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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 14th, 2026 at 01:49 pm

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • celebrating something New Mexico is leading the nation on: universal child care, so more families can access
  • Too many communities face long wait times, shrinking provider lists, and diminishing access to essential
  • That's something different than we normally talk about with trying to get access to care.
  • I would also add that I just think the language is not well organized.
  • I think it's going to cut down on folks who feel like they have access to lobby.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Wed Apr 22, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • We think people have access to mail-order pharmacies.
  • Now, we'd like to just kind of protect the access to a real pharmacist to counsel patients when it's
  • We think people have access to mail-order pharmacies.
  • Now, we'd like to just kind of protect the access to a real pharmacist to counsel patients when it's
  • Submitted opposition testimony to this measure, both in its original language and the current amended
Summary: The Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce heard several Senate concurrent resolutions related to utilities, pharmacy access, critical infrastructure, and energy policy. STR 96 SD1 asked the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to report on the progress of the Hawaii Electric Reliability Administrator; the PUC offered written comments and the measure later advanced as is. STR 109 SD1 urged the insurance commissioner to study expanding mail-order pharmacy use. Testimony was split: DCCA’s insurance division, HMSA, and the Hawaii Association of Health Plans supported the study, while Shipa and the Hawaii Pharmacist Association opposed it, arguing mail-order pharmacy is already available and that in-person pharmacist counseling should be preserved. The measure was ultimately deferred. The committee also heard STR 164 SD1 on protecting Hawaii’s critical infrastructure from foreign influence. Greenpeace Hawaii and 350 Hawaii strongly supported the resolution, framing it as a consumer protection and resilience measure tied to reducing dependence on imports and strengthening local food and energy systems. No opposition was presented, and the resolution was moved out as is. STR 172 SD1 HD1 directed the PUC to conduct a comprehensive analysis of ways to maximize cost reduction and minimize financial risk while meeting state goals. DCCA, the Hawaii State Energy Office, and the PUC offered comments, and Earthjustice supported the measure; it was also advanced as is. For STR 166 SD1, which concerns how the PUC should evaluate generational energy commitments, DCCA, the Hawaii State Energy Office, and the PUC provided comments, while 350 Hawaii, Greenpeace Hawaii, and others opposed any move toward LNG, arguing it would harm ratepayers and conflict with Hawaii’s renewable goals. After discussion, the committee amended the resolution to add language directing the PUC to evaluate any LNG or other imported-fuel proposal for its potential effects on or delays to the state’s renewable portfolio standards, including the 2045 deadline. The amended resolution then passed, and the committee adjourned.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Financial Services Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • c> we So HB55, if you remember, this is one we had back several weeks ago about the original language
  • The original language was mandatory for mortgage and financial institutions to be able to accept partial
  • 36.320> patient here today out of concern for patient here today out of concern for patient access
  • competition and the long-term uh, access competition and the long-term uh, intent<00:23:41.280> the
  • and decreases quality of care and access and decreases quality of care and access to<00:25:24.640
Bills: HB55, SB15, SB247
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Postsecondary Education Feb 10th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Postsecondary Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Does your language in your bill then impede OSU from being able to pay for hours of police officers that
  • So, I believe that this language accounts for that and gives that flexibility.
  • Members, House Bill 3315 was its language to direct a targeted feasibility study by the state regions
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee Meeting Jun 18th, 2026

Elections & Government Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The original 328 removed language requiring copies of the Register to two state daily newspapers.
  • The original 328 removed language requiring copies of the Register to two state daily newspapers.
  • I support the folks who are in the room here, and I support the language in the resolution.
  • Our nations, our culture, our languages, our ceremonies, and spiritual traditions have endured despite
  • So we do anticipate that there will be language around data collection for the other counties, but we
Summary: The Senate Elections and Government Affairs Committee met in hybrid format, approved the June 10 draft minutes, and then heard a long agenda of bills. HB 89 (home improvement fraud dispute resolution) was presented as a consumer protection measure developed with DOJ to address contractor fraud, especially against vulnerable homeowners; members voiced support and asked to be added as sponsors. HB 283 updated realty transfer tax exemptions to use gender-neutral “spouses” language and add a direct grandparent-to-grandchild transfer exemption; it drew supportive public comment. HS1 for HB 390 would let DelDOT choose electronic-only bidding for projects, remove newspaper bid-opening notices, and clarify bidding records, with no opposition raised. HB 328/H.A. 2 modernizes the Register of Regulations statute, keeps newspaper distribution requirements, and delays some effective dates to 2027; it was described as a technical update. HB 365 would create the Delaware Indigenous Affairs Commission, prompting supportive testimony from Indigenous community members and some discussion about representation and internal tribal اختلافs, but no formal opposition. HB 423 would automatically enroll new state employees in the 457B deferred compensation plan unless they opt out, with exclusions for collective bargaining units and implementation tied to payroll readiness; it was presented as a retirement-savings measure. SS1 for SB 342 would modernize the Delaware Motion Picture and Television Development Commission to support a broader film/media incentive package, with support from the Delaware Arts Alliance and a request to help attract productions to Delaware. The committee also heard SB 331, a cleanup bill on garagekeeper liens for manufactured housing and related assets. The sponsor and an attorney explained it as clarifying who can recover funds and attorney’s fees in lien sales, but the Chief Magistrate and the manufactured housing association said the issue should be addressed more carefully and possibly in another section of code; they were open to further work. HB 436 would update the Smyrna charter, including school impact fees, election challenge procedures, vacancy rules, domicile standards, Board of Elections terms, and meeting schedules. HS1 for HB 376 made technical and organizational changes to the Millville charter, including a tiebreaker for municipal elections and a property tax cap, with the town solicitor saying there was little substantive change. HB 460 would require New Castle County municipalities to submit permit data monthly rather than on a much slower schedule, limited to closed permits with certificates of occupancy, to improve property assessment data; it was presented as part of broader reassessment/data-quality efforts. Public comment was heard on several items, especially HB 365 and SS1 for SB 342. Indigenous speakers supported the commission as a way to preserve heritage, improve representation, and create a formal seat at the table. The Delaware Arts Alliance supported the film commission modernization bill as part of a broader creative-economy plan. No recorded votes were taken on the individual bills in the transcript, and the meeting ended with a unanimous motion to adjourn.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Feb 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • sealed from the public, that law enforcement would still be able to have some sort of privileged access
  • Is might this permissive language allow a multi-county or a secondary county be subjected to the same
  • You look at the current language; it exists that it necessarily defines what 'resides' mean.
  • And so I would submit that that the existing language already addresses situations like that.
  • That's why there's so much language here.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 9th, 2026 at 11:52 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We added some language in the section on hearing officers. Just give me a second.
  • We added some language that would make it clear that the hearing officers, examiners, would maintain
  • , or, sorry, I say better access, Mr.
  • Well, it says, I'm trying to understand the language. Let's use Local and Community Capital Funds.
  • And we have a large number of unspent capital outlay dollars that we don't have access to.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Education Committee, February 25, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • accessible to all youth. Thank you. accessible to all youth. Thank you.
  • <00:25:27.919> and establishes the Wyoming Language and establishes the Wyoming Language and
  • <00:25:48.640> disorder, developmental language disorder, developmental language disorder,
  • The plan language and literacy plan.
  • <00:48:50.640> states determine what as as the language states determine what as as the language
Bills: HB0023, HB0024, HB0025
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee, February 25, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The language is very prescriptive about you got to do this in 30 days, you got to do this in 60 days.
  • <00:19:35.039> The<00:19:35.120> language<00:19:35.360> is<00:19:35.520>
  • The language is very very prescriptive.
  • The language is very prescriptive<00:19:36.000> about<00:19:36.240> you<00:19:36.320>
  • three years, five years, there's going to be a bill to put a limit back on, maybe with exceptional language
Bills: HB0023, HB0024, HB0025
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Feb 12th, 2025

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So would this be then adjusted in the language in the bill regarding that?
  • Okay, so Dustin, we can accomplish all this in the language to replace... And Mr. Chairman?
  • Then the language in question—that's boilerplate language that pretty much every fund in the State Treasury
  • So that's boilerplate language to answer your question. Well, I understand.
  • at the low end because of our access to the actual commodity.
Bills: HB188, HB52
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 13th, 2026 at 11:03 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • For our rural communities to be able to have this type of access. And Mr.
  • to include the language I have.
  • There may be questions, as it were, to the language here, but it's not in conflict because, To the language
  • In order to do that, again, Madam Speaker, we had to open access.
  • I've always marveled that the language really matters, and sometimes the very language itself and the
HI
Transcript Highlights:
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  • afraid of being harassed or accessing afraid of being harassed or accessing legal<00:50:01.200><
  • >> So, the current language states that the >> So, the current language states that the uh
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Summary: The committee opened a hearing on multiple health-related bills and first took up HB 2315, which would create a Department of Health pilot program allowing eligible employees to defer unused vacation leave in exchange for a payout to help with home purchase assistance. The Department of Health testified in support, saying the proposal could aid recruitment and retention, and United Public Workers also supported it as a creative, cost-effective benefit that could help employees become first-time homebuyers. The chair likewise praised the department’s effort, and there were no questions or opposition before the committee moved on. The committee then heard HB 2562 on workplace violence in health care settings. The Department of Health said it preferred requiring licensed hospitals to adopt workplace-violence prevention policies and public reporting rather than creating a new state program. The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations said it appreciated the intent and explained that, absent a specific standard, enforcement would rely on OSHA’s general duty clause, guidance, and inspections. Nurses and the Hawaii Nurses Association gave emotional testimony describing harassment, threats, doxxing, and fears for patient and worker safety, arguing that existing processes were too slow and that hospitals needed immediate, enforceable requirements. The committee discussed current hospital alarm systems and OSHA enforcement, and Labor said it does inspect hospitals and can receive complaints from employees. HB 1532, concerning importation of large cigars and pipe tobacco, was announced as deferred at the request of the bill’s author so it could be refined with proponents and the Attorney General. The committee also discussed HB 1857, a very large measure redefining qualified health care provider and making extensive changes to health care law; the chair said the House would likely pass it without substantive changes and instead defer the effective date while using the Senate companion bill as the vehicle. Testimony on HB 1857 was generally supportive, including from the Hawaii Association of Nurse Anesthesiology and a certified genetic counselor, though both referenced proposed amendments. Finally, the committee heard HB 2209, which would require insurers to honor a patient’s written assignment of benefits to a substance use disorder treatment provider. The Insurance Division and HMSA opposed the bill as drafted, arguing it would create a special class of providers, raise fraud and litigation concerns, and potentially increase premiums. Treatment providers and advocates strongly supported the measure, saying insurers often refuse direct payment even when patients assign benefits, forcing families to front large sums and delaying access to residential treatment; they argued the bill would improve access and help keep care in Hawaii. A psychiatrist testified that he had not seen fraud in Hawaii and that the bill could help address long wait times for life-saving treatment. The committee also received written support from multiple individuals and organizations, and members began asking questions about HMSA’s network size and wait times, with follow-up information requested."}】【。final json to=commentary 天天中彩票出票 to=commentary code 彩神争霸邀请码 to=commentary 彩票平台招商 to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary ುತ್ತಾರೆ to=commentary
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Veteran and Military Affairs Apr 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Veteran and Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Yes, well, I don't want to check out, but have access to the information.
  • and the veteran actually would have to, you know, would know that this is part of it of who could access
Bills: SB1533, SB2026
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Aug 22nd, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • They care about jobs. access to healthcare and lowering the cost of living.
  • as well as access birth control.
  • Groups like Aid Access actually are.
  • From Aid Access, even though his girlfriend did not want an abortion.
  • Why is it that Aid Access, since a pill contains...
Bills: HB7, SB 8, HB7, SB 8
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Apr 2nd, 2025

Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Transcript Highlights:
  • So if we own... can you deny access to public lands?
  • ...public land, can you deny someone access to that if there is no boat launch or access point to a navigable
  • Isn't it that you have to allow someone access to that?
  • Even so, technically they would have no access to waters in which they have the right to access.
  • Hey, we want to continue to provide this access to the lake.
Bills: HB471, HB473
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Jan 21st, 2026

Constitution, Campaigns and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • make the language as plain as we can. make the language as plain as we can. >> Sure.
  • <00:10:09.680> to election bills, we want the language to election bills, we want the language
  • So, this will make it much more accessible and, like Mr.
  • >> Well, if you look at the additional language that's there.
  • because there's probably some language because there's probably some language in<00:31:56.720>
Bills: HB67, HB89, HB67, HB89
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • or multiple entities access into their building.
  • My question kind of pivoting from The access.
  • And there is already equal access.
  • This language here, after some of the issues across the rotunda, this language here is what we came to
  • Because the one piece of it also, the tribal native languages we count as a foreign language.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/2/26

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, it has been the same language we've had for about a year now, and it is the same language that passed
  • . language. language.
  • However, outside of these language.
  • Um it's not the local language.
  • other ways to improve the language. other ways to improve the language.
Summary: The committee took up House File 2614, a bill aimed at preventing local governments from requiring or effectively mandating homeowners associations (HOAs) as a condition of residential development approval. The committee first approved the February 25 minutes, then adopted the DE1 amendment to HF 2614 before hearing the bill. The authors said the measure is a bipartisan piece of a larger HOA reform effort and that the language was negotiated with the League of Minnesota Cities and other stakeholders; they emphasized that developers could still choose to create HOAs, but cities and counties could not require them. Testimony in support came from Housing First Minnesota and the Minnesota Homeownership Center. Supporters argued that unnecessary HOAs raise housing costs, reduce affordability, and are often used to shift public infrastructure costs onto homeowners. They said HOAs remain appropriate for shared-wall housing, shared amenities, and other situations where common property is truly needed, but should not be imposed for single-family developments or minor features. Several members shared examples of HOA overreach and asked for clarification on how the bill would work, including whether developers could still request neighborhood signs or other features; staff and the authors said that would still be possible if the developer requested it rather than the local government requiring it. A significant portion of the discussion focused on stormwater ponds and other infrastructure. One member said the bill should not prevent cities from requiring stormwater facilities because maintenance costs and water-quality responsibilities can be substantial and should not be shifted to all taxpayers. The authors responded that the amendment language was intended to balance concerns about unnecessary HOA mandates with the need to address maintenance, noting that some maintenance responsibilities could remain with cities or be handled through developer agreements. A member requested a roll call on the bill, but the transcript does not include a final vote or disposition beyond the discussion and amendment adoption.