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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Feb 12th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • overall health, yet too many veterans lack access to basic dental services due to costs, limited coverage
  • sliding scale with preference given, if, you know, as this moves to the floor, with preference given depending
Summary: The committee heard and advanced several bills, beginning with SB 694 on compensation for the descendants of the Groveland Four. Senator Bracey Davis described the wrongful accusations, convictions, deaths, and long-term harm to the families, and an amendment added a $4 million appropriation and updated the recipient for Ernest Thomas’s family. Multiple family members, advocates, clergy, and supporters testified in favor, emphasizing the decades-long delay in justice and the need for accountability and repair. Senators from both parties spoke in support, and the committee reported the bill favorably after a roll call vote. The committee then approved SB 330 on disability provisions for firefighters, law enforcement, and correctional officers; SB 474 on military affairs leave and related benefits; and SB 96 on the Veterans Dental Care Grant Program. SB 96 drew the most discussion, with Senator Sharief explaining that the bill raises eligibility to 400% of the federal poverty level and moves $500,000 in recurring funding to the General Appropriations Act. Senator Wright and Senator Harrell raised concerns about whether expanding eligibility could worsen the existing waitlist, while supporters argued the change would help more veterans access needed dental care. The bill was ultimately reported favorably. The committee also passed SB 7018 on child welfare, making the Step Into Success pilot program permanent and statewide, adjusting visitor/background-check rules for foster homes, and creating a best-practices program through the Florida Institute for Child Welfare. SB 480 on information technology was reported favorably after amendments creating a central IT governance structure under the Governor’s office, adding vendor performance metrics and a preferred vendor list, and restoring criminal justice information security provisions. SB 1066 on the Ocklawaha River and Rodman Dam also advanced after extensive testimony from supporters and historians about partial restoration, recreation, and economic benefits; the sponsor said he would continue working through permitting questions before floor consideration. Later, the committee approved SB 1216 on educator compensation, which gives districts more flexibility on cost-of-living adjustments, advanced degrees, and performance pay caps, and SB 1120 on water management district oversight and reporting. The committee also reported favorably SB 1366 on sovereign immunity and claims against government, which would raise damages caps, index them to CPI, shorten claim deadlines, and cap attorney fees at 25%. That bill drew testimony from hospitals, cities, counties, school districts, and others, with some supporting the Senate’s compromise approach and others raising concerns about impacts on self-insured law enforcement agencies and attorney incentives. The meeting concluded with the favorable report on the bill after debate continued over those issues.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Conservation Feb 5th, 2026 at 09:09 am

Senate Conservation

Transcript Highlights:
  • coverage of anywhere from 10 to 40%.
  • type of coverage.
  • in your property coverage.
  • Do I have to have hurricane coverage? Do I have to have hurricane coverage or earthquake coverage?
  • So it just depends. I mean, when you see House Bill... Water projects. So it just depends.
Bills: SB154, SB187, SB193, SM3
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Tue Mar 3, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • It requires insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage
  • DCCA Insurance Division in support. coverage for standard fertility coverage for standard fertility preservation
  • um supervision and health care coverage. um supervision and health care coverage.
  • And for insurance coverage to focus on the vaccinations when it's not covering many of our other, more
  • Health-related coverages. So, we'll definitely take a look at the department's testimony.
Summary: The committee heard several administration bills related largely to workers’ compensation and unemployment insurance. On HB 2323 HD1, which would modernize workers’ compensation notice and filing procedures, DLIR and other agencies testified in support of the original bill language but said HD1 removed key components and weakened the bill’s clarity and continuity. HB 2324 HD1, which would repeal state hoisting-machine certification requirements and the separate crane operator certificate, drew support from DLIR; members asked about whether the change would affect safety or local operators, and DLIR said OSHA-compliant certifications already exist and the union supported the change. HB 1509 HD1, which would require faster employer responses to treatment plans and impose penalties for nonresponse, received support from DLIR and others, while DHRD said it wanted an amendment. The committee also took up HB 2164 HD1 on compounded prescription drugs in workers’ compensation. DLIR supported the bill as a way to define compounded drugs and curb inflated pricing, but DHRD and a medical provider opposed it and asked for amendments. Testimony focused heavily on whether the definition should include 503B compounding facilities and whether physician dispensing should be limited to the first 30 days after injury. HB 2165 HD1, dealing with unemployment insurance eligibility and removing the two-year limit on recouping overpayments, was supported by DLIR but opposed by Unite Here Local 5, which argued it would make it harder for striking workers and other claimants. Members questioned the impact of changing reporting deadlines from calendar days to business days and raised concerns about future benefit offsets; DLIR said the bill was needed for federal conformity and that the committee would revisit the offset percentage and effective date. Later, the committee heard HB 2367 on pay transparency, requiring salary ranges in job postings and removing the small-employer exemption. The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, AAUW, Hawaii Women Lawyers, and an individual testifier supported the bill, saying pay transparency promotes fairness, trust, and pay equity; one testifier described being underpaid compared with a predecessor and said posting ranges would save applicants’ time. HB 2619 HD1, concerning homemade food products and farm kitchens, received generally supportive comments from the Department of Health, which requested an amendment to preserve flexibility in future rulemaking. HB 1765 HD1, on spear-fishing safety warnings, drew support from a safety educator and comments from DLNR; supporters said warning labels would help prevent hypoxic blackout deaths and were low-cost and easy to implement. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Banking and Insurance Feb 11th, 2026

Banking and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 632 updates Florida law governing insurance coverage for transportation network companies
  • Coverage may be provided by the driver-vehicle owner of the TNC combination.
  • There's no need to change it and decrease the coverage when this is one of the most dangerous times for
  • Next, we'll take up Tab 5, Senate Bill 1110 on coverage for orthotics and prosthetic services by Senator
  • function for people with disabilities and mandates annual reporting on orthotics and prosthetics coverage
Summary: The Banking and Insurance Committee met with a quorum present and temporarily postponed SB 7042 on legal tender and SB 1380 before taking up the remaining agenda. The committee first reported favorably C.S. for SB 326, which modernizes Florida’s curator statute in probate law by clarifying when curators may be appointed, what they may do, and what oversight applies. It then reported favorably SB 1256, which standardizes PBM pharmacy audits by requiring uniform audit standards, scope, frequency, penalties, and due process protections for pharmacies; testimony from pharmacists emphasized concerns about conflicts of interest, excessive audits, and disproportionate penalties, while preserving fraud investigations. The committee also reported favorably C.S. for SB 598 on funeral and cemetery services after adopting an amendment that removed provisions on civil damages caps and phasing out direct disposers; the bill updates licensure and contract rules and addresses unclaimed remains. SB 632, which sets insurance requirements for transportation network companies during the period after a ride is accepted but before pickup, was reported favorably despite opposition from an attorney who argued the existing coverage framework should not be reduced. C.S. for SB 786, creating a nonjudicial process to close out undisputed trusts and discharge trustees, was also reported favorably. The committee then took up SB 1110, a major bill expanding Medicaid and private insurance coverage for medically necessary orthotics and prosthetics, including activity limbs, and requiring annual reporting. After adopting an amendment clarifying eligible recipients, the committee heard extensive emotional testimony from amputees, parents, and advocates describing the medical, developmental, and financial importance of prosthetic coverage, and members spoke in strong support before the bill was reported favorably. Later, the committee considered SB 1588, which implements last session’s legal tender law by refining definitions, narrowing custodian provisions, eliminating unnecessary examination requirements, and repealing the sunset clause; members raised questions about verification and anti-money-laundering concerns, but the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee approved SPB 7044 as a committee bill to expand public records exemptions to records relating to newly regulated custodians of gold and silver. The meeting concluded with senators recording additional affirmative votes on selected bills and adjourning.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Human Services Apr 22nd, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, currently, many Texas newborns are falling through the cracks and not getting timely health coverage
  • House Bill 3940 improves access to newborn health coverage and care by providing necessary information
  • this bill is not going to solve the issue of newborns not being automatically enrolled into the coverage
  • So, um, when you go through 13 months, uh, of just of dependencies and then the remaining year and a
  • And so when the judge gave us back our child after the first dependency hearing and the Tucson Police
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Elections Apr 3rd, 2025

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're always talking about conversations in here about how to help people be dependent on voting.
  • the responsibilities, especially either the elections office or the county clerk or the tax office depending
  • Certainly, as a candidate, it depends on what hat you're wearing, right?
  • We oppose this bill because no one should have to depend on the goodwill or subjective judgment of a
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 2/20/25

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Some of these, you know, there were partial coverage like prosthetics, orthotics coverage.
  • Some of these, you know, there were partial coverage like prosthetics, orthotics coverage.
  • Some of these, you know, there were partial coverage like prosthetics, orthotics coverage.
  • <00:56:52.520> and motans do we believe have coverage and motans do we believe have coverage
  • the percentage of motans to get coverage the percentage of motans to get coverage to<01:00:21.920
Bills: HF747, HF1014, HF320, HF400
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • chemical dependency treatment workforce. chemical dependency treatment workforce.
  • I want to be really clear that this bill does not mandate any coverage of new benefits.
  • I want to be really clear that this bill does not mandate any coverage of new benefits.
  • I want to be really clear that this bill does not mandate any coverage of new benefits.
  • Um, it is the resale platforms and the scalpers who depend on those platforms.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Apr 22nd, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Medicaid coverage. Many find themselves unable to afford crucial treatments. like a CRO.
  • The cost ranges between $2,000 and $3,000. dollars per helmet depending on the provider and the location
  • House Bill 4226, which would mandate Medicaid coverage of craniovermolding orthoses in Texas.
  • Medicaid policy does not provide coverage for a non-surgical correction of plagiocephaly.
  • We've had some that are low as 10, depending on the size of your. district.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Apr 22nd, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Currently, many Texas newborns are falling through the cracks and not getting timely care. timely health coverage
  • House Bill 3940 improves access to newborn health coverage and care by providing necessary information
  • this bill is not going to solve the issue of newborns not being automatically enrolled into the coverage