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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Apr 22nd, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so this is an eye, the goal is to set these limits and to keep government living within its means
  • , which, by the way, I want to thank you. to set these limits and to keep government living within its
  • And because that we felt our initial focus should be on things that are highlighted in the U.S. code
  • I think a lot of people think that they're a government company, and they're not, or a public company
  • I've got to pay $6 for a QR code that I don't know what it's for.
Summary: The House Appropriations Committee met on April 22 and first considered Chairman Beaulieu’s House Bill 646, a constitutional amendment limiting the amount of State General Fund money that may be appropriated in a fiscal year. After adopting a set of amendments creating the Louisiana Income Tax Elimination Fund and making conforming changes, the committee reported the bill favorably as amended. The companion bill, House Bill 824, which establishes the growth limit formula based on CPI, medical CPI, and population change, was also amended and reported favorably as amended. Supporters framed both measures as a way to keep spending within recurring revenues and create a path toward reducing or eliminating the state income tax. The committee then reported favorably as amended House Bill 1157, creating the Louisiana State Infrastructure Fund to help finance infrastructure-related projects, with testimony that it would leverage private and federal dollars and initially focus on rail, port, road, and bridge projects. House Bill 316, which provides a framework for student literacy reforms for grades four through eight, was presented as having no new cost because the Department of Education said the work was already covered by existing resources; it was reported favorably. House Bill 549, creating the Bayou Growth Opportunity Workforce Program to provide employer-based training grants, also received support from business groups and was reported favorably as amended. House Bill 1129, dealing with the sale of state-owned surplus movable property, drew support from Louisiana auctioneers who argued local firms should be allowed to bid on the state’s auction contract instead of relying on an out-of-state vendor; it was reported favorably. House Bill 873, which would fund pursuit intervention technology through a $2 driver’s license fee, generated significant concern about adding fees and whether the money should instead come from existing budgets. After discussion of the proposed technologies and training, the committee deferred the bill voluntarily to work on alternatives, including a possible sunset and other funding options. Finally, House Bill 752, which would change the timing and duration of regular legislative sessions by joint rule, was reported without action after members noted the revised fiscal note showed a decrease in state general fund expenditures. The meeting then adjourned.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Apr 1st, 2026

County and Municipal Government

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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/12/2026 - House Rural Economic Development

Rural Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • The estimated cost for just the port of entry footprint that the federal government will be responsible
  • is the amount of money it's going to cost for this port of entry, and that's where the federal government
  • House Bill 2824 enables a governing body to construct, install, or modify critical capital expenditure
  • Additionally, it outlines responsibilities of the local government, capital provider, and the property
  • Repayment occurs annually through the property bill, with a local governing body or designated third
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

State Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm going to call this House of Representatives State Government Finance and Policy Committee to order
  • To state government. And it used to be done by the legislative auditor.
  • We have state officials, we have our team, and we have local government officials.
  • I'm the Director of Government Relations.
  • I'll be walking through the amendment; it's coded in the Tower H 1837 DE2.
Bills: HF627, HF474, HF361, HF1837
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • , state officials, our team, and local government officials.
  • <00:20:20.320> done clawback has the federal government done clawback has the federal government
  • I'm the director of government relations.
  • It's coded in the top right corner H1 1837 D2.
Bills: HF627, HF474, HF361, HF1837
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Mar 24th, 2025

S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The federal penal codes just don't address those very much.
  • House Bill 1894 updates the Government Code Chapter 662 to designate November as Veterans' Month.
  • Platt Chapter, I am in support of HCR 92.
  • That's just within our chapter.
  • This bill is purely about government efficiency. of paperwork.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Mar 6th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The federal government doesn't give us a penny for our local districts for those. Okay.
  • Vice President of Government Affairs. Okay, we'll get that corrected.
  • It amends the education code.
  • It's a governance problem because it's requiring substantially all teachers be eligible.
  • They're found in the Texas Education Code.
Bills: HB2, HB2
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Mar 6th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • 2, placing the the decision-making where it belongs, in the hands of the parents, not Alita, a government
  • and pre-kindergarten eligibility. also removing a bureaucratic hurdle relating to program building codes
Bills: HB2, HB2
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Mar 4th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • implemented by increasing the basic allotment further and adding a provision to the Texas Education Code
  • Section 48.051 of the Education Code now requires, under this bill, that 40% of income increases and
  • The pay raise is based on the funding increase in this chapter, which is chapter 48.
  • But the charter's allotment is actually chapter 12. Right, so not chapter 48.
  • Right, because some of that is dependent on your zip code too. Sure.
Bills: HB2, HB2
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Mar 4th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The meat and potatoes of what government should do.
  • Correct my statement instead of saying, locally governed school.
  • I'm the Associate Executive Director of Government Relations.
  • That hold harmless said that it's 48257B, the education code.
  • which model works. works in the evidence base, that's more outside of the education code.
Bills: HB2, HB2
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Business and Commerce Apr 1st, 2026

Business & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chapter three, 13 agreements back in the 1127 credits.
  • Do we work with any other government agencies like that or federal agencies?
  • technology. >> And the battery project has to be compliant with the county fire code. >> Yes.
  • Do they follow the county fire code? >> They will follow the state law. >> State law?
  • We must look ourselves in the mirror with Chapter 313 agreements that we gave them.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce held its first interim hearing on securing critical infrastructure and supply chain integrity, with a focus on Texas’s electric grid and the Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act. The chair also highlighted Texas’s relatively low electricity prices and welcomed new committee members. ERCOT, the Public Utility Commission (PUC), and the Attorney General’s office were invited to explain how the state screens market participants and grid equipment for ties to China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, and how the agencies respond to noncompliance. ERCOT testified that it has implemented the requirements of three related Senate bills by requiring attestations on corporate affiliations and on critical grid equipment and services. ERCOT said it has processed thousands of attestations, used additional requests for information and third-party verification tools such as Dun & Bradstreet, and terminated nonresponsive market participants. ERCOT also said it has not seen a case requiring direct Attorney General involvement, but it does refer matters to the PUC when needed. The PUC said it can investigate suspected violations and impose penalties of up to $1 million per violation per day, and that most investigations into late or missing attestations have been resolved through compliance, market exit, or removal by ERCOT. The Attorney General’s office said its role is currently limited to audits and court involvement, and that it lacks broad independent investigatory authority under the act. Members pressed the panel on whether the current system is too reliant on self-reporting and whether it adequately addresses indirect foreign influence, especially through supply chains for batteries, inverters, transformers, and other equipment with routable connectivity. ERCOT acknowledged that the current attestation process has gaps and said it plans to refine definitions of critical grid equipment and grid services, improve information requests, and continue stakeholder rulemaking. The panel also discussed possible legislative changes, including tying prohibitions to the Department of Defense Section 1260H list and the Texas Prohibited Technologies list, clarifying warranty and service access, and expanding the statute to cover grid services more directly. Several senators raised concerns about cost, reliability, and the extent to which foreign-sourced components remain embedded in Texas infrastructure, while others suggested incentives for domestic manufacturing and stronger verification tools, including possible work with national labs such as Sandia.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 03-23-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • of the government this past week. week. week.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House & Governmental May 19th, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • You're in the Committee on House and Government Affairs. Madam Secretary, please call the roll.
  • the election, which is consistent with recount and other laws that are established in the election code
  • It also, if they're on Social Security, they are getting a government check or benefit.
  • The 2007 election code had 298 pages. The 2007 election code had 298 pages in it.
  • But aren't the census workers like hired through the government?
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary May 7th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • It says that if you're already regulated by the federal government, you don't fall into this.
  • completely separate group of people that are preying on veterans that are not regulated by the federal government
  • Yeah, that came through House Government.
Summary: The committee met with a quorum and heard a series of Senate and House bills, mostly dealing with courts, veterans, public safety, and licensing. Early actions included favorable reports on SB 317, which adds the House and Senate Military and Veterans Affairs committee chairs to the Louisiana Military Advisory Council, and SB 357, which updates court administration and appellate e-case management provisions, cleans up outdated language, and revises reimbursement and security rules. SB 232, funding the judges’ supplemental compensation fund, was amended and reported favorably, and SB 421, modernizing electronic records terminology and safeguards, was also reported favorably. Several House bills were voluntarily deferred, including HB 1190, HB 1097, and later HB 374-1. The committee then took up SB 208 on veterans’ services, which was presented as a response to the earlier court ruling striking down Act 479. The bill seeks to regulate unaccredited “claim shark” businesses that charge veterans for disability-claim assistance, while exempting federally regulated accredited agents. Testimony from the Department of Veterans Affairs supported the bill as a way to protect veterans from predatory practices, while an opposing witness argued the issue is preempted by federal law and should be left to Congress or the pending Fifth Circuit appeal. Despite the objection, the bill was reported favorably. Members also advanced SB 510, which would restrict access to certain licensed establishments that sell hemp-based intoxicating products, especially bar-like venues where minors can currently enter; Alcohol and Tobacco Control explained the bill’s purpose and scope. HB 302, by Representative Chasson, was discussed as a measure to prohibit vape sales near schools, with testimony from public health and ATC witnesses noting the need to align the bill with existing licensing and local-ordinance authority; the committee moved it favorably after discussion. Finally, SB 34, creating “Brian’s Call” emergency alerts for missing children and adults with developmental disabilities, drew extensive emotional testimony from families and disability advocates and was reported favorably, as was SB 164, which adds public works employees to the definition of first responders. The committee adjourned after reporting HB 597, which restructures judicial compensation rules and eliminates the commission after a delayed effective date, and after deferring HB 374-1.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

General Government Apr 7th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

General Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • This legislation updates and modernizes the statutory language governing the promotional fund, ensuring
  • Senate Bill 1960 is a government efficiency and modernization bill.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 9th, 2026 at 06:36 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • McKinsey Bishop, co-owner of Abrazo Homes here in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as well as the chair of government
  • it includes $6,250,000 to the Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund, $2 million to the Local Government
  • it includes $6,250,000 to the Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund, $2 million to the Local Government
Bills: HB63, HB64, HB184, HB200, HB47, HB48, HB2, HB9