, immediate tax relief for Floridians, while opponents said property tax relief would be more targeted and that sales tax cuts also benefit tourists and out-of-state visitors. The bill passed 112-0. The House then took up the main budget bill, HB 501, and subcommittee chairs outlined the proposed $112.9 billion budget, including education, health care, transportation, agriculture and natural resources, higher education, state administration, justice, and IT spending. Members began questioning the pre-K-12 budget on school funding, vouchers, proration, mental health and safety allocations, and inflation, with the discussion continuing beyond the excerpt provided.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, February 25, 2026
Labor, Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Nurses.
- So, I represent school nurses Nurses.
- I know that I personally have given a stock EpiPen once as a school nurse.
- stock EpiPen um once as a school nurse. stock EpiPen um once as a school nurse.
- I am a registered nurse and represent the Wyoming Nurses Association.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Fiscal Policy Apr 22nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- It requires certified nursing assistants serving in a nursing home to receive training on recognizing
- So it also, your bill also talks about requires a certified nursing assistant to be a part of the, I
- guess, nursing home to receive the training and that type of thing.
- So the CNAs in the nursing homes, that's unique to the nursing homes, not the ALFs, because again, we
- As a nurse, witnessing her condition and the extraordinary yet ultimately unsuccessful attempt to save
Summary:
The committee met and first reported favorably CS for SB 1782, which creates a new offense for dangerous excessive speeding, with support noted from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida PBA. It also reported favorably CS for SB 306, which addresses Medicaid managed care provider network access by requiring after-hours and holiday appointment availability and a minimum level of primary care participation. CS for SB 716, imposing mandatory minimum sentences for certain sexual offenses committed by registered sex offenders or predators, and CS for SB 1084, expanding protections against non-consensual dissemination of intimate images and digitally forged intimate images, were also approved.
The committee then approved CS for CS for SB 1604, a corrections package that would require prepayment of court costs for certain inmate lawsuits, shorten the limitations period for confinement-condition claims, allow consecutive sentencing in some cases, and revise mental health treatment procedures in correctional settings. Members discussed constitutional concerns and access-to-courts issues, but the bill was reported favorably. CS for CS for SB 1804, which creates a capital offense for trafficking a child 12 or younger or a mentally incapacitated person for sexual exploitation, drew extensive debate and opposition from the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Floridaans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty; despite objections about constitutionality and ethics, it was reported favorably.
The committee also approved CS for SB 1838, expanding protections for court officials against tampering, harassment, and retaliation, and CS for CS for SB 890, the Emily Adkins Family Protection Act, which creates a statewide VTE registry and requires blood clot screening and training in hospitals and care facilities. Members and public witnesses spoke in strong support of the blood clot bill, including family members and survivors. Finally, the committee reported favorably CS for SB 1252, directing FDLE to study a statewide pawn data database, CS for SB 468, increasing penalties for fleeing or eluding law enforcement and allowing vehicle impoundment, CS for SB 490, expanding off-duty concealed carry eligibility for correctional officers and correctional probation officers, and CS for SB 572, the Pam Rock Act on dangerous dogs, which was amended to refine enclosure, confiscation, euthanasia, and insurance requirements.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- And for the nursing facilities, I'd say it's about $20 million in net benefit.
- So, you—$20 million in net benefit for the nursing homes and then for the hospitals closer to about $130
- homes actually impose a tax and nursing homes actually impose a tax on<00:14:16.240>
themselves. - And for the nursing full costs.
- And for the nursing facilities,<00:16:30.959>
I'd <00:16:31.199>say <00:16:31.440>it's
Keywords:
accessible parking, disability, kupuna, public accommodations, small business exemptions, Hawaii Revised Statutes, parking permit, blind, deaf, accessibility, deafness, traffic safety, law enforcement, vehicle registration, communication, emergency services, commercial driver's license, first responders, public safety, authorized emergency vehicle
Summary:
The joint hearing covered House Bill 251, which would require hospitals to report costs associated with Medicare and uninsured patients, and House Bill 1875, which would expand protections for gender-affirming health care services. On HB 251, the Department of Health said it supported the intent but described the bill as complicated and potentially impractical as drafted because the department lacks the expertise to produce the required analyses without outside help. Hawaii Health Systems Corporation echoed those concerns, while the Queen’s Health System said it was willing to work with the department to provide the information. In committee discussion, officials explained that hospital support in Hawaii includes public hospital appropriations and the provider tax program, which uses hospital and nursing home contributions to draw federal matching funds; a department witness estimated the net benefit at about $150 million for hospitals and $20 million for nursing facilities, though exact figures would be provided later.
On HB 1875, the Insurance Division testified with concerns that the bill’s language on prohibited actions by malpractice insurers was broad and vague, and that a rate-increase prohibition could conflict with actuarially based insurance pricing. The division also noted it was not the primary enforcement agency for the statute. In contrast, many testifiers strongly supported the bill, including the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, the Hawaii State LGBTQ+ Commission, the Hawaii Public Health Institute, PFLAG Oahu, the ACLU of Hawaii, the Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, the Hawaii County Democratic Party, and others. Supporters argued that gender-affirming care is medically necessary, evidence-based, and protected by privacy and bodily autonomy principles, and that the bill would protect patients and providers from outside political interference. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the portion of the hearing provided.