Transcript Highlights:

• Confidentiality claims are made... ...and for the Commission to evaluate these claims.
• As you know, when someone files an insurance claim, it's a very arduous process to work that claim and
• And so a lot of incidents are still going through that claims process.
• As you know, when someone files an insurance claim, it's a very arduous process to work that claim and
• And so a lot of incidents are still going through that claims process.

Summary: The hearing focused on transportation network companies in California, with the chair framing it as an informational hearing on the history, regulation, safety, climate, accessibility, and data issues surrounding Uber, Lyft, and smaller or autonomous TNC services. The CPUC described its decade-long regulatory role, including safety rules, background checks, insurance requirements, reporting obligations, and two major legislative programs from 2018: the Clean Miles Standard and the Access for All program. Members asked about complaint trends, data collection and disclosure, program implementation, and how the CPUC uses annual reports for policymaking, compliance, and program oversight. Uber and Lyft said the statewide framework has supported growth while providing safety and access benefits, but both companies emphasized that insurance is a major cost driver and argued that California’s UM/UIM requirement is unusually high compared with other vehicles. They said the Clean Miles Standard is pushing electrification but faces headwinds from EV affordability and charging infrastructure, while Access for All has expanded wheelchair-accessible service but still needs continued support. They also discussed transit partnerships, wildfire response, and the potential role of autonomous vehicles, with both companies saying human drivers will remain important and that future regulation should account for new technology. The final panel, including the San Francisco County Transportation Authority and UC Berkeley researchers, presented evidence that TNCs have increased congestion and reduced transit ridership, especially in dense urban areas. They described prior research showing TNCs contributed to congestion growth in San Francisco and noted that this work helped spur local taxes on ride-hailing trips to fund safety and transit improvements. The panel also discussed the CPUC’s evolving data-disclosure decisions, arguing that public access to TNC trip data is important for understanding transportation impacts and informing local policy.

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate Bill 96, the Jacob Rogers local claims bill, is a local settled claims bill on behalf of the victim
• Senate Bill 96, the Jacob Rogers local claims bill, is a local settled claims bill on behalf of the victim
• Can you explain what happens if it's a contested claim?
• This is a settled claims bill for $4.1 million.
• This claims bill is in the amount of $2.2 million.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Summary: The committee first took up CS for Senate Bill 304, which would address child protective investigations involving children with certain pre-existing genetic or medical conditions. Senator Sharif said the bill is intended to prevent children from being wrongly removed from their families when symptoms of conditions such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, osteogenesis imperfecta, rickets, or vitamin deficiencies are mistaken for abuse. Several parents and advocates testified in support, describing long dependency cases and removals they said were caused by misdiagnosis. The committee adopted a substitute amendment that removed language requiring certain medical personnel to provide differential-diagnosis analysis, and the bill then passed favorably with unanimous support. The committee then heard SB 1430 on post-judgment execution proceedings relating to terrorism, sponsored by Senator Collins, who described the long effort by U.S. victims of the FARC to enforce a federal judgment and recover assets. The bill would clarify procedures for terrorism-related judgments, modernize intangible asset law, and help prevent terrorists from hiding assets or blocking wire transfers. After one supportive appearance form and no debate, the bill passed favorably. The committee also approved SB 96, a local claims bill for Jacob Rogers, and SB 382, an affordable housing rent bill that was amended to define base rent and apply to certain shorter-term rental agreements entered after July 1, 2026; SB 382 drew support from housing advocates and some opposition, but passed unanimously. Several claims bills were also approved: SB 4 for Patricia Armini, SB 6 for Jose Correa, SB 28 for Darlene Engerville and J.R., SB 30 for the estate of M.N., and SB 24 for Mandy Penny Lemon, each involving injuries or damages caused by local government or hospital district negligence and each reported favorably after brief testimony and roll calls. The committee also passed SB 658 on waiver or release of liens after discussion about form language and enforceability. SB 72, which would allow campaign funds to pay certain child care expenses incurred while a candidate is actively campaigning, prompted questions about definitions and safeguards; the sponsor said the bill would require the expense to exist only because of campaign activity, and the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee approved SB 1142 on release of conservation easements, which would create a statewide process for releasing certain small, low-value parcels from conservation easements if mitigation credits are secured elsewhere. The bill drew support from the sponsor and a property representative, but environmental advocates and President Passidomo raised concerns about flood control, wildlife corridors, and whether the bill was too property-specific; the sponsor said he would continue working on the language. The committee also heard extensive testimony on SB 1622, which would repeal the 2018 customary use law and restore local authority over public beach access. Supporters argued the current law has privatized beaches, hurt tourism, and led to harassment and conflict, while opponents defended private property rights and warned against taking away owners’ ability to exclude others. The transcript ends during testimony on SB 1622, before a final vote is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• We've depleted the amount that was set aside for those claims for this fiscal year.
• Some of those claims can take up to a week to verify. I'm not trying to make excuses.
• They are doing their best they can to get through the claims as fast as possible, but...
• And as well as what our claims are right now in the approximate time.
• So let's, for a moment, drill down on the claims amount. The claims amount is $3 million.

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: 965, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• One is a decree that settles the compact claims between the states.
• It resolves the outstanding claims and counterclaims in the Supreme Court.
• This project operations settlement agreement resolves New Mexico's claims.
• Some people are making claims for senior surface water rights.
• We've resolved some of the claims of Okeawinge. Up north.

Transcript Highlights:

• I think you do have to prove the case that you have been injured in the way that you're claiming.
• The presentation of evidence is necessary to adjudicate a tort claim, whenever you're looking at how
• When there is a claim, and a negligent claim, certainly evidence presented to that would be admissible
• for which damages would be claimed and 300% of Medicare rates would be paid.
• I believe that is erroneous and not a valid claim.

Bills: SB1540 , SB2225 , SB2284 , SB2382 , SB2487 , SB2514 , SB2595 , SB2876 , SB2877 , SB3031 , SB2753 , HB45

Committee: Senate State Affairs

Keywords: election officials, confidentiality, personal information, government transparency, public safety, spirit beverages, alcoholic beverages, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, distribution, taxation, firearms, local regulation, archery equipment, weapons, voter registration, statewide list, county requirements, election integrity, computer services contracts, mental health

Transcript Highlights:

• After both are approved, then we can submit claims for reimbursement.
• These delays result not only in slower claims processing, but in some instances, as Dr.
• Many plans do require the rendering provider to be included on the claim in order for it to be paid.
• We will only start reimbursing claims once a completed application has been approved by our plan.
• This is a claim by the insurance, not a claim by the insurance company, but a...

Bills: HB1531 , HB2667 , HB2809 , HB2865 , HB3589 , HB3151 , HB3748 , HB3750 , HB4419 , HB4643 , HB3597 , HB4129 , HB4130 , HB4131

Committee: House Human Services

Keywords: workplace violence prevention, health and safety code, Chapter 331, facility definition, home and community support services agency, home health agency, home health care, nursing staff, registered nurses, health care workplace safety, hospital, nursing facility, ambulatory surgical center, freestanding emergency medical care facility, mental hospital, Texas health care regulation, provider compliance, occupational safety, senior living, referral agencies

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><01:04:24.240><c> Now,</c> what you have for past claims. Now, what you have for past claims.
• </c><01:04:34.840><c> loss</c> called a CLUE report, claims loss called a CLUE report, claims loss underwriting
• </c> high cost claims. high cost claims.
• </c><01:17:39.880><c> are</c><01:17:40.000><c> paid</c> All claims above or below are paid All claims
• ><c> by</c><01:17:43.960><c> the</c> Eligible claims are verified by the Eligible claims are verified

Committee: Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• By reducing claim losses, administrative expenses, and market volatility.
• Reducing the frequency of wind and hail damage claims on insured residences. D.
• to pay any additional retaliatory tax as a result of claiming the credit.
• The bill changes the legal standard required to rebut those claims.
• claims? claims? &gt;&gt; Representative<07:38:11.920><c> Espinosa.

Keywords: 981, all

Transcript Highlights:

• to claim the working family credit and Minnesota child tax credit are taxable and anything else that
• to claim the working family credit and Minnesota child tax credit are taxable and anything else that
• to claim the working family credit and Minnesota child tax credit are taxable and anything else that
• </c><00:26:49.360><c> to</c><00:26:49.600><c> claim</c> services other than those claim to claim services
• other than those claim to claim the<00:26:50.000><c> working</c><00:26:50.320><c> family</c><00:26:50.640

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• to sponsors for valid claims.
• <00:14:05.839><c> from</c> claims from claims from sites<00:14:08.120><c> while</c><00:14:08.279><c>
• </c> for submitting fraudulent claims for submitting fraudulent claims soliciting<00:20:57.799><c> a<
• </c> or UNS unstated reimbursement claims or UNS unstated reimbursement claims would<00:59:17.480><c>
• </c><01:01:15.240><c> for</c> number of meals being claimed for number of meals being claimed for reimbursement

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• I mean, somebody claims something bad happened, somebody claims they didn't do it.
• </c> are claims.
• I mean, somebody claims are claims.
• ><c> somebody</c><00:54:35.280><c> claims</c> something bad happened, somebody claims something bad happened
• </c> claimed victim. claimed victim.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee met on HB 510 and HB 112, but the discussion focused almost entirely on HB 510, which would establish due process rights for students, student organizations, and faculty members in disciplinary proceedings at state institutions of higher education. The chair reviewed proposed amendments already approved or being considered, including revised definitions, confidentiality language for grievance information, removal of the adverse-inference language tied to self-incrimination, changes to cross-examination procedures, and narrowing an emergency exception by removing property damage and focusing on immediate threats to physical health or safety. The committee also discussed whether the hearing officer should have discretion to require a third party to conduct cross-examination, with the sponsor saying the word should remain “may” so the officer can respond to the circumstances of each case. Members opposed to the bill argued that existing campus procedures already provide adequate due process and that the proposal is unnecessary, potentially intimidating to complainants, and disruptive to university policies and collective bargaining agreements. They objected especially to language allowing the accused to be present during cross-examination of an accuser and to the use of the term “victim” before facts are established. Supporters said the bill is intended to ensure basic fairness for accused students and faculty, that the language was revised to address concerns, and that the rights listed are appropriate because serious allegations can have lasting consequences even outside the criminal context. No vote or final action was taken in the portion provided; the committee remained in discussion/caucus over the bill language.

Transcript Highlights:

• I've gotten several texts; there's an all-payer claims data?
• This is really the generic claims management roadmap that we developed.
• We didn't do it for the claims; we did it for patient safety, but all of the Claims metrics have improved
• authority for claims.
• The likability of the person who is either asserting the claim or defending the claim can also influence

Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:

• One, with regard to the all payer claims database, uh, we are excited directionally this bill aligns
• It's not only information that's included the claims data that's in the APCD they're allowed to pull
• Well, no, I mean, the whole purpose of the all-payer claims database was to help inform you and so what
• To, to employers because they could, they would not have to, uh, pay claims within 45 days.
• So then maybe even the claims database that we're already paying for that would already included all

Bills: HB138

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: voter registration, application rejection, transparency, election integrity, state law

Transcript Highlights:

• , the tax credit that you want to receive... ...actually prove that the exemption that you want to claim
• the current year with the address that matches the primary address for which you are attempting to claim
• an exemption, if you've claimed an exemption, is the address that's used.
• address in question that you were submitting as a part of your application was one that you were claiming
• When an individual submits their claim for the exemption, they're attesting to the fact that they don't

Committee: House Revenue and Taxation

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• They claim that this is evidence that federal judges are biased against this president.
• Schumacher claimed any judicial order blocking it would be, quote, wildly inappropriate, his words.
• First, my wife Catherine, who is a judge on the Court of Federal Claims, a little over five years old
• I want to ask about a 2022 Department of Defense IG report claiming that you retaliated against Eugene
• and prosecuting false claims cases?

Committee: Senate Senate Judiciary

Keywords: John Eisenberg, assistant attorney general, national security, China Initiative, Department of Justice, judicial authority, executive actions, nomination hearing

Summary: The committee meeting primarily involved discussions around key nominations and pressing legal issues pertaining to the Department of Justice. Notable discussions included the nomination of John Eisenberg for assistant attorney general for national security, where concerns over the revival of the China Initiative were raised. Senators expressed significant apprehensions regarding previous actions taken under this initiative and its implications for national security. Additionally, there were critiques of the broader implications of executive actions that challenge judicial authority, aligning with ongoing dialogues about the integrity of the judiciary and executive oversight.

Transcript Highlights:

• I'm a lawyer that handles insurance claims and works with insurance companies.
• The reason that it's necessary is because unlike first-party claims, as Mr.
• I'm a lawyer that handles insurance claims and works with insurance companies.
• The reason that it's necessary is because unlike first-party claims, as Mr.
• Claims. Okay. Okay, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chairman, I move the bill. Please, Mr.

Committee: Senate Senate Finance Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee approved the February 2, 2026 minutes and held Senate Bill 1090. It then took up SB 1503, which would require pension fiduciaries and proxy advisory firms to base voting and advice solely on economic interests, prohibit ESG or ideological considerations except in limited circumstances, and authorize attorney general enforcement. The sponsor said the bill was meant to protect investors and align with federal action; supporters argued proxy advisors lack transparency and can influence votes against shareholders’ financial interests. Arizona retirement system representatives said they were neutral but warned the bill would add major operational costs, create reporting burdens, increase litigation risk, and could narrow the market for proxy advisory services. The committee passed SB 1503 on a 4-3 vote. The committee then considered SB 1293, which would bar GPLET abatements from applying to school-district revenue during the eight-year abatement period. Supporters said the bill would protect school funding and reduce the state aid backfill tied to GPLET projects, while opponents from Phoenix, Mesa, and economic development groups said GPLET is a key redevelopment tool that helps finance downtown and blighted-area projects and that the bill would weaken future investment. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1293 on a 4-3 vote. It also heard and passed SB 1414, which gives insurers 30 days to review and respond to third-party settlement demands; insurers supported the bill as a reasonable commercial timeframe, while trial lawyers opposed it as too slow and urged a 15-day standard, with members indicating they expected a possible friendly amendment. Next, the committee heard SB 1633, which would create an Arizona income tax subtraction for capital gains from the sale of a primary residence, after five years of occupancy. Opponents argued it would mainly benefit wealthy homeowners and could cost the state tens of millions annually, while the sponsor said it could help homeowners move without facing large tax bills and improve housing turnover. The committee passed the bill 4-2. It also adopted an amendment to SB 1429, which would have expanded Arizona Commerce Authority board ex officio membership, then held the bill for further consideration. Finally, the committee passed SB 1536, allowing temporary consolidation of street light improvement districts, and heard SB 1724, which clarifies when property splits or consolidations trigger limited property value recalculation, with county assessors supporting the measure as an anti-gaming reform.

Transcript Highlights:

• A pre-suit notice and an insurance claim is a formal notice sent to the insurer.
• In many cases, a pre-suit notice is sent when an insurer refuses to pay a claim or fails to meet obligations
• insurer's right to recover interest, penalties, attorneys' fees, and other non-economic damages for a claim
• When we processed the claim through her insurance, she was expected to pay $141.
• It's a $119 difference just because the way the claim was processed.

Committee: House Insurance

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> fully repay providers for any claim fully repay providers for any claim impacted<00:40:48.400><c
• claims claims um<00:41:44.319><c> that</c><00:41:44.560><c> would</c><00:41:44.720><c> have</c><00:41
• ,</c><00:43:24.560><c> the</c> anything about a fraudulent claim, the anything about a fraudulent claim
• We have to actually pay a claim.
• And as when we actually pay claims.

Committee: Senate Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• As I mentioned, LASD initially claimed 500 deputies should be on their safety list.
• We have small claims courts. Why not have something like that for this sort of a situation?
• Squatters have no lease, no consent, no legitimate claim of possession.
• Swatters have no lease, no consent, no legitimate claim of possession.
• , leading to blanket denials with only a few substantive claims being heard.

Summary: The committee heard AB 82, which would expand privacy and safety protections for patients and providers of reproductive and gender-affirming care. The author and supporters said the bill is needed because of rising harassment, doxing, and threats, and because sensitive health data could be used by hostile actors; opponents argued it would create constitutional problems, enable abuse of safe-at-home protections, and improperly shield providers and records from scrutiny. Public testimony was heavily divided, with many advocates in support and many privacy, civil liberties, and anti-trafficking or sex-based policy groups in opposition. The bill was moved on a due pass recommendation and remained on call. The committee then heard AB 331, which would clarify that county election certification is a ministerial duty, prohibit misleading ballot return envelopes, and require voter information guides to be delivered to jails in an acceptable format. The Department of Justice and several good-government groups supported the measure, the Secretary of State had no position after amendments, and a committee member noted ongoing concerns but supported it after the changes. The bill passed on a do pass recommendation to Appropriations and was placed on call. AB 1178 followed, proposing to protect undercover peace officers’ names, images, and likenesses in public records while preserving disclosure of sustained misconduct records. Law enforcement and public safety groups supported the bill as a needed safety measure, while journalists, transparency advocates, and civil liberties groups opposed it, saying existing law already protects officers and the new language could lead to overbroad withholding. After discussion about the scope of undercover status and the need for judicial discretion, the bill passed as amended to Appropriations. The committee also adopted a consent calendar. Later, AB 981 was heard, creating a five-county pilot program requiring intelligent speed assistance devices for certain reckless driving convictions. Supporters, including traffic safety advocates and crash victims, said the bill could reduce repeat speeding and save lives; opponents raised concerns about cost, installer oversight, liability for automakers, and the breadth of the pilot. The bill passed as amended to Appropriations. AB 22, which would repeal Proposition 57 and restrict release of sexually violent predators and certain sex offenders, drew strong opposition from youth justice, public defender, and civil liberties groups who said it would be unconstitutional and harmful; the chair recommended no, no motion was made, and the bill was held. Finally, AB 897, a squatter-removal bill, was presented with the author arguing it would protect property owners through a faster due-process process; the transcript cuts off during early support testimony and does not show a final action on that measure.

Transcript Highlights:

• They moved their average medical cost per claim down from $7,700 to $3,100.
• 42 days. ...claim in Ohio before ODG, and now they lose 42 days.
• And the claims cost down from 7,700 to 3,100 per claim. That's huge. And that's pretty broad.
• per claim in the rest, if you look at the national average.
• That lay, deletting. to do the claims, when something's not in the schedule.

Summary: The House Labor and Industrial Relations Committee met on May 7, 2026, and first deferred several measures, including House Bill 460, Senate Bill 322, Senate Bill 32, Senate Bill 22, and House Bill 561. The committee then took up House Bill 819 by Chairman Cruz, which would replace Louisiana’s current workers’ compensation medical treatment schedule with the Official Disability Guidelines (ODG) by MCG as the primary guideline, while keeping the existing variance and appeal process. Cruz and MCG representative Troy Prevo argued that ODG is more comprehensive, updated more frequently, and used in many states, and said it could reduce delays, disability duration, and costs. Dr. Jason Picard, the state medical director, testified that Louisiana already uses ODG as a secondary reference in many cases because the state schedule lacks coverage for some body parts and treatments, and said the bill would not otherwise change the appeals process or care delivery. Committee members focused heavily on whether the bill would delay care or improve it. Several members questioned the private-company nature of ODG, the $400 annual subscription cost, and whether Louisiana doctors would be forced to rely on an out-of-state guideline. Rep. Glorioso and others raised concerns about preauthorization delays and proposed amendments to create tacit approval when treatment follows the schedule, require payment within 30 days, and make the carrier prove by clear and convincing evidence that care was not medically necessary to challenge it. Chairman Cruz said he was willing to work with those ideas, and the committee also discussed adding an on-ramp or legacy language so current patients would not be disrupted. Opposition testimony came from injured-worker advocates and representatives of medical and labor groups, including Joseph Jola St. and Robin Krumholt. They argued that Louisiana’s current guidelines are already working, that rates have fallen over time, and that the real problem is delay in approval rather than the content of the schedule. They said ODG is overly rigid, cost-driven, and can lead to denials that shift costs to workers, Medicaid, or private health insurance. They urged the committee to keep Louisiana’s existing system and instead adopt tacit approval under current law. The bill was still under discussion at the close of the transcript, with amendments being read and no final vote shown.