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MN
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- </c> This project will modernize aging This project will modernize aging infrastructure<00:33:40.920>
- and inadequate facilities.
- </c> aging and inadequate facilities. aging and inadequate facilities.
- </c> lab, as well as several other facilities lab, as well as several other facilities updates<00:52:
- So, like this that all the ages need.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Feb 12th, 2026 at 12:12 pm
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Indian Affairs Sep 25th, 2025
House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- We're going to have to find funding to build new facilities. We need new facilities here.
- . facility.
- ones under the age of three.
- The facility issues, and the reality on the ground, Madam Chair, is that we just need new facilities.
- The Parcientes, or the users of the water, are aging, and the infrastructure itself is aging rapidly.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee May 6th, 2026
Revenue and Taxation
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- usually than what they are, so we rate that at a 55 age.
- or other facilities. post-adjudication and contract facilities, as well as those youth that are being
- I only have one facility that has wet cells. meaning only one facility that has toilets.
- We have a lot of facilities that we cover.
- For every shift pattern at every state secure facility.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services Apr 23rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Our facilities aren’t big enough to handle the need.
- A good example would be the age definitions.
- Until we've locked in what the age definitions will be in the rate structure, we can't automate the ages
- As of April, ICE is detaining over 5,800 Californians in for-profit private detention facilities, facilities
- that the California Californians in for-profit private detention facilities, facilities that the California
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- This is the Age-Friendly... Senate File 2630. This is the Age-Friendly Minnesota Council.
- It also included age-friendly universities and age-friendly health centers.
- </c><01:05:38.359><c> um</c><01:05:39.000><c> age-friendly</c> university age um age-friendly university
- age um age-friendly universities<01:05:40.760><c> or</c><01:05:41.000><c> age-friendly</c><01:05:41.640
- </c><01:11:47.880><c> Chair,</c> in age-friendly grants. And Mr. Chair, in age-friendly grants.
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE Jun 15th, 2026
ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE
Transcript Highlights:
- And the next slide is an enrollment by age.
- Enrollees with dependents under 14 by age and with income, with or without income. by age and with income
- This is a disability breakdown by age group.
- This is disability status on this slide by age and the disability breakdown by age.
- The disability breakdown by age, race and ethnicity, age and gender, and that's all.
Summary:
The meeting focused on Arkansas’s workforce development reorganization and a set of federal waiver requests intended to consolidate and streamline the state’s WIOA system. Commerce officials said the department has already centralized shared services, split the old workforce agency into reemployment and Arkansas Workforce Connections, and submitted a combined WIOA/Perkins state plan. They described nine waiver requests, including replacing local workforce boards with a single statewide board, creating one planning and accountability structure, allowing more flexible movement of funds across regions, easing the “last-dollar” requirement for training and supportive services, reducing required youth program elements, and allowing affiliate sites instead of mandatory comprehensive centers. Officials said the goal is to reduce administrative costs and redirect more money to training, supportive services, and employer-driven programs.
Legislators raised concerns about rural representation, local employer relationships, and whether local offices would close. Commerce officials said local offices would remain open, some current staff could be rehired, and regional business councils would preserve local employer input. They said the current system is fragmented and expensive, with roughly $14 million in federal workforce funds flowing through local boards but only about $1.9 million spent on training and supportive services last year; they argued the reorganization could raise training spending to about $6 million to $7 million annually. Questions also addressed board composition, performance accountability, and how funds could be shifted between regions when needs change. The State Board of Workforce Development had approved the waiver package 11-3 before it was submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor.
Members also discussed workforce access for people with disabilities, child care and transportation supports, and the role of Arkansas Launch, apprenticeships, and career and technical education. Officials said vocational rehabilitation now has better access to the state job board and that referrals and data-sharing with DHS and other partners still need improvement. Several legislators emphasized the need for training to align more closely with employer demand, especially in manufacturing, technology, health care, and rural areas. The committee also heard a brief overview of Workforce Pell, with staff explaining that the new federal short-term Pell option has narrow eligibility rules and may not fit many existing programs, including some CDL and CNA programs.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) offer older Texans a promise of aging in place through
- With Leading Age Texas, and you are... Or the bill, is that correct? Yes. Thank you.
- I'm George Lineal, President of Leading Age Texas.
- I'm an attorney with Reed Klayman, and I am testifying for SB 1522 on behalf of Leading Age Texas.
- Finally, Leading Age Texas supports the consumer protection provisions within the bill, which prevent
Keywords:
SB 500, Texas adoption law, Family Code, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child-placing agency, prospective adoptive parents, adoption records, confidential information, nondisclosure agreement, child history report, health history, social history, educational history, genetic history, termination of parental rights, permanency plan, single source continuum contractor, privacy, redaction
CA
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tax Expenditure Review Commission 6/17/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
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- </c> For example, when land designated as Ag For example, when land designated as Ag Preserves<01:20:
- 21:11.840><c> until</c> Ag Preserves designation continues until Ag Preserves designation continues until
- Chair Agbaje. of Ag Preserves land, and tax shifts due of Ag Preserves land, and tax shifts due to<01
- </c> I'll pause here to take questions on Ag I'll pause here to take questions on Ag Preserves<01:22:
- Similar metrics proposed for Ag Preserves land could be used to evaluate the Ag Preserves credit, such
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health Apr 6th, 2026
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- And if it's Medi-Cal, by long-term care, if it's like a skilled nursing facility or a subacute facility
- The average age in our facilities is just 44 years old.
- The average age in our facilities is just 44 years old.
- The New Start, the average age is—he’s 28.
- Good evening, Yasmin Pellet with Justice in Aging.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Rules Apr 21st, 2025
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Human Services May 21st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- or damaged facilities or were displaced by the Eaton fire.
- Meeting those under the age of 19, a small portion of the caseload may still receive IHS.
- Correct, who are in that age bracket already.
- No red flags go with God Department of Aging Department of Aging, oh, that's you, okay. All right.
- Yasmin Pellet on behalf of Justice in Aging. Thanks so much for staying late.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- rather than a JR facility.
- The average cost per individual in a juvenile facility is $291,000.
- The average cost per individual in a juvenile facility is $291,000.
- services for our children in the perinatal through age 25 range.
- services for our children in the perinatal through age 25 range.
Keywords:
accounts, finance, business regulation, transparency, audits, cannabis, license fees, regulatory framework, revenue generation, legalization, HB 2714, caseload forecasting, food assistance, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, state food assistance, budget forecasting, caseload forecast council, caseload forecast supervisor, Washington State
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Business and Professions Committee Jan 13th, 2026
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- We own a solid waste facility in San Carlos, California.
- My average age of kids that got caught was 10 years old.
- My average age of kids that got caught was 10 years old.
- So our facility, meanwhile, the house is burning down.
- you will have a fire in your facility.
Summary:
The Assembly Business and Professions Committee heard three bills ahead of the house-of-origin deadline. AB 762 by Assemblymember Irwin would ban the sale and distribution of disposable vapes in California, with committee amendments to align implementation dates and allow a sell-through period. The author and supporters, including waste agencies, firefighters, local governments, and public health groups, argued the devices create lithium-ion battery fire risks in waste facilities and burden ratepayers and first responders. Opponents, including cannabis industry and retail groups, argued the bill would not meaningfully reduce battery waste because most problematic products are already illicit, and warned it could worsen the illegal market and reduce consumer access to legal products. After extensive debate, the committee passed AB 762 as amended to Appropriations on a vote with some members not voting or on call.
AB 1382 by Assemblymember Castillo would prohibit the sale of genetically modified animals created for cosmetic purposes. Supporters said the bill would prevent novelty pet breeding, reduce pressure on already overcrowded shelters, and avoid ethical concerns about modifying animals for appearance alone, while preserving medical and scientific research. Opponents, including the pet industry, argued the measure was unnecessary because regulated products such as glowfish already undergo scientific review and that the bill could create ambiguity and harm lawful commerce. The committee clarified that glowfish and scientific research were exempt, and AB 1382 passed to the Judiciary Committee.
AB 739 by Assemblymember Jackson would require managing agents in common interest developments to provide homeowners and HOA boards a summary of fees charged for management services. Realtors supported the bill as a transparency measure, while community managers and the Community Associations Institute said they could accept it once promised amendments were adopted to narrow the disclosure and avoid blanket mailings that could raise costs. The author said amendments would be taken in the Housing and Community Development Committee and committed to further consultation. AB 739 passed to Housing and Community Development.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Article III Feb 27th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Article III
Transcript Highlights:
- So we are committed to ensuring that we continue to grow that facility.
- The PCAPP request is for a $72 million multidisciplinary research facility.
- Texas should continue to lead the innovation of intelligent ag systems.
- You know, they're working in ag and natural resources, community health, youth development.
- Next slide talks a little bit. about our facility maps.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Law & Justice Feb 2nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- weapon, including a spring blade knife, while on certain premises such as jails, law enforcement facilities
- , buildings in connection with court proceedings, and mental health facilities, as well as schools, both
- Statewide, the median basic budget for one adult with a preschool-aged child to afford a week's worth
- I joined after 9/11 at the age of 16. I left at 17.
- We also have concerns around allowing 120-hour stays at 23-hour facility crisis relief centers.
Summary:
The committee began with Senate Bill 5962 on spring blade knives, first suspending the five-day notice requirement. Staff explained the bill would remove spring blade knives from the list of dangerous weapons while keeping restrictions on carrying them in schools, child care, and other protected locations. Proponents, including Knife Rights and the prime sponsor Sen. T’wina Nobles, described the measure as a modernization and cleanup bill that would reduce confusion and support lawful use and manufacturing; one testifier strongly objected to the bill’s added location-based restrictions. Public testimony was overwhelmingly in support, and the hearing then moved on without a vote.
Senate Bill 6105 would raise the wage exemption from garnishment for medical debt judgments from 30 to 60 times the state minimum wage, while keeping the 80% disposable earnings exemption and adding notice requirements identifying the debt as medical. Sen. Marko Liias said the bill is intended to protect low-wage workers from severe financial hardship and reduce incentives to work off the books. Supporters from patient, consumer, AARP, and anti-poverty groups said medical debt is often unexpected and garnishment can destabilize families; opponents from collectors and trade groups argued the bill was too broad, lacked stakeholder input, could hurt providers, and should define medical debt more clearly. The hearing closed with no action taken.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 6203, which would clarify that out-of-state convictions can include foreign-country convictions for offender scoring if obtained with sufficient due process safeguards. The sponsor, Sen. Matt Boehnke, said the bill closes a gap in sentencing law; prosecutors supported the concept and suggested simplifying the language, while the Sentencing Guidelines Commission, defense attorneys, and public defense opposed it, citing undefined standards, difficulty verifying foreign convictions, and due process concerns. The committee also heard Senate Bill 6296 on involuntary treatment, which would expand who may petition for detention, change rules for assisted outpatient treatment and police assistance, require firearm surrender compliance procedures, and make other ITA changes. The sponsor and several providers and family members supported the bill as a needed modernization, while DCRs, disability advocates, behavioral health organizations, hospitals, and others raised concerns about due process, implementation, rural transport, capacity, and unintended consequences. No votes were taken on either bill during the hearing.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (02/04/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- What's the answer for you or people your age?
- </c> safety safely and as their parents age safety safely and as their parents age and<00:27:39.559><
- </c> on a list at one of the um facilities on a list at one of the um facilities where<01:02:46.680><
- </c> Now understand that all these facilities Now understand that all these facilities aren't<01:15:31.199
- The children are between the ages of 8 and 18 living at the house.
Summary:
The committee held a public hearing on HB 530, a bill to increase funding for New Hampshire’s Affordable Housing Fund. Representative Jessica Lontine, the sponsor, described the state’s housing crisis, citing high rents, low vacancy, and the lack of affordable units. She said the bill would double the annual transfer-tax deposit into the fund from $5 million to $10 million, and she later presented an amendment to hold the Education Trust Fund harmless by directing the housing-fund deposit from remaining revenue after that trust fund is funded. She also explained a prospective appropriation idea tied to a possible future sale of the Laconia State School property, with the goal of supporting community housing for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Much of the testimony focused on the shortage of accessible and supportive housing for people with disabilities and aging family caregivers. Lontine, Ben Saul of Visions for Creative Housing Solutions, Lori McIntosh of Our Place NH, and Maddie Mandelbaum all described the difficulty families face in planning for adult children with disabilities as parents age or die. They emphasized that many people need not only affordable housing but accessible, supportive settings, and they argued that state investment would help nonprofit providers build such housing and prevent homelessness or inappropriate institutional placement. Several witnesses also noted that existing projects rely on capital funding and that operating revenues are limited because residents often depend on SSI and Medicaid.
Committee members asked questions about the fiscal impact of the bill and amendment, including whether the proposal would shift money from the general fund or education trust fund and whether the Finance Committee should have final say over spending priorities. Lontine said she understood those concerns but argued that housing should be prioritized. Housing Action New Hampshire’s Tom Duroza also testified in support of the bill, saying the state’s housing shortage is driving record prices and vacancy rates below 1%, and that the Affordable Housing Fund has leveraged more than $500 million in private investment and helped build thousands of rental homes. He said his organization supported the underlying bill but had not yet reviewed the amendment. No vote or final action was taken at the hearing.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Utilities -continued- Feb 4th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We call it a solar farm, but it's actually a commercial facility. It's no longer in ag production.
- We call it a solar farm, but it's actually a commercial facility. Sure.
- that's just the main complaint I hear: why aren't we taxing that like it's commercial as opposed to ag
- Because in my area, we have a lot of ag land, so our tax base isn't that broad.
- There is no oversight for these large facilities, so I can't do that.
Summary:
The House Utilities Committee resumed and then concluded a hearing on HB 2402 and HB 2816, both dealing with utility-scale solar development. The chair asked witnesses to testify for informational purposes where they supported some provisions but opposed others, and the discussion centered on setback distances, taxation, cropland conversion caps, local control, and decommissioning/oversight. Several witnesses described concerns about large solar projects encircling farms, impacts on neighbors, glare, fire risk, wetlands, and property values, while others emphasized the need for reasonable statewide standards and the importance of preserving Chapter 100 agreements and county flexibility.
Testimony from landowners and advocacy groups largely urged stronger protections: higher setbacks, more local authority, lower caps on cropland conversion, and higher tax rates than the bill’s proposed $2,500 per megawatt. Some witnesses argued solar should be taxed as commercial property rather than agricultural land, while others raised constitutional concerns about changing agricultural assessment. A county commissioner described local regulations his county adopted, including road agreements, decommissioning bonds, hydraulic studies, and buffering, and said counties need clearer rules, especially where there is no zoning.
Industry and utility representatives said the bills were generally workable but wanted further discussion on setbacks and tax treatment. They argued tax comparisons should account for the full package of taxes and incentives, not just nameplate taxes, and said higher taxes can raise electricity costs for customers. Ameren Missouri said most of the bill was acceptable, but cautioned about how real property would be assessed and noted its current and planned solar buildout. The committee took no vote; after hearing the final witness, the chair closed testimony on HB 2402 and HB 2816 and adjourned the committee.