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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 016 Conference PM - 04-28-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

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  • This is our Central Oahu Care Home Pilot Program.
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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 8th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 6th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

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  • So, the wheat program that we're talking about funding may be through this session.
  • Program. Thank you, Mr. President. Are there additional announcements? Seeing none, Madam Leader.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

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  • of extended home health benefits for individuals who were also enrolled in the medical assistance program
  • support these families with a combination of comprehensive Medicaid services and various waiver programs
  • or that they would utilize Medicaid since these nursing services are covered through the Medicaid program
  • insurance the bipartisan educator group insurance the bipartisan educator group insurance program
  • bill, which establishes a single program bill, which establishes a single large<00:51:30.080> pool
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Mar 11th, 2026

Ways and Means Education

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  • And that program, we had a $100 million program last year.
  • could be excluded from the program. could be excluded from the program.
  • type programs, residency programs, and teacher recruitment programs all through the budget.
  • not damage that program at this point. not damage that program at this point.
  • And in those programs include programs.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • There wasn't a fiscal impact statement on what the cost of such a program would be, and will we have
  • It makes the current Eagle mediation program mandatory to carriers.
  • Oklahoma actually has one of the best early mediation settlement programs.
  • This is a program that's been in place since 1983.
  • And typically, it takes less than an hour, as I've spoken to the early mediation program.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

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  • Phoenix Children's Hospital has indefinitely ended its gender program, both chemical and surgical.
  • The Manhattan NYU Langone Hospital has ended its programs, and this is not limited to the U.S.
  • In Europe, they are shutting down these programs. This is not limited to the U.S.
  • In Europe, they are shutting down these programs.
  • No contractor may exceed 20% of program enrollment while preserving voluntary member choice.
Summary: The committee heard and acted on several health-related bills, with the longest discussion centered on SB 1214, the Arizona Stem Cell Therapy Act. The bill would regulate stem cell and birth tissue therapies, bar use of tissues derived from aborted fetuses or embryos, require informed consent and disclosure for non-FDA-approved therapies, and create civil and criminal penalties for violations. Supporters framed it as a patient-safety and bioscience-innovation measure, while opponents objected to the abortion-related language and felony penalties. The committee approved SB 1214 on a 4-3 vote. The committee also advanced SB 1194, which would prohibit health professionals and institutions from denying care or reducing care quality based on vaccination status, and SB 1814, which creates a study committee on substance use disorder treatment standards and oversight. SB 1602, increasing monthly stipends for kinship foster care parents, and SB 1603, expanding child-only cash assistance eligibility for certain foster and relative placements, were both amended and passed unanimously. SB 1177, barring public funds from being used for gender transition procedures, and SB 1014, requiring insurance coverage for detransition care and related reporting, both drew strong support and opposition and were each approved on 4-3 votes. Later, the committee unanimously passed SB 1628, requiring insurers and health plans to report claims-denial and prior-authorization data to DIFI for public reporting, and SB 1629, requiring AHCCCS managed care organizations to give advance notice and network-adequacy documentation before terminating high-volume providers without cause. Supporters of both bills emphasized transparency and patient access, while opponents argued the measures duplicated existing federal or state oversight. The committee then heard SB 1752, which would criminalize commercial harvesting or sale of mescaline while preserving a religious-use defense; the sponsor said it was intended to address improper sales of peyote-derived substances, but no final action on that bill was taken in the portion provided.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Business and Insurance 2ND REVISED Feb 12th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Business and Insurance

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  • Do we have your word that you will keep the three-tier program in mind as you write on this bill.
  • Senate Bill 1590 is designed to mirror the strength in Oklahoma Homes Program that was created by House
  • The program is not paying for the entire fortified roof; it is helping pay for the fortified roof.
  • voted on the bill that is in place now at the insurance department, where there is the fortified roof program
  • But when it becomes the State's putting money into programs in order to help the insurance costs go down
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part III) Sep 2nd, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

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  • passed the Harvey Law, we also put $100 million in what was then called the Alternatives to Abortion Program
  • We've since increased that program by hundreds of millions of dollars because our goal is to save the
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 31st, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

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  • Number one, it maintains the name of the program.
  • Members, we're going back to the regularly scheduled program, page one.
  • Well, it'd be the same way that they have implemented the program.
  • Have you seen how the program has been implemented currently?
  • I'm not, I don't use SNAP, so I'm not in the program.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part I) May 5th, 2025

Local Government

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  • college, real estate trade association, legal association, or an approved continuing legal education program
Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government heard several bills, most of them left pending after brief public testimony. House Bill 331, by Rep. Patterson and sponsored by Sen. Hinojosa, would create a presumption that firefighters, police officers, and EMTs who suffer a heart attack or stroke within eight hours after a strenuous shift were injured in the line of duty for workers’ compensation purposes; testimony from a firefighters’ association supported the bill, and it was left pending. Senate Bill 2655, by Sen. Flores, would authorize Burnet County to establish a local provider participation fund to help support local hospital services; a hospital administrator testified in support, and the committee substitute was left pending. Senate Bill 1443, by Sen. Hughes, would extend the Northeast Healthcare Provider Participation District in three counties, and House Bill 3307, by Rep. Noble, would allow property tax arbitrators to complete required continuing education online; both were left pending without opposition. Senate Bill 3048, by Sen. Birdwell, would create the Bluebonnet Hills Municipal Management District in Midlothian and was also left pending. The committee then took up House Bill 9 and HJR 1, sponsored by Sen. Bettencourt, which would raise the business personal property tax exemption from $2,500 to $125,000 and place the constitutional amendment on the November 4, 2025 ballot. Business groups, realtors, and taxpayers’ advocates testified in strong support, saying the change would provide meaningful relief to small businesses and help balance earlier homeowner tax relief. The City of Fort Worth testified in opposition, warning of a revenue shift to homeowners and budget impacts, but the committee adopted the committee substitutes and reported both measures to the full Senate on 6-0 votes. The committee also heard House Bill 1399 and HJR 99, by Sen. Nichols, to exempt animal feed from property tax when it is already sales-tax exempt; no one testified against them, and both were left pending. Senate Bill 2553, by Sen. West, would let owners of historic archaeological sites protest land and structure appraisals separately, and it was left pending after supportive testimony. Senate Bill 2907 and SJR 78, also by Sen. West, would exempt certain perishable inventory, including food and some prescription drugs, from property tax if approved by voters; pharmacists, business groups, a researcher, and a coalition of retailers and food/medicine advocates supported the bill, and it was left pending. Finally, Senate Bill 1331, by Sen. Hancock and explained by Sen. Middleton, would lower the population threshold for certain municipal civil-service-related petition restrictions from 950,000 to 70,000; law enforcement representatives and a San Marcos police association supported it, and it was left pending. The committee then recessed until 15 to 30 minutes after adjournment.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part II) May 5th, 2025

Local Government

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  • This is simply an extension of the existing program for another two years, and I thank you for your consideration
  • light rail project of Project Connect and oversee all of the other projects as well included in that program
  • which are subsequently distributed back to hospitals through various Medicaid supplemental payment programs
  • which are subsequently distributed back to hospitals through various Medicaid supplemental payment program
  • programs when a back to hospitals through various Medicaid supplemental payment programs.
Summary: The Committee on Local Government heard a series of local bills and public testimony focused on hospital districts, municipal management districts, local provider participation funds, manufactured housing, transit financing, development moratoriums, and property tax procedures. Early items included House Bill 467, which would help dissolve the defunct Maybank Kemp Hospital District and establish an Andrew Gibbs Memorial Nursing Endowment, and Senate Bill 3063, creating the Bio Bell Municipal Management District in Liberty County; both drew no public opposition and were left pending subject to call. The committee also heard House Bill 1327, extending the Harris County local provider participation fund through 2027, and Senate Bill 1375, extending Collin County’s LPPF authority, both presented as mechanisms to draw federal Medicaid matching funds for hospitals. A major portion of the meeting centered on Senate Bill 2764, which would require earlier notice to buyers of manufactured homes about how to convert a home from personal property to real property. Senator Cook described the bill as a consumer-information measure tied to displacement concerns at a mobile home park in her district, and a resident testified in support, saying the notice would help families make informed decisions. The committee also discussed Senate Bill 2519, a bill by Senator Bettencourt aimed at preventing local governments from shifting maintenance-and-operations tax revenue into debt-like uses and from changing the purpose of tax rate elections after voters approve them. Supporters argued it would protect taxpayers and preserve the separation between M&O and debt service, while opponents tied the bill to Austin’s Project Connect transit financing and warned it would disrupt an approved project and invite litigation. The committee heard and left pending several other bills, including House Bill 1244 on agricultural land ownership changes without reapplying for an ag exemption, House Bill 2559 on development moratoriums, and Senate Bill 2063 on unequal appraisal protests. Testimony on House Bill 2559 came from developers and builders who said moratoriums in Conroe had delayed projects and harmed buyers, while supporters of the bill said it would impose clearer limits and notice requirements. On Senate Bill 2063, the sponsor explained a committee substitute narrowing how market value evidence may be used in unequal appraisal appeals. The committee also considered multiple local district bills, including new MUDs and management districts in Montgomery, Denton, Fannin, Travis, Hays, and Williamson counties. At the end of the meeting, the committee took up pending business and voted out several measures, including House Bill 1244, House Bill 2559, House Bill 467, House Bill 1327, House Bill 1399, House Bill 2723, House Bill 2730, House Bill 3307, House Joint Resolution 99, and multiple district bills such as Senate Bills 3037, 3043, 3047, 3048, 3050, 3052, 3053, 3056, 3057, 3063, and others. Most were reported favorably, often with committee substitutes, and many were recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. Several bills, including the transit-related SB 2519 and the manufactured housing bill SB 2764, remained pending subject to call after testimony closed.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 10th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

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  • With TDLR and have instruction by an approved program.
  • Would that be presumptively not a DEI program?
  • If a program has one African male in it, would that be... Presumed to be a DEI program?
  • Yeah, it's really depending on the program. It could be difficult for the program.
  • access to out-of-school programs across the state.