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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EIG Public Hearing 02-05-2026

Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, we like everything that this bill is espousing to do, which is to make government more efficient
  • , which is this bill is espousing to do, which is to<00:15:59.759> make<00:16:00.000> government
  • <00:16:00.399> more<00:16:00.639> efficient<00:16:00.959> and to make government
  • more efficient and to make government more efficient and reduce<00:16:01.519> some<00:16:01.759
Bills: SB2671, SB2902
Summary: The Senate Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs heard two measures. SB 2671, relating to essential permitting positions, drew no oral testimony beyond written comments from the Department of the Attorney General and the Office of Planning. The chair said the bill was intended to make government more efficient and reduce red tape in the permitting process. SB 2902, relating to renewable energy, received testimony from the Division of Consumer Advocacy, the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, the Public Utilities Commission, Kauai Island Cooperative, Bright Saver, and 350 Hawaii. Supporters described the bill as a way to expand access to plug-in or balcony solar, lower electricity bills, improve resilience, and broaden access for renters and apartment residents. Several testifiers urged amendments to avoid limiting the measure to condominiums, to remove condominium board approval language, and to eliminate utility or PUC registration requirements. The PUC said registration could help with safety, linemen protection, and circuit hosting-capacity concerns, and noted that improper installation or oversizing could create problems. After a brief recess, the committee voted to recommend both bills for passage with amendments and deferred each to April 19, 2042. The recommendations were adopted without objection.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 22nd, 2026 at 02:41 pm

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • need to have this and continue to have, and not just have it once, but to continue to have formal government-to-government
  • That can be a government nation, Pueblo tribe, or a quasi-government.
  • We do have two councils of government that have staff. Areas right now.
  • On the last slide, it is a QR code.
  • So it did kind of put us into that category where we needed to put tribal government...
Bills: HB1
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 22nd, 2026 at 02:01 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • So starting off with E-code P001 administration.
  • The local governments, so counties and municipalities, is 55%.
  • For the local government share, those funds are non-reverting.
  • In your books, it's agency code 370, Secretary of State.
  • So the process is, as it always is in government, slow.
Bills: HB1
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Jan 22nd, 2026 at 11:06 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • NMSA 1978, being Laws 2022, Chapter 56, Section 28, Section 31-9-1.2, NMSA 1978, being Laws 1988, Chapter
  • Laws 1988, Chapter 107, Section 5,... ...1978, being Laws 1988, Chapter 107, Section 5, and Laws 1988
  • , Chapter 8, Section 3, and Section 33-11-3 in NMSA 1978, being Laws 1988, Chapter 78, Section 3, as
  • 2 and 3, Laws 2003, Chapter 253, Section 1, and Laws 1975, Chapter 149, Section 1, as amended.
  • House Local Government, House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee.
Bills: HB1
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 22nd, 2026 at 09:36 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • The higher priority things of local governments tend to cost more.
  • Accountability holds the state agencies and local governments accountable.
  • Local governments use this to help manage and leverage their capital projects.
  • Local governments kind of control the system.
  • They have to move really fast in the new paradigm with the federal government.
Bills: HB1
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 20th, 2026 at 04:16 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • phases of the program so that the data that is coming from the states that goes to the federal government
  • this first phase of the census block boundary project is for the states to work with the local governments
  • basic building blocks of that census data and those census reports is accurate for those local governments
  • Chair, throughout all of These phases, data is reported from the state to the federal government, and
  • then the federal government verifies how they have included that data into their system.
Bills: HB1
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Taxes Committee Meeting - 2025-04-10

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • Letter rulings that are published in other states, such as Iowa, Illinois, Texas, and New York, just
  • He is the Director of Government Relations at the Minnesota Society of CPAs.
  • Chair, members of the committee, I'm Gino Fragnito, and I'm the Government Relations Director at the
  • This applies to any employee or any employer, including unions, governments, and nonprofits.
  • With that, good government all the time, we are adjourned. Thank you.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/17/25

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Right now, local governments and the people most affected have not had their voices heard.
  • Right now, local governments and the people most affected have not had their voices heard.
  • <01:13:37.440> local<01:13:37.800> law that govern local law that govern local law
  • local control of limited government local control of limited government resources<01:17:02.600><
  • and the requirement that government and the requirement that government entities<01:27:52.159>
Bills: HF1051, HF16
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 5th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'd like to start off by saying one of the great things about municipal government is access to law.
  • We believe policing and law enforcement is a very important function of municipal government.
  • It's at their discretion, so there's no way for local government to plan when a takeover would occur.
  • The government has an option... Be done, the government has an option.
  • But we don't ask the federal government...
Bills: SB82, SB78, SB4, SB6, SB62, SB66, SB77, SB63, SB79, SB53, SB55, HB14
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/11/2026 - House Judiciary

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • So the Supreme Court delegated its authority to a non-government organization, a 501(c)(6), Arizona Bar
  • organization and get the licensure of attorneys back into the court's world as opposed to a non-government
  • So how many crimes were committed in Colorado, Utah, and Texas, since all three have carry on campus?
  • So next question, the same question to the young lady: in 14 years of Colorado, Utah, and Texas, can
  • I'm the Director of Government Affairs of the Goldwater Institute. I should be signed in.
Summary: The committee heard and advanced several bills dealing with attorney discipline, bar licensure, drug sentencing, campus firearms, suppressors, defamation, emergency-service calls by businesses, mandatory child-abuse reporting, eviction procedure, and protections for utility workers. SB 1039 would allow attorneys who prevail in disciplinary matters to recover lost earnings and seek compensation for reputational harm from the State Bar; SB 1148 would require the Arizona Supreme Court to directly license attorneys rather than delegate that function. Both bills were supported by the sponsor as restoring accountability and limiting delegation, and both received due-pass recommendations despite some opposition votes. Members also heard SB 1061, which lowers the fentanyl trafficking threshold from 200 grams to 9 grams; opponents from the ACLU and defense bar argued the threshold would sweep in personal-use cases and increase incarceration, while supporters said it targets traffickers. The bill was recommended do pass. SB 1068, barring public colleges and universities from prohibiting lawful concealed carry by permit holders, drew strong opposition from gun-safety advocates and campus representatives who cited suicide and campus safety concerns, and support from gun-rights groups who argued campuses are not exempt from constitutional rights; it also received a due-pass recommendation. SB 1069, removing suppressors from Arizona’s prohibited-weapons definition, was opposed by Moms Demand Action and supported by gun-rights advocates as aligning state law with federal law and protecting hearing; it likewise passed out of committee. The committee also advanced SB 1099, which would codify statutory defamation elements and add an internet-related limitation period; the ACLU warned it could chill speech and conflict with evolving First Amendment law, while the sponsor said it would clarify existing case law and address online defamation. SB 1271, prohibiting cities from penalizing businesses for legitimate emergency-service calls, passed unanimously after testimony that some municipalities had discouraged 911 calls for theft and other incidents. HB 1127, requiring mandatory reporters with direct knowledge of child abuse or neglect to report immediately and personally, passed after Phoenix Children’s Hospital and DCS said they supported the intent but wanted implementation language clarified for medical emergencies. SB 1426, changing forcible-detainer procedures by removing the written-demand requirement, passed despite concerns from the multi-housing industry that the current language could disrupt holdover-tenant evictions. Finally, SB 1448, as amended, expanded aggravated-assault protections to utility, telecom, video-service, and related workers; supporters cited threats and assaults against field crews, while opponents argued existing assault laws already cover the conduct and the bill is overly broad. The amendment and the bill as amended were adopted, and the committee gave SB 1448 a due-pass recommendation.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 2/25/26

Veterans and Military Affairs Division

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Opening Day Floor Session 01-21-2026 10:00am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Leverage equals action in government. And here's a real example.
  • In government, learned. Lesson two here.
  • Leverage equals action in government. Leverage equals action in government.
  • positions in government. positions in government.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 7th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Judiciary Feb 9th, 2026 at 01:36 pm

Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • But this doesn't say the U.S. government couldn't use it for a provision of the tax code.
  • It allows for government drone surveillance, but does not allow citizens to surveil the government.
  • In fact, no one in the criminal code, And they rely on surveillance.
  • Both of them are, but you want that governed inside that ambulance.
  • Both of them are, but you want that governed inside that ambulance.
Bills: SB40, SB104, SB136, SB164
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Mar 5th, 2025

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, I think we're missing out on a big opportunity the way our current tax code is structured.
  • I believe the second section, because the first section of the code is where we amended the sale and
  • Keel, myself, and Sheriff Jackson here from Escambia County went to the Mexican-American border in Texas
  • think statewide, is the one who handles a lot of the immigration issues, like with the federal government
Bills: HB61, HB327, HB253, HB297