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- Just ask for a favor of passage.
- It's a set of three amendments.
- To kind of clarify, I just was full of that. But I don't think that was the intent of the language.
- The original bill did do some of that. The original bill did do some of that.
- The amendments, I hate to say, gutted the bill, but took a lot of the teeth out of the bill.
Committee:
House Ways & Means
Keywords:
local sales tax, local use tax, sales and use tax, tax audit, local collector, tax collector, prescriptive period, prescription waiver, interest suspension, delinquency penalties, estimated assessment, arbitrary assessment, certified mail notice, audit notice, taxpayer rights, installment agreement, Louisiana tax law, Title 47, revenue collection, tax administration
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- And some of the numbers I have looked at just for the state of Oklahoma because of the congestion, it's
- More importantly, one of the things that he has done in the past is he served as the chair of the Capital
- This is going to open up a lot of green opportunities for a lot of...
- Place of employment or where they travel and performance of work duties at the discretion of the Corporation
- So that kind of tells you How we're not solved this whole problem because every acre of land has a mineral
Committee:
Senate Energy
Keywords:
electric utilities, grid congestion, transmission technology, advanced power flow controllers, dynamic line rating, energy efficiency, rural water service, district organization, emergency legislation, Oklahoma, water management, state vehicles, state-owned vehicles, state-leased vehicles, motor vehicle use, commuting use, personal use, fleet management, Corporation Commission, field inspectors
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- So just to kind of put you on notice of what's going on, because we have a lot of work left to do in
- Along your mind of that. I'm sorry about that. How about now? Kind of along the lines of thinking.
- And a lot of times that comes because of the states.
- So it covers a bunch of kinds of payment issues. Okay.
- It covers a bunch of kinds of payment issues. Okay.
Bills:
HB241 , HB267 , HB467 , HB673 , HB744 , HB798 , HB1026 , HB1027 , HB1091 , HB1096 , HB1103 , HB1212 , HB1230
Keywords:
financial records, consumer protection, banking law, disclosure, service of process, home inspectors, board membership, licensing, term limits, Louisiana State Board, residential roof, coastal zone, fortified roof, building standards, construction code, insurance, hurricane resilience, safety, security cameras, abandoned property
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Ethics and Campaign Finance Committee Mar 17th, 2026
Ethics and Campaign Finance
Transcript Highlights:
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- I just firmly believe in the concept of that as a matter of voting integrity and sound process. vote
- for in the general. some odd 21% of the voting some odd 21% of the voting registered<00:05:02.760><c
- kind of get fully reimbursed.
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Committee:
House Ethics and Campaign Finance
Keywords:
hemp, hemp beverages, psychoactive cannabinoids, psychoactive hemp products, delta-8 THC, delta-9 THC, delta-10 THC, cannabidiol, CBD, intoxicating hemp, hemp-derived THC, cannabis regulation, marijuana alternatives, alcoholic beverage control, ABC Board, licensing, permit, excise tax, age verification, under 21
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Feb 19th, 2026 at 08:53 am
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This is not loss of revenue. This is loss of jobs.
- I'm looking at the bottom of page two, top of page three of the um of the uh, what do we call them, Mr
- with the support of the Pueblos of Acoma, the Pueblo of Laguna the Pueblo of Isleta, the Pueblo of Taos
- It's kind of located in Arizona, outside of the boundaries of the state of New Mexico.
- One of the children of one of the mothers, their blood quantum got changed.
Keywords:
SB273, appropriations, general fund, hold harmless, local government finance, municipal revenue, county revenue, correctional facility, jail contract, private prison, detention facility, immigration detention, revenue bonds, clawback, child welfare, juvenile justice, protective services, school improvement, New MexiCare, aging services
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 16th, 2026 at 10:48 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- We can't allow the success of one group of women to be achieved on the backs of others.
- And so I think it represents a lot of feedback and a lot of responsiveness from a lot of folks with expertise
- of families, which is the purpose of the CCDBG and the purpose of Senate Bill 241.
- And if anything, this is one of the, or will be one of, one of the best workforces development projects
- staff either a minimum of. 16 at our lower at the Two-star level or 19 at the higher for their entry
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
Keywords:
SB132, DOIT, Department of Information Technology, software replacement, equipment replacement, technology funding, revolving fund, capital equipment, enterprise services, state IT budgeting, software budgeting, amortization, depreciation, State Treasurer, Department of Finance and Administration, New Mexico, information technology, IT infrastructure, fund accounting, legislative appropriation
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Estancia, Otero County, Sobola County, the Village of Milan and the City of Grants.
- In the amount of one twenty-fourth of the appropriation, substantial.
- 9 Loss of Revenue.
- front of something.
- of these.
Committees:
Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance
Keywords:
SB132, DOIT, Department of Information Technology, software replacement, equipment replacement, technology funding, revolving fund, capital equipment, enterprise services, state IT budgeting, software budgeting, amortization, depreciation, State Treasurer, Department of Finance and Administration, New Mexico, information technology, IT infrastructure, fund accounting, legislative appropriation
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Commerce and Economic Development Feb 13th, 2026 at 05:24 pm
House Commerce & Economic Development Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- So who bears the loss of the cost of construction?
- That is one of the advantages of having private equity.
- profit, much of which will be going out of state.
- Some of that time in front of the PRC.
- It takes an awful lot of effort to study billions of dollars of value.
Keywords:
public utility, certificate of public convenience and necessity, certificate of need, Public Regulation Commission, PRC, utility regulation, ratemaking, energy storage, battery storage, grid reliability, renewable energy, transmission, distribution, generation plant, utility expansion, service territory, mutual domestic water consumer association, economic development department, clean energy, fossil fuel reduction
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- And she's a permanent resident of Santa Fe, one of seven children.
- But I've been asking the committee room, by a show of hands, how many of you are in support of this conferee
- That I know of.
- Eleanor Bravo, I'm chair of the Board of New Energy Economy.
- Well, the goal at the end of the day would be some type of majority stake, if not some type of influence
Committees:
Senate Senate Rules , Senate House Rules & Order Of Business
Keywords:
youth violence, violence prevention, violence intervention, community violence intervention, credible messengers, peer support, restorative justice, violence interrupters, juvenile justice, at-risk youth, high-risk youth, public safety, Department of Health, New Mexico, statewide summit, data collection, reporting, interagency coordination, community-based organizations, law enforcement
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Because of the sensitive nature of the treatment method, this...
- its end-of-life date.
- So just be aware of that. On the bottom of this page, this starts. Be aware of that.
- So it's a little bit of an anti-donation issue on top of that.
- And scenario 5 is any hybrid of any of the things I just mentioned.
Committee:
Senate Senate Finance
Keywords:
telecommunications, low-income assistance, lifeline, broadband, rural broadband, universal service fund, public regulation commission, PRC, 911 surcharge, telecommunications relay service, VoIP, mobile service, internet affordability, digital equity, digital inclusion, rural internet, broadband infrastructure, eligible telecommunications carrier, ETC, tribal consent
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Public Safety Subcommittee Feb 11th, 2026 at 04:30 pm
Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- And one of these 11 cogs, all of these cogs have what we call fire coordinators.
- And a vehicle, most of them do supply vehicles. Yes.
- , all 11 COGs within, and it's kind of a little bit of apples and oranges, not the exact same Program
- of Homeland Security?
- That's all of them.
Committees:
House Public Safety , House A&B Public Safety Subcommittee
Keywords:
rural law enforcement, grant fund, public safety, financial assistance, coordination districts, grant funding, law enforcement coordinators, municipal assistance, education, inmates, literacy, high school equivalency, Department of Corrections, parole, rehabilitation, HB3595, Safer Counties Revolving Fund, Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, county grants, traffic barrier equipment
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- the betterment of your people.
- But I'll just say, real briefly, we just dumped a bunch of responsibility on the Department of Insurance
- Um so this piece of uh legislation this.
- Um, I took care of my mother the last five, six, seven years of her life, and she was on dialysis and
- </c> and was not able to get to the place of and was not able to get to the place of um<00:07:35.759>
Committee:
House Insurance
Keywords:
Elmore County, rental tax, tax revenue, infrastructure funding, economic development, Ma-Chis Lower Creek Indian Tribe, tribal police, reservation security, state-recognized tribe, law enforcement authority, certified police officer, Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission, P.O.S.T., trespass, warrantless arrest, tribal land, sovereignty, public safety, Indian tribe, reservation
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- And that's sort of the third piece of this. There was a notion of a lot of litigation risks here.
- Phoenix, the city of Mesa, city of Tucson, Tempe, or your big users of this, that would be one thing
- We think that that part of this ought to stop regardless of the ramifications of it because a rancher
- We think that that part of this ought to stop regardless of the ramifications of it because a rancher
- reduces the size of that side of the equation.
Committees:
Senate Finance , Senate Senate Finance Committee of Reference
Keywords:
savings and loan, technical correction, Arizona Revised Statutes, financial institutions, prohibitions, GPLET, abatement, tax incentives, local government, property improvement, central business district, insurance, settlement demands, time limits, third-party claims, regulatory compliance, initiative, referendum, ballot measures, petition circulators
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Local and County Government Feb 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Local and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- We had discussed some about which cities required permitting and some of the costs of that.
- Just Wanted to kind of get the overall crux of the bill.
- I think I have I kind of go ahead of myself a little bit.
- So, what kind of change is happening here because of these?
- When a TIF is implemented, there is a lot of legwork and a lot of managing of the income lost thereof
Committee:
Senate Local and County Government
Keywords:
municipal zoning, home-based businesses, no-impact businesses, local government, regulation, short-term rentals, municipal ordinance, municipal court, court of record, court not of record, city penalties, fine limits, penalty cap, ordinance enforcement, state statute, traffic offenses, speeding, parking, DUI, DWI
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Community Safety Jan 27th, 2026 at 04:00 pm
Community Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- As I've said, as DOC moves forward and focusing on successful re-entries for those of us incarcerated
- Now, of course, the state pays part of the Medicaid, but it's only a fraction of it.
- So a life of service is kind of what drives all of us sitting before you.
- Once again, I'm here testifying on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Washington.
- , not because of its goal, but because of the.
Committee:
House Community Safety
Keywords:
elected sheriff, sheriff accountability, recall election, peace officer certification, certified peace officer, law enforcement authority, Washington RCW, criminal justice training commission, special election, public official recall, decertification, sheriff removal, voter accountability, county sheriff, police powers, extraordinary medical placement, compassionate release, medical parole, terminal illness, serious medical condition
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee Apr 9th, 2025
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Transcript Highlights:
- One of the...
- They owned a large portion of land on the east side of Big Creek Lake.
- So, I had some color copies of the lake on the north end of the lake.
- of Mobile.
- Some of them can reach very high speeds. Some of them can reach speeds of 60 to 70 miles an hour.
Keywords:
HB352, cotton, cotton bale assessment, cotton levy, cotton producers, agriculture, forestry, Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee, per bale fee, commodity assessment, producer referendum, cotton sales tax, Alabama Code 2-8-199, cotton commission, agricultural funding, HB366, Lakyn Canine Act, police dog, K9, K-9
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Mar 12th, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- It would take all of everything out of that.
- I have a few, just kind of a list of questions.
- It's a microcosm of the state of Texas.
- Of the $58 million worth of payroll, how much of that is in your department?
- More of it's owned. More of it's owned, yeah.
Committee:
House Delivery of Government Efficiency
Keywords:
regulatory reform, government efficiency, administrative law, rulemaking, agency deference, judicial review, de novo review, Texas Government Code, Administrative Procedure Act, state agencies, plain language, regulatory burden, regulatory reduction, cost-benefit analysis, fiscal note, public benefits and costs, contested case, rule challenge, Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, advisory panel
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine options to reduce catastrophic wildfire, including H.R.471, to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisd Mar 6th, 2025 at 10:00 am
Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- Drought and wildfire, of course, are at the top of the list.
- They are the source of water for tens of millions of people.
- He's now a member of the Board of Directors for the National Association of Forest Service Retirees.
- thousands of acres of national forest land.
- Their work... has resulted in thousands of acres of hazardous fuels reduction, millions of feet of timber
Bills:
HB471
Keywords:
forest management, wildfire prevention, public lands, Tribal jurisdiction, Fix Our Forests Act, wildfire, forest health, hazardous fuels reduction, fuels treatment, prescribed burning, mechanical thinning, mastication, fuel breaks, fire breaks, wildland-urban interface, WUI, fireshed, fireshed management area, fireshed registry, Fireshed Center
Summary:
The meeting primarily focused on H.R. 471, the Fix Our Forests Act, which aims to address the ongoing crisis of wildfires exacerbated by climate change and the need for updated forest management practices. Various committee members voiced concerns about past federal management failures and emphasized the necessity for collaborative approaches involving local communities and stakeholders in forest management. As discussions unfolded, there were varying perspectives on the implications of certain provisions in the bill, particularly around regulatory changes and their likely impacts on public participation and environmental reviews.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Fiscal Responsibility Committee Feb 19th, 2025
Fiscal Responsibility
Transcript Highlights:
- A lot of them decided...
- A lot of questions...
- my mantra of the year.
- the single space list of...
- Eight of the single space list of parchas.
Committee:
House Fiscal Responsibility
Keywords:
athlete agents, commission, state regulation, Alabama, higher education, athletics, membership diversity, catastrophe savings account, catastrophe fund, storm savings, disaster savings, hurricane, windstorm, floodwaters, hail, tornado, property insurance, homeowners insurance, insurance deductible, FORTIFIED
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Feb 12th, 2025
Finance and Taxation General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- in the number of beds.
- about 60% of the Escambia facility.
- We can build all of this and... all of this and build the Escambia, but then we're left with what do
- That's kind of where we are now.
- portion of the debt... to finance a large portion of the debt.
Committee:
Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund
Keywords:
prison modernization, corrections finance, bonding authority, state debt, capital improvement, Department of Corrections, Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority, prison construction, prison renovation, prison replacement, bed space, overcrowding, women's prison, men's prison, Escambia prison, Tutwiler, Kilby, Elmore, Staton, St. Clair Correctional Facility