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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, January 14, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Americans believe that men don’t belong in women’s sports, and that we must allow common sense to prevail
- </c> we must allow common sense to Prevail we must allow common sense to Prevail this<02:29:07.120><c
- They may be employed, but they're poor, and that's because inflation went up faster than their wages.
- How do you raise wages? How do you raise purchasing power?
- Well, two things: wages go up with inflation. Well, that just means you're treading water.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> the department to engage in wage the department to engage in wage adjustments<00:44:14.319><c> or
- So, don't do the tipped wage anymore.
- </c> So, don't do the tipped wage anymore. So, don't do the tipped wage anymore.
- exceeds minimum wage.
- ,</c> Hampshire who operate not just on wages, Hampshire who operate not just on wages, but<01:05:05.200
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Adding "veteran and military status" to Human Rights Act 2/25/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The motion prevails. The amendment is adopted. All right, Mr.
- The motion prevails, and the bill is on its way to Judiciary. that House File 3540 as as amended is that
- </c><00:14:14.480><c> The</c><00:14:14.720><c> motion</c><00:14:15.040><c> prevails</c> >> Any
- The motion prevails >> Any oppose say nay.
- The motion prevails and<00:14:16.560><c> the</c><00:14:16.720><c> bill</c><00:14:16.880><c> is</c><00
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- There being five ayes, zero nays, and zero present and not voting, the motion prevails.
- There being 5 ayes, 0 nays, and 0 present and not voting, the motion prevails. Next.
- There being five ayes, zero nays, and zero P&Vs, the motion prevails.
- There being 5 ayes, 0 nays, and 0 P&Vs, the motion prevails.
- There being five ayes, zero nays, and zero P&Vs, the motion prevails.
Keywords:
juvenile justice, correctional facilities, reform, rehabilitation, Texas Juvenile Justice Department, alcohol awareness, court-ordered programs, substance misuse education, deferred disposition, youth, parole reform, inmates under 18, mental health, educational achievement, reintegration, foster youth, behavior intervention, community services, diversion policies, HB 5653
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Child Committee Meeting - 2025-04-10
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Hearing none, the motion prevails and the minutes are adopted.
- With a vote of 6 ayes and 7 nays, the motion does not prevail.
- The motion prevails, and the amendment is adopted.
- The motion prevails, and the amendment is adopted.
- The motion prevails, and House File 2436 as amended is re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
Keywords:
child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, HF2929, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, food assistance, nutrition assistance, public benefits, eligibility determination, income eligibility, federal poverty guidelines, poverty level, county agency, Tribal agency, human services, children and families, benefits administration
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- applied for the granting of injunctive relief, and those include a lack of an adequate remedy at law, prevailing
- on the substantial likelihood of prevailing on the merits, and then the weighing of the private interest
- You know, when I look at a map, typically, you're going to locate wind projects where prevailing currents
- There being six ayes, zero nays, the motion prevails. Thank you very much.
- There being... 6 ayes, 0 nays, the motion prevails.
Keywords:
construction, wildlife impact, height restrictions, national wildlife refuge, environmental regulations, HB 3887, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Parks and Wildlife Code, performance bond, payment bond, contractor bonding, public works, construction contracts, public building, procurement, bid security, subcontractors, suppliers, contractor payment protection, project completion
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Senate Health Committee and Assembly Health Committee Mar 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Since 2005, family health premiums have grown 129 percent, far outpacing both wages and inflation.
- And then those low-wage employers don't provide health care at all.
- Workers pay the full cost of health insurance premiums in foregone wages.
- This hobbles our ability to fight for livable, family-sustaining wages.
- Workers should not have to choose between health care and a living wage.
Summary:
The joint informational hearing focused on the cost of uncertainty in California health care, especially the effects of federal policy changes on coverage, access, and affordability. Opening remarks from committee leaders and members emphasized that California’s uninsured rate had fallen to historic lows under the Affordable Care Act and state policies, but that the expiration of enhanced federal subsidies, H.R. 1, and other federal regulatory changes could reverse those gains. Members repeatedly cited rising premiums, skipped care, medical debt, and the strain on low-wage workers, families, clinics, hospitals, and public programs.
The first panel reviewed the federal landscape and state response. A federal policy analyst described the ACA’s coverage gains and consumer protections, then outlined current threats: H.R. 1’s Medicaid and marketplace cuts, the end of enhanced premium tax credits, shorter open enrollment, more verification requirements, and changes affecting preventive services and vaccines. Covered California reported that the loss of subsidies is expected to nearly double average monthly premiums, reduce enrollment, and push more consumers into bronze plans with higher deductibles; it also noted that California’s $190 million affordability fund is helping the lowest-income enrollees. HCAI’s Office of Health Care Affordability explained its work on spending targets, market consolidation review, and primary care investment, saying the goal is to slow spending growth rather than impose price caps.
Committee members pressed witnesses on the practical effects of bronze plans, administrative burdens, immigration-related disenrollment, provider taxes, uncompensated care, and whether California can sustain current coverage levels without new revenue. Witnesses said bronze plans preserve essential benefits but shift more costs to consumers, and that H.R. 1’s verification and auto-renewal changes will likely reduce enrollment. They also said provider tax reductions could significantly weaken state financing over time, and that higher uninsured rates may increase uncompensated care and pressure premiums elsewhere in the system. The second panel, featuring UC Berkeley Labor Center and California Health Care Foundation experts, highlighted broader affordability problems across job-based coverage and Medi-Cal, citing medical debt, skipped care, and the role of underlying system costs, administrative waste, and lack of competition. They pointed to medical debt relief efforts such as Los Angeles County’s program as a short-term mitigation strategy while the Legislature considers longer-term policy and budget responses.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Senate Health Committee and Assembly Health Committee Mar 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And then those low-wage employers don't provide health care at all.
- Workers pay the full cost of health insurance premiums in foregone wages.
- It's the majority of low-wage workers who are in what feels like an intractable crisis.
- This hobbles our ability to fight for livable, family-sustaining wages.
- Workers should not have to choose between health care and a living wage.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 3 May 12th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The motion prevails. Announcements by the Speaker. Thank you. Announcements by the Speaker.
- The motion prevails. Representative Niska. I move that the House do now adjourn.
- The motion prevails and the House stands adjourned until 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 13, 2025. you
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session - Part 2 - 04/23/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session: 2025 First Special Session - part 2 Jun 9th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The motion prevails. The clerk will give the bill its second reading.
- The motion does not prevail, and the amendment is not adopted.
- The motion prevails. The clerk will give the bill its second reading.
- We worked hard to maintain indexing the general education formula to inflation and prevailed.
- The motion prevails. The House stands in recess. Thanks for watching! Thanks for watching! You
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Motion prevails. Representative Moeller, thank you, Mr.
- Motion prevails. Hearing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion prevails. Anything else?
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House/Senate DFL Media Availability 2/27/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- You know who doesn't make a lot of non-wage income?
- I know NorthStar Policy Action said a $100 million lost wages due to Metro Surge.
- </c><00:13:43.519><c> Any</c><00:13:43.839><c> other</c> wages due to metro surge.
- Any other wages due to metro surge.
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE Mar 16th, 2026
ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE
Transcript Highlights:
- And that's the area wage index that we work on with the federal level all the time.
- of you talk with Senator Cotton's or Senator Bozeman's office, they'll probably tell you that area wage
- And that's the area wage index that we work on with the federal level all the time.
- So it's not just a simple analysis of the wage, so to speak. It's the due math, it sounds like.
- “Punished for our efficiency in the area wage index game. Thank you. Thank you, Representative Rye.
Summary:
The subcommittee met to review Department of Human Services hospital payments in Arkansas Medicaid, with DHS Secretary Janet Mann and Deputy Secretary Misty Eubanks presenting first, followed by Arkansas Hospital Association Executive Vice President Jody Ann Tritt and a brief comment from Arkansas Children’s. DHS outlined the main hospital payment streams: fee-for-service per diem payments, upper payment limit (UPL) supplemental payments, cost settlements, and smaller payments such as graduate medical education and disproportionate share hospital funds. Members asked for plain-language explanations of cost settlements, why per diem rates vary by hospital type, and why UPL applies to private hospitals. DHS said cost settlements and UPL are mechanisms to help offset Medicaid underpayment, with SFY 2025 hospital payments totaling hundreds of millions of dollars and no general revenue used for supplemental payments beyond the state share funded through hospital assessments and related financing structures.
Committee members focused heavily on whether Arkansas hospitals are adequately reimbursed and why rural hospitals struggle. Tritt explained that critical access hospitals, rural emergency hospitals, PPS hospitals, and specialty hospitals operate under different federal and state rules, and said lower per diem rates for some facilities help with cash flow and later cost settlement adjustments. She said Arkansas hospitals are under financial strain, citing a negative patient services margin statewide and noting that Medicaid, Medicare, and commercial payers all contribute to the problem. She also said the association had just authorized a statewide survey of hospital finances and costs, which she expected would take about a year to complete.
A major theme was commercial insurance reimbursement. Tritt argued Arkansas hospitals are paid far less than hospitals in neighboring states even though premiums are similar, and said administrative burdens, prior authorizations, and denials add to the problem. She said hospitals receive about 52 to 53 cents on the dollar for Medicaid costs without UPL and about 78 cents with UPL, still below cost. Members also discussed Medicare wage index issues, Medicare Advantage, and whether hospitals could use technology or alternative arrangements to improve finances. No votes were taken on the hospital presentation.
At the end of the meeting, DHS provided a brief update on Living Choices and assisted living reimbursement. Officials said one assisted living facility, Pillars of the Community in Crossett, had announced closure, with nine waiver clients being transitioned to other settings. DHS said the current cost reporting period was underway and that a new rate study could be ready for review before the end of the fiscal year if reports were submitted on time. Members also asked about the broader waiver plan, and DHS said the next waiver iteration would likely be brought back to the committee in the summer.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor & Commerce Jan 23rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 6058 relates to wage enforcement discretion.
- Wages generally include the employer's contribution for health care benefits.
- Wages generally include the employer's contribution for health care benefits.
- Now, you might think because our state has a high wage income, well, California has higher wages, but
- So as you heard, benefits are between 60 and 75% roughly of their workers' wages.
Summary:
The committee first held a public hearing on Senate Bill 6136, which would require Labor and Industries to publish actuarial indicated workers’ compensation rates for each risk class and disclose when rate increases are capped below those indicated levels. The sponsor and supporters from the hospitality, retail, business, and construction sectors said the bill would improve transparency about how rates are set and how reserve funds and investment earnings are used to hold down premiums. L&I testified that the bill would require publication of a large amount of rate-setting information, but said it was already developed in the normal process and that the bill had no fiscal impact. Questions focused on reserve use, advisory committee involvement, and how the actuarial calculations interact with investment returns. The committee then moved to executive session and took action on several bills, adopting substitutes or amendments and advancing bills including SB 5292, 6014, 5972, 5869, 5874, 6058, 6039, 5944, and 6180, with most sent to Rules and SB 5292 sent to Ways and Means.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 5847, which would expand injured workers’ access to medical care by allowing treatment outside the L&I provider network when no provider is available nearby, limiting employer steering to specific providers, shortening utilization review timelines, allowing provider deviation from L&I guidelines when medically appropriate, and expanding continued treatment and cancer monitoring. Labor and worker advocates argued the bill would better reflect the Murray decision and reduce delays in care, while L&I and employer groups said the current evidence-based guideline system works for most claims and warned the bill could weaken quality controls, create vague standards, and increase costs. Testimony also raised concerns about the 15-mile access rule, the employer communication restrictions, and the appeal process for provider removal. The sponsor said the goal was to improve individualized care and continue working with stakeholders.
Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 6067, which would change workers’ compensation time-loss calculations so that 100% of the employer-paid health insurance contribution is included in the benefit calculation instead of the current partial inclusion. Supporters said the bill would help injured workers keep health coverage during recovery and reduce pressure to choose between medical care and income, while opponents argued it would not guarantee the money is actually used for health insurance, could be diverted to other uses or attorney fees, and would significantly increase costs for employers and the accident fund. L&I said the bill would require IT and administrative changes and estimated substantial ongoing benefit costs. The hearing ended without further action on SB 6067, and the chair closed the session after public testimony concluded.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session - Part 2 - 05/16/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The motion prevails.
- ><00:42:44.560><c> give</c><00:42:45.280><c> the</c> prevails.
- The secretary will give the prevails.
- The motion prevails. The bill is laid on the table. I believe there's another motion.
- The motion prevails. The Senate is now in recess to the call of the President.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Seventy - Thursday, May 14 - Afternoon Session
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Having voted on the prevailing side, I move that the vote by which House Committee Substitute for Senate
- Having voted on the prevailing side, the lady from Greene County now moves that the vote by which Senate
- Having voted on the prevailing side, I move that the vote by which House Committee Substitute for Senate
- The lady from Greene County, having voted on the prevailing side, has now moved that the vote by which
- The lady from Greene County, having voted on the prevailing side of House Amendment 1 to Senate Bill
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> The motion prevails and Senate File 3832 was recommended for placement on the general register.
- The<00:10:18.240><c> motion</c><00:10:18.560><c> prevails</c><00:10:18.880><c> and</c><00:10:19.120><
- c> Senate</c><00:10:19.360><c> File</c><00:10:19.600><c> 3832</c> The motion prevails and Senate File
- 3832 The motion prevails and Senate File 3832 was<00:10:20.480><c> recommended</c><00:10:20.800><c>
- Motion prevails and House File 3917 is recommended for placement on the general register. Good job.
Keywords:
agriculture, education, leadership council, compensation, research institute, dairy assistance, investment relief, agriculture support, food production, economic relief, investment, relief initiative, farm support, medication repository, drug donation, healthcare, Minnesota Statutes, pharmacy, public health, controlled substances
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development May 21st, 2025
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- The chair hears none and the motion prevails.
- The motion prevails. The chair lays out SB 1228 as... Pending business.
- And one nay, the motion prevails. The chair lays out SB 1485 as pending business.
- There are ten ayes and zero nays, the motion prevails.
- There being 10 ayes and 0 nays, the motion prevails.
Keywords:
SB 1361, Texas disaster recovery loan, small business loan, micro-business loan, community development financial institution, CDFI, economic disaster assistance, post-disaster financing, business recovery fund, Texas Economic Development Bank, zero-interest loan, working capital, payroll support, health benefits, job retention, declared disaster, small business relief, microenterprise, franchise exclusion, private equity-backed business
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- You get back from the suspense account after the litigation has been resolved, if the city prevails,
- Let's say the city does not prevail.
- Let's say that my jurisdiction is correct and we do prevail in that litigation.
- The principle of restorative justice would say, "Make me whole if I prevail."
- Hearing none, the motion prevails. The committee stands at recess at 9:57 a.m.
Keywords:
municipal management district, bonds, assessments, property taxes, economic development, eminent domain, special district, SB 427, local government, political subdivision, state loan, state grant, financial reporting, annual financial statement, annual report, county report, municipal finance, water district, municipality, county auditor