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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Judiciary Jan 21st, 2026

Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Karen Carson, Chair of the New Mexico Medical Board. Mr.
  • No, I'm sorry, the EMT is like the nursing board.
  • Just for the folks back home, so the certification board...
  • So it's a good, you know, members of the board.
  • We have two vacancies on the board right now. Yeah.
Bills: SB1, SB3
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Municipal Apr 29th, 2026

Municipal

Transcript Highlights:
  • a zoning permit?
  • Okay, the board is clear. I want to just like to move that. Mr. Chair. Okay, the board is clear.
  • We'll have school board elections in the fall.
  • The board is clear.
  • The board is clear. I've got some red cards here.
Summary: The committee met on April 29 and considered a series of local and special bills affecting municipal and parish governance, blight enforcement, development districts, and term limits. Early action included a motion to apply a three-minute rule. House Bill 483, concerning the Fulberg/Marini Security and Improvement District in Orleans Parish, was voluntarily deferred after discussion and no support cards. House Bill 484, which revised the New Orleans Regional Business Park board by reducing membership from 12 to 11 and giving the mayor four direct appointments with removal authority, was adopted as a substitute and reported favorably. Senate Bill 78, dealing with the Shreveport Downtown Development District, was amended to correct a legislative district reference and then reported favorably. The committee also heard announcements that several previously deferred bills would not be heard that day. Several Shreveport-related blight bills were advanced. House Bill 1051, authorizing demolition of certain dilapidated properties in Shreveport, was amended to allow the city to rely on findings from code enforcement, fire, police, or other public safety officials, and then reported favorably. House Bill 1080, addressing condemned commercial property in Shreveport, was also reported favorably, though the author said he would continue consulting with the city attorney before floor consideration. House Bill 66 for Alexandria expanded the city’s administrative adjudication authority to cover a broader range of ordinance violations, including building, zoning, vegetation, nuisance, sewer, drainage, licensing, and permit matters; it was supported by the city and reported favorably. House Bill 326, requiring the Tickfaw police chief candidate to reside within the village, also passed favorably. House Bill 793, a contentious bill concerning recorded subdivision plats and prescription, drew extensive testimony from the author, parish officials, a former appellate judge, and the McCormick family. Supporters said the bill closes a loophole exposed by recent court rulings that could let noncompliant plats become enforceable after five years without actual notice to local governments, while opponents argued the current substitute still creates uncertainty and could burden property owners; the author said the bill was prospective only and would also go to the Law Institute. Despite the debate, the committee moved the substitute favorably. Senate Bill 148, allowing municipalities to pay a modest per diem to planning and zoning commission members by local ordinance, was reported favorably with support from Lake Charles. The committee rejected House Bill 208, which would have let St. Helena Parish voters decide whether to impose term limits on parish governing authority members. The bill’s author argued the people should decide, but the St. Helena Police Jury opposed it and committee members emphasized local control; the final vote was 3 yeas to 10 nays. House Bill 1215, concerning the disposition of historical statues and monuments, was amended to bar the Office of State Parks from placing transferred monuments back in the parish from which they were removed, and then was reported favorably. House Bill 472, authorizing local rent stabilization ordinances during a governor-declared emergency, was amended to limit such ordinances to the emergency period, tie increases to the consumer price index, and cap them at 365 days; discussion continued on whether the measure duplicated existing price-gouging laws and whether a broader study would be preferable.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Commerce and Economic Development Feb 13th, 2026 at 05:24 pm

House Commerce & Economic Development Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • We worked this out with the fire marshal; everyone was on board.
  • We worked this out with the fire marshal; everyone was on board.
  • But we can't look at zoning and child care in a vacuum.
  • I'm Eleanor Bravo, Chair of the Board of New Energy Economy.
  • New Mexico Board of Examiners and Optometry?
Bills: HB303, SB96, HM6
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Jan 21st, 2026 at 02:08 pm

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • We will also have an event space where we can hold CLEs, we can have public meetings, our alumni board
  • We will also have an event space where we can hold CLEs, we can have public meetings, our alumni board
Bills: SB1, SB3
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Judiciary Jan 21st, 2026 at 01:37 pm

Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Removes total immunity for the compact board. Those are crucial safeguards.
  • Karen Carson, Chair of the New Mexico Medical Board. Mr.
  • So it's a good, you know, members of the board.
  • Board, I'm sorry, I thought you were talking about the agency.
  • We have two vacancies on the board right now. Yeah.
Bills: SB1, SB3
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • from the Board of Dentistry? from the Board of Dentistry?
  • member for the Optometric a board member for the Optometric Dispenser<00:07:15.680> Board.
  • Dispenser Board. Dispenser Board.
  • Board of Nursing. Good afternoon. Board of Nursing. Good afternoon.
  • for the Board of EMS.
Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and then took up a series of administrative regulations from several agencies. Early items included Attorney General consumer protection rules on removal sales, health spas, liquidation sales, and nonresident sellers of visual aid glasses; Finance and Administration Controller rules on clearinghouse validation and fraud prevention; and Board of Dentistry rules updating exam requirements, controlled substance prescribing, training for neuromodulators and dermal fillers, infection control, sedation/anesthesia continuing education, and required education on pediatric abusive head trauma and controlled substance ingestion prevention. The committee also approved staff amendments on these items, generally to conform to KRS Chapter 13A, and members asked a brief question about the dentistry controlled-substances changes, which was answered as an alignment with statute. The committee next approved regulations for the Board of Ophthalmic Dispensers, Board of Nursing, and Board of Emergency Medical Services. The ophthalmic dispensers package would revise meeting and recordkeeping language, raise renewal fees, set reinstatement and apprentice-license rules, add complaint and hearing procedures, and repeal a duplicative regulation. The nursing regulations would streamline approval of training programs and require notice and documentation of site visits and deficiencies. EMS rules would create five EMS medical director certifications, set expiration and renewal requirements, require publication of disciplinary sanctions, and exempt currently approved directors before October 1, 2026. Staff amendments were adopted without objection on each set. The Education and Labor Cabinet’s school transportation regulation drew extended discussion. The agency explained the changes were intended to implement Senate Bill 46 and update references affected by later legislation, including an oral amendment to delete a subsection reference tied to KRS 160.380. The committee adopted both the agency and oral amendments without objection after brief questions about the scope of the bill changes and van transportation for students. The committee then heard a lengthy package from the Department for Public Health on WIC and related nutrition program regulations, including updates to infant and child certification periods, documentation requirements, vendor criteria, sanctions, hearing procedures, and high-risk vendor standards. Staff amendments were adopted without objection. Finally, the committee considered the Inspector General’s regulation for freestanding birthing centers, which included both staff and agency amendments. The agency changes would require two neonatal resuscitation program-certified staff, set rules for medical director vacancies and appeals, revise facility and staffing terminology, adjust transfer-agreement requirements, and allow waivers when agreements cannot be secured. Mary Katherine DeLodder of the Kentucky Birth Coalition testified in support, saying the parties had worked through concerns and were ready to move forward. The committee then moved on to Medicaid’s 1915C child waiver regulations, where staff amendments were adopted, but Lucy Heskins of Kentucky Protection and Advocacy testified against the package because it did not include person-directed services, which she said are required by Kentucky law and important for families using the waiver.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services REVISED Mar 2nd, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill Would require a brief board-approved mental health screener to be used in routine doctor visits
  • Counsel at the Department of Mental Health and one of the working attorneys on the Forensic Review Board
  • and will they maintain a violent temperament that gives the court the confidence to say the review board
  • Senate Bill 1651 is an Oklahoma Medical Board request bill.
  • does is remove the director of from the Department of DHS and the director from OjaA from the OCcY board
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Feb 18th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm a senior attorney with the Institute for Justice and the lead of IJ's zoning justice project.
  • Many Florida jurisdictions have established transit-oriented development zones consistent with their
  • that in these areas there are services and infrastructure to serve the increased density, and the zone
  • Each type needs its own development standards, not a single state-based zoning code forced on it.
  • Modifications to the permanence provision of the TOD zones, reducing or eliminating them if qualifying
Summary: The committee first heard CS for SB 1342 on transit-oriented development by Senator Rouson, which seeks to expand housing near fixed transit corridors by updating TOD definitions and applying Live Local-style land-use principles to those areas. An amendment narrowed definitions, limited the bill to land-use and development regulations, removed a private cause of action, and added exclusions for environmentally sensitive areas, historic properties, and military installations. Supporters said the bill would increase housing supply near existing infrastructure and maximize the state’s transit investments, while local government groups and city leagues opposed it as a sweeping preemption of local zoning authority that could force high-density development without public hearings or adequate infrastructure planning. The committee adopted the amendment and then reported the bill favorably. The committee then took up CS for SB 1334 on elections by Senator Grall, which would require documentary proof of citizenship in voter registration and related election processes, update how citizenship is verified through REAL ID and the SAVE database, clarify that paper ballots are the primary voting method, and add other election-related changes such as candidate eligibility rules and timelines. Two technical amendments were adopted. During extended questioning, senators raised concerns about how documents would be submitted and stored, whether voters without Florida IDs or REAL IDs—especially students, disabled voters, seniors, and homeless Floridians—could be flagged or burdened, and what fiscal and workload impacts the bill would have on supervisors of elections and state agencies. Supporters argued the bill would streamline verification and reduce duplicate paperwork, while many public speakers and some senators said it would create barriers to voting, increase costs, and risk disenfranchising eligible voters. The transcript ends during debate on the bill, before a final vote is shown. Later, the committee considered CS for SB 1362 on advanced air mobility by Senator Harrell. A strike-all amendment aligned the bill with the House version and added vertiports and charging systems as eligible projects for public-private partnership funding, with FDOT authorized to fund certain vertiport costs within available resources. The bill drew support from industry and local representatives, and the committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. The committee also heard SB 174, which designates a portion of State Road 985 in Miami-Dade County as Charlie Kirk Memorial Avenue and directs FDOT to install markers at an estimated cost of $2,400. The bill prompted significant debate over whether Kirk’s legacy warranted a state road designation, with opponents citing his controversial statements and arguing the honor was political and divisive, while supporters said the designation recognizes civic engagement near FIU and is symbolic rather than regulatory. The transcript ends during debate on SB 174, before any final action is shown.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House State Government Committee Feb 5th, 2025

State Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • I had the privilege of serving on this board many years ago when I was in the city commission.
  • If there's ever an opening for it, you have board members that represent one person from each community
  • So what this does, it gives the board the opportunity to pay... ...this board the opportunity to pay
Bills: HB93, HB160, HB29, HB29, HB93, HB160
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Apr 24th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • It directs the board, subject to appropriation, to encourage the development of large-scale conveyance
  • Matt Nelson, on behalf of the Texas Water Development Board, testifying on the bill, and Brian McMath
  • , representing the Texas Water Development Board, testifying on the bill.
  • Of the Water Development Board. All right, none. Thank you very much. Yes sir.
  • So how should the state be charging the board with tracking this estimate for this...?
Bills: SB7
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Mar 24th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • the coordinating responsibilities, assigns a responsibility directly to the board.
  • These are direct board responsibilities going forward.
  • Stepney, Chairwoman for the Texas Water Development Board.
  • Targeting all those issues, the Water Development Board does great work.
  • Good morning, Matt Nelson with the Texas Water Development Board.
Bills: SB7
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health May 12th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • If the Texas Medical Board had to report that back to the Board of Chiropractic Examiners and wait for
  • Being able to have a system in place where one board can communicate those complaints to the other board
  • in the public that the medical board is imbued with certain special powers that the other boards don't
  • another board and how ridiculous it is.
  • My understanding is that it's like the Board of Nursing and the Medical Board. Right.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health May 12th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • But it's initial board certification. It is not MOC; it's initial board certification.
  • boards.
  • Texas Medical Board or DL?
  • Taz is board certified.
  • board that is necessary.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • So even in fact, when it got to the board, the physician at the board actually said, well...
  • , including paying a board fee and submitting an application even in the board.
  • Vitale here, who is certified with our board, the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons, if he crossed
  • The National Board of Physicians and Surgeons has a flat fee regardless of how many board certifications
  • The reason that ultimately our board decided not to make that change is that all of the boards that we
KY
Transcript Highlights:
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  • If you members of the uh on this board.
  • So contact uh the board have as well.
  • I think we have found ourselves board.
  • I think that for the board for that.
Summary: The first meeting of the Medicaid Oversight Advisory Board opened with Chair Ken Fleming and Co-Chair Rocky Adams welcoming members, explaining the board’s purpose, and introducing the diverse membership of legislators, providers, advocates, and state officials. Fleming said the board would meet monthly, allow public comment at the end of meetings, and operate transparently with materials posted online and distributed in advance. Both chairs emphasized that the board’s work would focus on improving Medicaid outcomes, efficiency, and oversight, while preparing for possible federal changes and avoiding premature assumptions about what Congress may do. Members then gave brief introductions describing their backgrounds in medicine, nursing, hospital administration, behavioral health, insurance, budgeting, pharmacy, and Medicaid administration. Several noted direct experience with Medicaid populations or managed care, including the Department for Medicaid Services commissioner, health plan representatives, hospital and clinic leaders, and legislators with health care backgrounds. The board also heard from Stephanie Bates of the LRC Office of Health Data Analytics, who said her office supports the General Assembly with health-related data, policy, and research and would serve as a resource to the board. Bates then began a presentation on Medicaid basics, explaining that House Bill 695 created the board and that the presentation would cover eligibility, enrollment, covered benefits, waivers, managed care, the budget, and the federal reconciliation bill. She described Medicaid eligibility as complex, noted that Kentucky had more than 1.4 million enrollees, and explained enrollment churn and the unwinding of pandemic-era continuous coverage. She also outlined mandatory and optional Medicaid benefits, the requirement that services be medically necessary and provided by enrolled providers, and the main waiver types used in Kentucky, including 1115, 1915(b), and 1915(c) waivers. No votes or formal actions were taken at this meeting beyond organizational setup and receiving the initial informational presentation.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • This right, she is the OSU Partner Board scholarship recipient and a FCCLA state officer.
  • He is on the OERB, that's the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board of Directors, and wants to attend OU to
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • I moved that the communication dated June 17, 2025, sent from the Secretary of State election board to
  • She is a board-certified urogynecologist who helps women with pelvic floor issues and has been practicing
  • I'm calling for a state question that freezes property tax growth across the board.
  • Our statewide charter board was a great reform, but we still let local school districts block new charters
  • we want top-tier charters to come to Oklahoma, they should be able to go straight to the statewide board
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/24/2026 - House Commerce

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • For homeowners can't know what action boards are considering or what members voted on when boards ignore
  • I was on an HOA board, you know.
  • And so I joined the board and I changed it.
  • As an example of why HOA boards should vote in a similar manner, the simple fact is HOA boards are not
  • These boards don't know. They're correct. These are volunteers.
Summary: The Commerce Committee heard and acted on a long series of bills, with several strike-everything amendments. SB 1421, dealing with restrictions on financial institutions, check cashers, and remittances involving undocumented immigrants, drew strong opposition on constitutional and economic grounds and support from the sponsor as a sovereignty measure; the committee rejected a Villegas affordable-housing striker and gave the bill a due pass recommendation. SB 1254, a continuation/cleanup bill for the Industrial Commission of Arizona and its divisions, was explained as mostly renaming and administrative changes and passed unanimously after adopting the chairman’s striker. SB 1515 created a Public Safety Parity Fund for DPS and corrections retention bonuses funded by investment earnings from the Budget Stabilization Fund; law enforcement witnesses supported it as a needed retention tool, while some members objected to using rainy-day fund interest, and it passed on a split vote. SB 1206 updated homeowner protection rules for adjusters and contractors after disasters, limiting certain conduct during loss events and emergency responses, and passed unanimously after amendment. The committee also approved SB 1563, which continues the Barbering and Cosmetology Board and lowers some fee caps, after testimony that the board protects public health and sanitation. SB 1649 established a Digital Assets Strategic Reserve Fund; a Ripple Labs witness discussed self-custody options for unclaimed crypto, while an Aguilar striker would have required reporting on employers whose workers receive public assistance, but that amendment failed and the underlying bill passed. SB 1290, originally about HOA closed meetings, became a major debate over transparency versus privacy; opponents warned the Carter striker would force disclosure of sensitive member and employee matters, supporters argued HOAs should not take secret action, and the committee adopted both the Aguilar consumer-protection striker and the Carter HOA transparency striker before passing the bill. SB 1670, preempting local contractor licensing and allowing certain journeyman licenses, was amended with a Villegas striker aimed at landlord algorithmic pricing and passed unanimously. The committee continued the Arizona Department of Gaming, Racing, and Boxing/MMA commissions in SB 1671, with the chairman’s amendment narrowing reporting requirements and adding aggregate complaint reporting; the department said it had worked with auditors and supported the bill, which passed. The meeting then moved into SB 1747, beginning discussion of social media application requirements for developers and covered companies, including age verification and parental consent, but the transcript cuts off before further testimony or action on that bill.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • recipient of that part but to me personally he has been an advisor a confidant, a friend, a sounding board
  • It will be approved by the Podiatry Medical Board of Examiners meeting.
  • Its hearings of the board may fill in up to 6 hours of C or sea on medical marijuana over the two years
  • It allows the board of podiatry to decide which medical marijuana courses that are offered by the medical