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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Care & Wellness Jan 21st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- While there is shared support for resident safety, transparency, and accountability, House Bill 2261
- The medical loss ratio is a basic accountability measure.
- MLR is an accounting measure, not a quality or access standard.
- We're concerned that this policy severs the link between accountability and safety.
- We're concerned that this policy severs the link between accountability and safety.
Summary:
The committee held public hearings on House Bill 2261, which would require health care providers to wear badges showing name, credential, and relevant degrees, require similar disclosure in advertising, and restrict use of the title “physician surgeon” to certain physicians and osteopathic physicians. Supporters, including the Washington State Medical Association and patient advocates, said the bill would improve transparency and informed consent. Opponents from nurse, naturopathic, and adult family home groups argued it was overly broad, burdensome, confusing, and could harm access to care or residential home settings; several also said existing disciplinary laws already address misrepresentation. No vote was taken on HB 2261 during the hearing.
The committee also heard House Bill 2283, which would raise the medical loss ratio for fully insured individual, small group, and large group health plans to 90 percent. Supporters, including small business, patient, and physician groups, said the bill would push more premium dollars toward patient care and lower costs or increase rebates. Insurers and the Office of the Insurance Commissioner warned it could destabilize the market, reduce flexibility for administrative services, and lead to carrier exits, though OIC said it was working on amendments. The bill was not voted on in the hearing.
House Bill 2425, an agency-request bill on nurse delegation, would broaden what tasks registered nurses may delegate, remove some setting and training restrictions, expand emergency medication authority, and adjust liability and retaliation protections. The Board of Nursing, long-term care providers, and skilled nursing/assisted living representatives supported the bill as a modernization that could ease workforce shortages and improve care access, while the Washington State Association for Justice opposed the immunity provisions and raised patient safety concerns. The hearing ended without a vote on HB 2425.
In executive session, the committee advanced several bills. HB 2110, with an amendment clarifying ambulance staffing and RN scope, passed 18-0 with one excused. HB 2113 passed 18-0 with one excused. HB 2122, as amended to require hospitals to offer flu vaccines with several flexibility and critical-access-hospital exemptions, passed 15-3 with one excused. HB 2152, as amended to require certain facilities to allow medical cannabis use for qualifying terminal patients and to add related exemptions and protections, passed 17-1 with one excused. The meeting then adjourned.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Revenue Stabilization and Tax Policy Jun 6th, 2025
Revenue Stabilization & Tax Policy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a savings account for an emergency, absolutely. So because it's non-recurring.
- You have your general fund, which is the checking account.
- And then you have your permanent funds, which are more akin to a retirement account.
- account now and then spill spill over from the checking account ends up in here.
- They are investment accounts.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
April 7, 2025 - 12:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- Purchasing with the Department of Management Services, and Mark Mary, the Assistant Director for Accounting
- This step turns ideas into accountable procurement documents.
- Governance structures are established to ensure accountability and timely delivery.
- This step turns the ideas into accountable procurement documents.
- Governance structures are established to ensure accountability and timely delivery.
Summary:
The subcommittee heard a panel on Florida’s IT procurement process from the Florida Digital Service, the Department of Management Services, and the Department of Financial Services. Witnesses walked through the procurement lifecycle, including planning, market research, solicitation, evaluation, award, implementation, and closeout, and emphasized the role of budget timing, contract managers, and subject matter experts. DMS described the state’s enterprise contracting system, noting more than 1,100 active vendor agreements, over 800 involving IT services, and the statutory requirement to request 25 quotes for certain IT purchases. DFS demonstrated the Florida Accountability Contract Tracking System (FACS), explaining how agencies upload contract and payment data and how the public can search contracts and related documents online.
Members focused on accountability, transparency, and whether the state is getting the best products and vendors. Questions addressed how contracts are vetted, how technical evaluations are performed, how financial consequences are used for missed deliverables, how public records and confidential information are handled, and how the state screens vendors for foreign-concern or bad-actor issues. Witnesses said agencies rely on technical experts for evaluations, that contract terms should include measurable deliverables and meaningful financial consequences, and that agencies—not procurement staff—generally manage performance, though Florida Digital Service oversees large IT projects of $10 million or more.
The committee then shifted to broader policy discussion, including Senate Bill 7026 and proposals to reorganize state IT governance. Several members argued for stronger centralization under a state CIO or similar enterprise authority, while others cautioned against abrupt restructuring and stressed the need for a transition plan. Members also raised concerns about workforce retention, consulting services, recurring project overruns, and the need for better planning and periodic monitoring. No votes were taken; the meeting ended with the chair thanking members and staff and adjourning the subcommittee.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nominations of Jonathan Gould, of Virginia, to be Comptroller of the Currency for a term of five years, Luke Pettit, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Paul Atkins, of Virginia, to be Mar 27th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- As county executive, I led through crisis and managed complex budgets and embraced accountability, not
- Do you agree with me that the examiners... on that account should be fired.
- Company Accounting Oversight Board, the PCAOB.
- And you called out your own metropolitan transit agency on a lack of transparency and accountability.
- My expectation and my commitment is... uphold the highest standard of accountability and transparency
Keywords:
financial regulations, SEC, Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Transit Administration, nominees, Empowering Main Street in America Act, capital formation, economic growth
Summary:
The committee meeting focused on several nominees within key financial institutions, including discussions surrounding the SEC, the Federal Transit Administration, and the Comptroller of the Currency. Notable dialogue included concerns over regulatory balance, with various members emphasizing a need to streamline regulations to foster innovation while ensuring accountability and safety for investors. The importance of the proposed 'Empowering Main Street in America Act' was highlighted as a means to facilitate access to capital for small businesses, underlining the current administration's approach towards financial regulations.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Mar 20th, 2025
Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- If you take into account all of the supports we have built in and funded with this money.
- And so we've seen that a number of different accounts that we have, and we want to use that money for
- So this is the groundwork for a publicly funded trust account that will support young people as they
- Then after that point when it becomes a distribution account as well, uh, then it'll be 1/3 by the SIC
- Act sit empty for 18 years isn't necessarily the best use of an account per se.
Committee:
Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Mar 18th, 2025
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- as reflected in the central financial reporting and accounting system.
- Chair, to accounts as reflected in the central financial reporting and accounting system.
- It's the accounting system of the state. Thank you. OK. Mr.
- Is this accounting for all reversions is what I'm asking? Um, Mr.
- That's a good accountability measure for the legislature.
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on State Government (3-12-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- The last one is an add that they’re wanting to add, and it adds a self-directed brokerage account.
- It currently affects about 2% of their employees using these types of accounts.
- It currently affects about 2% of their employees using these types of accounts.
- It currently affects about 2% of their employees using these types of accounts.
- It currently affects about 2% of their employees using these types of accounts.
Summary:
The House State Government Committee met with a quorum and took up several Senate bills, adopting committee substitutes where offered. Senate Bill 176, relating to statutory committees within the Legislative Research Commission, was presented by Senator Matt Nunn as a cleanup and process-streamlining measure for appointments, vacancies, and appointing authorities. It passed the committee 15-0 with a title amendment.
Senate Bill 104, presented by Senator Scott Maiden and the Kentucky Public Employees Deferred Compensation Authority, would update deferred compensation law by adding a fiduciary standard, allowing less expensive liability insurance, making federal-law compliance self-correcting, and authorizing a self-directed brokerage account option. It passed 15-0 with favorable expression. Senate Bill 9, presented by Senator Jimmy Higdon, would change teacher retirement-related leave provisions, including up to 30 days of maternity leave, a 13-day annual rollover toward retirement, limits on using annual leave to increase retirement benefits, reporting requirements, and related cleanup provisions. After questions about maternity leave, district flexibility, and the actuarial cost of additional days, it passed 15-0 with favorable expression.
Senate Bill 129, presented by Senator Rocky Adams and House sponsor Representative John Hudson, was described as a housing and redevelopment measure aimed at vacant, abandoned, and tax-delinquent properties in Louisville. Testimony focused on allowing qualified nonprofits to purchase certain tax-delinquent properties after a waiting period, along with provisions on density development, accessory dwelling units, urban development incentives, fire and code enforcement recovery, a Central Business District tax fix, and changes to binding elements. Members raised concerns about nonprofit qualifications, land bank overlap, and county clerk burden; the bill passed 13-1 with one pass and received a title amendment. Senate Bill 178, presented by Senator Mike Nemes, was a short reorganization bill to codify the transfer of the Department of Disability Determination Services Program from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to the Labor Cabinet. It passed 12-0. The committee then recorded additional votes and adjourned, with the chair thanking members and staff, noting it was likely the final meeting of the year.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Natural Resources & Energy (2-13-25)
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary:
The Natural Resources and Energy Committee held its first meeting of the 2025 session, welcomed several new members, and confirmed a quorum. The committee first took up House Bill 137 on air quality monitoring. The sponsor and committee substitute were presented as requiring scientifically defensible, quality-assured data for air pollution enforcement, with the sponsor saying citizen complaints could still prompt agency inspections. A Kentucky Resources Council attorney testified in opposition, arguing the bill could limit low-cost community monitoring, conflict with the Clean Air Act’s credible evidence provisions, and undermine community efforts to identify pollution hotspots. After discussion, the committee adopted the substitute and passed HB 137 with favorable expression.
The committee then considered House Bill 196, dealing with mining emergency technicians. The sponsor said the bill responds to the decline in coal mining and smaller mine operations, and that it was developed with the Energy and Environment Cabinet and was not opposed by the Kentucky Coal Association or the UMWA. The bill would require one medic for mines with 10 or fewer miners, two for larger operations up to 50, and one additional medic for each additional 50 miners, with the sponsor saying the change would help small mines avoid shutting down shifts when a medic is unavailable. A question about the ratio above 50 was answered by noting the language came from the cabinet and was not being changed. The committee then passed HB 196 with favorable expression.
At the close of the meeting, the chair reminded members that the committee would continue using the 24-hour rule for amendments and committee substitutes and that agendas would generally be sent out the day before meetings.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- And I want to thank you for taking into account accountability that there will be SNAP recipients who
- Secretary of State, as long as it has a bank account that's also open.
- That's the purpose of this: to de-muddy the waters and move those donations into a separate bank account
- The items that you receive in your account are subject to contribution limits that are outlined in a
- So, Madam Chair and Senators, if I had a PAC alongside my candidacy PAC, or candidacy account, then I
Committee:
Senate Senate Rules
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 52 Jun 4th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- H5472 replaces this outdated model with a framework centered on consumer rights and accountability.
- It's not accountable in any way.
- , and that that would somehow protect consumers and hold big tech accountable.
- This bill holds accountable those big businesses and corporations, of most businesses.
- All amendments are accounted for. There is no fiscal note. Mr.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Community Safety Feb 24th, 2026 at 04:00 pm
Community Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- So I really want to be holding accountable those who produce and disseminate that.
- And we really do need to hold accountable those who are endangering others on the roadways.
- And we really do need to hold accountable those who are endangering others on the roadways.
- But most importantly, seeks to hold accountable those businesses that are assisting with trafficking
- There's so many... ...risk protection orders, reproductive rights, police accountability, immigrants'
Committee:
House Community Safety
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Business, Trade & Economic Development Jan 15th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Business, Trade & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- . ...in settings designed specifically for teens, and they're private by default for accounts under 16
- TikTok also restricts features like direct messaging for younger teens, blocks live access for accounts
- Similarly, Instagram is moving teen accounts toward a PG-13 content standard by default, meaning teens
- Teen accounts are being treated as a separate product category with stricter defaults.
- In short, this bill holds insurers accountable to both consumers and the insurance commissioner without
Bills:
SB5928
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
October 15, 2025 - 11:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill creates no new rights, and it has no new form of accountability.
- It has only lowered accountability and trust in our health care system.
- There's clearly room in the budget, just not for accountability.
- So I set out on a mission to hold the hospital and doctors accountable.
- It reduces accountability for negligent medical providers.
Summary:
The Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee considered one bill, HB 603, which would repeal section 768.21(8), the Florida medical negligence wrongful death exception often referred to by supporters as the “Free Kill” law. The sponsor argued the current statute unfairly bars certain families—especially adult children or parents of unmarried adults without minor children—from recovering non-economic damages when a loved one dies from medical negligence, while such damages are available in other wrongful death cases. Supporters, including family members, AARP, and some legal advocates, testified that the law is discriminatory and denies equal access to justice for grieving families and vulnerable adults.
Opponents, including physicians, hospital and insurer representatives, and business groups, argued that repeal would increase malpractice exposure, raise premiums, worsen access to care, and accelerate physician retirements or departures from Florida. Several urged that if the bill moves forward, it should be paired with caps on non-economic damages to balance the impact on the health care system. Supporters countered that negligence must still be proven, that the law creates unequal treatment, and that existing tort reforms have not lowered premiums. The sponsor closed by rejecting claims that the bill is “jackpot justice” and emphasizing that families deserve court access and accountability.
After debate, the committee voted on HB 603 and passed it 16-2. The meeting then adjourned.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Oct 8th, 2025
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Transcript Highlights:
- to the people. ...of their elected official, you know, who's accountable to the people.
- early 1980s, to the new accounting system called PALM.
- safety and accountability.
- Florida Planning, Accounting, and Ledger Management. We heard POM.
- Florida planning, accounting, and ledger management. We heard POM.
Summary:
The committee met for an interim appropriations presentation hearing focused on justice administration agencies. Members heard budget requests from the State Attorney’s Office, Public Defenders, the Justice Administrative Commission, Regional Conflict Counsel, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, and the Guardian ad Litem Office, followed by a presentation from the Department of Juvenile Justice and a brief public comment from a nonprofit advocate. The chair noted that presentations from the Department of Law Enforcement and the Commission on Offender Review would be moved to a later meeting.
The state attorney requested funding to true up underfunded circuits under the existing formula, staff 14 new criminal judgeships, replace declining VOCA victim-services funding with general revenue, and cover a projected due process shortfall. The public defender asked for a higher starting salary for assistant public defenders, funding to restore balance in circuits where public defenders lag behind state attorneys, and staffing for new criminal judgeships. Regional conflict counsel and capital collateral regional counsel also sought salary adjustments, additional attorneys and case costs, and competitive area differential funding to address recruitment and retention issues. The Justice Administrative Commission requested funding for Florida PALM readiness and implementation and for IT hardware and software replacement; it also relayed a clerks’ request for reimbursement related to injunctions for protection, Baker Act, Marchman Act, and sexually violent predator cases.
The Guardian ad Litem Office said it now has a guardian ad litem for every child in Florida and requested salary increases for senior and managing attorneys to reduce turnover. The Department of Juvenile Justice presented a much larger budget request to expand residential and detention capacity, increase per diem rates, renovate and replace aging facilities, fund the Broward detention center rebuild, improve cybersecurity and the juvenile information system, and cover rising lease costs. Members asked questions about staffing, compensation, detention and residential treatment needs, mental health and substance-use services, and the Broward project timeline. A nonprofit advocate then asked for better data collection on protection orders and related court actions to support funding for domestic violence and recovery services. The committee adjourned without taking any formal votes on the budget requests.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Insurance Committee Apr 2nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- AB 234 is a step toward improving the accountability of the Fair Plan by enhancing legislative oversight
- When you have even tax matters, when you have these kinds of matters, we need someone to hold accountable
- this committee, again, I think it's a step in the right direction to provide transparency and accountability
- individuals to build sustainable careers while ensuring consumer protection and professional accountability
- Largely, it comes down to tax accounting, marijuana-related businesses, down to tax accounting, marijuana-related
Summary:
The Assembly Insurance Committee met as a subcommittee and heard several bills focused on insurance transparency, wildfire mitigation, market access, and workforce issues. AB 75 would require insurers to give homeowners 30 days’ notice before collecting aerial images of their property and allow homeowners to review those images; supporters said it would improve privacy and prevent inaccurate non-renewals, while consumer and industry groups both sought amendments. AB 234 would add the Assembly Speaker and Senate President pro Tem, or designees, as non-voting members on the California FAIR Plan governing committee; the Department of Insurance supported it as an oversight measure, while Consumer Federation of California said it was only a small first step toward broader transparency reforms. AB 428 would let water corporations join joint powers authorities for pooled insurance, with supporters citing rising insurance costs for small water systems and no remaining opposition after amendments. AB 943 would streamline producer pre-licensing education by removing the 20-hour per-line requirement while keeping ethics training; industry sponsors said it would reduce barriers to entry, while consumer advocates warned it could lower professional standards. AB 1209 would create a pathway for cannabis employers to secure workers’ compensation coverage and related services through a state-coordinated network; supporters said it would help bring the industry into compliance, while one member raised concerns about creating a special carveout for a federally restricted industry. AB 1 would require periodic review of the state’s Safer from Wildfire regulations every five years, and it drew broad support from the department, insurers, local governments, and industry groups as a way to keep wildfire mitigation incentives current.
The committee also took up a consent calendar including AB 69, AB 487, and AB 570, all of which were sent to Appropriations. The committee approved AB 75 to Privacy and Consumer Protection, AB 234 to the Assembly Floor, AB 428 to Local Government, AB 943 to Appropriations, AB 1209 to Business and Professions, and AB 1 to Appropriations. Most measures passed on strong or unanimous votes after members added coauthor requests and expressed support for the bills’ consumer protection, transparency, or wildfire-related goals.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The Minnesota Forward Fund is listed on 2.23, and then the premium security plan account is listed on
- So there it doesn't allow for any additional spending out of these funds or accounts.
- </c> account is listed on 2.27. account is listed on 2.27.
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- And then for the funds or accounts.
Bills:
HF601
Committee:
House Ways and Means
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
04/29/2026 - House Republican Caucus Calendar #21
Transcript Highlights:
- It protects empowerment scholarship accounts, educational It addresses that.
- It protects empowerment scholarship accounts, educational choice and freedom for families.
- So we've accounted for that, a $100 million savings ongoing. We're giving her a year head start.
- So we're accounting for that in this budget.
- We just want to hold them accountable; it's our job. Any additional comments or questions?
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Employee Retirement Apr 28th, 2026 at 08:30 am
Joint Committee on Public Employee Retirement
Transcript Highlights:
- But we can't be held accountable for what happened 20 years ago.
- And I don't know how you hold anybody accountable for 20...
- Yeah, there was my intent to hold the current board accountable or anyone.
- But we're here and now, and we have to take historic actions into account.
- And so just looking for guidance from you, and there may be accountability. I don't know.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Rep. Nolan West Press Conference 3/3/26
Transcript Highlights:
- This legislation is about accountability. It's about transparency. It's about protecting children.
- Those moments could have provided clarity, accountability, and justice.
- But there is a huge difference in accountability. This work started last session.
- It provides important safety and accountability for kids.
- And I consider the safety of children and accountability for those who would harm kids.
Summary:
State Representative Nolan West announced “Harvey’s Law,” a proposal to require child care centers that receive state funding through CCAP, early learning scholarships, or Great Start compensation to install cameras in infant and toddler rooms and retain footage for 28 days. West said the bill is an expansion of portions of House File 1915 passed last year, arguing that cameras are needed for transparency, accountability, and child safety, and that waiting for a maltreatment violation before requiring cameras is too late. He also said the measure is aimed at centers rather than family child care, and that he would like to see cameras more broadly but is focusing this bill on state-funded centers.
West and Harvey’s parents, Catherine and Hunter Mucklebust, described Harvey’s death at daycare and said cameras could have revealed earlier abuse, prevented later harm, and led to stronger accountability. They said they believe Harvey would still be alive if cameras had been installed, and that even if the bill does not pass in full, any step toward cameras would be meaningful. A statement from Blaine Police Captain Mark Borboom was read, saying a 2024 child care abuse investigation showed how a 7-day retention period can cause critical evidence to be lost and that cameras are about transparency and protection, not surveillance.
During questions, West addressed privacy and cybersecurity concerns, saying the bill uses closed-circuit systems, access controls, and audit logs, and that cybersecurity experts would testify at the committee hearing. He said the main opposition is the risk of hacking, but he believes child safety outweighs that concern. West also clarified that the bill discussed at a separate 3:00 hearing was a different measure related to CCAP fraud and attendance verification, not Harvey’s Law. The Mucklebusts said they expect a long legislative process but remain committed to pushing the bill forward.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- And ironically, just recently reached out to the Board of Accountancy to try to determine how I could
- I personally would like to see maybe something, say, the Board of Accountancy could potentially have
- The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy and the American Institute of CPAs were hand
- And the Board of Accountancy has processes through which that can occur.
- And I am pleased to see a pathway that may lead people to government accounting rather than FASB.
Committee:
House Business