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AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/27/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- to be able to transfer water.
- me, basically you're not transferring the entire ag pumping right.
- in the transfer.
- It’s a transfer basin that was set up a long time ago.
- It was found illegal. They have not returned a dime.
Summary:
The committee began by announcing that House Bill 2094 would be held and not heard that day, then received a lengthy update from Arizona Department of Water Resources Director Tom Buschatzky on Colorado River negotiations and post-2026 operating rules. He described Arizona’s legal position, the basin’s water allocations, current shortages, conservation efforts, and the state’s view that the Upper Basin should share more of the reductions and move more water from reservoirs above Lake Powell to Lake Mead. Members asked about tourism, recreation, tribal water rights, public outreach, and the role of the state’s delegation and the federal government. Buschatzky said Arizona has already made major conservation cuts and that further reductions are likely, whether by agreement or federal action, and emphasized ongoing negotiations and public meetings.
The committee then heard House Bill 2758, which would expand McMullen Valley groundwater transfer rules to allow eligible entities, including private water companies, to withdraw and transport groundwater under specified conditions, with ADWR oversight and reporting requirements. Supporters argued the bill would provide a lawful, regulated way to move water for urban growth and housing needs, while opponents from La Paz County and rural advocacy groups said it would accelerate aquifer depletion, harm private wells, and benefit a New York hedge fund at the expense of local residents. After debate over guardrails, stakeholder outreach, and the impact on rural communities, the committee adopted the Griffin amendment and passed HB 2758 as amended on a 6-4 due-pass vote.
Finally, the committee took up House Bill 2098, which revises bonding authority and public hearing notification requirements for county water augmentation authorities and allows such authorities to enter into local repayment agreements with WIFA. Pinal County officials and related stakeholders testified in support, saying the changes would help the Pinal County Water Augmentation Authority finance future water and infrastructure projects, including possible augmentation efforts tied to Bartlett Dam, and would clean up statutory language to match the authority’s needs. The transcript ends during testimony on HB 2098, before any committee vote on that bill is shown.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Mar 26th, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- I feel like there's a way to say it's not really being transferred, but maybe sent.
- Yeah, fraud is illegal, intentional, and that kind of stuff.
- It's actually very potentially illegal. I don't know.
- If you won, but you find that it was illegal, you came out on top, right?
- And then you're saying that the process was illegal. That's correct.
Bills:
HB149 , HB252 , HB643 , HB1442 , HB1500 , HB1672 , HB1851 , HB1893 , HB2028 , HB2768 , HB2818 , HB149 , HB252
Committee:
House Delivery of Government Efficiency
Keywords:
artificial intelligence, regulation, biometric data, ethical AI, consumer protection, AI governance, employment compensation, state agencies, salary payments, general appropriations, government efficiency, public works, contractors, payment bonds, government contracts, construction law, transparency, open meetings, government accountability, public access
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informational interview with Rep. Matt Norris (DFL-Blaine) Jan 6th, 2026
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- are in a situation where they might harm others or harm themselves, that they don't have access to firearms
- ><00:03:07.200><c> have</c><00:03:07.360><c> access</c><00:03:07.760><c> to</c><00:03:08.080><c> firearms
- </c> that they don't have access to firearms that they don't have access to firearms uh<00:03:09.360>
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE AND HOUSE Feb 3rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- embedded to be included in the academic standards wherever, or at the earliest grade appropriate: firearm
- So, sorry, the firearm safety has embedded in 2025–2026.
- that may have just dropped out, but they're only making adjustments for students that may have transferred
Summary:
The committee received a lengthy Bureau of Legislative Research presentation on Arkansas academic standards, accountability systems, and adequacy requirements. Staff reviewed how state curriculum and standards have evolved from the 1997 Public Education Act through the 2003 Quality Education Act and the 2017 Educational Support and Accountability Act, including required coursework, standards for accreditation, career and technical education, graduation requirements, and recent additions such as computer science, personal finance, firearm safety, and fetal growth and development instruction. Members asked for a chart comparing the major laws and repeals over time, and staff agreed to provide one.
The presentation then turned to federal ESSA requirements and Arkansas’s state accountability system. Staff explained Arkansas’s long-term goals for proficiency, English learner progress, and graduation rates, and reported 2025 ATLAS proficiency results, which remained below the 80% goal across student groups. They also reviewed English learner progress, graduation rates, school support and improvement, and equitable access to educators. Data showed gaps by subgroup and by school poverty/minority concentration, with Title I and high-poverty schools more likely to have emergency/provisional teachers and less experienced staff. Members questioned the lack of recent data for some ESSA measures, including equity labs and school index calculations, and asked staff to follow up with the Department of Education.
The committee also discussed NAEP results, ACT scores, and teacher quality measures under the state accountability act. Arkansas’s NAEP performance remained below national averages in fourth- and eighth-grade reading and math, and ACT composite scores and benchmark attainment were also reviewed. Members asked for additional information on historical highs and lows, the number of assessments students take by grade, dropout data, and comparisons with other states. No formal votes were taken; the main action was agreement to request additional information from DESE and to schedule department follow-up at a future meeting.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS House Floor - 4 February, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Also, if they get killed, do their firearm goes to their family members as the other law enforcement?
- that's issued to them by their firearm that's issued to them by their agency<01:13:35.199><c> with</
- Also, if they get killed,<01:13:57.280><c> do</c><01:13:57.440><c> their</c><01:13:57.679><c> firearm
- goes to their killed, do their firearm goes to their family<01:13:59.280><c> members</c><01:13:59.600
- bills to you and bringing your transfer bills to you and and<05:09:39.040><c> and</c><05:09:39.680><
OR
Oregon 2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee On Legislative Audits 06/17/2026 12:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- Fraud is an illegal activity and needs to be reported to law enforcement.
- If it’s a loaner, you print the form and transfer the asset.
- So what was supposed to be a week can spread over time, and maybe it just didn’t get transferred.
- If it’s a loaner, you print the form and transfer the asset.
- So you mentioned making it easy for people to transfer things without too much record keeping.
Summary:
The Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Audits met on June 17 for informational presentations. The Department of Administrative Services, through Chief Audit Executive Eli Ritchie, gave an overview of statewide internal audit requirements and the fiscal year 2025 report. He explained the difference between internal and external audit, described Oregon’s statutory and rule-based internal audit structure, and reported that 30 agencies had internal audit functions, with most meeting required standards. He said 73 audits and 49 advisory/consulting engagements were completed statewide, with strong compliance overall, though a few agencies were rebuilding audit committees after vacancies. No committee questions were raised after the presentation.
The Secretary of State’s Audits Division then presented its Government Waste Hotline annual report. Director Steve Bergman and audit manager Olivia Rekhed described changes made to align the hotline with statute, including renaming it the Government Waste Hotline, creating a review panel, improving anonymity protections, removing fraud reporting from the hotline’s scope, and adjusting reporting timelines. They said hotline volume increased modestly in 2025, most reports were referred elsewhere or closed for insufficient evidence, and two reports were substantiated, including questioned costs of about $856 for personal use of a state vehicle and about $2.9 million tied to the Preschool Promise program. Committee members asked about hotline staffing, cost, anonymity, and follow-up on findings; staff said the hotline is lightly resourced, uses a contracted intake service, and referrals or recommendations are followed up through management letters and later reviews.
The committee also heard an audit of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department’s safety inspections and asset tracking. The Secretary of State’s office reported that OPRD had not consistently conducted or documented quarterly OSHA safety inspections and had incomplete asset records, including missing acquisition dates and costs for many assets. The audit made eight recommendations covering safety inspection policies, asset management guidance, tagging, reconciliations, disposition controls, training, and a new asset management system; OPRD agreed to all recommendations. OPRD officials said they had already begun training staff, improving inspection procedures, and working toward a replacement asset system, while noting operational challenges from a large, dispersed park system and manual processes. Committee members asked about what kinds of assets are tracked, how tagging works, whether items were actually being lost, and how much tracking is necessary for low-value tools; OPRD said the main issue was inconsistent classification and documentation rather than widespread loss. The meeting ended with no votes or formal actions taken.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Additionally, it prescribes requirements for business entities authorized to conduct foreign remittance transfers
- from Arizona to another country on behalf of an individual, including prohibiting the transfer of monies
- This is not... ...a checking account or to simply engage in banking transfers.
- It also allows that property to be transferred below fair market value and without public auction when
- You know, there would be illegal activity taking place with that.
Committee:
House House Commerce Committee of Reference
Summary:
The committee took up a series of Senate bills, beginning with SB 1421, a contentious measure restricting financial institutions and check cashers from accepting certain identification from unauthorized immigrants and limiting remittance transfers without proof of lawful status. An attempted strike-everything amendment by Rep. Villegas would have redirected the bill to authorize tax-deeded property sales for affordable housing, but the committee rejected that amendment. After public testimony both for and against the underlying bill, the committee voted 6-2 to give SB 1421 a due pass recommendation.
The committee then approved SB 1254, which revises Industrial Commission of Arizona statutes, including renaming certain positions, shifting boiler and elevator oversight, and requiring fee schedules to be posted online. It also passed SB 1515, which creates a public safety parity fund for retention pay and benefits for DPS and corrections employees using investment earnings from the budget stabilization fund; supporters cited vacancies, turnover, and pay gaps, while opponents argued the state should fund raises through the general fund. Both bills received due pass recommendations after amendment adoption and roll call votes.
Other measures considered included SB 1206, which restricts adjusters and contractors from soliciting work during active loss events or emergency responses, with an exception for essential services; SB 1563, which continues the Barbering and Cosmetology Board and lowers certain fee caps; and SB 1649, which creates a digital assets reserve fund, though an amendment to turn it into a transparency measure on employers receiving public assistance was rejected. The committee also passed SB 1290 after rejecting an amendment on emergency price controls and adopting a Carter amendment clarifying HOA executive sessions may be closed only for discussion without action; testimony on that bill focused heavily on HOA transparency versus privacy concerns. Finally, the committee approved SB 1670, a contractor licensing preemption bill, and SB 1671, which continues the Department of Gaming and related commissions and updates reporting and conflict-of-interest requirements, with the department supporting the continuation and amendment language.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 12 (1-22-26)
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 312, Representative Maddox, an act relating to concealed firearms and deadly weapons.
- :45.680><c> relating</c><00:07:46.000><c> to</c><00:07:46.160><c> concealed</c><00:07:46.800><c> firearms
- </c> an act relating to concealed firearms an act relating to concealed firearms and<00:07:47.680><c>
- 258, an act relating to the transportation of milk; House Bill 312, an act relating to concealed firearms
Keywords:
Convene 00:00
Senate Message 06:30
Calendar/2nd Readings 07:18
Report of Committees 08:19
Orders of the Day 09:04
HB 96 09:16
Motions, Petitions, and Communications 15:21
Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 21:24
Recess for ConC and Rules Meeting 23:35
ConC and Rules Report 31:06
Floor Amendments 32:42
Return to Rules Report 33:28
Adjournment 34:27, 958, all
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- For instance, if you want to be a firearms instructor, well, we'll give you 30 cents more an hour because
- So it'll prevent unnecessary delays when vehicles are being resold or transferred.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
Summary:
The committee first approved the minutes from February 26, March 3, and March 5, 2026. It then heard Senate Bill 1379, which would raise Idaho State Police’s Project Choice fee from $3 to $8 to help fund trooper pay and recruitment/retention. Senator Woodward and ISP Director Bill Gardner said the agency is understaffed, behind other law enforcement agencies in pay, and losing recruits and experienced troopers; several law enforcement association representatives testified in support. Senator Cole opposed the bill, arguing it could trigger pay increases for local agencies and ultimately higher property taxes, but the committee voted to send the bill to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
The committee next advanced House Bill 742, which modernizes vehicle titling by expanding electronic records and shortening lien-release timelines for Idaho dealers; it passed with a due pass recommendation. House Bill 664, dealing with truck speed differentials and allowing more uniform traffic speeds, also passed after testimony from Rep. Pickett and a Farm Bureau representative in support, despite concerns from one senator about truck safety and traffic conditions. House Bill 716, an Idaho Transportation Department cleanup bill, was sent to the floor as well; it updates gas-tax distribution language after ISP’s funding shift to the general fund and increases funding for the local bridge inspection program from $175,000 to $300,000.
The committee then considered House Bill 825, which would remove a mandatory 50-cent license plate fee going to the Idaho Heritage Trust and replace it with a specialty plate option tied to America 250; the bill was sent to the 14th order for possible amendment. Finally, the committee reconsidered House Bill 629 and adopted an amendment package that would allow electronic vehicle registration while still requiring a physical copy in the vehicle, addressing law enforcement concerns and preserving the bill’s cost-saving goal. The amended bill was then sent to the 14th order for possible amendment, and the committee adjourned.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Budget Section Commerce and Legal Service Division Jun 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It was before we had fingerprints and, you know, the firearms.
- It was before we had fingerprints and, you know, the firearms.
- So it basically limited the firearms examiner from doing any casework during that time frame in that
- Fingerprint and firearms units do not have backlogs.
- Fingerprint and firearms units do not have backlogs.
Summary:
The committee met to review the Attorney General’s budget and related agency operations, beginning with Legislative Council staff walking members through compliance reports and a blue-sheet base budget document. Staff highlighted current-biennium items such as FTE changes, one-time appropriations, litigation funding, opioid settlement receipts, continuing appropriations, and major special and federal funds. Members asked for clarification on items including the Missing Indigenous People Grant Fund, the Internet Crimes Investigation Fund, and the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit grant funding.
Assistant Attorney General Clare Ness then gave an overview of the office’s structure, staffing, and budget pressures. She emphasized the office’s broad statutory duties, the value of its legal services to state and local government, and concerns about attorney pay lagging behind other agencies. Members discussed whether attorney compensation should be benchmarked more consistently across state government and whether some legal work could be consolidated within the AG’s office. Ness also addressed questions about AG opinion turnaround times, boards-and-commissions training, the new-and-vacant FTE pool, operating expense cuts, office leases, and the state’s criminal justice information systems.
The crime lab presentation drew significant attention. Director Jennifer Penner described severe space, safety, and infrastructure problems at the current lab, including cramped work areas, glycol leaks, outdated fire and burglar alarms, air-handling limits, and equipment failures that have delayed toxicology work. She said the 2024 study projected a much larger facility would be needed and that the preferred location would be near the current health department site, but in a new building. Members asked about possible evidence risks, backlog status, and whether the proposed building would solve the current problems; Penner said it would and noted backlogs have improved overall, though some delays remain.
The committee also heard from the new Medicaid Fraud Control Unit director, who described the unit’s civil and criminal work, federal-state funding split, and examples of fraud such as billing for services not provided or upcoding. The gaming division reported continued growth in charitable gaming and e-tabs, with members expressing concern about large trust-account balances, site competition, and possible misuse of proceeds. Finally, BCI outlined its caseload, cybercrime work, missing Indigenous persons task force, and the surge in CSAM cyber tips; members asked about AI-generated CSAM, and the AG’s office noted that last session’s law increased penalties and expressly allowed AI-generated CSAM to be prosecuted like other CSAM. No formal votes or actions were taken beyond approval of the minutes.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 04/09/26
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- In practice, the manufactured homes being transferred to the community are typically from the 1970s or
- to the community are being transferred to the community are typically<00:23:00.520><c> from</c><00:23
- The result will be that there are fewer voluntary title transfers, more abandoned homes that will be
- ,</c><00:23:53.160><c> more</c> voluntary title transfers, more voluntary title transfers, more abandoned
- illegal under Minnesota law, there are<00:49:58.280><c> landlords</c><00:49:58.760><c> who</c><00:49
Committee:
Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/27/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- to be able to transfer water.
- me—basically, you're not transferring the entire ag pumping right.
- engaged in the transfer.
- It’s a transfer basin that was set up a long time ago.
- It was found illegal. They have not returned a dime.
Committee:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Keywords:
solar radiation management, environment, prohibition, Arizona Revised Statutes, public health, complaint process, Attorney General, groundwater management, water conservation, irrigation, water supply, brackish groundwater, water supply development, desalination, water infrastructure, financial assistance, environmental reviews, brackish water, groundwater, water resources
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- 248 nursing board expungement, 2410 artificial intelligence, 2404 abortion-inducing drugs, 2419 firearms
- sales permit, 2422 permit firearms, 2425 advance mathematics, 2425 auditor general state. 2425 auditor
- individual. 2567 lodging, 2568 TPT on lodging, 2569 terminally ill individuals end of life, 2570 firearms
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the journal. Members then introduced the Doctor of the Day, Dr. John Lynch, and recognized several guest groups in the gallery, including Arizona electric co-op representatives, March of Dimes participants, CRNAs, AEA retirees, a University of Arizona legislative fellow, and ACLU visitors. Attendance was recorded at 58 present, one absent, and one excused.
The chamber handled routine floor business, including temporary committee replacements, referral of HB 2677 from Judiciary to Public Safety and Law Enforcement, and the first reading and referral of a large number of House bills and one concurrent resolution. The bill list covered a wide range of topics, including education, appropriations, housing, taxes, health care, public safety, energy, water, labor, elections, and several measures related to abortion, firearms, and tribal affairs. Second reading of bills was also announced for another extensive set of measures.
During announcements, members promoted a blood drive, a Veterans Caucus coffee-and-donuts event and lunch with a Department of Defense speaker, and several committee meetings or cancellations. No substantive debate or votes on legislation occurred beyond the procedural motions and the final motion to adjourn. The House adjourned until 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 22, 2026.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- nursing board expungement, 2410 artificial intelligence, 404 of course abortion-aborting drugs, 2419 firearms
- sales permit, 2422 permit firearms, 2425 advance mathematics, 2425 auditor general state. 2425 auditor
- individual. 2567 on lodging, 2568 TPT on lodging, 2569 terminally ill individuals end of life, 2570 firearms
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- The affidavit is signed with an illegible signature. You must assume it's the voter's name.
- The affidavit is signed with an illegible signature. You must assume it's the voter's name.
- </c><02:21:23.240><c> since</c><02:21:23.479><c> the</c> under federal law it's illegal since the under
- So today it would be permissible for the state legislature to say open carry of firearms, you've got
- you got to be say open carry of firearms you got to be 18<03:07:53.160><c> why</c><03:07:53.399><c>
Committee:
House Election Law
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/26/26
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- And really, that's a continuation of a transfer that was authorized by the legislature in 2024.
- And really, that's a continuation of a transfer that was authorized by the legislature in 2024.
- </c><01:19:41.960><c> trails</c> to ride, but it reduces illegal trails to ride, but it reduces illegal
- </c> Number three, this bill will keep illegally new trails from forming.
- In a very short time, a new trail can be illegally developed.
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- You have included in the definitions sections, armed with a firearm, armed with a weapon.
- You have included in the definitions sections, armed with a firearm, armed with a weapon.
- You have included in the definitions sections, armed with a firearm, armed with a weapon.
- You have included in the definitions sections, armed with a firearm, armed with a weapon.
- </c><01:02:24.240><c> or</c> to cause alarmism, um, about firearms or to cause alarmism, um, about firearms
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- So we are changing that illegal industrial hemp because what was illegal industrial hemp?
- Is it illegal now for non-citizens to get a license?
- So if you weren't distributing illegal drugs, the person wouldn't have died, regardless of whether you
- Yeah, but you said that mixing it provides a loophole because they would replace the illegal substance
- I just want to make sure that if someone dies from receiving illegal drugs, there's a penalty for it.
Committee:
House Crime and Public Safety
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- merely documents the complainant's wholly unevidenced speculation asking whether I was carrying a firearm
- c><00:02:48.400><c> was</c><00:02:48.560><c> carrying</c><00:02:48.840><c> a</c><00:02:48.880><c> firearm
- </c> asking whether I was carrying a firearm asking whether I was carrying a firearm on<00:02:49.400>
- First and foremost, there is no indication that I was carrying a firearm on the House floor, and I have
- </c> indication that I was carrying a firearm indication that I was carrying a firearm on<00:12:28.440
Committee:
House Ethics
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- Queen of Hearts is an illegal activity. It's illegal the way they've been currently doing it.
- Um, the other thing that I illegal.
- </c><01:32:25.280><c> bingo</c> having problems with illegal bingo having problems with illegal bingo
- Uh, this just illegal to take a cut.
- still be illegal.
Committee:
House Revenue