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AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Healthcare Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Healthcare

Transcript Highlights:
  • I heard of last.
  • However, it does not expand the scope of practice to other types of examination of the...
  • board of governance. ...same kind of board of governance.
  • That could be taking care of heart attacks or other real patients, driving costs up for the rest.
  • of things.
Bills: HB194, SB87, SB237
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/11/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • of running those administrative costs of running those organizations<00:30:11.159> are<00:30:
  • Baton Rouge, for instance, taxes it at 1.5% to cover the cost of supervision.
  • Baton Rouge, for instance, taxes it at 1.5% to cover the cost of supervision.
  • in the out years, and a lot of those program costs are for people with disabilities and elders.
  • In the past, there's been a lot of misinformation about the cost of this bill, with some state lawmakers
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Mar 11th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's the intent of the bill to shift the cost of the emergency response to the offender, correct?
  • Do you have a sense of the cost of the emergency response that people would be required to pay?
  • All of them have a cost to roll out in a town of 5,000 to 6,000 people.
  • Pass off the cost there are ways that the current bill does that first of all in the state jail felony
  • class. of these type of perpetrators.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Hied Committee Meeting - 2026-03-26

Higher Education Finance and Policy

TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 16th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • To my knowledge, none of this funding goes to operational or administrative costs.
  • We'll be happy to discuss the cost structure of the bill, and we'll be happy to discuss the cost structure
  • Those are the costs. And this comes, Mr. Chairman, from the Department of Labor.
  • It shows the cost of... You got a copy? You got a copy? Yep. Sure, please pass it down.
  • That was the cost of a total of $115 million. That's right.
Summary: The meeting of the committee focused on several bills aimed at enhancing the operational efficiency of Texas transportation and port authorities. Key discussions included the implications of SB2080, which seeks to streamline operations for navigation districts by raising procurement authority, exempting security discussions from recording requirements, and aligning Texas ports with national standards to foster economic growth. Senator Alvarado advocated fervently for the bill, emphasizing its positive impact on competitiveness with ports in states like Virginia and New Jersey. Public testimony reflected mixed responses, with strong support from industry representatives but opposition from some municipal authorities concerned about the potential overreach of port authorities into local development.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • To my knowledge, none of this goes to operational or administrative costs.
  • Those are the costs. And this comes, Mr. Chairman, from the Department of Labor.
  • It shows the cost of... Got a card copy? Got a copy? Yep. Sure, please pass it down.
  • That was the cost of a total of $115 million. That's right. Go ahead.
  • Testimony of both the police chief and the fire chief as to the cost related to the acquisition of capital
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

State Committee Meeting - 2025-04-03

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Bethke, Deputy General Counsel at the Office of the Secretary of State for the Department of Justice,
  • the costs and needs of our state earlier in the system, so that we gather those efficiencies.
  • of aging to assure the quality of life at every stage.
  • Of course, all of the ethnic councils, the entire objective of the subcabinet is to...
  • Outside of my advocacy work, I do a ton of canvassing.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 4/3/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • the costs and needs of our state earlier in the system, so that we gather those efficiencies.
  • <00:29:34.760> of<00:29:34.880> our<00:29:35.120> state some of the costs and
  • needs of our state some of the costs and needs of our state earlier<00:29:36.440> in<00:29:36.559
  • and developmental disabilities in 1946. defends the rights of all of our defends the rights of all of
  • the results of the cast report as of the results of the cast report as of December<01:22:13.800>
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Session May 1st, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • All costs of election administration relating to processing petitions should be passed on by the election
  • Do you have an estimate of how much this legislation would increase costs for community groups who are
  • different personnel costs, the cost of mailing, and the cost of sending or scanning in copies and sending
  • But under the provisions of the bill, it has to be based on actual costs, an estimate of actual cost
  • On lines 575 through 578 of the amendment, It says these costs include operating and personnel costs
Bills: HB 1520, HB 1545, HJR 110, HJR 203, HB 245, HB 1465, HB 1482, HB 294, HB 793, HB 809, HB 3928, HB 334, HB 2037, HB 1973, HB 285, HB 4341, HB 4264, HB 1043, HB 837, HB 1234, HB 1193, HB 1194, HB 1646, HB 1729, HB 2498, HB 1314, HB 2295, HB 1353, HB 1531, HB 1988, HB 5398, HB 3960, HB 3923, HB 1407, HB 1764, HB 2221, HB 2214, HB 2517, HB 2518, HB 2213, HB 5008, HB 5092, HB 3421, HB 3663, HB 3748, HB 3800, HB 3756, HB 2613, HB 3782, HB 5246, HB 4344, HB 4044, HB 4066, HB 2702, HB 2807, HB 2869, HB 2898, HB 3181, HB 3250, HB 4153, HB 2091, HB 2115, HB 2542, HB 2768, HB 3349, HB 3352, HB 4406, HB 1593, HB 1899, HB 3133, HB 4432, HB 4960, HB 3214, HB 3915, HB 3508, HB 2145, SB 304, SB 608, SB 2312, SB 494, SB 530, HB 45, HB 2520, HB 35, HB 47, HB 318, HB 349, HB 554, HB 1359, HB 1373, HB 2254, HB 2259, HB 2853, HB 3073, HB 3088, HB 353, HB 355, HB 786, HB 762, HB 705, HB 932, HB 849, HB 1119, HB 3041, HB 713, HB 3104, HB 3970, HB 4042, HB 4490, HB 1731, HB 2607, HB 3689, HB 1788, HB 1612, HB 138, HB 15, HB 1971, HB 1338, HB 2989, HB 267, HB 1201, HB 2954, HB 5265, HB 1804, HB 5061, HB 1520, HB 1545, HJR 110, HJR 203, HB 1887, HB 1914, HB 2402, HB 2306, HB 1809, HB 2350, HB 3000, HB 3237, HB 3326, HB 3211, HB 1056, HB 2081, HB 2187, HB 3092, HB 3308, HB 3526, HB 3750, HB 3527, HB 4219, HB 4230, HB 4290, HB 5238, HB 4804, HB 4749, HB 245, HB 1465, HB 1482, HB 294, HB 793, HB 809, HB 3928, HB 334, HB 2037, HB 1973, HB 285, HB 4341, HB 4264, HB 1043, HB 837, HB 1234, HB 1193, HB 1194, HB 1646, HB 1729, HB 2498, HB 1314, HB 2295, HB 1353, HB 1531, HB 1988, HB 5398, HB 3960, HB 3923, HB 1407, HB 1764, HB 2221, HB 2214, HB 2517, HB 2518, HB 2213, HB 5008, HB 5092, HB 3421, HB 3663, HB 3748, HB 3800, HB 3756, HB 2613, HB 3782, HB 5246, HB 4344, HB 4044, HB 4066, HB 2702, HB 2807, HB 2869, HB 2898, HB 3181, HB 3250, HB 4153, HB 2091, HB 2115, HB 2542, HB 2768, HB 3349, HB 3352, HB 4406, HB 1593, HB 1899, HB 3133, HB 4432, HB 4960, HB 3214, HB 3915, HB 3508, HB 2145, HCR 6, HCR 12, HCR 34, HCR 50, HCR 55, HCR 58, HCR 70, HCR 71, HCR 72, HCR 74, HCR 75, HCR 78, HCR 80, HCR 93, HCR 100, HCR 107, HCR 116, HCR 117, HCR 90
Summary: The Florida House considered multiple bills on Day 59 of the legislative session. Key legislation included CS for HB 1103 on developmental disabilities services, which expanded a pilot program statewide while maintaining current contracts. CS for SB 1730 addressed affordable housing with amendments protecting historic districts. CS for HB 443 on charter schools allowed stricter codes of conduct and virtual student athletic participation. CS for HB 209 prohibited golf courses and hotels in state parks. Lucy's Law (CS for HB 289) increased boating safety penalties and education requirements. CS for HB 1205 significantly restricted citizen ballot initiatives by requiring petition circulator registration, limiting volunteer collections to 25 signatures, adding financial impact statements, and imposing new penalties. The House also passed bills on animal cruelty databases, waste incineration restrictions, and spectrum alerts for individuals with developmental disabilities.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare May 20th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • We did remove the liaisons of the police department actually being a part of the bill.
  • I'm kind of still re-engrossing. I kind of do that sometimes to get it.
  • The whole point of all of this, and I know that this is not The point of all of this, and I know that
  • And we can't stop all of them. We absolutely cannot stop all of them.
  • the information, many of you had never heard any of this.
Bills: SB237
Summary: The House Committee on Health and Welfare met on April 20 and took up Senate Bill 237 by Senator Barrow, a child welfare measure addressing the duties of the state child ombudsman, DCFS, public reporting, confidentiality, critical incident reviews, multidisciplinary investigative teams, forensic interviews, mandatory reporter training, and related child abuse and neglect procedures. Before discussion, the committee reconsidered and withdrew a previously adopted amendment set, then heard the bill re-read and reviewed a new amendment package developed through meetings among Senator Barrow, Representatives Spell and Berault, DCFS, and the ombudsman’s office. Members described the revised bill as narrowing and clarifying several provisions: reducing the number of law enforcement liaisons, limiting death/near-fatality notifications to legislative leadership and committee chairs with later notice to affected district members if substantiated, adjusting medical review language, and adding quality-improvement and training components. Other changes included keeping school-related reports routed to law enforcement, changing some mandatory language to discretionary language for certain child-on-child sexual abuse situations, aligning multidisciplinary team procedures with existing interagency protocols, and making technical revisions to reduce burden and likely lower the fiscal note. The committee also adopted a separate amendment to include recreation language for the Department of Children and Family Services. Senator Barrow and several representatives emphasized that the goal was to improve child protection and review processes while making the bill workable for DCFS and other agencies. They noted the importance of outside review, ombudsman access to records, and using review findings to drive implementation changes. After no objections, the committee adopted the amendment sets and reported Senate Bill 237 favorably with amendments. The meeting then adjourned.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare May 20th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • We kind of ran out of time. Scoping and some of those matters.
  • And that is kind of at the core of this bill.
  • That system can generate a lot of data: time in homelessness, time of exit, cost-benefits.
  • we were serious about reducing homelessness, we should focus on the real driver: the rising cost of
  • I agree with the rising cost of a mortgage and all those things.
Bills: SB237
Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Welfare met on May 20, 2026, with eight members present and approved the May 13 minutes. The committee quickly reported several bills favorably, including SB 1224, which requires DCFS review when a pregnancy involves a child under 17 and makes children under 12 a child in need of care; SB 1100, which repeals an old statute on unenriched bread; HB 1220, a continuation of prior work to codify certain provisions related to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; HB 1231, clarifying that continuous glucose monitoring is covered through Medicaid for any insulin-dependent diabetic, including gestational diabetes; and HB 198, setting reimbursement rates for ambulatory surgery centers for certain Medicaid procedures. The committee also adopted a personal privilege welcome for physicians on White Coat Day and repeatedly noted that several bills were being advanced with the understanding that further work might continue before floor debate. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 1160, which would create a streamlined restricted license pathway for qualified international medical school graduates, especially for rural and shortage areas. Committee members pressed the Board of Medical Examiners about delays in promulgating rules under an earlier 2024 law and objected to rule language they said went beyond the statute. Board representatives acknowledged a misunderstanding about the original bill’s intent and said the program had been operating, but members warned against agencies writing rules that contradict enacted law. Despite the criticism, HB 1160 was reported favorably. The committee also reported favorably HCR 67, which creates a task force to study gaps in acute care for special-needs adults and children, following emotional testimony from the sponsor about her son’s death and the lack of appropriate care options. The committee then approved HCR 27, calling for a coordinated statewide evaluation of autism services by the Department of Health and Department of Education, with testimony emphasizing rising diagnosis rates, rural provider shortages, and the need for better data and coordination between medical and school-based services. HCR 28, which would study school nurse orientation and training, was also reported favorably after school nurses described the lack of standardized onboarding for new graduates and the risks of placing them alone in schools without adequate supervision. HB 469, which would have allowed pharmacy license renewal fees to be directed to Xavier University’s pharmacy school as well as public schools, was deferred after concerns about diverting funds from public institutions and the absence of testimony from affected schools. The committee also took up HB 223, which recreates DCFS, and adopted an amendment shortening the sunset date and requiring law enforcement reports to be accepted through a secure web-based platform; the bill was then reported favorably as amended. Another major discussion centered on HB 457 and HB 616, both tied to homelessness. HB 457, establishing minimum standards for shelters and related facilities, was reported favorably as amended after sponsor testimony and support cards. HB 616, which would allow the legislative auditor and local officials access to records and databases for audits of homelessness initiatives, drew extensive debate over privacy, federal funding, and accountability. Supporters cited a 2025 audit showing more than $216 million in federal homelessness spending in New Orleans and argued that auditors need access to performance data to detect waste and abuse; opponents warned about client privacy and the impact of funding cutoffs. The committee adopted an amendment changing permissive language to mandatory language for enforcement and then continued hearing testimony, with the discussion still centered on balancing oversight with confidentiality.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

State of the Union Address by the President of the United States (Tuesday, February 24, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And record-setting inflation that cost the typical family $34,000 in just a speck of time.
  • I'm also confronting one of the biggest ripoffs of our times: the crushing costs of health care caused
  • The cost of Madam Secretary, thank you.
  • the crushing costs ripoffs of our times, the crushing costs of<01:17:18.880> health<01:17:19.199
  • I'm also ending the wildly inflated cost of prescription drugs like has never happened before.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WLA-EDU, EDU Public Hearings 02-18-2026

Water, Land, Culture and the Arts

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think I just want to put out there, um, there's housing and then there's the cost of housing.
  • <00:50:08.079> weren't<00:50:08.400> a costs of credit based tuition weren't a costs
  • tuition rates, that offsets the cost of the instruction.
  • It passed out of committee, and you continue to say that the cost was a million dollars.
  • $15 per child, and that would be our annual cost of $157,000. >> Right.
Bills: SB2003
Summary: The joint committees on Water, Land, Culture, and the Arts and Education heard testimony and discussed SB 20003, which would require the auditor’s report under Act 255 to include a recommendation on whether the Monarch Stewardship and Oversight Authority is fit to continue managing Monaca lands. Testimony focused on the bill’s reversion language, the role of the auditor, and whether the measure gave the auditor too much discretion without clear criteria. The Office of the Auditor’s position, read into the record, was that it had strong reservations because the bill did not provide standards for assessing fitness and asked that the requirement be held or amended. Other testimony suggested a work group with relevant agencies and Hawaiian practitioners to manage the transition and reduce conflict. Committee members debated whether the bill should simply restore the original reversion language or also require an audit-based fitness determination. Several members questioned the need for a 2031 audit when Act 255 already provides for a performance and financial audit in 2031 and noted that the bill could shift authority away from the legislature. In response, the committee chair explained that the measure was intended to restore language removed during conference and to address the transition back to the University of Hawaii if the authority was not meeting the act’s purpose. The committees ultimately recommended SB 20003 be passed with amendments. The amendments would strike the auditor/audit section, add language addressing timelines by providing a 10-year lease extension and sublease extension, and make technical changes including a defective date. The committees voted to adopt the amended measure and send it forward as an SD1. The transcript also included a separate Education Committee hearing on SB 3286, which would require the University of Hawaii to develop a facilities and student housing master plan and report to the legislature. University of Hawaii testimony said the system supports the intent but that the bill’s requirements are a heavy lift across 10 campuses and should follow development of a broader academic strategy. Members raised concerns about deferred maintenance, shifting priorities, and the lack of a systemwide plan, while the university said it already has a six-year capital improvement plan but acknowledged it does not fully incorporate the broader academic and housing strategy the bill contemplates.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Address to Congress by the President of the United States (Tuesday, March 4, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I withdrew from the unfair Paris Climate Accord, which was costing us trillions of dollars that other
  • A major focus of our fight to defeat inflation is rapidly reducing the cost of energy.
  • That's what that one day was cost us a lot of money. But we're going to do it in April.
  • It was built at tremendous cost of American blood and treasure.
  • > and at tremendous cost of American blood and at tremendous cost of American blood and treasure<
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • I want to put a few highlights together of some of the things that I think I’m most proud of: the investments
  • of some of the few highlights together of some of the things<00:01:46.640> that<00:01:46.799>
  • <00:01:47.799> of things that I think I'm most proud of of things that I think I'm most proud
  • As many of you all know, we have a lot of issues in the state of Kentucky where fairs have kind of gone
  • , and there is a lot of turnover because of that.
Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government met with Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell to discuss the Department of Agriculture’s current budget priorities and the impact of recent legislative investments. Shell praised funding for the Farms to Food Bank program, saying it helps food banks serve Kentuckians, especially seniors, while also supporting farmers. He also highlighted County Fair Grant funding, noting a $250,000 increase helped finance a record nine county fair projects, and he described the Raising Hope rural mental health, suicide prevention, and farm safety program as life-saving, citing one event in Owensboro where 14 people were sent to the hospital after health screenings. Shell also addressed emergency preparedness and bird flu response, saying the department’s Division of Emergency Preparedness and Response is working effectively and that Kentucky has not had affected commercial or backyard flocks, only some wild geese cases. He discussed federal efforts to address egg prices and avian influenza, including biosecurity, farmer relief, and research funding, and said he expects those actions to affect prices in the coming months. He also urged the committee to codify Senate Bill 28 and referenced House Joint Resolution 371, which he said would allow the department to retain $5 million for rural economic development efforts aimed at attracting processors and other large-scale operations. In response to questions from Representative Hart, Shell said the department’s disaster role is mainly to coordinate response plans and identify agricultural needs for state and federal relief, rather than provide direct relief funding itself. He said recent flooding in Eastern Kentucky has mainly affected hay supplies for livestock producers, and that the department is working with the Cattlemen’s Association and UK Extension to locate affected farmers and secure hay donations. Shell closed by asking for continued support for agriculture economic development and for improved staff recruitment and retention, saying the department struggles to compete with other state agencies for employees. The meeting ended with thanks and adjournment, with the next meeting announced for the following Thursday.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • The third reading of the bill, Senate Bill 1475 by Blair of the House and Sands of the Senate, is an
  • The second reading of the bill, Senate Bill 1447 by Marty of the House and Alahar of the Senate, an act
  • Third reading of the bill, Senate Bill 1521 by Maynard of the House and Hamilton of the Senate, an act
  • Third reading of the bill, Senate Bill 592 by Moore of the House and Reinhardt of the Senate, an act
  • Third reading of the bill, Senate Bill 1533 by Smith of the House and Stanley of the Senate, an act relating