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MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Revenue Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am

Joint Committee on Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • legislation aims to ensure consequences stem from leadership failures that hinder or foreclose students' academic
  • legislation aims to ensure consequences stem from leadership failures that hinder or foreclose students' academic
  • Students' academic pursuits due to their identities.
  • The National Low Income Housing Coalition performs an annual state-by-state survey, and its 2025 report
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Revenue held a public hearing on a series of bills focused largely on local-option real estate transfer fees and housing funding tools for communities facing severe affordability pressures. Testimony strongly favored bills for Somerville, Concord, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, Chatham, and a statewide local-option transfer fee, with speakers arguing that high-end real estate transactions should help fund affordable housing, anti-displacement efforts, workforce housing, and related capital improvements. Elected officials and local housing leaders described rising rents and home prices, investor activity, shrinking year-round housing stock, and difficulty recruiting or retaining teachers, police, health care workers, and other essential employees. Several witnesses emphasized that the proposals would be optional for municipalities, could include exemptions for first-time homebuyers or seniors, and would direct revenue into local affordable housing trust funds or housing banks. Committee members asked questions about who would pay the fee and whether it could make housing less affordable, and supporters responded that the fees would be targeted at higher-value transactions and designed with local flexibility. For Somerville, the delegation and Mayor Katjana Ballantyne backed both a local home rule petition and statewide enabling legislation, saying the city has already used zoning reform, inclusionary zoning, and local housing funds but still needs a new revenue source to address displacement and investor-driven purchases. For Concord, Representative Carmine Gentile and Concord housing advocates supported a home rule petition and the statewide bill, arguing that a modest fee on sales above $1 million could generate predictable revenue for affordable housing production and preservation. One committee exchange focused on whether the fee would affect most Concord sales and whether it would be passed on to buyers; supporters said the policy was intended to shift costs toward higher-value properties and help leverage other funding sources. The committee also heard testimony on House 4105, which would redirect a casino-related revenue stream to the Healthy Incentives Program. Farmers, advocates, and residents said the current funding was originally intended to support horse racing but has not met that goal, and that the money would be better used to support Massachusetts farmers and food-insecure residents through HIP. In a separate bill, Senator Becca Rausch testified in support of Senate 268, which would create a state-level hostile learning environment complaint process for higher education institutions and potentially strip tax exemptions from colleges or universities found to have such environments; she cited anti-Semitic and transphobic incidents on campuses and argued that existing federal protections should be mirrored in state law. The hearing also included testimony on college tuition debt reduction legislation from Senator Michael Moore, who said the bill would allow a deduction for tuition and fees paid to Massachusetts public colleges and universities to ease student debt and support the state’s workforce. A major portion of the hearing focused on Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket housing bank proposals. Hospital, school, housing, planning, and municipal officials from Martha’s Vineyard said the island’s year-round housing shortage is harming health care, schools, and the local workforce, and urged approval of a housing bank funded by a local-option transfer fee. Nantucket witnesses made similar arguments, pointing to a very high median home price, a large seasonal housing stock, and the need for a dedicated revenue stream to preserve and create year-round housing. Supporters repeatedly cited the long-running success of the islands’ land banks as evidence that transfer fees can work without harming real estate markets. Senator Julian Cyr and Representative Thomas Moakley Luddy also backed the Cape and Islands transfer-fee bills, saying the region needs bold action and a sustainable local funding source to address its housing crisis.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Education Policy - 01/27/25

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • But we had to submit documentation, or evidence, of how we performed in each of those four categories
  • Imagine a place where every dream is within reach, where rigorous academics and lifelong learning are
  • Cloud Area Schools. rigorous academics and lifelong learning rigorous academics and lifelong learning
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
Summary: The committee did not get to the planned testimony on attendance and excessive unexcused absences, but instead heard from Minnesota’s Superintendent of the Year and Teacher of the Year. The chair opened by noting the committee was short on time, introduced the idea of hearing from the two award recipients, and briefly referenced a question he likes to ask students about what book every high school student should read. Superintendent Putnam of St. Cloud Area Schools then testified about the superintendent-of-the-year selection process, his district’s work, and the community context in St. Cloud. Putnam described the award as a community honor and said his leadership is guided by authenticity, transparency, and hope. He highlighted district efforts to improve attendance and enrollment, expand community engagement, create family advocate and inclusive decision-making structures, and support students through partnerships and wraparound services. He also discussed district demographics and needs, including food insecurity, IEPs, multilingual services, and homelessness, and noted initiatives such as preschool partnerships, an ambulance bay, school safety improvements, and two full-service community schools funded in part by a federal grant. In response to member questions, he said PSO enrollment had not been a major issue in St. Cloud, explained that student jobs and responsibilities help improve attendance and engagement, and urged lawmakers to be curious and avoid assumptions about public schools. The committee then heard from Tracy Bird, Minnesota’s 2024 Teacher of the Year and a ninth-grade English teacher at Minneapolis Washburn. Bird shared his personal path into teaching, including earlier school struggles, work in finance, and encouragement from a principal who saw his potential. He described the nomination and selection process for Teacher of the Year and said his classroom is shaped by student energy, high expectations, and the realities of a diverse school community with both high mobility and affluent students. He emphasized that students are more engaged when they feel part of something larger than themselves and said his district’s work includes giving students meaningful jobs and responsibilities. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Deliver best-in-class performance focused on safety, fairness, and trustworthiness.
  • How does it perform? How does it perform with accents, cultural names, cultural phrasing, etc.?
  • And it's going to perform. transparency.
  • And it's going to perform. Okay, I'm using it correctly.
  • I'm using it as it should be used, and it's going to perform in a way that was disclosed to me.
Summary: The joint informational hearing of the Assembly Health and Privacy Committees focused on generative AI in health care, with opening remarks emphasizing both its potential to improve care and its risks around privacy, bias, liability, workforce impacts, and unequal access. Chair Bauer-Kahan and Chair Bonta framed the discussion around how California can encourage beneficial innovation while protecting patients, especially given the sensitivity of health data and the possibility that AI could worsen existing disparities if not carefully governed. The first panel featured representatives from Cedars-Sinai, Kaiser Permanente, Penguin AI, and Google, who described current uses of AI such as ambient clinical scribes, nursing documentation tools, imaging triage, maternal-fetal risk prediction, and administrative automation. Speakers said these tools can reduce clinician burden, improve patient experience, speed treatment, and in some cases improve outcomes, including a reported mortality benefit from a Kaiser predictive model and faster thrombectomy times at Cedars-Sinai. Members raised concerns about accuracy with accents and multilingual visits, whether predictive tools could reinforce bias or lead to more interventions such as C-sections, and how to ensure a human remains in the loop for important decisions. The second panel, including representatives from the California Health Care Foundation, UC Berkeley, and Stanford, focused on policy and governance challenges. Testimony highlighted examples of AI supporting homelessness outreach and community health work, but also warned that biased algorithms can encode inequities, especially when trained on data that reflect under-treatment of Black, rural, or low-income patients. Witnesses urged clearer standards for trustworthy AI, stronger monitoring and governance structures, better data access for accountability, and attention to the safety net’s limited resources. Several speakers argued that states should require health systems to have AI governance processes, clarify liability between developers and deployers, and regulate downstream uses of AI while preserving access to data for lifesaving research and oversight.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2025-05-02 (11:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • You mentioned the enrollment specification or enrollment performance.
  • What happens to the School of Hope for not performing?
  • How long do the public schools have when they're not performing to be characterized as low-performing
  • Speaker, how long do the public schools have when they're not performing to be characterized as a low-performing
  • So, like I said, we have that performance-based agreement to make sure that they're meeting that performance-based
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, quorum established, and several recognitions, including a legislative intern, a guest in the gallery, and Representative Bruce Antone’s upcoming induction into the Tuskegee Athletic Hall of Fame. The Speaker also gave brief remarks about the end of session and the freshman class. The chamber then took up a series of Senate-returned messages and concurred or insisted on several amendments while moving bills toward final passage. The House unanimously approved CS/CS/HB 1299 on Department of Health matters, CS/HB 1549 on financial institutions after adopting a House amendment to remove the IOTA-related provision, and CS/CS/SB 768 on foreign ties and business interests after a House concurrence motion. It also insisted on its amendment to CS/CS/CS/SB 184 on housing. CS/CS/HB 875 on educator preparation was amended to restore House provisions on teacher-prep courses, the Florida Center for Teaching Excellence at Miami-Dade College, and related testing and mentor-qualification changes; it passed 91-22 after debate over teacher certification, testing, and “identity politics” language. HB 1101 on out-of-network providers was amended to keep the House’s original notice and referral framework with a good-cause exemption; it passed 87-27 despite objections that it placed too much responsibility on doctors. After recess, the House took up CS/CS/SB 180 on emergency preparedness and response. Members described changes including removal of some homestead-assessment and debris-removal provisions, a study requirement for a post-hurricane county restriction concept, and a Florida Keys evacuation-time change paired with a 10-year cap of 900 permit allocations; the bill passed 116-0. The House also refused to concur in a Senate amendment to HB 1609 on waste incineration and requested the Senate recede. Later, the House returned to HB 1101 and insisted on its amendment after the Senate refused to concur. The longest debate came on CS/CS/HB 1115 on education, where the House amendment replaced the Senate version with the substance of HB 1267, including Schools of Hope, higher education governance, and course transparency. Members questioned provisions expanding Schools of Hope co-location and sponsorship authority beyond traditional opportunity zones, the role of the Department of Education versus school districts, transportation and facility-cost issues, and performance-based agreements. Supporters said the changes would expand options for students and use vacant or underutilized facilities; opponents argued the language was added late, lacked transportation funding, and could allow charter operators to enter high-performing schools. The bill remained under debate at the end of the transcript, with no final vote shown.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Revenue Stabilization and Tax Policy Dec 15th, 2025 at 01:04 pm

Revenue Stabilization & Tax Policy Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Fortunately, the state didn't lose much because they were giving incentives for future performance, but
  • the future performance never happened, and it was disappointing.
  • Performance, but the future performance never happened, and it was disappointing.
  • So, you know, the academics turn out the papers, and everybody... ignores them.
Keywords: 996, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Select Committee on Pension Policy Sep 16th, 2025

Select Committee on Pension Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have professional standards that require us to review all of the assumptions that we rely on to perform
  • And so for that reason, we perform a comparison... ...to come by, and so for that reason we perform a
  • The ultimate impacts from those will depend on market performance, so it could be good or bad.
  • surveyed 738 economists who have published climate-related research in the field's highest-ranked academic
Summary: The committee approved the July minutes and then received an informational presentation from the Office of the State Actuary on the financial condition of the state retirement systems. The actuary reported that employer contribution rates are generally declining, helped by strong investment returns and reduced funding for PERS 1 and TERS 1, while funded ratios have continued to improve; on a combined basis the plans were reported at 100% funded in 2024, with open plans above 95% and legacy plans varying by system. The presentation also reviewed projected rates and funded ratios under current assumptions, noted that pension costs are taking a smaller share of the state general fund, and discussed risks from investment volatility, policy changes, and demographic experience. Committee members asked about savings from lower rates, deferred asset smoothing, and how Washington compares with other states. The committee then considered the state actuary’s recommendation on long-term economic assumptions and adopted all four recommendations by roll call votes: inflation at 3.0%, general salary growth at 3.5%, membership growth for Plan 1 funding at 1.0%, and investment rate of return at 7.25%. The actuaries explained that the inflation and salary growth increases were driven largely by higher long-term inflation expectations, while the investment return recommendation matched the current statutory assumption. Members discussed the timing of the Pension Funding Council’s decision, the effect of tariffs and inflation uncertainty, and how assumption changes would affect future contribution rates and budgets, particularly for open plans. Staff then gave an update on the LEOFF 1 study, explaining the difference between being “ahead of schedule” and truly overfunded, and summarizing responses received from DRS, the State Treasurer, and the State Investment Board on the merger and restatement proposals. DRS said both bills could be administered, though the merger bill’s COLA banking provision would be challenging until its new system is ready; the Treasurer urged caution, especially about the restatement bill and the use of one-time funds; and the Investment Board said removing assets from the trust would have some transaction costs but likely small impacts. The committee discussed whether to invite additional agencies and local government groups to testify, and staff said more responses, including from Ice Miller and the State Actuary, were expected for the October meeting. Finally, the committee heard a briefing on PERS 1/TERS 1 COLA policy and related bills from the last session. Staff reviewed the committee’s prior ongoing COLA recommendation, the SCPP-endorsed bills that would have created a one-time 3% COLA followed by an ongoing COLA, the Senate merger bill, and a separate ad hoc COLA bill. Public testimony largely supported Plan 1 COLAs and stable contribution rates, while several speakers urged caution about transferring LEOFF 1 surplus assets or merging legacy plans, and others raised concerns about climate risk and the pension fund’s investments. No further committee action was taken on the COLA item during this portion of the meeting.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Public Safety Committee Meeting - 2025-03-28

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • By regulating the industry, we perform the following core tasks: license application processing, license
  • data requests from members of the media, members of the public, members of the legislature, and academics
  • This was a finding in a recent audit report that highlighted the management of these teams as performed
  • licensed peace officers in that unit, so historically, whenever they need to execute a warrant or perform
  • As far as where the fees go, for the two examples presented, that's covering the cost to ...perform the
Bills: HF2432
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Mar 5th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Department of Public Safety perform every day. So quick question on TDA.
  • can get continuing education uh... hours, TCOE hours, we have 215 of those, and then we have one academic
  • Now, if you'll give us a short synopsis on your inspection. who are validating that The performance standards
  • like and tell me the potential for a problem because you just are physically unable to get there. to perform
  • chief or that sheriff, and make sure that those records are up to date and those services are being performed
Keywords: 1184, house, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare May 19th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • biological material and the buying and selling of children who will be born by women who are being paid to perform
  • There are children in this state who have to get up every day, go to school, have to try to perform,
  • But if we are asked to perform this work without any additional resources, there is a trade-off.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

FL House Floor Session - 2025-05-02 (11:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • You mentioned the enrollment specification or enrollment performance.
  • How long do the public schools have when they're not performing to be characterized as low-performing
  • Speaker, how long do the public schools have when they're not performing to be characterized as a low-performing
  • So, like I said, we have that performance-based agreement to make sure that they're meeting that performance-based
  • Like I said, we have that performance-based agreement to make sure that they're meeting that performance-based
Summary: The House took up a series of Senate messages and concurred in several amendments before passing multiple bills. Early actions included unanimous passage of CS/CS/HB 1299 on Department of Health matters, CS/HB 1549 on financial institutions after removing a Senate-added trust-account provision, and CS/CS/SB 768 on foreign ties in business ownership after trimming registration requirements. The chamber also insisted on its housing amendment to CS/CS/CS/SB 184 after the Senate refused to concur. A major portion of the meeting focused on CS/CS/HB 875 on educator preparation. The House adopted an amendment restoring two teacher-prep courses, preserving the Florida Center for Teaching Excellence at Miami-Dade College in partnership with USF, and modifying the teacher candidate testing framework and mentor qualifications. Supporters said it reduced barriers while keeping standards; opponents raised concerns about the remaining “identity politics” language and other provisions. The bill then passed 91-22. The House also passed HB 1101 on out-of-network providers after adopting a House amendment that kept the original bill’s notice and referral provisions with a good-cause exemption, despite objections that it placed too much responsibility on doctors. Later, the chamber approved CS/CS/SB 180 on emergency preparedness and response, with members highlighting debris management, emergency planning, crane safety, and hurricane recovery provisions; it passed unanimously. The House then rejected concurrence in a Senate amendment to HB 1609 on waste incineration, and later spent substantial time debating CS/CS/HB 1115 on education, especially Schools of Hope, expanded co-location authority, funding, transportation, and school-district agreement terms. Critics argued the language was added late and could disadvantage traditional public schools, while supporters said it would expand options for students; the debate continued with the bill still under consideration at the end of the excerpt.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Emerging Issues Jan 20th, 2026

Emerging Issues

Transcript Highlights:
  • As Jewish institutions and gay bars were shut down by the government, drag performers made illegal books
  • I participated and know for sure that in this state, there were mastectomies performed on children.
  • You know, there are mastectomies being performed on cisgender boys, too?
  • If you want to talk about homophobia, I mean, bills to ban drag performances and gay bars.
  • Imagine performing well at something you've worked very hard at, only to have your performance questioned
Keywords: 959, house, all
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

MS Senate Floor - 11 February, 2026; 10:00 AM

Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And how is it are not high performing.
  • entities that are not high performing entities that are not high performing become<01:58:36.480>
  • And this is what performing overall.
  • performing direction. performing direction.
  • looks at academics. looks at academics.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, received the invocation from Dr. Keith Grubs, and approved routine procedural motions dispensing with the reading of the journal, committee reports, and bill titles. The chamber then spent a significant portion of the meeting recognizing visiting groups, including the Madison County Executive Leadership Class, members of The Links and related chapters, Tupelo Christian Preparatory School cheer team and coaches, Miss Rodeo Canada/Miss Rodeo Mississippi/Miss Rodeo America, Delta State University student leaders, Jackson State University NAACP political action chair Hannah Robertson, and other guests in the galleries. Several resolutions and commendations were read and presented, including Senate Resolution 40 honoring The Links, Senate Resolution 37 recognizing Abby Hardy as Miss Rodeo Canada 2026, Senate Resolution 38 recognizing Brinkley Boswell as Miss Rodeo Mississippi 2026, and Senate Resolution 39 recognizing Olivia Fero as Miss Rodeo America 2026. The Tupelo Christian Preparatory School cheer team was formally congratulated for winning its fourth consecutive 1A state championship, and Coach Stemier addressed the Senate on the program’s faith-based emphasis, discipline, and support from families and school leadership. Olivia Fero also spoke about the Dixie National Rodeo and the role of rodeo as an agricultural and community-oriented lifestyle. The Senate then took up several bills. Senate Bill 2471, the State Treasury Efficiency and Transparency Act, was explained as a measure to identify and close idle agency accounts, require interest-bearing features on agency accounts, and mandate regular reporting to DFA, the Treasury, ELBO, and the Legislature; it passed by morning roll call with three no votes. Senate Bill 2843, revising definitions in the Mississippi Development Grant Fund to expand eligible site-development expenses, including utility and energy infrastructure improvements, also passed by morning roll call with three no votes. Senate Bill 2865, creating an income tax credit tied to added tax revenue from certain non-gaming capital investment projects at casinos, was described as a repeat of a bill passed the prior year and likewise passed by morning roll call with three no votes. The Senate also considered Senate Bill 2848, revising notice procedures for towing and sale of motor vehicles. The bill would require notices to owners and lienholders to be sent through a third-party vendor by certified mail, shorten notice deadlines, and preserve public notice requirements; it was supported by bankers, towing interests, recyclers, and the Department of Revenue. After questions about notice procedures and concerns about access to personal property in towed vehicles, an amendment adding a reverse repealer was adopted, and the bill passed by morning roll call. Later, the chamber moved to Senate Bill 2202, concerning economic development incentives and employee freedom/privacy regarding unionization decisions, but the motion to table reconsideration prevailed after a division vote, leaving the bill unresolved at that point. The Senate then began consideration of Senate Bill 2259, the People’s Access Act, with an amendment narrowing its live-streaming requirements to state agencies only and limiting retention to two years, though the transcript cuts off before final action on that measure.
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Morning Session Apr 7th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • a person who meets all the following apply: has a written agreement with marketplace network and performs
  • Such person performs services for individuals or entities through marketplace network platforms, digital
  • network, and exchange for compensation or payment, and such person does not perform such services in
  • Any number of the other work performed inside a store or even delivery drivers that work that are actual
  • inside a store. any number of the other work performed inside a store or even delivery drivers that
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Afternoon Session Apr 7th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It allows assessors to enter onto real property in the performance of their official duties without being
  • 2990 protects county assessors from prosecution for trespass when inspecting real property in the performance
  • We need to assure they are not liable for prosecution while performing these duties.
  • but have county assessors been subject to prosecution in Nebraska, or is this just all kind of an academic
  • F.A. 1187 is important because once again it comes back to who can perform the recommendation.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Tourism and Gaming Working Group (TGWG) - Thu Feb 19, 2026 @ 4:00 PM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We'd love to see folks at the University of Hawaii come into this family of academics around the United
  • into this the University of Hawaii come into this family<01:39:54.960> of<01:39:55.199> academics
  • <01:39:55.760> around<01:39:56.560> around<01:39:56.800> the family of academics
  • around around the family of academics around around the United<01:39:57.360> States<01:39:58.080
  • committee is made up of community stakeholders, industry stakeholders, the clinical community, and the academic
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Thu Feb 19, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 18

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we have one of our own performing, and her name is Jaci Lim from Punoho School.
  • one<00:37:42.960> of<00:37:43.119> our<00:37:43.359> own<00:37:43.760> performing
  • <00:37:44.800> and<00:37:45.119> her<00:37:45.359> name one of our own performing
  • and her name one of our own performing and her name is<00:37:45.760> Jaci<00:37:46.240> Lim
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Energy Resources Mar 3rd, 2025

Energy Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • And high performance building standards, and then also water conservation codes.
  • SPC, Energy Savings Performance Contracting, was allowed and the payback period was extended.
  • Gave you a lot of work to do in the interim, and you've faithfully performed that work by.
  • The answers we got are, number one, they perform. purchased a well package that had a fair number of
  • I'll close by saying, rather than focusing on how individuals... resources perform in a silo, and the
Keywords: 1184, house, all