Video & Transcript Research : 'modification'
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House lawmakers OK bill to bring Minnesota into compliance with 'One Big Beautiful Bill' 5/7/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And as you go through the house, there are modifications that have been made in order to provide appropriate
- the house, And you as you go through the house, there<02:37:11.040>
are <02:37:11.520>modifications - <02:37:12.240>
that <02:37:12.479>have <02:37:12.720>been there are modifications - that have been there are modifications that have been made<02:37:13.120>
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Summary:
Senate File 4612, a state government bill affecting the Department of Health, Human Services, and Children, Youth, and Families, was taken up with a House language amendment adopted at the outset. The bill’s authors gave sharply different perspectives: one described it as a limited, reactive measure tied to federal Medicaid changes and said it fell short of needed health care improvements, while the other argued it would avoid large federal penalties, add Medicaid work requirements, save taxpayer money, and help certain rural and disability-related services.
Members then debated several amendments. A technical House research amendment was offered, followed by a contested amendment on the all-payer claims database. Supporters of that change argued the bill expanded data access and could allow sensitive health data to be sold or used outside the United States, raising privacy and jurisdiction concerns; opponents said the data would remain deidentified, access would be limited to researchers, and the fee structure was a cost-recovery mechanism rather than a sale. The amendment to the amendment failed on a 67-67 tie, and the underlying amendment was not adopted.
The committee also adopted an amendment updating mortuary science rules for natural organic reduction and another that would automatically enroll certain people into medical assistance if they did not choose a program themselves. A later amendment creating a therapeutic psilocybin pilot program for mental health and PTSD treatment drew strong bipartisan support, especially from members citing veteran suicide, trauma, and promising research; it was adopted after discussion. The transcript ended while discussion continued on how the program would be administered, including questions about using the Office of Cannabis Management rather than the Department of Health.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- further Recommendations for language, further recommendations for language, further language and modification
- exists, we're looking at about a 10-year, $29 million capital need with regard to improvements and modifications
- We actually do provide... and modifications and fixes to our and modifications and fixes to our system
MN
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- And the largest cost item is the modification of the limit on business interest deduction.
- cost<00:51:31.200>
item <00:51:31.520>is <00:51:31.760>the <00:51:31.920>modification - <00:51:32.640>
of <00:51:32.880>the cost item is the modification of the cost item - is the modification of the limit<00:51:33.440>
on <00:51:33.680>business <00:51:34.160><
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 2 - 03/19/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
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- bill has been brought many stakeholders to the table to discuss what works now and what needs modification
- discuss what works now and what table to discuss what works now and what needs<03:15:29.600>
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what <03:15:30.880>can <03:15:31.040>be <03:15:31.120>done needs modification - and what can be done needs modification and what can be done in<03:15:31.439>
both <03:15:31.600
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (02/17/2026)
Children and Family Law
Transcript Highlights:
- on page two, line five, this section applies to original suits, temporary orders, and suits for modification
- > Page two, line five, this section applies to original suits, temporary orders, and suits for modification
- at page two, line five, this section applies to original suits, temporary orders, and suits for modification
- at page two, line five, this section applies to original suits, temporary orders, and suits for modification
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 5, February 13, 2026-PM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- So, we've got the Little Snake battle lake modification and forest management demonstration project in
- we've got the Little Snake uh battle we've got the Little Snake uh battle lake<00:40:26.960>
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and <00:40:27.760>forest <00:40:28.079>manage lake modification - and forest manage lake modification and forest manage management<00:40:29.119>
demonstration <
WY
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- 8 to 10 months for the permit to construct and 8 to 10 months for the permit to inject or the modification
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the for the um permit to inject or the for the um permit to inject or the modification - <01:09:18.159>
EPA <01:09:18.880>runs <01:09:19.199>about modification to inject - EPA runs about modification to inject.
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 4/25/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Did you suggest any modifications? Uh, use any different words? Curious."
- Did you suggest any modifications?
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Uh, <01:55:18.320>use <01:55:18.560>any <01:55:18.800>different modifications - Uh, use any different modifications? Uh, use any different words?<01:55:19.840>
Curious.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 2 - 03/27/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- It's substance use disorder treatment provisions modification. The purpose of this bill is twofold.
- substance use disorder treatment substance use disorder treatment Provisions<02:39:45.720>
modification - <02:39:46.359>
the <02:39:46.520>purpose <02:39:46.800>of Provisions modification - the purpose of Provisions modification the purpose of this<02:39:47.120>
bill <02:39:47.439>
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/31/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- So this is a simple modification that says that when an officer is in uniform, everything is the same
- this<03:31:40.720>
is <03:31:40.920>a <03:31:41.120>simple <03:31:41.760>modification - <03:31:42.760>
um <03:31:43.080>that this is a simple modification um that this is - a simple modification um that says<03:31:43.479>
that <03:31:43.680>when <03:31:43.960><
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- This amendment would essentially add the modifications that we have done for updates to our extreme risk
- we're asking to put into effect going into the new year would save more lives because we're making modifications
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making save more lives because we're making save more lives because we're making modifications - <01:17:02.880>
that <01:17:03.120>practitioners <01:17:03.760>have modifications - that practitioners have modifications that practitioners have told<01:17:04.159>
us <01:17:04.719
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present. The journal was approved as corrected, several Senate files were given second reading, and House files 5099 through 5102 were introduced. The Rules and Legislative Administration report placed a large group of bills on the May 4 calendar with pre-filing requirements for amendments. The first major floor bill was House File 3426, the annual LCCMR bill appropriating about $102.036 million from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund for 108 projects, including a new community grants program. Members spoke in support, emphasizing natural resources, outdoor recreation, and added integrity safeguards; the bill passed 117-15.
The House then passed House File 4151, a bipartisan occupational licensing bill for private detectives and protective agents. It ends partnership detective licenses and requires background checks for controlling officers and qualified representatives, while preventing licensure of people with disqualifying offenses from other states or federal law. The bill passed 133-0. After that, the chamber took up Senate File 4760, a public safety package incorporating multiple previously heard House bills and additional provisions. The package included items on recognizing Canadian protective orders, sextortion penalties, gift card fraud, firearm age restrictions, restitution, juvenile detention licensing, corrections data and terminology, chemical irritant disclosure, victims’ rights, BCA fraud statutes, and the private detective bill.
Several amendments to Senate File 4760 were adopted, including one inserting House language, one changing the effective date for public-employer discretion provisions, one allowing the Office of the Legislative Auditor to request BCA fingerprints for federal tax information compliance, and one clarifying jail medication provisions. Another amendment, A3, drew a roll call after Representative Duran argued it would keep the current juvenile delinquency age and allow more time to build infrastructure; Representative Feist urged a no vote, citing opposition from other stakeholders. The transcript ends during discussion of that roll call, before the final outcome on A3 or the overall public safety package is shown.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (02/24/2026)
Education Policy and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, just my modification: who would actually, in the school district realm, be the person in charge of
- Um just<03:39:25.040>
my <03:39:25.279>modification <03:39:26.399>who <03:39:26.720 - >
would <03:39:26.960>actually just my modification who would actually just my modification - Um, just my modification: who would actually, in the school district realm, be the person in charge of
- Um, just my modification: who would actually, in the school district realm, be the person in charge of
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (01/20/2026)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
- This proposed modification is straightforward common sense.
- This proposed modification is straightforward common sense.
- This proposed modification<03:47:38.880>
is <03:47:39.120>straightforward <03:47:39.760> common modification is straightforward common modification is straightforward common sense.<03
Summary:
The committee began with procedural announcements about report turnaround, amendment submission methods during split operations, a possible January 29 session, the governor’s State of the State on February 5, parking, cafeteria opening, and the plan to finish work by February 10. It then moved into executive session on HB 1123, which would require certain companies to post salary ranges on public job listings. Representative Granger moved ITL, arguing the bill would interfere with negotiations, especially for higher-level jobs, and raise compelled-speech concerns. Supporters, including Representatives Schultz, Sullivan, Cahill, Staub, and others, said salary ranges help applicants avoid wasted time and travel, improve transparency, and are already a common workplace disclosure. The committee voted 10-9 to ITL HB 1123.
The committee next took up HB 177, concerning a definition of remote work in labor law. Representative Murphy moved ITL, saying the bill could burden employers, create vague obligations, duplicate existing protections, and potentially require intrusive compliance measures. Representative Sullivan described a proposed amendment that would narrow the bill to a definition of remote work and remove broader requirements, but the committee ultimately voted 11-9 to ITL HB 177. Members also noted that the amendment had not been fully circulated in time and that the issue might merit further review.
Finally, the committee opened HB 1352, a workers’ compensation bill focused on repricing and payment practices. The sponsor withdrew an initial ITL motion and moved OTP after amendment review. Members discussed concerns raised at the hearing about delayed payments, third-party administrators, and the need for better accountability. Representative McKenzie’s amendment would define good faith, create a voluntary three-year dispute-resolution pilot, restore fines to prior levels, and add reporting/accountability requirements for carriers that miss the 30-day payment deadline. Several members supported the amendment as a way to help small businesses and providers, while others said repricing needed broader study through the workers’ compensation advisory council. The Department of Labor explained that the amendment would require carriers and related payers to report missed determinations to the department and would increase oversight of payment timeliness.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (01/20/2026)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
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:
- to work and lead to significant out-of-pocket expenses for medical care, rehab, home and auto modifications
Summary:
The committee opened a hearing of the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure focused on health care and human services, reviewed testimony logistics, and then heard a long series of witnesses on several bills. Much of the testimony centered on interstate licensure compacts for dentistry, social work, and occupational therapy, with supporters arguing these compacts would improve workforce mobility, continuity of care, and access while preserving state oversight and public protection. Dental witnesses were split on H.455/S.257, with supporters backing the AADB dental compact for its hands-on exam, background checks, and disciplinary safeguards, while opponents argued a competing compact would better promote portability and avoid conflicts tied to proprietary testing and outside commissions. Social work witnesses strongly supported H.380/S.252, emphasizing continuity of care for clients who move across state lines, reduced costs and delays for practitioners, and the compact’s public-protection features; occupational therapy witnesses similarly supported H.427/S.256, citing access, telehealth, military families, and maintained standards.
The committee also heard testimony on S.242, which would expand licensure for lactation care providers. Supporters, including lactation counselors and health center staff, said adding certified lactation counselors and related credentials would expand access, improve breastfeeding support, and allow reimbursement for services now often provided without billing. They described the training required and said the bill would help families, especially in underserved communities. Representative James O’Day also testified in support of the social work compact, and a Council of State Governments witness provided background on compact mechanics and state participation.
Another major topic was H.419/S.214 on medical debt. Physicians and researchers testified that cancer patients experience long-lasting medical debt and collections burdens, and they supported limits on the sale and collection of medical debt, bans on reporting it to credit bureaus, and related consumer protections. The hearing also included H.465 on a pathway to special licensure for certain long-term limited-registration dentists serving MassHealth patients, which Representative Senna supported as a way to allow immigrant dentists to practice independently. Finally, the committee heard sharply divided testimony on H.444/S.284, which would allow trained dental hygienists to administer Botox and dermal fillers: supporters framed it as a safe, preventive, and access-expanding tool for TMJ, bruxism, and pain management, while dermatologists opposed it as outside hygienists’ training and a patient-safety risk. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Jun 17th, 2026
Budget and Fiscal Review
NH