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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/12/26

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

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  • private third party.
  • <00:22:56.720> party<00:22:57.520> uh by a judge not by a third party uh by a judge
  • not by a third party uh private<00:22:58.240> third<00:22:58.480> party.
  • private third party. private third party.
  • But the idea that the existence of that disagreement entitles any third party to come in and take over
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management May 15th, 2025

Land & Resource Management

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  • That's the way I see for the committee to decide: either third party all the time or third party with
  • To have third-party review, they've created their own program.
  • We are okay with third-party reviews.
  • We are okay with third-party reviews. It just has to be a.
  • Again, counties are not against third-party reviewers.
Bills: SB1708, SB2523, SB1450
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26

Transportation Finance and Policy

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  • I'm going to read them out first, second, third.
  • The first one out first, second, third.
  • Then, Abdullah Abir and Eid Ali will be third.
  • Please state your name for the third.
  • So, under different circumstances, if there was one party in control completely, that would prohibit
Bills: HF3553, HF3513, HF3576
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Committee, February 17, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Ensuring safety is the purpose of third-party nationally recognized certification entities.
  • purpose<00:53:48.440> of Ensuring safety is the purpose of Ensuring safety is the purpose of third-party
  • <00:53:49.160> nationally<00:53:49.640> recognized third-party nationally recognized third-party
Bills: SF0095, SF0107, SF0112
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Committee, February 26, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I believe already has a third-party vendor that does that as well.
  • <00:17:03.839> party<00:17:04.240> vendor believe already has a third party vendor
  • uncommon in other states to have third uncommon in other states to have third parties<00:17:52.400
  • <00:18:12.640> parties<00:18:12.880> that clerks as well as the third parties that
  • Um, most programs third party employee.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations Apr 3rd, 2025 at 08:30 am

Appropriations

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  • rider on your policy that says, Insurance companies can place a rider on your policy that says if a third
  • party helps you pay for your deductible, they won't count it.
Bills: SB2271, HB1216
Summary: The Appropriations Committee met with a quorum and took up three bills. House Bill 1216, dealing with prescription drug expense co-pay accumulators in health plans, was presented by Rep. Karen Carl’s, who explained it would prevent insurers from refusing to count third-party assistance toward deductibles for patients using high-cost, non-generic drugs. An amendment was offered to clarify effective dates, including a delayed January 1, 2026 start for PERS coverage. PERS testified that the amendment would align with its calendar-year benefit structure and likely reduce the fiscal note. The amendment was adopted 16-0, and the bill was set aside for further discussion later. House Bill 1199, creating a criminal justice data-sharing system and missing persons/missing Indigenous people task force, was introduced with a committee amendment changing the Attorney General reference to the Attorney General or designee. The committee noted the bill includes a $250,000 general fund appropriation for ongoing costs. The amendment passed 16-0, and the amended bill received a do pass recommendation by a 15-1 vote, with one no vote from Senator Magrum. House Bill 1531, appropriating $75,000 for an irrigation expansion study by the Agriculture Commissioner, was supported as a way to update older economic-impact studies on irrigation and assess opportunities for expansion. Members discussed its relationship to broader study pauses and the history of irrigation development in the state, including Garrison Diversion and remaining authorized acres. The bill passed 16-0. The committee then discussed scheduling for the coming week, noting a heavy bill load and plans for daily morning meetings before adjourning.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Commerce Committee Meeting - 2026-04-07

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • There are often third-party intermediaries vendors that do the same thing Representative Elkins: Yeah
  • There are often third-party intermediaries vendors that do the same thing Representative Elkins: Yeah
  • There are often third-party<00:32:20.720> intermediaries third-party intermediaries third-party
  • <01:04:55.200> It's<01:04:55.800> third-party Being served by this.
  • It's third-party vendors or publishers who own the rights that are making the most money off of this,
Bills: HF4456, HF4544, HF3698
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management Mar 13th, 2025

Land & Resource Management

Transcript Highlights:
  • Despite this process, additional notice to all potentially affected parties. of the district creation
  • Conformance with these requirements is confirmed at the planning level, again at project completion, and a third
Bills: HB23, HB363, HB447, HB954, HB23
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

JDC-LBT, JDC DEFER Public Hearings 02-05-2026

Judiciary

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  • general will still be the one that does the approve either creates the training program or approves a third-party
  • program<00:04:09.360> or<00:04:09.680> approves<00:04:10.000> a<00:04:10.239> third
  • <00:04:10.400> party program or approves a third party program or approves a third party training
  • alliance's amendments, which will allow for external training programs approved by the AG and add third-party
Bills: SB2841, SB2533
Summary: The joint Judiciary, Labor, and Technology Committee heard two bills in the morning session and later took up two Judiciary decision-making items. SB 2841 would require human trafficking awareness training for transient accommodation workers. Testimony was generally supportive from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, the Department of Law Enforcement, and the Hawaii Hotel Alliance/American Hotel and Lodging Association, which also proposed amendments to preserve existing industry training programs and broaden coverage. Members clarified that the administration wanted DLE to be the lead agency instead of DLIR, while the Attorney General would still handle approval of training programs. The committee recommended passage with amendments, including coverage for third-party contractors and implementation dates, and the measure was adopted with no recorded opposition. SB 2533 would adjust the salaries of the Campaign Spending Commission’s executive director and associate director to better align with comparable enforcement/compliance positions. The commission supported the bill, saying its salaries lag behind similar offices by about $30,000 and that recruitment and workload have become more difficult, while one testifier opposed the proposal. Members questioned why the bill used the Department of Health as the salary comparator and whether Ethics would be a better benchmark; the committee agreed to revise the bill to peg the salaries to the Ethics Commission instead, blank out the dollar amounts for further review, and note the requested appropriation in the report. The committee recommended passage with amendments, and the measure was adopted. In the Judiciary decision-making agenda, SB 2203, concerning the use of masks or personal disguises by law enforcement officers, was amended to allow exceptions for officers who are unmasked nearby or who are supporting undercover operations, to change the term to “facial covering,” and to add definitions covering federal, state, and county law enforcement. The committee also set a far-future effective date and passed the bill with amendments. SB 2442, relating to judiciary purchase-of-service contracts with community-based organizations, was also passed with amendments; the committee added a far-future effective date, clarified the consumer price index reference, and noted a recommended appropriation amount of $4.26 million in the committee report. All measures were adopted without recorded no votes or reservations.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 2/25/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • with staff, bipartisan or nonpartisan staff from both the House and Senate, legislators from both parties
  • 49.080> both and Senate uh uh legislators from both and Senate uh uh legislators from both parties
  • uh including uh I represent parties uh including uh I represent Clayborn<00:06:53.880> and<00
  • The third is the transfer of duties and the backfilling.
  • The third is the transfer of duties and the backfilling.
Bills: HF1, HF779, HF1034
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/09/2026 - Senate Finance

Finance

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  • It could be done by a proxy advisor or a third party that's already expressly in there.
  • Chair, Member, Senate Bill 1414 grants insurers 30 days to review and respond to third-party settlement
  • Isaacson spoke about the timeframes that currently exist, and a third-party claim, there's an insured
  • Isaacson spoke about the timeframes that currently exists, and a third-party claim, there's an insured
  • So in the third-party context, 30 days is commercially reasonable because it's a different animal and
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.