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FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Senate in Session Apr 30th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 4015, a bill to be entitled an act relating to the Broward County Narcotics and Dangerous Drug
  • Xylazine is an illegal drug for human consumption.
  • Since we know this is what the very serious danger of xylazine is: mixture with a drug like fentanyl,
  • So it's important that we allow new drugs to be prescribed by hand if it's not available electronically
  • Senator Brodeur says the amendment makes sense because if a new drug is not available in the system,
Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness, and a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange. Senators also paid tribute to former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron with a moment of silence. The chamber then moved to special-order bills after routine announcements that no committee reports, governor’s messages, or House messages were on the desk. The first major bill, SB 138/HB 687 on transportation offenses involving death, increased penalties for repeat DUI/BUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide offenses and added warnings and misdemeanor penalties for refusing lawful breath or urine tests. After a brief amendment and questions about attorney rights and prior impairing-substance language, the bill passed 37-0. SB 306 on Medicaid providers followed, requiring broader provider access, including after-hours availability and more primary care access for Medicaid enrollees; it also passed 37-0. The chamber then took up the major condominium reform bill, SB 1742/HB 913, addressing post-Surfside safety, reserve funding, milestone inspections, budgeting, reserve flexibility, manager regulation, conflicts of interest, and condo sale rescission periods. Senators from both parties praised the sponsors for extensive stakeholder work and the bill passed 37-0 after multiple amendments. The final major item was SB 7016/HB 1205 on constitutional amendments and petition-gathering rules, with sponsors arguing the bill was needed to combat fraud in the 2024 petition process and opponents warning it would burden citizen initiatives. The Senate adopted the House bill and then considered numerous amendments on petition circulator rules, submission deadlines, invalid-signature thresholds, voter notification, and related enforcement provisions; several amendments were adopted, and the substitute was later withdrawn, leaving the chamber to continue on the underlying bill and remaining amendments.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

ECD Public Hearing - Fri Mar 14, 2025 @ 10:00 AM HST

Economic Development & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • here at home more resilient, not trying to stretch out and involve more foreign money, more foreign influence
  • here at home more resilient, not trying to stretch out and involve more foreign money, more foreign influence
  • I'm here in strong support of getting rid of grocery taxes and non-prescription drugs.
  • > non-prescription</c> of grocery taxes and non-prescription of grocery taxes and non-prescription drugs
  • that's a great idea let's do it drugs that's a great idea let's do it let's<01:23:10.159><c> get</c>
Summary: The committee on Economic Development and Technology heard testimony on several measures, beginning with SB 1343, which would amend quorum requirements for the Small Business Regulatory Review Board. The board chair testified in support, saying it has been difficult to fill all seats and that using active seats for quorum would help the board function more effectively. No opposition or questions were raised, and the committee moved on. The committee then heard SB 1578, which drew mixed testimony. DBEDT supported the measure and the Attorney General suggested inserting preamble language from HB 1025 to provide historical context on the East-West Center. Austin Martin of the Libertarian Party of Hawaiʻi opposed the bill, arguing it could invite improper behavior, create loosely regulated satellite offices, increase foreign influence, and add competition for land ownership. The committee took no vote during the hearing. The bulk of the meeting focused on SB 1641, a measure to establish a Hawaiʻi film commission/authority and related funding and governance structure. DBEDT supported the intent and offered friendly amendments to clarify the distinction between film and media industries, while the Honolulu Film Office and labor representatives from IATSE, Teamsters, and Pride at Work supported the bill but urged changes. Their concerns centered on conflicts of interest, especially having producers on the commission, and they asked for more labor representation and clearer oversight rules. The Attorney General raised constitutional and special-fund concerns, saying the grant standards and special-fund language needed work. Committee members discussed renaming the entity as a Hawaiʻi Film Authority, broadening its scope beyond cultural production, adjusting the commission makeup, and clarifying funding sources, including the existing film and creative industries fund and the 0.2% rebate contribution. No final vote was taken in the portion provided, but members indicated the bill would need substantial revisions and an HD1.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

House in Session Feb 25th, 2026

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • or directly influence a contribution.
  • House Bill 477, a bill to be entitled an act relating to drug paraphernalia.
  • There's no way to know if xylazine is in a drug because there's no way to test it.
  • House Bill 477, a bill to be entitled an act related to drug paraphernalia.
  • They want to fight back against foreign influence in our elections. Thank you. Elections.
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, quorum call, and several recognitions, including tributes to former members and law enforcement. The chamber then adopted the special order report and moved to the day’s special-order calendar. Early bills passed unanimously, including CS/HB 401 on FDLE security details for major party nominees for governor and lieutenant governor, CS/HB 1063 on gubernatorial transition procedures, HB 593 on governmental agencies and personnel, CS/CS/HB 655 on confidential attorney-client meetings for local governments in pending litigation, and HB 6011 on ethics gift/honoraria reporting procedures. Each of these measures was explained by sponsors as transparency, security, or administrative process legislation, and each passed 115-116 to 0. The chamber then took up CS/HB 125, designating October 14 as Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance. The bill drew extensive and sharply divided debate over whether a state remembrance was appropriate for Kirk, with opponents arguing he was a polarizing political figure and that the House should focus on affordability and other constituent concerns, while supporters framed the bill as a defense of free speech and opposition to political violence. A proposed amendment to replace the designation with a George Floyd remembrance was ruled not germane. After structured debate, the bill passed 82-31. Members also considered transportation designation measures. SB 628, substituted for CS/HB 885, included multiple road and bridge namings and an amendment designating a 124-mile stretch of State Road 80 as the President Donald J. Trump Highway; the amendment and bill passed 82-26. CS/HB 33 similarly designated portions of roads as Charlie Kirk Memorial Avenue and President Donald J. Trump Boulevard, prompting another lengthy debate over the appropriateness of honoring political figures and the use of public roadways for such designations; it passed 82-30. The House then began debate on CS/HB 35, “Isaiah’s law,” which would add driving without a valid license to the habitual traffic offender list after repeated offenses, with sponsors citing a fatal hit-and-run and opponents questioning prosecutorial discretion and the bill’s practical effects.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-02-25 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • or directly influence a contribution.
  • House Bill 477, a bill to be entitled an act relating to drug paraphernalia.
  • There's no way to know if xylazine is in a drug because there's no way to test it.
  • House Bill 477, a bill to be entitled an act relating to drug paraphernalia.
  • They want to fight back against foreign influence in our elections. Thank you.
DE
Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill says pharmacists can prescribe drug categories that are limited to conditions that meet any
  • It's that they can prescribe drug categories, dot, dot, dot, dot, that are limited to conditions that
  • We do not want to influence the prescriber. That was done. We still have the TV ads.
  • Did they know more about specific drugs than I did? Absolutely.
  • So we go into a pharmacy today: four or five, six people waiting for their drugs.
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • I don't like drugs, but I'm a budget.
  • They have to go to drug tests at a specific time.
  • They have to go to drug tests at a specific time.
  • I need to work, but I have to go to a drug test at a specific time.
  • If they’re on a drug charge and they don’t want to be drug tested, if they bypass parole and they’re
Summary: The commission on correctional consolidation and collaboration heard testimony focused on how Massachusetts uses custody levels, staffing, programming, and medical release tools, with Prisoners’ Legal Services arguing that the system is overusing expensive high-security settings and underusing step-down options. Dave Rainey said the incarcerated population has dropped substantially over the last several years, but spending and staffing have not fallen in proportion. He argued that DOC overclassifies people into medium and maximum security, relies too heavily on behavioral assessment units that function like segregation, and keeps people in restrictive settings such as Souza-Baranowski and Shattuck Hospital longer than necessary. He also said medical parole is underused and that many people with serious chronic illness or advanced age pose little public-safety risk and should be released through existing legal pathways. Sheriffs and other commission members pushed back on some of those points, emphasizing that staffing needs are driven by the acuity of the current population, that corrections is not overstaffed, and that classification decisions involve serious public-safety judgments. They also stressed that some high-cost medical placements are necessary because people remain under sentence and require care, and that furloughs and other release tools can create security risks if contraband or substance use is involved. The discussion also covered the role of county sheriffs versus DOC in reentry, with several members saying county systems tend to do more day-to-day step-down and release planning, while DOC has more difficulty moving people through lower-security settings before release. Ben Foreman of MassINC offered a more systemwide, data-focused perspective, praising the state’s transparency and arguing that Massachusetts has made major progress in reducing incarceration and increasing public safety. He said the state still has an opportunity to improve by right-sizing facilities, investing in community-based mental health treatment, and using the commission to better understand the capital and operating costs of the current system. In response to questions, he said he was aware of DOC studies on programs like furlough but had not reviewed recent ones, and he noted that total-control facilities like Souza-Baranowski have long been criticized in the research literature for poor outcomes. Nora Wassel of the Women and Incarceration Project then testified that the commission should issue an interim report and scrutinize the planned new women’s prison, which she said is not justified by current population trends or available data. She argued that women are overclassified under DOC’s own tools, that reentry beds and minimum-security placements are underused, and that the system may be failing to account for women’s distinct medical and reentry needs. The meeting ended with continued discussion of reentry, furloughs, day reporting, and whether consolidation should mean fewer facilities, better step-down pathways, or both.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/22/2026)

Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • About 38% of the result are impaired driving or alcohol or drugs or both.
  • </c><04:09:03.439><c> or</c> impaired driving or alcohol or drugs or impaired driving or alcohol or drugs
  • </c><04:09:40.720><c> So</c><04:09:41.199><c> at</c> imperative drug uh drunk driving.
  • So at imperative drug uh drunk driving.
  • haven't done driving under the influence haven't done it<04:10:29.279><c> once.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, January 9, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • traffickers accountable and of drug traffickers accountable and of course<04:19:06.239><c> our</c><04
  • charged with drug possession now facing<05:54:10.040><c> consequences</c><05:54:11.040><c> of</c><05
  • Much of the debris being removed, by the way, is either drugs or human waste.
  • </c><05:56:29.478><c> or</c> removed by the way is either drugs or removed by the way is either drugs
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 24th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And no other drugs? Nope. And the other drugs are already done by weight.
  • That's true, but few other drugs are done in this manner.
  • That's true, but few other drugs are done in this manner. Would that be fair?
  • I won't admit to weightless, but it's a very thin, powerful drug.
  • that is being A less fair way to count the drug that is being delivered.
Bills: SB37 , SJR84 , SJR87 , SJR27 , SB8 , SB10 , SB227 , SB261 , SB15 , SB12 , SB25 , SB57 , SB127 , SB293 , SB441 , SB3059 , SB512 , SB241 , SB1718 , SB140 , SB2055 , SB2075 , SB2018 , SB1534 , SB1567 , SB785 , SB1233 , SB1580 , SB1663 , SB413 , SB447 , SB519 , SB467 , SB1579 , SB1191 , SB1021 , SB1838 , SB2807 , SB2835 , SB546 , SB2121 , SB2167 , SB2035 , SB2024 , SB1032 , SB1049 , SB1266 , SB1400 , SB1302 , SB401 , SB1596 , SB1281 , SB1242 , SB1343 , SB310 , SB1346 , SB2753 , SB2703 , SB2221 , SB1719 , SB2177 , SB800 , SB790 , SB748 , SB571 , SB1957 , SB1923 , SB1896 , SB1760 , SB1335 , SB2368 , SB2477 , SB2587 , SB2972 , SB2986 , SB2965 , SB1563 , SB1467 , SB1164 , SB1137 , SB614 , SB705 , SB961 , SB918 , SB955 , SB869 , SB850 , SB863 , SB1610 , SB1055 , SB2206 , SB457 , SB2337 , SB1362 , SCR9 , SB2405 , SB2406 , SB2407 , SB2166 , SB2148 , SB535 , SB777 , SB827 , SB1141 , SB1330 , SB1352 , SB1664 , SB1862 , SB1936 , SB1453 , SB1448 , SB1398 , SB2137 , SB2111 , SB53 , SB226 , SB1677 , SB1723 , SB1839 , SB36 , SB38 , SB815 , SB1856 , SB552 , SB646 , SB37 , SJR84 , SJR87 , SJR27 , SB8 , SB10 , SB227 , SB261 , SB15 , SB12 , SB25 , SB57 , SB127 , SB293 , SB441 , SB3059 , SB512 , SB241 , SB1718 , SB140 , SB2055 , SB2075 , SB2018 , SB1534 , SB1567 , SB785 , SB1233 , SB1580 , SB1663 , SB413 , SB447 , SB519 , SB467 , SB1579 , SB1191 , SB1021 , SB1838 , SB2807 , SB2835 , SB546 , SB2121 , SB2167 , SB2035 , SB2024 , SB1032 , SB1049 , SB1266 , SB1400 , SB1302 , SB401 , SB1596 , SB1281 , SB1242 , SB1343 , SB310 , SB1346 , SB2753 , SB2703 , SB2221 , SB1719 , SB2177 , SB800 , SB790 , SB748 , SB571 , SB1957 , SB1923 , SB1896 , SB1760 , SB1335 , SB2368 , SB2477 , SB2587 , SB2972 , SB2986 , SB2965 , SB1563 , SB1467 , SB1164 , SB1137 , SB614 , SB705 , SB961 , SB918 , SB955 , SB869 , SB850 , SB863 , SB1610 , SB1055 , SB2206 , SB457 , SB2337 , SB1362 , SCR9 , HB5560 , HB762 , HB 107 , HB 114 , HB300 , HB138 , HB4386 , HB2495 , HB581 , HB3348 , HB5323
Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, heard an invocation and pledges, and approved several routine motions, including excuses for absent members, permission for committees to meet while the House was in session, and postponements of some bills. The chamber also received a Senate message listing measures passed by the Senate and adopted a memorial resolution honoring the 21 victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, with remarks entered into the House Journal after a moment of silence. The House then took up a long third-reading calendar and passed a series of Senate bills on topics including criminal justice and corrections sunset provisions (SB 2405, 2406, 2407), election equipment testing (SB 2166), electric grid reliability and attack-preparedness exercises (SB 2148), firefighter collective bargaining (SB 777), DFPS and foster care procedures (SB 1141 and SB 1398), Medicare durable medical equipment billing (SB 1330), property tax administration (SB 1453), probate cleanup and record transfers (SB 1448 and SB 1839), mental health filing procedures (SB 53), school residency for children in safety placements (SB 226), diabetes-related amputation study (SB 1677), rapid DNA analysis (SB 1723), utility rate transparency and capacity cost recovery (SB 1664 and SB 1856), community supervision eligibility (SB 552 postponed), and other measures. Several bills passed with broad support, while others drew notable opposition and narrower margins, including SB 777, SB 2137, SB 2111, SB 1677, SB 1936, SB 1453, and SB 38. Two bills drew especially extensive debate. SB 2148, dealing with electricity supply chain reliability and tabletop exercises for critical facilities, was discussed as a grid-security measure aimed at coordinating utilities, law enforcement, ERCOT, and the PUC in the event of physical attacks; it passed unanimously. SB 1936, changing how LSD is measured for criminal prosecution from dosage-based to weight-based calculations, prompted extended discussion about lab consistency, carrier mediums, and fairness in charging, with supporters saying it would help crime labs and law enforcement and opponents warning it could distort penalties depending on the medium used; it passed 108-26. The House also passed SB 36, creating a Homeland Security Division within DPS, after questions about overlap with TDEM and the cost of adding personnel. Late in the day, the House debated SB 38 on eviction procedures, with supporters saying it targeted squatters and streamlined removal of unauthorized occupants, and opponents arguing it would make evictions too easy and worsen homelessness; it passed 85-44. The chamber also began debate on SB 37, a major higher-education governance bill that would expand governing-board oversight of curriculum, hiring, and faculty senates; members raised concerns about academic freedom, faculty governance, and the impact on humanities programs, and debate was still underway at the end of the transcript.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Legislative Session Day 72 Mar 24th, 2026

Idaho Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Throughout American history, leaders have openly acknowledged the Bible's influence, recognizing it as
  • As was mentioned, someone drove their semi-truck into stop traffic on the I-10 while he was on drugs.
  • As was mentioned, someone drove their semi-truck into stop traffic on the I-10 while he was on drugs.
  • Second row is the drug mental health and family court services. There's zero FTPs.
  • born, a drug baby.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Special Session 2026 May 6th, 2026

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • What I'm talking about is diluting the influence.
  • here to speak about the victories that have been fought for those people who died and bled, who were drugged
  • legislative body to protect the voting rights of every Alabamian, not just those with political influence
  • Not just those with political influence or power. Isn't that our responsibility?
  • What independent protection remain or exist to guarantee that no voter's influence is diluted because
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • and I was looking at them, and there were a lot of questions about values, their stance on tattoos, drug
  • I've been receiving what feels like hundreds of emails trying to, what feels like, lobby or influence
  • ... ...emails trying to, what feels like, lobby or influence a licensing decision that wasn't posted
  • answer is no, but is Camp Mystic in any way involved in what feels like this coordinated campaign to influence
  • public to know that there's no amount of coordinated political pressure campaign that is going to influence
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Business and Professions Committee Apr 21st, 2026

Business and Professions

Transcript Highlights:
  • including general merchandise, department stores, mass merchandise, supermarkets, grocery stores, chain drug
  • employment of health care professionals, corporations are still generally prohibited from unduly influencing
  • to be left in a position where we're making the best choices for our patients without any undue influence
  • foundational safeguard that ensures medical decisions are made by physicians without undue institutional influence
  • This influence is not theoretical.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Jun 3rd, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • a measure that will align California’s housing policy with federal guidelines by recognizing that drug-free
  • There are folks right now who know that being as far as possible away from drugs in a community where
  • Nearly 40% of the people currently living on the streets in California are suffering from drug addiction
  • like seeing homeless individuals wandering around the streets who seem to be mentally ill or have drug
  • And it's not by giving out the gifts of tax credits to those that have influence, those that might make
Summary: The Assembly met after a quorum call and first dealt with a procedural dispute over four amendments to AB 1240. The Speaker ruled the amendments out of order as not germane, and the Assembly sustained that ruling on a 49-16 vote. Members then added co-authors to several consent-calendar resolutions, including measures on the National Conference of State Legislators, Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, ALS Awareness Month, and Men’s Mental Health Month, before adopting the consent calendar. The chamber also heard guest introductions, including a welcome for Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, and took up a motion to bring AB 41 up out of file, which failed 19-48. The bulk of the meeting was floor action on a long series of bills and resolutions, many of which passed with broad bipartisan support. Measures approved included ACR 40 supporting immigrant students and FAFSA privacy; AB 917 on permanent status for certain school employees; AB 985 on anesthesia access; AB 7 and AB 42 on higher education and student services; AB 245 providing property tax relief for wildfire victims; AB 255 allowing funding for drug-free recovery housing; AB 279 updating K-12 library standards; AB 289 creating a pilot for automated speed enforcement in highway construction zones; AB 291 on an educator apprentice program; AB 327 addressing swatting; AB 340 on confidential union communications; AB 341 creating an oral health technical assistance center for people with disabilities; AB 356 on San Diego health care infrastructure; AB 410 on bot disclosure; AB 476 on copper theft enforcement; AB 477 on educator pay targets; AB 485 on stolen wages and business licensing; AB 487, the insurance committee’s technical omnibus bill; AB 573 on tobacco retail license fees; AB 598 on school mapping technology; AB 635 on mobile home law enforcement referrals; AB 651 on remote participation for incarcerated parents in dependency hearings; AB 654 on homelessness hotline assistance in Los Angeles County; AB 662 creating a South County higher education task force; AB 667 on language access in professional licensing; AB 669 limiting early denial of addiction treatment; AB 670 on naturally occurring affordable housing; AB 695 on online continuation of community college for deported students; AB 723 on disclosure for digitally altered real estate images; AB 727 placing Trevor Project information on student IDs; and AB 736, a $10 billion affordable housing bond for the June 2026 ballot, which passed on a 61-11 urgency vote after extensive debate. Debate on AB 736 was the most extensive of the day, with supporters arguing the bond would help address California’s housing crisis and give voters a chance to weigh in, while opponents criticized the state’s bond debt and past spending results. The Assembly then recessed for caucus meetings and later returned to continue the daily file, where additional measures were taken up, including AB 798 adding diapers and wipes to the emergency food bank reserve program, which passed 56-0, and AB 821 on career technical education, which was presented as bipartisan-supported as the transcript continued.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice May 27th, 2025

Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • We do have federal funding, of course, for other initiatives, drug trafficking and, um, it's juvenile
  • Um, alcohol, um, use by underage, uh, drinking as well as misuse of adults and how that influences crime
  • We need to be talking about drugs.
  • I think drugs across the board, um, you all, we, we just passed some.
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

House in Session Mar 10th, 2026

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • When somebody needs a drug to get off of a drug, it's still a necessary something that they need.
  • To the lobby corps, yes, I know it's your job to influence our decisions on behalf of your clients.
  • Marshal Service in Jacksonville, worked on the big first Colombian drug kingpin that was ever extradited
  • know, we live in an age where there are TikTok accounts and Twitter accounts that have way too much influence
  • It's unsettling that these types of online personalities have so much influence, where you see Medicaid
Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for Army Sergeant Benjamin Pennington, the Pledge of Allegiance, and quorum established. Members approved the journal and adopted the special order report setting the day’s calendar. The chamber also recognized Sheriff Mike Chitwood as law enforcement officer of the day and later held several introductions and farewell remarks, including lengthy closing speeches from Representatives Eskamani and Overdorf reflecting on their service and legislative priorities. The House then took up and passed a series of Senate bills, often after adopting House strike-all or conforming amendments. CS/SB 590 on mandatory child abuse reporting was clarified to apply prospectively only and passed 111-0. SB 418 on law enforcement interactions with individuals with autism was amended to incorporate House language, including blue-envelope provisions, and passed 111-0. CS/CS/SB 1668 on the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (NICA) was amended to preserve House provisions and passed 112-0. CS/SB 1246 on the Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund was amended to expand eligible health science programs and allow certain non-health-care contributions, then passed 112-0. CS/CS/SB 1404 on memory care passed 111-0. Later bills also advanced with broad support: CS/CS/SB 1030 on recovery residences passed 168-0 after debate over medication-assisted treatment; CS/CS/SB 178 on athletics in public K-12 schools passed 112-0 after amendments allowing limited coach support for student-athletes with parental consent; CS/CS/SB 422 on automatic dependent surveillance broadcasts passed 108-2; and CS/CS/SB 598 on funeral, cemetery, and consumer services passed 111-0 after an amendment on exclusive arrangements. The chamber then began debate on CS/CS/SB 1134, which would restrict counties and municipalities from official DEI-related actions and contracting practices. Members questioned its scope and exceptions, and Representative Gant offered an amendment to narrow the bill’s DEI definition; debate on that amendment was underway when the transcript ended.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • And you know, I think that the implication there is that somehow the high cost of drugs is the fault
  • High cost of drugs.
  • evidence in some cases where an independent pharmacy may be paid less than their acquisition cost of the drug
  • would allow us to capture the actual price for, let's say, a knee replacement or for a prescription drug
  • or for any other sort of medical service, device, drug, whatever else, regardless of who the payer is
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Commerce Apr 15th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • I can purchase prescription drugs, including narcotics, delivered right to my door.
  • They exerted undue influence upon those taverns and said, if you carry other products, I'm pulling everything
  • The, so it had been mentioned that oxycodone and codeine and other prescription drugs can be mailed direct