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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 45 May 14th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- relative to consumer-connected devices to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
- relative to consumer-connected devices to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
- relative to consumer-connected devices to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Jan 28th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- consideration, we have docket 24-2301-2501, Rules of Speech, Hearing and Communication Services, Licensure
- To present docket number 24-2301-2501, rules of the Speech, Hearing, and Communication Services Licensure
- This rule change would put the license type into the Speech, Hearing, and Communication Services Licensure
Summary:
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved the minutes from January 19, 2026, then took up several administrative rule dockets from the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses. The first, docket 24-2301-2501 for the Speech, Hearing, and Communication Services Licensure Board, added a new video remote interpreting provider license created by prior legislation and set a $150 fee for up to five sign language interpreters per business. The agency said the fee would be the lowest in the country, drew no public comments, and would have no impact on the general fund. Some members questioned the cap and the fee level, but the committee approved the docket on a 5-3 roll call vote.
The committee then approved, by voice vote, two chapter repeal dockets tied to the merger of the Nursing Home Administrators and Residential Care Facility Administrators boards into the new Idaho Long-Term Care Administrator Board: docket 24-0901-2501 and docket 24-1901-2501. Both repeals were presented as necessary because the old boards’ rules were being replaced by a unified rule set under the merged board structure.
Finally, the committee approved docket 24-4101-2501, the new unified chapter for the Idaho Board of Long-Term Care Administrators. The presenter said the chapter combined previously approved rules from the two former boards with no substantive changes, only reformatting to fit the merged board. The committee also recognized visitors from A&A Idaho and Nurses Day at the Capitol before adjourning, with a budget presentation scheduled for the next meeting.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Twenty Four - Thursday, February 19
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- As I described it the other day, it requires, it changes the definition of such to include plans established
- Because I know it can be up to, I think it was like $5,000 for certain licensures and up to $1,000 for
- certain licensures.
- Licensures and up to $1,000 for certain licensures.
- We know work requirements are not effective. And so by changing our Constitution, we are asking...
Summary:
The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the prior day’s journal by roll call vote, and established a quorum. Members then offered personal privilege remarks recognizing Dr. Penelope Martin Knox for Black History Month and introducing guests, including Adeline Overcast, who was made a page for the day, and visitors connected to a rural hospital in Rolla. Several bills were read for the first time, including measures on blind pension tax levies, penalties for impeding first responders, and flag display in the state capitol, and committee reports recommended passage of multiple deferred measures.
The chamber then took up several bills on third reading. House Committee Substitute for HB 2596, concerning multiple employee self-insured health plans for small businesses, passed 145-0. HB 1644, dealing with franchise employment liability and joint-employer issues, passed 103-45 after debate over worker rights and franchisor liability. HB 2423, which would increase funding for the Division of Finance through higher licensing fees, passed 146-0 despite concerns about costs being passed on indirectly. House Committee Substitute for HB 2641, which aligns state law with federal restrictions on intoxicating hemp-derived products, drew extensive debate over hemp, beverages, and the impact on small businesses and consumers; it passed 109-34 with six present.
Members also debated HB 2498 on juvenile justice reform, including changes to certification procedures and information sharing. Supporters argued it would improve accountability and public safety, while opponents warned it would politicize juvenile decisions, burden treatment facilities, and push more youth into the adult system. After a successful previous-question motion, the bill passed 100-44 with three present. House Committee Substitute for HB 2637 and 3155, described as a truth-in-sentencing measure that would make parole eligibility and time-served credit clearer, passed 102-45 with two present after debate over whether it effectively increased mandatory minimums.
Finally, the House took up House Committee Substitute for HJR 154, a proposed constitutional amendment tied to Medicaid expansion and work requirements. Supporters framed it as encouraging work and reducing dependency, while opponents called it an attack on Medicaid expansion that would increase administrative costs and risk coverage losses for vulnerable residents. The transcript ends during the motion for the previous question on that resolution, before the final vote is shown.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Health Jun 21st, 2026 at 09:00 am
Joint Committee on Public Health
Transcript Highlights:
- It would require that health care providers offer chaperones for sensitive exams.
- requirement to protect patients from the threat of the problem of sexual abuse.
- Had there been policies in place requiring that Dr.
- It requires specific training and knowledge about a number of things.
- We are also required to have a nurse on duty for every unit 24-7, and DMH also has licensure staffing
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Public Health held a hybrid hearing on a wide range of bills focused on patient safety, workforce development, health equity, and access to care. A major portion of the hearing centered on H. 2362/S. 1491, which would require health care providers to offer trained chaperones for sensitive exams. Sponsors and supporters said the bill is a common-sense safeguard prompted by cases of physician sexual abuse, and survivors gave emotional testimony describing grooming, isolation, and abuse during exams when no chaperone was present. Support also came from a health services researcher, a physician, and a RAINN representative, all arguing that trained chaperones and clearer documentation would improve transparency and protect patients. Committee members asked about clarifying who may serve as a chaperone and whether the bill would apply to other clinicians such as PTs and OTs.
The committee also heard testimony on H. 2401/S. 1485, which would require explicit informed consent for certain educational exams performed on unconscious patients. The bill’s supporters said patients should know in advance if students or physicians will conduct non-medically necessary exams while they are under anesthesia, and that the measure would protect survivors from retraumatization. The hearing then moved to H. 2537, a primary care access bill. Health Care for All, the Massachusetts Medical Society, pediatric and internal medicine physicians, and a patient advocate described long waits, provider shortages, and difficulty finding primary care, especially for low-income people and people of color. They supported the bill’s proposed primary care spending target, payment reforms, Medicaid graduate medical education funding, and a commercial payment floor for health centers.
Another set of bills addressed workforce and safety issues. H. 2397/S. 1593 would establish a nursing workforce center; nursing leaders said Massachusetts should make the current workforce council permanent to support data collection, apprenticeships, and long-term planning for the state’s largest health care workforce. H. 2396/S. 1535 would require safe patient handling and mobility programs in health facilities; nurses described serious injuries from lifting patients and said better equipment and programs would reduce staff injuries and improve patient outcomes. H. 2501/S. 1505 on LGBTQ+ health disparities drew support from a medical student and Doctors for America, who urged collection of sexual orientation and gender identity data to improve care and school outcomes. Finally, H. 2448/S. 1522 on patient safety and equitable access to care drew strong support from nursing organizations and individual nurses who described unsafe staffing, burnout, and patient harm, while the Massachusetts Association of Behavioral Health Systems opposed the bill as redundant for psychiatric facilities already regulated by the Department of Mental Health.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Elementary and Secondary Education Jan 15th, 2026
Elementary and Secondary Education
Transcript Highlights:
- That basically requires special programming in the same way that is required...
- That basically requires special programming in the same way that is required for special education students
- That basically requires special programming in the same way that is required. basically requires special
- It facilitates the exchange of licensure between different states.
- So it would require additional legislation to withdraw.
NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session May 29th, 2025 at 11:00 am
Nevada Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It moves the requirement for mandatory alcohol evaluation from a BAC of 0.18 to a BAC of 0.16.
- The national average where an alcohol evaluation is required is a BAC of 0.15.
- This bill requires a two-thirds majority vote. Senator Neal. Thank you, Mr. President.
- This bill requires a two-thirds majority vote. Senator Neal. Thank you, Mr. President.
- required. 136 of the proceeds of the live entertainment tax after the required transfer of $150,000.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So JFAC, through intent language, required a plan to be submitted and approved by them for us to handle
- So JFAC through intent language required a plan to be submitted and approved by them for us to handle
- For initial licensure, it would be an increase from $150 to $300, and renewals would increase from $75
- For initial licensure, it would be an increase from $150 to $300 and renewals would increase from $75
- Additionally, section 54-4710, subsection 2, of the Idaho Code requires this board to establish fees
Summary:
The House Health and Welfare Committee approved the February 10 minutes and then heard a presentation from DOPL Administrator Russ Barron explaining the agency’s fee-setting process for professional boards. Barron said DOPL operates without general fund support, relies on license fees to cover costs, and is using a legislatively approved plan to raise or lower fees based on board cash balances. He described past consolidation and efficiency efforts, including moving to the Chinden campus, implementing a single licensing system, merging boards, and using fee holidays for boards with excess cash. Members generally supported the approach and asked about board financial reporting, carryover balances, and DOPL’s efficiency measures.
The committee then considered several DOPL rule dockets. It approved a unified rule chapter for the newly merged Board of Long-Term Care Administrators and approved repeals of the prior separate nursing home and residential care administrator rule chapters, effective July 1, 2026. These actions were tied to the merger of the two boards under 2025 legislation and were described as non-substantive reformatting to consolidate the rules.
Finally, the committee heard and approved rules for the Board of Acupuncture. The docket removed duplicative statutory language and increased fees substantially, raising initial licensure from $150 to $300 and renewals from $75 to $200. Price said the board had a negative cash balance and needed the increase to move toward the statutory cash-balance target. Heather Bergstrom of the Idaho Acupuncture Association testified in support, saying the profession is self-funded, the increase was manageable, and licensing is important for insurance participation and market access. Members asked about board consolidation and comparisons with other states before unanimously approving the docket. The committee adjourned after noting more DOPL rules would be heard the following week.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Feb 18th, 2026
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
Transcript Highlights:
- The state would be required through Florida Digital Service.
- The bill removes the requirement that all lottery drawings and ticket validation be monitored, and requires
- The bill removes the requirement that the lottery must lease all vending machines and removes the requirement
- that the lottery requires... must lease all vending machines and remove the requirement that the lottery
- It also requires DFS to make available on its website the start date, requirements, and selection process
Keywords:
payment stablecoin, financial regulation, anti-money laundering, state oversight, digital currency, financial services, Florida lottery, state lottery, lottery tickets, lottery retailer, Department of the Lottery, Division of Security, ball machine, lottery vending machine, instant tickets, online lottery tickets, major procurement, vendor disclosure, performance bond, retailer bond
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- consideration, we have docket 24-2301-2501, Rules of Speech, Hearing and Communication Services Licensure
- To present docket number 24-2301-2501, rules of the Speech, Hearing, and Communication Services Licensure
- This rule change would put the license type into the Speech, Hearing, and Communication Services Licensure
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- Those are statutory requirements.
- Those are statutory requirements.
- Those are statutory requirements.
- Those are statutory requirements.
- Those are statutory requirements.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- that the legislature enacted last year: extended foster care from age 21 to 23, and kin-specific licensure
- He said that in Section 102, subsection 03, the rule adds kin-specific licensure, which fills in what
- He continued, “My two older boys did require quite a few spankings.
- I could provide that if required, but I am comfortable saying that it is entirely similar.”
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- On line 211, the substitute specifies that nursing homes are required to maintain professional liability
- least equal to $3 million per occurrence, as opposed to equal to the med-mal recovery limits as is required
- to you the tragedy of representing someone who is paralyzed, who is brain injured, who is going to require
- practical nurse, or a person who holds a multi-state privilege to practice such nursing under the Nurse Licensure
- Compact. ...who holds a multi-state privilege to practice such nursing under the Nurse Licensure Compact
NE
Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Committee - Room 1510 Jun 30th, 2026
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- compliance with requirements for adequate fire safety.
- a program with this required staffing requirements, quite frankly, outside of either Lincoln or Omaha
- a program with this required staffing requirements, quite frankly, outside of either Lincoln or Omaha
- This building is required to be ADA accessible.
- Which again requires the program to be in place to be licensed.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Business and Financial Institutions - Room 210; 28 January, 2026: 2:00 PM
Business and Financial Institutions
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> go</c><00:05:06.960><c> to</c><00:05:07.120><c> the</c> requires it first to go to the requires
- </c><00:08:44.320><c> by</c> disclosures uh that are required by disclosures uh that are required by
- Chairman, members of the committee. they are required to send certified they are required to send certified
- Um currently requirement to uh emails.
- requirements.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- A clear definition of voluntary participation, the required reporting that exceeds current CETA requirements
- A clear definition of the voluntary participation, the required reporting that exceed current CTA requirements
- What would be required in this bill to do that to determine whom would What would be required in this
- Seventh, it revises age verification requirements ...related to the purchase of these products to require
- One requires...
Keywords:
accounts, finance, business regulation, transparency, audits, cannabis, license fees, regulatory framework, revenue generation, legalization, HB 2714, caseload forecasting, food assistance, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, state food assistance, budget forecasting, caseload forecast council, caseload forecast supervisor, Washington State
NE
Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Committee - Room 1510 Jun 30th, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- compliance with requirements for adequate fire safety.
- I don't think that you can put a program with this required staffing requirements, quite frankly, outside
- a program with this required staffing requirements, quite frankly, outside of either Lincoln or Omaha
- With the required statutory changes that we proposed this session, yes.
- Which again requires the program to be in place to be licensed.
Summary:
The Health and Human Services Committee held an invited-testimony hearing on LR 425, which examines the Whitehall campus in Lincoln and possible long-term options for youth currently served there. Chair Brian Hardin explained that Whitehall houses two separate programs for adolescent males: a substance use program and a youth-who-sexually-harm program. Testimony from DHHS officials described Whitehall as a Joint Commission-accredited psychiatric residential treatment facility (PRTF) that provides about 40 hours of weekly programming, family involvement, school services, and community reintegration activities. Officials said the department is evaluating whether the programs should remain at Whitehall or move to another state-owned facility, with Hastings described as the department’s preferred alternative because it is more residential in design than a youth rehabilitation treatment center (YRTC).
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill requires the commission meet twice annually rather than only annually and requires the commission
- The bill requires the Commission meet twice annually rather than only annually and requires the Commission
- Because according to the bill, well, I know that it's not required by law, but the employer may require
- following requirements.”
- And also, thinking of small businesses, they are not required to do this or required to give out this
Bills:
SB1041, SB1088, SB1118, SB1128, SB1168, SB1176, SB1189, SB1207, SB1250, SB1272, SB1274, SB1286, SB1428, SB1457, SB1461, SB1503, SB1519, SB1537, SB1582, SB1618, SB1654, SB1713, SB1827, SCR1012, SCR1020
Keywords:
electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, cybersecurity, homeland security, artificial intelligence, state appropriation, VPN security, zero trust, housing, zoning, middle housing, urban development, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- It requires a tool a little bit like a vacuum.
- or a mandatory adequate water supply requirement.
- What you are required to do to go to school is you are required to either show your immunization forms
- reporting requirements.
- This striker requires voter approval before deployment.
Bills:
HB2015, HB2060, HB2062, HB2100, HB2118, HB2165, HB2258, HB2327, HB2397, HB2445, HB2460, HB2641, HB2745, HB2876, HB2917, HB4011, HB4049, HB4056, HB4087, HCR2013, HCR2016, HCR2040, HCR2044, HCR2048, HCR2056
Keywords:
budget procedures, late filing penalty, accounting standards, financial reporting, state appropriations, abortion, educational institutions, health education, state aid, public schools, Buffalo Soldiers, monument, commemoration, Arizona, public funding, Wesley Bolin Plaza, military history, historical memorial, small land subdivision, land use
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Mar 4th, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Washington Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It does require a JLARC study review committee of that funding as of December 2034 to make, and it requires
- eliminates this program, when this program does go away, this requires that the individuals who are
- It would require any plan developed and implemented to transition a person..."
- This bill would add preclearance requirements to the Washington Voting Rights Act.
- The bill summary is full of prohibits, requires, prohibits, requires, prohibits, requires.
Bills:
SB6061, SB6234, SB6176, SB6335, SB6047, HB2235, HB2340, HB2464, HB2619, HB1376, HB1796, HB2091, HB2249, HB2254, HB2353, HB2431, HB2441, SB5808, SB5949, HB2124, HB1069, HB2104, HB2624
Keywords:
tourism, self-supported assessment, funding, statewide promotion, economic development, sewage, grinder pumps, residential buildings, regulation, construction, vehicle registration, enforcement, renewal, transportation, state law, state commission, infrastructure, traffic safety, responsibilities, state capital projects
Summary:
The Senate received messages from the House transmitting several signed bills, then moved through a series of second- and third-reading actions on multiple measures. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2508, clarifying the scope and authority of the Office of Independent Investigations, was advanced to final passage without objection and passed 44-4. Senators supporting it described it as a technical housekeeping bill aligning statute with current practice, while noting it had broad support from law enforcement groups and the ACLU; opponents raised concerns about overlapping investigations and authority.
Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1408, which dedicates a share of sales tax revenue from the stadium area to the South Downtown/Pioneer Square community preservation and development authority, was amended by a Ways and Means striking amendment declaring an emergency and then passed 47-1. Supporters said it would fund earthquake reinforcement, preservation, and community development in a historic district, with reporting and sunset provisions. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1500, dealing with resale certificates for common interest communities and homeowners associations, was amended to clarify disclosure and litigation provisions and passed 39-9. Substitute House Bill 1570, allowing collective bargaining for certain employees enrolled in academic programs at public institutions, failed an amendment to remove the emergency clause and then passed 29-19; supporters framed it as recognition of student workers’ organizing rights, while opponents warned it blurred student and employee roles.
The Senate also passed Substitute House Bill 1390, repealing the Community Protection Program and directing participants into other developmental disability services, after rejecting a series of amendments that sought to preserve sex-offender-related restrictions, add assessments, damages, or prosecutorial review. The bill passed 29-20 amid sharp debate over whether the program was coercive and outdated or necessary to protect vulnerable people and communities. Other bills passed included Substitute House Bill 2114 on defective license plates, Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2471 on collective bargaining if the NLRB is unavailable, House Bill 1069 on bargaining over supplemental retirement contributions for Department of Corrections employees, House Bill 2441 expanding medical premium reimbursements for surviving spouses of line-of-duty deaths, and Engrossed Third Substitute House Bill 1710 adding preclearance requirements under the Washington Voting Rights Act; the voting rights bill drew opposition over local control and litigation concerns. The transcript ends during the roll call on final passage of Engrossed Third Substitute House Bill 1710.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Mar 4th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Washington Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- a postgraduate degree to be considered for state employment, unless required by law.
- We also acknowledge the repair that is required through this intentional investment.
- And then you look at the requirements that the state has put on all of these child care facilities.
- President, of professional licensure, particularly vital in health care, I might add, due to the often
- An act relating to early learning program licensing requirements and amending RCW 43.216.
Bills:
SB6061, SB6234, SB6176, SB6335, SB6047, HB2235, HB2340, HB2464, HB2619, HB1376, HB1796, HB2091, HB2249, HB2254, HB2353, HB2431, HB2441, SB5808, SB5949, HB2124, HB1069, HB2104, HB2624
Keywords:
tourism, self-supported assessment, funding, statewide promotion, economic development, sewage, grinder pumps, residential buildings, regulation, construction, vehicle registration, enforcement, renewal, transportation, state law, state commission, infrastructure, traffic safety, responsibilities, state capital projects
Summary:
The Senate opened with roll call, the Pledge of Allegiance, prayer, and approval of the previous day’s journal. It received a House message that the House had passed second engrossed substitute Senate Bill 5010, and then took up Senate Resolution 8700 honoring Yolanda Cortinas Trout Manuel for her community service, business leadership, and public service. Senator Fortunato sponsored the resolution and spoke warmly in support, and the Senate adopted it by voice vote and recognized the guest in the gallery.
The chamber then confirmed Gubernatorial Appointment No. 9142, Maria Seguyenza to the Western Washington University Board of Trustees, after supportive remarks from Senators Bateman and Wilson-Clair. The Senate also passed Substitute House Bill 2248, described as a technical cleanup bill for Secretary of State corporate filings, and House Bill 2309, which removes postgraduate degree requirements for certain state jobs to broaden applicant pools. House Bill 2348 passed as a Department of Natural Resources efficiency measure allowing smaller land sales to be posted online and clarifying fair-market-value requirements.
The Senate deferred Second Substitute House Bill 1128 at first, then later adopted a striking amendment and passed the bill as amended. The bill creates a child care workforce standards board to study workforce conditions and make recommendations; several proposed amendments by Senator King to add child-safety training language, add an expiration date, and narrow the board’s scope were rejected. Supporters said the board would professionalize child care work and improve wages and standards, while opponents argued it would add government and costs without solving affordability. The Senate also passed Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2523 on the Community Reinvestment Program, with supporters emphasizing accountability, periodic review, and an independent study, and passed Substitute House Bill 2428 to prevent unintentional lapses in life insurance policies by allowing third-party notices.
Finally, the Senate passed House Bill 2340, expanding the CARES substance use disorder recovery program to nursing assistants, and Engrossed House Bill 2317, which streamlines licensing for Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program sites in certain educational settings. Most bills passed by wide margins, though Second Substitute House Bill 1128 passed with a narrower 28-19 vote. The Senate then recessed for lunch and caucus.