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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Cap Committee Meeting - 2026-04-16

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
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  • According to the Minnesota Department of Health, high manganese exposure can negatively affect memory
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  • The project has been reviewed and scored by the PFA and the Department of Health and was included on
  • ><00:30:49.440> included<00:30:49.840> on Department of Health and was included on Department
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 4/14/26

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I serve as the Assistant Commissioner of Federal and State Initiatives for the Minnesota Department of
  • of Energy to news from the Department of Energy to actually<00:10:29.480> proceed<00:10:30.160
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  • Commissioner for Federal and State Initiatives at the Minnesota Department of Commerce, Division of
  • > Commerce The Minnesota Department of Commerce The Minnesota Department of Commerce oversees<
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Business and Insurance REVISED Feb 5th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Business and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is one of a series of those kinds of bills I'm bringing to you today in the aftermath of us changing
  • You, Chairman, very quickly, at least 60 days before the anniversary date of the renewal of a certification
  • So what we found is that because of the use of this writing, two neighbors with the exact same type of
  • So, three states have banned it so far, and then, but I think it's been a part of a broader group Of
  • And so it's part of the regulatory framework, which has the force and effect of law.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Mar 25th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Texas Department of Criminal Justice, to Criminal Justice.
  • I just talked to Dan Hunter of the Texas Department of Agriculture.
  • Texas Department of Criminal Justice, to criminal justice.
  • Justice and the Texas Department of Justice.
  • Texas Department of Criminal Justice, to Criminal Justice.
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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Mar 3rd, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • The process should include state agencies, the Department of Transportation, DEP, and the Department
  • College of Veterinary Medicine as a professor, department chair, and hospital chief of staff.
  • I served at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine as a professor, department chair
  • Next, we're going to take up tab 20, SB 7034, on ratification of rules of the Department of Environmental
  • , by the Department of Health, excuse me, the Board of Medicine, the Board of Osteopathic Medicine, but
Summary: The committee first took up SB 354, the “Blue Ribbon Projects” bill, which creates a framework for large planned communities on at least 15,000 contiguous acres with 60% reserved area and a streamlined local review process. Senator McLean presented the bill and a strike-all amendment, and members raised concerns about local control, conservation enforceability, data centers, concurrency, multi-county projects, and whether reserve lands could later be converted. Audubon Florida and 1,000 Friends of Florida opposed the bill, arguing the conservation protections were not permanent enough and that the reserve areas could be changed later; small-county representatives also worried about tax-base impacts. Supporters argued the bill would better manage growth, preserve green space, and provide a more orderly alternative to sprawl. After debate, the committee voted to report the bill favorably. The committee then approved SB 620 on candidate qualifying, which requires candidates for federal, state, county, district, judiciary, school, and school board offices to disclose any non-U.S. citizenship. Amendments added disclosure about whether federal candidates intend to trade stock if elected and adjusted 2026 congressional qualifying procedures in the event of redistricting, including a new qualifying window and petition rules. The bill was reported favorably after brief support from a member of the public and discussion about candidate vetting. The committee also reported favorably CS/CS/CS/SB 1452, a Department of Financial Services bill with amendments addressing My Safe Florida Home notices, condo pilot eligibility, firefighter hiring, unclaimed property, and related financial-services provisions. Next, the committee approved CS/CS/SB 1620, a school board members’ bill of rights. A substitute amendment narrowed the bill to access to records, fiscal transparency, and nondisclosure agreements, while preserving board members’ rights to timely documents, budget information, and public comment, and setting deadlines for records requests. Superintendents and a school board member testified in support, saying the bill clarifies roles and prevents board members from being frozen out. The committee also passed CS/HB 245, which replaces the term “child pornography” with “child sexual abuse material”; one senator supported the terminology change but warned about preserving legal precedent and avoiding appellate issues. The committee then reported favorably SB 1548, an update to the Live Local affordable housing law expanding eligible sites and clarifying setbacks, airport proximity, and fair-housing protections. Finally, the committee took up the veterinary medicine bill creating veterinary professional associates. The bill allows trained master’s-level VPAs to perform limited veterinary services under a veterinarian’s supervision, and an amendment tightened the standard to immediate supervision on premises. Supporters said the measure would expand access to care, especially in rural areas with vet shortages, while opponents argued it added unnecessary regulation. After testimony from veterinary educators and others, the bill continued with support expressed by committee members, including praise for the direct-supervision amendment.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our budget for the Department of Corrections is somewhere south of $2 billion.
  • There are several lawsuits associated with our Department of Corrections.
  • the Department of Public Safety and the State Department of Corrections employees.
  • It's 40% for DPS, 60 for Department of Corrections.
  • This is how important it is to my members and the members of the Department of Corrections.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Human Services May 20th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, I'm the director of public policy for Texas COSA here in support of House or Senate Bill 2311.
  • Um, all of those kinds of things really need to be, um, spelled out, particularly, uh, because there
  • Current law requires that the Department of Family and Protective Services to consider several factors
  • OK, um, Erica Benuelos, Department of Family and Protective Services neutral on the bill, is that correct
  • Now with age or health of a of a kinship placement. We, we do not consider age.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services May 20th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • of academic progress.
  • those kinds of things.
  • Those kinds of things.
  • Current law requires that the Department of Family evaluates several factors when considering foster
  • Erica Banuelos, Department of Family and Protective Services, neutral on the bill. Correct?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Insurance Apr 23rd, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am licensed by the Texas Department of Insurance and other state departments of insurance as a public
  • The Texas Department of Insurance, in December of 2024, released their appraisal experience data report
  • The Texas Department of Insurance 2022 biennial report considered suggestions to establish policy form
  • The Texas Department of Insurance, on their website, advises the insured to seek appraisal before filing
  • Today's Texas Department of Insurance suggests the insured check their policy to see if it has that right
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Insurance Apr 23rd, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Resolving these disputes through the Texas Department of Insurance's Division of Workers' Compensation
  • The Department of Workers' Compensation is also responsible for... for settling payment disputes between
  • If you're not aware, we have a very serious staffing problem in many of our police departments.
  • If title insurance rates, which are set by the Texas Department of Insurance, are only updated every
  • It was not compiled as a statistical report, a compilation by the Department of Insurance.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/25

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am Ken Johnson, assistant state traffic engineer with the Minnesota Department of Transportation, Office
  • bill, and we absolutely encourage involving the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of
  • some of the members of our disabled some of the members of our disabled Community<00:23:39.760><
  • As was mentioned, the bill allows the Department of Public Safety to create a rental car license plate
  • /c><00:47:39.079> create<00:47:39.319> a Department of Public Safety to create a Department
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, just to give you all a little overview of the fire departments since we were here last year.
  • This chart here shows the breakdown of fire departments and what area of government they fall under.
  • So we've had a reduction of 16 fire departments since we were here last year.
  • The high department being 176,000, the low 27,08, for an average revenue of 77,000 for the fire departments
  • The highest was 253,000 for an average of 71,000 in expenses between the fire departments that report
Summary: The committee received reports on special purpose governmental entities from the Department for Local Government and the Fire Commission. DLG staff described SPGEs as limited-jurisdiction political subdivisions and reviewed the department’s registry, reporting portal, compliance monitoring, and planned system upgrades such as a two-way message center, automated noncompliance notices, and tracking for new entities and board expirations. They reported that, as of October 10, 2025, 69% of SPGEs were active and discussed compliance data by cycle, fiscal year, and district type. The Fire Commission reported that fire department mergers have reduced the number of departments by 16 since last year, largely because of volunteer staffing shortages, while financial disclosure compliance had risen to 94%. The commission also noted 509 compliance reviews, 19 in-house inquiries, seven referrals to outside agencies, and one recent federal prison sentence in a theft case. Members asked whether DLG advises SPGEs on tax rates; staff said it only performs calculations and the entities set their own rates. Questions to the Fire Commission focused on whether department reductions meant station closures; officials explained that most changes were mergers that keep physical buildings in place while combining personnel and finances to meet minimum staffing requirements. They said the trend is spread across the state but is especially pronounced in rural areas. The Kentucky League of Cities then presented its 2026 legislative agenda. Its priorities included modernizing city revenue options, increasing equity in road funding, fixing tax increment financing issues, addressing transient room tax collection from web-based platforms, strengthening emergency response coordination, clarifying massage parlor regulation preemption, correcting unintended consequences of House Bill 606, improving newspaper publication rules, and modernizing procurement statutes. KLC also said it supports allowing all cities to collect restaurant tax revenue, wants cities to receive a larger share of road funds and EV-related revenues, and seeks state collection and remittance of any future local sales tax to comply with the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement. Members asked about best-value bidding, road-fund equity, Airbnb tax litigation, EV prevalence, and disaster funding applications; KLC said cities currently must accept the lowest bid, the road split should better reflect city street costs, the Airbnb tax case remains pending, EV data by locality has not been studied, and allowing cities to apply directly for disaster funds would reduce reliance on county officials. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the September meeting minutes.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

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

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair, members of the committee. I'm Johanna Gilligan. I am the president of HomeWise.
  • Educators in New Mexico are our working families, representing 12% of the statewide workforce.
  • I'm the Deputy Cabinet Secretary for the Department of Cultural Affairs.
  • The bill provides vital funding for the department for maintenance and preservation of our over 250 structures
  • We are not a part of GSD.
Bills: HB63, HB64, HB184, HB200, HB47, HB48, HB2, HB9
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Apr 16th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • administered by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
  • To register with the secretary of state and then notify of any changes in their status.
  • Senate Bill 137 is a mirror bill to what we passed out of the House of 3114.
  • And no matter what bill we have, we can never stop a governor or a director of the department of corrections
  • If you'd like me to elaborate on any of the eight pages of Do we pass in the second?
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Feb 12th, 2026 at 06:05 pm

Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Madam Chair, one of the things to add is that we did work with the MVD departments, and they know this
  • The Department of, I'm sorry, last year, the legislature passed Senate Bill 41, which is the turquoise
  • The Department of Public Safety has identified the need to modernize and integrate the statewide alert
  • We're also requesting a one-time appropriation of $250,000 to the Indian Affairs Department for outreach
  • Appropriation of $250,000 to the Indian Affairs Department for outreach and education.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on State Government (3-19-26)

State Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Just a couple of things real quickly.
  • of the Commonwealth<00:04:20.400> of<00:04:20.519> Kentucky.
  • of applause today for his work. of applause today for his work.
  • with a piece of legislation. with a piece of legislation.
  • the one of the positions the way we of the one of the positions the way we were<00:09:11.400> allowing