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TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • We're just a big, big entity and should be working together. Thank you, Senator Hancock.
  • Senate Bill 2690 will require the soliciting entities to just... ...rendered.
  • Senate Bill 2690 will require the soliciting entities to disclose that they are not affiliated with government
  • It looks like it's coming from a governmental entity.'
  • There is an agreement between the various entities in the House bill.
Summary: The committee took up pending business first and reported several bills favorably, including SB 2139, SB 2610, SB 1856, SB 2530, SB 2401, SB 2858, and SB 3016, with most of those measures moving out on committee substitutes and being sent to the local and uncontested calendar or to the full Senate. The committee also heard SB 1906 on expanding Chapter 342E consumer lending rates; supporters argued it would modernize Texas law and expand access to safe, regulated credit, while opponents from Texas Appleseed and AARP warned it would raise costs on already expensive loans and worsen debt burdens. SB 1906 was left pending after testimony. The committee also reconsidered and re-voted SB 1856 after a procedural issue, with the substitute ultimately adopted and the bill reported favorably. The committee then heard SB 1113, which would clarify that certain vehicle converters, including a Texarkana business, do not need an additional dealer license to sell converted vehicles. The bill’s supporters described a long-standing business model and said the new metal license plate rules had created problems, while the Texas Automobile Dealers Association opposed the bill in its current form and said it could be resolved through DMV action or narrower changes. DMV said it was still researching a possible administrative fix, and SB 1113 was left pending. The committee also heard SB 2680, a Public Information Act cleanup bill dealing with emergency deadlines, business-day exclusions, and litigation timing; broadcasters and other open-government advocates argued the issues were already addressed by prior law and court rulings, while the Attorney General’s office said the bill would help with catastrophe notices and timing conflicts. SB 2680 was left pending. Other bills heard included SB 1117, which would allow any Texas-licensed dentist to administer botulinum toxin neuromodulators for aesthetic purposes in the oral and maxillofacial region; the author and dental witnesses said it would clarify scope and improve access, and the bill was left pending. SB 2340 would clarify the Attorney General’s investigative authority over Texas corporations, including pre-suit depositions and sworn written questions; opponents raised due process and separation-of-powers concerns, and the bill was left pending. The committee also heard SB 705 and SB 748, both TDLR cleanup bills, and SB 1206, which would impose timelines and notice requirements on municipalities reviewing transmission projects; SB 1206 was supported by an electric cooperative and left pending. SB 1460, creating an ethics violation registry tied to licensing consequences, drew constitutional and due-process objections from several witnesses and was also left pending. After a recess, the committee heard SB 1802 on landlord duties to repair mobility assistance devices like elevators and ramps in rental housing, with the author describing prolonged outages affecting seniors; the bill was left pending. Finally, SB 2455, creating an Energy Waste Advisory Committee to coordinate efficiency and demand-response programs, drew support from energy-efficiency and environmental witnesses and was left pending, and SB 2690, targeting deceptive business-certification solicitations, was laid out and opened to testimony before the transcript ended.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

State Committee Meeting - 2025-04-03

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Today, I'd like to call this meeting of April 3, 2025, of the State Government Finance and Policy Committee
  • But again, I'm happy to take questions, and our Government Affairs Director is also here, as well as
  • Coordinate and collaborate with all state agencies and entities, that is in the bill.
  • I mean, we have a federal government that is expressly going after the basic rights of women and our
  • LGBTQ communities, and when our federal government fails to meet a basic standard of decency, we need
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 4/3/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • [Music] Today, I'd like to call this meeting of the House State Government Finance and Policy Committee
  • So that's a very fast overview, but again happy to take questions, and our Government Affairs Director
  • So that's a very fast overview, but again happy to take questions, and our Government Affairs Director
  • </c><00:08:18.440><c> Affairs</c> questions and our government Affairs questions and our government Affairs
  • that is in State agencies and entities that is in the<00:48:29.920><c> bill</c><00:48:30.720><c> uh<
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works May 26th, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • The federal government does not recognize this contracting method.
Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on May 26 with a quorum present and took up several resolutions and one Senate bill. SCR 64 created a task force to study construction management at risk (CMAR) in Louisiana public works; an amendment added representatives from the Louisiana Associated General Contractors and Associated Builders and Contractors, and the resolution was reported with amendments. HR 282 created a task force to study utility terrain vehicles with state agencies; an amendment added the State Fire Marshal, and it was also reported with amendments. The committee then considered SB 513 on public works project delivery methods. The bill originally included an average-bid award method for certain pilot projects, along with airport design-build provisions. Testimony from a Reason Foundation analyst and from the Louisiana Associated General Contractors raised concerns that average-bid contracting could encourage collusion, raise costs, and lacked supporting data or use by U.S. transportation departments, while airport design-build was supported. The committee adopted an amendment in concept to strike the average-bid provisions, leaving the airport-related design-build language in place, and SB 513 was reported with amendments by a vote of 11 yeas and 4 nays. The committee also reported SCR 62 favorably, which urges DOTD to evaluate school zones on state highways in response to safety concerns and near misses, including a fatal incident referenced by the author. HCR 112 was reported favorably to study flooding on Louisiana Highway 1 in Shreveport, and HR 275 was reported favorably to study an interstate highway signage maintenance and reporting program. The meeting concluded after all items were disposed of and the committee adjourned.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Transportation Funding Apr 14th, 2025

S/C on Transportation Funding

Transcript Highlights:
  • Currently, there's a conflict with the Transportation Code and the Government Code.
  • When a local government leader issues a mandatory order. With that, Mr.
  • Many local governments lack adequate resources to fund essential transportation projects.
  • I don't like the government taking money out from it for its other purposes.
  • I want it to remain there, but the government has not done that.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Okay, so Senate Bill 1728 simply expands the entities that can apply for these grants.
  • Local entities across the state and some $1.9 billion at the state level.
  • This includes taxing entities across the state and some $3.5 billion at the state level.
  • Airbnb and other entities charge a service fee to guests when the guest books. ...of a room at one of
  • This approach promotes fairness and supports both local and city government.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Feb 17th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's what I'm trying to rid out of our city government, of our county governments, because those are
  • In Leon County, government employees are required to do that.
  • Don't usurp home rule and local government.
  • This is not thoughtful government; it is political theater.
  • These areas are designated by the federal government.
Summary: The Committee on Rules met with a quorum and considered a long agenda of bills, many of them retained from the prior week. The most debated measure was CS for SB 706, which would preempt naming of major commercial service airports to the state and designate Palm Beach International Airport as the Donald J. Trump International Airport, subject to FAA approval and a trademark agreement. Amendments were offered and rejected, including proposals to prevent private financial benefit from the naming. Several senators spoke in opposition, citing concerns about naming an airport after a sitting president, lack of local input, and the trademark/licensing arrangement; supporters argued there was no cost to the airport and that the bill simply set a state naming policy. The committee reported the bill favorably after a roll call vote. The committee also reported favorably CS for SB 546 on conservation land notice requirements, CS for CS for SB 1014 on municipal utility service to properties outside city limits, CS for SB 1500 on uncontested probate proceedings, SB 962 on excluding farms from certain zoning definitions, and CS for SB 820 on problem-solving court reporting requirements. The committee then approved several bills from Senator DiCeglie and Senator Arrington. SB 840, addressing land-use regulations for local governments affected by natural disasters, was supported by local-government and environmental advocates who said it would restore local control after SB 180’s hurricane-related restrictions; the sponsor said it was intended to correct unintended consequences of last year’s law. CS for SB 856, requiring online listing platforms to show estimated ad valorem taxes on residential listings, was amended to exclude social media platforms and broaden liability protections; the sponsor and a county property appraiser described it as a consumer-transparency measure. CS for SB 110, clarifying homestead exemption treatment for long-term leases that end at death, was also reported favorably. The committee took up a controversial strike-all amendment to SB 212, which focused on public swimming pools and added residency and related restrictions for certain sex offenders and offenders on community control or probation. The amendment drew strong opposition from advocates and affected families, who argued it would worsen homelessness, impose broad geographic restrictions, and lack evidence of improving child safety; supporters said it was a targeted public-safety measure. Despite the objections, the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also approved SB 684 on electronic signatures for total-loss vehicle and vessel titles, SB 394 on reinsurance intermediary managers, SB 434 on property tax assessment treatment for wind-hardening improvements, CS for CS for SBs 658 and 608 on water-safety requirements for rental properties with pools or nearby water, SB 748 on adding voting-rights restoration information to sentencing score sheets, and CS for SB 824 requiring school districts to inventory unimproved real property. The meeting ended while the committee was beginning SB 848 on stormwater treatment, with an amendment being introduced as the transcript cut off.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/11/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • . government. government.
  • the entity level.
  • </c> income from controlled foreign income from controlled foreign corporations.<00:35:03.200><c> uh<
  • </c> passing the pass through entity tax. passing the pass through entity tax.
  • Good government all the time. We are journ...
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate committee on local government will come to order.
  • It includes language on related business entity and unified business enterprise that the Senate had already
  • For the government.
  • Good morning, Chairman Bettencourt and distinguished members of the Local Government Committee.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The committee on local government will come to order.
  • of our entity, which is to deliver Project Connect.
  • Statute that we have afforded to us under the local government corporation.
  • If you go to Colorado, the Republican state government of Colorado allowed a regional option.
  • In 2013, over 31 local government entities have adopted local provider participation funds, or LPPFs,
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Apr 29th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • us the rights and and the privilege of governing.
  • I don't trust government employees to do that job.
  • All of our founders signed a document built on secular principles of government and governance, believing
  • It is a prioritization of this faith and a government... government funded setting forcing its representation
  • Promoting religion by government mandate. is not.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Apr 29th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • As a conservative Republican, I would just like to say that when you talk about local government, when
  • This bill is not just about governance, it's about safeguarding the democratic rights of our communities
  • That way lies gridlock, and it's not good governance.
  • House Bill 5089 moves us away from local governance, away from clarity, and away from accountability.
  • And so you're advocating for basically more government, more school boards?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Higher Education Apr 8th, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • is what they. would like to see in a liberal arts degree is those courses like the like the those foreign
  • Partner up with the other bill that's very similar to it and have the three entities or the three agencies
  • for a tier one research institution to conduct research securely. while mitigating the threat of foreign
  • What is the the governing board of the leadership? Is it appointed by the governor? Is it...
  • I know there's Private entities that do this already my son was a swimmer state swimmer.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Higher Education Apr 8th, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Affairs to serve as a resource witness and the student government president.
  • They will pass those to the Government Association, and you're for the bill. Is that correct? Yes.
  • We have very little foreign presence.
  • For foreign or out-of-state tuition, it's like $24,000.
  • There used to be a misperception that the federal government sets the cap.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/25/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you look at what government entity means, it means any city, county, school district, whatever it
  • </c><00:37:15.520><c> entities</c><00:37:16.480><c> is</c><00:37:16.720><c> necessary</c> to all government
  • entities is necessary to all government entities is necessary to<00:37:17.440><c> provide</c><00:37:
  • </c><00:38:07.280><c> entity</c><00:38:07.640><c> is</c> if you look at what government entity is if
  • you look at what government entity is means<00:38:08.200><c> any</c><00:38:09.040><c> City</c><00:38:
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House State Government Committee Feb 4th, 2026

State Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • We'll call the House State Government Committee to order.
  • Well, one of the issues was they wanted to be sure entities about changing resources and um entities
  • agencies are using on all the government agencies are using Gulf<00:16:34.560><c> of</c><00:16:34.720
  • All it requires is if the state government puts out some documentation, they would use the word Judea
  • </c><00:46:30.079><c> uh</c> it requires is if the government uh it requires is if the government uh
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Border Security (Part I) Apr 3rd, 2025

Border Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair lays out Senate Bill 36 by Senator Parker relating to Homeland Security activities of certain entities
  • against our critical infrastructure, currently these responsibilities are spread across multiple entities
  • While it is a federal government responsibility primarily, the federal government cannot do it alone,
  • , government is going to do.
  • State authority has collapsed and cartel networks function as parallel governments.
Bills: SB 36, SB 2202
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Border Security (Part II) Apr 3rd, 2025

Border Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • Mexican cartels and other foreign terrorist organizations heavily rely on smuggled firearms from the
  • However, state law does not include a penalty for knowingly transferring a firearm to a foreign terrorist
  • If a gun owner chooses to sell a firearm to an individual they know to be a member of a foreign terrorist
  • SB 2202 creates the criminal offense of knowingly transferring a firearm for profit to a foreign terrorist
  • With certainty who is a member of a foreign terror organization?
Bills: SB36, SB2202
Summary: The Senate Committee on Border Security heard Senator Birdwell present SB 2202, which would create a state offense for knowingly transferring a firearm for profit or other remuneration to a member of a foreign terrorist organization. Birdwell argued the bill responds to cartel violence and southbound gun trafficking, and he explained a committee substitute that removed an exemption for federally licensed gun dealers and removed a requirement that DPS coordinate with Mexican law enforcement. He said the goal was to give Texas a state-level tool if federal enforcement is lacking. Invited testimony came from DPS Colonel Freeman Martin and border prosecution unit chair Tanya Ash. Both said the bill could be useful in some organized-crime and cartel cases, but they emphasized that proving a defendant knowingly transferred a gun to a foreign terrorist organization would be difficult and would usually require strong direct or circumstantial evidence, such as recorded statements, informants, or coordinated investigations. They said the measure would be more workable in complex cartel cases than in routine patrol stops, and they noted existing state and federal tools already address straw purchases, firearms trafficking, and related offenses. Members also discussed tracing seized firearms, cooperation with ATF, and the limits of state jurisdiction over international issues. No public testimony was offered, and SB 2202 was left pending. The committee then took up SB 36 as pending business. A committee substitute was adopted without objection, and the substitute bill was reported favorably to the full Senate by a 4-0 vote, with Senators Birdwell, Flores, Hinojosa of Hidalgo, Eckhardt, and Hinojosa of Nueces participating. The committee also accepted a motion in writing and ordered the bill recommended for local and uncontested calendar placement. The chair then announced the committee would recess subject to call.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Jan 28th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • union in 1889, from Calville to Long Beach, from Neah Bay to Walla Walla, in this 69th Legislature to govern
  • People are the ultimate check in the checks and balances of government.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, a National Anthem performance, and a prayer offered by Washington Army National Guard Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Cole. The chamber then adopted House Resolution 4675, honoring the Washington National Guard for its service in emergencies, search and rescue, disaster response, and military readiness. Members spoke in support, highlighting the Guard’s history, its role in recent flood and landslide responses, and the sacrifices of service members and their families. The resolution passed by voice vote, and Guard leadership and members present in the galleries were recognized. The House also recognized Congressman Dan Newhouse in a point of personal privilege, with remarks praising his service in state and federal office and his ties to agriculture. The chamber then moved to the Fourth Order of Business and debated a motion to suspend House rules to send two initiatives to the Education Committee for prompt public hearings. Supporters argued the Constitution requires precedence for initiatives and that the House should hear them promptly; opponents argued the Constitution allows the Legislature to take no action and that the motion was unnecessary. The motion to suspend the rules failed on a recorded vote, 38 yeas and 57 nays, with three excused. Next, members debated the routine motion to refer the bills, memorials, measures, and resolutions on the introduction sheet to committee. Some members again argued the two initiatives should be given priority and public hearings before other business, while others supported normal referral of the day’s measures. The motion passed on a recorded vote, 57 yeas and 38 nays, with three excused. Committee reports were then accepted and referred as designated, and the House adjourned until Thursday, January 29 at 10:30 a.m.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> as mandated by the federal government. as mandated by the federal government.
  • One leg of our three-legged stool, the federal government and our communities, the state government,
  • One leg of our three-legged stool, the federal government and our communities, the state government,
  • One leg of our three-legged stool, the federal government and our communities, the state government,
  • </c> Minnesota Government Data Practices Act. Minnesota Government Data Practices Act.