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NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (02/18/2026)
Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Neil Young's song, "The Needle and the Damage Done," you know, he talks about selling his own blood so
- </c><05:23:21.520><c> He</c> milk blood to keep from running out.
- He milk blood to keep from running out.
- </c><05:23:24.240><c> so</c> talks about selling his own blood so talks about selling his own blood so
- so that he think, um, who sold his blood so that he could<05:23:32.000><c> get</c><05:23:32.718><c>
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Corrections and Public Institutions Mar 9th, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Corrections and Public Institutions
Transcript Highlights:
- quoted several scriptures there, but I would ask how you process Genesis 9:6-7: 'Whoever sheds human blood
- , by human shall their blood be shed,' or 'In the image of God has God made mankind?'
- our Department of Corrections to hold them inside and keep all of us safe without having to end with blood
- It is possible within our current structure without it ending in blood on the state's hands.
- him in administrative segregation, it is possible within our current structure without it ending in blood
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice May 27th, 2025
Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, where you can utilize this and the testing for the testing and training of, of laboratory technicians
- , and also we need, I think we need additional people that are gonna be doing those testing, that testing
- and so they have to prioritize testing as well.
- Um, all the testing that is done is, is paid for through.
- They, um, the, the, the testing, they are not, um, it's predominantly we use Body lab for that testing
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - Part 1 - 03/27/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- your packet, and I really would encourage you to because there is a very sweet letter in there from a test
- there</c><00:04:31.800><c> um</c><00:04:32.080><c> from</c><00:04:32.320><c> a</c><00:04:32.360><c> test
- </c> sweet letter in there um from a test sweet letter in there um from a test from<00:04:33.000><c>
- Should they remain with the decedent in burial or be released to a distant blood relative not previously
- </c> burial or be released to a distant blood burial or be released to a distant blood relative<01:10
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 12 March, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And that's what makes the blood so important.
- /c><00:09:24.000><c> what</c><00:09:24.240><c> makes</c><00:09:24.560><c> the</c><00:09:24.640><c> blood
- </c><00:09:25.120><c> so</c> And that's what makes the blood so And that's what makes the blood so important
- We have an increase of $5,185,446 to cover the new state testing contract.
- </c> to uh cover the new state testing to uh cover the new state testing contract. contract. contract
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- someone that would like to testify from the public, okay, if there's anybody that wanted to say a test
- that wanted<01:26:34.000><c> to</c><01:26:34.119><c> say</c><01:26:34.360><c> a</c><01:26:34.679><c> test
- </c> wanted to say a test wanted to say a test testify<01:26:37.440><c> from</c><01:26:37.679><c> the
- You know, we had one in a bill a week ago from Representative Tolson to look at putting a blood check
- check</c><01:33:58.840><c> on</c><01:33:59.000><c> a</c><01:33:59.159><c> certain</c> putting a a a blood
Keywords:
health insurance, premium security plan, federal funding, state innovation waiver, Minnesota, newborn safety, anonymity, healthcare provider, safe place, child welfare, HF499, nursing, nurse licensure, temporary permit, temporary nursing permit, Board of Nursing, endorsement licensure, reregistration, refresher course, health occupations
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker, House Bill 528 is a blood donation bill. Sorry, I'm a little sick.
- It goes through the same process, whether you donate blood.
- Speaker House Bill 528 is a blood donation bill sorry I'm a little sick I just ask the it just allows
- It goes through the same process, whether you donate blood.
Summary:
The House convened with 69 members present, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and approved the journal. Members also received notice of a temporary substitute appointment for Legislative District 3, Seat B, and a Senate message transmitting enrolled Senate Bill 1225 for the Speaker’s signature. Committee reports then referred a large number of bills and resolutions to standing committees or to second reading, and several measures were advanced from committee with do-pass recommendations, including House Bills 620, 532, 629, 503, and Senate Concurrent Resolution 115, while House Bill 627 was placed on general orders and House Bill 648 was re-referred.
On the floor, the House passed several bills. House Bill 528, on self-directed or directed blood donation, passed 52-17. House Bill 521, which moves fingerprinting/background-check authority for non-criminal-justice private entities into a new code section, passed 69-0. House Bill 498, allowing the Legislature to hire private counsel to initiate lawsuits in certain circumstances, passed 61-8. House Bill 539, tightening rules around temporary administrative rules and their justification, passed 67-2. House Bill 516, correcting an accidental leftover reference in the parental rights/education law, passed 59-10 after debate over its effect on instruction and parental opt-in rights. House Bill 522, addressing drones near correctional facilities and penalties for restricted-airspace violations and contraband drops, passed 62-7. House Bill 635, requiring the Education Professional Standards Commission to report possible criminal conduct to law enforcement, passed 66-8. House Bill 594, codifying a court decision on distribution of penalties and interest from late tax payments to subjurisdictions, passed 69-0. House Bill 610, preserving the homeowners exemption for people temporarily away on religious or community service missions, passed 48-20.
The House also held House Bill 639 on the third reading calendar until February 20 and House Joint Memorial 12 for one legislative day. During announcements, members highlighted the Simplot Games in Pocatello, Idaho Food Bank outreach in the rotunda, Whammy Kids on the fourth floor, an Energy Caucus meeting, lunch hosted by the Idaho School Board Association, and girls’ state basketball tickets. The House then adjourned until 11 a.m. on Wednesday, February 18, 2026.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
House Chamber - Mon Mar 24, 2025, 12:00PM HST - Day 38
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- As the Bible tells us, for we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against
- <00:21:59.480><c> against</c><00:21:59.760><c> flesh</c><00:22:00.039><c> and</c><00:22:00.240><c> blood
- </c> we wrestle not against flesh and blood we wrestle not against flesh and blood but<00:22:01.200><
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 19, 2025 - 10:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- Just personally, I was referred to have blood work done from my provider back home, went to the wrong
- to your situation, how would that be different after this has passed, where you went... ...and had blood
- They refer you to some blood work, right?
- They refer you to some blood work, right?
Summary:
The Health Care Facilities and System Subcommittee met with a quorum and considered five bills. HB 1101 on out-of-network providers drew the most discussion; Rep. Albert said it would require written notice when a patient is referred to an out-of-network provider and would count certain insurer payments toward deductibles. Several members and the Florida College of Emergency Physicians raised concerns about placing the burden on doctors’ offices, possible delays in referrals, and unclear enforcement, but the bill was reported favorably 16-2. Public testimony included support from AARP and concerns from emergency physicians about ER workflow and insurance-network transparency.
The committee then unanimously approved PCS for HB 475, reducing fines for ambulatory surgery centers that violate good-faith estimate requirements from $1,000 to $250 per day, with a lower maximum penalty. The bill sponsor said the change was intended to right-size penalties for smaller facilities; witnesses from surgery centers and HCA supported it. HB 797, which would allow a nonprofit retirement community serving veterans and spouses to create veteran-and-spouse nursing home beds and transfer a certificate of need within 100 miles, also passed unanimously after members discussed whether it could affect access for veterans; the sponsor said it would create additional private beds rather than displace existing ones.
HB 1085 on the Children’s Medical Services Program was amended and reported favorably 14-3. The bill would move managed care plan operations for medically fragile children from the Department of Health to AHCA, keep clinical eligibility at DOH, and shift PPEC services fully into managed care. The adopted amendment changed the waiver provision to require AHCA to develop and present a comprehensive redesign plan for the Medicaid model waiver for children receiving private duty nursing. Several members supported the goal but raised concerns about eliminating family choice and the impact on medically fragile children.
Finally, HB 1353 on home health care services passed unanimously. The bill would remove geographic limits on home health administrators, allow more licensed RNs including contract RNs to perform visits, and revise the home health excellence award program. Supporters said it would address workforce shortages and improve access, while one member warned it could increase costs and competition for nurses. The committee adjourned after reporting all five bills favorably.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Unfortunately, in early 2025, our babysitter got a blood infection that put her in the hospital.
- I'm sorry that, you know, that you didn't pass the aptitude test. Oh!
- I'm sorry that, you know, that you didn't pass the aptitude test. Target ceasefire.
- By the aptitude test? Yes. Both. Okay, aye. Really appreciate that. Mr. Rivera, your bill.
- Critical history is ignored, test results unseen.
Summary:
The committee heard a series of bills and resolutions, many of them on property, local government, and memorial topics. HB 2079, authorizing a memorial for journalist Don Bolles at Wesley Bolin Plaza, passed unanimously after sponsor testimony about the 50th anniversary of his assassination and the memorial’s no-cost nature. HB 2080, as amended, advanced 7-0 on deed and title fraud prevention measures, including photo ID requirements, notarization and deed-filing safeguards, an assessor alert program, and a felony penalty for knowingly submitting false or forged real-property claims. HB 464, which moves the petition process for municipal improvement districts earlier in the process, passed 5-2 after testimony from Camp Verde, the Yavapai Apache Nation, developers, and the League of Arizona Cities and Towns; opponents argued it could force property owners into infrastructure they do not want, while supporters said it improves transparency and financing certainty. HB 2048, a proposed constitutional referral to withhold pay from state elected officials if the budget is not enacted by April 30, passed 4-3, with supporters saying it would create accountability and opponents saying broader process reforms are needed first.
The committee also heard HB 2324, which would allow municipalities with their own fire codes to petition for county-owned buildings inside city limits to be exempt from separate state fire code inspections when conditions are met. County and state fire officials supported the concept, saying it would resolve conflicting statutes and formalize intergovernmental agreements, and the bill passed 7-0. HB 4087, authorizing a memorial plaque for former legislator Barbara Leff, also passed unanimously, with the sponsor noting her service in both chambers and her work on veterans and health care issues.
HB 2239, creating a child care grant program and infrastructure fund for underserved and low-income communities, drew extensive testimony from rural parents, child care advocates, and early childhood experts describing child care deserts, workforce losses, and safety concerns with unregulated care. Supporters said the bill would fund the facilities and infrastructure needed to expand regulated child care, especially in rural Arizona; the committee approved it 5-1 with one member present and one not voting. Members also discussed HB 2375, a historic-preservation-related middle housing bill, but the transcript cuts off before final action is shown; testimony reflected a sharp divide between preservation advocates supporting exemptions for historic districts and housing advocates warning the bill could worsen exclusion and housing shortages.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- On the night of September 1st, 2024, Steven Bailey got behind the wheel of his car with a blood alcohol
- alcohol level of of his car with a blood alcohol level of 325<00:02:25.239><c> more</c><00:02:25.440
- 10:35.040><c> sign</c><00:10:35.279><c> up</c><00:10:35.399><c> to</c><00:10:35.560><c> testify</c> test
- uh public sign up to testify test uh public sign up to testify Charles<00:10:36.720><c> seagull</c><
- Fletcher Ramsey County begin your test Fletcher Ramsey County Sheriff<00:35:23.720><c> thank</c><00:
Keywords:
public safety, school safety, active shooter, active shooter drill, violence prevention, threat reporting, anonymous tip line, See It, Say It, Send It, Minnesota Fusion Center, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, officer-involved death, missing person, endangered missing person, criminal background check, national background check, FBI fingerprint check, adult entertainment license, massage license, correctional facilities
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- sample, it's probably going took a test sample, it's probably going to<01:27:01.760><c> be</c><01:27
- Her neighbor Shane Marcus said it's caused problems for me with my hearing, my blood pressure, and the
- Her neighbor Shane Marcus said it's caused problems for me with my hearing, my blood pressure, and the
- Her neighbor Shane Marcus said it's caused problems for me with my hearing, my blood pressure, and the
- Shane Marcus said it's caused problems for me with my hearing, my blood pressure, and the sweetheart
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 5/27/26
Transcript Highlights:
- Testing. >> I guess I wasn't aware this was being traded as well.
- Testing.<00:31:41.360><c> Testing.</c> Testing. Testing. Testing. Testing.
- </c> >> no raise test. >> no raise test. Thank<00:54:12.720><c> you.
- So when we look with what we had tested.
- Our overall conclusion was that DNR generally complied, as stated earlier, with the criteria we tested
Summary:
The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council met on May 27, 2026, approved the January 7 minutes and the day’s agenda, and reported no conflicts of interest. The executive director gave staff updates, including introductions of new staff member Cara Castanza and DNR liaison Jason Co., both of whom were welcomed by the council. Members were also informed about three minor easement/conveyance matters in the packet, including a small Bowser easement impact with about $1,600 returned to the Outdoor Heritage Fund, a Minnesota Land Trust easement request involving a DNR trout stream easement, and an access easement revision in Itasca County. The council also noted several upcoming dedication events and a June field tour in southeast Minnesota beginning in Winona on June 16, with visits to Whitewater WMA, bluff prairie and stream sites, and a river segment if a boat is secured.
A major agenda item was a legislative session recap on the Outdoor Heritage Fund portion of Senate File 2077, the omnibus Outdoor Heritage Fund, Legacy, and Lands bill. Staff reported that all council recommendations were incorporated into the bill, which passed both chambers on May 17 and was expected to be signed by the governor. The fiscal year 2027 Outdoor Heritage Fund recommendations covered 53 programs totaling about $188.9 million, with the February forecast increasing the appropriation slightly so the final total was about $191.16 million; eligible programs were proportionately increased. Staff also highlighted a few changes made during the legislative process, including adjustments to the Roso Lake rehabilitation phase three project, the conservation partners legacy grant language, and statutory provisions affecting the council.
The recap also covered policy changes in the bill: a public member term limit of eight years, with a short vacancy exception and transition rules for current members; a revised executive director hiring process allowing the Legislative Coordinating Commission to provide support while preserving the council’s final hiring authority and permitting closed meetings for candidate discussions; and an extension of the Upper Mississippi River invasive carp deterrent design deadline to June 30, 2027. Members discussed the Roso Lake amendment at length, with Senator Lang and Representative Burkel explaining that the added delay and injunction-related language were intended to address local concerns and preserve the council’s process while litigation proceeds. The meeting ended without any additional formal action beyond receiving the updates and discussion.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary (7-24-25) - reupload
Transcript Highlights:
- > getting your evidence um exchanged, getting your evidence um exchanged, getting<00:46:17.440><c> test
- results, if there's DNA getting test results, if there's DNA results,<00:46:19.839><c> um</c><00:46:
- four-part test that is or. And when I four-part test that is or.
- I got blood, sweat, and tears in my property.
- I got blood, sweat, and land as well.
Keywords:
This meeting was split into two parts due to a technical issue. This is the complete meeting pulled from backups.
Meeting Start: 00:00:00
Roll Call: 00:00:01
24RS HB198: “Angela’s Law”: 00:01:22
KRS Chapter 202C: 00:11:50
Eminent Domain: 00:54:35, 958, all
Summary:
The committee first approved the June 10, 2025 minutes, then took up House Bill 198, Angela’s Law, sponsored by Representative Samara Heavrin. The bill would add a new aggravating circumstance in death-penalty cases when an offender abuses the corpse of a kidnapping or murder victim by engaging in deviate sexual intercourse, sexual intercourse, or sexual contact. Representative Heavrin and the victim’s parents described the underlying case and argued the current law does not adequately account for postmortem sexual abuse, leaving the offender parole-eligible despite the family’s view that the conduct warranted harsher punishment. Several members expressed sympathy and support, and one member suggested the proposal should be drafted carefully so it would apply broadly enough to cover co-conspirators or multiple offenders. No vote on the bill was taken in the portion provided.
The committee then heard an informational presentation on KRS Chapter 202C from Judge Lisa Payne Jones and Shauna Mitchell of the Kentucky Judicial Commission on Mental Health. They explained that Chapter 202C, enacted in 2021 to close a gap in the civil-commitment statutes, applies to respondents found incompetent to stand trial who are charged with qualifying serious offenses such as capital offenses, certain Class A and Class B felonies causing death or serious injury, rape in the first degree, or sodomy in the first degree. The process begins with a Commonwealth’s petition, followed by a prompt evidentiary hearing, appointment of a guardian ad litem, and then a commitment hearing if the offense is proven.
The presenters outlined the procedural standards and recent statutory changes. At the evidentiary hearing, the Commonwealth must prove the charged offense by a preponderance of the evidence before a judge, with the respondent able to present defenses; if the Commonwealth fails, the respondent must be released. If the case proceeds, the commitment hearing requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt of at least one involuntary-commitment criterion, and the hearing may be before a jury if requested. They noted that a 2024 amendment changed the commitment criteria from requiring all four factors to only one, and added language about recent criminal behavior and prior involuntary hospitalizations under Chapters 202A or 202B. If commitment is ordered, the respondent is placed in a designated forensic psychiatric facility, currently KCPC.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- this bill, the direct distribution, takes up a lot of legislative time, and sometimes it's just a blood
- bath, and I'm not sure that it really accomplishes what that blood bath doesn't really change things
- bath and and I'm not sure just a blood bath and and I'm not sure that<01:02:38.319><c> it</c><01:02:
- </c><01:02:40.799><c> bath</c><01:02:41.200><c> blood</c><01:02:41.599><c> bath</c><01:02:41.920><c>
- doesn't</c> that blood bath blood bath doesn't that blood bath blood bath doesn't really<01:02:42.480
Keywords:
K-12 education, school facilities, security improvements, public funding, state appropriations, school construction, local government funding, sales tax distribution, municipal funding, economic equity, state revenue, Wyoming Legislature, legislative appropriations, Legislative Service Office, LSO budget, general fund, biennial budget, legislative branch, legislator travel, per diem
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
House Chamber - Opening Day Wed Jan 15, 2025, 10:00AM HST - Day 1
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It has nothing to do with your blood quantum; it has to do with the fact that you're here and you want
- nothing to do lift their hands it has nothing to do with<00:21:35.120><c> your</c><00:21:35.279><c> blood
- 36.760><c> it</c><00:21:37.000><c> has</c><00:21:37.200><c> to</c><00:21:37.400><c> do</c> with your blood
- Quantum it has to do with your blood Quantum it has to do with<00:21:38.039><c> the</c><00:21:38.240
- </c><01:30:52.199><c> Hawaiian</c> grandmother a full-blooded Hawaiian grandmother a full-blooded Hawaiian
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Sixty Five - Thursday, May 7
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It just makes my blood boil something.
- And so you personally want to get rid of emissions tests. Do you know why we have emissions tests?
- And so you personally want to get rid of emissions test. Do you know why we have emissions tests?
- testing.
- You think it's a faulty test.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approved the House Journal by a 125-0 roll call vote. Members then spent a large portion of the morning recognizing special guests, interns, students, and constituents, including school groups, interns, a Savannah Bananas player, and several birthday and personal privilege announcements.
On legislation, the House agreed to conference on Senate Substitute for Senate Bill 1421. The chamber then took up Senate Substitute for Senate Bill 1000, a bipartisan measure to reauthorize the Missouri Tourism Supplemental Revenue Fund and continue support for the Division of Tourism and Missouri Film Office. Supporters from both parties emphasized tourism’s economic importance statewide; the bill passed 136-6.
The House next debated House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1020, an omnibus Department of Revenue bill covering fee office contracting, vehicle registration penalties, Real ID document retention, and other DOR changes. The body adopted an amendment lowering late registration penalties, making document retention opt-in, and restoring a five-year plate option, followed by a second amendment removing cosmetic damage as a basis for rejecting rebuilt-vehicle inspections. The bill then passed 130-10. Later, the House began debate on a combined judiciary/civil legislation bill involving insurance assignment-of-benefits restrictions, anti-SLAPP protections, workers’ compensation and court administration changes, and expungement-related funding; members adopted a title change and several amendments, including one to make attorney-fee awards more even in anti-SLAPP motions, while also debating a proposed St. Louis police legal expense fund amendment and whether it had been properly vetted.
NY
Transcript Highlights:
- An act to amend the Public Health Law in relation to the definition of elevated blood lead levels.
- remember because one of my first bills, when I was still in the minority, was a bill related to elevated blood
- remember because one of my first bills, when I was still in the minority, was a bill related to elevated blood
Summary:
The Senate Standing Committee on Health considered a series of health-related bills, many of which were reported favorably. Among the measures approved were SB 999, which would restructure Medicaid reimbursement for early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment services for children with IEPs or disabilities; SB 1816, lowering the state definition of elevated blood lead levels to 3.5 micrograms per deciliter; SB 1911A, extending due process protections for health care professionals when insurers terminate or fail to renew them; and SB 3105, allowing reciprocity for out-of-state medical cannabis patients. The committee also advanced SB 4589 on federally qualified health center rate adequacy, SB 4955B on Medicaid Inspector General audit procedures, SB 9196 to ban new for-profit hospices, SB 9237 expanding the definition of family for certain foster care health facility services, and SB 9275 requiring Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care and prohibiting related discrimination. Several of these bills were sent to Finance, while others were sent to First Reading or Higher Education as noted.
The committee also discussed SB 2625, which would expand pharmacists’ authority to prescribe, administer, and dispense medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. One member raised concerns about expanding scope of practice without coordination with primary care or a holistic review of patient conditions, and indicated opposition; the bill was nevertheless referred to Higher Education. SB 5056B, requiring the Department of Health to examine heat vulnerability and heat-related deaths, prompted discussion about whether the bill should explicitly require recommendations for prevention; the sponsor said the idea was to gather data and that recommendations could be added, and the bill advanced with some reservations.
Other measures included SB 7460, reauthorizing a maternal infant care centers pilot program using an existing $350,000 appropriation, and SB 9388, requiring public notice and engagement when a general hospital closes or shuts down a psychiatric, mental health, or substance use unit. The hospital closure bill drew discussion about relocations and whether moves that shift services to a new site would trigger the community engagement process; the sponsor said they would. Most bills were approved by voice vote, with some members voting no or without recommendation on certain measures, and the committee adjourned after reporting the bills onward.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- being amended, I respectfully ask the committee to consider one narrow but important issue related to blood
- On page one, line 20 of the bill, blood glucose monitoring is tied specifically to students with diabetes
- I respectfully ask the committee to consider amending the language on line 20 to allow blood glucose
Summary:
The House Health and Welfare Committee met with a quorum and first considered two bill introductions. RS 33-166 would repeal the remaining statutory section of the county medical indigent program, which was already repealed in 2022; despite one member’s concern about losing the ability to restore the program later, the committee voted to introduce it. RS 33-186 would require hospitals that accept Medicaid to collect self-reported immigration status on admission forms and submit quarterly utilization reports to the Department of Health and Welfare, which would then produce an annual report for the legislature and governor; members questioned administrative burden, redundancy, and the reliability of self-reporting, but the committee still voted to introduce it.
The committee then heard House Bill 494, which would move current background-check rules into statute and consolidate the requirements in one chapter without adding new checks or costs. The sponsor said the change is needed to maintain FBI cooperation and avoid disruption in child care, foster care, health care, and services for vulnerable adults; department staff said background checks cost $70 per applicant, with a small existing exception for temporary care assistance participants. After questions about timing, the sex offender registry component, and the FBI memo supporting the bill, the committee voted to send HB 494 to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
House Bill 531 would update Idaho law to allow schools to administer epinephrine through newer delivery systems, including nasal spray, rather than only EpiPens. Testimony from a parent, a school nurse, and an Idaho PTA representative supported the update, saying it would better match current medical practice, reduce hesitation and needle-stick risk, and help schools respond more quickly; one witness also asked for broader language on blood glucose monitoring for students with medical needs beyond diabetes. The sponsor said he was open to working on that issue in a separate bill, and the committee voted to send HB 531 to the floor with a due pass recommendation. Before adjournment, a member invited the committee to a Medicaid listening session later that day to hear concerns about proposed cuts.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Taxes Committee hearing on bill to establish new fifth-tier state income tax rate 4/3/25
Transcript Highlights:
- I have multiple health issues, diabetes and high blood pressure and even a brain tumor.
- I have multiple health issues, diabetes and high blood pressure and even a brain tumor.
- pressure and even a brain high blood pressure and even a brain tumor.<00:08:36.320><c> Um,</c><00:08
- team that does data modernization and improves the methods that we have for reporting diseases and blood
- team that does data modernization and improves the methods that we have for reporting diseases and blood
Summary:
The committee heard House File 2591, the “Support Medicaid Not Millionaires Act,” laid over for possible inclusion in the 2025 taxes bill. Chair Gomez said the bill would create a fifth individual income tax tier on very high earners to offset any future federal Medicaid cuts, arguing that proposed federal budget changes would likely reduce Medicaid funding and create a large state budget hole. Gomez and other supporters framed Medicaid as essential for children, long-term care, mental health, substance use treatment, rural hospitals, and families across Minnesota, and criticized federal tax cuts for corporations and wealthy individuals.
Several testifiers supported the bill. A SEIU Healthcare worker described how Medicaid supports her care for a disabled son and her own health needs, warning that cuts would threaten home care, hospitals, and nursing homes. A public health employee from the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees said recent state and federal layoffs had already weakened public health capacity and urged additional revenue to backfill losses. Other supporters, including community and faith leaders, said the wealthy and corporations should pay more to protect public services, youth programs, and Medicaid-funded care. A mental health provider testified that most of the people served by her clinic rely on Medicaid and that cuts would harm clinics, rural access, and the broader behavioral health system.
Representative Anderson questioned whether the bill would affect Medicaid spending tied to undocumented immigrants and asked for data on MinnesotaCare and federal-state funding shares. Department of Human Services staff clarified that he was referring to MinnesotaCare, not Medicaid, and said Medicaid is generally matched by the federal government while MinnesotaCare does not have the same match. The exchange became contentious when Gomez objected to Anderson’s use of the term “illegal immigrants” and redirected the discussion back to the bill. Anderson also raised concerns about Medicaid fraud and whether the proposal would backfill any federal changes related to fraud enforcement. No vote was taken; the bill was simply laid over.