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KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Day 21 (2-5-26)

Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We can lean into the opportunity to grow your backyard raised-bed garden.
  • We can lean into the opportunity to grow your backyard raised-bed garden.
  • call. duty and a doctor available by call.
  • care available in all parts of this<00:57:25.440> state.
  • <01:32:54.000> to your full 30 minutes still available to your full 30 minutes still available
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, and approval of the prior journal. The House communicated that it had passed House Bill 4 and requested concurrence. The chamber then received second-reading reports for Senate Bills 18, 33, 85, and 132, and committee reports indicating Senate Bills 136, 183, 2, 4, and 71 should pass, with some substitutes and title amendments. The Senate also introduced Senate Resolutions 79 and 80 honoring Joseph Harden McFarland and Jeremiah Parsons. The main floor action centered on Senate Bill 5, relating to Kentucky-grown agricultural product procurement. The sponsor described it as a way to improve school nutrition, support Kentucky producers, and keep food dollars in local communities. Several senators spoke in support, including references to the Make America Healthy Task Force and the idea of using food procurement as a tool for rural prosperity and better nutrition in schools. Senate Bill 5 passed by roll call, 38-0. The Senate also passed Senate Bill 73, which would allow home-based processors to use beef tallow in cosmetic products. The sponsor said the bill would expand existing home-processing authority beyond food products to cosmetics. It passed unanimously, 38-0. Senate Bill 12, relating to medical provider coverage and level four trauma centers, drew the most extended debate. Supporters argued it would help rural hospitals join the trauma network by allowing nurse practitioners and physician assistants to work under physician supervision, including remote supervision, and said it would improve access and save lives in underserved areas. Opponents, including a physician senator, argued the bill would lower trauma-care standards and could put patients at risk by allowing non-physician staffing in facilities that need immediate hands-on medical expertise. After lengthy discussion, the bill was advanced and then passed by roll call, with supporters emphasizing rural access and opponents warning about patient safety and the adequacy of physician coverage.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • JLARC staff review the status of SAO's recommendations after each session and have that report available
  • activities of daily living, such as dressing, bathing, and transferring in and out of a wheelchair or bed
  • We've discussed our findings around safety and availability of workers.
  • We're available for questions. Thank you.
Summary: The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee held a public hearing on the State Auditor’s Office performance audit of Washington’s Restoring Quality Home Care Initiative (I-1163). Auditors said the initiative’s background checks and 75-hour training requirement are widely viewed as safety measures, but the state lacks pre-2011 data to directly measure safety outcomes. They also found Washington’s long-term care workforce is still short, though the state ranks better than many others in workers per disabled person, and that some groups and regions have larger gaps between authorized and actually used Medicaid care hours, suggesting access problems for certain clients. The audit focused heavily on the certification process for home care aides. Auditors reported that many applicants never finish certification, that the process often exceeds the 200-day legal deadline, and that delays can cause lost income, job loss, and in some cases repeated employer changes that allow aides to keep working without becoming certified. They recommended that the Department of Health accept applications only after training and testing are completed, move testing into training programs more broadly, and eliminate redundant DOH verification of FBI background checks. Committee members asked about testing contract incentives, language access, and the role of immigration in workforce shortages; auditors said they found no financial performance standards in the Prometric contract, did not specifically study immigration status, and did not focus on language barriers in this audit. Department of Health and Department of Social and Health Services officials largely agreed with the audit’s findings and recommendations. They said they have already made improvements, including expanded in-program testing, more staffing, and rule changes, and that testing has been integrated into more than 110 training programs. DSHS noted testing is offered in 13 languages. Both agencies said they support further streamlining and expect continued collaboration, including possible budget or legislative requests. No public testimony was offered, and the committee adjourned without taking any vote or formal action on the audit.
ND
Transcript Highlights:
  • So this information is available to everybody. And we have always talked about full transparency.
  • what amendments you guys have put on bills that hopefully will soon be the amendments I mean put to bed
  • reported to DOT, because these are all the ones that are reported to DOT, and then it's ultimately available
  • we're not trying to— We're not having DOT manage the ticky-tack stuff, have that stuff, you know, available
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The conference committee on House Bill 1229 met to try to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill, which deals with reporting certain traffic offenses to driving records and, by extension, insurance companies. House members argued that the House position was driven by concern that reporting lower-level offenses would unfairly raise insurance costs, while Senate members said they opposed removing reporting because they wanted transparency and believed people who break the law should face consequences. The discussion focused heavily on whether the bill should continue to exclude offenses at two points and below from reporting, or whether a narrower compromise such as one point and below might be acceptable. Committee members and DOT Driver and Vehicle Director Brad Schaefer reviewed a color-coded list of offenses and how they are currently reported. Schaefer explained that salmon-shaded items automatically appear on driving records because they trigger suspension or revocation, green items are commercial-driver violations that also trigger suspension, and the remaining unshaded zero-, one-, and some two-point violations were the main subject of the conference discussion. Members debated whether some low-point items, such as equipment violations, no child restraint, distracted driving, and failure to use due care, should remain reportable, while acknowledging that serious offenses like fleeing and human trafficking would remain reportable regardless. No final compromise was reached. Several members expressed interest in a possible middle ground limited to one-point-and-below offenses, but others worried the Senate would not accept it. The committee agreed to adjourn and reschedule after members had more time to review the list and consider possible amendments.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary (04/14/2026)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • to you at trial, but is now available when you file a petition.
  • Those require constitutional violations. something that was available to his something that was available
  • with the bed skirts down and their phones on silent for four and a half hours."
  • barricaded, then under their lofted beds barricaded, then under their lofted beds with<03:22:51.760
  • > and<03:22:52.800> their with the bed skirts down and their with the bed skirts down and
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/23/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • And tragically, one in nine children in our region goes to bed hungry each night.
  • nine children in our region goes to bed nine children in our region goes to bed hungry<00:13:17.360
  • <00:48:09.119> So<00:48:09.280> I available to support this project.
  • So I available to support this project.
  • > rehabilitating available resources in rehabilitating available resources in rehabilitating our
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (04/23/2025)

Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:15:32.080> So services that are available. So services that are available.
  • Uh I information is readily available.
  • Oh, Representative Weber. available to us now. um how those would available to us now. um how those would
  • would increase the number of available would increase the number of available providers.<02:16:25.280
  • And so sometimes a nursing home bed.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Wed Feb 4, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • available for questions. available for questions.
  • available for you. available for you.
  • doesn't happen and the only availability doesn't happen and the only availability is<01:02:48.160
  • I'm available for any questions. I'm available for any questions.
  • amount of funds available. amount of funds available.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard House Bill 2095, which would provide supplemental appropriations for the Judiciary for the 2025-2027 biennium. Judiciary Administrative Director Brandon Kimura testified in strong support and outlined a request for about $6.4 million in supplemental operating funds, plus four permanent full-time position conversions. He grouped the request into security, services to court users, and staffing needs, including $3.25 million for supplemental armed private security at judiciary facilities statewide, nearly $200,000 for cybersecurity staffing and support, restoration of funding for substance use treatment purchase-of-service contracts, restoration of funding for the Office of Public Guardian on Kauaʻi, salary commission funding, a Kona court operations position, and two Court-Appointed Special Advocates positions converted from temporary to permanent. He also described five capital improvement requests totaling $55.4 million, led by $30 million for construction of a new South Kohala courthouse, $1.2 million each for air conditioning upgrades in Hilo and Kauaʻi, $15 million for elevator upgrades at Kahumanu Hale, and $8 million in lump-sum bond funds for emerging projects. Several organizations testified in support, including Parents and Children Together and the True Cost Coalition. Supporters emphasized the importance of the purchase-of-service funding for domestic violence and substance use treatment services and said the restoration would return funding to pre-COVID levels and help providers maintain capacity. Kimura explained that the Judiciary often shifts funds among contracts during the year to avoid service interruptions, but that the reduced funding has caused delays and operational problems for providers and probationers. Members asked detailed questions about the capital projects and operating requests. Representative Shimizu asked for more information on the lump-sum bond funds and the elevator project, and Kimura explained that the Kahumanu Hale request covers four remaining elevator shafts after earlier funding addressed the first five elevators. Representative Cochran asked about the absence of Maui County projects, and Kimura said the Judiciary is still planning for its older Maui facilities with DAGS. Chair Tarnas questioned the need for armed private guards and discussed whether court security should be prioritized within the Department of Law Enforcement; Kimura said the Judiciary needs additional personnel now and has not asked DLE to deprioritize other missions, though the chair suggested further coordination between the agencies. No vote or final action on the bill was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Justice Apr 15th, 2025

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Still want the data available, though. Okay, so it is about the data.
  • My brother was taken into custody and treated for physical wounds, but because there were no beds available
  • We need more funding for hospital beds and medical professionals for our mentally ill.
  • There is a witness available, Ms. Jean Mudge, with the Texas Council on Family Violence.
  • One of the forms available on the OCA website is the TCIC protective order data entry form.
Summary: The committee heard several criminal justice bills, with testimony largely focused on public safety, court procedures, and local criminal justice administration. SB 2371 would expand mandatory skimmer-reporting requirements from gas pumps to ATMs, point-of-sale systems, and virtual currency kiosks, with the Texas Financial Crimes Intelligence Center saying centralized reporting would improve investigations, preserve evidence, and help identify organized criminal groups. SB 2581 would repeal a special law governing commissary funds in certain large counties; the sponsor and the Sheriff’s Association said it would restore parity with other counties while keeping spending subject to audit and inmate-benefit limits. Both bills were laid out and left pending after testimony, with no public witnesses opposing them at the hearing. The committee also heard SB 330, which would require voter approval before counties over a certain size reduce prosecutor funding, similar to an existing law for law enforcement budgets. Supporters argued prosecutors are essential to public safety and need stable funding, while an opponent from the Texas Civil Rights Project said the bill would restrict local budget flexibility and impose costly elections. SB 663 would remove district judges’ approval role for community supervision and corrections department budgets, replacing it with judge review after TDCJ-CJAD approval; probation officials said the change would reduce delays and confusion without reducing judicial oversight. SB 1020 would require more immediate sharing of ankle-monitor violation information and clarify that such records are not judicial work product; the Harris County DA’s office and Crime Stoppers supported it, citing inconsistent local practices and delays that can hinder prosecutions. The committee then took up SB 1164 on emergency detention and court-ordered mental health services. The bill, from the Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health, would update emergency detention forms, clarify officer duties, allow filings in the county where a person is apprehended or located, and add a factor related to a person’s inability to recognize symptoms or appreciate treatment risks. Supporters included family members, law enforcement, and mental health and judicial witnesses who described cases where earlier intervention might have prevented tragedy; opponents warned the broader language could be misused and emphasized due process and the need for dangerousness to remain the standard. SB 2111 on indigent defense would expand access to counsel at first hearings, strengthen managed assigned counsel programs, create internships and fellowships, and adjust other defense-related procedures; the Texas Indigent Defense Commission and county defense program leaders supported it, while the committee substitute removed some provisions to reduce fiscal impact. Finally, SB 2383 would let recently retired DPS officers return to work in limited roles to help address staffing shortages, and SB 2797 would create reciprocal discovery requirements for criminal cases; prosecutors and some committee members said it would reduce trial surprise and improve truth-seeking, while others questioned whether the bill fully matched the state’s disclosure obligations and whether it could burden defense rights. Several bills were left pending after testimony, and the committee established a quorum later in the hearing.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • You have a printed copy of this, but of course it's also available through the laptop here.
  • copy of this but of course<00:01:53.280> it's<00:01:53.479> also<00:01:54.000> available
  • <00:01:55.000> um<00:01:55.560> through course it's also available um through course
  • it's also available um through the<00:01:55.960> laptop<00:01:56.640> here<00:01:57.640
  • Hennepin Healthcare as a health system encompasses a 484-bed hospital in a downtown Minneapolis campus
Keywords: 1183, house
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Session Apr 24th, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • WELL-SETTLED THAT A STATE OR MUNICIPALITY CAN ADOPT MORE STRINGENT CONTROLS ON SEXUAL MATERIALS AVAILABLE
  • TO YOUTH THAN THOSE AVAILABLE TO ADULTS.
  • "Girl, Hearts" and others are available to our kiddos.
  • Nursing home beds, and I am... Nursing home beds, and I am brought in general along to do it.
  • and... ...their spouses and surviving spouses to create veteran and spouse designated nursing home beds
Summary: The Florida House of Representatives conducted legislative business including prayer, pledge, and voting on multiple bills. Key legislation included HB 1105 expanding Florida Bright Futures Scholarship eligibility, HB 443 on charter school regulations (passed 83-23), and HB 1539 on materials harmful to minors (passed 81-29) after extensive debate about book challenges in schools. Other bills addressed education funding, law enforcement benefits, parole guidelines, and various local issues. The Speaker announced budget negotiations with the Senate have stalled, with disagreements over spending levels and tax cuts. The House will not meet this weekend as originally planned. Session adjourned until tomorrow at 10 AM.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

JDC Informational Briefing 12-08-2025

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • as well as other are no longer available as well as other policies<00:24:00.159> that<00:24:00.480
  • don't have proof, obviously, because they say that the federal detention center in Honolulu has more bed
  • don't have proof, obviously, because they say that the federal detention center in Honolulu has more bed
  • don't have proof, obviously, because they say that the federal detention center in Honolulu has more bed
  • Is that more bed space or more cell space than other places.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Judiciary Committee held an informational briefing on the impact and legality of federal immigration enforcement efforts in Hawaii, with Chair Carl Rhodes framing it as the sixth and final interim briefing in a series on the rule of law and local effects of federal actions. He said the discussion would focus on due process concerns, questioning and detention of citizens and lawful immigrants, free speech issues, and pressure on state and local law enforcement, and noted the issues may be revisited in the 2026 regular session. There was no public testimony or committee vote; only invited speakers presented. Dr. Amy Agayani opened by arguing that immigrants are integral to Hawaii’s history, economy, and communities, and contrasted that with what she described as harmful narratives portraying immigrants as criminals. She cited figures that one in five Hawaii residents is foreign-born, that immigrants make up about 20% of the labor force and over 27% of entrepreneurs, and that roughly 40,000 people in Hawaii are undocumented, many of whom may have pathways to legal status but face language, information, and court barriers. She also said federal enforcement has expanded beyond undocumented immigrants to include citizens and lawful residents, and warned that attacks on birthright citizenship and visa categories could affect many families. Matina Mock of the legal clinic emphasized the complexity of immigration law and the severe lack of legal representation, noting a nationwide backlog of 11.3 million immigration-related applications and 3.4 million court cases, plus about 1,400 pending immigration cases in Honolulu with only two immigration judges. She said Hawaii has only six or seven nonprofit immigration legal service providers, and that represented clients are far more likely to obtain relief. Mock described a recent case involving a lawful student visa holder who was transferred among multiple federal facilities before being brought to Honolulu without clear notice, which she said illustrated due process violations. She also said ICE activity in Hawaii has sharply increased, with about 150 arrests from January to July 2025, a 380% increase over the same period in 2024, and that many detainees have no criminal record. Stephanie Haro Sevilla and another clinic fellow described 2025 enforcement as a major shift driven by a January executive order, the end of prior limits on arrests in sensitive locations, and arrest quotas they said require 3,000 arrests per day nationwide. They said this has led to arrests without warrants or probable cause, broader targeting of people with minor offenses or no criminal history, and the use of resources from other federal agencies and local law enforcement for civilian immigration enforcement. They also said the federal detention center in Honolulu is holding roughly 40 to 80 civilian detainees on any given day, often in conditions they characterized as prison-like, and warned that the current escalation could eventually affect lawful permanent residents and naturalized citizens. The speakers urged the public to support immigrant-rights advocates and local protective policies and funding measures.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • What this means for higher education is that there's more funding available for the community colleges
  • even as pilots or program evaluations are underway, and the results of those studies are not yet available
  • The amount likely to impact the availability for Prop 98 in 25-26 is state revenue.
  • We've steadily added student housing, and our campuses currently have more than 5,400 student beds under
  • Over the past five years, we've added about 25,000 new student housing beds and about 35,000 over the
Keywords: 988, house, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • that they're going to It would amend Article 1 of our state constitution to expel ban the options available
  • of the largest overhauls to Texas' bail system, drastically increasing the amount of information available
  • She talked about later on that night before she went to bed.
  • Information that we don't have available currently today, I'm sorry, can everybody hear me okay?
  • Okay, information we currently don't have available is the supervision data that's currently held by
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • This includes expanding non-intrusive inspection capability, making life-saving naloxone widely available
  • very beginning of the pandemic, I walked into my son's room and found him practically lifeless in his bed
  • His mother, Denise, got into his hospital bed and laid next to him, gently stroking his beautiful head
  • Widely available naloxone on college campuses and high schools is really helping the situation a little
  • Sort of requiring this kind of education to Be available.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

HHS-AEN, HHS-HOU, HHS Public Hearings 03-12-2025

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Strong support for this bill, available for questions.
  • Strong support for this bill, available for questions. Thank you very much.
  • strong support for this bill available strong support for this bill available for<00:07:28.759><
  • I urge the committees to pass it, and I'm available for questions. Thank you very much.
  • I urge the committees to pass it, and I'm available for questions. Thank you very much.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The joint hearing covered several bills focused on environmental protection and wastewater management. HB 26 HD 2, relating to environmental protection, drew support from the Department of Health, Reworld, and Energy Justice Network. Supporters said it would preserve existing standards for waste-to-energy facilities, including H-Power, even if federal EPA rules are weakened, while Energy Justice Network urged the state to go further and require stronger pollution controls on older burners at the plant. HB 734 and HB 735, both relating to wastewater systems, received broad support from state agencies, county representatives, realtors, environmental groups, and others. Testimony emphasized reducing the cost of cesspool upgrades, updating rules, and improving coordination between the Department of Health, counties, and the University of Hawaiʻi. Members raised concerns about whether some areas, such as Ewa, should be treated differently if they are not near aquifers or the ocean, but the department said the existing prioritization process already considered statewide conditions and that cesspools generally still affect water resources. On HB 735, the committee discussed the current bedroom-based limits for individual wastewater systems and whether the bill would allow more flexibility for housing configurations, with the department explaining the limits are tied to density and system capacity. HB 879, relating to cesspool conversions, was also supported by the Department of Health, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and several advocacy groups. Testimony said the bill would help low- and moderate-income homeowners in priority areas by increasing grant assistance for cesspool upgrades, but the Department of Health noted it would need three full-time positions to administer the program. Members asked for clarification on the grant amount and staffing costs, and the department indicated the grant cap should remain at $20,000 unless changed. HB 918, relating to labeling of non-flushable wipes, drew support from wastewater and industry groups, including the Association of Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, which said similar laws have passed in other states and that the bill reflects cooperation between manufacturers and wastewater officials. The Department of Health and county officials supported the concept but said enforcement and outreach would require additional staff, and senators questioned whether the state could effectively enforce the labeling requirement without a national standard.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 02/20/25

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • outside of our jurisdiction, such as a federal bank, we'll refer it to the CFPB if that option isn't available
  • if that we'll refer it to the cfpb if that option<00:10:47.720> isn't If that option isn't available
  • rope around this falling off that typ rope around this time<00:26:11.559> I<00:26:11.679> bed
  • couple<00:26:12.440> hundred<00:26:12.679> dollars<00:26:13.000> from time I bed
  • a couple hundred dollars from time I bed a couple hundred dollars from what<00:26:13.440> I<00
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Families and Children. (3-19-26)

Families & Children

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I remember sitting there on the side of his bed while he was crying because he didn't understand
  • the<00:18:58.720> side<00:18:59.000> of<00:18:59.080> his<00:18:59.320> bed
  • <00:18:59.520> while<00:18:59.679> he there on the side of his bed while he there on
  • the side of his bed while he was<00:19:00.040> crying<00:19:00.480> because<00:19:00.760
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Advancing Education in Minnesota – Senator Steve Cwodzinski Apr 7th, 2025

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I mean, if we don't have a sense of purpose, it's hard to get out of bed in the morning.
  • > to<00:04:10.519> get<00:04:10.640> out<00:04:10.799> of<00:04:10.920> bed
  • <00:04:11.120> in purpose it's hard to get out of bed in purpose it's hard to get out of bed
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

January 14, 2025 - 01:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • While I put April to bed, she gets a bath, we brush our teeth, read bedtime stories, tuck her in.
  • And when it's time for Chris to go to bed, he's pretty independent.
  • Showers, brushes his teeth, and tells me good night and heads off to bed.
  • enjoy one pour of Boardman bourbon at nighttime to wind down, but it's always after the children are in bed
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (01/17/2025)

State-federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • service and looking at next available service and looking at next available weight<02:17:34.880>
  • Can I fill the beds?
  • year so we are working on a 20 bed year so we are working on a 20 bed private<02:36:00.800> bathroom
  • <02:36:23.560> budgeted<02:36:23.960> for for 250 beds budgeted for for 250 beds budgeted
  • with four of those already having beds with four of those already having beds offers<02:36:33.520
Keywords: 1189, house, all