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DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Committee Meeting Jun 17th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Today, if a working family relies on purchase of care assistance, their options for care during the summer
  • There are only three licensed camps in Delaware able to accept purchase of care, and all three are located
  • Because purchase of care can only be used at licensed camps, this bill helps ensure hundreds of children
  • I wouldn't say all of them, but kids are able to purchase them.
  • I believe it would take care of this.
Bills: SB293, SB279, SB293, SB279
Summary: The House Education Committee met and first heard Senate Bill 293, the Youth Camp Licensing Act, which would amend child care licensing rules for youth camps. The sponsor said the bill, with amendments, would remove accreditation language, clarify shelter requirements for outdoor camps, and eliminate limits that had restricted the number of children camps could serve, especially for families using purchase-of-care assistance. YMCA and school representatives testified in support, saying the measure would expand access to safe, affordable summer care for low-income working families. The committee voted to release the bill. The committee then approved Senate Bill 328, which would require the Department of Education’s school facility evaluation instrument to be established by regulation and to include lead-based paint hazards in the standard of good repair. The Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Advisory Committee supported the bill, explaining that lead had not been included in the original evaluation tool and that the new language would improve transparency and public comment. Senate Bill 318, updating the Delaware State Education Association special license plate program, also passed after DSEA testified that proceeds support scholarships for educators and students pursuing education careers. House Bill 443, dealing with background checks for education volunteers and mentors, passed as well. The sponsor said it would allow DOE to continue receiving wrapback reports for mentors in the state mentoring program and ensure state and federal criminal background checks remain in place. The committee also released Senate Joint Resolution 15, which directs DOE to reevaluate Delaware’s use of the SAT, modernize the accountability framework, and develop additional measures of student achievement and readiness; supporters argued the SAT does not capture career and technical pathways or other indicators of success. House Bill 459, which prohibits the sale of energy drinks on public middle and high school campuses during school hours or events, passed after discussion focused on whether the bill would affect possession versus sale and whether it could lead to student discipline; DOE said the bill only bans sales, and the sponsor said an amendment would clarify intent. Finally, House Concurrent Resolution 137 passed, directing DOE to review math instruction and MTSS supports statewide; testimony emphasized low math proficiency and the need for stronger, more coherent interventions. The committee also began hearing Senate Bill 279 on occupational therapist salary placement, with discussion centered on aligning OT compensation with other specialist roles and broader salary regulation updates, though the transcript cuts off before final action is shown.
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee Meeting Jun 17th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's an act to amend Title 14 of the Delaware Code related to child care. House Bill 447.
  • It's an act to amend Title 14 of the Delaware Code related to child care.
  • It's an act to amend title 14 of the dollar code related to child care.
  • So the IRMC has a very large charge of looking at the early care and education offerings of public good
  • Because right now we're still only at, you know, offering Purchase of Care to families at, what, 250%
Bills: SB293, SB279
Summary: The Senate Education Committee approved the June 10 minutes and then heard House Bill 447, which would create a framework for voluntary child care cost-sharing partnerships among the state, employers, community sponsors, and families. Supporters said the bill is meant to help make child care more affordable and support workforce participation by using the existing Interagency Resource Management Committee to coordinate planning and funding. Committee discussion focused on how the tri-share model would work, who would participate, and whether it would reach lower-income families; no public comment was offered on the bill. The committee then took up House Bill 300, as amended, which would establish a statewide Title IX coordinator within the Department of Education to provide training, technical assistance, data collection, and oversight for interscholastic athletics in grades 6 through 12. The bill’s sponsor and supporters said the position would help schools comply with Title IX, improve consistency, and make athletic participation and spending data more transparent; opponents or skeptics questioned whether a new DOE position was needed and whether districts were already meeting their obligations. The sponsor and witnesses responded that existing federal data are delayed and incomplete, that some Delaware schools have participation gaps, and that a state-level coordinator would provide needed support and accountability. Public comment on HB 300 included testimony from the Delaware State Education Association, the Delaware Association of School Administrators, the Delaware School Sports Network, and the Office of Women’s Advancement and Advocacy, all generally supporting the bill or its goals. DASA noted it remained neutral but appreciated changes made in House Amendment 1 to reduce reporting burden. After public comment, the chair asked members to sign the bill release forms for the two bills heard, and the committee adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I want to start by thanking uh all of the members of the LCCMR, of which several of us are on this
  • , acknowledgement of the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, purchasing recycled and recyclable
  • It's kind of an option of last resort.
  • assets become state property, we do have to pay to take care of them and other entities as well, making
  • assets become state property, we do have to pay to take care of them and other entities as well, making
Bills: HF3426, HF3428
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • with the department of agriculture. with the department of agriculture.
  • behalf of the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii.
  • of this measure and the directors of of this measure and the directors of labor<00:59:04.319>
  • care.
  • We're going to omit lotions from the definition of personal care products.
Summary: The joint House Committee on Tourism and House Committee on Agriculture and Food Systems heard House Bill 2585 on agricultural tourism. The bill would create statewide uniform standards for agritourism in counties that adopt such ordinances, require registration with county planning departments, and require agritourism to remain secondary and accessory to farming. The Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity supported the measure but recommended amendments to make the language more consistent and to ensure agritourism remains tied to agricultural activity; the Hawaii Farm Bureau also supported the bill with the same general guardrails, while the White Tourism Authority offered comments. A member raised concerns about a trailer/roadside-stand provision, and the department ultimately said it did not support that specific language. The chairs then recommended passage with amendments, including a definition of principal farm operations, clarification that agritourism must not interfere with on-farm operations, revised termination rules after 60 consecutive days without active production with notice and cure procedures, restoration of the department’s proposed change to the trailer language, and technical corrections. HB 2585 passed both committees unanimously with excused members noted. The committees then heard House Bill 2602 on sustainable tourism infrastructure, which would establish a matching grant program in the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism for capital projects that improve sustainability and climate resilience in the visitor industry. The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii testified in support. The chair recommended passage with a committee report note estimating a roughly $5 million cost and a date correction, and both committees adopted the recommendation unanimously. House Bill 1948 on single-use plastics was also heard. It would prohibit lodging establishments from providing certain personal care products in small plastic containers and impose civil penalties. The Department of Land and Natural Resources stood on its testimony, and the Department of Health supported the waste-reduction goal but suggested the language belonged in a different chapter. The chair recommended an HD1 that would omit lotions from the definition of personal care products, adopt the Department of Health’s proposed clarification about reusable containers, and correct the date; the measure passed both committees unanimously. Finally, House Bill 1960 on human trafficking was heard. The bill would require the Attorney General to develop human trafficking awareness training for transit accommodation workers, require employers to provide training, keep records, post signage, adopt prevention policies, and report suspected trafficking, with penalties and rulemaking by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. The Department of Labor Relations supported the intent but said the Department of Law Enforcement should be the lead agency, and the Hawaii Hotel Alliance strongly supported the bill while asking for amendments to recognize existing industry programs and apply the requirements equitably. The chair recommended an HD1 incorporating a July 1, 2027 deadline for training materials and employer training, adopting the hotel industry and DLE-related amendments, and making technical corrections; HB 1960 passed both committees unanimously.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The RFA is also looking to add the purchase of land to the eligible uses of the loan funds.
  • eligible uses of purchase of land to the eligible uses of the<00:41:51.960> loan<00:41:52.200
  • c> it<01:09:00.080> was amount of grain we purchased it was amount of grain we purchased it
  • sort of financial data uh purchase sort of financial data uh purchase reports<01:25:36.800> and
  • majority of grain purchases in Minnesota majority of grain purchases in Minnesota will<01:38:09.239
Bills: HF1063
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Child Committee Meeting - 2026-04-14

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We owe this to all of them. It's what we all care about.
  • We owe this to all of them. It's what we all care about.
  • of Minnesota's child care sustainability of Minnesota's child care industry,<01:41:55.640> safe-<
  • a board of early care and education.
  • a board of early care and education.
Bills: HF4407, HF4382
Summary: The Children and Families Committee adopted the April 8 minutes and then took up House File 4407, as amended by the A1 amendment. The amendment, explained by nonpartisan staff, incorporated much of the Senate version of related legislation and made a series of changes: it revised the definition of “disproportionately represented child,” shifted that determination to the Commissioner of Children, Youth, and Families, made technical cross-reference and terminology updates, adjusted training requirements, set the working group to expire December 31, 2027, and added an appropriation for statewide implementation. The committee adopted the A1 amendment and then referred the bill to Ways and Means. Representative Gilman said the bill is intended to preserve the goals of the Minnesota African American Family Preservation Act while addressing operational, legal, and fiscal problems before statewide implementation. He argued for delaying the effective date by one year, shifting case review responsibilities to the state, and providing funding so counties are not left with an unfunded mandate. He also said the bill adds safety measures related to synthetic opioids and other imminent-harm concerns, and that the delay would allow the working group to finish its recommendations and give counties time to prepare. County officials Steve Schmidt of Meeker County/Minnesota Rural Counties and Jenny Mojo of Clay County testified in support of the bill as amended, emphasizing that counties need clearer responsibilities, staffing, training, technology, and dependable funding to implement the law successfully. Rebecca St. George of DCYF said “active efforts” is not absolutely defined and is determined case by case, often with court involvement. Members raised questions about the meaning of active efforts, the bill’s synthetic opioid language, and whether the proposal should apply more broadly rather than within this specific act. A citizen also cautioned that the opioid language should not unintentionally affect families in treatment programs. Representative Hicks warned that the fentanyl provisions could lead to broad removals and create placement problems for teens with substance use disorder, while Representative Gilman responded that the bill includes a rebuttable presumption and is meant to protect children from imminent harm.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Family Care Providers as the number of Family Care Providers as the number of providers<00:04:06.079
  • of these were gained back in child care of these were gained back in child care centers<00:04:31.080
  • of<00:29:54.960> the believe that Family Care is one of the believe that Family Care is
  • of quality care and had a long history of quality care and so<01:14:49.120> this<01:14:49.239
  • routine of normal and quality care then routine of normal and quality care then we<01:15:40.880>
Bills: HF656, HF655, HF633
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • care and learning as if there's much of care and learning as if there's much of as<00:10:18.600>
  • care recognize the importance of early care recognize the importance of early care and<00:10:26.840
  • I spent most of my childhood in and out of foster care starting at the age of 7.
  • I aged out of foster care as a ward of the state in 2020.
  • type of care from county officers. type of care from county officers.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Health Apr 8th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • If we get this passed, we'll be guaranteed insulin at a cost of $30 a vial or $55 per pack of pre-filled
  • investigate the feasibility of dissolving portions of the department of mental health and substance
  • of mental health during the period of that feasibility study.
  • I'm kind of an all-in, all-above type of guy when it comes to life issues.
  • Members, SB1833 codifies the federal waiver restricting the use of SNAP benefits for the purchase of
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Education Feb 6th, 2026 at 09:10 am

Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Align financing with true costs of care.
  • And we're here in support of universal child care, which we feel is essential.
  • of how school-age child care is delivered in terms of transportation.
  • And other than his grandparents, has no other resource to take care of his child.
  • No other resource to take care of his child.
Bills: SB204, SB241, HB34
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Human Services May 13th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • DFPS targets getting these reports to the entities taking care of the child in a reasonable amount of
  • These campuses serve thousands of residents in all levels of care: independent living, assisted living
  • The delivery of long-term care, like other sectors of healthcare, continues to evolve.
  • their CCRC certification because of an outdated definition of continuing care.
  • As we dove into the issue, we discovered part of the problem lies in the definition of continuing care
Summary: The Committee on Human Services met with a quorum and first voted out Senate Bill 1589, relating to contract requirements between a single-source continuum contractor and DFPS. The motion to report the bill favorably to the full House with a recommendation that it do pass and be printed prevailed on a 7-0 vote. The committee then heard Senate Bill 500, which would set deadlines for providing foster care adoption records, including health, social, educational, and genetic history reports, to speed adoptions. The bill’s author and witnesses from Addie’s Hope Social Services supported it, saying delays in redacted files can take months, slow permanency for children, and increase costs to the state. Members asked about redactions and sibling/family information, and witnesses explained the bill would mainly speed the preliminary file used to decide whether to proceed with placement. SB 500 was left pending. Members also heard Senate Bill 1266, which would require regular reevaluation of the Medicaid provider support team and add written notice of provider disenrollment at least 30 days in advance. There were no witnesses, no questions, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1522, concerning continuing care retirement communities, was then laid out and supported by LeadingAge Texas and counsel, who said it updates outdated definitions, clarifies licensing and disclosure rules, and strengthens consumer protections for seniors. It was also left pending. After a brief recess, the committee heard Senate Bill 1137, which would prohibit group home consultants from referring people to unlicensed or unpermitted group homes except in limited circumstances, require disclosure of complaints, and create a Class B misdemeanor for violations. Members discussed whether consultants are regulated and noted concerns about unlicensed referral practices. The bill was left pending, and the committee adjourned after completing its agenda.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:07:05.120> of chance to show that we take care of chance to show that we take care of
  • I stand care of FHPAP last year.
  • Um or CAP um across a continuum of care.
  • care of already, so So, it's all taken care of already, so they<00:29:09.520> don't<00:29:09.679
  • We need to take care of our residents and our citizens.
Bills: HF3403, HF2687, HF2381
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • of yourself and take care of your young children.
  • <00:18:17.200> of um access this field to take care of um access this field to take care of
  • <00:22:15.360> that we took care, but one of the issues that we took care, but one of the
  • you um, I just took care of my business, you um, I just took care of my business, you know,<01:29
  • I was taking care I was taking care of I was taking care I was taking care of my<01:30:16.719>
Bills: HF3174, HF3800
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/28/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • The volume of quality of care complaints continues to exceed Commit's investigative capacity.
  • So I’m so glad we’re taking care of it. It’s a big step.
  • care of them.
  • care of them.
  • Hospitals are places of care, not immigration enforcement.
Summary: The Health and Human Services Committee approved the January 21 minutes and then heard a series of bills focused on developmental disabilities oversight, behavioral health fraud, AHCCCS operations, child safety, and state hospital capacity. SB 1179 would make the Developmental Disabilities Group Home Monitoring Program permanent and remove the appropriations contingency; Disability Rights Arizona and program managers testified that Commit had identified systemic care problems, while the sponsor said the work should continue. The bill received a 6-1 do-pass recommendation. SB 1114 would appropriate $1 million to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office for behavioral health patient brokering investigations; Native advocates described widespread recruitment and exploitation of vulnerable people, especially Native Americans, and the bill passed 8-0. SB 1115 would prohibit AHCCCS from allowing remote work for Access employees; the sponsor argued in-person oversight was needed, while AHCCCS warned of space and staffing problems. It passed 4-3. SB 1051 would require hospitals to collect and report patients’ citizenship or immigration status for cost accounting; supporters called it a data-collection measure, while nurses and physicians said it would create fear and deter care. It passed 4-3. SB 1122, as amended, would replace prior authorization with 100% prepayment review for certain behavioral health services under the American Indian Health Plan, and passed 7-0 after AHCCCS said it had worked on the amendment. SB 1132, to appropriate unspecified funds for a new Arizona State Hospital wing, drew testimony from families and advocates describing severe shortages of state hospital beds and the need for more long-term treatment capacity; it passed 7-0. SB 1169, to fund graduate medical education and a new residency program, passed 6-0. SB 1171, requiring AHCCCS to check for dual enrollment in exchange plans and AHCCCS, passed 4-2-1 after AHCCCS said implementation would require system changes and costs. SB 1172, requiring more experienced DCS investigators for repeated abuse/neglect reports and court notification of hotline calls in dependency cases, passed 7-0. SB 1173, requiring behavioral health facility applicants, owners, and licensees to be U.S. citizens or lawfully present permanent residents with fingerprint clearance cards, passed 4-3 after an amendment clarifying the lawful-presence requirement.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It also has a child care and a number of other, I'll call it, ancillary programs related.
  • > number<00:24:43.679> of<00:24:43.760> other child care and a number of other child
  • seriously, the issue of fraud in the child care assistance program as well.
  • Section 16 relates to the transferability of child foster care background studies.
  • of child foster care transferability of child foster care background<01:02:57.560> studies.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Retirement and Government Resources REVISED Feb 17th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Retirement and Government Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our cities pick up a lot of slack for things that the state's not taking care of.
  • Of kind of kind of pushed out of a cola.
  • of the Department of Human Services, office of Inspector General and the Resident Care Specialist for
  • looking at a program that's specifically about encouraging state purchasing of specific types of services
  • OMES in order to be part of the purchasing process it does have a second bottom line to it and I think
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services REVISED Feb 9th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • It has had a number of years of difficulty making quorum and difficulty getting people to serve.
  • But this one was not one of those that they changed their initial opinion of.
  • On the opposite end of the spectrum Here is the long-term care advisory council that was formed specifically
  • This, I'm gonna hopefully get to do a couple of bills here related to foster care.
  • the Senate, and the speaker of the House of Representatives after the conclusion of the TMAh model.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Local and County Government REVISED Mar 3rd, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Local and County Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • All those in favor of adoption of the amendment, signified by saying All those opposed say 'nay'.
  • Purchasing agent, so typically how high can that go if it can just be established by the county purchasing
  • A lot of smaller communities obviously serve a rural district, and lots of communities are having this
  • It may not be the best solution, but it is part Of it is part of it, and what we can do to work on it
  • Although a town of 500 is big for me, a town of 500 is a large town for me.
Bills: SB2130, SB2135
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • We had some issue with the Health Care Authority last year with some of our providers and how they were
  • care, hours of care, to people who qualify for those treatments. ...provide units of care, hours of
  • I have repeal sections of the Health Care Workers and Educators' Assistance Program and the Health Care
  • So this is a physician who did not take care of the patient in any way—no direct patient care—but is
  • But isn't it true that the cost of health care...