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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Tue Feb 17, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 16

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill is about modernizing the governance of the University of Hawaii and ensuring we have strong
  • Madam Speaker, this measure strengthens that governance structure in several ways.
  • Madam Speaker, strong institutions require strong governance.
  • At its core, fiduciary governance board.
  • This measure moves us strong governance.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

JHA Info Briefing - Tue Feb 17, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are planning on aligning with whatever the federal government comes out with.
  • This would allow the governing sales.
  • The choice is between thoughtful governance and continued ambiguity.
  • governance and continued ambiguity. governance and continued ambiguity.
  • <01:58:00.000> you guidance from the federal government you guidance from the federal government
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation May 7th, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • of the specificity of the work that's being done at hospitals and the requirements to meet certain codes
  • It allows municipalities and the local government to extend into another group, whereas before they were
  • I think that it opens opportunities for local governments.
  • I have a motion by— Buck, Parish, Plaquemines government.
  • Members, House Bill 685 is a government efficiency measure.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Transportation and Public Works met with five members present and approved the April 29, 2026 minutes. The committee then heard and favorably reported several bills, including HB 1233, which lowers the contract threshold for hospital service districts to use the Seymours program for certain hospital construction projects, and HB 715, which requires aerial applicators operating from public airports to have a transponder and radio; an amendment removing language about airport use of ADS-B data for fees was adopted after sponsors said the issue would be handled in another bill. HB 999 was reported favorably to allow impoundment of out-of-state vehicles operated in Louisiana without liability insurance, and HB 692 was amended to let parishes and municipalities use group purchasing organizations, with a narrowing amendment limiting one-source procurements and assurances that local bidders would not be disadvantaged. The committee also advanced HB 511, creating a grant program for pursuit intervention technology in response to officer safety concerns, and HB 590, which would let OMV issue specialized envelopes or notices for drivers with autism or other disabilities so officers are alerted during traffic stops. HB 503 was reported favorably after a local cleanup change to a golf cart bill for Golden Meadow, and HB 655 was approved to let DOTD use cost-plus contracts for operation and maintenance of state-owned ferries. HB 748 clarified that school board-owned or leased vehicles are exempt from tolls, and HB 860 would allow fillable electronic bids for local government procurement. Later, the committee approved HB 896, a major tolling-related cleanup bill for Plaquemines Parish that addresses customer service center access, administrative fees, and exemptions, with members and local officials criticizing the toll structure and its impact on the parish. HB 1000 was reported favorably as a cleanup measure tied to highway priority program reporting and local district contract limits. HB 887 established a more consistent scoring and ranking process for Seymour projects, with an amendment to avoid conflict with changing FAA grant rules. HB 888, a cleanup bill on temporary tags, was amended with added security features and then reported favorably. HB 1086, a broad electronic title and registration modernization bill, received a lengthy amendment set but was voluntarily held over for a week so members could review the new language. The committee also advanced HB 776 to expand the Port Priority Program to larger projects, with amendments clarifying flexibility and removing private projects from the bill. HB 707 was reported favorably to let the Department of Agriculture and Forestry handle promotional activities for the liquefied petroleum gas commission through a cooperative endeavor agreement. HB 868, a farm safety bill requiring safety chains or other manufacturer-specified equipment on trailers, was reported favorably after testimony about a fatal accident and assurances it would not change engineering standards beyond existing manufacturer requirements. Finally, HB 856 was amended to authorize indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracting for DOTD maintenance and construction work, then reported favorably, and the committee later corrected the record on HB 856 by reconsidering and withdrawing one technical amendment set so further floor cleanup could be made. The meeting adjourned without objection.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation May 7th, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • of the specificity of the work that's being done at hospitals and the requirements to meet certain codes
  • It allows municipalities and local government to extend into another group, whereas before they were
  • It allows municipalities and local government to extend into another group, whereas before they were
  • I think that it opens opportunities for local governments.
  • Members, House Bill 685 is a government efficiency measure.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Transportation and Public Works met with five members present and approved the April 29, 2026 minutes. The committee then heard and reported a series of bills, including HB 1233, which lowers the contract threshold for hospital service districts using the Seymours program; HB 715, requiring aerial applicators operating from public airports to have transponders and radios and removing proposed ADS-B fee restrictions in favor of separate legislation; and HB 999, allowing impoundment of uninsured out-of-state vehicles. It also advanced HB 692 to let parishes and municipalities use group purchasing organizations, with an added sole-source procurement amendment for certain repairs and parts, and HB 511 to create a pursuit-intervention technology grant program, using a technical amendment to establish the fund structure. The committee also reported HB 590, creating a program to help law enforcement identify drivers with autism or other mental/physical disabilities through special envelopes and related notice technology; HB 503, a local bill cleaning up golf cart and utility terrain vehicle definitions in Golden Meadow; HB 655, authorizing DOTD cost-plus contracts for state-owned ferries; HB 748, clarifying that school board-owned or leased vehicles are exempt from tolls; HB 860, allowing fillable electronic bids; HB 896, addressing tolling rules and fees in Plaquemines Parish and requiring a nearby customer service center; and HB 1000, a cleanup bill on highway priority program reporting and local district contract limits. Later, the committee reported HB 887, which establishes a more consistent scoring and ranking framework for certain procurement processes, and HB 888, a cleanup bill on temporary tags and temporary license plates with added anti-counterfeiting and safety features. HB 1086, a major overhaul moving Louisiana toward a fully electronic vehicle title and lien system, was amended but voluntarily held for a week so members could review the extensive new language. The committee also reported HB 776, expanding port priority funding to larger projects and allowing flexibility in annual amounts, HB 707, shifting LPG commission promotional work to Agriculture and Forestry, HB 868, requiring safety chains or other manufacturer-specified safety equipment on farm trailers, HB 856, authorizing indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracting for DOTD maintenance and construction work, HB 345, adding rail infrastructure at ports to the rail improvement program, and HB 685, allowing transit agencies to use FAST Act cooperative procurement for buses and other rolling stock. At the end, the committee corrected its action on HB 856 by reconsidering and withdrawing the technical amendment set 2332 for later floor work, while leaving the bill reported with the department’s substantive amendments.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce May 5th, 2026

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • I will tell you that this is what we do all day long in different aspects... ...of government.
  • Ultimately, it's the state's duty to protect the child, not the federal government, you know.
  • So this amendment, 4836, changes from the state fire marshal to parish government.
  • Vice Chair Thomas: Parish government, am I reading that correctly? Ms.
  • Vice Chair Thomas: Okay, so again, this is now the responsibility of the parish government? Ms.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Feb 18th, 2026

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • in Alabama currently do not have access to the tax-free finance market, unlike state and local government
  • local governments to be able. local governments to be able.
  • Americans with Disability Act, and the new building code.
  • , buildings with the current energy code, buildings with the current energy code, Americans<00:23
  • It just it's new building code. It just it's mathematically<00:23:23.520> impossible.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am

A&B Education Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Violation of IRS code and associated treasury regulations.
  • And you don't have to expand government to correct unequal treatment caused by government.
  • to do some things, but we can't have multiple codes.
  • They will take his salary and code it to one expense.
  • They will take his stipend and code it to a different expense.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/02/2026 - Senate Finance

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • And do you... ...of funds for how the state government funds all its operations.
  • I also think this bill appears to exist at a time where the government actually is not raising enough
  • But really the bigger issue is why can't we fund government?
  • You know, different government employees that get pensions.
  • I'm the government relations manager for the Arizona Farm Bureau. I did sign in, if necessary.
Summary: The Senate Finance Committee approved the January 26, 2026 minutes and then heard several bills dealing with tax, retirement, and property assessment issues. SB 1215, as amended, was described as a technical “comma bill” that reorganizes the list of firefighter cancer conditions presumed work-related and removes mistakenly included peace officer language; it passed 6-1. SB 1180 would codify Arizona Department of Revenue’s practice of assuming federal conformity for above-the-line income tax items when preparing forms, with supplemental instructions if the legislature later acts differently; it passed 7-0 after discussion about whether it would affect executive-ordered changes. SCR 1028, a voter-referral measure to narrow the statutory exception allowing agencies to set certain fees and assessments without a two-thirds vote, drew sharp debate over majority rule versus limits on delegated fee authority and passed 4-3. The committee also advanced SB 1292, which clarifies that the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System’s 5% ownership cap applies only to publicly traded corporations; PSPRS said the change would avoid compliance problems and unnecessary costs, and it passed 7-0. SB 1294, restoring county assessors’ authority to prorate property values for property destroyed in any manner while preserving a five-year classification benefit only for property destroyed by verifiable accident, passed 6-1. SB 1430, the annual tax corrections act, passed unanimously after DOR said it mainly removes redundant language, fixes a cross-reference, and codifies current practice. The committee then considered SB 1270, which would let CORP employers make optional supplemental retirement contributions of up to $5,000 to Tier 3 correctional officers and related employees at specified service intervals. Supporters from the FOP said it is a flexible retention tool for hard-to-staff correctional jobs, while some members worried it could add costs for counties and not solve the underlying retention problem; it passed 6-1. Finally, SB 1290, which requires advance notice and inspection reports for certain property inspections and bars repeat agricultural inspections for three years, drew strong support from farm groups and strong opposition from county assessors, who argued it would create costs, limit their ability to verify new construction, and interfere with annual valuation duties. The bill passed 4-2 with one member not voting, and the committee adjourned.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Health Committee Jan 28th, 2026

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Can I ask a question about the code that allows Dr. Harris to standing? >> Not at this point.
  • Can I ask a question<00:16:31.600> about<00:16:31.839> the<00:16:32.399> code<00
  • question about the code that allows Dr. question about the code that allows Dr.
  • pharmacists who follow a standing order from being subject to disciplinary action from the respective governing
  • pharmacists who follow a standing order from being subject to disciplinary action from the respective governing
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Apr 30th, 2025

Finance and Taxation Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • as today, I don't think any of us want a today, I don't think any of us want a large overfunded government
  • But on the other side of the coin, we have got to properly fund government, and that is our duty to make
  • sure the money is there for government to do the job that the taxpayers expect. that it is what the
  • my opinion at that time it because in my opinion at that time it did not adequately fund state government
  • the government is going to cut money, and we got to fill those buckets.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/10/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, this is a bill that is supported by a great amount of local government cooperation between the Sock
  • Local government aid no longer meets infrastructure needs of our expanding community, especially when
  • Local government<00:16:05.680> aid<00:16:06.000> no<00:16:06.240> longer<00:16:06.480
  • > meets government aid no longer meets government aid no longer meets infrastructure<00:16:07.440
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 31st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We don't want to hurt our local governments in doing this, and so we're going to try to send this to
  • We're going to work on language that would make sure that our local governments are taken care of.
  • We had a technical error in the plumbing bill as it pertained to the plumbing code, so I'd make a motion
  • and Energy and the Louisiana Geological Survey to establish an advisory committee to study laws governing
  • HCR 104, governing subsurface data, had Senate committee amendments adopted. Rep.
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Morning Session Apr 9th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thereafter, in PEEE, even for the strategic plan of legislation and government, or everything, so.
  • Director of Addressing Federal Government Investigation, National Crime, and firearms enforcement has
  • Extensive evidence shows that tax caps do not reduce the cost of government services.
  • We talk about that all the time in here, cutting wasteful government spending. It goes on.
  • Property taxes were given to local governments to fund them in 1967.
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Afternoon Session Apr 9th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And maybe that's because our farmers do not want government regulation or oversight.
  • to agreement with the United States or other disposition, under Section 35 of the Internal Revenue Code
  • Legislative Bill 985 concerns the probate code, including court appointment, approval, or resignation
  • , research requests, government agencies, commercial lending institutions, or other funds.
  • The resolution was referred to the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee.