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TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Apr 7th, 2025

S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And our codes? No, sir. Not yet. You haven't had me lay it out yet, until today.
  • And public safety concerns, I mean, we can all attest to that.
  • Council, which is housed within our friends at the Health and Human Services Agency.
  • So, we have a very strong partnership with Health and Human Services.
  • To the mental health crisis and homeless crisis for our veterans.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/09/2026 - Senate Finance

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair and members, House Bill 2089 defines an active employee group health and accident insurance program
  • public school district employee health insurance plans in Arizona and outlines requirements for the
  • public school district employee health insurance plans in Arizona and outlines requirements for the
  • And the Ohio Chamber reports 25% average health plan savings.
  • It's true because we know that health insurance is very expensive, health care is very expensive, and
Summary: The Senate Finance Committee met to consider several bills and two Arizona State Retirement System nominees. It first passed House Bill 2173, which allows taxpayers and tax officers to communicate electronically about proposed property tax corrections or claims, with an acknowledgement required when responses are sent electronically. The committee then recommended confirmation of Thomas J. Connolly and Charles Essex to the ASRS Board, both receiving unanimous or near-unanimous support after brief introductions and no substantive opposition. The committee next approved several ASRS-related bills: House Bill 2089 clarifies that the ASRS health insurance premium subsidy applies only when coverage is not already subsidized; House Bill 2090 changes the disability definition tied to long-term disability benefits by removing the requirement that the 24 months occur within a five-year period; and House Bill 2092 shifts the 30-day waiver window for certain members age 65 or older from the date of hire to the date they become eligible to participate. All three passed on largely party-line or near-unanimous votes. The committee also passed House Bill 2120, with a technical amendment, allowing Social Security Administration disability determination letters to be used to certify eligibility for the property tax exemption for persons with disabilities. House Bill 2693 drew the most debate. It revises Arizona’s bona fide association health plan and multiple employer welfare arrangement provisions to align with ERISA rather than the rescinded 2018 federal AHP rule, and an amendment added a feasibility study by the Arizona Department of Administration on state employee and school district health plans. Supporters argued the bill would expand affordable, voluntary coverage options for small businesses and increase buying power; opponents raised concerns about consumer protections, preexisting conditions, and the history of association health plans. The committee ultimately passed the bill as amended on a 5-1 vote. Later, the committee passed House Bill 2138, which clarifies that workers’ compensation coverage for firefighters traveling directly to or from work applies to state, municipal, fire district, and fire authority firefighters. It also passed House Bill 2273, a one-time $300 income tax rebate for certain Pinal County residents funded from remaining escrowed transportation-related monies; members discussed whether the remaining funds should instead be directed to roads, but the bill advanced on a 3-2 vote. Finally, House Bill 2786 passed unanimously, exempting rental income from required college textbooks from transaction privilege tax under the personal property rental classification.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation Mar 20th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • tags, so forth and so on, and we run a lot of those through the LPR readers and we get hits on those
  • , and running up and down and at least 2 million known criminals running up and down, that's the ones
  • And and he's gonna have to drill a hole because he's not gonna have a sticker and that Porsche has a
  • is that, um, it, it addresses affordability and safety of road materials used for highway projects,
  • Can we get you to come back up and state your name and Who you represent, which is obviously Tex and
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Healthcare Committee Mar 5th, 2025

Healthcare

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman and distinguished members of the Health Committee.
  • Really, it's the labeling standards and the safety standards for these products that are what we call
  • authority to go in and confiscate products if they do not meet these stricter safety standards.
  • And it is what it is, and you know, some people... what it is and you know some people want to ban it
  • And we put the higher percentage of this tax to ABC and then to the general fund and other...
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services will come to order.
  • Madam Chair, I did want to point out that in current law right now under the Health and Safety Code,
  • The current Health and Safety Act actually makes it look like it is required for a county to donate unclaimed
  • they all report to Health and Human Services.
  • that every medical standard is met and every public safety and accessibility is respected, and dignity
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services Apr 16th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services will come to order.
  • Madam Chair, I did want to point out that in current law right now, under the Health and Safety Code,
  • The current Health and Safety Act actually makes it look like it is required for a county to donate unclaimed
  • session, and Health and Human Services went on to say that, you know, we have so many abuses, and they're
  • And we do—we're a nonprofit health care innovation and science, and we do—we're a nonprofit organization
Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 2480, which would clarify that the Texas Medical Board may collect license renewal surcharge fees from all licensees to fund the Texas Physician Health Program and related administrative costs. The bill author explained the funding fix was needed after prior language was found to allow surcharges only for physicians and physician assistants. Witnesses from the Texas Physician Health Program supported the measure and described the program’s confidential monitoring and treatment services; members asked about the fee amount, which was described as capped at $15 per two-year registration cycle. The bill was left pending. The committee then took up Senate Bills 1406 and 2721, both authored by Senator Parker, addressing the handling of human remains by non-transplant anatomical donation organizations, willed body programs, and related facilities. Senator Parker and several witnesses described alleged abuses involving unclaimed bodies, consent problems, body leasing, hotel-based dissections, and mishandling of cremains, and argued for strict licensing, inspections, transparency, and criminal penalties. Supporters included families of deceased veterans and other relatives, a biomedical ethicist, the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops, and some public safety and hotel industry representatives who said legitimate training should continue but bad actors should be shut down. Opponents or cautious witnesses from accredited donation organizations and bioskills labs said they support stronger oversight but warned the bills could unintentionally disrupt legitimate medical education and urged clearer language and implementation of existing law. Both bills were left pending. Senate Bill 1681, by Senator Menendez, would require counties and municipalities that regulate boarding homes to report facility standards and related information to the Health and Human Services Commission. The author said the bill is intended to improve state oversight of boarding homes that serve elderly and disabled residents and to address abuse, neglect, and exploitation. The bill was left pending after brief discussion. After the testimony portion, the committee returned to voting on pending business and unanimously reported Senate Bills 527, 912, 1580, 1952, and 2032 to the Senate with recommendations that they do pass and be printed, and each was also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also adopted a committee substitute for Senate Bill 407 and reported the substitute favorably, with six ayes and three nays. The committee then moved on to Senate Bill 500 as pending business.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Feb 3rd, 2026 at 10:04 am

Senate Indian, Rural & Cultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And that very preliminary study looked at only the four of the 12 Indian Health Service clinics and looked
  • at Indian Health Services and other groups employed during that time.
  • I'm a member of the Navajo Nation and a daughter of a Navajo Code Talker.
  • In 2012, I gave birth to my first baby and I decided to have ParaGuard, which is a code for IUD, inserted
  • families and lasting harm to mental, physical, and community health.
Bills: SM14
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:21:59.760> and are safe prescribers having safety and are safe prescribers having safety
  • And first up, we have the Department of Health.
  • a sanitation and a special fund and a sanitation and environmental<00:43:46.040> health<00:43
  • And it's treating mental health health.
  • <01:48:14.480> disagree health perspective and I cannot disagree health perspective and I
Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 847, which would create a Kauai pilot program allowing qualified psychologists limited authority to prescribe psychotropic medications. The Board of Psychology supported the bill’s intent but asked for amendments to delay the effective date or extend the pilot so rules could be written first, and to clarify the education/training language. Supporters, including the Hawaii Psychological Association, Hawaii Mental Health Coalition, and several psychologists, argued that prescribing psychologists have long safety records in other jurisdictions and that the pilot could improve access to care on Kauai, especially amid ongoing mental health needs and storm-related stress. They cited studies and examples from New Mexico, Louisiana, the Department of Defense, and other places. Opponents, including the Hawaii Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, Queen’s Medical Center, and a Department of Health representative, said the bill needed substantial work, raised concerns about training, liability, and workforce impacts, and urged a team-based model with psychiatrist oversight rather than independent prescribing. Some testimony also referenced a GAO report, with witnesses disagreeing over its meaning and cost-effectiveness. No vote was taken during the discussion, and members asked questions about how the bill would address the workforce shortage and whether a psychiatrist on Kauai could already meet the need. The committee then moved to SB 2271 on hospital licensing and SB 2272 on home health care licensing. The Department of Health, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities supported both measures, which were described as streamlining and clarifying licensing oversight by relying on accreditation or certification reports. A member asked whether the bill language on hospital accreditation reports was duplicative, and the response was that the second provision was intended to strengthen enforcement by requiring hospitals to provide the actual report to DOH. The committee did not take final action in the portion of the hearing provided, and the chair noted that all bills on the agenda would later be considered for decision-making.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services Oversight Mar 4th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Health and Human Services Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • The health department is well-versed in handling life safety and public health matters.
  • Basically, the most of the health concerns and life safety concerns are already gonna be implemented
  • and public health.
  • Well, it says it goes on to say that if a provider fails to cure a material health and safety deficiency
  • Safety deficiency, the Department of Health shall formally notify the Department of Commerce.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/17/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • and not in a way that will protect their mental health or any other of their health.
  • From states and municipalities to health care institutions and Fortune 500 companies, the move to zero
  • From states and municipalities to health care institutions and Fortune 500 companies, the move to zero
  • From states and municipalities to health care institutions and Fortune 500 companies, the move to zero
  • Secure storage infrastructure would strengthen accountability and safety related to weapons and equipment
Summary: The committee heard and acted on several appropriation and policy bills, beginning with SB 1550, which would provide $1.255 million to Queen Creek for a three-year police pilot focused on runaway youth prevention, at-risk youth protection, and anti-trafficking investigations. Supporters said the program would dedicate trained officers to prevention and rapid response and could serve as a statewide model. Some members objected to funding a single locality without a local cost share, but the bill received a do pass recommendation, 7-2-1. Members then considered SB 1156 and SB 1157, both sponsored as reimbursements to local governments for border-related costs. SB 1156 would appropriate $20 million to reimburse cities, towns, and counties for short-term detention holds for unauthorized non-citizens, while SB 1157 would appropriate $20 million for supplemental fencing or bollard walls in high-crossing border areas. The sponsor described both as backfilling local expenses already incurred, while opponents argued the measures would subsidize detention and border enforcement rather than Arizona priorities. Both bills drew extensive public opposition and were advanced on party-line-leaning votes: SB 1156 passed 5-3-2 and SB 1157 passed 5-3-2. The committee also approved SB 1245, which would provide $2.457 million for Rodeo Road pavement replacement in Williams, after the sponsor said the request had been reduced from the original amount. Members raised concerns about limited HIRF funding and the need for local participation, but the bill passed 6-3-1. SB 1707, a $5 million appropriation for DPS artificial intelligence tools related to border security, also passed 6-4-0 after testimony split between supporters who saw AI as a useful border tool and opponents who said the bill was too vague or unnecessary. SB 1811, which would change school cell-phone policy language from allowing use “during” an emergency to “in the case of” an emergency, passed 8-1-1 with supporters saying it would give schools more flexibility and avoid logistical problems during lockdowns. Later, the committee approved SB 1088, a $2.5 million cybersecurity appropriation for the Department of Homeland Security, including funding for generative AI security and modernization of the statewide VPN, despite objections that the department had not requested the money and that other cybersecurity needs were already pending. It then advanced SB 1332, as amended, to require ADOT to study light rail expansion in Maricopa County and compare it with autonomous or semi-autonomous transit options; the hearing featured strong testimony from small business owners along the Indian School corridor who said light rail construction would hurt access and sales, and opposition from Phoenix/Valley Metro representatives who argued transit decisions are local and that ADOT is not the right entity to conduct the study. The bill was discussed at length as a neutral feasibility review rather than a prohibition after the amendment removed the state-participation ban.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Mar 25th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations Committee, February 23, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then, third, state parks and cultural resources.
  • general fund and federal funds um and general fund and federal funds um and moves<00:21:07.120><
  • health program, restores the governor's recommendation of the preschool external cost adjustment and
  • And then and investment opportunities.
  • fiscal year 27 and 28. fiscal year 27 and 28.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee, February 23, 2026 PM 1

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Safety and with a reliable 911 system.
  • And doesn't the courts refer health.
  • to flesh through this and meet with the Department of Health.
  • and with the Department of Health to continue to provide better and better services to the people in
  • to flesh through this and meet with the Department of Health.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee, February 23, 2026 PM 2

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • see through there and step through and see through there and step through and see exactly<00:04:
  • For agency 41, Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety, this was TRP only and it was $21,000 general fund
  • safety,<00:10:17.200> this prevention and electrical safety, this prevention and electrical
  • safety, this was<00:10:17.440> TRP<00:10:18.079> only<00:10:18.480> and<00:10:18.640
  • adds $1.8 million for senior health adds $1.8 million for senior services<00:32:16.720> and<00
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 18th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Bills: HR286, HR287, HR288, HR289, HR290, HR291, HR292, HR293, HR294, HCR114, HR275, HR276, HR277, HR278, HR279, HR280, HR282, HR283, HR284, HR285, HCR112, HCR113, SCR62, SCR64, SB132, SB135, SB405, HR179, HR216, HR223, HR225, HR274, HCR89, SB39, SB99, SB111, SB112, SB124, SB134, SB174, SB189, SB190, SB201, SB233, SB236, SB258, SB270, SB273, SB288, SB307, SB313, SB320, SB321, SB325, SB326, SB331, SB339, SB341, SB345, SB346, SB347, SB353, SB357, SB359, SB387, SB393, SB401, SB415, SB419, SB422, SB426, SB435, SB437, SB440, SB451, SB464, SB470, SB487, SB488, SB495, SB504, SB505, SB518, SB523, SB228, SB408, HR168, HR174, HR194, HCR54, HCR74, HCR79, HCR87, HCR94, HCR95, HCR97, HCR98, HCR102, HCR104, SCR23, SCR38, HCR26, HB250, HB265, HB339, HB427, HB445, HB463, HB468, HB606, HB639, HB649, HB665, HB746, HB781, HB853, HB861, HB872, HB886, HB916, HB937, HB1054, HB1068, HB1117, HB1237, HB75, HB705, SB34, SB164, SB172, SB198, SB208, SB232, SB281, SB286, SB317, SB322, SB334, SB380, SB385, SB409, SB417, SB421, SB430, SB439, SB447, SB458, SB510, SB54, SB56, SB72, SB79, SB97, SB105, SB123, SB125, SB129, SB163, SB171, SB252, SB287, SB375, SB386, SB461, SB466, HR84, SCR3, HB582, HB625, HB646, HB998, HB1191, HB1255, SB81, SB100, SB109, SB197, SB374, SB479, SB78, HB901, HR20, HR74, HCR65, HCR71, HB284, HB302, HB306, HB341, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB603, HB605, HB614, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB798, HB911, HB955, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1140, HB1180, HB1240, SB82, SB89, HB134, HB258, HB359, HB782, SB149, SB382, SB441
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 18th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • to properly inspect and ensure the safety of imported seafood.
  • Health and welfare.
  • Health and welfare.
  • Talbot Health and Welfare with Amendments, Bureau without.
  • To urge and request the Department of Health and Louisiana commercial health insurance payors to increase
Bills: HR286, HR287, HR288, HR289, HR290, HR291, HR292, HR293, HR294, HCR114, HR275, HR276, HR277, HR278, HR279, HR280, HR282, HR283, HR284, HR285, HCR112, HCR113, SCR62, SCR64, SB132, SB135, SB405, HR179, HR216, HR223, HR225, HR274, HCR89, SB39, SB99, SB111, SB112, SB124, SB134, SB174, SB189, SB190, SB201, SB233, SB236, SB258, SB270, SB273, SB288, SB307, SB313, SB320, SB321, SB325, SB326, SB331, SB339, SB341, SB345, SB346, SB347, SB353, SB357, SB359, SB387, SB393, SB401, SB415, SB419, SB422, SB426, SB435, SB437, SB440, SB451, SB464, SB470, SB487, SB488, SB495, SB504, SB505, SB518, SB523, SB228, SB408, HR168, HR174, HR194, HCR54, HCR74, HCR79, HCR87, HCR94, HCR95, HCR97, HCR98, HCR102, HCR104, SCR23, SCR38, HCR26, HB250, HB265, HB339, HB427, HB445, HB463, HB468, HB606, HB639, HB649, HB665, HB746, HB781, HB853, HB861, HB872, HB886, HB916, HB937, HB1054, HB1068, HB1117, HB1237, HB75, HB705, SB34, SB164, SB172, SB198, SB208, SB232, SB281, SB286, SB317, SB322, SB334, SB380, SB385, SB409, SB417, SB421, SB430, SB439, SB447, SB458, SB510, SB54, SB56, SB72, SB79, SB97, SB105, SB123, SB125, SB129, SB163, SB171, SB252, SB287, SB375, SB386, SB461, SB466, HR84, SCR3, HB582, HB625, HB646, HB998, HB1191, HB1255, SB81, SB100, SB109, SB197, SB374, SB479, SB78, HB901, HR20, HR74, HCR65, HCR71, HB284, HB302, HB306, HB341, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB603, HB605, HB614, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB798, HB911, HB955, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1140, HB1180, HB1240, SB82, SB89, HB134, HB258, HB359, HB782, SB149, SB382, SB441
Summary: The House met with a quorum, received a guest minister for prayer, approved the journal, and heard several announcements and recognitions, including NEC Awareness Day, a European Union delegation visit, and the Glenmore Wildcats baseball team’s state championship. Members also received Senate messages, including concurrence on some House measures, the filing of Senate bills, and several Senate resolutions and bills laid over for later consideration. The chamber then took up a long series of resolutions and bills. Among the resolutions adopted were measures on a Louisiana-United Kingdom Trade Commission, support for migratory waterfowl studies, hunting education in schools, SNAP delivery-fee studies, fraud prevention for seniors, subsurface data preservation, boating safety reporting, and visual acuity screening data. Some items were temporarily returned to the calendar, including a sales-tax uniform-base rule resolution and several Senate measures. The House also adopted a resolution creating an agricultural national security task force and another supporting a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. On legislation, the House passed bills on missing-person alerts for people with disabilities (“Brian’s Call”), first responder status for public works employees, planning commission procedures, historic preservation district rules, judges’ supplemental compensation, the Baker Economic Development District, New Orleans downtown development district tax authority, a local crime prevention district, clerks of court records, hotel occupancy taxes in Shreveport-Bossier, firefighter cancer screenings, Shreveport police civil service rules, local ethics entity funding, hemp/alcohol age restrictions, OMV digital signatures, LED recreation, TOPS Tech eligibility for veterans, anatomical gift recordkeeping, crypto kiosk fraud protections, firefighting foam definitions, and consumer data privacy. Several bills failed, including HB 705 on legislative contempt penalties and HB 75 on gaming promotional play. One bill on vehicle insurance reinstatement fees was amended and passed, and a bill on judicial compensation fund adjustments was amended and passed after questions about CPI indexing.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 229 Conference PM - 05-01-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:37:40.760> Myself study and Maui health registry.
  • Myself study and Maui health registry.
  • <01:06:50.880> Maui<01:06:51.120> health wildfire exposure study and Maui health wildfire
  • exposure study and Maui health registry. registry. registry.
  • We have study and Maui health registry.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 016 Conference PM - 05-01-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • language and and sign language issues. language and and sign language issues.
  • co-chairs, and members Tam and Gideon. co-chairs, and members Tam and Gideon.
  • Ways and Means and fin release.
  • Finance and Ways and Means? Finance and Ways and Means? >> Yes. >> Yes.
  • more of the ways and means and release. more of the ways and means and release.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 05-01-2026 06:30pm

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Matthew Pelberg from the Holomua Initiative, who also happens to be a massive Parks and Rec fan, and
  • also happens to be a massive Parks and also happens to be a massive Parks and Rec<00:01:56.920><
  • love to share in this moment, but and love to share in this moment, but and for<00:02:00.400>
  • Brothers and Sisters Day.
  • It's been moved and seconded.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 224 Conference PM - 05-01-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • for two, and with the automatic sunset and understanding that is what we are proposing and have agreed
  • concur<00:05:14.960> and<00:05:15.040> agree think largely and I concur and agree
  • And we have the House: we have myself, Rep Starnes and Coho Kapolei Loy as co-chairs, uh Rep Russo and
  • Just me and Russo here. Oh, and Sue is here, too.
  • Just me and Russo here. Oh, and Sue is here, too.