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ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Legislative Session Day 72 Mar 24th, 2026

Idaho Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • That requires special licensing and a driving test and so forth.
  • The licensure of somebody to do this, in my mind, makes sense.
  • underwriter that parcel separation is required for financing.
  • It requires reporting and payment every six months.
  • We all will require these doctors.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, approved the prior day’s journal, and then moved through routine orders including committee reports, gubernatorial appointments, messages from the governor, and messages from the House. Several bills were introduced and referred to committees, including appropriations measures for the Department of Health and Welfare, a firearms preemption bill, and House measures on taxation, Medicaid, dentistry, and the National Guard. The Senate also received and filed various enrolled bills and confirmations, and advanced multiple measures to later orders for consideration. The chamber then took up a long series of third-reading bills. Among the major policy items discussed were Senate Bill 1412, creating the Idaho Student Safety and Educator Disclosure Act; House Bill 789, approving the Coeur d’Alene Tribe water rights settlement; House Bill 570, expanding reckless driving provisions for school and construction zones; House Bill 654, expanding the definition of police dogs to include electronic storage detection dogs; House Bill 681, removing statutes of limitation for certain child sex offenses; House Bill 575, requiring the state controller to publish asset forfeiture information; House Bill 736, lowering the threshold for ballot name rotation; House Bill 793, redirecting beer tax revenue to replace lost Alcohol Beverage Control funding; House Bill 798 and 799, repealing outdated state treasurer and alcohol code provisions; House Bill 665, revising Appaloosa specialty plate funding; and House Bill 667, ending non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses in Idaho. The Senate also debated housing and tax measures, including House Bill 707 on land division for financing accessory dwelling units, House Bill 722 on utility property tax reporting, House Bill 792 on occasional sales and yard sales, and House Bill 800 on manufactured home siting. Other bills addressed education, insurance, and health care. House Bill 815 corrected a transportation support funding issue for a charter school; House Bill 849 revised the career ladder for CTE instructors and pupil services staff; House Bill 562 increased notice periods for insurance cancellations and nonrenewals; House Bill 825 changed funding for the Idaho Heritage Trust and specialty plates; House Bill 788 created a preceptor-based prior authorization exemption for Medicaid providers; House Bill 785 established a school discipline framework for inappropriate online behavior; and House Bill 846 clarified student enrollment counts. Debate on these measures focused on consumer protection, workforce shortages, school safety, housing supply, and administrative cleanup. Most bills passed on voice or roll-call votes, with the Senate approving many measures by wide margins, though House Bill 849 passed narrowly and House Bill 788 passed with a closer vote. Several bills were returned to the House after Senate passage, and titles were approved without correction.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • This should not require any additional funds. This is very simple. You have your SDA card.
  • Now it would just be a requirement that, hey, can you step outside and resolve this?
  • But it at least requires people to talk, which I think is a bit of a lost art these days.
  • I think it would require a lot of funding to have them available within 48 hours.
  • The presentation is when a newspaper fails to publish a legally required notice for...
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Mar 5th, 2026

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 354 would require 60% conservation set-aside.
  • The bill removes the requirements that the lottery must lease all vending machines and removes the requirement
  • The original bill required written findings.
  • It does not first require a conviction.
  • Requires FWC to review. due process is protected, requires FWC to review and approve local ordinance
Keywords: 999, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So this bill would require that the governor's workforce development board do a form a subcommittee.
  • This again may require some dollars to help with some funding, with a couple of people, some staff to
  • </c><00:47:41.280><c> that</c><00:47:41.520><c> the</c><00:47:41.600><c> governor's</c> would require
  • </c> This this again may require This this again may require some<00:48:26.240><c> dollars</c><00:48:
  • </c> change to this rule does require change to this rule does require legislation. legislation. legislation
Bills: HF3843 , HF3597 , HF4003 , HF3167 , HF4193
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 090 Apr 14th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm hesitant to put is not required.
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  • ,</c><01:26:34.240><c> broadens</c> engagement requirements, broadens engagement requirements, broadens
  • Requires<01:26:46.760><c> home</c><01:26:47.280><c> and</c><01:26:47.440><c> community-based</c> Requires
Keywords: 981, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Judiciary Committee Jul 15th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB 243 would also require options.
  • Current law requires it at the time of extending a specific commercial finance offer, Requires it at
  • And I'm very supportive of the requirements of the law.
  • , GHG mitigation requirements, and workforce requirements.
  • , GHG mitigation requirements, and workforce requirements.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills, beginning with SB 41 by Senator Wiener, which would regulate pharmacy benefit managers by increasing transparency, banning patient steering and spread pricing, and requiring full pass-through of rebates. Supporters, including independent pharmacists and health advocates, said PBM practices are driving up drug costs and closing neighborhood pharmacies. Opponents from PBM and health plan groups argued the bill overlaps with recently enacted licensing and reporting requirements, would not lower consumer prices, and may be preempted by ERISA. Members discussed confidentiality issues, consumer savings, and the relationship between SB 41 and the new budget trailer bill; the author asked for an aye vote. The committee then took up SB 378, also by Senator Wiener, aimed at online marketplaces that advertise illegal intoxicating hemp and unlicensed cannabis products. Supporters from labor, public health, and the licensed cannabis industry said online sales are undermining regulated businesses and exposing children to unsafe products. Opponents from tech and hemp industry groups warned the bill is overbroad, could sweep in general-purpose platforms and lawful hemp wellness products, and raises Dormant Commerce Clause and First Amendment concerns. The author said he would narrow the bill, remove industrial hemp references, and address strict liability and standing issues; members largely focused on how to target illegal products without capturing lawful marketplaces. SB 243 by Senator Padilla addressed AI companion chatbots, with supporters including Common Sense Media and transparency advocates warning that these systems can be addictive, manipulative, and dangerous for minors and vulnerable users, citing studies and the death of a Florida teenager. The bill would require disclosures, anti-addiction design limits, self-harm protocols, audits, reporting, and a private right of action. Tech and business groups opposed the measure as overly broad and said its definitions could sweep in general-purpose AI tools; several members supported the goal but questioned the breadth of the definitions and the private right of action. Finally, SB 522 by Senator Wahab would extend just-cause eviction protections to rental units that were previously covered by the Tenant Protection Act but were destroyed in disasters and later rebuilt. Supporters, including Los Angeles city officials and tenant advocates, said the bill would help keep displaced renters housed after wildfires and other disasters. Apartment and realtor groups opposed it, arguing it would remove a key exemption needed to finance rebuilding and could discourage post-disaster reconstruction. Members expressed support for tenant protections in disaster areas, and the author asked for an aye vote.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Jan 26th, 2026

Agricultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • As a clarification, the standards describe the requirements for each grade of commodity.
  • Training requirements for pesticide applicators, handlers, and dealers.
  • Lengthening sunset provisions for commercial apprentices, as well as updating requirements and a new
  • They are also subject to all other aerial requirements within our rule, but also federally.
  • By requiring licensure to apply via that method, we're hoping that that produces a demonstration of competence
Keywords: 989, all
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Jan 26th, 2026

Agricultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • As a clarification, the standards describe the requirements for each grade of commodity.
  • Training requirements for pesticide applicators, handlers, and dealers.
  • Lengthening sunset provisions for commercial apprentices, as well as updating requirements and a new
  • They are also subject to all other aerial requirements within our rule, but also federally.
  • By requiring licensure to apply via that method, we're hoping that that produces a demonstration of competence
Summary: The committee met late due to a lunch with FFA members and then took up five Idaho State Department of Agriculture rule dockets. Jared Stewart presented four rules: stone fruit grades, bulk permits and retail sale of potatoes, weights and measures, and organic food products. He explained each as part of ISDA’s zero-based rulemaking effort, with changes focused on removing obsolete or duplicative language, updating incorporation-by-reference citations, and clarifying standards and procedures. Members asked a few questions, including about weights-and-measures rechecks, and all four dockets were approved by voice vote. Brian Slabaw presented the pesticide and chemigation use and application rule. He said the agency-initiated changes were intended to reduce administrative burden, update license categories, add a five-year license option, create a drone application category, and clarify supervision and seminar-credit requirements. Members raised several questions about fees, drone operations, supervision ratios, and whether the changes would affect small farmers. Slabaw said the fee change was intended to be revenue-neutral over five years, that drone applicators would need the appropriate license and on-site supervision, and that the agency had discussed the proposal with stakeholders, including aerial applicator groups. The committee approved this docket as well. At the end of the meeting, the committee approved minutes from a January 22, 2026 meeting and then adjourned. The chair also welcomed FFA visitors and noted that five rules were considered during the meeting.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Feb 17th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then what this does is it just requires a total of 10 hours of training.
  • So this is just the training requirements.
  • These training requirements.
  • Training isn't required, and though those trainings aren't required, it's really kind of recommended
  • And down at the bottom, I want to point out eligibility requirements.
Keywords: 989, all
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Health - 02/24/2026

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • This would require, as opposed to the way that it's right now, they have to be included.
  • An act to amend the Public Health Law in relation to data reporting required on the administration of
  • Could it be a nurse with any degree, or is there a specific requirement? Yes, Senator May.
  • Could it be a nurse with any degree, or is there a specific requirement?
  • An act to amend the Public Health Law in relation to the requirements for licensure of funeral directors
Committee: Senate Health
Keywords: 993, senate, all
Summary: The committee considered a series of health-related bills, many of which were described as repeat measures previously passed by the Senate. Topics included expanding telehealth coverage, increasing Department of Health oversight of correctional health services, improving transparency for managed long-term care plans, requiring written consent for psychotropic medications in nursing homes and adult care facilities, extending Medicaid inpatient coverage for childbirth, expanding abortion travel funding eligibility for active-duty military families, simplifying Medicaid enrollment and recertification, adding certified recovery peer advocates to standard coverage, strengthening protections against sexual misconduct by medical providers, covering medically tailored meals and nutrition therapy, regulating retail clinics, requiring nurse representation on hospital governing boards, creating a blood clot and pulmonary embolism work group, testing potable water in parks, setting PFAS drinking water standards, improving lead service line identification, creating a quality incentive program for Medicaid managed care, expanding concussion information requirements to additional youth sports, setting a residency requirement for funeral director licensure, and changing Medicaid Inspector General audit practices. Most bills were briefly explained by sponsors or the chair, with limited debate. Several members asked clarifying questions on specific provisions, including the frequency of park water testing, how concussion information would be distributed, and details of the nurse representation requirement. The chair also noted pulling one correctional health bill from the agenda in favor of a more comprehensive measure, and one bill on correctional health was formally removed from consideration. The committee voted on each remaining bill, generally with unanimous or near-unanimous support. Most measures were reported to either first reading or finance, while the bill on psychotropic medications was sent to aging. The correctional health bill that remained on the agenda was approved despite one opposition, and the bill on funeral director licensure was also advanced with one abstention. The meeting concluded after all listed bills were acted on.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Feb 17th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • The foster parenting licensing requirements were moved from rule to statute, and the training requirements
  • And then what this does is it just requires a total of 10 hours of training.
  • So this is just the training requirements.
  • And though those trainings aren't required, it's really kind of recommended.
  • And down at the bottom, I want to point out eligibility requirements.
Summary: The Senate Health and Welfare Committee heard Senate Bill 1292, which would codify foster parent training requirements in statute and set a total of 10 hours of training, with flexibility for the department to structure the coursework. Senator Shippey said the bill is intended to make foster parents better prepared for trauma, safety, and court-system expectations while allowing online completion and exemptions for some family placements or out-of-state applicants. Deputy Director Monty Pro said the department already offers a range of training and that the measure would support foster parent retention and child safety; Senator Wintrow voiced support. The committee then voted to send SB 1292 to the Senate floor with a due pass recommendation. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1293, a one-sentence fix to clarify that crime victims’ compensation is not subject to the interpretation of a prior public-benefits law. Senator Wintrow explained that confusion after House Bill 135 had slowed claims processing and created concern about added barriers for victims, especially in sensitive cases such as sexual assault and child abuse. She said the bill would restore the program to its prior practice, which is based on crime-victim eligibility criteria rather than public-assistance rules, and noted that no claims had been denied but processing had been delayed. After questions from senators about the effect of the earlier law and the backlog, the committee voted to send SB 1293 to the Senate floor with a due pass recommendation.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services May 13th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • that we heard previously when it was laid out by Representative Orr, relating to the contract requirements
  • So, SB 500 amends the Family Code to establish clear deadlines to provide required to the entities placing
  • So, there's an attempt to actually reduce the required amount of information.
  • It also strengthens consumer protections by requiring communities that present...
  • Leading Age Texas has learned from its members that they do not understand when licensure... is required
Bills: SB500 , SB1522 , SB1137 , SB1266
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/02/2026 - House Health & Human Services

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill requires the board to adopt substantive policy statements for each authority that is delegated
  • All we're doing is removing the requirement that the board ratify the committee work.
  • So if that center or home wanted to require this person to undergo a background check or any other requirements
  • So if that center or home wanted to require this person to undergo a background check or any other requirements
  • So if that center or home wanted to require this person to undergo a background check or any other requirements
Bills: SB1023 , SB1145 , SB1242 , SB1247
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

State Committee Meeting - 2025-04-08

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Sections 8, 9, 10, and 11 have to do with CPA licensure.
  • this provision, especially to determine if the appropriation provided in the bill aligns with the requirements
  • does move forward, you must fully fund and equip the workforce to do the job at the levels that you require
  • One, we are currently required to produce an annual report. We think this is very important.
Bills: HF2783
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Feb 18th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • And it should not create any new causes of action or require any additional appropriations.
  • retaliate in some way against one of those youth, that you would have a problem down the road for your licensure
Keywords: 989, all
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • for alternative nicotine products, including licensure requirements for a person selling or manufacturing
  • for alternative nicotine products, including licensure requirements for a person selling or manufacturing
  • and requires certain local expenditure measures to make certain disclosures.
  • and requires certain local expenditure measures to make certain disclosures.
  • There's a couple of them that we haven't required because that's kind of not great to require veterans
Summary: The meeting was a lengthy caucus-style review of many bills and resolutions across multiple committees, with staff giving brief descriptions and most items placed on consent or third-read consent calendars. Topics included appropriations, commerce, education, government, health and human services, environment, public safety, and transportation. Measures discussed ranged from school policy and board continuations to housing, water, public safety, licensing, and election-related changes. Several bills were noted as strike-everything amendments or as having been amended in committee. A number of bills drew sponsor comments or brief questions. In education, members discussed bills on teacher strikes, school math placement, school meals, student clubs, bond election disclosures, and a proposed commission on student outcomes. In health and human services, members discussed nursing board rules, pharmacist testing and treatment authority, medical records timelines, opioid antagonist expiration dates, and a proposed constitutional amendment on the right to refuse medical mandates. In government and public safety, members debated funding and staffing issues for DPS and corrections, including a proposed public safety parity fund, as well as bills on county sheriffs, legal representation for DPS, and corrections oversight funding. There was also discussion of election and local government measures, including inactive voter list procedures, circulator disclosure rules, and committee termination filings. Other topics included housing affordability districts, development fees, historic-area middle housing exemptions, water and groundwater management, environmental compatibility siting, and trade-related commissions. One notable exchange involved HB 4044, where members debated whether using rainy day fund interest for public safety pay was fiscally responsible; supporters argued it was a practical way to fund raises, while opponents said it would weaken the fund and should instead be handled through the general fund. No roll-call votes were taken in the transcript, and most items were simply presented, briefly discussed, and left on consent or third-read consent calendars.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Jan 22nd, 2026 at 11:06 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Providing eligibility requirements, allowing placement gap incentives, requiring evidence-based assessments
  • firearms, requiring a restrained party to relinquish firearms immediately upon service of an order of
  • training, and requiring documentation of behaviors and techniques. ...requiring training, requiring
  • House Bill 123, introduced by Representative Lujan, an act relating to public schools, requiring the
  • Requiring the New Mexico Medical Board to establish a registry for out-of-state telehealth providers,
Bills: HB1
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Ways and Means Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am

Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Credits and make that a requirement for foreign languages, but that's still in the process.
  • We've required caseloads.
  • It used to be required that they needed to complete a recertification survey from...
  • differences in what folks who don't have the accompanying diagnosis of ID require.
  • So it has required us over the past almost 12 years now to build out this whole infrastructure.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The hearing was a FY27 budget session on Health and Human Services held in Mattapan, hosted by the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. Opening remarks from Senator Lydia Edwards, Representative Brandy Fluker-Reed, Representative Russell Holmes, and Boston Public Library President David Leonard emphasized the significance of holding the first Ways and Means hearing in Mattapan, the importance of community access, and the role of libraries as human services institutions. Committee members and attendees introduced themselves before agency testimony began. MassAbility testified first, describing its mission to support people with disabilities through employment, independent living, and disability determination services. The agency highlighted federal funding uncertainty, a modest FY27 budget reduction, and a proposed reworking of its home care program, which it said is outdated and should better target those most in need. Members questioned the home care cut, staffing reductions, and federal coordination. MassAbility also shared a participant story about recovery and community support to illustrate the impact of its services. The Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing then presented its FY27 request, focusing on interpreter and captioning access, workforce development, emergency communication, aging-related hearing loss, and transition services for deaf and hard-of-hearing youth. Members asked about interpreter shortages, after-hours emergency coverage, ASL education, and community training; the commission said it is expanding mentorship and referral systems but still faces staffing and vendor challenges. The Massachusetts Commission for the Blind followed with a $30.8 million request, describing services for nearly 9,000 consumers, peer support groups, vocational rehabilitation, and Turning 22 services, while noting federal funding uncertainty and a 7% budget cut. Members raised concerns about maintaining services with fewer resources, and the commissioner said the agency had trimmed overhead and could manage the proposal. The Office for Refugees and Immigrants closed the segment, outlining expanded legal, housing, workforce, citizenship, and financial literacy supports for immigrants and refugees, including Know Your Rights trainings, legal defense initiatives, and the Massachusetts Access to Counsel Initiative. Members discussed the effects of federal policy changes, the loss of refugee resettlement funding, and the need for state support to fill gaps. No votes were taken in the portion provided; the hearing consisted of agency presentations and committee questioning.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 2219 requires DCYF to waive this pre-service requirement for any individual who has previously
  • Requires DCYF to waive this pre-service requirement for any individual who has previously completed the
  • As the chair indicated, House Bill 2253 relates to licensure requirements to receive children for supervision
  • Certain individuals and entities are exempted from those licensure requirements, including physicians
  • The staffing requirement for crisis residential centers is modified to require one staff member to every
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 1544, which would require DCYF to study and improve the risk assessment tool used in child abuse and neglect investigations, including better identifying family strengths and needs, substance use-related risk, and service needs, and to certify the tool every three years. Staff explained the bill and noted it had passed the committee unanimously in substitute form last year. The prime sponsor, Representative Rule, said the tool would help reduce bias and support better decisions about child safety. Members raised questions about whether the bill would require new data systems or create a fiscal impact, and DCYF testified that the recertification process would focus on evidence-based literature and fidelity to the tool, though the agency acknowledged limitations in its data system. Support testimony from Partners for Our Children and DCYF emphasized that the current tool is not evidence-based and that the department is piloting the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale. The hearing on HB 1544 was then closed. The committee then received a lengthy work session from DCYF on juvenile rehabilitation. Juvenile Rehabilitation Assistant Secretary Jennifer Redman and security classification administrator Jeff Endermark described a growing JR population that is older, serving more adult-sentence youth, and projected to rise to about 481 by 2031. They said Green Hill School remains crowded, Harbor Heights is being brought online as a short-term option, and Echo Glen is near safe operational capacity. They explained JR’s classification system, behavior management process, and the role of multidisciplinary teams in placement decisions, as well as the expansion of community transition services (CTS), which uses electronic home monitoring for eligible youth. Staff described CTS eligibility, supervision expectations, and examples of successful placements, but also said the program needs more after-hours staffing and community supports. Members questioned the validity and equity of the risk tools, the availability of community resources, the impact of behavior policies and escapes, the use of single bunking, and broader concerns about lawsuits and sexual abuse in the system. JR reported an escape rate increase from 1.78 per 100 youth in 2001 to 3.92 in 2025 and said additional capacity and staffing are still needed. The committee then heard House Bill 2219, which would allow child care centers more flexibility in mixed-age grouping during parts of the day and waive repeated DCYF pre-service orientation for people who have already completed it. The prime sponsor, Representative Ortiz-Self, said the bill is meant to ease burdens on small providers. Testifiers from SEIU 925, a family child care provider, the Washington Child Care Centers Association, a child care center director, and the Children’s Campaign Fund supported the bill as a practical way to improve staffing flexibility and reduce duplicative licensing requirements, though one association asked that the bill’s daily time caps on mixed-age grouping be revised or removed. The committee then heard House Bill 2253, an agency-request technical corrections bill for DCYF licensing. Staff said it would allow child-specific licenses for certain relatives under interstate placements, exempt kinship caregivers from blood-borne pathogen training, remove licensing exemptions for physicians and lawyers, allow termination of inactive licenses, revise crisis residential center staffing ratios, and eliminate state monitoring requirements for the Washington School for the Deaf residential program. Members asked about how inactivity would be defined and whether the School for the Deaf inspections had historically produced savings. DCYF said the bill would help right-size licensing workloads after budget cuts and would let the agency work with stakeholders to define inactivity in rule. Testimony from DCYF, Community Youth Services, and Partners for Our Children supported the bill, especially the staffing ratio fix for crisis residential centers and the child-specific licensing changes for relatives.
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session, 4/10/2026 #2

Maryland Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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