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DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Housing & Land Use Committee Meeting Jun 24th, 2026
Housing & Land Use
Transcript Highlights:
- Number three, a complainant may prevail by demonstrating that a less discriminatory alternative exists
- non-discriminatory interest, and a complainant may prevail by demonstrating a less discriminatory alternative
- And then, you know, there might be a less discriminatory alternative.
- And then, you know, there might be a less discriminatory alternative proposed.
- It simply ensures that when a less discriminatory alternative exists, we choose the option that expands
Committee:
Senate Housing & Land Use
Summary:
The Senate Land Use Committee met in hybrid format but did not have a quorum, so it did not approve minutes or take formal votes. The committee first heard House Bill 457, which would raise the appraisal threshold for certain DELDOT real property dispositions from $10,000 to $25,000 to match federal highway standards and reduce the time and cost of selling small surplus properties. There was little discussion and no public comment on that bill, and the chair indicated it would be circulated.
The committee then took up House Bill 451, which would codify a disparate impact framework under Delaware’s Fair Housing Act. The bill was described as clarifying that housing policies or practices can violate the law even without discriminatory intent if they have an unjustified discriminatory effect on a protected class, using a burden-shifting test similar to federal law. The sponsor and DHSA said the measure was intended to preserve fair housing protections amid uncertainty at the federal level, and an additional amendment was discussed that would delay implementation for 180 days and require DHSR, with DSA and stakeholders, to conduct outreach, education, and training.
Public testimony was divided. Supporters, including Housing Alliance Delaware, YWCA Delaware, and the Delaware Human and Civil Rights Commission, said the bill would protect against discriminatory outcomes, align state law with longstanding fair housing principles, and preserve recourse if federal enforcement changes. Opponents and housing-provider groups, including the Delaware Association of Realtors, Greater Wilmington Housing Providers, and the Delaware Apartment Association, argued the bill could create liability for neutral policies, rely on statistical outcomes landlords cannot easily measure, and increase litigation and costs; several asked for more time, a right-to-cure process, or further amendments. The committee adjourned without taking a formal vote.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Mar 18th, 2026
Utilities and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Alternative financing mechanisms such as these publicly financed loans or grants are a key recommendation
- These alternative funding streams have the... Last year in SB 254.
- These alternative funding streams have the potential to save ratepayers billions of dollars.
- way to effectively track those savings and ensure ratepayers receive the full benefit of these alternative
- non-profit local government agencies that procure energy and capacity for their customers as an alternative
Committee:
House Utilities and Energy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- prosecution it because it does impact prosecution it gives<00:11:46.800><c> an</c><00:11:47.000><c> alternative
- um</c><00:11:48.120><c> your</c><00:11:48.279><c> bill</c><00:11:48.560><c> gives</c> gives an alternative
- um your bill gives gives an alternative um your bill gives an<00:11:48.880><c> alternative</c><00:11
- 50.240><c> uh</c><00:11:50.440><c> Remedy</c><00:11:50.959><c> or</c><00:11:51.279><c> a</c> an alternative
- to a civil uh Remedy or a an alternative to a civil uh Remedy or a prosecution<00:11:52.079><c> and<
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Local Government -continued- Mar 25th, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- When approved by a professional association of the county clerks of Missouri, unless an alternative option
- So that when we're talking about the alternative option, that's what we're talking about.
- It's an approved alternative option. Okay. It's an approved alternative option. Okay. All right.
- When we go the easy way on an alternative option is approved, we got more in detail last year, and it
Summary:
The Committee on Local Government heard testimony on Senate Substitute for Senate Bill 975, which dealt with community paramedic/mobile integrated health services and related jurisdictional issues. Supporters, including representatives from Caldwell County Ambulance, Osage Ambulance District, and Cox Health EMS, described community paramedic programs as effective in rural and regional care, reducing Medicaid costs, helping frequent ER users, supporting early hospital discharges, and filling gaps in underserved areas. A representative of the Missouri State Council of Firefighters opposed the jurisdictional changes added in the Senate, saying the organization supported the underlying bill but wanted the community paramedic language clarified so services could continue without conflict between service areas. Committee members asked about MOUs, service-area boundaries, and whether the Senate amendment was necessary, but no vote was taken and testimony was closed.
The committee then took up House Bill 3496, sponsored by Representative Reedy, which would update county official salary schedules and assessed valuation ranges that have been in place for about 45 years. Reedy and Missouri Association of Counties Executive Director Steve Hobbs said the bill was the product of a multi-year task force effort and was intended to preserve local control while modernizing minimum salary schedules to reflect current county valuations and economic conditions. Members discussed how the bill would interact with existing salary-setting practices, annual training requirements, and prior legislation, and noted concerns about public misunderstanding when county commissions set salaries above the base schedule.
Support for HB 3496 came from the Missouri Association of Counties and Warren County Presiding Commissioner Joe Gildon, who said he approved of the bill. There was no opposition or informational testimony on HB 3496, and the chair closed the public hearing and adjourned the meeting after testimony concluded.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Community-based alternatives such as counseling supervision, we are investing in solutions that reduce
- Courts already consider alternatives.
- They consider the least restrictive alternative. And we know this happens today, right?
- in the analysis points out a range of alternatives to prevent illegal dumping.
- There will always be some type of reasonable alternative.
Committee:
House Public Safety
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery
Transcript Highlights:
- But increasingly, there are alternatives.
- restrictive alternatives where they can get treatment.
- alternatives to hospitalization.
- That’s another alternative to hospitalization.
- I do family therapy, open dialogue, family therapy, as an alternative to hospital.”
Summary:
The committee held its fourth public hearing of the 2025-2026 session on bills dealing with involuntary commitment and access to addiction treatment, especially proposals to move Section 35 civil commitments away from jails and prisons and into facilities licensed or approved by DPH or DMH. Chairs Velis and Domb framed the hearing as a discussion of how to support people in crisis with compassion, while also warning against using involuntary commitment as a way to remove unhoused people from public view. The hearing also touched on related concerns about discharge practices, treatment capacity, and the need for a broader continuum of care.
Testimony split largely along two themes. Addiction researcher Keith Humphreys argued that many people enter treatment under pressure, that involuntary treatment can be ethically justified in the face of overdose risk, but that it should not be mandated unless high-quality services exist first; he emphasized the need for inpatient care when someone is a grave danger, followed by case management and outpatient support. MAMH’s Kate Alicante supported the bill, saying Massachusetts is the only state that commits people with substance use conditions to jails or prisons and that carceral settings add trauma and stigma; she pointed to prior legislative steps, including the Section 35 commission and the planned closure of DOC’s MESAC facility, as evidence that the Commonwealth is moving toward health-based settings.
A major portion of the hearing focused on Stony Brook, a sheriff-run stabilization and treatment center in Hampden County. Boston City Councilor John Fitzgerald, several committee members, and multiple people in recovery described the facility as humane, well-run, and effective, with longer stays, medical monitoring, medication-assisted treatment, counseling, and warm handoffs to aftercare. Several witnesses said Stony Brook saved their lives or helped family members recover, and they argued that the sheriff’s office model should be expanded rather than eliminated. Others, including family members and advocates, countered that even a well-run correctional setting remains stigmatizing and that people should not be treated in facilities run by sheriffs or corrections when they have committed no crime.
No vote was taken. The hearing concluded with continued testimony, including Senator Friedman’s support for Section 35 as a civil commitment tool but not in a criminal justice setting, and her separate support for a bill to speed inpatient mental health treatment.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/11/25
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- might not work as well it alternative might not work as well it might<00:25:18.720><c> cause</c><00:
- <00:31:19.840><c> through</c> Alternatives through Alternatives through competition<00:31:22.039><c>
- lower cost Alternatives out of the<00:36:58.760><c> way</c><00:36:59.760><c> we're</c><00:36:59.960>
- for an alternate um make intelligent<00:40:32.520><c> informed</c><00:40:32.920><c> decisions</c><00
- that they could use rather alternate that they could use rather than than than changing<00:43:31.119
Committee:
Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee Apr 14th, 2026
Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials
Transcript Highlights:
- After the first cleaning, insurance cut off my parents' alternative living expenses, which forced them
- Forced into a patchwork of inadequate alternatives, including prolonged storage that exposes officers
- And there are numerous economically viable alternatives to PFAS pesticides, supported by organizations
- Adding infant formula could conceivably lead parents and caregivers to resort to alternative feeding
- Adding infant formula could conceivably lead parents and caregivers to resort to alternative feeding
MS
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> and, you know, go through the alternate and, you know, go through the alternate route<00:05:06.960
- With the alternate route, you've got three years. >> So I mean, like, almost any state agency.
- route and then come back that alternate route and then come back and<00:08:38.560><c> teach.
- With the alternate route, you've >> Yes.
- With the alternate route, you've got<00:08:41.039><c> three</c><00:08:41.279><c> years.
Committee:
Joint Education
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations and Revenue (2-26-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Professionally, I would really like to see as part of the package an alternate to just go ahead and do
- </c><00:15:09.199><c> to</c><00:15:09.320><c> a</c><00:15:09.480><c> bid</c> there's an alternate to
- a bid there's an alternate to a bid professionally<00:15:12.320><c> I</c><00:15:12.399><c> would</c><
- </c> see as part of the package an alternate see as part of the package an alternate to<00:15:15.279>
- But we are looking at alternatives, and that's a good suggestion, Senator.
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Roll Call 00:00:05
Capitol Renovations Update 00:00:40
Damage from Recent Disaster Discussion 00:33:25, 958, all
Summary:
The committee met for its third meeting of the session and received an update on the Capitol renovation project from Finance and Administration Secretary Holly Johnson and State Budget Director John Hicks. They reported the project budget remains $291.52 million, with Messer Construction as construction manager, and said the temporary legislative chamber completion has slipped into 2025 because of wiring, voting machine, KET camera, and canopy work. They outlined the current bid schedule: site and utility bids due February 27, 2025; roofing and fourth-floor structural work due April 24; major renovation bids due May 23; bid review in late May and early June; roofing and fourth-floor work beginning in late June; and overall construction starting July 7, 2025.
A major focus of the discussion was the project contingency, which officials said is only $10.8 million for an older building with significant unknown conditions. They explained that earlier investigations led to about $60 million in value engineering cuts, including more than $40 million tied to unexpectedly extensive terrace damage on the north, south, and east sides. The terraces were originally expected to need only minor work, but officials said investigations showed reconstruction would eventually be necessary and could not be handled by simple restoration. They also said the mechanical equipment plan changed from a basement location to a vault under the east parking lot, and that the west terrace will still see some ADA-related work.
Committee members questioned why the terrace work was not included in the current budget, whether doing it later would cost more, and why bids and construction planning had taken so long. Officials said the terraces were left out because of cost, that future work would likely be more expensive because of market escalation, and that the timing reflected extensive investigation needed to produce reliable bids. Members also raised concerns about scaffolding and the temporary chambers; officials clarified that the scaffolding discussed was for the separate Capitol Dome project, not the chamber project, and said the Dome scaffolding is part of that project cost and is expected to come down in early 2027. They said the temporary chambers are expected to be used for three sessions, through the 28th session, with a return to the Capitol planned for the 29th session, and that public tours of the Capitol would likely end around June depending on the bid results and construction schedule.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- The community before revoking an Option B or C disposition alternative.
- It removes the requirement that the court grant an Option C disposition alternative unless making that
- For offenders subject to the Option B and C disposition alternatives who absconded from supervision,
- This excludes violent offenses from eligibility for the Option B juvenile disposition alternative, and
- eligibility, but keeps the eligibility for a ...position alternative, but keeps the eligibility for
Bills:
HB2104 , HB1903 , HB1909 , HB1982 , HB2034 , HB2105 , HB2210 , HB2215 , HB2271 , HB2345 , HB2355 , HB2384 , HB2389 , HB2397 , HB2418 , HB2429 , HB2442 , HB2479 , HB2481 , HB2681 , HB2688 , HB2714
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
aviation, wildland fires, funding, disaster relief, emergency response, energy assistance, low-income, utility costs, state program, energy affordability, court unification, task force, Washington courts, judicial administration, court reform, access to justice, local court rules, uniformity, centralization, rural courts
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:19:38.240><c> to</c> several years ago as an alternative to several years ago as an alternative
- Some alternative methods include the BCA, private companies, and local law enforcement.
- </c> proposal allows existing alternative proposal allows existing alternative background<01:14:52.400
- </c><01:15:07.440><c> are</c> enforcement these alternatives are enforcement these alternatives are cheaper
- excuse me the legitimate Alternatives excuse me the legitimate Alternatives<01:15:21.120><c> I</c><01
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Committee to Study Long-Term Managed Care (09/29/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, so, you know, in order to assess various alternatives, we wanted to identify key issues about, uh
- we we wanted to various alternatives we we wanted to identify<00:06:34.560><c> key</c><00:06:34.800>
- </c> could potentially be an alternative. could potentially be an alternative.
- The alternative could be for MCOs to make incentive payments to those facilities.
- One is don't get into it unless you've got the financing covered and then an alternative to relook at
Summary:
The committee approved the previous meeting minutes and then reviewed a draft preliminary report on long-term managed care. The chair explained the report is intended to frame issues and outline legislative options, not make a final recommendation, especially given unresolved questions about the federal One Big Beautiful Bill (OB3). The report’s key issues included the current financing of county and private nursing homes through Medicaid rates, ProShare, MQUIP, and related funding mechanisms, and the concern that those payments could be affected or eliminated under a managed care model. Members also discussed managed care organizations’ role in Medicaid and cited other states’ experiences, noting examples of savings in Florida and Tennessee but higher costs in California. One member raised Indiana as another important comparison, and the committee agreed to add it to the report’s state examples.
The committee also reviewed sections on dual eligibility, D-SNP, PACE, and CFI waivers. The chair raised concerns about whether OB3 creates incentives for states to move toward D-SNP and whether federal changes could affect provider taxes, state-directed payments, and intergovernmental transfers. Henry Litman, the state Medicaid director, said he would confirm details on D-SNP incentives and explained that ProShare is based on certified public expenditure rather than an IGT, while county cap financing is the relevant intergovernmental transfer issue. He said IGTs are not going away and that the main risk is whether current financing mechanisms could be preserved if the state later changed course. Members discussed the possibility of a waiver not being granted or renewed and the high fiscal impact that could have on counties and property taxes.
The committee then discussed the population that any long-term managed care model should cover. Members agreed that there is no appetite to move developmental disability or acquired brain disorder populations into long-term managed care at this time, and the chair changed the report’s terminology from “elderly” to “aging population.” The chair also noted that the status quo option should reflect the recent shift toward home and community-based services and reduced nursing home utilization since earlier county reports. The report’s four policy options were summarized as: maintain the status quo; pursue D-SNP for dual eligibles, with DHHS potentially submitting an application as early as 2027; adopt an HCBS carveout; or move fully to managed care for the aging population. No final policy recommendation was made, and the committee discussed making edits to the draft before circulation, including adding Indiana, clarifying OB3-related issues, and changing the report title from “final” to “preliminary” or “interim.”
NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Ways and Means May 30th, 2025 at 08:00 am
Ways and Means
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 417 deals with alternative rate-making for natural gas utilities.
- This bill simply allows natural gas utilities to apply to the PUCN for an alternative rate-making plan
- rate-making plan for all... ...to draft regulations and open a rulemaking process for the alternative
- Lidum, for electric utilities to potentially engage in alternative rate making.
- And so that would essentially be double rate cases, which,... ...alternative rate-making approach.
Bills:
AB568 , SB90 , SB133 , SB147 , SB229 , SB233 , SB240 , SB245 , SB280 , SB378 , SB393 , SB417 , SB434 , SB494 , SB495
Committee:
Assembly Ways and Means
Keywords:
higher education, Nevada System of Higher Education, operational expenses, instructional expenses, public funding, education funding, teacher grants, classroom supplies, instructional support, specialized personnel, civics education, Nevada Center for Civic Engagement, funding, youth programs, civic involvement, Southern Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas Valley, regional planning, economic resiliency
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Natural Resources Committee Jun 29th, 2026
Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- things I mean it does do well the three main things one it requires the project to go through a alternative
- Without CEQA, there's no incentive to have to go through the alternatives analysis process, and then
- There's a sort of a tiering in it that says you should first exhaust sort of other alternatives.
- However, it's not the same structure of an alternatives analysis that the, again, the opposition is looking
- They want to transition to cleaner, more cost-effective electric trucks. term alternatives.
Committee:
House Natural Resources
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, for an alternate motion." "Yep, Senator Carlson. What's that?"
- We cannot do an alternate motion anywhere today? I mean, this is done.
- There are motions that can be made, but alternate motions from the numbers that..."
- Is there any further discussion or an alternate motion? Alternate motions are in order. Mr.
- Okay, so that's an alternate substitute motion. That's the same motion I made.
Summary:
The committee received an LSO update on the latest green sheet, including the fiscal effects of House Bill 559, recent cash transfers, and the Idaho Budget Rescissions Act for FY 2026. Staff then walked through FY 2027 maintenance budgets, explaining how statewide decisions, benefit costs, contract inflation, and cost allocation were built into the numbers. Members also discussed clarifications to the health insurance calculation language and the treatment of certain agency plans, including graduate medical education and the Secretary of State’s cash balance approach.
The committee considered and approved maintenance budgets for the legislative branch, public safety, natural resources, health and human services, economic development, the judicial branch, constitutional officers, and general government. Several members objected to the across-the-board reductions, arguing they would create long-term costs, harm staffing and services, and shift expenses to other parts of government or to the public. Supporters said the committee needed a target, that the maintenance budgets were structurally balanced, and that further changes could be addressed in the enhancement process. Most budget motions passed on divided votes, and the committee also adopted standard language for each packet.
The committee debated several pieces of nonstandard language, including provisions related to budget integrity, reporting requirements for large Health and Welfare acquisitions, a cash transfer for livestock depredation prevention, public defender parking, insurance reimbursement limits, and a proposal to use reserve funds to hold state employee health insurance premiums flat. Some language was adopted by unanimous consent, while the employee premium language prompted extended discussion over which reserve funds could be used and whether the proposal should apply differently to elected officials and other employees. The meeting ended while that issue was still being worked through, with the committee having advanced multiple budget packets and accompanying language to do-pass recommendations.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
06/02/2026 - House Republican Caucus Calendar #23
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate amended the bill by including compliance in ADEQ's non-point source management plan as an alternative
- the House, House Bill 4001 establishes distributor and manufacturer licensing requirements for alternative
- Additionally, it adds provisions relating to penalties imposed by the director on retailers who sell alternative
- Lastly, it replaces vapor products with alternative nicotine products in statutory provisions relating
Summary:
The caucus reviewed several House bills with Senate amendments and conference committee changes. HB 282 would create the Childhood Cancer and Rare Childhood Disease Research Commission and direct DHS to award grants for pediatric cancer and rare disease research; the sponsor said the bill is intended to better use existing funds and federal or donated money, and the Senate amendment shifts grant-awarding authority to the DHS director and requires at least $5 million in funding. HB 2096 would let WIFA assist counties with cesspool remediation, replacement, or closure; the Senate added water-quality compliance language and definitions, and the sponsor said the bill helps smaller counties address illegal cesspools. HB 2749 would reclassify certain non-dangerous felonies as class 1 misdemeanors when criteria are met; the Senate added exclusions for some offenses and a delayed repeal date, and the sponsor’s concurrence was noted. HB 4001 would establish licensing for alternative nicotine product manufacturers and distributors, add enforcement and penalties for sales to minors, and the sponsor emphasized product tracking, stronger enforcement, and protections against youth-targeted marketing.
The committee also discussed conference committee versions of HB 2010, HB 2874, HB 2133, and HB 2003. HB 2010 concerns advertising disclosures for digital goods and prorated refunds; the conference amendment limited refunds to digital goods purchased for $20 or more under specified license terms and increased the annual reduction rate. HB 2874 deals with campaign committee termination statements and penalties for late or missing reports; the conference amendment added public disclosure of committees owing penalties, capped penalties, required termination statements in some cases, and added an emergency clause. HB 2133 requires consent and age verification for publishing sexual material online, including AI-generated material; the conference amendment added exceptions for certain preexisting rated films and TV productions and adjusted definitions. HB 2003 lowers the age for an instruction permit to 15 and extends the permit-holding period for some teen drivers; the conference amendment grandfathered permit holders who are at least 15 and a half years old on November 30, 2026 so they are not subject to the longer waiting period. No votes were taken in the transcript, and the caucus ended after questions and brief explanations from staff and sponsors.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Our Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative is our longest running initiative, going back more than
- These alternatives work.
- What are those alternatives?
- So you talked about alternatives, but I mean, you said that you'd be glad to talk to us about alternatives
- , but I don't know that I really heard any alternatives.
Committee:
House S/C on Juvenile Justice
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Can you guys provide a more cost-effective alternative for patients that you might have?
- Can you guys provide a more cost-effective alternative for patients that you might have? Mr.
- It seems that others have raised that there could be alternate solutions and structural changes through
- William Harris: We have offered reasonable alternatives to address the shortfall, but these options were
- be, what if there was language something like that we would want a licensed denturist or in the alternative
Committee:
House Health and Welfare
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Municipal and County Government (09/24/2025)
Municipal and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> think this is an alternative think this is an alternative um<01:42:12.080><c> it</c><01:42:12.480
- Um, and therefore when you talk about alternates, uh, there are alternates somewhat for a reason.
- </c> alternates uh there are alternates alternates uh there are alternates somewhat<04:09:37.600><c>
- If we're an alternate, how do we get alternates into this whole scheme?
- Madam Chair, alternates, or the duties of an alternate, are prescribed in the article before this.
Committee:
House Municipal and County Government