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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services Apr 23rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We are continuing to provide office hours and targeted in-person training opportunities and workshops
- We need rates that ensure extra pay when a family exceeds 40 hours of care, with base and certificate
- We need rates that account for higher costs and for hours outside standard hours.
- I have been a child care provider for 28-plus years, providing 24-hour child care.
- We need rates that account for higher costs in our hours outside standard hours.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 12/17/25
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- That exam is four hours long, members. So I think that there's one extreme.
- long members four exam is four hours long members four hours<00:07:21.199>
long <00:07:21.879> - long so I think that there's hours long so I think that there's there's<00:07:24.479>
one <00: - We have open office hours every month.
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to core requires the fewest hours to core requires the fewest hours to produce
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 02/06/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- It may take us three hours to run a call that in the Metro would take about an hour.
- to run a areas it may take us 3 hours to run a call<00:51:46.200>
that <00:51:46.319>in - uh we also have uh large areas um hour uh we also have uh large areas um that<00:51:53.079>
are - I did six hours on a Thursday night, and the whole series of who's using the service and what they do
- It's concentrated in six hours.
- uh we also have uh large areas um hour uh we also have uh large areas um that<00:51:53.079>
Summary:
The Health and Human Services Finance and Policy Committee met on February 6, 2025, for an update on emergency medical services (EMS) policy and implementation. Senator Seberger described the work of the EMS Task Force, which traveled statewide to hear concerns from providers about staffing, reimbursement, and retention. She said the task force led to the Sprint Medic model and two innovation zones in Otter Tail and St. Louis counties, and she urged continued monitoring and possible reconstitution of the task force to evaluate what is working and what could be expanded statewide. She also said future EMS work should continue to explore alternative response models and telemedicine, but that the most immediate need is additional funding, especially to address unpaid non-transport calls.
Dylan Ferguson, director of the newly formed Minnesota Office of Emergency Medical Services, gave a detailed update on the office’s structure and priorities after the transition from the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board. He described the office’s three divisions, the appointment of deputy directors, the first meetings of the advisory councils, and work on a statewide EMS strategic plan. He also reviewed the $24 million emergency ambulance aid program, explaining its 40-40-20 formula, the emphasis on rural services, the reporting and spending deadlines, and the positive response from ambulance providers. He noted that the $6 million Sprint paramedic grant program is underway, with Otter Tail County moving forward and St. Louis County still finalizing its application.
Ferguson also outlined the office’s budget request for modest staffing and contract-cost increases, two rulemaking efforts to update outdated ambulance vehicle standards and expand medication options for basic life support services, and ongoing data collection on workforce needs, violence against EMS providers, and ambulance crashes. He highlighted the paramedic scholarship program administered by the Office of Higher Education, saying nearly 300 scholarships have been awarded. Members and Senator Seberger praised the EMS reforms and emphasized that non-transport calls create significant unreimbursed costs, especially for rural and volunteer services, but no votes or formal committee actions were taken during the meeting.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- We also grew in those groups of 30 semester hours of credit, which for us is what an FTE is.
- FTE, it's quite different from the number of students because they take different numbers of credit hours
- years ago, noting that some students, especially in STEM areas, might need longer than 60 semester hours
- are ready, but the State Board approves those SAAT degrees because they do go beyond the 60 semester hours
- They get paid permanent part-time positions where they're earning at least $15 an hour, aligned with
Summary:
The Committee on Education Postsecondary held an informational hearing focused on how Florida’s public colleges and universities are aligning bachelor’s degree programs with workforce needs and improving student outcomes. Chancellor Kathy Hebda described Florida College System enrollment growth, the state college system’s workforce-oriented bachelor’s degrees, approval and accountability processes for those programs, and outcomes data showing strong completion and wage results, especially in health care. Emily Sykes of the Board of Governors outlined the State University System’s program review practices, performance-based funding metrics, strategic emphasis programs, and the MyFloridaFuture tool that lets students compare earnings, debt, and employment outcomes by major and institution.
University and college leaders then described campus-level workforce initiatives. Florida Gulf Coast University highlighted employer-driven microcredentials, digital badges, internships, career fairs, service learning, and partnerships with regional employers. UCF discussed its career navigator requirements, major industry partnerships such as Lockheed Martin, nursing and faculty career-integration efforts, and a centralized career development center. Northwest Florida State College and the University of West Florida emphasized their bachelor’s programs, transfer pathways, teacher and nursing outcomes, military and defense-related workforce pipelines, cybersecurity training, and stackable credentials tied to regional labor needs.
During member questions, senators asked how microcredentials and military experience translate into college credit, whether credentials transfer across institutions, and what legislators can do to help. Witnesses said the state’s common course and articulation systems already support transfer, and they encouraged continued legislative support for innovation, faster curriculum alignment, internships, and specialized transfer degrees. No bills were voted on, and the meeting ended with no public comment and an adjournment motion adopted.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting Jul 26th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Please note that the Registration for this hearing has closed, and the registration will close 12 hours
- It also means that you can register up until 12 hours before, so 3 a.m. on Monday morning.
- I am testifying today because we drove up to Austin on Thursday—that's a two-hour drive—and...
- You can't, because it's a two-hour drive or a three-hour drive or a four-hour drive from one event to
- If you are watching the live stream, please know that you can register to testify 12 hours in advance
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The resolution changes the timeframe from 72 to 48 hours, I believe.
- Bill hearings must be posted at least 48 hours in advance.
- Floor amendments must be proposed at least 24 hours before they are voted on and must be made publicly
- it says a bill filed amendments subject to subsection D are not eligible for consideration until 24 hours
- You think that giving somebody hours to wait online is just more transparent so they don't have to pay
Bills:
SR5, SB5, SB11, SB12, SB25, SB26, SB28, SB35, SB5, SB11, SB12, SB25, SB26, SB28, SB35, SB5, SB11, SB12, SB25, SB26, SB28, SB35, SR5
Keywords:
redistricting, Senate procedures, public input, Texas Legislature, amendments, Texas Senate, congressional districts, legislative procedures, legislative transparency, Senate rules, public hearings, committee procedures, hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Or if you need to take it a little bit slower because you need to work more, hours at your job, you can
- and what those hours cover. changes in terms of the ombudsman office.
- So how many hours it is, which courses are... are included in the core.
- This advisory group would take a look at that 42-hour core and look for any opportunities to streamline
- to the academic standards of the university. had satisfied all of the requirements of the Texas 42-hour
Keywords:
living expenses, higher education, student support, homeless students, financial aid, grant program, baccalaureate degrees, junior colleges, workforce development, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, competency-based education, baccalaureate degree, cost of attendance, dual credit, computer science, course credit, foreign language requirement, curriculum review, governing board, faculty council
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Licensing & Administrative Procedures Apr 15th, 2025
Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Transcript Highlights:
- There being 11 hours in one day, the motion prevails.
- There'll be 12 hours, zero nays, the motion prevails.
- There'll be 12 hours, zero nays, the motion prevails.
- There've been 12 hours, 0 nays the motion prevails.
- There've been 12 hours, 0 days the motion prevails.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Because I'm going to tell you, I spent a good long evening multiplying Hours trying to figure out the
- Most of the people that I work with now are spending 5 to 20 hours outside of their week doing their
- The clock never ends in health care; it's 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
- In medical school, there are only seven hours dedicated to environmental toxins. So we.
- They will wonder, why did you let teenagers stare at TikTok for five hours a day?
Keywords:
health care transparency, ownership disclosure, control reporting, health care consolidation, private equity, management services organization, MSO, provider organization, health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, hospital system, affiliate reporting, financial disclosure, public reporting, market concentration, horizontal consolidation, vertical consolidation, health care ownership, corporate practice, health care regulation
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- To include our contact hours, a target of $9.8 million, 9.8 million contact hours. each year.
- We have a target of 3,900 calls per contact hour, and those are all the calls per contact hours. $6.97
- Our case managers provide supervision to the clients, including 24-hour supervision. 24-7 real-time GPS
- We offer six hours of group treatment programming every week.
- It's an on-site primary care clinic that operates 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, and takes care of things
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Republican Press Conference 2/24/25
Transcript Highlights:
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Corridor - to<00:10:36.000>
16 <00:10:36.440>miles <00:10:36.760>an <00:10:36.920>hour - <00:10:37.760>
nothing <00:10:38.079>really 15 to 16 miles an hour nothing really 15 - If this light rail goes in, it's going to take an hour from the city of Crystal to get downtown, not
- If this light rail goes in, it's going to take an hour from the city of Crystal to get downtown, not
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Health Policy Feb 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- THE STATE WILL DESIGNATE THESE EMERGENCY HOSPITALS DOES NOT REQUIRE TREATMENT BEYOND THE 24 HOURS.
- AND CAN PROVIDE ADEQUATE RURAL EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THE FACILITY 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
- THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE 25 HOUR REQUIREMENT.
- WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT THEY SPENT WORKING IN THOSE AREAS AND OTHER DESIGNATIONS.
- THEY ONLY NEED TO DO JUST NEED TO DO ONE COURSE IT'S TWO HOURS.
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Legislative Session - Session 2 - 40th Legislative Day Jun 24th, 2026
Delaware House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Trees and throw them in a dumpster for four hours in January when there's a football game on.
- I called them, how do you have coffee for two hours on a Wednesday in someone's home?
- It's been hours, days, weeks, probably months.
- and hours addressing this issue so we can finally do right by our students.
- And I'm so... ...hours addressing this issue so we can finally do right by our students.
Summary:
The House convened with a quorum present, opened with a moment of silence for Ted Williams, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance. Members then accepted the previous day’s minutes and moved into a series of recognitions, beginning with House Resolution 27 designating June 24, 2026 as Staff Appreciation Day. The resolution was adopted by voice vote, and the chamber spent much of the meeting honoring legislative staff across both caucuses, with members and staff introducing themselves and being recognized for years of service and behind-the-scenes work. The House also recognized staff member Justin, who is leaving for a position with the Delaware State Board of Education, and later gave farewell remarks for Representative Kevin Hensley and Representative Charles Postles, both of whom are retiring. Numerous members spoke in tribute to their service, constituent work, and personal character, and both Hensley and Postles offered remarks thanking colleagues, staff, and family.
The House then received communications from the Senate, including several bills and resolutions passed and returned, and a notice of Senate concurrence on other measures. Representative Wilson-Anton made a brief statement explaining her vote on Senate Bill 100 and reaffirming support for marriage equality and related civil rights issues. The chamber also took up Senate Joint Resolution 16 and Senate Joint Resolution 17, which set the official revenue estimates for fiscal years 2026 and 2027; both were read, called to roll, and passed by constitutional majority votes of 37-4 and 40-1, respectively.
Finally, the House considered Senate Bill 335, the operating budget for fiscal year ending June 30, 2027. Representative Williams presented the budget on behalf of the Joint Finance Committee, describing major funding items including raises for state and education employees, health insurance and retiree benefit funding, developmental disability services, Medicaid growth, purchase of care, and maintenance of reserve funds. Several members praised the committee’s work, while Representative Shupe said he would vote no, citing concerns about the budget’s 6.3% growth despite appreciating the committee’s effort. After the budget presentation and comments, Leader Harris moved that the House recess for party caucuses, and the House stood in recess until the call of the bell.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Bernstein and I presented about an hour-long presentation to the legislature.
- Bernstein and I presented about an hour-long.
- Bernstein and I presented about an hour-long presentation to the legislature.
- I simply cannot sit in a hard, narrow auditorium seat for three to five hours.
- In Carlisle, it took six hours on a Saturday. That's hard for people.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government held a hybrid hearing on bills related to land use, zoning, permitting, municipal governance, and homelessness. Early testimony focused on a home rule petition for Ipswich to remove a residency requirement for a town manager, with supporters saying it would broaden the applicant pool and help fill a vacant permanent manager position. Another panel backed legislation to change the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission’s governance so ratepayers in surrounding communities would have representation, arguing the current board structure leaves many users without a voice in rate-setting and capital decisions.
Several housing and zoning bills drew testimony. Senator Keenan and the Home Builders and Remodelers Association supported a bill to toll the one-year period for acting on a variance while an appeal is pending, saying appeals should not consume the time needed to implement approved projects. Representative Murray and the Real Estate Bar Association also testified on broader zoning reforms, including changes to undersized lots, merger rules, hearing deadlines, appeals, and variance standards; they argued the proposals would reduce delay and uncertainty and help housing production. Committee members questioned whether shifting zoning appeals from de novo to closed-record review would limit new evidence, and the witnesses said the change would speed cases while preserving limited opportunities to supplement the record.
The committee also heard testimony on bills to end the criminalization of homelessness. Representatives, advocates, and shelter organizations said local camping bans and fines are counterproductive, especially after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Grants Pass decision, and urged a statewide response centered on housing and public health rather than punishment. Other municipal bills included remote participation in open town meetings for Wayland and a statewide local option, Fairhaven and Mattapoisett charter changes, and Cambridge’s request to use automated parking enforcement and mail parking tickets. The hearing also included testimony supporting fairground zoning flexibility, a Shrewsbury solar siting bill, and an Inspector General bill clarifying county land disposition procedures by requiring written notice to DCAM and a defined response period. No votes were taken during the hearing.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Special Session E May 29th, 2026
Florida Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- begin with an overall explanation of the conference report on House Bill 501E while we're in the 72-hour
- to $24 an hour.
- It's going up to $24 an hour from the current $22, I believe.
- Your shortest day was 12 hours, including Saturday and Sunday, and your longest day was 16 hours.
- Your shortest day was 12 hours, including Saturday and Sunday, and your longest day was 16 hours.
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved to the conference report on House Bill 501E, the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026-27. Budget chairs presented the major spending areas, describing a $114.5 billion overall budget that they said was fiscally responsible and below the prior year’s spending. Highlights included pay increases and retirement adjustments for public safety employees, education funding for K-12, higher education, health and human services, criminal justice, transportation, environmental programs, and agriculture/regulatory agencies.
Members then questioned chairs on several items. In education, senators discussed K-12 declining enrollment funding, teacher salary set-asides, private school scholarship spending, mental health funding, preeminence funding for universities, the Hamilton Center at UF, and charter school PICO funding. In health and human services, questions focused on the iBudget waiver waitlist, provider rates, ADAP/HIV funding and the return of Biktarvy to the formulary, KidCare, rural health funding, SNAP-related IT and error reduction efforts, and the IDD managed care program. In criminal justice, senators asked about correctional officer pay, prison staffing and infrastructure, air conditioning in prisons, juvenile justice facilities, law enforcement recruitment, and court system funding. Environmental and transportation questions covered Florida Forever, water quality, state parks, water projects, housing, elections funding, and emergency management.
Several specific actions and explanations were given during debate: the budget includes $8.8 million for state attorney competitive area differentials but no funding for public defender CAD requests; assistant state attorneys will start at $70,000 and assistant public defenders at $65,000; the battery disposal issue was described as a temporary study/preemption approach; and the Senate said the budget does not fund Medicaid expansion, preeminence funding, or the SunBucks Summer EBT state share. Senators also noted that some proposals discussed in committee did not make it into the final budget. The transcript ends with debate statements from members praising the budget process and Chair Hooper, while also expressing concerns about public schools, health care access, affordability, and the lack of funding for certain priorities.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/19/2026 - Joint Legislative Audit Committee
Joint Legislative Audit Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- between January and September 2025 and found that, although the board did post both meeting agendas 24 hours
- january and september 2025 and found that although the board did did post both meeting agendas 24 hours
- wrongdoing to the appropriate criminal justice agency as required by statute and to do so within 48 hours
- I can tell you his per-hour cost. He costs us $25 an hour. Ms.
- The district will reduce our summer hours that we open the gym for recreation for our students.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- There's not enough hours in the day to do with the data what they need to do to actually take it out
- There's not enough hours in the day to do with the data what they need to do to actually teaks out and
- This is 165 hours of work right here done for them at a fingertip.
- I didn't have to filter through 158 hours of phone calls.
- Within two hours, that happened.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Public Works and Highways (04/29/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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to this out for hours and hours and have to this out for hours and hours and
Summary:
The public hearing focused on Senate Bill 153, a proposal to speed up Department of Transportation driveway/entrance permitting for larger residential developments, generally 20 units or more. Senator Mark McConkey, the prime sponsor, said long permit delays can stall financing and housing construction, and explained that the bill creates a second, expedited permitting lane funded by a per-door fee. He said the original 90-day mandate was replaced with a more workable process developed with DOT and the New Hampshire Homebuilders Association, and noted that the fiscal note had been removed. Committee members asked about the fee structure, timing, whether the bill applied to 20 doors/units, and whether it affected income-restricted housing; McConkey said it does not include income-based incentives and does not change zoning or local planning requirements, only the DOT permit timeline.
Industry witnesses strongly supported the bill. Matt Mayberry of the New Hampshire Homebuilders Association said the proposal is a public-private partnership the industry requested, that time delays can jeopardize financing, and that builders are willing to pay for faster review as long as safety remains the top priority. Joshua Reap of Associated Builders and Contractors gave similar support, saying DOT bottlenecks have long slowed projects and that the bill would help move approved developments forward without burdening taxpayers. Questions from members focused on whether the expedited lane would pressure DOT to approve unsafe projects, whether consultants would already be vetted, and how the process would work alongside local approvals; witnesses said DOT would still retain final sign-off and that the process would be transparent and safety-focused.
Alan Hanscom of DOT then explained the department’s role in more detail. He said the bill would require DOT to issue permits within 60 business days after approval of the traffic impact study for qualifying residential projects, and would create a $120 per-unit fee to fund a dedicated liaison position and software upgrades. He said the applicant would also pay for third-party consultant engineer review under DOT oversight, with the consultant costs passed through at no DOT markup and any unused funds returned to the applicant. Hanscom said DOT has been working with the sponsor and builders to clarify the process and improve transparency, and estimated the fee would support a position that coordinates between applicants, districts, consultants, and DOT bureaus to reduce dead time in the review process.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Rules Apr 16th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- CROSSING SITES THAT HAVE A RATE OF 360 VEHICLES PER HOUR DURING SCHOOL HOURS CAN BE CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS
- WORKING CONDITIONS CROSSING SITES THAT EXCEED 4,000 VEHICLES PER HOUR DURING TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL
- WOULD THIS BE OUR 14 HOUR COURSE THAT WE ARE ADDING TO THAT LICENSEE, THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO ACQUIRE
- McClain: IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL TWO HOURS.
- WE'VE GOT ABOUT 15 MORE BILLS IN AN HOUR AND 40 MINUTES.