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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Education Postsecondary Jan 28th, 2026

Education Postsecondary

Bills: S1376, S1570
Summary: The committee met with a quorum present and first considered SB 1376, which would create an education grant program to help address Florida’s shortage of genetic counselors by supporting students in genetics programs at state universities. Senator Burgess described genetic counselors’ roles in oncology, prenatal care, rare diseases, and other clinical settings, and noted Florida’s limited number of licensed counselors. The committee adopted an amendment requiring graduate programs to be accredited by the Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling and to show sufficient clinical training capacity. Members spoke in support, and CS/SB 1376 was reported favorably by roll call vote. After a brief recess, the committee took up SB 1570, which would revive Project Leo, a prior Florida program that helped locate missing persons with special needs who are at high risk of wandering or elopement. President Gates explained that the bill would allow participating CARD centers to work with local sheriff’s offices to provide voluntary tracking devices and included $1 million in nonrecurring funding. Senators Berman and Harrell supported the measure, citing the dangers of wandering, especially for individuals with developmental disabilities or autism, and the importance of preventing drownings and other tragedies. The bill was reported favorably by roll call vote. No other business was raised, no senators requested to be recorded on the bills, and the committee adjourned without objection.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Appropriations May 8th, 2025

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • understanding of as we're looking and evaluating this legislation, is there some... reason why now in the financial
  • So you believe what I'm hearing you say, and again, I'm not a financial genius; I'm a doctor.
Bills: SJR4, SJR 4
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Financial Services Committee Apr 23rd, 2025

Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • All financial institutions are required. We've issued money... required.
  • So, you know, right now we require financial institutions to report elder transactions.
Bills: HB297, HB587
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/26

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • By requiring financial responsibility By requiring financial responsibility for<00:05:05.600><c> the<
  • </c><00:10:17.400><c> With</c> experiences a financial hardship.
  • With experiences a financial hardship.
  • </c> of those different methods of financial of those different methods of financial assurances, assurances
  • </c><00:42:09.360><c> insurances</c> uh the the financial insurances uh the the financial insurances
Bills: HF4740, HF3940
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations Apr 16th, 2025 at 08:00 am

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • They haven't really put the financial model together because they didn't know this money was going to
Bills: SB2225, HB1619
Summary: The Appropriations Committee met to clear several remaining bills and discussed scheduling around upcoming conference committees. The chair noted that full committee meetings would likely be held after floor session, while Thursday and Friday mornings were being reserved for conference committees. Members also discussed how conference committees would be scheduled and where they would appear on their dashboards. The committee first took up House Bill 1577, relating to wastewater facility grants. Amendments were adopted to create a loan/line-of-credit mechanism through the Bank of North Dakota and the Department of Environmental Quality to keep two canceled federal BRIC-funded projects moving: a lagoon project in Fezenden and a wastewater treatment project in Lincoln. Members emphasized the language was intended to apply only to those projects and to preserve the possibility of federal reimbursement later. The amendment passed 16-0, and the bill as amended received a 15-1 do pass recommendation. The committee then reconsidered House Bill 1009 and adopted an additional amendment transferring the remaining balance in the bioscience innovation grant fund to the general fund, rather than issuing another round of grants. That amendment passed 16-0, and the bill as amended also received a 16-0 do pass recommendation. Finally, the committee considered House Bill 1619, creating a long-term care facility loan fund and adjusting an existing medical facility loan program. After discussion, members amended the bill to reduce the long-term care fund cap to $10 million per project, set the interest rate at 2%, extend repayment to 30 years, and align the medical facility loan program to 2% with a 30-year term. The amendment passed 14-2, and the bill as amended received a 16-0 do pass recommendation.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House and Governmental Affairs Apr 29th, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • You are protecting its integrity.
  • It clarifies the inspector general's role as the state's chief integrity officer.
  • this chief integrity officer.
  • I've got some surrounding towns that are just struggling financially.
  • Towns that are just struggling financially.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part I) Mar 20th, 2025

State Affairs

Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs met and heard several bills related to legislative process and court jurisdiction. Senate Bill 1386, by Senator Huffman, would change compelled legislative testimony from blanket transactional immunity to testimonial immunity, allowing compelled statements or documents to be used against a witness in criminal prosecution only if not derived from the compelled testimony, while preserving protection against perjury and false statements and retaining the right to counsel. No public witnesses testified, and the bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1470, by Chairman Hughes, which would require DPS to share existing data on cross-state driver’s license cancellations with the Secretary of State for voter-roll maintenance. Hughes said the bill does not create new data collection and is intended to improve list maintenance. A DPS resource witness was present, there was no substantive opposition, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1210, also by Hughes, would address conflicts between the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals on constitutional questions by making the Supreme Court the final arbiter in limited circumstances. Chris Hilton supported the bill, but Allen Place, Jack Rohde, and Philip Furlow opposed it, arguing it was unconstitutional, unnecessary, and could create practical problems in criminal post-conviction litigation. The bill was left pending after testimony. The committee also heard Senate Bill 311, which would conform the Government Code to the Texas Constitution by clarifying the Supreme Court’s original writ authority against lower courts and officials other than the governor. Justice Evan Young and Chris Hilton supported the bill as a clarification of existing authority, while no one testified against it; the bill was left pending. The committee then recessed to allow the chamber to rearrange for the Senate session.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Feb 11th, 2026

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security

Bills: S1182, S1594
Summary: The Senate Committee on Military, Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security met with a quorum present and took up two bills. SB 1594, by Senator Gates, would change how veterans’ benefits received on behalf of foster youth are handled so the funds are not used to offset foster care costs, but instead are preserved for post-secondary education or aftercare services when the youth leaves foster care. The bill drew one supportive appearance from Victoria Zep of Family Support Services, had no debate, and was reported favorably by a unanimous roll call vote. Senator Sharief later asked to be recorded as a yes vote on the bill. The committee then considered SB 1182, by Senator Jones, which creates the Florida Veterans and Military Spouses Business Development Act to provide fee relief and tax incentives for veteran-owned and military spouse-owned businesses. The committee adopted Jones’s strike-all amendment, which added information-sharing and verification provisions, refined the tax exemptions, and broadened eligibility for fee waivers and sales tax relief. After no questions or debate, the amended bill was reported favorably by unanimous vote. The committee also held a confirmation hearing for three appointees—Matthew Bacchano, Tim Thomas, and Belinda Kaiser—and recommended confirmation on all three in one vote. The meeting concluded with several members offering remarks praising Chair Wright’s long service and leadership on veterans’ issues, followed by adjournment.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources, February 10, 2026

Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
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Bills: SF0052, SF0024
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Additionally, I'm not going to linger on the program integrity side of this.
  • </c> on the program integrity side of this. on the program integrity side of this.
  • </c> Federal financial participation.
  • It's an eligibility determination system for financial aid for college students.
  • you know financial aid for college<01:02:30.480><c> students.
Bills: HF3439, HF3763
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources, February 10, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
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  • resources you need to maintain financial resources you need to maintain it<00:15:38.720><c> in</c><00
  • And then what's really fascinating is that you can use it to plan different financial scenarios based
  • Right now it doesn't seem to be feasible financially to tie that in, but they want to go ahead and acquire
  • watershed approach that could integrated watershed approach that could benefit<01:04:07.520><c> not<
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources, February 10, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • unlocking potential cost-share efforts with federal land management agencies, which could multiply the financial
  • For many years, the Wyoming State Forestry and Wyoming Forest Service timber programs have been integral
  • It needs to be protected, and this will all be done to preserve the integrity of the election.
  • done to protected and this will all be done to preserve<00:53:32.640><c> the</c><00:53:32.880><c> integrity
  • </c> preserve the integrity of the election. preserve the integrity of the election.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/23/26

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The 75% makes more of a financial ask of our providers and incentive for them to build in these remote
  • makes</c><00:09:49.360><c> more</c><00:09:49.760><c> of</c><00:09:50.000><c> a</c><00:09:50.240><c> financial
  • /c><00:09:51.600><c> uh</c><00:09:51.920><c> ask</c><00:09:52.399><c> of</c> 75% makes more of a financial
  • uh ask of 75% makes more of a financial uh ask of our<00:09:53.519><c> uh</c><00:09:53.760><c> providers
Bills: HF3508, HF3548, HF3549
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Feb 4th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • of opportunity on the same footing as counties and municipalities for certain state and federal financial
  • Senate Bill 694 allows Florida to close this chapter with integrity.
Bills: S0214, S0694, S1266
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development met with a quorum present and considered three bills. First, SB 214 by Senator McLean, a rural access bill for special districts, was amended to allow independent special districts in rural areas to receive certain state and federal financial assistance payments directly for verified work rather than relying on reimbursement. Testimony in support came from representatives of water and sewer entities and the Florida Association of Special Districts. The committee adopted the amendment and then reported CS/SB 214 favorably. Next, the committee took up CS/SB 1266 by Senator Collada on cybersecurity internships and workforce readiness. The bill was amended to create a cybersecurity experiential learning opportunity and clearance readiness program within the Department of Commerce, working with Cyber Florida at USF. A proposed amendment to the amendment was withdrawn by Senator Bernard. With no opposition noted, the committee adopted the amendment and then reported CS/SB 1266 favorably. Finally, the committee heard CS/SB 694 by Senator Bracey Davis, which provides compensation to the descendants of the Groveland Four—Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepard, and Ernest Thomas—for wrongful convictions and related harms. The bill was presented as a justice and redress measure, with supportive testimony from Delatry Hollinger and comments from Senator Smith and the chair praising the effort. The committee reported CS/SB 694 favorably, and then adjourned without further business.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Education Committee, February 20, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • aligned with institutional satisfactory academic progress standards as already defined for federal financial
  • I'm not sure if I'm prepared to support it just because of the financial change that it may bring to
  • cap to the tuition increases, you know, by sending a benchmark, but would want to evaluate the financials
Bills: SF0018, SF0036, SF0047