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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Legislators Call for Home Care Nursing Compliance - 05/14/26
Transcript Highlights:
- Health plans are not lawmakers.
- Health plans are not lawmakers.
- Health<00:15:33.720><c> plans</c><00:15:34.280><c> are</c><00:15:34.480><c> not</c><00:15:35.000><c> lawmakers
- </c><00:15:35.800><c> They</c><00:15:36.000><c> can</c> Health plans are not lawmakers.
- They can Health plans are not lawmakers.
Summary:
Senators and House members held a press event in support of HF 4188, a bill addressing commercial insurance coverage for home care nursing for medically complex children who also receive medical assistance. Speakers said the issue arose after Medica and HealthPartners began imposing caps on coverage that had been provided for years under Minnesota law, and argued that the change would shift costs to Medicaid and taxpayers, create budget pressure, and force families to reduce other needed services. They emphasized that home care nursing is distinct from short-term home health visits and said the bill would prohibit quantity limits and clarify that insurers must continue covering authorized nursing care.
Parents and family members described the impact on children who depend on continuous skilled nursing to remain safely at home, including one family whose child Nash has spent extensive time hospitalized and another speaker who said her niece Isabel’s care showed how many nurses, aides, and hospice workers are involved in these cases. Testimony stressed that the coverage caps could lead to more hospitalizations, ICU stays, and trauma for children and families, while costing more overall than home care. Several lawmakers, including Sen. Matt Klein and Rep. Robert Bierman, said the statute’s original intent was clear in 2010 and that the plans’ reinterpretation and the Commerce Department’s response should be corrected.
Lawmakers said the Commerce and Consumer Protection Conference Committee has completed its work but is being kept open for the remaining days of session in hopes of resolving the issue this year. In response to questions, supporters said the bill is intended as a clarification rather than a new mandate, that it would simply bar caps on already-authorized home care nursing, and that they believe there is support to move it through the House and Senate before adjournment.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on H.F. 4188 - Omnibus Commerce and Consumer Protection - Part 2 - 05/12/26
Transcript Highlights:
- Health plans are not lawmakers.
- And it was a deliberate choice by lawmakers to address it in that method.
- c><00:19:55.440><c> plans</c><00:19:55.880><c> are</c><00:19:56.040><c> not</c><00:19:56.520><c> lawmakers
- </c> Health [snorts] plans are not lawmakers. Health [snorts] plans are not lawmakers.
- lawmakers lawmakers to<00:20:38.600><c> address</c><00:20:38.960><c> it</c><00:20:39.160><c> in</c><
Summary:
The committee heard public testimony on a health insurance/home care nursing provision and on other consumer protection items. Nick Keis and Emily Walters, both parents of medically complex children, testified that commercial health plans had recently begun capping home care nursing as if it were intermittent home health visits, which they said was contrary to Minnesota law and legislative intent dating to 2010. They described severe impacts on their families, including hospitalizations, loss of nursing coverage, strain on waiver budgets, and the risk of children being forced out of the home and into institutions. Representative Bierman echoed that the bill was a straightforward clarification of existing law, not a new mandate or added cost, and a staff member later cited the statutory definition of home care nursing as ongoing, continuous nursing services that cannot be met through intermittent or visit-based care. The committee also discussed the practical difference between home health visits and private duty/home care nursing, with testimony emphasizing that the latter is medically necessary, assessed, and not unlimited in practice.
Laura Sales of the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office testified on changes to the Consumer Protection Restitution Fund (CIPRA). She said the fund has begun distributing restitution, starting with consumers harmed by the closure of Woodbury Dental Arts, but that current statutory language limits the office’s flexibility to prorate payments. She asked for an amendment allowing the AGO to distribute available funds more equitably so more eligible consumers can receive some payment, rather than requiring full payment to the oldest claims first.
Annette Meeks, representing Citizens Against Gambling Expansion, testified in support of banning sweepstakes gambling in the Commerce Committee omnibus report. She argued that online sweepstakes casinos are an illegal gray-market form of gambling, cited rapid growth and billions in revenue, and said other states have acted through enforcement and legislation to stop them. She urged the committee to include language from Senate File 4474 to clarify state law and prohibit sweepstakes gambling. No votes were taken in the portion of the meeting shown; members mainly asked questions and received testimony.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- And so yet our message as lawmakers is we have to do something about crime, but we certainly don't put
- are the people we put in between the law-abiding citizens and those who would commit violence, our lawmakers
- are the people we put in between the law-abiding citizens and those who would commit violence, our lawmakers
- The problem is when Santa Fe lawmakers passed laws, The problem is when Santa Fe lawmakers pass laws
- I think that this is why people are so frustrated with lawmakers up here, as we shotgun poor legislation
Committees:
Senate Senate Judiciary , Senate House Judiciary
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- We recognize that we wouldn't be so specific that, as individual lawmakers, we would come together and
- But Senator Pope, I would tell you that today, because of, well, shotgun lawmaking that we do here, we
- And what the crazy thing is, is if you look at the course curriculum based on lawmakers' shotgun law
- The idea is to take this out of the lawmakers' hands, put it into a council that lawmakers created.
- As lawmakers, we are regularly challenged with balancing the needs between the health and welfare of
Summary:
The Senate opened with roll call, an invocation, pledges, and a series of announcements and guest introductions tied to several recognition days, including Disability Rights Awareness Day, Elevate the Spectrum Day, Geothermal Rising Legislative Day, DWI Awareness Day, and Adult Education and Literacy Day. Senators also welcomed guests for New Mexico Down Syndrome Day and other constituent visits, and the chamber read certificates recognizing the Hurley family and the New Mexico Military Museum, as well as adult education and literacy programs across the state. Testimony and remarks highlighted the service of the Hurley family, the importance of adult education for workforce and civic participation, and the contributions of people with disabilities and their families. The Senate adopted multiple committee reports and received House messages on several bills and resolutions.
On third reading, the Senate passed Senate Bill 96, as amended, which streamlines child care licensing and reduces administrative barriers to opening or expanding child care homes and centers; an HOA-related floor amendment was adopted after discussion about local restrictions and neighborhood traffic concerns. The chamber then passed Senate Bill 14, as amended, which expands the state’s health professional loan repayment program with $25 million in funding split between physicians and allied health professionals/nurses, with questions focused on eligibility, prioritization, and whether the funding would be sufficient to address shortages. Senators also debated the bill’s support for part-time service and its role in helping New Mexico compete for medical workers.
The Senate next passed Senate Bill 104 unanimously, establishing a process for removing a wildlife commissioner that requires gubernatorial initiation, notice and a hearing, and direct review by the state Supreme Court; debate centered on due process, the removal standard of incompetence, neglect of duty, or malfeasance, and how the new process compares with prior law. Finally, the chamber took up Senate Bill 50, which would give the Law Enforcement Training Standards Council more flexibility to set training curricula for officers, especially in rural departments; sponsors said the bill preserves minimum training while allowing updates for current issues, but several senators raised concerns that the measure could weaken explicit statutory requirements for domestic violence and sexual assault training and asked how those topics would remain protected in the future curriculum.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- indicates that 80% of that spending, or spending now makes up 6% of our state's budget, and some lawmakers
- indicates that 80% of that spending, or spending now makes up 6% of our state's budget, and some lawmakers
- I've heard many of our own lawmakers express concerns about how we are caring for seniors, especially
Committee:
All REVENUE & TAX - SENATE
Summary:
The Senate Revenue and Tax Committee met to consider Senate Bill 1, sponsored by Senator Jonathan Dismang, which continues the state’s long-running effort to reduce Arkansas income tax rates. Dismang said the bill would lower the personal income tax rate retroactive to January 1, 2026 and delay the corporate income tax change until the following January, bringing the rate down from 7% to 3.7%. He also said the bill would use existing surplus funds and estimated that a person making $65,000 would see their effective tax burden reduced by about 45% compared with earlier rates.
The committee heard several witnesses in opposition, including a United Methodist pastor/social worker, a parent describing her son’s disability and need for supported living services, representatives from Arkansas Appleseed and Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, and a Marshallese community advocate. They argued that Arkansas should preserve revenue for public schools, health care, food assistance, housing, rural hospitals, early childhood education, and disability services, and said the tax cuts would disproportionately benefit higher-income taxpayers while providing little relief to working families. Several speakers cited low state spending relative to national averages and warned that further cuts would worsen existing service gaps.
In closing, Dismang and other supporters said the state can be both compassionate and competitive, that no essential services would be cut by the bill, and that Arkansas has continued to grow revenue despite prior tax reductions. Members emphasized balancing service funding with economic competitiveness and noted the legislature’s focus on lower-income tax brackets in earlier reforms. The committee then voted to do pass SB1, and the bill was approved.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee Apr 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- spending outside of the Merced-to-Bakersfield segment imposed by SB 198 and is requesting that state lawmakers
- spending outside of the Mercedes-to-Bacredsfield segment imposed by SB198 and is requesting that state lawmakers
- High-Speed Rail, provides independent oversight of the project and is an important resource to state lawmakers
Summary:
The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on April 22, 2026, with a quorum present and first took up a large consent calendar. It moved a set of bills to the Assembly Floor consent calendar by unanimous vote, including AB 1773, 1785, 1828, 1873, 1918, 2001, 2085, 2173, 2412, 2536, 2644, and 2781, and separately approved another group of unanimous bills not eligible for floor consent, including AB 1544, 1555, 1614, 1621, 1637, 1704, 1816, 1933, 2529, 2559, 2663, and 2731. The committee then heard several individual bills, with each author describing the measure and witnesses generally testifying in support; no organized opposition was recorded on the bills discussed.
Among the measures heard, AB 2393 would create fixed statutory damages for certain false imprisonment and arrest claims, while exempting peace officers, custodial officers, and public entities. AB 1697 would delay implementation of a recently enacted prohibition on employment contracts that require workers to repay employer debts if they leave a job, and AB 2534 would extend Domestic Violence Prevention Act restraining order protections to attempted forced marriages and survivors of forced marriages. AB 1608 would strengthen the High-Speed Rail Inspector General’s office by adding staffing and contracting authority, requiring public reports, and allowing limited temporary confidentiality for sensitive information; the bill drew questions from members about transparency and whether information could be withheld, but the author and Inspector General said the measure would increase accountability and only allow narrow, time-limited confidentiality.
The committee also approved AB 1916, which would allow American Sign Language interpreters to participate in the same collective bargaining process as other certified court interpreters, and AB 1803, which would require anti-hate speech training as part of workplace harassment prevention training for employers with five or more employees. AB 1821 would change Public Records Act response timelines from calendar days to business days, with local government sponsors arguing it would better reflect actual processing time for broad and complex requests without reducing access. AB 1919 would establish election procedures to let voters decide the future of Santa Cruz Metro service funding after a one-time grant expires. Each of these bills was moved forward on due pass votes, with some members not voting on certain measures. The committee then approved a long suspense file, and the remaining suspense bills were deemed approved without further discussion.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee Apr 22nd, 2026
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- spending outside of the Merced-to-Bakersfield segment imposed by SB 198 and is requesting that state lawmakers
- spending outside of the Mercedes-to-Bacredsfield segment imposed by SB198 and is requesting that state lawmakers
- Rail office, provides independent oversight of the project and is an important resource to state lawmakers
Committee:
House Appropriations
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 28 January, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- He prayed that the lawmakers would remember they are creatures created by God, that they would be humble
- that<00:07:32.800><c> before</c><00:07:33.120><c> we</c><00:07:33.360><c> are</c><00:07:33.919><c> lawmakers
- </c><00:07:34.639><c> or</c><00:07:34.960><c> leaders</c> that before we are lawmakers or leaders that
- before we are lawmakers or leaders or<00:07:35.840><c> legislators,</c><00:07:36.880><c> Lord,</c><00
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- A promise that lawmakers will no longer look the other way when victims cry out for help.
- .<00:07:51.520><c> A</c><00:07:51.759><c> promise</c><00:07:52.000><c> that</c><00:07:52.319><c> lawmakers
- A promise that lawmakers will promise.
- A promise that lawmakers will no<00:07:53.360><c> longer</c><00:07:53.680><c> look</c><00:07:53.840><
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Budget Targets Eliminate The Deficit But Cut From Committees / Advancing Education in Minnesota Apr 6th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And we as lawmakers and then as educators need to do our best to make sure there are pathways into all
- :17.520><c> as</c> suffered from that mentality and we as suffered from that mentality and we as lawmakers
- and then as Educators need to lawmakers and then as Educators need to do<00:08:20.560><c> our</c><00
- And we as lawmakers and then as educators need to do our best to make sure there are pathways into all
- informed, we’re going to want to see more public outrage on this and that we are able to get more lawmakers
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, February 26, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Give wisdom and strength to our lawmakers as they work for righteousness and justice, especially for
- WISDOM AND STRENGTH TO OUR LAWMAKERS AS THEY WORK FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE OPPRESSED
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- It is a story of lawmakers' good intentions gone awry.
- '</c><00:09:33.160><c> good</c> It is a story of lawmakers' good It is a story of lawmakers' good intentions
- </c> lawmakers to end the practice. lawmakers to end the practice.
- This session, Minnesota lawmakers have the opportunity to do better.
- Minnesota lawmakers can write a new chapter in this story.
Committee:
Senate Labor
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota Raises Flags of new Tribal Plaza During Dedication Ceremony at State Capitol Sep 9th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Lawmakers, tribal leaders, and others gathered to witness a first.
- Lawmakers, tribal leaders, and others gathered to witness a first, the very first time all 11 flags of
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Majority Leader Erin Murphy Media Availability - 04/16/26
Transcript Highlights:
- Is this special security unit that could be dispatched to lawmakers' homes if there's a credible threat
- dispatched</c><00:09:43.360><c> um</c><00:09:43.600><c> to</c><00:09:44.480><c> uh</c><00:09:44.640><c> lawmakers
- '</c><00:09:45.200><c> home</c> be dispatched um to uh lawmakers' home be dispatched um to uh lawmakers
Summary:
A Senate DFL leader discussed the upcoming supplemental budget and said nearly half of it is being shaped by the federal budget bill passed last July, which he argued is driving hospital distress, higher county costs, and pressure on family budgets. He said the budget will focus on affordability, health care, and responding to federal actions, including an uncompensated care fund for hospitals in distress and possible one-time county technology upgrades to handle new Medicaid-related requirements. He estimated Senator Wiklund’s health and human services proposal includes about $50 million for those upgrades and said that item would likely be handled in an appropriation bill rather than a bonding bill.
The leader also said bonding is a top priority this year and that public asset maintenance remains important, including projects tied to sports and civic facilities. On HCMC and broader hospital funding, he said he is confident the Legislature will act, but wants to address the hospital within the context of the statewide hospital delivery system. He also said the Senate has not yet taken a position on a proposed tax related to fraud restitution, but emphasized support for fraud prevention, an independent inspector general, and more resources for the Attorney General.
School safety was another major topic. He said Senate Democrats plan to bring a comprehensive package to the floor that includes school safety funding, mental health care, and measures addressing weapons of war, and he expressed hope that some Republicans will support it. He said the Senate education finance bill already includes more school safety funding than the House GOP version, less funding for private school safety, and no weapons-of-war language, but that a broader package will come through the Finance Committee soon. He also said the Senate expects to take up a stand-alone building security package to cover ongoing screening and staffing costs, and he supported creating a special security response unit for threats against lawmakers.
Other issues mentioned included support for banning NDAs for local governments, continued attention to public safety and accountability in response to federal immigration enforcement actions, and interest in a bill affecting Minneapolis sports-related taxes and PGA funding, though he said those proposals are still being worked on and may not pass this year.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Safeguarding human intelligence and employment in labor displacement HF4369 Mar 17th, 2026
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And I think that as we continue our journey as legislators and lawmakers, we need to make sure that if
- continue our journey as legislators<00:09:21.279><c> and</c><00:09:21.440><c> and</c><00:09:21.760><c> lawmakers
- ,</c><00:09:22.560><c> we</c><00:09:22.800><c> need</c> legislators and and lawmakers, we need legislators
- and and lawmakers, we need to<00:09:22.959><c> make</c><00:09:23.120><c> sure</c><00:09:23.200><c> that
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Republican Press Conference 12/29/25
Transcript Highlights:
- legislative and through community action, to do or does, I assume, the House caucus have to work with DFL lawmakers
- 50.799><c> DFL</c> the House caucus have to work with DFL the House caucus have to work with DFL lawmakers
- > during</c><00:17:52.559><c> the</c><00:17:52.720><c> 2026</c><00:17:53.679><c> legislative</c> lawmakers
- during the 2026 legislative lawmakers during the 2026 legislative session?
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Senate Republicans Introduce Minnesotans Safety First Plan - 02/25/25
Transcript Highlights:
- the responsibility of writing criminal law and sentences back to where it belongs: in the hands of lawmakers
- members on this commission and the unique authority that's been given to the commission as basically lawmakers
- members on this commission and the unique authority that's been given to the commission as basically lawmakers
- members on this commission and the unique authority that's been given to the commission as basically lawmakers
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Education policy panel hears HF6 1/22/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- these options for funding and mandate flexibility in the near term, with the expectation that we as lawmakers
- these options for funding and mandate flexibility in the near term, with the expectation that we as lawmakers
- these options for funding and mandate flexibility in the near term, with the expectation that we as lawmakers
- explain Article 1 and then Representative Bakeberg to explain Article 2. ...expectation that we as lawmakers
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill is going to be more transparent, and it's going to make sure that lawmakers see which state
- This bill is going to be more transparent, and it's going to make sure that lawmakers see which state
- The Missouri lawmakers, which was yes, would receive and review reports that the Treasurer's Office created
Committee:
House Legislative Review
Summary:
The Committee on Legislative Review met in executive session and voted House Bill 2408 due pass by an 8-0 roll call. It then considered House Bill 3092, where a House Committee amendment was adopted and rolled into a House Committee substitute despite objections that the amendment had not received a public hearing and would repeal significant insurance-related provisions. The substitute for HB 3092 was then approved 6-3. The committee also adopted an amendment and House Committee substitute for House Bill 3004, which passed unanimously 9-0.
In open hearing, Representative Hausman presented House Bill 3090 as a transparency measure requiring the state treasurer to report annually on special treasury funds that have had no spending for five years and whether those funds were moved to general revenue. She said the bill would help lawmakers identify inactive accounts and unused money. Members asked how the reporting would work, what funds might be affected, and whether the bill would move unused balances into GR after five years; the sponsor said it would. No witnesses testified for or against, and the hearing closed.
The committee then heard House Bill 3205 from Representative Castile, which would regulate third-party litigation funding, require disclosure of outside and foreign-linked funders, restrict funding from foreign adversaries, and give enforcement authority to the Attorney General. Members questioned the bill’s scope, including whether the foreign-terrorist language could be read too broadly and how liability and funding-risk provisions would work. Testimony in support came from Associated Industries of Missouri, the Missouri Insurance Coalition/Missouri Civil Justice Coalition, and medical associations, all arguing that litigation funding can distort lawsuits, hide outside influence, and expose businesses and plaintiffs to abusive or foreign-backed financing. No opposition testimony was offered, and the hearing concluded.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
Tourism and Gaming Working Group (TGWG) - Wed Apr 15, 2026 @ 11:30 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And several issues currently facing regulators and lawmakers across the country illustrate why these
- And several issues currently facing regulators and lawmakers across the country illustrate why these
- And several issues currently facing regulators and lawmakers across the country illustrate why these
- </c> facing regulators and and lawmakers facing regulators and and lawmakers across<00:19:16.080><c>
- </c> considered by regulators and lawmakers considered by regulators and lawmakers in<00:19:24.640><c