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NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Session (05/21/2026)

New Hampshire Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Lord, we are truly grateful for these senators and their staff that work so diligently on behalf of the
  • We're grateful for their work for this great state, a beautiful state, an incredible state, and they
  • work on behalf of so many to make this state even more prosperous.
  • <00:16:25.519> so senators and their staff that work so senators and their staff that work
  • Um, I think we did good work on this in the Senate.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • willing to work for. willing to work for.
  • No more equal pay for equal work. take. No more equal pay for equal work.
  • reflect the work being done. reflect the work being done.
  • contemporary work across sectors. contemporary work across sectors.
  • Thanks for your work. Uh your testimony. Thanks for your work.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Law & Justice Dec 4th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • I know it's been a lot of work.
  • We were able to make that work.
  • And that work has been fruitful.
  • It has worked out.
  • You can pass a mandate, but you cannot mandate workforce into existence.
Summary: The committee received agency updates on several behavioral health and justice programs. The Health Care Authority reported that assisted outpatient treatment (AOT) has expanded from two counties to eight, with a ninth expected in December, and described AOT as a court-ordered, least-restrictive treatment model that depends on close coordination among courts, treatment providers, and local officials. The agency also reviewed Joel’s Law, which lets family members, guardians, conservators, or tribes petition for an initial involuntary detention when they disagree with a designated crisis responder’s decision. Judges Ferreira and Larson said petition use has increased significantly statewide and in Snohomish County, but many cases do not proceed beyond the initial detention stage; they also noted family frustration, disjointed processes, and bed shortages as ongoing issues. Committee members asked about expansion criteria, the law’s effectiveness, and how the system fits together with other mental health interventions. The Attorney General’s Office presented on the hate crimes and bias incidents hotline created by SB 5427. The hotline began a pilot in King, Clark, and Spokane counties on July 1, 2025, with a statewide launch planned for 2027. Officials said the advisory committee helped shape the referral process, intake questions, outreach materials, and public branding. In the first five months, the hotline received 301 reports, with roughly 45% from King County and about 38% from outside the pilot counties; 42% requested follow-up, and only about a quarter of those wanted law enforcement referral. Testimony emphasized that the hotline is non-emergency, anonymous if desired, and focused on referrals rather than investigation. Members asked about why callers do not seek law enforcement involvement, how the hotline compares with Oregon’s launch, and what kinds of incidents are being reported. The Office of Independent Investigations reported progress on its work investigating police deadly force fatalities. Director Roger Rogoff said the agency has grown to 66 employees, including 31 investigators, and has completed six fatality investigations, with two public final reports posted. He said the office now operates in Region 1 and plans to expand statewide as staffing allows, with a future east-side expansion dependent on additional investigators. He also said the office has 29 requests to review prior cases, but those reviews are time-intensive and limited to cases with new evidence. Committee members asked about staffing needs, local cooperation, and whether the office conducts parallel investigations; Rogoff said OII performs the criminal investigation, while agencies may still do administrative reviews. The committee then heard a lengthy panel on public defense caseload standards and funding. The Washington State Bar Association, Washington Defender Association, county representatives, and city representatives all discussed the new caseload standards and the implementation timeline. Speakers said the standards reflect modern public defense realities but warned that funding, attorney recruitment and retention, office space, and data collection remain major barriers. Survey results from county offices showed wide variation in readiness, with many counties uncertain about timelines and most citing lack of funding as the biggest obstacle; attorney attrition was also described as high. County and city representatives argued that the new standards will require far more attorneys and support staff, and that local governments cannot absorb the cost without substantial state funding. They urged the Legislature to increase state support, improve workforce pipelines, and address structural issues in the public defense system.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Ways and Means Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • We work with law enforcement. We work with the city. We work with the hospital.
  • We work with law enforcement. We work with the city. We work with the city.
  • We work with law enforcement, we work with the city, we work with the hospital.
  • I want to commend your work.
  • When I worked there, in the beginning of my career, I worked at Deaf, Inc.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Ways and Means Committee held its final public hearing on the FY26 state budget, with chairs and members emphasizing that public testimony would help shape the budget and asking speakers to keep remarks brief. Committee leaders introduced members, explained the hearing process, and repeatedly thanked residents, students, and advocates for participating. No votes were taken during the hearing. Testimony focused heavily on education funding and the Chapter 70 formula. Students from Amherst, Northampton, Gateway Regional, Chester Elementary, and other districts described budget-driven cuts to electives, special education supports, paraprofessionals, counselors, transportation, and building maintenance. They urged higher Chapter 70 aid, increased minimum aid, rural school aid, and a reopening or restructuring of the funding formula, arguing that current formulas leave many districts unable to meet student needs and force local layoffs and overrides. Other speakers urged funding or protection for a range of programs and facilities, including the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute for homicide survivor services, the Museum of African American History, the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and CART/interpreter services, the Access to Counsel housing legal aid program, the Department of Mental Health and Pocasset Mental Health Center, and Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children. One speaker opposed offshore wind-related spending and urged a reset of the state’s energy approach, while another advocated ending the aircraft sales tax exemption. Committee members responded sympathetically to many speakers, asked a few follow-up questions, and several expressed support for maintaining or expanding the programs discussed.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Taxes - 05/07/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • We appreciate your work.
  • We appreciate your work.
  • And for the past 35 years, I've worked in this industry. I've worked in this industry.
  • I've worked in the industry my UMO.
  • cities get with far less mandates. cities get with far less mandates.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • But I know that he's been working to manage a number of bills.
  • benefit review, because the numbers of these are mandated benefits.
  • I'm always working. Senator Mark's always here.
  • We've been able to work ...and his staff and the President and her staff, we've been able to work out
  • Need a little bit more time to work on a few of these.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, adopted a resolution congratulating Grant Marshall on earning Eagle Scout, and then passed two local/private bills to enactment: a sick leave bank for a Department of Correction employee and a measure waiving the Boston Police Department’s maximum age requirement for Luis Cabral. The chamber also received and journalized a communication from Senator Rush stating he would have voted yes on S. 3014 while away on Navy training. The Senate then took up several committee rule-suspension and extension orders. It approved extensions for the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security on two late-filed matters until July 31, 2026, and approved two Health Care Financing extension orders, one extending 15 bills to March 31, 2026 and another extending six bills to May 1, 2026. Senators explained the delays as needed for hearings, stakeholder input, and mandated benefit reviews. The chamber also advanced local bills for Rutland recall elections, Boxford liquor licenses, Boston police age waivers, and Milton school construction timing, and adopted a resolution recognizing Endometriosis Awareness Month. A major portion of the session was devoted to H. 3014, the omnibus “Pets Act,” which combined provisions on animal welfare, pet shop sales, housing, insurance, and enforcement. Senators supporting the bill described it as banning the retail sale of dogs and cats from puppy mills, strengthening anti-cruelty enforcement, expanding access for animal control officers, limiting breed discrimination in housing and insurance, and protecting pet ownership in subsidized housing. Several amendments were debated: some were withdrawn or rejected, including proposals on renters’ insurance, nuisance barking, and property damage; others were adopted, including a compromise expanding protections for domestic animals, standards on animal welfare, and reporting/adoption requirements for research animals. The Ways and Means amendment was adopted as amended, and the bill was ordered to a third reading and then passed to be engrossed by roll call, with 38 members voting in the affirmative and none in the negative.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • One-size-fits-all mandates don't work for everyone, and I'm afraid of unintended consequences.
  • one size fits all choose where they work one size fits all mandates<00:26:02.000> don't<00:26
  • 00:26:03.720> I'm mandates don't work for everyone and I'm mandates don't work for everyone and
  • work work with employers organization's work work with employers and<01:17:55.800> is<01:17:55.960
  • <01:25:54.719> very work over the years we have worked very work over the years we have worked
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 2/10/25 - Part 2

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:03:11.519> on to figure it out why they're working on to figure it out why they're working
  • <00:10:04.920> where got nice little metal fence work where got nice little metal fence work
  • aware uh some of the manand mandates aware uh some of the manand mandates that<00:20:40.000>
  • There's going to be some work in progress, and I'm willing to work with different authors or whoever
  • wants to work with, be on the bill.
Bills: HF5
Summary: The Transportation Committee resumed consideration of House File 5, which would reduce transportation-related revenues while also providing tax relief, including a subtraction for Social Security income, elimination of the delivery fee, and a cap on automatic gas tax indexing. The committee adopted the A1 author’s amendment, which added the phrase “using existing resources,” and then proceeded to public testimony. Representative Joy described the bill as making Minnesota more affordable, while several members and testifiers raised concerns about the impact on transportation funding and road maintenance. MnDOT Commissioner Nancy Doppenberg testified that reductions in planned transportation investments would worsen pavement, bridge, and roadway conditions, reduce construction projects and jobs, and add to an already large funding gap. Committee discussion focused on the estimated revenue losses from the bill, including about $45 million in fiscal year 2026 and $55 million annually from repealing the delivery fee, plus additional losses from capping gas tax indexing, for a combined transportation revenue reduction of about $131 million in the 2026-27 biennium. Members also asked about bridge aesthetics, paint, transit impacts, and whether other mandates and cost increases should be considered alongside revenue reductions. Supporters of the delivery fee repeal, including the Minnesota Grocers Association and Minnesota Retailers Association, argued the fee is costly to administer, confusing to consumers, and disproportionately burdens small businesses and lower-income or disabled consumers who rely on delivery. The Minnesota Association of Townships and the Minnesota Transportation Alliance emphasized that rural and local governments face major road and bridge funding needs and warned that reducing revenue would shift costs to property taxpayers or leave projects unfunded. No final vote on the bill was taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the committee continued with testimony and member questions.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • I would just like to thank the author for your work on this.
  • Our union members work in licensed, regulated facilities.
  • So we would encourage you to consider working with the author, working with us, to find a way to recognize
  • We're happy to work with Ms. Aguirre-Curry on that.
  • We're happy to work with Ms. Aguirre Curry on that.
Summary: The Assembly Business and Professions Committee heard several measures, including SB 402 by Senator Valadares, which would move existing qualification requirements for qualified autism service providers and related professionals from the Health and Safety Code and Insurance Code into the Business and Professions Code without changing the standards. Supporters said it was a technical cleanup that would improve consistency and legislative oversight, while an opponent argued the bill was unnecessary and could create access issues; another witness urged inclusion of the QABA credentialing board. The committee approved SB 402 on a due pass motion to the Committee on Health. The committee also heard SB 378 by Senator Wiener, aimed at online platforms that facilitate sales of illicit cannabis and intoxicating hemp products. Supporters, including labor, local government, and cannabis industry representatives, said the bill would help protect consumers, minors, legal businesses, and tax revenue by creating accountability for online marketplaces. Opponents from the hemp industry and TechNet argued the bill was overly broad, could sweep in legitimate platforms and payment services, and should better distinguish bad actors from compliant hemp businesses; members discussed implementation, enforcement through a private right of action, and coordination with AB 8. The committee passed SB 378 to the Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection. Senator Arreguín presented SB 779, which would establish minimum enforcement fines for Contractors State License Board citations where minimums are currently very low or absent, and would raise the board’s reserve cap from six months to 12 months. The sponsor said the changes would better match penalties to violations and help support consumer protection and board operations during economic downturns. There was no opposition, and the committee approved SB 779 as amended to the Committee on Appropriations. The committee also approved the consent calendar, which included SB 344 and AB 652, both sent to Appropriations. SB 508 was not heard because it had been pulled by the author.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So it's locals working on stuff, it's state working and replacing a little bit every year so we stay
  • It's working together with that.
  • We push for transparency at work.
  • We push for transparency at work.
  • and across the state but away from work and across the state but away from work we<01:08:40.040>
Keywords: 1183, house
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Health and Human Services Feb 4th, 2026 at 08:36 am

House Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Wow, that worked really well.
  • Thank you all for your work on that. This is a great report.
  • Does this mandate vaccines for adults in any way?
  • Before going to medical school, I worked as a nurse.
  • I worked at Zuni South of Gallup for 11 years, and I'm now working A couple of years ago, the DEA went
Keywords: 996, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House passes SF2, the omnibus energy bill 6/9/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, worked very hard uh to committee.
  • , nonpartisan staff for hard work, nonpartisan staff for hard work, dedication.<00:07:45.039>
  • standing in the alcove and the hard work standing in the alcove and the hard work and<00:07:51.840
  • <00:20:27.440> with conversations, continuing to work with conversations, continuing to work
  • you also pinch hitting um on the working you also pinch hitting um on the working group.<00:26:38.159
Keywords: 1183, house
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you, Senator, for this work. I think this is such important work.
  • tem for working with us.
  • That work is continuing, as an example. So yes. That work is continuing, as an example.
  • And so, you know, that is the work. ...in that work.
  • And so we're working on language.
Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on artificial intelligence, child safety, mental health, and privacy. SB 574 by Senator Umberg would require transparency and human oversight when attorneys, judges, and court neutrals use AI; it drew support from privacy advocates and committee members, with no opposition. SB 1276, the End Child Exploitation Act, would update child sexual exploitation laws to cover live-streamed and AI-generated abuse material and clarify that viewing such content can be criminally punishable; prosecutors, child advocacy groups, and others supported it, while no one appeared in opposition despite opposition on file. SB 813 would create a California AI standards and safety commission and a voluntary two-tier certification framework for AI safety standards; supporters said it would create scalable, independent oversight, while TechNet and CalChamber opposed it as duplicative, under-defined, and likely to create a de facto mandate. The committee discussed market pressure, federal preemption concerns, and the role of voluntary standards, but no final vote was taken in the excerpt. Senator Padilla also presented SB 300, which would strengthen protections for minors from sexually explicit chatbot content by moving from a reasonableness standard to an affirmative duty to prevent such exposure and to prohibit facilitation. Supporters said new evidence showed greater risks and that companies can and should build stronger safeguards; opponents, including TechNet and CCIA, argued the bill was premature because SB 243 had only recently taken effect and warned it could create strict-liability-like exposure. Padilla then presented SB 903, which would bar AI chatbots from being advertised as therapists, require licensed clinician oversight and informed consent for AI use in psychotherapy, and protect patient confidentiality; it received broad support from mental health professionals and labor groups, while industry and health associations were opposed unless amended over triage and crisis-detection language. The committee members emphasized the need for human judgment in mental health care and noted ongoing negotiations on amendments. The committee also heard SB 1119, a companion to AB 2020, which would require annual risk assessments, crisis-response protocols, default child settings, parental controls, limits on data use, public incident reporting, and third-party audits for chatbots used by children. Supporters argued the bill would address documented harms and improve transparency, while industry groups objected to ambiguous standards, liability exposure, and the private right of action. A roll call vote was taken on SB 1119 after quorum was established; the motion to pass to Appropriations succeeded on a 5-1 vote, with one no vote and the measure left on call for absent members. Finally, SB 354, a privacy bill for insurance consumers, would modernize outdated insurance privacy rules, bar sale of personal information, and expand consumer rights to know, correct, and delete data. Supporters said it would implement Proposition 24’s privacy mandate, while a large coalition of insurers, agents, brokers, and related businesses opposed unless amended, mainly seeking a small-business exemption and narrower treatment of publicly available information; members and the author said negotiations were ongoing and the bill had already been substantially revised.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Municipal and County Government (01/30/2025)

Municipal and County Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • your bills that you will be be working your bills that you will be be working with<00:07:31.639>
  • <00:08:01.400> for over here whatever works for over here whatever works for you<00:08:03.440
  • We want to support our farmers and the work that they do and the times that they need to do the work
  • Who determines how it works?
  • work more work in others in the room who work more work in a<04:50:38.080> day-to-day<04:50:38.558
Keywords: 1189, house, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Insurance Apr 29th, 2026

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • We worked at length yesterday afternoon, and I appreciate both senators for taking that meeting and working
  • Again, we've been working with all sides on this.
  • So I think we have a pretty good working relationship as we work our way through this.
  • I think we have a pretty good working relationship as we work our way through this.
  • Free markets, in our mind, almost always work. Free markets, in our mind, almost always work.
Summary: The House Insurance Committee met on April 29 with a quorum present and took up several insurance and health care-related bills. SB 192, a dental reimbursement bill, was amended to allow dentists to opt in electronically to credit-card payment methods and to clarify applicability and effective date; it was reported as amended. SB 84 would require prostate cancer screening coverage for men over 40 under current clinical guidelines and prohibit cost-sharing; supporters from the American Cancer Society said Louisiana has a high incidence of prostate cancer and that out-of-pocket costs deter early screening. The committee adopted amendments and reported the bill as amended. SB 275, dealing with reimbursement and network participation for certified registered nurse anesthetists, drew support from nursing and hospital groups and was reported favorably. SB 169, a cleanup bill on biomarker testing, was also amended and reported. The committee spent substantial time on SB 401, which creates a temporary prescription drug affordability board to review pricing data on selected drugs and report findings to the legislature. Supporters said the board would improve transparency and help lawmakers understand drug pricing trends; opponents raised concerns about confidentiality, market effects, and the lack of a defined policy outcome beyond reporting. Amendments narrowed the scope, added confidentiality protections, and removed opposition cards, and the bill was reported as amended. SB 387, a major PBM reform bill tied to SB 401, would change PBM compensation, rebate handling, formulary practices, audits, and appeals, while excluding ERISA plans after discussion and amendment. Supporters argued it would curb spread pricing and other practices that raise costs, while opponents from the Pelican Institute and PCMA warned it would interfere with private contracts, reduce flexibility, and could raise premiums or disrupt city, school board, and small-group plans. After extensive debate and a roll call, SB 387 was reported with amendments by a 10-4 vote. The committee also considered SB 241, which requires certain insurance adjusters and public adjusters to include license numbers in written communications. After amendments limiting the requirement to individual licenses and removing one statutory reference, the bill was reported as amended. Throughout the meeting, members and witnesses repeatedly discussed the need for transparency in drug pricing and PBM practices, the role of ERISA and non-ERISA plans, and potential impacts on public employers and consumers.
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

January 21, 2026 - 01:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • They all worked together.
  • Representative: Not a mandate, not a curriculum.
  • His work was explicitly partisan and in many cases deeply divisive.
  • This is not a holiday, it's a mandate.
  • We've been working on this bill since the end of last session.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 1/22/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • So the county then relies on this County Program Aid to offset what the state is basically mandating
  • So when we talk about the increases of County Aid or LGA, a lot of that is the mandates that we sent
  • that counties are number of mandates that counties are required<00:34:52.200> uh<00:34:52.359
  • <00:35:00.280> at<00:35:00.400> the<00:35:00.560> County mean I used to work
  • at the County mean I used to work at the County government<00:35:01.800> um<00:35:02.040>
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The House Tax Committee met to hear a House Research presentation from Jared Swanson on Minnesota’s property tax system. Before the presentation, the chair announced that the committee would put the governor’s budget on hold until the department could provide the information needed for a proper hearing. The committee then approved the prior meeting minutes without objection. Swanson gave an overview of how property taxes are structured and collected in Minnesota, explaining that the state uses a levy-based system in which local governments set levies and counties collect and distribute payments. He described the property tax cycle, the difference between referendum market value and net tax capacity, and how classification rates shift tax burdens among property types. He also outlined the state general property tax, noting it is split between commercial-industrial property and seasonal recreational property, and reviewed how Minnesota compares with other states, with residential taxes generally around the middle and commercial-industrial taxes relatively higher. The presentation also covered major property tax relief and aid programs. Swanson explained three broad relief mechanisms: shifting burdens through exclusions and classification rates, state-paid credits and refunds, and state aid to local governments or levy reductions. He discussed local government aid (LGA), township aid, and county program aid (CPA), including their funding levels, formulas, and general-purpose nature. Members asked why some cities receive no LGA and how the funds may be used; Swanson said cities with strong tax bases often receive zero aid and that the money generally can be used for the same purposes as property tax revenue. No votes were taken on the presentation itself.
NV

Nevada 2025 Regular Session

Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections May 29th, 2025 at 01:00 pm

Legislative Operations and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • Through our work on the ground with voters, we still Through our work on the ground with voters, we still
  • Our employees work 40 hours a week.
  • My daughter worked for a grocery store at the time, and she worked in non-foods taking in utility bills
  • My daughter worked for a grocery store at the time, and she worked in non-foods taking in utility bills
  • And I had worked on this issue last session.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 23rd, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I know that the Sewage and Water Board needs a lot of work, that they are not working, and it needs big
  • Works and Secretary Schowen.
  • The governor will be here working.
  • I don't work for other states. You think so? Other states? I don't work for other states.
  • be working through the end of the year.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 9th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • continue to work together.
  • I want to let you know the Senate is home and working. We are at the Capitol and working.
  • Okay, I'd like to work with you maybe on that as it works... ...law at all.
  • Okay, I'd like to work with you maybe on that as it works its way to the Senate.
  • But it hasn't been working.