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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/11/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • from requiring licensed registered nurse practitioners to obtain any other license to use a diagnostic x-ray
  • from requiring licensed registered nurse practitioners to obtain any other license to use a diagnostic x-ray
  • However, due to an arcane law that hasn't been updated regarding fluoroscopy and x-ray and hasn't kept
  • Fluoroscopy briefly is just real-time x-ray. It is not new. It's not experimental.
  • In Arizona, fluoroscopy and x-ray are delivered and used by physicians, as we know, physician assistants
Summary: The committee approved the minutes and then heard House Bill 2050, which updates Department of Health Services rules for radiologic technologists and radiologic assistants. The bill changes school accreditation and training requirements, reduces clinical hours, revises supervision and scope-of-practice rules, adjusts fees, and removes radiologic technologists from the telehealth health care provider definition. Testimony from a radiologic technologist supported the bill as an update to outdated standards and a response to workforce shortages, while a nurse practitioner supported the section allowing NPs to use diagnostic x-ray machines under nursing board standards. HB 2050 passed 7-0 with a do-pass recommendation. The committee then considered House Bill 2082, which creates a Childhood Cancer and Rare Childhood Disease Research Commission and expands the research fund to include appropriations, gifts, donations, and federal grants. An amendment shifted grant-awarding authority to the DHS director, required the commission to set criteria and review applications, and added public meeting requirements; it also tied funding to at least $5 million in available resources and removed the return-on-investment reporting requirement. Supporters said the bill would strengthen pediatric cancer research and leverage an underused funding source, though members raised concerns about oversight. The bill was amended and then passed 7-0. House Bill 2176 and House Bill 2195 both dealt with DHS licensing and complaint-investigation procedures for health care institutions and nursing care institutions. HB 2176 allows DHS to deny licenses or ownership changes based on serious prior licensing problems or safety risks, and it sets notice, investigation, and deficiency-statement rules; speakers from public health and hospital groups supported it as improving transparency and preventing bad actors from cycling through ownership. HB 2195 limits DHS access to certain personnel records, requires deficiency statements within 10 business days, and bars investigations of incidents older than 12 months; an amendment delayed implementation to July 1, 2027 and added corrective-plan and off-site review provisions. Both bills passed 7-0 as amended. The committee also approved House Bill 2202, which appropriates $300,000 annually for a dementia care tele-mentoring program to train providers statewide, especially in rural and underserved areas. The Alzheimer’s Association and a patient with younger-onset Alzheimer’s testified that the program would improve early diagnosis and care, though one senator opposed state funding on the view that medical schools should teach the material. HB 2202 passed 6-1. Finally, House Bill 2307, addressing placement for dangerous, incompetent, non-restorable defendants when secure state hospital beds are unavailable, drew the most debate. An amendment replaced out-of-state placement with a temporary, limited-use solution involving up to three beds at the Arizona State Hospital forensic campus, created a study committee, and shifted some non-psychiatric costs to counties; counties and hospital stakeholders opposed the county-cost language, while sponsors and DHS said the measure was an emergency stopgap. The amended bill passed 4-3. The committee then passed House Bill 2584 4-3, which prohibits public funds from being used for genetic sequencing equipment from foreign adversary countries or entities; supporters framed it as a national security measure, and opponents voted no. The committee then adjourned.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Energy Resources Mar 17th, 2025

Energy Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • We've had some situations where they make you put X amount of cash so you don't get You don't have to
  • You've got to make x amount of cash proceeds. in the bond, and it's spent for other purposes.
  • We have some markers at some places and things like that.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Transportation (02/17/2026)

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • you know, ethereal idea like X. you know, ethereal idea like X.
  • What are these real problems that exist from having an X marker on the license?
  • /c> problems that exist from having an X problems that exist from having an X marker<03:57:55.439>
  • <04:06:24.720> on problem getting rid of uh sex markers on problem getting rid of uh sex markers
  • I'm currently one of those people who has an X gender marker on my driver's license.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/27/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • At my age, I get a lot of X-rays, a lot of different things. They cover me up with this.
  • How far does this X-ray travel?
  • It covers the source, and then the second part of the device, it covers the patient, so that X-ray that
  • We're responsible for Highway 64 from mile marker 188 to mile marker 219.
  • We're responsible for highway 64 from mile marker 188 to mile marker 219.
Summary: The Senate Health and Human Services Committee heard and advanced six measures. SB 1118, as amended, appropriates $3 million to the Department of Health Services for grants to rural hospitals to install radiation protection systems in cardiac catheterization rooms; testimony focused on protecting health care workers from ionizing radiation, with the amendment narrowing the bill from an unspecified appropriation to a specific amount and room type. The committee also approved SB 1154, a $500,000 General Fund appropriation for an ADOT traffic and safety study on SR 64 between Williams and the Grand Canyon, after testimony from local officials, law enforcement, and fire personnel describing heavy tourism traffic, crashes, and fatalities. SB 1063, which appropriates $10.4 million for safety improvements on U.S. Route 70, also received a do-pass recommendation after testimony from the San Carlos Apache Tribe, sheriffs, and tribal law enforcement describing a high number of fatalities and dangerous roadway conditions. The committee then passed SB 1153, which creates a Grand Canyon National Park specialty license plate and fund; the Grand Canyon Conservancy testified that proceeds would support park conservation, research, education, and preservation work. SCM 1001, as amended, urging the renaming of State Route 260 as the Donald J. Trump Highway, was approved after a contentious debate over the symbolism of the memorial. Finally, SB 1209, which exempts people without a residence address or whose address is a homeless shelter from non-operating ID license fees and extends the validity period for those IDs, received a do-pass recommendation after testimony from homeless services providers that IDs are essential for housing, employment, and access to services. Votes were 10-0 for SB 1118, 6-4 for SB 1154, 6-4 for SB 1063, 10-0 for SB 1153, 6-4 for SCM 1001, and 9-0 with one not voting for SB 1209.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee Apr 21st, 2026 at 08:25 am

Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so that is a huge marker in terms of leadership and nuclear energy. Yeah, we're over.
  • And so that is a huge marker in terms of leadership and nuclear energy. Yeah, we're over.
  • Basically, it uses gas to take the heat out of it, and there's X-energy.
  • X-E-H-100, again, a TRISO-fueled reactor. That uses gas.
  • TRISO-X is in Oak Ridge, building the capability on fuels.
Keywords: 908, all
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 17th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • of the markers that got Indian names on them.
  • Because the report ought to show us that x number of people was arrested, x number of people had their
  • The Department of State recognizes "X" on passports.
  • Legislation to recognize "X" on driver's licenses, and many other countries also now recognize "X" as
  • a marker of sex or gender.
Keywords: 1136, house, all