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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Suspend rules to take up HF3819 4/30/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I pay around $900 a week for my two kids.
- I pay around $900 a Trust me, I know.
- for those systems or our centers paying for those systems or our centers paying<00:35:20.760>
for - And we have paying for the systems.
- And it is fund to help you pay for it.
Summary:
The House took up an urgency motion to recall House File 3819 from committee and advance it to final passage. Supporters said the bill was needed to address fraud in the child care assistance program (CCAP), citing recent FBI raids on child care centers, prior audit findings, and long-standing concerns about weak oversight. They described the bill as restoring a penalty of perjury for attendance records, requiring electronic attendance tracking, mandating unannounced inspections, and requiring camera monitoring for higher-funded providers so the state can verify attendance and reduce improper payments.
Opponents argued the bill was not ready, raised concerns about cost, implementation, and the inclusion of camera surveillance, and said the language could create problems related to retention and possible misuse of video. One member said the state had already taken bipartisan action on child care fraud in prior sessions and that the larger fraud estimates being cited were overstated compared with convictions. Another member emphasized that electronic attendance monitoring was the one part they supported, but said the bill lacked clarity and a Senate companion.
Members also discussed the history of CCAP fraud investigations, including earlier OLA reports, criminal investigations within DHS, and allegations that fraud vulnerabilities had been known for years. Supporters argued the bill would help recover taxpayer dollars and improve affordability by reducing fraud, while critics warned that added camera requirements could increase costs for providers and potentially threaten child care center viability. The debate included questions and answers about video retention, with the bill author stating the intended retention period was 90 days, though a member noted that language was not clearly visible in the version before the House.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-06-16 (7:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- patients, where they have to pay a co-pay for certain services.
- There's co-pays involved for Medicaid patients, where they have to pay a co-pay for certain services.
- My understanding was that those vendors—why are we paying them extra to pay for their staff, because
- receiving pay raises.
- They don't have to pay rent.
Summary:
The House met on the final day of session, swore in Representatives Boyles and Hodgers, and observed a moment of silence for the Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, as well as for Representative Rosenwald’s father. The chamber then moved into final budget work, with leaders outlining the plan to take up H.J.R. 5019, HB 7031, HB 5017, HB 5015, and then the general appropriations act once the Senate transmitted it. H.J.R. 5019, a proposed constitutional amendment to expand the budget stabilization fund, was explained and amended to raise the rainy day fund cap, require annual deposits, and allow withdrawals for critical state needs by a two-thirds vote; it passed 100-1.
The House then adopted the conference report on HB 7031, the tax package. The bill repeals the business rent tax and aviation fuel tax, delays the natural gas fuel tax, creates or expands several sales tax holidays and exemptions, including permanent exemptions for disaster-preparedness items, hunting/fishing/camping items, and ammunition and firearms-related purchases, and makes changes to property, corporate income, local tax, and economic development provisions. Members debated the removal of recurring housing trust fund and transit-related revenue streams, the new ammunition exemption, and the data center tax changes; supporters argued the package reduces taxes and preserves annual budget flexibility, while opponents raised concerns about housing, transportation, and gun violence. The conference report passed 93-7.
HB 5017, creating a debt reduction program funded by a recurring transfer to retire state bonds early, passed unanimously. HB 5015, the state group insurance conforming bill, which directs DMS to develop a formulary management plan and codifies the administrative health insurance assessment, also passed. The House then began explanation and questions on the fiscal year 2025-26 general appropriations act, described as a $115.1 billion budget that is down $3.8 billion from the current year and includes more than $12 billion in reserves. Subcommittee chairs summarized major spending areas, including pre-K-12 funding increases, health care funding for Medicaid, KidCare, nursing homes, opioid treatment, and mental health, transportation and economic development funding, environmental and water projects, higher education, state administration, justice, and information technology. Questions focused on school vouchers, inflationary pressures on school districts, and the adequacy of funding for housing, transportation, and other priorities.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- who's going to pay for it?
- for this, who's going to going to pay for this, who's going to pay<00:24:19.520>
for <00:24:19.679 - pay for it? Just taxpayers? pay for it? Just taxpayers?
- Is that taxpayers are paying for this.
- We're not paying that money out just to get taxed on it to get it back.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
Transcript Highlights:
- We do not need interim legislation of paying 1.4... ...We do not need interim legislation of paying 1.5
- state mandate directing dealers to pay their technicians.
- We oppose paying for time not spent working on a vehicle.
- So OEMs overlap to avoid double paying for efforts when operations are performed together.
- Because obviously the consumer would have to pay for additional time to the repair...
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure heard testimony on a wide range of bills involving consumer protection, auto regulation, alcohol licenses, and professional licensure. A major focus was legislation to require a one-hour domestic violence awareness training for salon and cosmetology licensees (H.323/S.200), supported by District Attorney Marion Ryan, law enforcement, and a salon industry witness who described the program’s value in identifying and helping victims. The committee also heard strong support from the Attorney General’s office for auto consumer protection legislation (S.228/H.379) that would expand used-car warranty protections, extend the Lemon Law return period to seven days after receipt of the vehicle, raise the mileage cap to 200,000 miles, and increase dealer surety bonds to $50,000. Independent dealers opposed those changes, arguing they would burden small businesses and that dealer education, not expanded liability, was the better solution.
The committee also took testimony on bills related to vehicle financial products and repair information. A trade association supported GAP waiver legislation (H.4188/S.281), saying it would create clear consumer protections and standard disclosures. On right-to-repair and heavy-duty vehicle service information (S.266), engine and truck manufacturers supported an exemption for commercial vehicles, while others argued that releasing service data to the general public could create safety, cybersecurity, and emissions risks. The committee then heard extensive testimony on auto dealer franchise and warranty reimbursement legislation (S.201/H.406), with dealer groups supporting changes to warranty labor reimbursement and manufacturer groups opposing them as costly and unnecessary. Manufacturers from GM, Volvo, Toyota, Hyundai, Mazda, and others said their current time-study and appeals processes already compensate dealers fairly and that the bill would raise costs for consumers.
In addition, the committee heard testimony on H.333, which would move auto damage appraiser licensing from the Division of Insurance to the Division of Occupational Licensure. Collision repair advocates supported the change, saying the current board structure leads to repeated dismissals of complaints and lacks accountability, while emphasizing that the bill is intended to protect consumers and ensure proper repair reimbursement. The hearing also included testimony in support of a local alcohol license petition for Westwood and a separate local alcohol measure for a town grant license. At the end of the hearing, the chairs announced that all docketed bills had been heard, noted that a joint poll would be held on H.4184, and the committee voted to adjourn by voice vote.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE Jun 18th, 2026
ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE
Transcript Highlights:
- I know that TANF pays for me, so I identify with that program.
- I know that TANF pays for me, so I identify with that program.
- That was one of the goals we had, making work pay.
- Because our philosophy was there were really two, if you're... ...pay.
- That was one of the goals we had, making work pay.
Summary:
The committee met to hear consultants Mason Bishop and Cameron Christie discuss Arkansas’s “one door/no wrong door” workforce and social services modernization effort. Bishop argued that the current system is fragmented across multiple agencies, offices, and portals, making it hard for job seekers and employers to access services efficiently. He said the goal is to create a more integrated system that promotes upward mobility, longer labor force attachment, better employer access to talent, greater efficiency, and faster adaptation to changes such as AI and other economic disruptions.
Bishop repeatedly pointed to Utah as a model, describing how that state combined workforce and public assistance functions into a single agency, used statewide cost allocation to blend funding streams, and improved customer service and outcomes after reform. He said Arkansas should consider integrating governance, service delivery, and financing, including possible waivers, a statewide cost allocation plan, and a benefits-cliff pilot. He also said Arkansas’s current local workforce board structure creates duplication and weak coordination, and that Launch is a useful tool but not a full service-delivery system.
Committee members asked how the proposal would work in practice, including whether TANF could be used to cross-train DHS workers, how federal waivers might be obtained, how local boards would be affected, and how disabled clients would be handled. Bishop said TANF should be treated as part of a workforce strategy, that federal pilot authority for workforce reform nearly passed but did not, and that waivers are now the practical path. He also said Arkansas could either merge functions more fully or at minimum co-locate workforce staff in DHS offices statewide. No votes were taken; the meeting ended with plans to continue the discussion in August, including a focus on case management and whether the state is managing programs or people.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma Education Commission Feb 26th, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Oklahoma Education Commission
Transcript Highlights:
- Inequality that we sometimes have with access: people that can't pay, free people that cannot pay, people
- We have kids come in that pay me in $2 bills.
- Here's the things you need to pay attention to.
- But think, do you own the material, or do you just pay for it.
- paying attention if you've got Any questions or any ideas?
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Judiciary (02/03/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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representative <00:32:30.120>Romo - to pay?
- should be paying people should be paying should be paying people should be paying for<02:00:18.760
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for these degrees that will never pay for these degrees that will never pay - math what do I mean by will never pay math what do I mean by will never pay for<03:15:48.120>
Summary:
The House Judiciary Committee opened with a hearing on CACR 7, a proposed constitutional amendment to explicitly state that defendants are innocent until proven guilty in all cases and suits brought by the state. The prime sponsor argued the amendment would strengthen due process, prevent government overreach, and extend the presumption of innocence beyond criminal cases into civil and administrative matters such as forfeiture and family court proceedings. In testimony and questioning, the sponsor cited New Hampshire constitutional provisions, historical examples, and concerns about courts shifting burdens onto individuals. Committee members raised questions about the amendment’s wording, its relationship to existing law, and whether it would have practical effect if current statutes already place the burden on the state. The hearing was then closed without further witnesses.
The committee next moved to executive session on House Bill 480, which establishes a procedure for restoring competency and creates a pilot forensic liaison position in Merrimack or Strafford County to assist with that process. After discussion about prior concerns, including an email from the Disabilities Rights Center and whether enough members were present, the committee voted to adopt Amendment 2025-61H and then voted ought to pass as amended. The amendment passed unanimously, and the bill passed on a 10-1 roll call, with Representative Andrew voting no. The chair noted the bill would not go on consent and that no minority report was planned.
Finally, the committee opened a hearing on House Bill 666-FN, which would add restitution for violations of library-use confidentiality and expressly include library cards and membership status among confidential records. The sponsor said the bill was intended to strengthen privacy protections after a local dispute and to provide a remedy and deterrent for improper disclosure. Committee questions focused on whether the restitution penalty would apply to accidental disclosures, how the bill interacts with existing exceptions such as court orders or investigations, and whether the language was consistent with current confidentiality law. The hearing remained open at the end of the transcript.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Everybody pays $1,000 a year because you can't afford to pay $100,000 at one time.
- They feel like they're paying too much.
- Everybody pays $1,000 a year because you can't afford to pay $100,000 at one time.
- They feel like they're paying too much.
- You pay less for insurance.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- When combined with self-pay care.
- regardless of ability to pay. regardless of ability to pay.
- The poor pay more by a percentage of their income when they pay sales tax than does any other cohort
- To pay for it is not regressive.
- The poor do pay. What is their fair share?
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We do not choose to put attendance requirements in place in order to be able to pay our staff and pay
- We do not choose to put attendance requirements in place in order to be able to pay our staff and pay
- We do not choose to put attendance requirements in place in order to be able to pay our staff and pay
- We do not choose to put attendance requirements in place in order to be able to pay our staff and pay
- our staff and pay the bills.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: DFL Members Discuss Federal Impacts, Medicaid, SNAP Cuts in 2026 Budget - 04/29/26
Transcript Highlights:
- That means that we as people who have health insurance and pay for health insurance are going to pay
- On have to pay for that coverage there.
- for food on the table, to pay for their health insurance and health care coverage, to pay for child care
- , to pay for gas, all of the things.
- for food on the table, to pay for their health insurance and health care coverage, to pay for child
Summary:
Senate DFL senators discussed the Health and Human Services supplemental budget on the floor, framing it as a response to federal HR 1 and related Trump administration policies that they said shift costs to states, counties, hospitals, and families. Senators Liz Bolden, Lindsey Port, Erin Murphy, Alice Mann, and Rob Kupec argued the bill is needed to backfill cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, stabilize hospitals, and prevent property tax increases and service disruptions. They said the package totals about $700 million, with more than $250 million aimed at hospital support and roughly $300 million to help counties absorb food-support cost shifts.
Members described the federal changes as adding red tape and work-reporting requirements that would cause eligible people to lose coverage, with estimates cited of more than 150,000 Minnesotans losing Medicaid and about 62,000 losing individual-market coverage due to higher premiums. They also said counties would face new administrative burdens and hiring needs, and that rural hospitals, safety-net providers, and EMS systems would see more uncompensated care. One senator noted Dakota County could face an additional $11 million next year and property tax increases, while another said Minnesota hospitals could see charity care rise by more than $269 million next year.
The discussion also covered specific funding in the bill, including $300 million for hospital stabilization, with $150 million for HCMC, nearly $115 million for other hospital stabilization grants, almost $18 million for community safety-net providers, and $15 million for rural EMS uncompensated care. Senators said these funds are short-term measures, not long-term fixes, and that if the state did nothing, the health care system and SNAP administration could collapse. They said they do not expect Republican support in the Senate and suggested longer-term options could include federal changes after the next election or state-level tax changes on the ultra-wealthy. No vote outcome was stated in the excerpt, but the senators indicated the bill would move forward with DFL support.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Assume that they would pay the same tuition rates that they are currently paying.
- If we do away with the tax, it lowers tax on anyone that pays it. Follow up. Thank you.
- Industry to pay their fair share to clean up the land. Further debate on the bill?
- They were paying like 12%. We were fighting for them to only pay 5%.
- In order to do business in Oklahoma, you have to pay us money.
Bills:
HB1427, SB1403, SB1448, SB1489, SB1546, SB1557, SB1614, SB1377, SB1990, SB1439, SB1630, SB1632, SB1696, SB1796, SB1824, SB1362, SB1849, SB2066, SB2071, SB2104, SB933, SB1633, SB1224, SB1246, SB1280, SB1303, SB1346
Keywords:
tax credit, clean-burning fuel, hydrogen fuel cells, compressed natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, environmental impact, vehicle modification, renewable energy, job incentives, tax rebates, Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program, employment growth, wage requirements, Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act, consumer protection, unfair trade practices, deceptive practices, exemptions, statutory exemptions, Corporation Commission
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 17th, 2026 at 08:07 am
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- pay from being at 50% of the region to 60%.
- Pickup is more from a family than we've done with 20 pay increases. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
- There's nothing wrong when you have money to spend it and to use it on the people That pay it.
- Chairman, we're not able to give a pay raise to our state employees, public service workers.
- Chair and Representatives, remember if you're under $50,000, it's 100% pay.
Keywords:
general appropriation, budget, Medicaid, education funding, public safety, telecommunications, low-income assistance, lifeline, broadband, rural broadband, universal service fund, public regulation commission, PRC, 911 surcharge, telecommunications relay service, VoIP, mobile service, internet affordability, digital equity, digital inclusion
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Government, Elections And Indian Affairs Feb 7th, 2026 at 10:15 am
House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Ours is the only state that pays its legislators no salary.
- H.J.R. 5 provides a clear and fair way to pay our legislators.
- I'm going on my sixth year now, and I don't have outside pay.
- I'm chair, Madam Chair, and Representative, no, you could opt out from the pay.
- And the strategies of pay across the country, they are all very different.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- How are we paying for this, more broadly?
- It can't pay for the tax conformity deal. It can't pay for her tax conformity bill.
- They also pay taxes and they also file returns.
- There are no statute penalties for them, but when you have to pay TurboTax again, when you have to pay
- your CPA again, you have to pay whomever.
Keywords:
individual income tax, subtraction, Arizona Revised Statutes, retirement benefits, adoption costs, charitable contributions, health insurance, premium payment, Arizona State Retirement System, contingent annuitant, long-term disability, benefits limitations, disability compensation, social security, retirement system, elected officials, ASRS, eligibility waiver, age 65, education savings
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 2785, a tax conformity measure that would update Arizona statutes to conform to the Internal Revenue Code as of January 1, 2026, including retroactive provisions for tax year 2025. The sponsor and supporters said the bill would align state law with tax forms already issued by the Department of Revenue, provide certainty to filers, and deliver about $440 million in tax relief through provisions such as no tax on tips and overtime, a larger standard deduction, and a $6,000 senior deduction. Opponents argued the bill would significantly reduce state revenue, disproportionately benefit higher-income taxpayers, and should be considered alongside a broader budget plan. After debate and an amendment addressing retroactivity and foreign dividends, the committee approved HB 2785 on a 5-4 vote.
The committee then took up several Arizona State Retirement System and education savings bills. HB 2089 clarified the health insurance premium benefit subsidy for retirees and passed unanimously. HB 2090 changed the disability determination period for long-term disability benefits from 24 months within a five-year period to a straight 24-month period and passed 8-1. HB 2092 allowed employees over age 65 to waive ARS participation within 30 days of becoming eligible and also passed 8-1. HB 2477 conformed Arizona’s 529 education savings plan to federal law, including expanded uses and a permanent rollover to ABLE accounts and Roth IRAs; testimony supported the cleanup and simplification, but some members raised concerns about the Roth rollover and possible use of transferred ESA funds. HB 2477 passed 5-3 with one present vote, and the committee then adjourned.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- So it is a very small fee, but it is something that we have to pay.
- So the council determines my pay, and then they have set up pay bands, and I'm able to determine the
- pay for my staff within those pay bands.
- very strongly with the amount of pay that's required.
- Pay levels came up somewhat this last year.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Jan 28th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Appropriations and Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- Your private pay, so that's kind of where we get further away from that 75% of market rate.
- The model that you all have is if they don't show up, you don't pay.
- Are you all open to doing like a three-day minimum that you all pay for.
- I think it's 6 absent days per month is what the agency pays for. So we do that.
- Maybe a survey of the daycare owners would help because they know what the private pay folks are paying
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Licensing & Administrative Procedures Apr 1st, 2025
Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Transcript Highlights:
- clear direction on who exactly they're paying.
- He told me that the fee was non-negotiable and I refused to pay the $130.
- Did you pay cash? Yes. Did you get a receipt?
- We want systems where we have orderly parking and where people pay for parking.
- But who pays to maintain the database?
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 111 May 4th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- already pay taxes? already pay taxes?
- No, now a a a decrease in our pay.
- Instead of pay see hiring freezes.
- employers have to pay increased costs? employers have to pay increased costs?
- They're not taking a rate pay decrease. They're not taking a rate pay decrease.
Summary:
The House convened, established a quorum, and approved the journal of Friday, May 1, 2026, on a voice vote after Representative Johnson offered a humorous Star Wars-themed motion. Members then made announcements about upcoming committee meetings, including Finance, Business Affairs and Labor, State Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Water, and Natural Resources, and Appropriations, along with a few non-legislative notices such as open enrollment and a Cinco de Mayo potluck.
The chamber also received a committee report from Appropriations recommending House Bills 1016, 1272, 1326, 1428, and Senate Bill 5 to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation. The Majority Leader moved to add House Bills 1054, 1272, 1327, 1016, and 1428 to the special orders calendar for May 4, 2026 at 9:18 a.m., and there was no objection.
The House then took up Senate Bill 160, concerning employee protections in the workplace, with a Business and Labor committee report. The bill’s sponsors said it would ensure meatpacking workers receive frequent bathroom breaks and that the cost of initial protective equipment is not deducted from paychecks. Supporters argued the bill protects basic dignity and health, while opponents said the issues are already covered by OSHA and that the measure is redundant, potentially preempted, and too specific to one employer. Representative Richardson offered amendment L002 to require coordination with OSHA before state action, but the amendment was defeated on a voice vote. Debate on the bill continued, with members divided over whether the legislation was needed or whether existing labor and safety rules were sufficient.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 04/02/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- have the financial wherewithal to pay have the financial wherewithal to pay producers.<01:05:06.880
- So um it this processors don't pay them.
- have the entity prove that they can pay have the entity prove that they can pay producers<01:06:
- minimum level of proof that they can pay minimum level of proof that they can pay producers<01:06
- Uh, isn't that a can't pay for it.