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CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 112 May 5th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- checks.
- FBI fingerprint background checks. checks. checks.
- As we give you the check and then we'll take a picture of that while we give you the check.
- that while we give you the check. that while we give you the check.
- for the large checks. for the large checks.
Summary:
The House convened with a quorum, approved the journal, and heard several announcements and recognitions. Members marked World Ovarian Cancer Day, promoted Cinco de Mayo and a related potluck, welcomed DeMolay International guests, and recognized correctional officers and employees during Corrections Officers and Employees Week. Several committees also announced upcoming meetings and bill hearings, including Health and Human Services, Judiciary, Transportation, Housing, and Local Government, Capital Development, and Appropriations.
Committee reports were read, including favorable recommendations on several bills and a postponement indefinitely of House Joint Resolution 1029. The Majority Leader then moved a slate of bills to special orders, and the House agreed without objection. The chamber then proceeded to floor consideration of Senate Bill 134, concerning payment card network fees.
Senate Bill 134 drew debate over whether merchants should continue paying swipe fees on the tax portion of credit card transactions. Supporters said the bill would provide meaningful relief to small businesses and restaurants, with estimated savings of $8,000 to $10,000 per business and about $217 million statewide. Opponents argued the bill shifted costs to banks and could have unintended consequences, suggesting the state should instead directly pay or reimburse the fees. After debate, the House passed Senate Bill 134 by voice vote.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 02/23/26
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- inflation instead of being held in check inflation instead of being held in check like<00:18:56.720
- new subsidies to double check on that. new subsidies to double check on that.
- Just to give you a little bit about my background.
- Um, prior to uh bit about my background.
- of our employees with similar background of our employees with similar background to<01:05:08.720
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/11/26 - Part 3
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This is basic checks and balances.
- check.
- <00:49:16.880>
check <00:49:17.200>and services has a background check and services - has a background check and that's<00:49:17.599>
good <00:49:18.240>but <00:49:18.400>- <00:49:31.599>
point background check because the whole point background check because the - <00:49:31.599>
Summary:
The House first adopted non-controversial motions, then approved an urgency motion to suspend the rules so Senate File 4476, the human services program integrity package, could move quickly to conference committee before the end of session. The House then adopted a DE amendment to insert House language into the bill, and proceeded to debate several amendments focused on program integrity, fraud prevention, and reporting requirements in human services programs.
Representative Schultz offered Amendment A5 to remove a sunset on the periodic data matching report requirement, arguing the report helps ensure only eligible people receive medical assistance and welfare benefits and should continue to be delivered annually. Supporters said the report had been inconsistently delivered, cited past findings of ineligible recipients, and framed the amendment as a low-cost accountability measure. Opponents, including Representative Nor, said the report had been sent to the chairs, that the issue should be handled through broader HR1-related changes and negotiations with the Senate, and that the amendment was not the right vehicle. After roll call, A5 failed on a 63-67 vote.
Schultz then offered Amendment A6, which would require reporting on homelessness programs, including how many people are served, total costs, outcomes, and possible recoupment of funds if reporting is inadequate. Schultz said the state spends tens of millions on homelessness programs without clear results and that better data would help the legislature make decisions and protect taxpayers. Several members supported the idea of more accountability, while others said the state already receives reports, that homelessness work is being done in partnership with stakeholders, and that the amendment was not the best approach. The discussion continued with further comments on homelessness data and program oversight, but no final vote on A6 is shown in the transcript excerpt.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Aug 18th, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- So they'll work with us, and in the first year, we like to get out on the farm with a producer, check
- But institutional procurement has many checks and balances And in the case of the schools, as you're
- And to provide a little bit of background for anybody who has not been directly involved in cultural
- The online modules will involve both asynchronous learning, as well as live sessions, check-ins, peer
- So, the background is very brief.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 01/30/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- checks?
- checks?
- checks?
- checks?
- Violations between '21 and '23, do we do background checks? Do we withhold payment?
Summary:
The Health and Human Services committee heard a presentation from Department of Children, Youth, and Families Commissioner Tiki Brown on the department’s 2025 budget and transition plans. Brown said the governor’s budget pairs targeted reductions with modest investments, resulting in net general fund savings, while preserving core safety-net programs. Major proposals included funding for program integrity, modernization of the child welfare SSIS system, compliance changes for the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP), operating adjustments, and a transition account reallocation as the new department continues moving programs from other agencies through July 1, 2025.
A large portion of the discussion focused on CCAP fraud prevention and oversight. Brown and Assistant Commissioner Diane Hy explained that the proposed statewide electronic attendance recordkeeping system would replace retroactive paper-based attendance reporting with more timely data, making it harder to falsify attendance and claim payments improperly. Brown also said the department is working with the Department of Human Services Office of Inspector General and other partners on compliance and fraud controls. Senators pressed for more detail on current enforcement, whether payments can be withheld for violations, and whether recent media reports showed gaps in oversight; Brown said payments can be stopped for false attendance records, suspended or revoked licenses, or fraud allegations, but not for health and safety violations alone.
The committee also reviewed other budget-neutral policy changes, including expanding permanency support services for relative foster care and tribal equivalents, strengthening tribal child welfare grants, updating TEACH scholarship rules for early childhood educators, and adjusting the Great Start Compensation Support Payment Program to create a special revenue fund and extend a 10% payment increase to tribally licensed programs and programs on tribal reservation land. Brown also described a $1.5 million annual reduction to restorative practices grants, leaving a smaller ongoing base. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Nov 18th, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Just checking in with you on time, if we go another 10 minutes, is that Thank you.
- Let me just double-check. check here. Let me confirm.
- Let me double-check and get back to you, but we're in the ballpark.
- So on the next slide of the school Meals background.
- And so there's a lot of background to that.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
JLCAR Administrative Rules (05/16/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Here's the check. I mean, that's what it should be. Thank you.
- Here's the check. I mean, education. Here's the check.
- Uh, background: I have a PhD in ecology and consulted throughout the country as an expert on ecological
- Uh, background: I have a PhD in ecology and consulted throughout the country as an expert on ecological
- Uh, background: I have a PhD in ecology and consulted throughout the country as an expert on ecological
Summary:
The committee first handled routine business, approving the consent calendar and the minutes. It then took up a Department of Employment Security rule, 24193, where the only issue was that a form had not been incorporated by reference. The department submitted an oral conditional approval request with revised language, and the committee approved the rule conditionally. A second Employment Security rule, 195, raised concerns that the notice language was too broad and vague and could amount to oral rulemaking; because the agency had not yet finalized revised language, the committee granted a one-month waiver so the rule could return next month with a conditional approval proposal.
The Department of Safety’s contact person notification program rule, 24237, drew comments about Social Security number collection, unclear drafting on one section, and ambiguity about which application needed a signature. The agency agreed to remove Social Security number references from the rules and forms and to adopt the suggested clarifying language with minor edits. After discussion about why the identifiers were needed, the committee approved the rule conditionally with the oral changes. The committee then moved a previously consent-calendar item, OPLC rule 2547, off consent after Representative Maguire objected that the renewal application form was too health-care-focused and user-unfriendly for other professions; the agency said it would revisit the form, and the committee postponed action until next month without needing a waiver.
The final major item was Fish and Game’s HB 2548, which changes licensing and permit rules for taking deer, bear, moose, turkey, and furbearing animals. Staff noted extensive public testimony, including a coalition submission, and said the main dispute was over what data the agency should rely on in setting seasons and take limits. Fish and Game explained that declining trapper participation made capture-per-unit-effort data less reliable, so it also uses hunter surveys and UNH research projects funded in part by federal money; the agency said current trapping removals are very low and do not appear to threaten populations. Committee members and public witnesses questioned whether the agency’s responses to comments were sufficiently specific under the new public-comment law, but no final vote on the Fish and Game rule was taken in the portion provided.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Committee, February 20, 2026
Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, if it’s all right with you, I’m happy to walk through the bill, the background for the Western
- for<00:01:05.840>
the <00:01:06.000>western <00:01:06.320>county uh the background - for the western county uh the background for the western county subcommittee,<00:01:07.200>
which - But when you have this check which is built into statute where almost a third of the ballots checked,
- They're supposed to be a check setting.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House bill would halt changes to Minnesota DHS disability program billing 4/9/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So, I'll check in with non-partisan staff just in case to make sure that everything is aligned. that
- So, I'll<00:01:46.920>
check <00:01:47.240>in <00:01:47.440>with <00:01:48.120>- > non-partisan<00:01:48.760>
staff I'll check in with non-partisan staff I'll check in with- But what some of the work that's been done prior to today in the background was Mr.
- What some of the work that's been done prior to today in the background was Mr.
- > non-partisan<00:01:48.760>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Nurse Licensure Compact discussion 2/18/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- compact must pass the same National Council of Licensure Examination, and there is a federal criminal background
- check that is also required here.
- 01:46.240>
criminal and uh there is a federal criminal and uh there is a federal criminal background - <00:01:46.960>
check <00:01:47.200>that <00:01:47.439>is <00:01:47.600>also - c><00:01:48.399>
required background check that is also required background check that is also - c><00:01:48.399>
Summary:
The committee took up House File 1925, which would have Minnesota join the nurse licensure compact. Rep. Schumacher described the bill as a way to improve workforce flexibility, telehealth, care coordination, and border-community access, while maintaining safeguards such as the same licensure exam and federal background checks. He also said the compact could help retain Minnesota-trained nurses who currently leave for neighboring compact states. Several members questioned whether the compact would weaken Minnesota’s standards or actually solve staffing problems, and some raised concerns about outside states’ differing practice rules and continuing education requirements. Supporters, including a nurse leader, a travel nurse, a business group representative, and a hospital nursing leader, testified that the compact would ease staffing shortages, speed hiring, support telehealth, and reduce administrative burdens. Opponents, including nurses and union representatives, argued it could lower standards, not address root causes like unsafe staffing and turnover, and could create risks for patients seeking reproductive or gender-affirming care.
The committee also considered two related amendments tied to rural health transformation recommendations. The A1 amendment would have required two hours of continuing education on nutrition for physicians, physician assistants, and advanced practice registered nurses; members criticized it as government overreach, unrelated to many specialties, and an attempt to chase uncertain federal funding. The amendment failed on a voice vote. The A2 amendment would have reinstated the presidential fitness test in schools and allowed parents to opt out; it also failed. A3, which updated the compact bill’s effective date language from 2025 to 2026, was adopted. Members noted the bill also contained an appropriation and might need referral to other committees if it advanced. The committee then began hearing public testimony on HF 1925, with witnesses split between support and opposition.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- I want to let you... ...or give you my direction, I want to tell you about my academic background.
- They have some knowledge and some background to treat our children so that we are not there for two weeks
- has to come back to us with a plan that includes advanced training, different technology, cross-checking
- But put him in front of an online form, and suddenly he's accidentally checking boxes saying he's female
- When you add more forms and more checks, When you add more forms and more checks, you don't just catch
Keywords:
nursing title, advanced practice registered nurse, advertising, professional standards, disciplinary action, uterine fibroids, public records, health privacy, epidemiology, medical information, emergency department, physicians, privacy, personal information, sickle cell disease, sickle cell anemia, pain management, controlled substances, prescribing education, continuing medical education
Summary:
The committee first considered SB 268, a public records exemption for emergency physicians. Senator Rodriguez’s strike-all amendment narrowed and clarified the exemption, and testimony from an emergency physician described threats, harassment, and safety concerns tied to mandatory reporting and patient encounters. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably as a committee substitute.
Members then heard SB 514, creating the Dula Support for Healthy Births Pilot Program in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties for pregnant and postpartum women affected by substance use disorder. Senator Osgood explained the pilot would provide non-medical doula support and data collection, and an amendment changed the funding source to specific appropriations in the General Appropriations Act. Supporters said doula care can improve maternal and infant outcomes and complement medical providers. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably as a committee substitute.
The committee also approved SB 36 on use of professional nursing titles after extensive debate over whether nurses with doctoral degrees should be allowed to use “doctor” in clinical settings, with concerns raised about patient confusion and the need for clearer identification. The bill was amended to align with the House version and then reported favorably as a committee substitute. The committee next approved SB 864, a public records exemption for uterine fibroid research data, after a technical amendment setting a July 1, 2026 effective date; Senator Sharif said the exemption is needed so the Department of Health can collect sensitive data for the related research bill. SB 844, requiring continuing education on sickle cell disease care management for certain licensed physicians and nurses, was also reported favorably after emotional testimony from patients and advocates describing delayed care and bias.
Later, the committee approved SB 1404 on memory care, after a strike-all amendment creating a new memory care specialty license for assisted living facilities that advertise or provide specialized memory care services, while allowing optional supportive services without the new license. Supporters from the senior living industry backed the clarification. The committee then passed SB 914, which clarifies that licensed occupational therapists may perform dry needling, after an amendment adjusting supervision and continuing education language. Finally, the committee took up SB 1758, a broad Medicaid and SNAP reform bill that would strengthen fraud enforcement, impose Medicaid work requirements for certain able-bodied adults, expand behavioral health services, modernize drug purchasing and prior authorization, and require SNAP fraud-reduction measures. Several amendments were adopted, and members questioned the work requirement, implementation costs, EBT card photo identification, and due process concerns; debate continued as the transcript ended.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
January 14, 2025 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 975 establishes background screening requirements for nearly all of our health care practitioners
- to the passage of this bill, only certain health care practitioners were required to comply with background
- additional FTEs to assist in ensuring there are no future delays in licensure based on the new background
- I won't have to double-check that.
- I don't recall off the top of my head, but I can double-check that.
Summary:
The Health Professions and Program Subcommittee met for an introductory and oversight briefing from the Florida Department of Health on implementation of several 2024 laws. The committee heard first from Jennifer Winhold on practitioner-regulation measures, including SB 1716 and SB 1600, which expanded workforce pathways through foreign-trained physician licensure, area-of-critical-need temporary certificates for APRNs and physician assistants, graduate assistant physician licenses, interstate compacts, and a new universal licensure-by-endorsement process. She also reviewed HB 197 on massage therapy enforcement, HB 975 on broader background screening, HB 1561 on office-surgery and liposuction safeguards, HB 159 on pharmacist HIV post-exposure prophylaxis certification, and HB 1063 on chiropractic dry needling and foreign degree licensure. Members asked about compact scope, foreign graduate requirements, massage enforcement overlap with DBPR, and registration thresholds for liposuction procedures.
Dr. Emma Spencer then outlined implementation of SB 76 and related programs, including changes to the FRAME and dental loan repayment programs, the volunteer health care provider program, the Casey DeSantis Cancer Research Program, the Health Care Innovation Council and revolving loan program, and the Andrew John Anderson Pediatric Rare Disease Grant Program. She said the department had updated portals, posted forms, launched or was developing public search tools, and submitted required reports and contracts. Members questioned whether loan repayment funds were reaching rural and underserved areas, how nonprofit applicants were being informed about the Alphonse screening grant program, the short application window for that grant, and how the department would evaluate whether the programs were improving recruitment and retention.
A third presentation, delivered by Mike Mason standing in for Shea Holloway, covered maternal and child health and other public health initiatives. He reported on the telehealth maternity care program’s expansion from a pilot in Duval and Orange counties to 23 counties, the pregnancy-and-parenting resources website required by HB 415, CMV newborn screening requirements under SB 168, sickle cell registry and research grants under HB 7085, and the swim lessons voucher program under SB 544, which received nearly 10,000 requests for 3,500 vouchers and enrolled 86 facilities. Members asked about utilization, marketing, website launch timing, and how the department was promoting these services. No bills were voted on; the meeting concluded with the chair noting that more committee presentations and bills would follow and that briefing materials would be distributed to members.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, March 31, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- checks.
- 100 checks in 2022.
- Right now it can take months and months for the IRS to issue a replacement check for a stolen check.
- Many taxpayers are having their replacement checks and their replacement checks get stolen as well.
- It exacerbates check fraud.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, May 21, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- That was the policy for over three decades. instant criminal background check system instant criminal
- This restriction is enforced primarily through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
- <02:57:10.160>
check <02:57:10.560>system removed from the background check system - Such a veteran to the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
- <03:02:35.600>
check reporting to the NYX background check reporting to the NYX background
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Our maintenance and operations teams also benefit from being able to monitor our facilities and check
- As an educator, I've had the privilege of working with students with a wide variety of backgrounds. of
- It helps students appreciate what it means to be Texan and American, regardless of background.
- The reason I give that background is that it took more than 65 years after that decision in 1915 to get
- The act of HB 5381 would strengthen the hiring practices and require more in-depth background checks
Bills:
HB178, HB178, HB1551, HB1939, HB2040, HB2354, HB2674, HB3029, HB3460, HB3631, HB3662, HB5201, HB5381
Keywords:
efficiency audit, political subdivision, tax rate, fiscal management, government accountability, Texas education, public schools, curriculum, social studies, high school graduation requirements, State Board of Education, Education Code, ethnic studies, world history, world geography, U.S. history, government, economics, personal financial literacy, free enterprise
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Does anyone else wish to testify who didn’t check off testify?
- <00:41:27.200>
off didn't check off didn't check off testify? - <00:59:00.319>
this Um, so who's going to check this Um, so who's going to check this oversight - Um, I have to check, but I know that's happened at least once.
- Um I have to check believe Vermont did.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Last I checked. So what is that 1%? I just want to understand what you just said.
- A little bit of background: that physician who gave me the hormones...
- So yeah, that's my background. So you're a researcher? Okay. Yep, I am.
- The Texas Conservative Liberty Forum, though, also represents. ...represents Texans of all backgrounds
- Check. Not able to stay seated in the classroom? Check. Runs around? Check, check, check, check.
Bills:
HB 1239, HB1990, HB1748, HB1749, HB2578, HB2986, HB1970, HB3163, HB2733, HB1922, HB 113, HB 1088, HB1938, HB3004, HB2637, HB2960, HB113
Keywords:
public health, access to healthcare, insurance reforms, medical expenses, healthcare providers, mental health, protective custody, preliminary examination, detention period, emergency circumstances, emergency detention, legal framework, detention, healthcare, liability, landowners, nonagricultural land, trespassing, public safety, interpreters
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation Mar 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm not aware of that, Assemblymember, but we can double-check and get back to you here.
- And so, just if you could double-check for me, I heard that from some of our water folks up on the north
- Of the 10 billion dollars, we were name-checked only twice in this bond for a total of 1%.
- Lastly, we propose $774,000 to administer all this, including, check this out, it's 2025.
- So against that background...
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 2 - 03/13/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:21:07.919>
of already experienced a background of already experienced a background of - who have already undergone background who have already undergone background checks,<00:23:29.760
- Permit holders in Minnesota pass criminal background checks.
- Thank you. background checks. They complete background checks.
- person's background person's background and<01:43:57.280>
holding <01:43:57.520>them
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 3/10/25
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- You don't yourself have a background in academia or, um, in fraud investigation or law enforcement or
- You don't yourself have a background in academia or, um, in fraud investigation or law enforcement or
- question is just about your background question is just about your background because<01:04:36.799
- You’ve also described this research background.
- you've got uh that political background you've got uh that political background you<01:07:35.960