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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Apr 10th, 2025

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Department of Children and Families to take several key actions: conduct financial and operational audits
  • of managing entities, evaluate provider networks, referral patterns, and system performance, recommend
  • That’s why I believe it’s important that these audits take place of the managing entity.
  • Actually, last committee, we changed that just to physicians to perform stem cell therapies for certain
  • Practitioners actually last committee we changed that just to physicians to perform stem cell therapies
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services met to consider a full agenda of bills, moving quickly through 20 measures and several amendments. Early bills reported favorably included SB 976 on procedures for challenging court-appointed psychologists in family law cases, SB 306 on Medicaid managed care provider access outside regular business hours, and SB 584 on housing supports for foster youth and college students, which drew supportive testimony from former foster youth and was backed by members as a way to improve stability and educational opportunity. The committee also approved SB 1412 to modernize home health regulations and SB 1800 to create a Parkinson’s research consortium at USF, with members citing the need for more research and future funding opportunities. The committee adopted amendments on several bills, including technical and conforming changes to the Parkinson’s bill and other measures. The committee then advanced a series of health care and child welfare bills. SB 524 added Duchenne muscular dystrophy to newborn screening; SB 1156 revised the Home Health Aide Program for medically fragile children, including training, reimbursement, and work-hour flexibility; and SB 1490 reorganized services for medically fragile children by shifting program administration to AHCA and requiring a redesign plan for the Medicaid waiver. SB 1174 allowed foster home and child-caring agency licenses to be amended when a foster parent relocates, and SB 1620 implemented selected recommendations from the Commission on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders, including a new research center at USF and school-based behavioral health review requirements. SB 1568 revised e-prescribing exemptions, and SB 78 authorized certain veterans’ nursing home beds and related certificate-of-need transfers. All of these measures were reported favorably after brief debate or supportive testimony. Several bills prompted more extensive discussion and some opposition. CS for CS SB 1270, the Department of Health agency package, included provisions on vaccination-related patient rights, medical marijuana reporting, background screening, temporary licensure, compact participation, and sovereign immunity for volunteer dentists; it passed despite concerns from Senators Berman, Brodeur, and Harrell about vaccination language and board/voting-power provisions. CS for SB 1606 on patient access to records drew strong opposition from physicians and health information professionals over privacy, security, fines, and portal access; it was initially reported unfavorably, then reconsidered and ultimately reported favorably as a committee bill. CS for SB 1736, allowing insulin administration by direct support professionals and relatives for individuals with developmental disabilities, and SB 1808, requiring timely refunds to patients, both passed. CS for SB 1842, requiring referring providers to help patients determine whether referred providers are in-network, also passed over concerns about burden on small practices. The committee also advanced SB 1354, a behavioral health oversight bill requiring audits, performance reporting, and system transparency measures for managing entities, and SB 1768, which authorizes physicians to perform certain stem cell therapies using specified products and requires informed consent; both drew supportive comments but also concerns about patient understanding and oversight. Finally, the committee approved SPB 7032 as a committee bill to create presumptive Medicaid eligibility for permanently disabled individuals during redetermination, and after reconsideration it reported SB 1606 favorably as a committee bill. The meeting ended with members noting their recorded votes on select tabs and adjourning after completing the agenda.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

March 11, 2025 - 08:30 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • To evaluate our monthly performance and delivery of projects, we also discuss efficiencies and share
  • So that we can ensure that we've received the input in terms of performance of the system and then make
  • The Office of Performance Management is also within DAS OED.
  • Office of Performance Management is also within DAS OED.
  • within the department and also exterior to the department, oftentimes relating to our license plate audit
Summary: The committee met to review agency program funding as it prepared to build the budget, hearing brief presentations from six agencies and then taking member questions. Florida Division of Emergency Management highlighted its role in response, preparedness, recovery, and mitigation, describing a largely federal pass-through budget, major technology investments, and large disaster and preparedness grant activity. The Department of Commerce, Department of State, Florida Housing Finance Corporation, Department of Transportation, Department of Military Affairs, Florida State Guard, and Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles also summarized their budgets, staffing, and major programs, including workforce and economic development, elections and arts funding, housing assistance, transportation work programs, military readiness, state guard expansion, and highway safety and motorist services. Members focused questions on several issues: arts and library grant funding and whether award criteria had changed; Commerce’s rural infrastructure and job growth grants and why funds were not being disbursed faster; Florida Housing’s use of SAIL, Live Local, Hometown Heroes, and SHIP funds and how smaller agencies learn about and access funding; and DOT’s work program gap between agency and governor proposals. The most extensive questioning was directed to Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles about long DMV lines, vacancies, overtime, staffing shortages, and the ability to shift funds between divisions. The department said staffing and pay constraints, especially in South Florida, were driving service delays and vacancy rates, and that overtime was being used because troopers were leaving for better-paying jobs. The Florida State Guard was also questioned about its spending and procurement pace, including aircraft purchases and facilities. Its director said long procurement timelines explained the low initial spending and that obligations had risen sharply as contracts matured. Members also asked about the department’s public opposition to Amendment 3 and whether agency resources were used in that effort; the director said no contracts or purchases were made to influence the vote and said the colonel’s comments were made off the clock. The meeting ended with the chair asking agencies to respond promptly to unanswered questions, and the committee adjourned without any recorded votes or formal actions beyond receiving the presentations and questions.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Commission on Data Practices 11/20/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • One is obviously data is important for audits, and availability of data is important for audits.
  • Um, as of data is important for audits.
  • So, we're looking called post audits.
  • ,<00:03:45.120> program it's a financial audit, program it's a financial audit, program evaluation
  • the audits the audits uh uh uh technology<01:54:20.480> has<01:54:20.800> changed<
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The committee approved the October 15, 2025 minutes and then held a broader discussion on current challenges with data retention and government transparency. Judy Randall of the Office of the Legislative Auditor said historical data is essential for post-audits, which often look back three to five years, and that retention decisions must balance audit needs with the burden of separating public and nonpublic data. She described the records-retention panel process as informal and largely based on individual judgment, noting she had objected to a proposed 60-day email retention period and generally uses a three-year guideline, though she said that standard is not grounded in a formal rule. Members discussed whether auditing standards should set retention periods, with Randall saying auditing is a good starting point but other offices, including the attorney general, also have needs, and that some agency discretion is unavoidable because of the gray area between official records and non-records. Representative Elkins raised the related principle of data minimization, arguing that government should not keep data longer than needed and citing a University of Minnesota legacy data warehouse breach as an example of the risks of retaining unnecessary sensitive information. Randall agreed that data no longer needed is a liability and said her office purges workpapers after five years. Representative Scott pressed whether three years is enough for fraud investigations and financial records; Randall responded that a reasonableness standard is needed and that longer retention can produce diminishing returns, though she said she would follow up on whether financial records should be treated differently. Tanya Tacker of the Rum River Special Education Cooperative testified in support of updating Minnesota’s data-retention laws for schools. She said districts want to protect student information and maintain transparency, but the current general retention schedule dates to 1985 and 2000 and does not reflect digital records, modern systems, or the volume of special education data. She urged modernizing the schedule, clarifying what must be kept in paper versus digitized form, aligning state rules with IDEA and other federal requirements, and providing practical guidance and tools. Members praised the specificity of her recommendations. Dr. BB Newman testified that retention failures in St. Anthony Village have made it difficult to obtain routine municipal and police data, with records delayed, missing, or inconsistently produced and no clear explanation of what systems were searched or whether records were destroyed. Newman argued these gaps undermine statutory access rights and force residents into costly litigation, and recommended stronger retention auditing, documentation of destruction, mandatory disclosure of systems searched, and consequences for noncompliance. In response to questions, Senate counsel said there is generally no direct penalty, but affected parties may seek mandamus, Data Practices Act claims, or informal mediation/opinions from the Data Practices Office. The discussion closed with calls for clearer standards and possible legislative updates to improve compliance and transparency.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EDN Info Briefing - Fri Jan 9, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In terms of um the academic performance framework, there are three that our schools uh perform on.
  • So we have the three I performance.
  • important but the financial performance important but the financial performance is<00:22:00.799>
  • historically perform higher than Hawaii. historically perform higher than Hawaii.
  • assessment, Hawaii performs very well. assessment, Hawaii performs very well.
Keywords: 910, house, all
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

HHS Informational Briefing 04-09-2025

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Okay, the performance differentials. What we're going to do is work with existing staff.
  • <00:14:32.000> what those performance differentials, what those performance differentials, what
  • > which<00:14:40.000> includes performance measures uh which includes performance measures
  • So it it performance differential. Okay.
  • <00:30:44.480> Oh audit would be better. Thank you. Oh audit would be better. Thank you.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Feb 26th, 2025

Public Safety and Homeland Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • This was first brought to my attention within the last year during an audit with the Alabama Municipal
  • I was informed during that audit to inform my… ...during that audit that I had to inform my officers
  • innocent individuals, but rather to reinforce compliance with lawful orders, ensuring that officers can perform
  • their duties effectively. perform their duties effectively.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • together, the idea was that companies could apply for this, and they had very rigorous steps and audits
  • The intent of the Minnesota bioincentive program was to provide performance-based payments to encourage
  • Through all of those audits, these folks did exactly what they were asked to do in order to get this
  • Through all of those audits, these folks did exactly what they were asked to do in order to get this
  • Through all of those audits, these folks did exactly what they were asked to do in order to get this
Keywords: 1183, house
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session May 26th, 2026

California Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • If voter fraud is truly as rare as supporters claim, then why is California so afraid of audits and the
  • For example, requiring the PUC to establish clear performance metrics on things that we should know,
  • This will make clear what our expectations are for good performance.
  • For good performance.
  • . ...$150,000 to engage in agreed-upon procedures engagements in lieu of a full traditional audit.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the journals, and confirmed three gubernatorial appointments: Doreen Diyamo to the State Water Resources Control Board, Dr. Anne Maria de Mars to the State Athletic Commission, and Ronald Fiore to the State Athletic Commission. The chamber then took up a series of floor items, including SB 73 on election security, SB 929 on annual reporting by the California Energy Commission, SB 1370 on wildfire-related oversight testimony, SB 983 on Port of San Diego contracting authority, SB 1367 on restricting new detention-facility land use approvals, SB 1257 on annual reporting of immigration enforcement incidents, SB 1103 on retailer reporting related to immigration enforcement, SB 1399 on continuing DOJ reviews of immigration detention facilities, SB 873 on limiting ICE arrests near courthouses, SB 1292 on pilot camera/sensor enforcement for curb management, SB 878 on insurance prompt-payment penalties, SB 958 on CEQA clarification for building-height impacts, SB 924 on low-income energy assistance, SB 1057 on certification changes for nurse assistants and home health aides, SB 1092 on resident bid opportunities for mobile home park sales, SB 1123 on considering consumer benefits in regulatory analysis, SB 1233 on utility rate transparency, SB 1237 on pay equity reporting enforcement, SB 886 on data-center cost allocation, SB 905 on utility executive incentives and ratepayer protections, SB 909 on public works wage enforcement, and SB 925 on a statewide fusion-energy roadmap. Most of the debate centered on election security, immigration enforcement, utility rates, housing and land use, and environmental/CEQA policy. SB 73 drew sharp support and opposition over ballot custody and law-enforcement access at voting locations, with supporters framing it as a response to election interference and opponents arguing it would hinder legitimate investigations and raise constitutional concerns; the urgency clause and the measure both passed. Immigration-related bills were defended as protections for vulnerable communities and court access, while opponents argued they would obstruct enforcement and public safety. Energy and utility bills were presented as ratepayer protections and transparency measures, with supporters emphasizing affordability and accountability and opponents warning about regulatory burdens and impacts on business and utility operations. SB 954 generated extensive discussion over whether it appropriately refined last year’s CEQA exemptions for advanced manufacturing or improperly rolled back housing-related reforms; supporters said it added needed guardrails and labor/environmental protections, while opponents said it would add bureaucracy and uncertainty. Several measures passed on recorded votes, including SB 73, SB 929, SB 1370, SB 983, SB 1367, SB 1257, SB 1103, SB 1399, SB 873, SB 1292, SB 878, SB 958, SB 924, SB 1057, SB 1092, SB 1123, SB 1233, SB 1237, SB 886, SB 905, SB 909, and SB 925. SB 958 passed unanimously without objection, and SB 925 also passed unanimously. The transcript ends during continued debate on SB 954, with supporters and opponents still discussing the bill’s CEQA, housing, labor, and manufacturing provisions.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 37 (3-2-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • way they have chosen to knowledge you first as they continue the important work they are charged to perform
  • c><00:01:42.400> are<00:01:42.480> charged<00:01:42.880> to<00:01:42.960> perform
  • <00:01:43.960> Dear work they are charged to perform.
  • Dear work they are charged to perform.
  • <00:45:33.520> and which have been duly audited and which have been duly audited and approved
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The House convened with an invocation and pledge, established a quorum with 95 members present, excused absent members, and suspended the rules to allow co-sponsorships and vote modifications. The chamber also received notice that the Senate had passed Senate Bills 33, 37, and 56 and requested concurrence, and it approved the journal from February 27, 2026. The House then considered several bills. House Bill 648, relating to motor vehicle dealers, was explained as closing loopholes in warranty compensation for class 7 and 8 heavy-duty truck dealers; it passed 94-0. House Bill 299, relating to machine gun conversion devices or “Glock switches,” was amended by House Committee Substitute 1, described as mirroring existing federal law so local law enforcement can enforce it; it passed 65-25, with one member explaining support as a constitutional gun restriction. House Bill 282, “Troy’s Law,” relating to vehicle lights for tow trucks, was amended to allow green flashing, rotating, or oscillating lights for wreckers and was presented as a safety measure honoring tow operators killed or injured on highways; it passed unanimously. House Bill 658, relating to limited commercial driver’s licenses for agricultural businesses, was amended with clarifying language and passed 93-0. House Bill 519, relating to a voluntary notation on driver’s licenses or IDs for people with communication disorders, was described as a non-stigmatizing safety tool for first responders and passed 92-0. House Bill 246, “Keion’s Law,” requiring animal control officers to receive training to identify and report child abuse and neglect, was amended to address county liability concerns and passed 85-0 after testimony about child maltreatment data and the link between animal abuse and child abuse. After the bills, the House took up additional business, including moving House Bills 619 and 651 from Appropriations and Revenue for second reading. The chamber also adopted Citation 52 recognizing the Model Laboratory School Personal Finance Team for winning a state competition, and Citation 51 honoring the Blueprint for Kentucky’s Children and Children’s Advocacy Week. Members announced committee meetings, an Americans for Prosperity Kentucky reception, and a Women’s History Month recognition highlighting Martha Layne Collins as Kentucky’s first and only female governor.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • day long as well as the art piece of that that our elementary school utilized that gym, um, for performing
  • Uh, we're also moving to monthly audits of our bonds and share data.
  • So once all of the cleanup work is done, we'll be making sure monthly we go through an audit to ensure
  • or, or a soft audit to start closing out items while they're in the period because we have to wait the
  • That will reflect on the agency's performance. Those are also integrated.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Revenue Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • These holdings would be secured with rigorous custody standards, subject to regular audits and strictly
  • Bitcoin and blockchain deliver precisely that: immutable transparency, auditability, and independence
  • It mandates qualified custodians with top-tier encryption, audits, and disaster recovery.
  • Encryption, audits, and disaster recovery.
  • Over the past decade, Bitcoin has been the best-performing asset in the world, consistently outperforming
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Revenue held a hearing on 25 tax and administrative bills, with opening remarks explaining the hearing process and noting that House-filed matters must be reported by December 6. The first major topic was funding for the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial and related support for families of fallen officers. Police representatives, memorial fund advocates, and family members gave emotional testimony urging favorable action on S. 1934 and related bills, emphasizing the need for a permanent revenue stream to maintain the memorial and honor officers killed in the line of duty. Committee members and legislators responded with personal remarks of support and appreciation for law enforcement families. The committee then heard testimony on a proposed Commonwealth Bitcoin Strategic Reserve, including S. 1967 and related bills. Senator Peter Durant and later Dennis Porter argued that the state should be allowed to invest a limited share of stabilization or other funds in Bitcoin or other regulated digital assets as a hedge against inflation and fiscal risk, with strict caps, custody rules, and audits. They described the proposal as a forward-looking, non-mandatory framework for diversifying state reserves. No vote was taken during the hearing. Another major topic was disaster resilience funding. Dr. Paul Biddinger of Mass General Brigham supported S. 1936/H. 3030, saying climate-driven flooding, drought, and wildfire risks are increasing and that the State Disaster Relief and Resiliency Trust Fund needs a dedicated revenue source. Senator Comerford also testified in favor, explaining that the fund was created in the prior session, that recent floods showed the need for quick state response, and that the bill would dedicate a portion of capital gains revenue to the fund. Committee members asked about how the fund would accrue and be used. The committee also heard testimony on PILOT and endowment-related bills: AICUM opposed H. 3122/S. 2013 and H. 3264/S. 2016, arguing that an endowment tax and mandatory PILOTs would harm private nonprofit colleges, students, and research; and a representative from Peru supported reform of PILOT formulas for state-owned land, saying rural towns need higher reimbursements and hold-harmless protections. The hearing concluded after testimony on the digital asset bills, with no recorded votes or final actions.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • trainings cover a broad range of issues over several days, including ethics, internal controls, performance
  • internal controls uh Performance internal controls uh Performance Management<00:04:38.680> conflict
  • need additional assistance with an internal audit as well as advisory services from MMB.
  • unit at MMB um that will internal audit unit at MMB um that will provide<00:19:59.039> services
  • <00:20:02.400> staff<00:20:02.720> and have their own internal audit staff and have
Bills: HF10
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Jan 20th, 2026

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • You can find their performances on YouTube. They're all over YouTube.
  • <00:21:42.480> on You can find their performances on You can find their performances on YouTube
  • <00:22:28.960> with<00:22:29.120> a guitar, and bass guitar performed with a guitar
  • <00:23:34.640> Each<00:23:34.880> one performances over the years.
  • Each one performances over the years.
Keywords: 1136, house, all
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Mar 11th, 2026

Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Transcript Highlights:
  • Sunset and the chairman of this committee is that when boards, agencies, or commissions are not performing
  • at or commissions are not performing at their<00:30:35.840> best,<00:30:36.480> we<00:
  • The real estate commission has good audits.
  • :31:14.880> commission<00:31:15.919> has<00:31:16.240> good<00:31:16.480> audits
  • real estate commission has good audits. real estate commission has good audits.
Bills: SB274, HB586
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Feb 18th, 2025

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • We receive independent audits by the Department of Motor Vehicle and Highway Safety, and because of our
  • 501(c)(3) status, we receive audits from that group as well.
  • Yes, yes, we have to do OPPAGA reviews and we have to do audits and all that stuff like anyone else.
  • Audits and all that stuff like anyone else, but they left us to be flexible.
  • The new criteria will include, of course, submission for the Florida Commerce Veterans Performance Award
Summary: The committee took up SB 116 by Senator Burgess, a veterans bill aimed at several FDVA-related changes. The bill would reduce annual nominations to the Florida Veterans Hall of Fame from 20 to 5, expand FDVA’s survey work to assess veterans’ awareness of available programs and their health literacy, add mental health training to the veterans suicide prevention pilot, strengthen coordination and reporting between Veterans Florida and FDVA, direct FDVA to develop a plan for adult day health care facilities statewide, and allow the Florida Veterans Foundation to use a portion of Gadsden flag plate proceeds for administrative costs. Senator Burgess said the measure builds on prior “Forward March” efforts and helps close service gaps for aging veterans and others who may not know about available benefits. Testimony on SB 116 was uniformly supportive. FDVA leadership said adult day health care could be added at existing facilities such as Port St. Lucie and Lake City, and that the state would need authority and funding to move forward. A veterans legal collaborative, AARP Florida, and Endeavors all voiced support, with speakers emphasizing the importance of better outreach, mental health awareness, and care options that allow veterans to remain at home. The committee then voted favorably on SB 116. The remainder of the meeting was devoted to agency and stakeholder presentations. Florida National Guard officials described a high operational tempo, deployments at home and abroad, hurricane response efforts, and the need to grow the force and infrastructure. FDVA’s adjutant general reported Florida now has the nation’s second-largest veteran population, rising in-migration of younger veterans, a large and aging Vietnam-era population, strong claims and outreach activity, declining veteran homelessness, and improved suicide prevention outcomes. The Florida Veterans Foundation outlined its emergency relief, dental, transportation, and license-plate-funded programs, while Veterans Florida and CareerSource Florida detailed workforce, apprenticeship, SkillBridge, entrepreneurship, and job-fair programs for veterans and spouses, along with efforts to expand recurring funding and better protect customer information.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Indian Affairs Jul 17th, 2025

House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're just waiting for our final audit financial audit.
  • That's why they have to go through these audits of the 10-year.
  • If they have a bad audit, then it's taken from them. They have to start all over again.
  • It's not the state that's not performing well; it may be PD, but the legislature has performed, and the
  • They don't know what the. level of performance their grandchild is supposed to be at.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/06/25

Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is a nonprofit organization that then contracts with recyclers and collectors to perform the work,
  • Cela: That audit would be under direction of the OA, or, you know, their limited access to auditing is
  • They can only audit so much.
  • That audit would be under direction of the OA, or, you know, their limited access to auditing is something
  • They can only audit so much.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Tue Apr 14, 2026, 9:00AM HST - Day 44

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • this audit. this audit.
  • <02:51:30.920> So<02:51:31.080> thank audit is given to this body.
  • So thank audit is given to this body.
  • That is a statistic that is comparable to the highest-performing public school systems globally.
  • their performance of official duties. their performance of official duties.
Keywords: 910, house, all