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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Health & Long-Term Care Jan 15th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Health & Long-Term Care
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm curious about when we see increased use of hospital services or increased use of medication, are
- I like your view of looking local at community-based.
- Washington State Office of the Governor.
- Many of us will thankfully never use all of the services that are covered by our health plan, but others
- Kennedy Jr., now head of the Department of Health and Human Services, stood on the steps of this Capitol
Committee:
Senate Health & Long-Term Care
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative presentation of The American Legion and multi VSOs: Minority Veterans of America, Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A, National Association of County Veterans Servic Feb 26th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Senate Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Veterans Service Officers, the Military Officers Association of America, National Association of State
- We created a network of trained, accredited service officers to represent Veterans in matters with the
- Last year, American Legion service officers helped more than 1.2 million veterans free of charge.
- Michael McLaughlin of the National Association of County Veterans Service Officers, Commander Rene Campos
- , on behalf of the National Association of County Veterans Service Officers, or NACVSO, I extend our
Committee:
Senate Senate Veterans' Affairs
Keywords:
veteran services, homelessness, unemployment, VA funding, mental health, congressional oversight, testimonies, American Legion, Dole Act, suicide prevention
Summary:
This meeting focused on veteran services, emphasizing the urgent need to address the alarming rate of unemployment and homelessness among veterans. Numerous testimonies were presented detailing the impact of mass furloughs and cutbacks at the VA on personnel, notably veterans who were serving as employees. Various representatives expressed deep concern over how these firings could drastically affect the quality of care available to those who have served the nation. There was a strong call for Congress to bolster funding for existing programs aimed at alleviating veteran homelessness and improving overall care quality, especially in mental health services.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/23/2026 - Senate Military Affairs and Border Security
Military Affairs and Border Security
Transcript Highlights:
- The second part of the bill establishes a chain of communication with the Department of Corrections The
- second part of the bill establishes a chain of communication with the Department of Corrections and
- You know, getting out of jail really helped me buy into VA services, buy into mental health services.
- of Veterans Services.
- the services he got, with the care, and the specificity of the types of things he needed.
Committee:
Senate Military Affairs and Border Security
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Health & Long-Term Care Feb 20th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Health & Long-Term Care
Transcript Highlights:
- solvency of the communities that they live in.
- If the Office of the Insurance Commissioner has cause to believe that an ambulance service has engaged
- If the ambulance service has engaged in a pattern of unresolved violations, the Department of Health
- If the Office of the Insurance Commissioner has cause to believe that an ambulance service has engaged
- I am the director for the Office of Health Systems Oversight with the Department of Health.
Committee:
Senate Health & Long-Term Care
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
An oversight hearing to examine Native communities' priorities for the 119th Congress. Feb 12th, 2025 at 01:30 pm
Indian Affairs Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Federal funding programs that deliver services and facilitate the sovereignty of self-determination of
- success of our communities.
- The inclusion of native Hawaiians in programs like the Office of Indian Energy, increased funding to.
- You've also mentioned the priority of making Treasury's Office of Tribal and Native Affairs permanent
- They wouldn't have the same types of encouragement or pride of being an Indian student in that community
Committee:
Senate Indian Affairs Committee
Keywords:
tribal sovereignty, healthcare, education, public safety, Economic Development, Tax Parity Act, PROTECT Act, trust obligations, bipartisan support, Indian Health Services
Summary:
The committee meeting focused on crucial issues facing tribal nations, particularly emphasizing the federal government's trust and treaty obligations. The discussions highlighted ongoing challenges such as disparities in healthcare, education, and public safety within Native communities. Chair Murkowski underscored the importance of listening to Native leaders and aligning congressional efforts with community needs, advocating for legislative actions that support tribal sovereignty and economic development. Various initiatives, including the Tax Parity Act and the PROTECT Act, aimed at addressing jurisdictional and financial disparities, were discussed in detail. A call for bipartisan support to alleviate the funding shortages affecting Indian Health Services was made several times during the meeting. Testimonies from tribal leaders and representatives emphasized the dire need for legislative support to enhance infrastructure, healthcare access, and public safety initiatives in tribal communities.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- As a reminder, the committee passed an identical substitute version of this bill out of committee on
- That kind of surprised me.
- and software costs are a major part of the cost of doing business.
- of Public Instruction's Office, to testify in support of Senate Bill 5901.
- Tammy Fallon, on behalf of the Department of Labor and Industries.
Bills:
HB2295
Committee:
House Capital Budget
Keywords:
Washington capital budget, supplemental capital budget, capital appropriations, state building construction account, taxable building construction account, climate commitment account, natural climate solutions, housing trust fund, affordable housing, supportive housing, homelessness, manufactured home communities, mobile home parks, school construction, school modernization, school seismic safety, healthy schools, school electrification, SCAP, behavioral health facilities
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- of Public Instruction's Office.
- I'm the president of Cascadia College, and I'm also chair of the Community Colleges' Capital Budget Committee
- These communities are critical... dollars for preservation of manufactured housing communities.
- the most prominent in terms of its service area.
- I'm the CEO of Homestead Community Land Trust, speaking on behalf of the Washington Coalition of Community
Bills:
HB2295
Committee:
House Capital Budget
Keywords:
Washington capital budget, supplemental capital budget, capital appropriations, state building construction account, taxable building construction account, climate commitment account, natural climate solutions, housing trust fund, affordable housing, supportive housing, homelessness, manufactured home communities, mobile home parks, school construction, school modernization, school seismic safety, healthy schools, school electrification, SCAP, behavioral health facilities
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- I wish we could geo-fence a lot of things, like our law enforcement officers that are constantly getting
- Medically unnecessary state surveillance of abortion care communicates that abortion care is somehow
- Fewer than half of the abortions provided in the state of New Mexico are for residents of the state,
- Kim Chavez-Cook with the law offices of the public defender.
- This was completely part of the structure of the house.
Committee:
House House Judiciary
Keywords:
medical malpractice, judgments, independent providers, insurance, personal assets, settlements, healthcare, healthcare privacy, electronic medical records, reproductive health, gender-affirming care, data protection, location tracking, confidentiality, SB30, induced abortion, abortion reporting, vital statistics, public health reporting, medical records
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- a definition of peace officer that excluded state police.
- Additionally, this could even affect the ability of peace officers or police officers to vote because
- reporting somewhere outside of the sheriff's office.
- If you changed to say "office" or "place of duty," an ICE agent's going to say my place of duty is, I
- And I had to make calls to the Secretary of State's office in the middle of election day before to say
Bills:
SB23 , SB221 , SB261 , SB264 , HB195 , HB279 , SB30 , HB234 , HB292 , SB100 , SB23 , SB221 , SB261 , SB264
Committees:
Senate Senate Judiciary , Senate House Judiciary
Keywords:
student use, wireless devices, public schools, policy implementation, education technology funding, misappropriation, petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, racketeering, criminal penalties, New Mexico, public safety, health regulations, community welfare, peace promotion, legislative reforms, election integrity, voter coercion, emergency procedures, polling place security
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture and Wildlife Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Agriculture and Wildlife
Transcript Highlights:
- Our economy is hundreds of millions of tax dollars each year, billions of pounds of meat produced.
- It's a coalition of organizations and individuals that advocate for communities, farmers who are hungry
- our communities within the state of Oklahoma.
- We do have an Oklahoma Food Service Advisory Council for the state of Oklahoma, which is a 14-member
- And as we look at, yes, I'm part of an urban community but also have rural parts in my urban community
Committee:
Senate Agriculture and Wildlife
Keywords:
feral swine, nuisance control, wildlife management, hunting permits, agriculture, cultivated meat, food safety, public health, misbranding, advertising, food labeling, food distribution, state regulations, hunting licenses, fishing licenses, veterans, controlled hunts, deer population, wildlife conservation, food policy
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- area, and an assessment of impacts on the local fire service, public hospital service, and emergency
- The WUCIOA governs various types of residential communities, such as condominiums and HOAs.
- Another type of community governed by the WUCIOA is a cooperative.
- This exemption also extends to labor and services to install eligible server equipment, purchases of
- This exemption also applies to sales of eligible power infrastructure and related labor and services
Committee:
House Finance
Keywords:
timberland, real estate, excise tax, governmental entities, property taxation, land bank, land banking authority, affordable housing, housing crisis, housing supply, public corporation, public housing authority, nonprofit housing, tax-foreclosed property, blight remediation, redevelopment, anti-displacement, equity, redlining, racial segregation
WA
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- of American Indian people and our community ties.
- Most of the services at the center are available to all members of the community, not just Native communities
- Thank you to each of you for your partnership and for believing in the power of community-driven development
- of Public Instruction's Office to testify in support of the proposed capital budget.
- speaking on behalf of the Washington State Coalition of Community Land Trusts, 24 organizations working
Bills:
HB2295
Committee:
House Capital Budget
Keywords:
Washington capital budget, supplemental capital budget, capital appropriations, state building construction account, taxable building construction account, climate commitment account, natural climate solutions, housing trust fund, affordable housing, supportive housing, homelessness, manufactured home communities, mobile home parks, school construction, school modernization, school seismic safety, healthy schools, school electrification, SCAP, behavioral health facilities
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Health and Public Affairs Jan 26th, 2026 at 01:45 pm
Senate Health & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- One of them, to strengthen the continuum of services that are available and accessible to young people
- of them, to strengthen the continuum of services that are available and accessible to young people that
- We also noted a lot of gaps in service types, particularly evidence-based services for kids that have
- because of the nature of some of the tribal communities and those dynamics around housing.
- So that would be services, a mix of services and the building. Okay.
Committee:
Senate Senate Health & Public Affairs
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Children and Youth Health Committee Jan 28th, 2026
Children and Youth Health
Transcript Highlights:
- Of of the states that you know, >> Okay.
- Why would you write a law when Apple, Google, and other providers of these services are way ahead of
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- . services. services.
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Committee:
Senate Children and Youth Health
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans Jan 20th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans
Transcript Highlights:
- of by the Office of Equity.
- this rather than the Office of Equity.
- I'm here on behalf of the Washington State Broadband Office and the Department of Commerce.
- I'm here on behalf of the Washington State Broadband Office and the Department of Commerce.
- of color, refugee, and immigrant communities as well.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Feb 12th, 2026 at 10:36 am
Senate Indian, Rural & Cultural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- None of them—well, ...three straight-up appropriation bills.
- None of them—well, actually, one is $33 million; not all that much money in the big scheme of things
- I don't see any concern with any of the three of them, and I'm happy with moving to doing votes for each
- They will receive a do pass out of the Senate Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Committee.
- I believe we will have two other pieces of legislation that will have a full hearing.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Fiscal Responsibility Committee Feb 11th, 2026
Fiscal Responsibility
Transcript Highlights:
- of Revenue would be required to submit an approved list of scholarship organizations each year to the
- </c><00:04:25.919><c> all</c> which again you'll have a list of all which again you'll have a list of
- </c> So the beneficiaries of these scholarships are students whose families earn below 300% of their
- The Department of Revenue may establish rules for the implementation and administration of this act.
- </c> kind of where it stands still right now. kind of where it stands still right now.
Committee:
House Fiscal Responsibility
Keywords:
religious instruction, elective credit, released time, public education, school policy, tax credit, scholarship, education funding, financial aid, federal participation, HB168, Alabama, emergency management, local emergency management organization, mutual aid, mutual aid agreement, disaster response, public safety, public health, state emergency management plan
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Early Learning & Human Services Feb 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Early Learning & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- This says a couple of things.
- This says a couple of things.
- your amendments or all of them?
- We took a couple of pieces out of the bill to do that, and also we had some awesome catches of further
- have a little bit of a difference of opinion here.
Committee:
House Early Learning & Human Services
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Human Services Jan 28th, 2026 at 05:45 pm
Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Persons convicted of certain offenses can be mandated to serve a period of time on community custody.
- The Department may issue warrants for the arrest of any person who violates a condition of community
- Right now, our laws allow people convicted of stalking to be screened out of community supervision once
- Persons convicted of certain offenses can be mandated to serve a period of time on community custody.
- while on community custody and individual period of time on community custody.
Committee:
Senate Human Services
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Human Services Jan 28th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Part of this bill is about in-home dependencies, which, by way of background, the Office of the Family
- coming out of the Office of the Ombudsman and from the Bureau of Health, the Department of Health, are
- Like 5% of our services are, Senator.
- This is timely access to community-based services.
- We do suggest that this bill more strongly focus on the role of community-based organizations and service
Committee:
Senate Human Services