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CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 031 Feb 13th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- lot of hard work. lot of hard work.
- Her work in transportation policy, her work in climate policy, her work in modernizing our decades-old
- I'm going to miss you. work. work.
- Most recently, we worked on Senate Bill 11 to address online facilitated misconduct and remote tracking
- work could get hurt. work could get hurt.
Summary:
The Senate opened with roll call, approval of the February 12, 2026 journal, and reports that several bills were correctly printed or engrossed. Committee reports then moved Senate Bills 7 and 31 from Health and Human Services, Senate Bills 53 and 54 from Local Government and Housing, and Senate Bill 43 from State, Veterans, and Military Affairs to the Committee of the Whole, with some measures recommended for the consent calendar. The chamber also announced substitute prime sponsors for Senate Bills 260008 and 2631 following Senator Michaelson Jenet’s resignation.
The Senate then recessed to hold a memorial for former Senator Faith Winter and later voted to proceed out of order for memorials. Senate Joint Memorial 001, honoring Winter, was read at length and adopted. The memorial described her work on transportation, climate, paid family and medical leave, environmental justice, rural health care, and bipartisan legislation, and it was ordered sent to her family members. The Senate also suspended Rule 31A by a two-thirds vote so current and former House members could address the chamber from the well.
Several members and family representatives offered remarks remembering Winter as a mentor, organizer, and coalition-builder. Speakers highlighted her advocacy for paid family leave, transportation funding, cleaner air, women’s leadership, and workplace accountability, as well as her personal warmth and support for colleagues and family. No additional legislative votes or bill actions were taken beyond the memorial adoption and procedural motions.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Concern about is that I seen that you guys have a pharmacist that is working remotely.
- How does a pharmacist work remotely?
- Yeah, they work a regular work week.
- They're working hard.
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Summary:
The joint Ways and Means and Health and Human Services committees heard Hawaii Health Systems Corporation’s biennium budget request, with testimony from HHSC leadership on the Hilo/Big Island region (HTH 212) and the Oahu region (HTH 215), plus discussion of capital improvement projects and systemwide partnerships. HHSC described its role as the rural healthcare safety net, serving a high share of Medicare, Medicaid/Quest, and uninsured patients, and said its costs are elevated by state employee fringe benefits, which it said are about 64% compared with roughly 30% in the private sector. HHSC also said pandemic-era federal aid, including relief funds and PPP loans totaling about $100 million, reduced the need for general fund support in prior years.
For HTH 212, HHSC said its general fund request for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 was higher than the governor’s recommendation because of rising insurance, pharmaceutical, and contractor labor costs, and because it includes $13.2 million in FY 2026 and $2.3 million in FY 2027 for Epic electronic medical record implementation in East Hawaii. For HTH 215, HHSC said the requested general funds were aligned with the governor’s recommendation, in part because of increased Medicaid reimbursement rates for long-term care facilities under prior legislation. HHSC also said it was restoring a special fund ceiling so the region could spend its cash collections on operations.
Members asked about the 64% fringe rate, and HHSC explained the difference was mainly due to defined-benefit pension and retiree health insurance costs, which private hospitals generally do not bear at the same level. Members also asked about the Daniel K. Akaka State Veterans Home, and HHSC said operations would be funded through the general fund corporation for the home when it opens, with management by Ohana Pacific, but no additional legislative operating funds were being requested at that time. Other questions focused on staffing and vacancies, including an abolished procurement position and an ongoing IT help desk recruitment need.
HHSC highlighted several capital and partnership projects, including a $25 million state CIP request matched by $25 million from the Benioff family for the Benioff Health Center, an ER expansion and reconfiguration at Corner Community Hospital, and $7.5 million in each fiscal year for Kauai EMR capital funds to join the Epic platform. Testimony also described collaborations with Queen’s, the University of California San Francisco, Hawaii Pacific Health, the Hawaii Cancer Consortium, the Department of Health, and the state hospital to improve specialty access, clinical trials, behavioral health, and patient placement across the system.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
MN House debates bill to designate January as Snow Professionals Appreciation Month 5/6/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The clerk will call the names of the members voting remotely. Yeah, that's right. Just a minute.
Summary:
House File 3554, designating January as Snow Professionals Appreciation Month, was taken up on the floor. Representative Nash introduced the bill and offered an A1 amendment to broaden the recognition to both public and private snowplow drivers; Representative Hollins supported the amendment, and it was adopted by voice vote. Nash and Hollins then spoke in favor of the bill, describing it as a way to recognize the people who keep roads clear during winter.
After the amendment was incorporated, the bill received its third reading with no further discussion. The House then took a roll call vote, including remote votes, and passed House File 3554 as amended by a vote of 133 yeas and 0 nays. The title was agreed to.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 4/29/25 - Part 1
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Health Jun 21st, 2026 at 09:00 am
Joint Committee on Public Health
Transcript Highlights:
- We've been working with the Settles family.
- I know this, Joe’s done so much work, Senator Comfor’s done so much wonderful work to add safeguards.
- I was continuing to try to work part-time.
- Thank you for your work. That's all I got to say. Thanks. Thank you. Thank you for your work.
- Thank you for all of your work.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Public Health opened its first hearing of the session and heard testimony on bills in three areas: emergency medical services/AED access, athletic training and student safety, and end-of-life options. Committee chairs outlined testimony rules and noted that written testimony would also be accepted. Some bills had no live witnesses, while others drew extensive testimony from advocates, professionals, and legislators.
On AED-related bills, the American Heart Association supported requiring automated external defibrillators at sporting events and athletic fields, citing sudden cardiac arrest survival rates and urging cardiac emergency response plans as an added safeguard. A parks and recreation professional supported AED access but raised concerns about the cost, staffing, maintenance, and feasibility for municipalities with limited resources. Athletic trainers supported expanding their scope of practice and removing workplace restrictions, arguing it would improve injury prevention, reduce costs, and help retain professionals in Massachusetts.
The committee also took extensive testimony on end-of-life options legislation. Supporters included legislators, physicians, hospice volunteers, clergy, patients’ family members, and advocacy groups, who described the bills as allowing terminally ill, mentally capable adults to choose a peaceful death with strict safeguards and self-administration requirements. They emphasized personal stories of suffering, public support, and the claim that other states have not seen abuse. Opponents, including faith-based, disability-rights, and family policy representatives, argued the bills amount to physician-assisted suicide, could pressure vulnerable people, and may be influenced by prognosis errors, coercion, or financial incentives. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the hearing.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Motion to adjourn sine die 3/25/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Our work here is against this motion.
- And if you adjourn sine die, we can't continue that work.
- <00:06:39.480>
We bipartisan agreement to do that work. - We bipartisan agreement to do that work.
- Thank you, Madam continue that work. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
JLARC I-900 Subcommittee for SAO Performance Audits Sep 17th, 2025
JLARC I-900 Subcommittee for SAO Performance Audits
Transcript Highlights:
- That's the first line of work.
- We followed the two lines of work. Thank you.
- by working with the Department of Health to identify.
- And the next line of work I want to cover are our cybersecurity checkups.
- The urgency of this work cannot be overestimated.
Summary:
The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee held a public hearing on the State Auditor’s Office cybersecurity performance audits for fiscal year 2025, covering both state agencies and local governments. SAO staff explained that the audits are conducted independently under Initiative 900 and are kept confidential at the entity level, with detailed findings shared directly with the audited organizations. They reported that state agency audits found nearly one-third of assessed safeguards fully implemented on all systems and 227 vulnerabilities across seven agencies, including three critical and 21 high-severity issues. For seven local government cybersecurity audits, nearly a quarter of safeguards were fully implemented on all systems, and auditors identified nearly 300 vulnerabilities, including nine critical and 47 high-severity issues.
SAO also summarized its ransomware resiliency audits and critical infrastructure audits for local governments. In six ransomware audits, a little over 35% of assessed safeguards were not in place, while about 60% were at least partially in place. In 39 critical infrastructure audits, focused largely on water and sewer providers, auditors found over 260 vulnerabilities and said more than 10% were critical or high. Staff highlighted that these audits have led to improvements, including one vendor making security changes after SAO testing that were later echoed in a federal advisory. They also described related services such as cybersecurity checkups, policy guidance, and other cyber-related work by the office.
Washington Technology Solutions’ state chief information security officer, Ralph Johnson, praised the audits and said they help protect essential public services. He cited a sharp national rise in ransomware incidents against governments and said Washington has used more than $11 million in federal and state cybersecurity grant funds for over 200 projects. In response to questions from Representative Scott, SAO and WOTEC discussed options for addressing urgent vulnerabilities, including compensating controls, grant funding, and low-cost mitigation steps. The committee also discussed how Washington’s program compares nationally, with Johnson saying Initiative 900 is unusually comprehensive and that local governments often seek audits voluntarily. No votes were taken, and the hearing adjourned after public testimony was offered but none was given.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House OKs nearly $4 billion higher ed budget that would offset state grant program deficit 4/28/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- It was bipartisan work.
- So we didn't result of that hard work.
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Working with our committee members and Chairman Nichols, we...
- Quite frankly, I had the pleasure of working with Lance Simmons back in the River Valley.
- They take a lot of pride in their work, and they make us look really good.
- It has been a pleasure to work with them. We work alongside a great team at TxDOT.
- In the House, we've been working very closely with the Lieutenant Governor's office.
Bills:
HB227
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 3 May 19th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- is hard, dirty work.
- People that work there are proud of what they produce.
- people, those who shower before work and after work.
- For mining, so does the spouse that works at the hospital, the spouse that works at the police department
- , or works at the school, or works for the fire department.
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Committee Meeting Jun 17th, 2026
Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- I'll now ask staff to begin collecting the remote public comment for this legislation.
Summary:
The House Transportation Committee met with a quorum present and took up one bill, House Substitute 1 for House Bill 457, sponsored by Representative Smith. The bill would raise the appraisal threshold for certain DelDOT real property dispositions from $10,000 to $25,000, aligning it with the current Federal Highway Administration maximum and allowing smaller property sales to be processed more efficiently as values rise. Representative Smith also noted the substitute corrected the synopsis by removing “acquisitions,” since DelDOT already has authority to waive appraisals for acquisitions but not for dispositions.
Brianna Kovac, DelDOT’s chief of right-of-way, testified in support, explaining that the measure would reduce the cost and time associated with disposing of property no longer needed for transportation purposes. There was no virtual public comment, and no committee member questions were recorded. The committee then voted to release the bill by roll call, with all present members voting yes and two members absent.
After the motion carried, members were instructed to sign the bill backer, and the committee adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 1 Apr 24th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The clerk will call the names of the members participating remotely. Hanson J. Present. Hanson J.
OR
Oregon 2026 Regular Session
Financial Estimate Committee - Drafting Meeting Jul 17th, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- So these are shared, this is a shared work between Ms.
- That works for me. That’s fine. I don’t know. “Fund? That works for me. That’s fine.
- Does that work for you? Yeah, that does. Excellent. Very creative, good solution.
- So thank you for really good work to get us to this spot.
- I'm in the habit of doing this remotely, but I'm glad we're back in person.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Consensus Forecasting Group (9-16-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- The structural models I ran—two that worked really well.
- Um, I did that that worked really well.
- And so and aren't showing up to work.
- that work for everybody? that work for everybody? >> Yes,<03:35:20.000>
sir. - An MA16 may not work next >> who knows? An MA16 may not work next time. time. time.
Summary:
The meeting focused on preliminary fiscal 2026 revenue estimates and the governor’s office request for an official revision to fiscal 2026, with members reminded that any estimate adopted now would not bind the December official estimates. Staff from S&P Global walked through three forecast scenarios—control, optimistic, and pessimistic—based on recent federal tax changes, tariffs, and other policy developments, emphasizing that the outlook remains highly uncertain.
Under the control scenario, the presentation projected below-trend real GDP growth of 1.8% in fiscal 2026, slowing to 1.5% by fiscal 2028, with unemployment peaking around 4.5% and the Federal Reserve cutting rates three times to a long-run range of about 2.75% to 3%. The optimistic scenario assumed lower effective tariffs, stronger growth, and better labor and housing outcomes, while the pessimistic scenario assumed a broader trade war, higher effective tariffs, faster deportations, weaker employment and consumer spending, and unemployment rising to about 6.3%. Speakers also noted that the forecast was prepared before later BLS revisions and that recent data on inventories and AI-related investment made the recent quarters look unusually volatile.
Members discussed how the current fiscal 2026 outlook compared with earlier assumptions and noted that the eventual revenue revision may be smaller than the spread between the optimistic and pessimistic economic scenarios. The governor’s office and committee members also reviewed sector-specific impacts, including manufacturing, housing, light vehicle production, exports, and consumer sentiment, with particular concern about Kentucky’s auto and housing-related industries. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't understand how that works. What?
- Many states are working to adopt preventive policies and legislation.
- Um, also, these crimes can be carried out remotely, often are carried out remotely.
- that's welcoming to see bipartisan work that's welcoming to see bipartisan work out<00:41:59.359
- I work for the Defense Department, and I work across New England with state leaders, both state agency
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes omnibus tax package, HF2438 - Part 2 5/17/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It is just such an honor to work with Chair Gomez in the world-famous Tax Committee.
- I would be very remiss if I didn't thank my good friend Senator Ann Rest for all the work she's done
- Uh, working with the department, Commissioner Marquart just simply does a great job.
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uh Uh working with the department, uh Uh working with the department, uh Commissioner - Well, we're working on it. The clerk will call the names of the members participating remotely.
Summary:
The House took House File 2438, the tax bill, from the table and proceeded to third reading on the conference committee report. Representative Olson spoke in support of a disabled veteran homestead market value exclusion increase, arguing that veterans’ organizations had requested the change and that the property tax impact on other taxpayers would be small. He said the bill did not include the increase and urged action next year. Representative Acom thanked the committee for including language to require a thorough, unbiased study of nuclear energy, comparing its life-cycle costs, health and environmental impacts, accident risks, transmission needs, and liabilities against other generation sources, with findings due next year.
Representative Davids also supported the bill, while noting several local projects and provisions that were not included, such as local option sales tax authority for Saint Paul and projects in Blaine, Virginia, Plymouth, and Minnetonka. He thanked Chair Gomez, committee staff, legislative staff, and others involved in the tax process, and said the bill was appropriately named. After discussion, members voted on the conference committee report.
The roll was taken, including remote participation, and the conference committee report on House File 2438 passed with 126 ayes and 8 nays. The bill was repassed as amended by conference, and its title was agreed to.
NY
Transcript Highlights:
- Earned by election inspectors, poll clerks, or election coordinators while working in relation to a general
- Allows prospective and current agency personnel to receive certification through remote training methods
- I work. Thank you. Thank you. Just coming. Just got it. Just... so thank you. Oh. Thank you.
Summary:
The Senate Finance Committee, chaired for the day by Senator John Liu, took up a long agenda of bills covering labor and benefits, corrections, health, taxation, government transparency, and public services. Early measures included increasing short-term disability benefits, adjusting a poverty-level-related earned income disregard, expanding correctional health staffing review, and authorizing the Inspector General to investigate sexual assault complaints in correctional facilities; each of these advanced to the floor. The committee also advanced bills on ovarian cancer screening access, retirement system membership changes, a trail stewardship program, live agency representative access, FOIL/open meetings fee awards, a Harriman campus development plan, court data reporting, educator conventions, park water testing, an energy storage tax abatement, a Native American Affairs office, adult changing tables in public facilities, Medicaid Inspector General audit standards, remote training certification for agency personnel, newborn Gaucher disease testing, electronic self-exclusion requests for gambling, and child daycare inspections and opioid antagonist requirements.
Several bills drew discussion. The prescription drug transparency bill (Print 488A) prompted questions about possible overlap with federal Hatch-Waxman/FTC oversight and whether a New York notice requirement could slow generic-drug settlements; sponsors and staff said it was intended as a supplemental transparency measure for consumers. The court reporting bill (Print 1849A) raised concerns about mandates on local governments, but supporters said it mainly required OCA to compile data in one format. The Medicaid local-share phaseout bill (Print 5519) generated the most debate, with supporters arguing it would provide major property tax relief and should be addressed in the budget, while opponents emphasized the need to curb Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse first.
Two major fiscal oversight proposals were defeated. Print 8661, which would have required the Comptroller to hire an independent private auditing firm to review state-funded programs for fraud and abuse, was opposed despite support from some members who argued outside auditing was overdue; it failed by one vote. Print 5519 was also ultimately defeated after a recount confirmed it lacked the required majority of the full 22-member committee. Most other bills were approved and sent either to the floor or, in the case of the drug transparency bill, to the Rules Committee.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Trade, Workforce & Economic Developent Apr 30th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I work on creating condominium regimes on a daily basis, and I'm available for any questions on the subject
- That, that one works too.
- Um, there's just a little tweak or two that we are working with the chairman on as we go forward through
- Madam Chair button, you have House Bill 32, which you're working very hard on dealing with evictions
- In the event of a wrongful removal of a squatter, um, the bill allows the person who is remote removed
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee 5/8/26
Rules and Legislative Administration
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Legislative Ethics Commission (12-2-25)- part 2
Transcript Highlights:
- Do we set those, or can counsel work on those proposed dates?
- But yes, we're working on that, and we're going to make a bigger push for it now that we have some of
- The 19th is Martin Luther King Day, so the state is not working that day.
- I would have—that works. Thank you. Thank you. I'll be okay. I don't think Mike can make it.
- But that's just a normal meeting, so if he has to do it remotely, that's okay.
Summary:
The commission met in open session to take action on several motions related to an adjudicatory hearing. It denied a motion to dismiss, granted a motion to quash, and granted in part a renewed motion to compel and for sanctions only to the extent it continued the hearing that had been scheduled for that day. Two motions in limine, one by Mr. Jenkins and one by Representative Grossberg’s attorney, were denied, with the chair noting that relevance issues would be decided during the hearing and that the focus should remain on the conduct and allegations at issue.
The commission then set hearing dates for January 26 and February 2, with hearings to begin at 9:00 a.m. and conclude before the General Assembly reconvened. It also approved the financial report/budget for October. During discussion, members noted the need to keep the commission’s work moving despite legislative schedules and the importance of not pulling members away from General Assembly responsibilities.
In other business, staff announced a current issues training/CLE event for January 7, the hiring of new general counsel Larissa Pletcher effective December 16, and the start of re-registration. The chair reported ongoing efforts to fill remaining commission vacancies through the Speaker’s and President’s offices, and members discussed a possible tentative special meeting on January 12 at noon if needed. The meeting ended with a motion to adjourn, which was approved.