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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25

Housing Finance and Policy

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  • The Live Local Act also prohibits a local government from imposing overly restrictive density, height
  • local act also<01:12:20.280><c> prohibits</c><01:12:21.239><c> a</c><01:12:21.400><c> local</c><01:12
  • Local governments create comp plans, which provide local input.
  • </c><01:19:56.480><c> governments</c><01:19:57.239><c> local</c> out the local governments local out
  • </c> legislation is that our current local legislation is that our current local housing<01:21:11.920
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs May 13th, 2026

Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

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  • Small local dealers are maintaining repair shops, carrying parts, standing behind what they sell, while
  • He tries to bring it to one of the other local guys.
  • Small local systems are left dealing with the cost and a disruption.
  • And it gives local utility operators more time to property-locate and mark those lines.”
  • But at the same time, the locals were dealing with the obstacles because when you said, ‘It’s music to
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare Mar 25th, 2026

Health and Welfare

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  • That's going to be local government on that system.
  • Because a lot of local governments... ...and you've got to meet these benchmarks.
  • watershed and outside of local waterways.
  • But basically, the locals will have full control over any permission. Parish...
  • I think the effort was in good faith to try to say, hey, do what your local government wants.
Bills: HB199 , HB222 , HB223 , HB224 , HB235 , HB246 , HB405 , HB535 , HB554 , HB907 , SCR3 , SB43 , SB52 , SB54 , SB113 , SB168 , SB219 , SB222 , SB270 , SB311 , SB359
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Government Oversight Mar 3rd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Government Oversight

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  • the places where this has been happening, which are the bigger national banks and not so much the local
  • , more local banks.
  • know, I know that there's been a lot of focus on the larger banking institutions, but we have some local
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Feb 24th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

Appropriations and Budget

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  • Department of Commerce to do the duties they need to do to comply with the census, including mainly the local
  • So the local updated census address is still going to be administered by Commerce.
  • It's my favorite: it's a local control decision.
  • So for clarification, so these are dollars that are typically local funds go to, in a school bond for
  • So for clarification, so these are dollars that are typically local funds go to, in a school bond for
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Feb 2nd, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Appropriations

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  • Washington is fortunate to have a robust health insurance market with local nonprofit plans covering
  • millions of people here in Washington State and providing thousands of local jobs.
  • millions of people here in Washington State and providing thousands of local jobs.
  • Set a different way, the only financial resources available are the ones that are held locally.
  • Representative Marshall continued: Same standard that we're using to judge the localities.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections Jan 23rd, 2026 at 10:30 am

State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections

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  • statewide voter registration database with the Secretary of State and makes it a Class C felony for a local
  • It also makes it a Class C felony for a state or local election officer to knowingly disclose from the
  • statewide voter registration database with the Secretary of State and makes it a Class C felony for a local
  • And also makes it a Class C felony for a state or local election officer to knowingly disclose from the
  • State and local governments are required under the 1964 Civil Rights Act to collect... ...government
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Local Government Jan 22nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Local Government

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  • A committee meeting on local governments. Welcome.
  • To repay its bondholders, the local government is permitted to draw upon the tax revenue from increases
  • If you manage to find a place to set up a table, you may not get local voters, particularly in Pierce
  • Before you is Senate Bill 6154 concerning local government permits for replacing existing culverts.
  • From both a statewide and local perspective, Senate Bill 6154 is a smart, efficient solution.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 30th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • Members, this is a companion to House Bill 5082 by Leach, prohibiting the adoption of local rules to
  • You will find local governments and property owners in agreement here with what this bill does.
  • Bandera Electric strongly supports this effort to protect our members and preserve local control. ...
  • The bill highlights the need for proper tools at a local level for planning, zoning, and communication
  • Let's support legislation that empowers... local jurisdictions with tools, training, and codes aligned
Committee: House State Affairs
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 30th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • It tells our law enforcement, state and local law enforcement, not to assist the feds when they try to
  • So, state, was it a state or local governmental entity?
  • Yeah, if it says local government as well, then it would cover local government as well.
  • While we operate locally... ...we have received national recognition for our work.
  • I do like the local option for counties to remove themselves. Yes, I think that's important.
Committee: House State Affairs
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Apr 9th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

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  • Since that appointment this year, I also assumed the role as local administrative judge for Galveston
  • The only justice whatsoever... is if the local prosecutor decides to prosecute that educator.
  • But our local district attorney.
  • A reporter from a local news station was supposed to join me today.
  • Every bill that gets passed that dictates what the law is for local government entities, without this
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Apr 9th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

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  • We've also increased the salary supplement for local administrative district judges, presiding judges
  • We just want to make sure everybody's there doing the job that their local voters elected them to do.
  • In Uvalde County, they had a 29-year associate judge about to retire, and the local bar actually came
  • prosecutors as well. ...can afford to continue to serve, apply to your local prosecutors as well.
  • courts, or by statute, the local administrative district court judge.
Summary: The Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence met to hear House Bill 1761, a broad judicial package focused on increasing judicial compensation and adding accountability and efficiency measures. The chair explained that HB 1707 and HB 2100 were withdrawn from the agenda, and that HB 1761 would be taken up first because many judges and stakeholders were present. The committee substitute for HB 1761 proposed a 30% increase in base judicial pay to $182,000, changes to judicial retirement linkage, stronger judicial conduct provisions, and efficiency measures such as targeted reporting for judges not meeting benchmarks, appellate in-person meeting encouragement, and time limits on certain motions. The chair and several supporters said judicial pay had reached “emergency status,” citing Texas’s low national ranking and difficulty recruiting and retaining qualified judges. Witnesses in support included presiding and district judges, the State Bar’s judicial section, business and trial lawyer groups, and prosecutors. They emphasized that many judges work long hours off the bench, handle warrants at night and on weekends, manage heavy dockets, and face recruitment problems in both urban and rural counties. Supporters also said higher pay would help attract experienced lawyers, retain judges, and improve court efficiency. Several witnesses and members discussed judicial accountability, including public reporting of court performance and the role of the Texas Supreme Court and presiding judges in setting benchmarks. Some members raised concerns that raw statistics can be misleading because judges also do substantial off-the-bench work and often help cover other courts’ dockets. There was also testimony and discussion about the bill’s conduct and discipline provisions. A representative of the Texas Civil Rights Project opposed parts of the bill that would tie pay raises to changes affecting judicial independence, warning about subjective bail-related discipline standards and possible chilling effects. The executive director of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct cautioned against civil penalties for complainants, saying it could discourage good-faith complaints and create litigation risks. Other witnesses supported accountability reforms but urged caution about unintended consequences, especially for family and emergency cases and for judges handling warrants and other time-sensitive matters. After testimony, the committee withdrew the committee substitute and left HB 1761 pending, then recessed the committee.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 2nd, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

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  • to the committee on local consent calendars.
  • But the first-hand people handle that should be local law enforcement.
  • . localities inside the United States, including those in Texas.
  • Was it using the local to surround the center? Yes. Yes. So.
  • State and local role.
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES Jun 15th, 2026

ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

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  • That would be dispensing, which would be against the Board of Pharmacy rules.
  • So again, students can participate in some of the local teams.
  • So again, students can participate in some of the local teams.
  • local regulatory body, from setting standards of their own.
  • It does allow for a local legislative body to have the opportunity to adopt local legislation addressing
Summary: The Administrative Rules Subcommittee met to review a long agenda of agency rule changes, beginning with housekeeping on the order of business and then taking up rules from multiple state agencies. Early items included Department of Energy and Environment rules on landfill post-closure trust fund spending thresholds and liquefied petroleum gas standards, DFA’s odometer disclosure rule allowing electronic signatures and disclosures, and several Department of Health rules covering ionizing radiation, mobile home and recreational parks, lead-based paint, counseling licensure, hearing instrument dispensers, athletic training, dental specialties and compacts, nursing, pharmacy, physician assistants, medical compacts, speech-language pathology and audiology, radiologic technology, massage therapy, community health workers, doula certification, and cosmetology/body art. Most of these were described as technical updates, conformity with recent acts, federal standards, or compact participation, and nearly all were approved without objection after brief questions and, in many cases, no public comment. The committee also reviewed Department of Labor and Licensing rules on minimum wage/independent contractor standards, boiler rules, motor vehicle commission requirements for ATV/LSV dealers, professional wrestling regulation, appraiser qualifications, and military recruiting and retention programs. Testimony generally emphasized that the rules implemented recent legislation, updated fees or licensing standards, or streamlined existing processes. Members asked a few questions about fee structures, the rationale for regulating professional wrestling, and how the National Guard’s public-private partnership and incentive programs would work; the department said the recruiting incentives would be funded from existing appropriations and were intended to improve retention and force strength. These rules were also approved without objection. The most extensive discussion came on the Department of Education’s Arkansas Children’s Educational Freedom Account Program rule. The department said the revisions, based on Act 920 of 2025, were intended to add guardrails, clarify allowable expenses, and speed approval of core educational purchases. Changes included defining core educational expenses, limiting certain sports-related spending, adding an intentional misuse standard, restricting phone purchases except for disability-related needs, setting a $1,000 threshold for additional review of technology purchases, capping carryover funds at $8,500, and creating a reconsideration process for denied expenses. Members raised concerns about safeguards, appeals, sports equipment, provider credentialing, rural vendor access, and whether the department would be flexible or overly restrictive. The department said it would review every request, provide written explanations for denials, allow appeals up to the State Board, and refer suspected fraud to prosecutors if necessary. After hearing from 13 members of the public, the committee continued to discuss the rule, but the transcript ends before any final vote on the EFA rule is shown.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Local Government Jan 27th, 2026

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  • and to repay the bondholders, the local government It's...
  • Because there's now no pharmacy in her community as well.
  • House Bill 2451 concerns local tax increment financing.
  • The project analysis must also assess impacts on the local business community, local school districts
  • Local permitting processes are grounded in the principle that the property owner is aware of and Local
Summary: The committee first heard HB 2517, which would give regional transit authorities, especially Sound Transit, more flexible permitting tools for high-capacity transit projects. Staff and the bill sponsor said the goal is to let permit applications and technical reviews proceed concurrently with property acquisition and land use decisions, reducing delay and uncertainty for large transit projects. Sound Transit testified that the bill could save as much as nine months, while a city representative from Bothell asked for an amendment requiring notice to property owners before permits are advanced on land not yet owned or controlled by the agency. The committee then took testimony on HB 2313, concerning publicly owned grocery stores in underserved areas. The bill would let cities acquire land, build or rehabilitate stores, seek capital grants, and create tax increment financing areas for grocery access projects, with annual reporting requirements. Supporters, including the sponsor, Food Lifeline, and Northwest Harvest, argued that grocery closures and food deserts are real problems and that local governments need tools to fill gaps when private grocers leave. Opponents, including grocery industry groups and several students, warned that public stores could undercut private grocers, burden taxpayers, and create operational and property-rights concerns; some testimony also questioned the need for government ownership and the use of tax increment financing. A proposed substitute removed eminent domain and tax increment financing provisions and narrowed the bill to grant-funded stores in underserved areas. Next, the committee heard HB 2451, a major rewrite of local tax increment financing rules. The bill would tighten notice, consultation, reporting, and mitigation requirements for TIF areas, strengthen the “but-for” test, limit where increment areas can be located, and protect existing taxing districts by excluding certain levies and requiring negotiation, mediation, or arbitration when impacts are significant. Cities, ports, counties, libraries, fire chiefs, and hospital districts largely described the bill as a negotiated compromise that improves transparency and addresses unintended impacts, though some local governments said they still wanted more flexibility or protections for existing projects. One city testified against the bill, arguing the new restrictions would make TIF much less useful for large redevelopment efforts. The committee then heard HB 2298, which would authorize county auditors to create voluntary property title protection programs to help prevent land-record fraud by allowing owners to record a protection instrument that delays recording of a title transfer for up to five business days unless identity verification is provided. Auditors, treasurers, and county officials strongly supported the bill as a practical response to rising deed fraud, while title and foreclosure industry representatives said the proposal was too limited, could interfere with foreclosures or other transfers, and would only delay—not prevent—fraud. The final bill heard was HB 2566 on local government procurement, which would raise certain small-purchase and small-public-works thresholds for counties, remove some differences between larger and smaller counties, and give counties more options when no bids are received. County representatives supported the bill as a needed update to procurement rules and a way to reduce bureaucracy and keep pace with inflation.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/27/25

Health and Human Services

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  • </c><00:04:43.440><c> levels</c> response and recovery uh at local levels response and recovery uh at
  • In communities, it was just meeting needs that local and state funding weren't meeting.
  • One is the proposal around the pharmacy<00:43:21.800><c> carveout.
  • So again, this pharmacy carveout.
  • Thank you. local agencies as children who are local agencies as children who are reunified<01:12:46.640
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services Oversight REVISED: SB1304 - Added Apr 15th, 2026

Health and Human Services Oversight

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  • recommendation with the list of those pregnancy access centers to where we'd send them to the closest local
  • ...closest local facility to assist them? Would you be willing to work with me on that?
  • But as a licensed Oklahoman, if I don't pay my taxes, I can't renew my pharmacy license.
  • But as a licensed Oklahomaan, if I don't pay my taxes, I can't renew my pharmacy license.
Summary: The committee opened with prayer and then heard a long series of Senate bills, many of them agency request or cleanup measures. Early bills included SB 1983, directing DHS to provide foster care data to resource family partners to better identify foster family needs; SB 444, allowing hospice personnel to control or destroy controlled substances after a patient’s death; and SB 1503, a PCS related to pregnancy resource center outreach and in-state referrals, which drew discussion about virtual versus face-to-face support and was reported out after members agreed to continue working on the language. Other measures advanced included SB 1561 on progressive discipline for certain M.T.M.S. personnel, SB 592 and SB 1946 on alcohol-related licensing/sales issues, SB 1501 and SB 1567 as cleanup or implementation bills, and SB 1833 codifying a SNAP waiver barring candy and soft drinks purchases. The committee also considered several health and human services bills. SB 2026 expanded access to military discharge papers to grandchildren; SB 904 addressed public funds and state facilities, with members raising concerns about legislative interference in medical decision-making and liability; SB 2178 modified alcohol licensing insurance requirements; SB 1651 updated Oklahoma Medical Board license language; SB 1558 clarified the definition of a child for level E group homes; SB 1565 promoted Food is Medicine efforts to improve maternal and infant outcomes; and SB 1553 required psychologist review of appealed adverse determinations involving mental health claims. SB 1257, with a policy recommendation, expanded THC/controlled substance language to align with federal guidelines, and SB 1749 made a cleanup change related to food trailers and LP gas inspections. Later in the meeting, the committee advanced SB 65 with a policy amendment adding fentanyl and xylazine test strips; SB 1242, which included OMMA education and abandoned grow cleanup provisions; SB 1642, allowing shorter acute prescriptions to help reduce addiction risk; SB 640, treating abandoned grow facilities as public nuisances so local governments can abate them; SB 667, clarifying accreditation language for chiropractic programs; SB 1436, requiring hospitals to provide information on obtaining records after stillbirth or miscarriage; SB 1484, codifying medical examiner practices in infant or child deaths; SB 1562, addressing hospice patient solicitation; SB 1794, creating a mental health bed-availability database; SB 1644, seeking data on alpha-gal syndrome to support federal research funding; SB 1533, ensuring burial assistance for Oklahoma veterans who die out of state; SB 933, creating a right-to-try pathway for individualized treatments; and SB 1555, aligning the definition of intellectual disability with federal law. Most bills were reported out do pass, with recorded votes ranging from unanimous to a few nays on some measures. SB 1304 was laid over, and the committee adjourned at the end of the meeting.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Care & Wellness Jan 23rd, 2026

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  • Additionally, we operate a 503A pharmacy in Kent that provides customized, patient-specific compounded
  • has cared for them, often for years, is unable to get adult family home licensure due to expense, local
  • who has cared for them, often for years, is unable to get adult family home licensure due to expense local
  • including information regarding drug costs, payment amounts received for 340B drugs, payments made to pharmacies
Summary: The committee held public hearings on several health-related bills. House Bill 2384 would require continuing care retirement communities that offer life care contracts to submit actuarial analyses every other registration cycle for review by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner, with the Department of Social and Health Services using the review in registration decisions. The bill sponsor and residents’ advocates said it would improve transparency and protect seniors’ prepaid care promises, while the CCRC industry supported the goal but raised concerns about scope, cost, and implementation details. House Bill 2505 would exempt certain foster family homes and child-specific foster care homes from adult family home licensure when former foster youth remain in the home as adults and certain safety conditions are met; DSHS supported the narrow exemption as a way to avoid displacing vulnerable young adults. House Bill 2402 would phase out DEHP and other orthophthalates in IV solution containers and later IV tubing, with exemptions for certain blood and cell therapy products; supporters cited health and environmental risks and the availability of safer alternatives, while manufacturers and hospitals supported the goal but asked for longer timelines, supply-chain protections, and implementation assistance. In executive session, the committee took action on a series of bills. It adopted an amendment and passed House Bill 1904, which prohibits cat declawing, on a 13-3 vote. It passed a proposed substitute for House Bill 2145 on the 340B drug program on an 11-5 vote after debate over reporting requirements and the state’s authority. It rejected several amendments to House Bill 2182 on abortion medications held by the Department of Corrections, adopted an Indian health care provider priority amendment, and passed the bill on a 10-6 vote. House Bill 2211 on medically tailored meals passed 15-1. The committee also passed Substitute House Bill 2247 on veterinarian-client-patient relationships, Substitute House Bill 2329 on midwives and lactation consultants, and Substitute House Bill 2339 on nurse licensing, each with technical amendments and broad support.
CA
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  • And then we also default to local planning council data.
  • But I think our BCP is very much more focused on the local assistance, or what is happening at the local
  • My name is Sadalia King and I'm with UDW, Ask Me, Local 39 and 30.
  • I'm with Local 2015.
  • I'm with Local 2015.