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NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Session (05/14/2026)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The question before us is whether we continue forcing taxpayers alone to absorb the cost of insurance
  • Representative Jared Sullivan: The question before us is whether we continue forcing taxpayers alone
  • The question before us is whether we continue forcing taxpayers alone to absorb the cost of insurance
  • to backfill the system are forced to backfill the system through<00:36:30.560> Medicaid,<00:36
  • I hope Speaker Sytek never is forced to subject herself to listening to those tapes.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education Apr 3rd, 2025

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Board with creating the Healthcare Workforce Task Force to examine this issue, ways to remove barriers
  • The task force, led by Victoria Ford, took a thoughtful and strategic approach to finding solutions to
  • The task force also found that many high schools face significant costs when creating curriculum for
  • So that's part of what the task force discovered: there's not a consistency across the state.
  • Was it a recommendation from TEA, a task force, or something?
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • We have been spending close to four years working on things um as early as the task force.
  • I think one of the main takeaways we had in the task force is it is not just one agency's job to lean
  • <00:10:39.600> it legislative task force in 2024 made it legislative task force in 2024 made
  • <00:24:30.159> These consulting task forces and panels.
  • These consulting task forces and panels.
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The committee heard House File 3585, as amended, which would create an interagency council on student attendance and re-refer the bill to education finance. Representative Keeler moved the bill and an A1 amendment that corrected the council’s placement from the Department of Children, Youth, and Families to the Department of Education; the amendment was adopted. Keeler and Representative Bakeberg described the bill as the product of several years of bipartisan work on chronic absenteeism and truancy, emphasizing that attendance problems involve multiple systems and require ongoing coordination rather than a single-agency response. Testimony was strongly supportive. Matt Shaver of Allies cited statewide chronic absenteeism data and argued that schools cannot solve the problem alone because root causes such as housing, transportation, health, and economic instability lie outside school control. Assistant Commissioner Angela Mansfield of MDE said the task force and pilot districts showed coordination gaps and supported the council, while also noting MDE’s Compass staff would need permanent funding to carry out the work. Ashley High Totower of Hennepin County’s BEET program said attendance is a public health, child welfare, transportation, housing, and economic issue, and Kenneth Avon of the Minneapolis Foundation said absenteeism is an ecological problem requiring cross-sector coordination. Student witnesses also supported the bill but urged stronger youth representation. Henry Brick of Catalyst for Systems Change said students understand the causes of absenteeism best and proposed expanding student seats on the council from one to five. Ava Northrup of the Minnesota Youth Council said youth voices should be more than symbolic and suggested two youth representatives, one from the metro and one from greater Minnesota, plus additional youth task forces or panels. In member discussion, Representative Lawrence questioned whether the council duplicated existing MDE work, asked who would coordinate the group, and raised the lack of a sunset; Keeler and Bakeberg said the Department of Education would coordinate and that a sunset could be considered later. Other members asked about fiscal impact, and the chair said a fiscal note had been requested and the bill would move on to education finance.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • write a good task force and solve this issue together in a bipartisan way.
  • write a good task force and solve this issue together in a bipartisan way.
  • write a good task force and solve this issue together in a bipartisan way.
  • write a good task force and solve this issue together in a bipartisan way.
  • write a good task force and solve this issue together in a bipartisan way.
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: House File 3900 proposed a Minnesota constitutional amendment to increase the share of permanent school trust fund earnings distributed to school districts, with the stated goal of providing more per-pupil funding without raising income or property taxes. Representative Igo, the bill’s author, described the history of the school trust lands and said the change would raise the payout from about 2.5% to 4.5%, producing additional unrestricted money for schools at no cost to taxpayers. He also read the proposed ballot question into the record, which would ask voters whether to amend the constitution to increase funding from the permanent school fund effective July 1, 2027. The House adopted amendment A7, offered by Representative Long, which he said was a technical change to align the bill with Senate language and provide administrative funding for the State Board of Investment. Representative Igo agreed it was a good technical fix. After the amendment was adopted, the bill was given third reading and debated on the floor. Several members spoke in support, including Representatives O’Driscoll, Scraba, Mueller, Bennett, Jordan, and Bakeberg. Supporters emphasized that the proposal would send more money to schools on a per-pupil basis, provide flexible local funding, and help districts facing budget pressures, staffing cuts, and other mandates. Some speakers also highlighted the historical purpose of school trust lands, the role of the State Board of Investment, and the need for better stewardship and government-to-government relationships with tribal nations where trust lands are located. The transcript ends during floor debate and does not include a final vote on passage.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (02/20/2025)

Energy and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
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  • > a members of the task force shall elect a members of the task force shall elect a a<00:51:52.000
  • these things but commission is now task these things but commission is now task force<00:52:08.319
  • This body is favorable to appointing commissions and task forces.
  • <00:54:25.720> force<00:54:25.920> shall<00:54:26.079> be of the task force
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on State and Local Government - Part 1 - 03/27/26

State and Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • To the task force. Thank you, Senator Maye Quade.
  • is establishes a task force made up of is establishes a task force made up of 16<01:52:24.360>
  • I like the task force sunset at the end, subdivision eight.
  • <02:03:03.120> force Would you be amenable to this task force Would you be amenable to this
  • this task force. this task force.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
LA
Transcript Highlights:
  • We'll hear back from Conservatives for Clean Energy, Lindsay Cooper Phillips with Clean Air Task Force
  • And we could get this task force created, and we can start moving this ball forward starting June 2nd
  • And you all can include in the task force a list of recommendations.
  • So, in the task force, a list of recommendations so that we could bring some legislation forward next
  • But you got my commitment that if you're all going to do something relative to a task force, we will,
Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 480, which would allow anchoring in certain waterways, specifically Oyster Bayou, with restrictions to protect oyster leases and require a person to remain on board. After brief explanation from the sponsor, Representative DeWitt moved favorable and the bill was reported favorable without objection. House Bill 510, which would have prohibited importation of captured carbon dioxide into Louisiana for sequestration, was discussed briefly. The sponsor said the proposal appeared to conflict with federal law and interstate commerce concerns, and he asked to voluntarily defer the bill. The committee agreed, and HB 510 was deferred. The committee also heard House Resolution 279, urging the state to study geothermal energy policy; after questions about geothermal technology and possible overlap with CCS infrastructure, the resolution was adopted on a 10-3 roll call vote and reported favorable. The bulk of the meeting focused on House Bill 1152, as amended, dealing with the Carbon Dioxide Geologic Storage Trust Fund and a proposed injection fee for carbon sequestration projects. The amendment would set the fee at 19 cents per ton, with 12 cents going to the state trust fund and 7 cents going directly to affected parishes, while retaining existing fund caps and adding evacuation routes as an eligible local expenditure. Industry groups and local government representatives both testified: industry warned the proposal was rushed, could create uncertainty, and might hurt Louisiana’s competitiveness; parish officials argued locals need a meaningful revenue share, transparency, and bargaining power because they will bear emergency-response burdens. Members raised questions about the fee structure, exemptions for state lands and parish agreements, and whether the local share would continue for the life of a project. The bill remained under discussion at the end of the transcript, with talk of creating an off-session task force or working group to continue negotiations for next year.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 1/21/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So we've had an EMS task force, an infrastructure resiliency task force, a task force on aging that actually
  • > resiliency task force and infrastructure resiliency task force and infrastructure resiliency
  • task<00:45:43.440> force<00:45:44.079> a<00:45:44.280> task<00:45:44.559> force
  • <00:45:44.720> on<00:45:44.880> Aging<00:45:45.400> that task force a task force
  • on Aging that task force a task force on Aging that actually<00:45:46.040> went<00:45:46.319>
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The committee met briefly to approve the January 16 minutes, then heard a series of informational presentations from legislative joint offices and commissions that fall under its jurisdiction. Michelle Urick of the Legislative Coordinating Commission explained the LCC’s governance structure, including its leadership-based membership and role overseeing joint offices such as the Legislative Auditor, Legislative Budget Office, Legislative Reference Library, Revisor of Statutes, and the LCC staff office itself. Christian Larson of the Legislative Budget Office described the office’s nonpartisan fiscal note work, local impact notes, and support for the Tax Expenditure Review Commission, noting the volume of requests it handles and that the office currently has 18 budgeted FTE. He also explained the LBO Oversight Commission’s role in setting standards and appointing the director. Elizabeth Lincoln of the Legislative Reference Library outlined the library’s services, including answering thousands of reference questions, maintaining state policy and legislative collections, archiving state documents, supporting the legislative website and search tools, and preserving House and Senate audio, video, and committee minutes. She also noted the library’s staffing levels and its move to the Capitol. In response to a question, she said copies of the book Minnesota Standoff were in constant circulation, that the title is out of print, and that the library had digitized it for use by legislators and staff. Ryan Inman, the Revisor of Statutes, described the office’s drafting, legal review, publication, IT, and other services. He said every bill introduced is reviewed by a Revisor attorney, the office publishes Laws of Minnesota, Minnesota Statutes, and Minnesota Rules, and it maintains the legislative drafting system now being replaced. He also discussed rule drafting for agencies, legal counsel, the claims subcommittee, court opinions reports, and the annual technical Revisor bill. Members asked about bill volume, amendment drafting, and the history of administrative rules review; Inman said the office is handling over 2,500 active bill requests and that a prior commission on administrative rules existed in the past. No votes were taken beyond approving the minutes.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 2/26/25

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • There was a legislative task force on Metropolitan government, or I think it was a task force, and we
  • <00:02:50.760> force<00:02:51.000> on legislative task force on legislative task force
  • /c><00:02:56.560> met think it was a task force uh and we met think it was a task force uh and
  • The Blue Ribbon task force is older, 2022, 2020.
  • think the task force that was bipartisan think the task force that was bipartisan by<00:15:13.759
Keywords: 1183, house
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EEP Public Hearing - Thu Feb 5, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Energy & Environmental Protection

Transcript Highlights:
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  • fellow task force members. Thank you. fellow task force members. Thank you.
  • Uh Ocean Legislative<00:20:50.720> Task<00:20:51.039> Force. Legislative Task Force.
  • Legislative Task Force.
  • Task Force in strong Ocean Legislative Task Force in strong support<00:21:05.039> of<00:21:05.200
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills related to cesspools, wastewater, and clean water protections. On HB 2245, which would require additional denitrification capacity in wastewater systems near shorelines, the Department of Health offered comments, DLNR supported the bill, and multiple environmental and ocean groups testified in strong support, emphasizing nitrogen pollution from cesspools, reef damage, and the need to prioritize shoreline systems. Testifiers said the bill should move forward, with technical issues such as GIS mapping to be worked out later. No member questions or votes were taken on this measure. On HB 1985, concerning the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority and accessible conversion loans for cesspool homeowners, HGI supported the bill and suggested making the program a revolving loan fund; DLNR and the Public Utilities Commission also supported it, while the Department of Health supported the concept. Committee discussion focused on program design, possible forgivable loans for low-income homeowners, and whether the program should be administered through existing infrastructure rather than a new procurement process. The committee then moved to HB 1985’s companion discussion on cesspool conversion outreach and deadline extensions, where DLNR and DOH supported outreach but DLNR and ocean advocates expressed reservations about extending deadlines, especially for financial hardship, saying that issue would need careful work. The committee also heard testimony on HB 2079, which would reestablish the accessible upgrades inversion or connection income tax credit. The Department of Taxation raised administrative and fraud concerns about refundable credits, explaining that nonrefundable credits reduce tax debt while refundable credits can function like cash payments and require more oversight. DOH, DLNR, OPSD, counties, Hawaii Realtors, and environmental groups supported the bill, with one ocean coalition witness saying tax credits could help homeowners but grants would be preferable. Members asked about the difference between refundable credits and grants and about whether the credit would cover sewer connections versus individual wastewater systems. The committee then heard brief testimony on HB 1921, allowing certain priority-three cesspools to add a bedroom, with support from Hawaii Realtors and some other groups and no opposition discussion. HB 2232, preserving state water-quality protections at least as strong as the federal Clean Water Act, drew support from DOH and ocean advocates, with no questions. The committee also began hearing energy-related bills, including HB 1567 on energy equity and HB 1984 on self-certification for distributed energy resources, with a mix of support and some opposition or requested amendments, but no votes were taken in the portion provided.
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session, 3/21/2026 #1

Maryland House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • task force. Please move the amendment. task force. Please move the amendment.
  • fund and task force to study deed fraud. fund and task force to study deed fraud.
  • > forces<01:41:09.960> to House Bill 1142, task forces to House Bill 1142, task forces
  • task force or Yes, absolutely. task force or Yes, absolutely.
Summary: The House convened with 126 members present, heard the prayer, approved the previous day’s journal, and then took up a series of Senate messages and committee reports. Senate bills on consent calendars 21 and 22 were read the first time and referred to committees. The House then adopted favorable reports, often without amendment, on a wide range of bills including workers’ compensation evaluation procedures (HB 1325), a state shark designation (HB 97), several local alcoholic beverages measures, commemorative months for Muslim American Heritage and Jewish American Heritage (HB 661), and local license commissioner changes in Anne Arundel, Worcester, Harford, Baltimore City, and Prince George’s counties. Several bills were amended before being ordered printed for third reading. HB 121 (Baltimore County alcohol sales) was amended to change the sponsor to the Baltimore County delegation. HB 1335 on Department of Information Technology workforce recruitment and retention was amended to convert the measure into a study and recommendations report. HB 1037 on PSC oversight of broadband and VoIP was similarly amended from direct oversight to a study and report. HB 1164 on water and sewage rate consolidation and limited-income mechanisms was amended to remove rate-consolidation provisions, require a PSC study, and delay implementation. HB 1381 on stopping or parking in bike lanes added exceptions for emergency, transit, disability pickup/drop-off, disabled vehicles, loading/unloading, and construction or maintenance; HB 1504 prioritized sidewalk and bicycle pathway projects near highways with complete streets or Vision Zero policies; HB 912 adjusted community cat trap-neuter-return rules; and HB 969 clarified electric vehicle charging billing and service fees. The most extended debate centered on HB 639, the Transportation Aviation Passenger Health and Safety Act. After amendments turned it into a reporting measure for fixed-base operators and aviation service companies regarding flights carrying detained individuals, warrants, refueling, and emergency-response documentation, members questioned its practical operation, safety implications, and possible federal preemption issues. The floor leader explained the bill as amended was intended to gather information for Maryland safety and emergency planning. On motion of the committee chair, the House agreed to special order HB 639 until the end of the session for further clarification. The House also amended and advanced HB 1063 on hunting management, including deer damage permits and Sunday hunting rules, and heard a brief statement from an Eastern Shore delegate about the Rural Caucus’s approach to offering amendments rather than opposing bills outright. The session ended with HB 972, creating the Maryland Fair and Agricultural Education Promise Fund, amended to rename the bill in honor of the late Delegate Charles Otto and to replace lottery funding with an annual appropriation; the House adopted the amendments and the favorable report.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Executive Departments and Administration (01/14/2026)

Executive Departments and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so that there task force areas.
  • task force, we need purpose and the new task force, we need to<00:52:44.400> have<00:52:44.559
  • So turn to the task force.
  • establish a task force to look at that. establish a task force to look at that.
  • <01:07:08.319> force relatively short lived um task force relatively short lived um task force
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Rules and Administration - 04/23/26

Rules and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • statutes are warranted, and after a year of analysis and research, the task force recommended three
  • <00:14:16.400> force<00:14:16.720> to This legislature created a task force to This
  • legislature created a task force to evaluate<00:14:17.440> whether<00:14:17.680> potential
  • <00:14:25.040> force analysis and research, the task force analysis and research, the task
  • And I think the task force opportunity.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

2026 Legislative Session - Day Sixty Five - Thursday, May 7

Missouri House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • word task force, I stopped again because I hate creating more task forces.
  • “Because I hate creating more task forces.
  • So that's the other reason for the implementation of the task force. It is a one-year task force.
  • I also am not in support of just putting out some task force that don't seem to get much done.
  • So there is very clear direction as to what the task force will be focused on.
Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the House Journal for the 64th day by a 125-0 roll call vote, and then spent much of the morning on personal privileges and introductions of guests, interns, students, and special recognitions. Members welcomed school groups, interns, a Savannah Bananas guest, and several family members, and also noted birthdays and Mother’s Day greetings. On legislation, the chamber first agreed to go to conference on Senate Substitute for Senate Bill 1421, appointing a House conference committee. The House then took up Senate Bill 1000, which reauthorizes the Missouri Tourism Supplemental Revenue Fund and updates outdated tourism funding language; members from both parties spoke in support of tourism as an economic driver, and the bill passed 136-6. The House also considered House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1020, an omnibus Department of Revenue bill addressing fee office contracting, vehicle registration and related penalties, Real ID document retention, five-year license plates, and emissions-related provisions. Members adopted amendments reducing late-registration penalties, making document retention opt-in, restoring a five-year plate option, and removing cosmetic damage as a basis for rejecting rebuilt vehicles; despite debate over emissions testing and air quality, the bill passed 130-10. The chamber then moved to House Committee Substitute for Senate Bills 835 and 1111, a combined judiciary/civil legislation package. Members described it as a vehicle for several vetted measures, including anti-assignment-of-benefits language for insurance claims, the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act, and court administration changes such as workers’ compensation procedures, judgeships, automation fees, law library surcharges, and expungement fund provisions. Amendments were offered and adopted to adjust attorney-fee language in the anti-SLAPP provisions and to add a St. Louis police legal-expense-fund provision, though the latter drew objections over procedure and whether it had received a hearing. The transcript cuts off while debate on that amendment is still underway, and no final vote on the bill is shown.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Edfin Committee Meeting - 2026-03-26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Force was already tasked to do.
  • Force was already tasked to do.
  • Representative Lawrence was also on the task force.
  • was also on the task force. was also on the task force.
  • more and from that task force we came up more and from that task force we came up with<01:09:00.319
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 03/11/26

Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Task Force, and I had the honor of chairing that task force.
  • Task Force, and I had the honor of chairing that task force.
  • Task Force, and I had the honor of chairing that task force.
  • > that<00:03:35.519> task<00:03:35.840> force.
  • <00:03:36.959> John of chairing that task force. Mr. John of chairing that task force.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Local Legislation Committee Apr 30th, 2025

Local Legislation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Do you work with a task force? Thank you. Do you work with a task force on county? No, I don't.
  • You don't have a task force? We have an SRT team.
  • It's a special response team in the sheriff's office, but it's not a task force.
  • Now, several of my deputies are on a task force. It's a gang task force, but um... Force.
  • It's a gang task force, but um, it's in conjunction with myself, our agency, New Police Department.
Bills: SB287
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 1 - 03/21/25

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • DWI task force a number of years ago. Um DWI task force a number of years ago.
  • <02:12:40.000> this creating a task force to look at this creating a task force to look at
  • As a result, our task forces Minnesota.
  • <02:39:04.479> forces 2024, our Henipin County task forces 2024, our Henipin County task forces
  • > state<02:43:03.920> for all the task forces across the state for all the task forces across
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare May 19th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • I changed it to a task force.
  • I don't know what the task force will come up with.
  • force to remove them from the task force.
  • So that was the testimony that the task force heard.
  • We have the perinatal task force. You listed some of them.
Summary: The committee first heard SB 145, which would require adult residential care providers, especially assisted living centers, to have generators or other backup power arrangements and to submit preparedness plans to LDH. After technical amendments and testimony from the sponsor, LDH, and the assisted living industry clarifying the bill’s scope and cost concerns, the committee adopted the amendments and reported the bill favorably. It then took up SB 433, which would require Medicaid coverage of medically necessary FDA-approved weight loss drugs, including GLP-1 medications, subject to appropriations and fiscally sustainable coverage criteria; the bill was reported favorably after discussion of current Medicaid coverage and costs. The committee also approved SB 52, which requires better coordination between DCFS and LDH so SNAP and Medicaid benefits can follow children more quickly when they are removed from or returned to a home. Technical amendments changed reporting deadlines and required written notice, and the bill was reported favorably. SB 4 on public water fluoridation was amended to allow local governments or voters to opt out through a petition and election process, with support from the Louisiana Dental Association and others after compromise language was adopted; it was reported favorably with amendments. SB 152, which would prohibit the sale of cultured or lab-grown food products for human consumption, was also reported favorably with amendments after brief testimony in support and opposition. The committee next approved SCR 37, which asks the Surgeon General to review Louisiana’s informed consent laws and report back on any gaps, after discussion that the existing medical disclosure panel had not met since 2018. It then considered SB 194, a public assistance bill aligning Louisiana Medicaid and SNAP rules with recent federal changes on non-citizen eligibility and tightening Medicaid’s reasonable opportunity period for citizenship verification. After extensive debate over immigration, emergency care, and whether the bill could harm eligible applicants or rural hospitals, the committee adopted an amendment allowing LDH discretion for emergency health care services and reported the bill favorably by an 8-3 vote. Finally, HCR 113 created a task force to study gestational carrier agreements and assisted reproductive regulation; after debate over surrogacy, ethics, and referral to Civil Law, the committee rejected the referral motion and then reported the resolution favorably, and the meeting moved on to SB 333 on child-in-need-of-care proceedings and legal representation funding.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

December 9, 2025 - 09:30 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • IT IS IMPORTANT TO THINK OF JOBS AS BUNDLES OF TASKS.
  • AND THE OTHER IS PRACTICAL GUIDANCE IN DAILY TASKS.
  • BUT I THINK THAT THE GENERAL MODEL STEP ONE, THINK OF A BUNDLE OF TASKS AND STEP TWO, THINK OF THE TASKS
  • THOSE ARE LIKELY THE TASKS THAT WILL RELY ON AI TOOLS TO DO.
  • FROM A WORK FOR STANDPOINT AI IS BEST UNDERSTOOD AS A FORCE MULTIPLIER.