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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies May 19th, 2026
Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies
Transcript Highlights:
- We want to streamline and simplify more building requirements.
- We want to streamline and simplify more building requirements.
- So is there a certain number of years that's required?
- This doesn't substitute the National Council Licensure examination or the professional licensure review
- amendment would require that any alternative be negotiated at separation.
Summary:
The committee held a hearing on Governor Healey’s economic development proposal, H.5386, the Mass Winds Act, with the governor and administration officials describing it as a follow-on to the 2024 Mass Leads Act. They said the bill is intended to help Massachusetts compete globally for capital, talent, and companies by creating a Global Mass initiative, including a proposed $50 million innovation access fund and $20 million for site development to help international firms locate or expand here. The administration also highlighted about $305 million in new bond authorizations, plus operating proposals such as lowering the LLC filing fee, expanding the small business energy tax exemption, funding internship incentives, and supporting downtown revitalization and the creative economy.
Committee members and witnesses focused on several policy areas within the bill. On talent, Northeastern University supported the internship tax credit, and the Latino Empowerment Advisory Council backed a provision waiving redundant English testing for internationally trained nurses who have already demonstrated proficiency in practice. On labor mobility, the governor defended changes to the non-compete law as closing a loophole, while attorney Russell Beck opposed the revisions, arguing they would upset the 2018 compromise and could reduce employer-provided compensation. Municipal and housing witnesses supported codifying site plan review and broader zoning reforms, while others urged attention to affordable housing, tiny homes, and commercial-to-residential conversions.
Local officials and municipal groups generally supported the bill’s downtown, arts, and planning provisions but asked for more detail on implementation and infrastructure, especially around energy, water, and data centers. The Massachusetts Municipal Association said the bill’s standardized site plan review and downtown investments could help communities, but stressed the need for close state-municipal partnership. The AFL-CIO asked for trigger language to preserve labor rights if federal protections weaken. The Secretary of the Commonwealth’s office opposed the LLC fee reduction, warning of significant revenue loss and possible fraud concerns. No votes were taken; the hearing was informational, with the committee accepting written testimony afterward.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 8 Jan 27th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The House bill directing the City of Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for
- The House bill directing the City of Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for
- An act directing the City of Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for police
- An act directing the City of Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for police
- An act directing the City of Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for police
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee REVISED: Time changed to 11:00 a.m.
A&B General Government Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- responsibilities to that board, including the expansion of the mandated provisions of continuing education requirements
- We have increased the necessity for licensure and certification tracking.
- Each of these things requires staffing, systems, administration, administrative capacity to manage members
Committee:
House A&B General Government Subcommittee
Keywords:
Service Oklahoma, apportionment, state revenue, funding, vehicle registration, professional licensing, licensing fees, home inspection, home inspector, Construction Industries Board, CIB, contractor license, journeyman license, apprentice registration, alarm endorsement, code inspector, electrical license, plumbing license, mechanical license, permit fees
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
PUBLIC HEALTH WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE-SENATE AND HOUSE Jul 1st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- That's who does the licensure there.
- This rule is updating the requirements for that to clarify, make sure we're compliant, and to add some
- This rule is updating the requirements for that to clarify, make sure we're compliant, and to add some
- Additionally, we are also removing the requirement to submit a W-9 form per provider enrollment, and
- Federal law requires us to provide for the EVV, correct? Yes, ma'am. Okay.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Licensing & Administrative Procedures May 13th, 2025
Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Transcript Highlights:
- If you require assistance in registering or testifying, please contact committee staff.
- Members, this is Senator West bill relating to requiring the use of electronically readable information
- Um, Texas Occupation Code currently has a rigid rule requiring code enforcement trainees to work under
- So does it require any registration or licensure from the manufacturer, or how does?
- What's the requirements of the roofer? Just that they know how to install roofing?
Committee:
House Licensing & Administrative Procedures
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Licensing & Administrative Procedures May 13th, 2025
Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Transcript Highlights:
- If you require assistance in registering or testifying, please contact committee staff.
- Members, this is Senator West's bill relating to requiring the use of electronically readable information
- The Texas Occupations Code currently has a rigid rule requiring code enforcement training to work under
- So does it require any registration or licensure from the manufacturer, or how does it...?
- What's the requirements of the roofer? Just that they know how to install roofing?
Committee:
House Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Keywords:
lottery, prohibited sales, winning tickets, sales agents, license revocation, code enforcement, training requirements, supervision, registered officer, occupations code, advisory boards, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, public members, occupational regulations, professional standards, massage therapy, licensing, human trafficking, regulation, Occupations Code
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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- Requiring data sharing between PELSB, Requiring data sharing between PELSB, counties,<00:10:25.120><c
- Um this is I reporting requirements.
- </c> mandatory reporting on um and licensure mandatory reporting on um and licensure modification<00:
- I provided staff support requirements.
Committee:
Senate Education Policy
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 22 (2-6-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Section 2 strengthens enforcement of massage therapy licensing requirements by increasing the penalty
- . requirements. requirements.
- </c> massage therapy licensing requirements massage therapy licensing requirements by<00:09:54.000><c
- </c> for their life, um that would require for their life, um that would require that<00:14:58.360><c
- </c><00:22:21.280><c> and</c> both the Board of Medical Licensure and both the Board of Medical Licensure
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Committee on Steering and Policy Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Senate Committee on Steering and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Adding this to state law would require all licensed hospitals with emergency departments or satellite
- We have outdated requirements that make it hard to change your name and undermine the safety for trans
- So, right, like that's... it's not required by the federal government.
- I mean, laws require implementation, litigation, so many things.
- When I do provide abortion care, it requires the use of mifepristone and misoprostol, medications that
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Steering and Policy held a public hearing on potential updates to Massachusetts’ 2022 Shield Law to strengthen protections for reproductive and gender-affirming health care. Chair Cindy Friedman said the hearing was prompted by escalating federal and out-of-state threats, and testimony was sought on loopholes and clarifications involving emergency abortion care, limits on cooperation with outside investigations, protection of patient data, and safeguarding licenses of providers and attorneys involved in this care.
The Attorney General’s Office, ACLU of Massachusetts, GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, Reproductive Equity Now, the Massachusetts Medical Society, TransHealth, and Health Imperatives all supported strengthening the law. Witnesses urged broader bans on sharing health data with hostile states, explicit AG enforcement authority, exclusion of reproductive and gender-affirming prescriptions from the prescription monitoring program, protections for electronic medical records, and allowing clinicians to use practice names on prescription labels. Several speakers also called for protections for parents of transgender youth, attorneys, and nonprofit organizations, and some raised related concerns about insurance discrimination and the burden of post-24-week abortion restrictions.
Committee members asked questions about enforcement mechanisms, data privacy, patient consent, and how to balance interoperability with privacy protections in electronic records. Witnesses said the goal was to prevent immediate harm while preserving patient control and access to care. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chair closed by inviting written testimony and then moved to adjourn the hearing.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 on Public Safety Apr 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We've strengthened our retaliation prevention, and we require structured follow-ups for at least 90 days
- after any PREA allegation, and we require face-to-face check-ins.
- Does the investigation stop because of statute requirements, timeframes, or what? No.
- We recommend requiring the department to report on the feasibility of doing so.
- The fiscal cost of some of these changes could be minimal, especially for the licensure.
Summary:
The Assembly Budget Subcommittee hearing focused on the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s handling of mental health care in prisons and allegations of sexual abuse, retaliation, and excessive force in the state’s women’s facilities. CDCR officials described their PREA-based prevention and response efforts, including training, oversight, body-worn cameras, retaliation follow-up, and partnerships with outside groups. The Office of the Inspector General explained its monitoring role, noting increased authority under SB 1069, but also limited staffing and the ability to monitor only a portion of cases. The Legislative Analyst’s Office added that prison population trends could allow the state to close a prison and save over $100 million, with some savings potentially redirected to prevention or response efforts.
Advocates and formerly incarcerated witnesses from Sister Warriors Freedom Coalition and the California Coalition of Women Prisoners testified that meaningful systemic change has not occurred and that retaliation, blocked programming, and unsafe reporting conditions remain widespread. They described alleged barriers to community-based services, forced or coercive treatment concerns involving Suboxone, and the need for survivor-centered reentry support, trauma-informed care, and more independent oversight. Sandra DeAnda gave detailed testimony about alleged staff abuse, retaliation, denial of mental health care, and a large use-of-force incident at Central California Women’s Facility, while Amika Mota and April Grayson urged release or resentencing for survivors housed with their abusers and greater investment in outside programs.
Members of the committee pressed CDCR and OIG on accountability, use-of-force standards, criminal referrals, disciplinary outcomes, and whether investigations are completed within statutory timelines. CDCR acknowledged cultural problems at both women’s prisons and said it was retraining staff and working on reforms, while OIG said it had monitored 161 investigations and found most grievance routing appropriate, though some cases had lapsed due to time limits. Later exchanges revealed that CDCR has over 13,500 active cases and 109 investigators, and that some cases have exceeded deadlines, prompting concerns from members about whether the current system can adequately investigate misconduct and impose consequences. No votes were taken.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, February 18, 2026
Labor, Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:05:07.680><c> the</c> practice of medicine and requires the practice of medicine and requires
- This requires questioning, debating, and refining new approaches as they come up.
- And one other was to require that these physicians carry malpractice insurance.
- The interstate medical licensure compact had our license numbers explode.
- The interstate medical licensure compact had our license numbers explode.
Committee:
House Labor, Health & Social Services
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, again, no action is required.
- However, remaining under required.
- </c><01:17:33.360><c> an</c> thing, but it also requires an thing, but it also requires an investment
- </c> that would require that would require us us us to<01:45:43.320><c> buy</c><01:45:43.760><c> 20</
- It would require monitoring.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee REVISED: Time changed to 11:00 a.m.
Transcript Highlights:
- costly responsibilities on that board, including the expansion of mandated continuing education requirements
- We have increased the necessity for licensure and certification tracking.
- Each of these things require staffing, systems, and administrative capacity to manage.
Summary:
The committee considered two bills. House Bill 1239 was presented as a cleanup measure that shifts apportionment and distribution of motor vehicle fees from the Oklahoma Tax Commission to Service Oklahoma, reflecting the agency restructure. The bill also extends an internal county bridge funding formula from 2026 to 2031 and repeals a duplicate motorcycle-related section of law. After brief questions about who controls the distribution of funds, the committee voted 4-1 to report the bill out do pass.
Senate Bill 1732 addressed Construction Industries Board fee increases. The author explained that the board’s fees have remained largely flat since 2009 even as the legislature added duties such as expanded continuing education, compliance, licensure tracking, and enforcement responsibilities. In response to a question about whether higher fees could create barriers to entering the trades, the author said the increases were not exorbitant and were intended to keep the board functioning without expanding its spending. The committee again voted 4-1 to report the bill out do pass.
After both measures were approved, the chair noted that this was likely the last general government meeting and adjourned the meeting.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Health Services (7-30-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Kentucky, we never mandated or required Kentucky, we never mandated or required the<00:20:23.919
- </c> you know IRB approval may be required you know IRB approval may be required depending<00:47:57.599
- this requirement is Eliminating this requirement is inconsistent<01:59:17.280><c> with</c><01:59:17.520
- Licensure should be about competency and not about convenience. Licensure standards matter.
- </c><02:25:49.680><c> that</c> it's just, um, federally required that it's just, um, federally required
Keywords:
00:00:00 - Call to Order/Roll Call
00:02:17 - Approval of June 18, 2025 Minutes
00:02:33 - Introductions and Discussion on Priorities
00:07:27 - Health Data Discussion-KY Health Information Exchange (KHIE)
00:34:02 - Health Data Discussion-Public Health Data
01:19:24 - Health Data Discussion-Other Health Data Platforms
01:42:40 - Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations (Except 201 KAR 005:010)
01:44:48 - Discussion of Optometry Regulation 201 KAR 005:010
02:25:29 - Hearing on Unified Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Application for FFY 2026 - 2027 Funds
02:33:40 - Administrative Regulation 201 KAR 005:010 Vote Clarification
02:34:03 - Adjournment, 958, all
Summary:
The Interim Joint Committee on Health Services met to approve the June 18 minutes and hear introductory remarks from new Cabinet Secretary for Health and Family Services Dr. Steven Stack and new Department for Public Health Commissioner Dr. John Langfeld. Both described their backgrounds and emphasized a shared focus on using health data to improve quality, coordination, and outcomes across Kentucky. They highlighted the Kentucky Health Information Exchange (KHI) as a central tool for connecting hospitals, labs, providers, public health systems, Medicaid, and other state and federal data sources, and said the system supports notifications, immunization records, surveillance, and care coordination. They also outlined priorities such as continued investment in KHI, stronger interoperability, privacy protections, and expanded analytic capacity to turn data into action.
Committee members then asked about COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and informed consent, particularly for pregnant women and children. Dr. Stack said informed consent should come through a licensed health care provider, that Kentucky did not mandate the COVID vaccine, and that the evidence still supports vaccination for high-risk groups, including pregnant women, citing professional medical guidance. A follow-up exchange focused on concerns about past vaccine policies and the need for patients to receive full information before making decisions.
Senator Heron asked how KIPRC/KIPR could be used to address firearm injuries. Dr. Langfeld said the key opportunity is to make data more real-time and usable for day-to-day response, while Dr. Stack said the department would continue its long-standing partnership with KIPRC and noted his view that gun violence is a public health emergency. He added, however, that because firearms are a deeply divided issue, the Department for Public Health’s current role is mainly to make data available for authorized research rather than to take a broader policy role. No votes or formal actions beyond approving the minutes were taken.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
EDN Info Briefing - Thu Jan 16, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- For example, we have a Hawaiian work group who looks at Hawaiian licensure.
- They have three years to satisfy requirements for licensure and then they're given a license after that
- </c><00:35:14.599><c> for</c> three years to satisfy requirements for three years to satisfy requirements
- </c> they add field so we put licensure they add field so we put licensure survey<00:36:49.960><c> questions
- That is part of their whole accountability system. required so each school has a unique required so each
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Business and Insurance 2ND REVISED Apr 16th, 2026
Business and Insurance
Transcript Highlights:
- were going to ever change that amount, it could be considered an increase in revenue which would require
- Members, HJR 1023 is a biennial update that we are statutorily required to do for the Workers' Compensation
- and you are recognized for the nomination of Richard Willoughby of Guthrie to the State Board of Licensure
- Richard Willoughby of Guthrie to the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
- The continuing education requirements are different. The barriers to entry are different.
Bills:
HB2933 , HB3041 , HB3048 , HB3081 , HB3297 , HB3338 , HB3673 , HB3790 , HB3983 , HB4105 , HB4139 , HB4203 , HJR1023
Committee:
Senate Business and Insurance
Keywords:
insurance regulation, homeowner claims, premium discounts, catastrophe mitigation, civil penalties, credit card transactions, payment methods, service charge, consumer rights, financial regulation, insurance, nonadmitted insurers, surplus lines, Oklahoma, fire extinguisher, licensing, public safety, age qualification, State Fire Marshal, towing services
Summary:
The Business and Insurance Committee considered a long agenda of bills and executive nominations. Among the bills, it advanced measures to update fire extinguisher industry age restrictions and application rules (HB 381), create a five-day cancellation right for homeowners after severe storm-related contracts (HB 3790), require a biennial workers’ compensation medical fee schedule update (HJR 1023), create the Oklahoma Home Services Act to standardize home service contract disclosures (HB 4139, amended to correct a wording error), cap surcharge fees and add a career tech exemption (HB 3041), create the Oklahoma Tolling and Recovery Board (HB 3297), allow expired electrical contractor licenses to be reinstated without re-examination (HB 3673), clarify who is not a security guard for licensing purposes (HB 4105), create a licensing framework for in-ground pool contractors effective November 1, 2027 (HB 3338), and streamline surplus lines insurance procedures and premium tax enforcement (HB 3048). One bill on smokeless tobacco taxation (HB 3983) drew extended debate over whether a weight-based tax would be fairer and revenue-neutral; after questions about health impacts, reporting, fraud concerns, and inflation, the bill failed to receive a second and was left in committee. HB 3041 also drew significant debate over whether it would effectively allow higher credit card surcharges, but it ultimately passed 5-4.
The committee also heard numerous executive nominations, all of which were approved and sent to the full Senate. Those included Michael Stop and Michael Bauer to the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission, Michael Cantrell and Burrell Sears to the Oklahoma Abstractors Board, Richard Willoughby to the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, E. Keith Mitchell and Andrew Revelis to the ABLE Commission, Jackie Ward to the alarm, locksmith, and fire sprinkler industry board, Terence Shreve to the Used Motor Vehicle Dismantler and Manufacturer Board, and Adra Berry as Cabinet Secretary of Licensing and Regulation. Nominees generally described their professional backgrounds and commitment to public safety, regulation, or industry expertise, and several senators spoke in support of their service. Most nominations passed unanimously or near-unanimously.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Care & Wellness Jan 27th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And so adding these new data requirements, training needs, and ongoing reporting obligations would require
- House Bill 2250 establishes residency requirements for hospital charity care.
- House Bill 2250 establishes residency requirements for hospital charity care.
- There are no requirements for residency in Washington to receive charity care.
- requirements and the Medicaid rules.
Summary:
The House Health Care & Wellness Committee held public hearings on several bills. House Bill 2232 would create a Department of Health-operated time-sensitive emergency data repository covering trauma, cardiac, and stroke events, with quality improvement reporting and support for rural facilities; it drew strong support from emergency physicians, nurses, and the Department of Health, while the Washington State Hospital Association said hospitals support the goal but lack the resources to absorb the added requirements. House Bill 1812, as a proposed substitute, would bar insurers and public plans from imposing anesthesia time limits or related reimbursement caps; the sponsor and anesthesia providers said it protects patient safety and fair payment, and the Washington State Society of Anesthesiologists asked for a clarifying amendment on physical status modifiers. House Bill 2250 would limit hospital charity care to Washington residents, while preserving emergency care access; supporters from rural hospitals and the Washington State Hospital Association said the change would help border hospitals facing rising nonresident charity care, and opponents from legal aid, patient advocacy, and LGBTQ groups warned it would create barriers, chill access for immigrants and other vulnerable patients, and conflict with Washington’s safety-net values.
The committee also heard House Bill 2340, which would extend existing substance-use monitoring program protections and stipend eligibility to nursing assistants under the Board of Nursing’s CARES program. The sponsor described it as a simple equity measure, and the Board of Nursing supported it, saying it would improve access and reduce stigma; members asked where the stipend funding comes from, and staff and the board said it is currently general-fund supported at about $25,000 annually. House Bill 2577 would change hospital inspection law by requiring acute care hospital inspections every 18 months rather than on average, allowing some accredited inspections to satisfy the requirement every 36 months, and clarifying fire-protection reinspection standards; the sponsor and Department of Health said it responds to a JLARC audit and provides needed clarity, while DOH said it is still working to catch up from inspection delays caused by the public health emergency. The meeting ended after public testimony on the bills was closed and the committee adjourned.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- switch, if you will, from clinical trial formulations to marketed ones without meeting standard licensure
- requirements.
- requirements.
- This is why regulatory guidelines for gene therapy technologies require 10 to 20 years of surveillance
- the long-term studies, doesn't require all the rigorous placebo tests and so forth.
Committee:
Senate Health and Welfare
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Feb 12th, 2026
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- bachelor's and master's degrees from FAMU and volunteered to serve on several of our accreditation-required
- are proud to have been able to do over the last several years at UCF, including reaching a nursing licensure
- Nursing licensure pass rate of 96% compared to the rest of the U.S. at 94% and the national average of
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Higher Education - 03/10/2026
Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill amends the Education Law to update the license requirements for geologists.
- will take effect on the 180th day after it has become a law, and will apply to applications for licensure
- This bill amends the Education Law and the Public Health Law to require dental laboratories in New York
Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Summary:
The Senate Higher Education Committee met on March 10, 2026, with a quorum present and took up seven bills. The committee advanced S.553, which would require SUNY and CUNY to observe all religious holidays and specifically include Asian Lunar New Year; S.2046, creating Mental Health Educational Opportunity Programs and sending it to the Finance Committee; S.516, establishing a Black History Preservation Commission within SUNY; S.6334, allowing direct support staff in non-facility OPWDD programs to provide nursing services under a registered professional nurse’s order; S.6482, updating geologist licensure requirements; S.6759, authorizing parents or legal guardians to apply topical fluoride varnish to a child’s teeth; and S.6929, requiring dental laboratories to register with the Department of Health. Most bills had no opposition or only a support memo, including support from CUNY for S.553 and from the New York State Council of Professional Geologists for S.6482.
Members generally moved the bills forward without substantive debate, though several were reported “without recommendation.” S.2046 was the only measure explicitly referred onward to the Finance Committee. During consideration of S.6929, Senator May asked whether the registration requirement would affect a dental office using its own 3D printer to make dental items; staff said they would check and follow up. The committee completed its work and adjourned at 11:12 a.m.