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TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Apr 1st, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- I went online and I basically, I was part of a big doctor group.
- It's my understanding that this group does not have that.
- Right now, group home consultants get referred fees.
- There are issues with not really having an idea of how to approach group homes.
- Does the Fort Worth Department have a specific task force for group homes?
Bills:
SB331, SB883, SB926, SB1137, SB1138, SB1144, SB1151, SB1236, SB1270, SB1522, SB1869, SB2207, SB2422
Keywords:
healthcare, cost disclosure, transparency, administrative penalties, health facility compliance, COVID-19, off-label use, prescription drugs, patient access, medical standards, insurance, physician ranking, incentives, fiduciary duty, health plan issuers, SB 1137, group home, assisted living, residential care, board and care
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- group.
- Additions of key elements brought forward by that working group, bipartisan working group.
- He's been working with me and with the compact working group.
- So it's a huge group of states that are part of it.
- Sometimes it's also helped along by other groups, so was there some group or social work association
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
October 14, 2025 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- IT SERVES AROUND 3000 AND ROLLED IN THE SMALL GROUP MARKET.
- FOR PLAN YEAR 2026 OIR HAS APPROVED A 12.8% RATE INCREASE FOR SMALL GROUP PLANS.
- WE STILL HAVE ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE SMALL GROUP MARKETS IN THE COUNTRY.
- SIMILAR TO THE SMALL GROUP THE SMALLER MAP IS THE 2018 VIEW.
- Cobb: ALSO IS THE ACA SMALL GROUP MARKET A COMPETITIVE MARKET? >> Ms.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Religious liberty is our first, most cherished liberty, and that includes liberty for all faith groups
- Nothing now prevents any religious group or church from voicing concerns to our elected officials as
- , refugee groups, immigrant groups, and about half are Anglo.
- And when a broad group of people say this is important for our state, for faith, it's great for them
- So your, your group think that I'm not representing any group. Well, OK.
Bills:
HB 346, HB 1360, HB 1510, HB 1606, HB 1804, HB 1805, HB 2156, HB 2391, HB 2767, HB 3022, HB 3044, HB 3272, HB 3293, HB 3493, HB 3809, HB 3824, HJR 110, HB 2463
Keywords:
expedited service, business records, veteran-owned businesses, franchise tax, fee schedule, Texas Ethics Commission, election reporting, campaign finance, violation categorization, penalties, public disclosure, Texas Utilities Code, electric utility, retail electric provider, municipally owned utility, electric cooperative, vegetation management, tree trimming, line clearance, transmission line
NH
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- out surrounding areas. those groups are out surrounding areas. those groups are out there<01:59:
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- May I ask a follow to the group?<05:08:30.160>
Go group? Go group?
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- I think there are a couple of areas, specifically regarding self-insured groups.
- This group of people to study the beaver. to adopting the amendment.
- The group needs to come together and decide how it's going to be the best way.
- I know that's what the work group will do, but I just think that's critical for us.
- Just figure out how you want to run that out, but I'm sure the work group will do that.
HI
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regulatory group would bring together regulatory group would bring together - psychologist workg group. psychologist workg group. >> Okay. >> Okay.
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group. - get a working group established? get a working group established? >> No. >> No.
- we don't need to create a working group we don't need to create a working group to<01:23:15.280>
Keywords:
charter schools, public-private partnership, school facilities, education funding, community need, education, capital improvement, reporting, transparency, technical expertise, public school land transfer, Department of Education, DOE, land conveyance, fee simple title, tax map key, TMK, Act 307, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, Act 139
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The group met a total of 14 times over several months in the interim, with public listening sessions
- I served on the legislative working group that contributed to the changes HF 1268 seeks to make.
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we unfairly during the working group we unfairly during the working group we - We're a group of people.
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that that came from the working group that that came from the working group
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill came out of a working group that met monthly 2023 to 2024 involving stakeholders at all levels
- She worked with this working group for the entire year. Mr.
- , then a small group, Came to work on this bill.
- I don't know if it came up during the working group that this was still being used.
- The working group looked at a lot of research in putting together these recommendations.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 04/16/26
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- The A19 amendment would change the requirements for the group life, the group accidental death and dismemberment
- It's a friendly amendment. group life carriers or the carriers I group life carriers or the carriers
- group policies are of these other group policies are canceled<00:25:19.120>
and <00:25:19.280> - There's no intention to sort of group things in that fashion.
- There's no intention to sort of group There's no intention to sort of group things<00:37:12.760>
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- The guardrails, as we call them, are to say you can't drop your group coverage, your small group coverage
- The guardrails, as we call them, are to say you can't drop your group coverage, your small group coverage
- <00:20:47.120>
coverage it's just drop small group coverage it's just drop small group coverage - <00:21:14.640>
market's now because the small group market's now because the small group market's - I hope. to be through the small group market and to be through the small group market and you you you
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (2-27-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- We're also talking about a small group of people that came in after Vietnam up to prior to Desert Storm
- What I want to talk about are the groups involved with this bill.
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involved <00:30:01.480>with talk about are the groups involved with - talk about are the groups involved with this<00:30:02.240>
bill <00:30:03.240>so <00:30: - And they're a group that looks like they do a lot of good work, so I will vote.
Summary:
The Senate VMAP Committee met with a quorum and heard three bills. Senate Bill 144, sponsored by Senator Danny Carroll, would require destruction of firearms used in homicides and allow destruction of certain defaced, hazardous, unsafe, or owner-requested firearms, while prohibiting agencies from intentionally damaging firearms before transfer and requiring written agency policies. Senator Tichenor asked about lost auction revenue; KSP said it could not track homicide weapons separately, that auctions bring in about $1.2 million annually, and that most proceeds support Kentucky Homeland Security. Senators Boswell and others said they generally oppose destroying firearms but supported moving the bill forward; the bill passed favorably with no nays.
House Bill 191, sponsored by Representative Aaron Thompson and presented with state and veterans’ officials, would align Kentucky law with federal changes to allow additional burials in state veteran cemeteries for certain National Guard and Reserve veterans, their spouses, and dependents who were not previously eligible. Testimony explained the bill would cover veterans who served in reserve components without Title 10 activation, including those who assisted during floods, fires, and tornadoes, and clarified eligibility rules for spouses and children. Senators asked about minimum service and dependent eligibility, and the committee passed the bill favorably and unanimously.
Senate Bill 198, sponsored by Senator David Yates, addressed protection of veterans’ benefits by regulating third-party claims consultants. The committee adopted a substitute adding definitions and accreditation-related provisions, and Yates said the bill was intended to curb abusive fee practices and direct penalties to the special license plate fund for veterans. He explained the bill’s fee limits, including a cap tied to three times the monthly increase in benefits and an overall ceiling, while senators questioned whether the cap might discourage good actors and how the dollar limits would work. A veteran witness, Bob Casher, supported the bill and urged more public information on free claims assistance; the committee held further action while allowing guest comments, and the discussion focused on balancing consumer protection with access to legitimate consultants.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on State & Local Government (2-26-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- time they have bred and now are a group time they have bred and now are a group of<00:11:51.079>
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to interesting position for this group to interesting position for this group - He said he is opposed to any outside group making those appointments.
- because these are difficult groups to appease.
- try to appease all groups because these are<00:33:46.720>
difficult <00:33:46.919>groups
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Meeting Start: 00:12
SB 4 (Sen. Mays Bledsoe): 01:34
SB 58 (Sen. Webb): 04:53
SB 117 (Sen. Madon): 07:40
SB 121 (Sen. Wheeler): 10:52
SB 237 (Sen. Howell): 13:09
SB 71 (Sen. Boswell): 18:54
SB 174 (Sen. Nunn): 38:18
SB 176 (Sen. Nunn): 40:54
SB 183 (Sen. Nunn): 42:31
Adjournment: 49:51, 958, all
Summary:
The Senate State and Local Government Committee met and first considered Senate Bill 4, sponsored by Sen. Bledsoe, which would create a risk-based AI governance framework for state government and address AI-generated misinformation in campaigns and elections. The sponsor said the bill came from the AI task force and is intended to promote transparency, accountability, and responsible use of AI while distinguishing between internal and external systems. The committee took a roll call vote and reported the bill out 7-0.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 58, sponsored by Sen. Webb, which would allow Kentucky Retirement System benefits to be designated to a Special Needs Trust for a beneficiary. Webb said the bill would help families of special-needs children preserve benefits for supplemental needs such as adaptive equipment, technology, and medical or dental care not covered by government programs. He said retirement systems had provided no-impact letters, and the bill passed 7-0.
Members also approved Senate Bill 117, which would let cities adjust incentive payments for training by appointed and elected city officials and remove the statutory minimum from ordinance requirements, and Senate Bill 121, which would authorize county judges to contract with rescue groups to deal with wild horse herds in rural areas. SB 117 passed 10-0 and SB 121 passed 10-0. The committee then took up Senate Bill 71, as amended by a committee substitute, dealing with local library board appointments. Sen. Boswell said the bill was a compromise but that he preferred removing KDLA from the process entirely; library representatives opposed the committee substitute and said they wanted KDLA out of the selection process. Several senators expressed conditional support but said they wanted further changes, and the committee adopted the substitute and reported the bill out after a roll call vote with 10 yeas and 1 pass, with members noting they expected further floor amendments.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
JDC, JDC Public Hearings 04-02-2025
Transcript Highlights:
- For the working group for AVR? Uh, no.
- For the working group for AVR? Uh, Okay. For the working group for AVR?
- On um STR 158, this is the requesting the office of elections to convene a working group.
- On um STR 158, this is the requesting the office of elections to convene a working group.
- Uh we prop put convene a working group.
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee heard Senate Concurrent Resolution 158, which had been amended from an automatic voter registration-related request to a resolution urging the administration to follow the law and comply with federal court orders. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support, including from the League of Women Voters of Hawaii, the Democratic Party of Hawaii, the Hawaii State Teachers Association, Hawaii Coalition for Immigrant Rights, Hawaii women lawyers, and others. One witness spoke against automatic voter registration, warning it could be exploited by bad actors, though the chair clarified that the amended resolution was focused on court orders rather than AVR.
Members asked questions about whether states or Congress can enforce compliance with court orders and whether there were historical examples of presidents refusing to follow them. The response emphasized separation of powers, checks and balances, and the importance of state support for the rule of law. The committee then voted to accept the proposed SD1 for SCR 158; the measure passed with one no vote recorded from Senator Awa.
The committee also took up SCR 154, a resolution supporting implementation of applicable United Nations Human Rights Council universal periodic review recommendations. No testimony was received on that measure, and it was deferred. In a later decision-making agenda item, the committee considered a measure directing the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to include circuit and district court facilities in planning new correctional centers and to establish a release procedure away from residential communities and public spaces; the committee recommended passage as amended, and the measure passed without objection.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Mar 24th, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- I will remind members that in our current water plan, it tells us only two regional planning groups..
- The remaining 14 groups were unable to identify strategies that could meet the planning and user group
- On slide 3, the water user groups in the plan have identified. to five point six million acre-feet, a
- This is a map of the different planning groups around the state, 16 regional planning groups.
- The State Water Plan identifies six user groups: irrigation, municipal, manufacturing, steam electric
Bills:
SB7
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Nov 21st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- However, math scores remain stagnant for all groups. and are not recovering as quickly.
- and African American groups, all looking to try to force us to come back to the table.
- Between groups who might be suspended or expelled. There you go, thank you. Mr.
- And I did this with our middle school group last summer.
- And that group has plaintiffs.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (04/10/2025)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
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uh involvement was through a group uh involvement was through a group uh French - So, you know, we the Forest Society could bring that perspective to the working group.
- um another recycling group on this board<00:36:37.040>
as <00:36:37.200>well? - <00:38:59.960>
specifically don't think this group specifically don't think this group specifically - Um and um uh and outreach to new groups.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I went online and I basically, I was part of a big doctor group.
- It's my understanding that this group does not have that.
- Right now, group home consultants get referral fees for directing potential residents to group homes
- Does the Fort Worth department have a specific task force for group homes?
- It requires some unique identifying number, likely a group number, to be sufficient.
Bills:
SB331, SB883, SB926, SB1137, SB1138, SB1144, SB1151, SB1236, SB1270, SB1522, SB1869, SB2207, SB2422
Keywords:
healthcare, cost disclosure, transparency, administrative penalties, health facility compliance, COVID-19, off-label use, prescription drugs, patient access, medical standards, insurance, physician ranking, incentives, fiduciary duty, health plan issuers, SB 1137, group home, assisted living, residential care, board and care
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 883, which would protect physicians’ ability to prescribe off-label medications and treatments, framed by the author as a “Right to Treat” measure tied to COVID-19 care. Supporters, including physicians and patient-choice advocates, said the bill would safeguard the doctor-patient relationship and prevent interference by boards, pharmacies, or hospitals. Several witnesses described using hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, budesonide, antibiotics, steroids, and monoclonal antibodies during the pandemic, and said they faced complaints, board scrutiny, or pharmacy refusals for those prescriptions. The bill was left pending after public testimony closed.
The committee then took up Senate Bill 331, which would extend hospital price-transparency requirements to additional health care facilities such as freestanding ERs, urgent care and retail clinics, ambulatory surgical centers, outpatient clinics, and birthing centers. Proponents argued that broader disclosure of prices for shoppable services would help consumers compare costs and reduce surprise billing, while opponents from ambulatory surgery centers said the bill would impose costly compliance burdens on small providers and that insurers or the state already have much of the needed data. The bill was also left pending.
Senate Bill 2422 would expunge Texas Medical Board records and impose reparations for disciplinary actions tied to COVID-era treatment decisions, including references to ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, budesonide, and masks. The author and supporters argued that doctors were unfairly targeted for trying to save patients and should be made whole; the Texas Medical Board representative said most pandemic complaints were dismissed, that actions generally involved broader issues such as privileges, documentation, or informed consent, and that no physician was disciplined solely for prescribing off-label COVID medications. The bill was left pending.
Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 2207, which would loosen Texas Medical Board rules on physicians advertising themselves as board certified, especially by reducing barriers tied to maintenance of certification requirements. Supporters said the current rule is overly restrictive, inconsistent, and costly, and that it drives physicians out of practice; they also said Texas is one of only a few states with such a rule. Witnesses described hospitals using the rule against physicians and said the change would improve transparency and competition. The bill remained pending after testimony.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
250th Anniversary Celebration of the American Revolution Jun 21st, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- And I think that's something that is something for us to think about as a group too.
- And I think as this group keeps working together, I'm sure more ideas are going to come.
- I can take that from the minutes and send that out to the group. I think... ...about.
- I can take that from the minutes and send that out to the group.
- And I think that's a good direction for this group to be on, you know, for the next year.
Summary:
The State Commission on the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution DEIA Subcommittee met to share updates on 250th-related projects and to discuss how to ensure the commemoration is inclusive, statewide, and reflective of Black, Indigenous, and other underrepresented histories. Members described ongoing research and programming, including work in Quincy, Lexington, Bridgewater/Brockton, Mashpee, and other communities to identify Black revolutionary soldiers, Indigenous connections, and lesser-known local stories. Several members emphasized that the 250th should be framed as both commemoration and celebration, with attention to difficult histories as well as resilience, joy, and cultural contributions.
Dr. Noel Trent reported on the Museum of African American History’s exhibition Black Voices of the Revolution, funded by Mass 250, which opened June 30 and will run through 2026 or into 2027. He described the exhibit’s use of AI tools, archaeological finds from Nantucket and Boston, and related programming. Other members highlighted Mass Humanities’ Expand Massachusetts Stories funding round, including support for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and likely additional Indigenous-led projects, as well as a statewide equity playbook being drafted for Mass 250 fundraising and engagement. Sheila Green of Massachusetts 250 then presented an overview of the statewide campaign, including advertising, social media, a website with events and blogs, 96 grants totaling $3 million, partnerships with sports teams and cultural organizations, and major upcoming events such as Evacuation Day, the Henry Knox reenactment, Sail Boston 250, and World Cup-related activity.
During discussion, members suggested practical ways to improve inclusion and outreach, including sharing stories through blogs, podcasts, and a centralized project tracker, and highlighting museums and community programs that offer joy, rest, and cultural activities alongside historical interpretation. Dr. Trent raised concern that some Massachusetts 250 merchandise, such as T-shirts, did not adequately reflect the diversity of the state, and Green said the team was considering a redesign. The subcommittee agreed to compile a summary of stories, names, and examples for the full commission, and to continue sharing photos and materials by email for possible presentation at a future commission meeting. The meeting ended with a motion to adjourn, which was approved unanimously.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Special Committee on Rural Issues Jan 14th, 2026
Special Committee on Rural Issues
Transcript Highlights:
- Lots of commodity groups and organizations... Schools already, you know, done the pilot program.
- And so that's a very important amendment, since there's so... ...kinds of commodity groups.
- A lot of these groups already have... ...of extra work if they want to choose to be a part of it.
- A lot of these groups already have people that come in and help instruct the time.
- Missouri Farmers Care is a coalition of over 45 agriculture groups in this state.