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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Article three is the limited long-term<00:10:08.959> care<00:10:09.279> insurance<00:10
  • NIC model law for limited long-term care.
  • NIC model law for limited long-term care.
  • NIC model law for limited long-term care.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/09/2026 - Senate Finance

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman, Senator Epstein, I don't know if it limits what can be considered, but it does limit the proxy
  • In real terms, I fear this bill limits what pensions can invest in, and it limits what people can vote
  • , it is a much better tool because it is very limited in scope.
  • And I think maybe we should have term limits for lobbyists. Fifty years is a long time.
  • Currently, the term 'current use' is not defined in Arizona statute.
Summary: The committee first approved the February 2, 2026 minutes and held Senate Bill 1090. It then heard Senate Bill 1503, which would require pension fiduciaries and proxy advisory firms to act solely in the economic interest of plan participants and beneficiaries, prohibit ESG- or ideology-based voting, require disclosures and economic analyses in certain cases, and authorize attorney general enforcement. The sponsor said the bill was meant to protect investors and align with federal action. Testimony was mixed: a policy witness supported the bill, while representatives of ASRS and PSPRS said they were neutral but raised concerns about added costs, operational burdens, reporting requirements, possible conflicts with existing fiduciary duties, and increased litigation risk. After debate, the committee voted 4-3 to give SB 1503 a do-pass recommendation. The committee then considered Senate Bill 1293, which would prohibit GPLET school-district revenues from being abated during the eight-year abatement period. Supporters argued the bill would protect school funding and reduce state aid backfill costs, and a Goldwater Institute witness said it would also reduce gift-clause concerns by limiting subsidies that shift costs to other taxpayers. City and economic development representatives from Phoenix, Mesa, and the Greater Phoenix Economic Council opposed the bill, saying GPLET is an important redevelopment tool that helps finance projects in urban cores and that the change would reduce its effectiveness and slow revitalization. The committee adopted an amendment and then passed SB 1293 on a 4-3 vote. Next, the committee heard Senate Bill 1414, which gives insurers 30 days to review and respond to third-party settlement demands in bodily injury claims. Insurance representatives supported the bill as a commercially reasonable timeframe, while the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association opposed it, arguing that 30 days would become a minimum and could delay settlements for injured claimants; members discussed a possible 15-day compromise. The committee passed SB 1414 by a 5-2 vote. It also passed Senate Bill 1633, which creates an income tax subtraction for capital gains from the sale of a primary residence after a five-year residency; opponents warned it would mainly benefit wealthy homeowners and cost the state tens of millions annually, while the sponsor said it could help housing turnover. Finally, the committee passed SB 1429, as amended, allowing Senate and House leaders to designate board members for the Arizona Commerce Authority, SB 1536, which lets municipalities consolidate multiple street-light improvement districts, and heard SB 1724, which clarifies when property splits or consolidations trigger a limited property value recalculation to prevent tax-base manipulation.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation May 19th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • in statute, and it is further limited by Tech Dot's project selection process and continuous industry
  • Uh, but so further limiting Tech dot to only 2 design-build contracts every 2 years would restrict the
  • Is it limited? It's very, it's very limited.
  • That is wholly within the corporate limits of a municipality.
  • Non-aligned weight limits lead to inefficient routing.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 15th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • We'll be limiting public testimony to three minutes today.
  • The term is generally used, so it is defined in statute.
  • Yes, allowed for in the contract terms.
  • So, the answer to the question is the limit...
  • limit.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 15th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • It says that cities cannot regulate the industry, which limits it.
  • Like all of these good protections y'all talk about, aren't those limits?
  • The only meaningful limit currently imposed is the voter approval tax rate (VAT), and that limits property
  • limit or in cases of governor-declared disasters.
  • limit cannot exceed the actual costs incurred due to the disaster.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/17/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Williams concluded that the board would consider those other inputs in terms of which parts of the state
  • I'm talking renewable wet water resources that are not long-term storage credits.
  • We have 20,000 in wet water; the rest in long-term storage.
  • be reducing real water scarcity—excuse me—we should be strengthening consumer protections and long-term
  • In a world where we have limited revenue, we need to be very clear about how much money we allocate to
Summary: The Senate Natural Resources Committee first considered two nominations. Jessica Manuel was introduced as a nominee to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, where testimony emphasized her science background and experience working with agencies and stakeholders. Members asked about wolf management and her qualifications, and the committee voted 8-0 to recommend her confirmation. Stephen Williams was then introduced for the Arizona Livestock Loss Board, with discussion focused on his livestock and State Land Department experience and how the board handles wolf-related livestock losses. The committee also voted 8-0 to recommend his confirmation. The committee then took up several bills. SB 1785, which would codify ADWR’s one-mile safe-harbor policy for recovery wells near groundwater storage facilities, passed 5-3 after ADWR said it largely reflected current practice but requested clarifying language. SB 1082, requiring sanitation measures and signage for petting zoos and similar animal encounter exhibits, drew strong testimony from a parent advocate describing severe E. coli/HUS cases and opposition from fair/agriculture representatives who argued the bill was too broad and unnecessary; after amendment, it failed 4-4. SB 1336, extending the State Land Department and creating a temporary oversight committee with a broad amendment on lease holdovers, notice periods, and committee membership, passed 6-2 after significant debate over the committee’s composition and scope. Later, SB 1200, which would require ADWR to revisit certain Phoenix AMA assured water supply applications using older groundwater models, passed 5-3 despite opposition from CAP and ADWR over added replenishment obligations and concerns about relying on outdated models. SB 1335, requiring the Arizona Water Banking Authority to post its annual report online, passed 7-1. SB 1559, creating rural groundwater management work groups in each basin to report to ADWR, passed 5-3 after supporters said it would improve basin-level coordination and opponents argued it created new bureaucracy without enforcement tools. SB 1761, appropriating $47.7 million to the University of Arizona for the Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture, Cooperative Extension, and the Experiment Station, passed 7-1 amid broad support but some concern about funding levels. Finally, SCM 1007, urging Congress to divest and improve the San Carlos Irrigation Project electric system, passed unanimously.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Feb 12th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • It allows DOEA-authorized and certified staff to complete long-term care eligibility screenings used
  • It allows DOEA-authorized and certified staff to complete long-term care eligibility screenings used
  • and investigations of former guardians, and grants the Office of Public and Professional Guardians limited
  • Yes, Senator Burton, each year we talk about clarity and use of titles in professional practice in terms
  • The course must cover, but is not limited to, evidence-based treatment protocols for patients of all
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services heard and advanced a series of health, child welfare, aging, disability, and public records bills. CS/SB 1002, on child welfare and parental substance abuse, was described as clarifying that acute or chronic parental drug abuse can constitute harm or neglect when it creates an ongoing risk to a child; it passed after limited questions and supportive testimony from Florida Smart Justice Alliance. CS/SB 1630, a broad aging and long-term care modernization bill, would streamline eligibility screenings, allow temporary DOEA services during emergencies or lead agency failures, tighten oversight of area agencies on aging, permanently establish the Florida Alzheimer’s Care Center of Excellence, and expand guardianship training and enforcement tools; it drew support from AARP, area agencies, and the Alzheimer’s Association and was reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 1022 to add Bay County and Pompano to the Florida Children’s Initiatives, and CS/SB 1030, via strike-all amendment, to streamline regulation of substance abuse and behavioral health providers and clarify background screening and privacy rules. Several bills focused on health care practice and patient access. CS/SB 36, with an amendment, allows nurses with doctoral degrees to use appropriate titles while requiring clear identification as nurses and making misuse grounds for discipline; nursing organizations supported it and it passed. CS/SB 844 requires physicians and nurses to complete a one-time, board-approved continuing education course on sickle cell disease care management, with multiple patients and advocates testifying about delayed care, bias, and the need for better provider education; the bill was reported favorably after an amendment aligning it with the House version. CS/SB 560 streamlines procedures for psychotropic medication for children in DCF custody by reducing duplicative reports, clarifying evaluator qualifications, limiting repeated background checks, and simplifying consent documentation; an amendment removed postsecondary education language, and the bill passed. The committee also approved a public records exemption bill for a uterine fibroids research database (CS/SB 864). The committee also advanced measures affecting disability services and forensic care. SB 6, a claims bill, would pay $3.8 million to a trust for a child who suffered severe abuse-related injuries after DCF involvement; it passed without opposition. SB 778 updates the definition of forensic clients so certain individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism found incompetent to proceed can be housed in the same secure forensic setting, reducing duplicative staffing and space needs; it was reported favorably. CS/SB 1016 codifies the Working People with Disabilities Program, allowing eligible developmentally disabled adults to work while retaining Medicaid waiver benefits and requiring notice to enrollees; advocates described the bill as essential to employment and independence, and it passed. Throughout the meeting, most bills received supportive public testimony, few questions, and unanimous or near-unanimous favorable votes.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Mar 19th, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Ask you respectfully, ask you to limit each of the witnesses' testimony. to three minutes so we can get
  • So we have termed this bill the right to brown grass.
  • Cyberbullying is a very big thing and not only in terms of...
  • You can't agree to terms and conditions if you're not an adult.
  • Including Mary Gonzales's bill, parental involvement, time limits and warnings, limiting people who can
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/20/25

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • This plan identifies immediate near-term actions that we must take to achieve our long-term goals, those
  • This plan identifies immediate near-term actions that we must take to achieve our long-term goals, those
  • > goals achieve our long-term goals those goals achieve our long-term goals those goals uh<00:26:
  • What has that resulted in in terms of additional staff at the MPCA?
  • What has that resulted in in terms of additional staff at the MPCA?
Bills: HF276, HF413, HF411
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/17/26

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • Just on what terms and to what effect.
  • <00:43:27.040> point individual privacy, that limited point individual privacy, that limited
  • parents just be better parents and limit parents just be better parents and limit the<00:57:36.000
  • 01:55.920> addictive limitations and prohibiting addictive limitations and prohibiting addictive
  • Addiction is a clinical term.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Aug 22nd, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Limiting our expenses to CPI will limit our ability to take care of this population, and that is because
  • It's a tricky balance, but you're right: to limit our overall expenditures, you can't just limit it on
  • We have limited... limited developable land, so we don't have the new construction that we can add to
  • To put limits on local governments, I'm saying I think these limits, from a practitioner's perspective
  • In my second term.
Bills: HB26, HB73, SB 14, HB46
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/16/2026 - House Health & Human Services

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Just a reminder that we have a two-minute time limit for public testimony.
  • A limit was not imposed by the Supreme Court.
  • We'll limit it to 55.
  • So it's limited to 55 patients from Maricopa County, you know?
  • So it's limited to 55 patients from Maricopa County.
Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 1114, which would appropriate $1 million to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office to investigate behavioral health patient brokering statewide. Sponsor Sen. Karen Werner described the bill as a response to fraud involving vulnerable Native Americans and said the county attorney would investigate the whole state. Some members questioned why the Attorney General was not handling the work and whether the funding should go to a county office, while others supported the effort. The committee voted 10-1 with one present to give SB 1114 a due pass recommendation. The committee then considered Senate Bill 1116, which would require that denials or adverse appeal decisions on behavioral health claims for the American Indian Health Program be reviewed by someone with at least two years of relevant clinical experience. Access testified neutral but said the bill’s language was too broad and could increase appeals and staffing needs, estimating about $490,000 for eight FTEs. Sen. Werner said the bill was meant to prevent inappropriate denials by reviewers without relevant expertise. Members raised concerns about definitions and staffing, and the committee approved the bill 7-4 with one present. Senate Bill 1346 would require Access to notify providers of claim deficiencies within 72 hours and decide corrected claims within 10 business days. Supporters said the measure would reduce long delays and help providers stay afloat; Access said it was working on process improvements but warned the bill would require more staff and system changes, estimating about $580,000. The committee passed SB 1346 7-5. Senate Bill 1347, requiring insurance coverage for fertility preservation services for cancer patients at risk of infertility, drew strong support from cancer survivors and advocates, with insurers neutral; the committee passed it unanimously 12-0. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1813, which would require Arizona State Hospital admissions to be based on clinical need rather than county of residence. Supporters argued the Maricopa County cap unfairly delays treatment and is not required by the underlying court ruling, while ADHS warned the bill could conflict with the Arnold v. Sarn settlement and could shift access away from rural counties. After extensive discussion, the committee passed SB 1813 9-2 with one present. Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 1178, which would allow naturopathic physicians to administer IV antibiotics, antivirals, and antifungals; the initial testimony was largely opposed by medical associations on patient-safety and training grounds, with supporters yet to testify in the excerpt provided.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/16/2026 - Senate Finance

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • So the $10,000 loan amount that is, again, the limit, was set in 1980, correct?
  • We view this measure and its companion bill as very limited in scope.
  • The term "inspection" is also overly broad and could restrict even standard aerial view.
  • I understand that x-rays are an outdated term. Help me understand what's the full scope.
  • Used to be able to use the term x-rays. Now it's imaging. Imaging.
Summary: The Senate Finance Committee approved committee amendments and then heard a series of bills covering consumer lending, health insurance, chiropractic practice, breast cancer screening, insurance claim practices, digital assets, vaccination-based reimbursement, agricultural property inspections, and aviation tax exemptions. Testimony generally split between sponsors and industry or advocacy supporters emphasizing modernization, consumer access, or fairness, and opponents raising concerns about higher costs, tax breaks for wealthy interests, or unclear policy changes. Several bills drew detailed debate over whether they would help consumers or shift costs, and multiple witnesses described personal or industry experiences in support of the health-related measures. SB 1689, which would raise consumer loan thresholds and change interest-rate tiers, was amended but failed on a tied vote after Senator Epstein opposed it as shifting costs to smaller borrowers. SB 1347, requiring coverage for fertility preservation for cancer patients, was amended and passed 4-2 after testimony from the sponsor, a nonprofit representative, and two cancer survivors. SB 1165, eliminating cost-sharing for diagnostic and supplemental breast exams, was amended and passed 5-1. SB 1206, updating rules for public adjusters and contractors after loss events, was amended and passed 5-1. SB 1649, creating a digital assets strategic reserve fund, passed 4-2 despite criticism that it was unnecessary and pro-crypto. SB 1212, barring different reimbursement rates based on vaccination status, passed 4-2. SB 1291, limiting county assessors’ ability to reclassify or inspect agricultural property for four years after a successful appeal, was amended to allow inspections if taxable improvements are made and passed 5-1 over assessor opposition. SB 1516, expanding aviation-related tax exemptions to more aircraft maintenance and repair property, passed 4-1 after supporters framed it as economic development and opponents called it a tax break for private jets. SB 1554, updating chiropractic language from “x-ray” to “diagnostic imaging,” initially failed, was reconsidered after additional questioning, and then passed 3-2 after members said the change mainly codified current practice and reduced liability concerns.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation May 19th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Speaker and members, this is a very, very simple bill that basically is asking that TxDOT limit these
  • Further limiting TxDOT to only two design-build contracts every two years would restrict the agency's
  • However, they're limited when it comes to these larger, billion-dollar-plus projects.
  • Is it limited? It's very limited. I mean, the.
  • In these longer-term jobs, it's going to go away.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate and Governmental Affairs May 6th, 2026

Senate & Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • So our new sheriff, she is fine with this because it does not affect her term.
  • So moving forward, after this term, the sheriff will be elected in October and take office in January
  • But in terms of what New Orleans has been doing, their elections had been held in the spring for the
  • And there was a time when I think Mitch Landrieu got an extra six months of a term, and it was a big
  • And I think when they did it, Extra six months of a term, and it was a big dispute.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Worse, when a provider obeys the limits Worse, when a provider obeys the limits instead<00:43:07.600
  • related to proposed billing limitations. related to proposed billing limitations.
  • > in<00:50:48.160> the Providers will be limited in the Providers will be limited in the
  • Um you know, there's so much limit.
  • We are putting a limit on a one billing code that currently has no limit.
Bills: HF4207, HF4338
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • They're going into long-term care settings.
  • They're going into long-term care settings.
  • There are other bills that look at limiting time in reassessment.
  • There are other bills that look at limiting time in reassessment.
  • <01:48:48.199> skill equipped to provide long-term skill equipped to provide long-term skill
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

State Committee Meeting - 2025-03-27

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • In terms of MMB, it's 11 additional FTEs. Representative Joy: Okay. Excuse me, Madam Chair.
  • An overview of the key work of the office will be provided next week, and we've only got limited time
  • Because of our limited time, I'll only give the highlights.
  • What we have been able to do in terms of building the staff and building on the return.
  • But those limitations have allowed us to specialize and be skilled at what we do.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • But in terms of MMB, it's 11 additional FTE. Okay. It'd be—excuse me, Madam Chair.
  • Um but in terms of for MMB, it's 11 Um but in terms of for MMB, it's 11 additional<00:18:08.920> FTE
  • And we've only<00:33:04.600> got<00:33:04.800> limited<00:33:05.240> time<00:33:
  • And because of our limited time, I'll only give the highlights.
  • But those limitations have allowed us to specialize and be skilled at what we do.