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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EEP Public Hearing - Fri Apr 17, 2026 @ 10:05 AM HST

Energy & Environmental Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • dust monitoring stations in and around Waimanalo Gulch to protect public health and environmental quality
Summary: The Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection held its final hearing of the session on April 17, 2026, and took up a series of Senate concurrent resolutions focused on environmental protection, waste reduction, and energy policy. Measures discussed included SCR 142 on dust monitoring near Waimanalo Gulch, SCR 39 on a mattress stewardship program, SCR 40 on banning disposable bodyboards, SCR 83 on a lithium-ion battery disposal facility, SCR 168 on a demolition waste reduction working group, SCR 96 on reporting on the Hawaii Electric Reliability Administrator, SCR 166 on PUC considerations for a generational energy commitment, and SCR 172 on a comprehensive analysis to reduce costs and financial risk while meeting state goals. Testimony was generally supportive of the environmental and waste-management measures. The Department of Health supported SCR 39 and provided comments on SCR 142; Climate Protectors Hawaii supported SCR 39, SCR 83, SCR 168, and SCR 172; the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development and Hawaii Reef and Ocean's Coalition submitted comments or support on SCR 168; and the Public Utilities Commission provided comments on SCR 96 and SCR 166. On SCR 166, Greenpeace Hawaii testified in opposition to LNG, arguing it would worsen pollution and climate impacts, while Earthjustice supported the intent but suggested amendments. Earthjustice also supported SCR 172 and offered friendly amendments to improve the study language. In decision-making, the chair recommended deferral of SCR 142 because an existing regulatory framework already addresses the issue. The committee then voted to pass SCR 39, SCR 40, SCR 83, SCR 96, and SCR 166 unamended. SCR 168 was passed with amendments to reflect OPSD's requested changes and to make the working group temporary, with a two-year term and annual reports due before session. SCR 172 was passed with amendments accepted from Earthjustice. Rep. Quinlan was noted as excused for the votes, and the committee adjourned after adopting the final recommendation.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • keep providing the service.
  • medical services?
  • medical services?
  • medical services?
  • medical services?
Bills: HF729, HF728
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And uh we're very Services Coalition.
  • award, verification of services award, verification of services delivered,<00:05:01.600> reconciliation
  • to track and verify that service to track and verify that service delivery<00:18:19.440> and<
  • And so part of based services funding.
  • <00:53:26.240> and live can understand the services and live can understand the services and
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Morning Session Apr 8th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • That included extending some services and broadening some services. That part has been struck.
  • So abortion services are not covered. They're specifically not covered? Yes.
  • So the state plan amendment has to happen first around services. And so that is the first part.
  • So, like, if they want to cover doula services, that is through the MCOs that provide it.
  • Doula services, the statistics bear it out, that in the long run they do save us money.
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Afternoon Session Apr 8th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Many schools already have reading instruction and intervention services policies in place.
  • The pre-service teachers...
  • If you want those services, if those services are mandated, how are you going to pay?
  • If you want those services, if those services are mandated, how are you going to pay for them?
  • More teachers, more intervention staff, more materials and support services.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Mar 18th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • It was operated by a champion home and community-based services.
  • After a meeting that was held in April 17, that A Champion Home group, community-based services, Upon
  • Again, he's the owner of a champion community based services at the time.
  • Human Services. In 2005, there was 3.8 million.
  • , or have their services rendered, or as promotion to get them.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Committee on Health and Human Services is called to order.
  • So it isn't even just about quality; it's quantity as well.
  • The bill requires an MCO that declines to contract with a service provider or potential service provider
  • This bill strengthens access to behavioral health services for those who need them the most.
  • Madam Chair, Senator Sears, it's the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Summary: The committee heard and acted on several health-related bills, with the longest discussion centered on SB 1214, the Arizona Stem Cell Therapy Act. The bill would regulate stem cell and birth tissue therapies, bar use of tissues derived from aborted fetuses or embryos, require informed consent and disclosure for non-FDA-approved therapies, and create civil and criminal penalties for violations. Supporters framed it as a patient-safety and bioscience-innovation measure, while opponents objected to the abortion-related language and felony penalties. The committee approved SB 1214 on a 4-3 vote. The committee also advanced SB 1194, which would prohibit health professionals and institutions from denying care or reducing care quality based on vaccination status, and SB 1814, which creates a study committee on substance use disorder treatment standards and oversight. SB 1602, increasing monthly stipends for kinship foster care parents, and SB 1603, expanding child-only cash assistance eligibility for certain foster and relative placements, were both amended and passed unanimously. SB 1177, barring public funds from being used for gender transition procedures, and SB 1014, requiring insurance coverage for detransition care and related reporting, both drew strong support and opposition and were each approved on 4-3 votes. Later, the committee unanimously passed SB 1628, requiring insurers and health plans to report claims-denial and prior-authorization data to DIFI for public reporting, and SB 1629, requiring AHCCCS managed care organizations to give advance notice and network-adequacy documentation before terminating high-volume providers without cause. Supporters of both bills emphasized transparency and patient access, while opponents argued the measures duplicated existing federal or state oversight. The committee then heard SB 1752, which would criminalize commercial harvesting or sale of mescaline while preserving a religious-use defense; the sponsor said it was intended to address improper sales of peyote-derived substances, but no final action on that bill was taken in the portion provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/25/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • , hotel shelter programs, eviction court support services, rental assistance, housing support services
  • , hotel shelter programs, eviction court support services, rental assistance, housing support services
  • towards, um, services and increasingly digital<00:55:56.280> services.
  • sales tax to fund public services. sales tax to fund public services.
  • deserve affordable high-quality care. deserve affordable high-quality care.
Bills: HF4561, HF4343
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Community Affairs Feb 10th, 2026

Community Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The fire service is no exception to that.
  • Upon application for service, a utility must expand its service territory to a property outside its current
  • service territory if the property is not within the service territory of another water and wastewater
  • for provision of services from a private utility.
  • I don't know." "...services.
Summary: The committee heard and advanced a wide range of bills focused on water safety, utilities, housing, transparency, and claims relief. CS/SB 848 on stormwater treatment was presented as a follow-up to prior water-quality legislation and reported favorably with one support waiver. SB 28, a claims bill for Reginald Jackson against the City of Lakeland, was also reported favorably. CS/SB 658, a bipartisan child-drowning prevention bill for rental properties, drew extensive testimony from child advocacy and drowning-prevention groups in strong support; amendments required rental license applicants to certify compliance and removed local-government add-on authority, and the bill was reported favorably. CS/SB 18, a claims bill involving the estate of a deceased minor and the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, prompted questions about settlement and responsibility but was ultimately reported favorably despite opposition from a waiver form. Several utility and infrastructure measures were considered. CS/SB 1724 would regulate municipal utility service outside city limits, limit revenue transfers, require public meetings, and cap rate differences; an amendment added gas utilities, and the bill was reported favorably after testimony from municipal utility representatives and small-county advocates. CS/SB 1014 would require municipal utilities to extend water and wastewater service to certain nearby residential properties without conditioning service on annexation; an amendment narrowed the bill to residential uses and clarified capacity and grandfathering provisions, and it passed favorably. CS/SB 1102 would allow local infrastructure surtax revenue to fund body camera programs, with an amendment making the surtax authorization prospective and requiring a new referendum; it was reported favorably. CS/SB 260 on electric-vehicle storage in towing yards was amended to focus on storage only and to tie the higher fee to the period before fire-risk inspection, then reported favorably after testimony from insurers, fire officials, and EV industry representatives. The committee also advanced education, housing, and ethics-related bills. SB 1264 would ease zoning and code barriers for small private schools and micro-schools, with supporters arguing it would expand school choice and opponents raising implementation concerns; it was reported favorably. SB 934 on Florida Keys areas of critical state concern was amended to remove a tax-exemption section that conflicted with the Live Local Act, then reported favorably. SB 1622 would provide a one-time waiver of late financial-disclosure fines under specified conditions and was reported favorably. Finally, CS/SB 1566 on local government spending and transparency required online posting of budgets and related materials, and an amendment added utility revenue reinvestment and other changes while removing DEI spending restrictions; the bill drew support for transparency but concern from small cities and counties about cost and workload, and it was reported favorably. The meeting ended with adjournment after senators recorded votes on selected bills.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Or are there better ways that we can put money into services that we know we can have oversight over?
  • There's more accountability and ensuring that our kids have access to the services that they need today
  • spending right now is $836,000, and we want to do a long-term purchase of this as an asset for the Service
  • Representative, you have done a whole lot on Service Oklahoma.
  • They're going to be using and occupying 100% of this building, and it's only going to be Service Oklahoma
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • On behalf of the service members...
  • My service is still my mission, whether in uniform or public office.
  • Thank you for your service.
  • We recommit ourselves to being worthy of their service. Thank you.
  • if they have to issue bonds to draw down and service that debt. ...collected to service if they have
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Stars, the Combat Readiness Medal, the Air Force Commendation Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal,
  • the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, and the Legion of Merit.
  • Senate Bill 1290 by Norwood of the House and Dosset of the Senate, an act relating to 211 services.
  • Senate, an act relating to 211 services. Representative Norwin now moves final pass bill.
  • Through her service as psychologist of the day in 2025, she continued conversations on mental health
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/18/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman, members, Senate Bill 1249 requires the Department of Health Services to establish a dementia
  • services program and develop an Alzheimer's disease state plan.
  • Finally, the bill appropriates $600,000 in fiscal year 2027 from the Health Services Lottery Moneys Fund
  • to DHS for the dementia services program and the implementation of the state plan.
  • The legislature and governor approved Arizona's first Dementia Services Program and adopted the state
Bills: SB1131, SB1249
Summary: The Committee on Appropriations heard two bills. Senate Bill 1131 would require school districts and charter schools to report AED counts, CPR/AED training levels, and cardiac emergency response plans to ADE, and would appropriate $1 million for AED purchases and maintenance. The committee adopted an amendment shifting the funding source from the general fund to the industry-recognized certification and licensure reimbursement fund, after staff said the fund had an estimated $2 million balance and continued to receive $1 million annually. The American Heart Association testified in support, emphasizing the need for AEDs, CPR training, and emergency planning in schools. The bill was returned with a due pass recommendation by a 15-1 vote, with two members voting present and several members noting concerns about using the special fund rather than general funds. Senate Bill 1249 would create or continue a dementia services program and Alzheimer’s state plan at the Department of Health Services and appropriate $600,000 from the Health Services Lottery Moneys Fund. The Alzheimer’s Association testified in strong support, saying the prior three-year appropriation helped establish the plan and workgroups and that the new funding would support implementation, caregiver support, data collection, training, and grant applications. Several members raised concerns about taking money from a fund that supports maternal and child health programs such as Health Start and WIC, describing it as “robbing Peter to pay Paul,” while others said they supported the policy but wanted a sustainable funding source. The bill received a due pass recommendation on a 9-3 vote, with three members voting present.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Existing law requires subs to seek approval from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for revenue
  • I am with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and I'm available on the bill for any resource
  • So basically, this would be to try to collect grants for brain and memory care services for the residents
  • takes into account stakeholder feedback and does the following: it removes the broadband internet service
  • The show-up chairman, that's service, right? It's fast. Okay. It's impressive.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • that's going to change is the billing process because now they're unable to charge for any of that service
  • Are they currently billing insurance companies for these services? Thank you for that question.
  • reason they do collect data on someone who's completed a suicide that was being served with the services
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Medicaid Services, 907 KAR 1:0840, Emergency,
  • metrics in order to specific quality metrics in order to receive<00:13:36.880> enhanced<00:13
  • The staff suggested an services.
  • Department for Community Based Services, 922 KAR 1:360, with staff suggested amendment. very unusual
  • talked about it. and I took it services talked about it. and I took it as<00:27:10.720> a<00:
Summary: The Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee met to reorganize its leadership for the new term, renewing Representative Derek Lewis as House co-chair and Senator Steven West as Senate co-chair. The committee then approved the minutes and moved through a series of agency regulations, generally adopting staff-suggested amendments without objection. Among the regulations reviewed were an Attorney General rule changing how a commission reviews and distributes funds and how grant reporting is handled; Personnel Board changes abolishing and renaming certain job classifications and adjusting probationary periods; an Education and Labor Cabinet rule removing references to local board of education members; several Public Protection Cabinet rules covering Board of Claims and Crime Victims’ Compensation procedures; an Alcoholic Beverage Control rule on direct-to-consumer shipping forms; and a Medicaid Services emergency regulation establishing the Kentucky Trauma Hospital Rate Improvement Program for rural hospitals serving many Medicaid patients. The committee also heard that the Board of Claims and Crime Victims’ Compensation regulations included both staff and, in one case, an agency amendment, which were approved. The most extended discussion came on the Department for Community Based Services’ regulation increasing per diem rates for private child-placing therapeutic foster care levels 2 and 3. Committee members questioned the estimated $10 million biennial cost, the source of the funding, and why the cabinet had not yet filed regulations implementing Senate Bill 151 on kinship care. DCBS staff said the rate increase was discretionary and intended to address placement crises for children with high needs, while acknowledging they could not personally explain the budget decisions. A kinship caregiver testified in support of the rate increase but urged the cabinet to also implement SB 151 and expand support for kinship families. The committee expressed frustration over the lack of SB 151 implementation but stated the rate increase itself was appropriate and allowed the regulation to proceed.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • see the lowest of lows for service see the lowest of lows for service members<00:09:28.120> uh
  • <00:42:16.119> is people um among its core Services is people um among its core Services is
  • <00:43:15.000> uh twin cities wide um Community Service uh twin cities wide um Community Service
  • I gained the B Management Services.
  • change their trajectory and the services change their trajectory and the services when<01:04:41.559