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AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- It's freedom that they have complete control over the curriculum and courses offered.
- Then Governor Ducey signed it, banning forever chemicals, PFOS, from the training foam.
- We now know that using foam is laden with chemicals that has higher rates of cancer for firefighters
- We're joining, well, we'd be the 15th or 16th state to put out this prohibition to have more less chemically
- toxic forever chemicals with PFOS that are getting into our water in our communities and that firefighters
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the journal, guest introductions, and routine communications from the governor and Senate. Members then moved into multiple Committee of the Whole sessions to consider a large number of Senate bills and later House bills on final reading. Several measures were retained on the calendar, while many others advanced with or without amendments. The House also adopted a group concurrence motion on numerous Senate amendments to House bills and later took up third-reading votes on a series of House bills.
Among the main committee actions, SB 1049, SB 1315, SB 1401, SB 1418, and SB 1540 were amended and recommended do pass; SB 1332 and SB 1538 also advanced, while SB 1016, SB 1519, SB 1624, SB 1627, SB 1723, and SB 1725 were retained. Debate centered on school safety and interoperability equipment in SB 1315, housing and zoning issues in SB 1118, and school discipline/bullying transparency in SB 1684. Members also discussed SB 1074 on student discipline notifications, SB 1275 on diversion program wording, and SB 1684 on bullying reporting and school liability, with supporters emphasizing safety, accountability, and clarity and opponents warning about unfunded mandates, litigation, and impacts on public schools.
On final reading, the House passed a long list of bills, including HB 2032, HB 2035, HB 2109, HB 2120, HB 2176, HB 2189, HB 2195, HB 2203, HB 2342, HB 2383, HB 2423, HB 2428, HB 2439, HB 2440, HB 2573, HB 2594, HB 2621, HB 2641, HB 2673, HB 2693, HB 2752, HB 2756, HB 2875, HB 2895, HB 2916, HB 2923, HB 2946, and HB 2999, with recorded votes ranging from narrow to unanimous. HB 1118, dealing with municipal zoning and historic properties, failed on the floor after debate over housing policy and charter/public school issues, though a motion to reconsider was later made. The session ended with personal announcements, including recognition of Child Help, a memorial reading for Major General W. Bill Van Dyke, caucus meeting notices, a retirement reception reminder, an anniversary acknowledgment, and a Pride Month statement.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- It's freedom that they have complete control over the curriculum and courses offered.
- Then Governor Ducey signed it, banning forever chemicals, PFOS, from the training foam.
- We now know that using foam is laden with chemicals that has higher rates of cancer for firefighters
- The 16th state to put out this prohibition to have more, I don't want to say more clean, but less chemically
- toxic forever chemicals with PFOS that are getting into our water and our communities and that firefighters
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee Jun 16th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- That's an unknown for us right now, what chemicals they may need.
- Neutrons in the reaction should be slowed to a controlled rate. If the neutrons, if the control...
- Neutrons in the reaction should be slowed to a controlled rate. If the neutrons, if the control...
- Neutrons in the reaction should be slowed to a controlled rate.
- If the control rods are withdrawn, the reaction speeds up.
Committee:
Joint Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
WAL Public Hearing - Tue Feb 3,2026 @ 9:00 AM HST
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> fencing and access control save lives. fencing and access control save lives.
- </c> PAS, the toxic forever chemicals. PAS, the toxic forever chemicals.
- I would say with PAS wherever chemicals.
- That is damage control after harm has been done.
- That is damage control after harm has been done.
Summary:
The Committee on Water and Land met on February 3, 2026, and heard testimony on several bills, with the chair emphasizing a two-minute limit and noting that bills would die if the hearing ran past noon. For HB 1848, the Commission on Water Resource Management and the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development both supported the measure with technical, non-substantive amendments. Testimony focused on requiring early consultation about water availability in district boundary amendment petitions, with water officials explaining that the petitioner should submit a written statement reflecting consultation and that the goal was to identify water constraints earlier in the development process. The Land Use Commission’s representative opposed the bill, arguing that water availability is already addressed through existing environmental review and agency consultation, that the issue had been raised and rejected before, and that the proposal could create unnecessary delay or litigation.
The committee then heard HB 1728 on rainwater catchment systems. The Commission on Water Resource Management said it acknowledged the bill’s intent but deferred to counties and other regulatory agencies, including the Department of Health, on regulatory implications. Hawaii Realtors testified in support. No vote was taken during the portion of the hearing shown.
For HB 1652 on storm water management systems, the Hawaiian Lifeguard Association opposed the bill, arguing it would weaken protections created by Act 281 (“Sharkey’s Law”) and increase drowning risk for children by exempting certain water features from safety requirements. The American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawaii supported the bill, saying the language clarifies and better balances child safety with practical green stormwater infrastructure, including depth-based limits and exemptions for certain agricultural ponds. The Hawaii Farm Bureau also supported the agricultural pond exemption, saying such ponds are used for irrigation, livestock, and fire control and are generally away from the public. A private testifier, Allison Schaers, opposed the bill and described her daughter’s drowning in a detention basin, arguing that poor maintenance can turn stormwater features into dangerous hazards. The hearing ended without any recorded committee action or vote in the excerpt provided.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (03/05/2025)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- Their position is that this should be a local control issue.
- </c><00:37:54.680><c> issue</c><00:37:55.079><c> um</c> that should be a local control issue um that
- should be a local control issue um there<00:37:55.359><c> are</c><00:37:55.599><c> places</c><00:37:56.400
- and eating healthy and water chemicals and eating healthy and water and<01:08:19.159><c> um</c><01:08
- and harmful chemicals has been linked<01:08:53.560><c> to</c><01:08:53.759><c> serious</c><01:08:54.199
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 118 May 12th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Smith, also Senators Hendrickson and Simpson, concerning state regulation of underground injection control
- They cause a lot of toxic chemical...
- Chemical 25. Identification of... Chemical. 25.
- I believe in local control.
- I asked those who control the trust whether these different conditions had been requested of you.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- To control this, we need enough sterile flies.
- And they mix this bait with... with a chemical called dichlorophos.
- They pay attention to ectoparasite control.
- Tools within the next few years to support fly control are outlined on slide 5.
- That we control and have the production at our use.
Committee:
House Agriculture & Livestock
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 03/21/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- that we wouldn't these other chemicals that we wouldn't assume<00:37:35.680><c> are</c><00:37:35.920
- And so a water truck, someone operating a truck with water and the chemicals comes and follows you and
- In addition, as a former mayor, I understand the desire to take control of something as important as
- While I understand the desire to control the deployment of broadband in the community, there is no way
- </c> While I understand the desire to control While I understand the desire to control the<02:37:44.240
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session - Part 2 - 05/18/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We pay chemical dependency treatment.
- </c> control of the state of Minnesota. control of the state of Minnesota.
- And these go to the Pollution Control Agency.
- Minnesota Pollution Control agencies.
- It has park control funds, along with culture heritage.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Joint Transportation, Highways and Public Works Mar 3rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- then we also have members of our aviation department, ports department, as well as statewide flood control
- All right, now we're going to go to agenda number four, statewide flood control program.
- We're going to move to agenda item number four, the statewide flood control program.
- Lucas Johnson with the statewide flood control program. All right, Lucas, what you got? All right.
- ... ...the hard issue of the intoxilizers and the other chemicals that impair drivers.
Summary:
The Senate Joint Transportation, Highways and Public Works Committee received updates from the Department of Transportation and Development on its transformation efforts, including a new project delivery dashboard, key performance indicators, and litter abatement work. DOTD said the dashboard is now live and tied to daily field updates, and reported progress on its T4LA initiatives, including improved project transparency, customer service, and a new highway sponsorship litter program. Members praised the department’s work and asked about litter funding, with DOTD saying last year’s $14.7 million litter pickup effort included the legislature’s supplemental appropriation.
The committee also heard detailed progress reports on LTIF 1.0 and 2.0, the Office of Highway Construction’s bridge bundling and roadway projects, the Calcasieu River Bridge project, and the Cameron Ferry. DOTD reported that LTIF 1.0 is about 80% complete and that LTIF 2.0 has encumbered nearly $150 million, with several projects ahead of schedule and some under budget. The Office of Highway Construction said 62 bridge projects are in the bundle, 11 are under construction, and emergency procurement has helped accelerate delivery. DOTD said the Calcasieu River Bridge remains on track for a mid-to-late April groundbreaking, with all federal permits in hand and right-of-way acquisition underway; it also reported that new Cameron Ferry boats are under construction and that a privatization proposal from Labmar Ferry Services will go to the Louisiana Transportation Authority.
Members then reviewed the draft 2026-2027 highway priority program, which DOTD said includes $913 million for construction across 302 projects and about $1.2 billion total investment. The committee also received public comment on the statewide flood control program, which recommended six projects expected to reduce flood damage by more than $289 million, and on the airport construction and development priority program, which includes 31 air carrier projects and 99 general aviation projects. DOTD also noted no current projects for the rail infrastructure program but said it expects to request $13 million and has 19 projects in the queue, and it presented three port projects that are not yet funded but will be considered by the Louisiana Transportation Authority.
The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission and LSU’s Center for Analytics and Research presented data on impaired driving, saying impaired driving remains a major factor in fatalities and injuries, with alcohol and drugs together contributing to a large share of crashes and about $700 million in annual economic costs. Members discussed youth driving, marijuana, ignition interlock, DWI courts, and enforcement challenges on waterways; the presenters emphasized education, enforcement, and treatment as part of a broader safety strategy. No formal votes were taken during the meeting, and the committee adjourned after receiving the presentations and public comment.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes the human services policy bill, HF2115 5/5/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And I feel that when you start pulling this back into the county system that we'll have more control
- ><00:12:08.880><c> more</c> county system that we'll have more county system that we'll have more control
- 00:12:10.160><c> So</c><00:12:10.320><c> I</c><00:12:10.480><c> would</c><00:12:10.560><c> ask</c> control
- So I would ask control over that also.
- We're changing language from chemical dependency assessment to comprehensive assessment because they're
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nominations of Stephen Vaden, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Secretary, and Tyler Clarkson, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, both of the Department of Agriculture. Apr 8th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- All we've got to do is have those bad actors have enough control, and we'll pay like you can't imagine
- If they're not able to repay it, oftentimes it's through circumstances beyond their control. and I'm
- But that only becomes possible if you have in your toolkit, as a farmer, the amazing chemicals that are
- And so if you take those chemicals away, what you are doing is you are taking a tool out of the toolkit
- There's a lot that you don't control. weather that kind of thing so so this uncertainty we've seen this
Keywords:
USDA, nominations, Judge Vaden, Tyler Clarkson, agriculture policy, rural America, tariffs, farmer advocacy
Summary:
The meeting focused on the nominations of Judge Stephen Alexander Vaden for Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and Mr. Tyler Clarkson for General Counsel at the USDA. Members expressed concerns regarding the challenges farmers and ranchers face, especially in navigating the impacts of recent tariffs imposed by the President. Significant attention was given to how these nominations could influence agriculture policy and support rural communities amidst economic uncertainty. The committee emphasized the necessity for strong leadership in the USDA to advocate for farmer needs and ensure the proper implementation of assistance programs.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Care & Wellness Jan 23rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And the intent of this bill is just to make sure that the chemicals or what's used to soften bags...
- On this chemical for over 15 years, including doing a whole ton of actual testing of products.
- That's how severe this chemical is, because what it does is that not only does it impact human health
- What is the specific medical concern with phthalate chemicals?
- We would like the chemical out of the bag.
Summary:
The committee held public hearings on several health-related bills. House Bill 2384 would require continuing care retirement communities that offer life care contracts to submit actuarial analyses every other registration cycle for review by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner, with the Department of Social and Health Services using the review in registration decisions. The bill sponsor and residents’ advocates said it would improve transparency and protect seniors’ prepaid care promises, while the CCRC industry supported the goal but raised concerns about scope, cost, and implementation details. House Bill 2505 would exempt certain foster family homes and child-specific foster care homes from adult family home licensure when former foster youth remain in the home as adults and certain safety conditions are met; DSHS supported the narrow exemption as a way to avoid displacing vulnerable young adults. House Bill 2402 would phase out DEHP and other orthophthalates in IV solution containers and later IV tubing, with exemptions for certain blood and cell therapy products; supporters cited health and environmental risks and the availability of safer alternatives, while manufacturers and hospitals supported the goal but asked for longer timelines, supply-chain protections, and implementation assistance.
In executive session, the committee took action on a series of bills. It adopted an amendment and passed House Bill 1904, which prohibits cat declawing, on a 13-3 vote. It passed a proposed substitute for House Bill 2145 on the 340B drug program on an 11-5 vote after debate over reporting requirements and the state’s authority. It rejected several amendments to House Bill 2182 on abortion medications held by the Department of Corrections, adopted an Indian health care provider priority amendment, and passed the bill on a 10-6 vote. House Bill 2211 on medically tailored meals passed 15-1. The committee also passed Substitute House Bill 2247 on veterinarian-client-patient relationships, Substitute House Bill 2329 on midwives and lactation consultants, and Substitute House Bill 2339 on nurse licensing, each with technical amendments and broad support.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Crime and Public Safety Feb 3rd, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Crime and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- I would say meeting new people and learning how to control myself while others can control themselves
- , and that I can't control what other people could do.
- I would say meeting new people and learning how to control myself while others can control their selves
- and that I can't control what other people could do.
- So if it's above that, they've got the guidance and control of that.
Committee:
House Crime and Public Safety
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, March 5, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And the Knights of Malta came to control.
- </c><02:21:36.120><c> and</c> other Federal and local controls and other Federal and local controls and
- Balone, will each control 30 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from Virginia, Mr.
- Balone, will each control 30 minutes.
- Balone, will each control 30 minutes. Mr. Griffith, Mr.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/20/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> federal officials in a controlled federal officials in a controlled environment<00:36:31.760><c>
- </c> exchange to take place in a controlled exchange to take place in a controlled environment<00:36:
- ><c> environments</c><00:39:39.839><c> and</c> do that in controlled environments and do that in controlled
- ><02:16:07.760><c> twice</c><02:16:08.880><c> at</c> rounds of chemical bullets twice at rounds of chemical
- </c> burning chemicals covering her body. burning chemicals covering her body.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/6/26 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you. chemical health counselors.
- Everything else when it comes to school, safety has been condition on gun control.
- Bipartisan proposals on school safety held hostage by demands for gun control.
- But we shouldn't condition this bipartisan agreement on gun control.
- But we shouldn't condition this bipartisan agreement on gun control.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Joint Policy Jan 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- Originally, somebody wanted all controlled substances.
- it's a fairly small, per se, chemical that is there.
- it's a fairly small, per se, chemical that is there.
- We had more of the discussion on the controlled substances.
- And the taxpayer has no control over that.
Summary:
The committee first took up Senate Bill 2401, which would require physicians to complete continuing education on nutrition and metabolic health as part of the state’s rural health transformation effort. HHS supported the bill, saying it would help physicians better address chronic disease and preserve federal grant points tied to the state’s application. A member of the public also testified in favor, arguing that better nutrition education could improve diabetes outcomes and reduce costs. The committee then adopted an amendment to add the Board of Occupational Therapy Practice to the background-check statute so the occupational therapy compact could proceed, and it passed the bill as amended on a roll call vote.
The committee next heard House Bill 1621, which would require the Presidential Fitness Physical Fitness Test in elementary, middle, and high school physical education courses. HHS said the bill was part of the rural health transformation application and could help preserve federal funding, but members raised many questions about the test’s criteria, adaptive options for students with disabilities, equipment needs, and whether the bill should apply to non-public schools. Senator Clemens offered an amendment to limit the requirement to public schools, but it failed. Senator Hogan then offered an amendment to clarify exemptions and allow DPI to align implementation with federal guidance; that amendment passed. A further amendment adding language allowing DPI to establish criteria for and exceptions to the test also passed. The committee then approved the bill as amended on a roll call vote.
The committee also considered House Bill 1622, which joins North Dakota to the physician assistant licensure compact. HHS said the compact would improve access to care, especially in rural areas, support military families, and help preserve rural health transformation funding. Members noted the compact had been discussed in a prior session and that many earlier concerns had been resolved. After brief discussion about the compact process and its consistency with other interstate compacts, the committee voted to do pass the bill.
Finally, the committee began Senate Bill 2402, which expands pharmacists’ prescriptive authority and therapeutic substitution powers. HHS and the Board of Pharmacy supported the bill as a way to improve access to care and maintain rural health transformation funding. Senator Roers introduced a detailed amendment negotiated with the Board of Medicine and Board of Pharmacy to narrow and clarify the bill, including notification requirements, limits on certain drug categories, and patient-protection language for therapeutic substitution. The Board of Pharmacy then testified in support of the broader bill and explained the CLIA-waived testing provisions and the repeal of the older, narrower pharmacist-testing language. The hearing and amendment discussion were still underway when the transcript ended.
NJ
Transcript Highlights:
- After two decades of one-party Democrat control, this budget is another reminder that affordability and
- sellers of final hair products and establishes limits on the amount of certain intentionally added chemicals
- Establishes limits on the amount of certain intentionally added chemicals.
- Greenstein exempts rugs and fabrics used in vehicles from provisions of the Protecting Against Forever Chemicals
- A. 4852, by Assembly Member Katz, revises certain requirements for prescription of Schedule II controlled
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development
Transcript Highlights:
- There was a randomized control trial, the gold standard, on the original version of this program, so
- There was a randomized control trial, the gold standard, on the original version of this program, so
- And second is Elise Duxvitz, who's CEO of Alpha Chemicals and one of our English Works business services
- Second is Elise Duxvitz, who's CEO of Alpha Chemicals and one of our English Works business services
- I'm the CEO of Alpha Chemical Services.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development heard testimony on several workforce-related bills, with most of the hearing focused on ESOL and apprenticeship legislation, followed by testimony on a four-day workweek pilot and paid prenatal leave. On ESOL, witnesses including the Boston Foundation, Skillworks, MassINC, MIRA, JVS Boston, Eastern Bank, immigrant advocates, employers, and legislators supported H.2080/S.1326, arguing that Massachusetts has a large backlog of limited-English-proficiency residents waiting for classes, that ESOL is essential to economic mobility and immigrant integration, and that the state needs a coordinated, statewide strategy with more vocational and workplace-focused English instruction. Testifiers cited long waitlists, fragmented delivery across agencies, labor shortages, and examples of workplace English programs helping immigrants gain jobs, advance careers, and support businesses. Committee members asked questions about how vocational ESOL differs from standard classes, and witnesses explained that it focuses on job-specific language and workplace scenarios.
The committee also heard strong support for H.2085/S.1303, which would require more use of registered apprentices on public construction projects over $1 million. Labor leaders from the Massachusetts AFL-CIO and Massachusetts Building Trades, along with electricians and apprentices, said the bill would help apprentices complete training by ensuring enough job-site hours, expand access to good union careers, and strengthen the construction workforce for housing, infrastructure, and clean energy work. Several witnesses defended existing apprenticeship ratios and electrical licensing standards, warning against deregulation and emphasizing safety. Committee members asked about project thresholds and apprenticeship ratios, and witnesses said the bill’s phased apprentice-hour requirement was intended to cover most public projects under current cost conditions.
The committee then heard testimony on S.1330, a four-day workweek pilot program. Senator Dillon Fernandez and Representative Shirley Arriaga described the proposal as a response to burnout, affordability pressures, and changing workplace norms, arguing that a pilot would let Massachusetts study whether shorter workweeks improve productivity, retention, and worker well-being. Witnesses said the model could help families balance caregiving and commuting while maintaining or improving output. Finally, the committee took testimony on S.1361, establishing paid prenatal leave. Parents, health advocates, March of Dimes, and others said paid leave would help pregnant workers attend critical prenatal appointments, reduce missed care, and improve maternal and infant health outcomes. Several speakers shared personal stories about high-risk pregnancies, pregnancy loss, and the financial strain of taking unpaid time off. No votes were taken during the hearing; the committee primarily received testimony and asked a limited number of questions.