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MD
Transcript Highlights:
- We have some bond initiatives. This is Calendar 8. Clerk will read the bond initiatives.
- They reading of the bond initiatives.
- is an emergency bill that authorizes is an emergency bill that authorizes that<00:10:02.000>
- the authority to direct that officer. the authority to direct that officer.
- Baltimore City bonding initiatives. Baltimore City bonding initiatives.
Summary:
The Senate reconvened after a snow delay, heard an invocation from Reverend Scott Shelton, and conducted several floor introductions and recognitions, including birthday wishes for staff, a welcome for a temporary office staffer, recognition of the Center for Urban Families, and introduction of the week’s pages. The chamber then approved the prior journal and moved through bill and bond initiative readings, referring the listed measures to their standing committees or the capital budget subcommittee.
The first substantive action was adoption of a favorable committee report on Senate Bill 17, an emergency bill authorizing the Baltimore City Board of Licensed Commissioners to issue a related event promoters permit for the CIAA tournament. The floor leader said the bill had no amendments, no fiscal impact, and no opposition in committee. The Senate adopted the report without objection and ordered the bill printed for third reading.
The Senate then took up Senate Bill 1 from the Judicial Proceedings Committee, which would require the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to adopt a statewide policy on law enforcement face coverings, apply it to state, local, and federal officers in Maryland, and enforce violations through a civil citation and discipline. The committee report included two amendments: one technical and one making the policy statewide and preempting local policies. During extended debate, the bill’s sponsor argued that masks undermine transparency and trust and that the measure would create a uniform standard. A senator from Frederick County questioned whether the bill would effectively create a policy for federal agents without Maryland-specific training and raised concerns about enforcement, temporary detention, complaints, and possible conflicts with federal authority. The sponsor responded that officers would retain discretion, that the bill would be enforced through civil citations, and that similar civil enforcement mechanisms have been upheld in Maryland. No final vote on the amended report is shown in the transcript excerpt.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, any questions for the author? Thanks for this bill.
- The question is for the author. Farewell.
- Members, any questions for the author on SJR 63? Very well.
- Are there any other questions for the author or for Senator Paxton on behalf of the author?
- Members, any questions for the author?
Keywords:
SB 801, birth certificate, birth record, certified copy, homeless, homelessness, unhoused, vital records, state registrar, local registrar, county clerk, fee waiver, identity documents, ID access, housing insecurity, shelter, transitional housing, Health and Safety Code, HHSC, Health and Human Services Commission
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- The clerk will read the bond initiatives and the committee assignment.
- authority for the Maryland Transportation Authority so that we could build the bridge, the Key Bridge
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Summary:
The House convened with 127 members present, heard a prayer, and then recognized 2025 Maryland Blue Ribbon Schools and the Maryland Municipal League on its 90th anniversary. The Blue Ribbon resolution named Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Diamond Elementary School, Little Flower School, Meyersville Elementary School, St. Louis School, Stoneleigh Elementary School, and Wilson Whims Elementary School, with principals introduced from the gallery. The MML resolution honored the league’s service to Maryland’s cities and towns and invited members to meet municipal officials after the floor session. The clerk also noted a second printing of the 2026 rule book due to a table-of-contents error.
The chamber then took up House Bill 80, the Residential Leases Fee Disclosures bill. Floor debate focused on what fees must be disclosed, what counts as a utility versus a fee, whether the bill applies to oral leases, and how the measure applies to landlords with four or more units. Supporters said the bill is intended to ensure tenants know all upfront fees before signing and to create a clear enforcement pathway; opponents raised concerns about penalties, affordability, and the burden on landlords. The bill passed on third reading by a vote of 95-34.
The House next considered House Bill 153, which requires air conditioning in newly constructed residential rental units and units undergoing specified substantial renovations, with the standard that habitable spaces be kept at 80 degrees or lower. Members asked whether window units would satisfy the requirement, how the bill interacts with older buildings and ongoing renovations, whether it applies retroactively, how enforcement would work, and whether it references federal refrigerant rules; the sponsor said it does not require central air and is prospective only. Supporters argued it reflects existing practice in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties and clarifies habitability standards, while opponents cited costs and concerns about older homes. The transcript ends during debate on this bill, before a final vote is recorded.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- refer to the Committee on Ways and Means, H.J.R. 1 by Meyer, proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize
- Area authorizations referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, HB 280. by Thompson relating to the
- authority of a court to determine the descentence of a certain persons released on parole. referred
- Relating to the authority of certain jurisdictions and counties and municipalities to regulate certain
- Against through the private activity bond program referred to the committee on intergovernmental affairs
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Under what authority and appropriation was that website funded? Senator Avala. Thank you.
- So local voters have approved nearly 90% of their local tax and bond measures in recent years.
- Does this... ...tax and bond measures in recent years.
- Would you support any other permanent tax or Would you support any other permanent tax authority change
- The rollback rate is the millage rate that would provide a taxing authority with the same tax revenue
Summary:
The Senate took up Committee Substitute for Senate Joint Resolution 2F, a proposed constitutional amendment on property tax reform. The measure would increase the homestead exemption in stages, lower the assessment cap on non-homestead property from 10% to 5%, and limit county and municipal ad valorem tax revenues to specified uses such as public safety, education, infrastructure, natural resources, debt service, employee benefits, and certain administrative costs. Supporters, led by Senator Avila, argued the proposal would provide meaningful property tax relief and push local governments to rein in spending, while opponents warned it would shift costs to fees, reduce local flexibility, and threaten funding for core services.
Several amendments were offered and rejected. Senator Sharief proposed an income-based circuit breaker for property tax relief; Senator Smith offered a sunset clause; and Senator Berman proposed revising the ballot statement to better match the amended proposal and remove outdated references. Each amendment failed on recorded votes. During questioning and debate, senators pressed Avila on the ballot language, the effect on local services, whether the legislature could later restrict local spending by statute, and whether renters would benefit. Avila said the ballot language was not his and repeatedly stated he was presenting the governor’s proposal, while also saying local governments would need to prioritize budgets and that future legislatures could address implementation details.
After the amendment votes, the joint resolution was read a third time and moved into final debate. Supporters said the proposal would give homeowners relief and force fiscal discipline at the local level. Opponents, including Senators Nathan, Bracey Davis, Smith, Polsky, and Errington, argued the measure was rushed, lacked a completed fiscal analysis or replacement revenue, and could harm police, fire, libraries, parks, housing, and other local services. They also criticized the ballot summary as misleading, especially regarding the staged homestead exemption increase. The transcript ends during debate, before any final vote on the joint resolution itself.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
AGR Public Hearing - Wed Feb 12, 2025 @ 9:30 AM HST
Agriculture & Food Systems
Transcript Highlights:
- It authorizes the Director of Finance to issue general obligation bonds and authorizes funds to finance
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and <00:20:15.880>authorizes <00:20:16.480>funds <00:20:16.799> - to<00:20:17.000>
finance bonds and authorizes funds to finance bonds and authorizes funds - the issuance of General authorizes the issuance of General obligation<00:30:24.039>
bonds <00: - bill so in order to validly authorize bill so in order to validly authorize the<00:32:09.480>
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
House Chamber - Wed Mar 12, 2025, 12:00PM HST - Day 30
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 341, House Draft 1, Senate Draft 1, relating to the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds
- our honorees from East Hawaii, uh, Denise Mazerik, and today we have her husband... purpose revenue bonds
- to assist hav purpose revenue bonds to assist hav Island<00:15:29.560>
Community <00:15:30.040 - year's CIP budget includes about $1.9 billion in general obligation and general obligation revolving bonds
- year's CIP budget includes about $1.9 billion in general obligation and general obligation revolving bonds
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Authorizing a funding activities.
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forward <00:31:48.640>these authors who have brought forward these authors - There’s an authorization for $100 million in debt service, or excuse me, in trunk highway bonding.
- And I’m not 100% sure that we will hang on to a $100 million in trunk highway bonding authorization.
- Um, and I’m not 100% sure that we will hang on to a $100 million in trunk highway bonding authorization
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Human Committee Meeting - 2026-04-16
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- goes back to uh the regular surety bond goes back to uh the regular surety bond that<00:10:00.920
- We've got GOP authors on the bill. It passed off the House floor last year.
- It passed off GOP authors on the bill.
- So, we need to legal authority to do it.
- recovery of funds and authority recovery of funds and authority enforcement<01:15:01.160>
tools
Bills:
HF4338
Keywords:
human services, medical assistance, Medicaid, provider enrollment, provider revalidation, fraud prevention, program integrity, background study, background check, fingerprinting, licensing, license revocation, payment withholding, payment suspension, prepayment review, postpayment review, surety bond, compliance training, case management, targeted case management
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Sep 9th, 2025
New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- There's a big backlog of bonds that weren't used at the fiscal year end.
- Fiscal Year 25 was a turning point for the New Mexico Border Authority.
- Super Authority projects that are in progress.
- The New Mexico Border Authority POV parking lot is at 90% construction.
- I am a Commissioner and I also serve on the Border Authority.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The data in the table is from Harris County Toll Road Authority annual reports.
- I am stunned that the toll road authorities don't like this bill.
- And so they can issue bonds for 20, 30, 40 years from now based on the future tolls.
- Carnes County received $14.2 million in the previous CT authorization.
- I don't even know who the governing authority would be for that. I don't know.
Bills:
HJR58, HJR63, HB263, HB542, HB905, HB 1288, HB1402, HB2003, HB2262, HB2323, HB2429, HB2876, HB3019, HB263
Keywords:
healthcare, insurance, elderly, retirement, benefits, transit-oriented projects, constitutional amendment, state highway fund, funding allocation, voter approval, highway fund, funding, public transportation, transit projects, transportation, local transit, fund allocation, voting rights, election integrity, ballot access
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 10th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I recognize the member from Carver, the bill author, Representative Nash [ID: member_8582].
- If there is no objection, we will let the author explain the bill before we act on the amendments.
- At that time, we also had folks come forward and say having the bond requirement was not A requirement
- We got rid of the bond requirement. Then we came back, and Mr.
- I recognize the author of the bill from Kandiyohi, Representative Baker.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 2/19/25
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- I used to be the editor of the Albert Lea Tribune, and I always noticed that whenever the bonding bill
- I used to be the editor of the Albert Lea Tribune, and I always noticed that whenever the bonding bill
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that <00:08:07.159>whenever <00:08:07.560>the <00:08:07.639>bonding - always noticed that whenever the bonding always noticed that whenever the bonding Bill<00:08:08.199
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um remove and this is for the author um remove and this is for the author um
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 897 by Howard relating to the authorizing the sale of the state of Texas of certain real property
- It'd be 932 by Wally relating to the occupational therapy licensure compact authorizing fees referred
- HB 953 by Harrison relating to the prohibition of the receipt of bonds proceeds by person who makes a
- HB 998 byte relating to the authority of an individual before purchasing real.
- HDR 73 by Wilson proposing constitutionalendments to authorize the limitation on the total amount of
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Transportation Infrastructure Revenue Subcommitee Oct 6th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Martin Fisher, staff attorney with the Legislative Counsel Service, and with me I have Aaron Bond and
- The updated spaces in 2019 We passed a local bond in which we then had renewed in 2023, which has paid
- So again, that was secured through a statewide geo bond and also local funding.
- You can see that all of the surrounding states around New Mexico have authorized AVs on their roads.
- So it's It's a collective effort that I think each company, as well as all the regulatory authorities
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Committee Jun 29th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- . $90 million one-time General Fund for grants to distressed hospitals and authority to allow for an
- It also authorizes the Department of Social Services to transfer funding between child care contracts
- The bill authorizes funds previously provided for the distributed energy backup assets program to be
- And of course, just this last week, there was support for a housing bond.
- Chair, Chris McKayley here on behalf of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Summary:
The Assembly Budget Committee met to consider the final three-party agreement for the 2026-27 state budget and 19 implementing bills, including two budget bill juniors and 17 trailer bills. Committee leadership and administration officials described the budget as a balanced plan that reduces out-year structural deficits, maintains large reserves, and makes major investments in health care, education, housing, child care, public safety, and other core services while also responding to expected federal cuts and fiscal uncertainty. The Department of Finance outlined the package’s major components, including Medi-Cal adjustments, education funding increases, higher education changes, child care and human services updates, housing and homelessness funding, energy and transportation provisions, and tax and general government changes.
Members asked questions about several provisions, including CSU enrollment targets and turnaround plans, the Prop. 98 settle-up mechanism, the plastics market development payment program, housing accountability measures, NextGen 9-1-1 implementation, and veteran services. Staff and administration witnesses explained that the higher education language is intended to improve campus-by-campus reporting and oversight, that Prop. 98 settle-up would be finalized later through the statutory certification process, and that NextGen 9-1-1 now includes one-time funding, quarterly reporting, an independent technical review, and a state audit. Members also discussed the HAP homelessness funding increase to $900 million and the balance between accountability and timely distribution of funds.
The most extended exchange centered on comparisons between funding for veterans and Medi-Cal/immigrant health coverage. Republican members argued the budget spends far more on undocumented immigrant services than on veterans, while Democratic members and Finance staff responded that the comparison was misleading because many veterans’ services are federally funded and the state budget also includes dedicated veteran support. The chair and other members emphasized that the budget reflects difficult tradeoffs and that the package protects vulnerable populations, preserves health care access, and advances affordability. No final vote was described in the excerpt, but members indicated support for the overall package and said they would support it on the floor.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 02/20/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- I also want to thank Chair Port and Senator Housley and other authors of the bills before you today,
- I also want to thank Chair Port and Senator Housley and other authors of the bills before you today,
- I also want to thank Chair Port and Senator Housley and other authors of the bills before you today,
- I'm really proud to be the author of this bill.
- I'm really proud to be the author of this bill.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- We also believe right now that we have the authority to do this testing, but we do not have the funding
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is activate now or some law Authority is activate now or some law Authority - I just want to say the consequences of municipalities lead it doesn't leave them any choice but to bond
- local property taxes whether it's bonded local property taxes whether it's bonded or<01:29:09.119
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transactions is used only for authorized transactions is used only for authorized
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Apr 29th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We will now take questions to the author. That concludes the questions.
- James Burlson to the co of bond Over sight. Senator Pugughh, Mr.
- This gives rulemaking authority to what has the definition of regulating authority in the bill.
- Does the author have something that happened actually in Oklahoma?
- , and in the author of the bill or the senate author that took on the house bill, referred to that this
Bills:
HB2268, HB3000, HB3043, HB3066, HB3078, HB3143, HB3144, HB3244, HB3298, HB3320, HB3467, HB3321, HB3329, HB3431, HB3464, HB3499, HB3500, HB3586, HB3590, HB3650, HB3671, HB3695, HB3700, HB3701, HB3764, HB3767, HB3834, HB3931, HB3934, HB3940, HB3944, HB3979, HB3985, HB4113, HB4294, HB4302, HB4317, HB4324, HB4359, HB4426, HB4427, HB4430, HB4431, HB4434, HJR1077, SR42, SR35, HJR1023, HB1225, HB1374, HB1381, HB1590, HB1675, HB2153
Keywords:
HB2268, Oklahoma Health Care Authority, OHCA, appropriation, General Revenue Fund, PACE, Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, elderly care, aging Oklahomans, long-term care, Medicaid, health care funding, provider reimbursement, rate increase, low-income seniors, senior services, integrated care, emergency measure, cosmetology, barbering
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 30, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This demonstration authority will be a...
- This is a bipartisan Authorization Act.
- of national with all the authority of national sanction.
- Treasury tomorrow wants to sell a 30-year bond.
- There's still a remarkably liquid market buying our bonds.