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MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 2/17/25

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • money and that we just fund government money and that we just fund government so<00:41:26.119>
  • <00:43:05.079> has safe to say that the government has safe to say that the government has
  • There's also kind of a cap that MnDOT has for contributing, and then if a local government wants to do
  • There's also kind of a cap that MnDOT has for contributing, and then if a local government wants to do
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works May 21st, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • It does provide privacy against government automatic tracking to use for other purposes like collecting
  • He's in House and Government Affairs, so Mark Abraham will handle.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/18/2026 - Senate Education

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Each participating school governing board or charter school governing body must identify students who
  • candidate for nomination, election, or appointment to the office of governing board member if the governing
  • That is the governing board.
  • This is a traditional procurement tool that every city government has to do, or every function of government
  • board or governing body and further appeal the governing board or governing body's determination to
Summary: The committee on Education heard a series of bills and took action on each. HCR 2015, a resolution supporting at least 60 minutes of daily physical activity for K-12 students and posting dietary guidelines in schools, drew testimony from advocates for recess and student wellness; it was approved 6-0. HB 2040, which would require schools to provide adoption information when contraception or STI topics are discussed and add adoption-related content to sex education, drew opposition from Reproductive Freedom for All and the Arizona Education Association, but passed 4-2. HB 2255, extending Arizona Teachers Academy eligibility for community college students from two to four years, passed unanimously 6-0. HB 2764, creating a voluntary state seal of computer science proficiency for high school graduates, also passed 6-0. The committee then considered HB 2600, requiring written parental permission for students in grades 6-8 to join school clubs or organizations. The ACLU of Arizona opposed the bill, arguing it would suppress participation in clubs involving sensitive identities or topics; the bill passed 4-2. HB 2379, which requires school district governing board members to complete recurring training on school finance and related duties, was amended to narrow the re-election consequences and then passed 4-2. HB 2142, establishing a school safety center and council within the Arizona Department of Education to provide training, technical assistance, and risk assessments, received mixed testimony over its funding source and council makeup but passed 4-2. Later, HB 4033, which would require more detailed bond election pamphlets and separate ballot propositions for certain school bond projects such as stadiums, administrative buildings, and teacher housing, drew opposition from the Arizona Education Association over added barriers to school funding, but passed 4-2. HB 2482, capping job order contracting for building renewal grant projects at $1 million and requiring verification against artificial project splitting, drew concerns from builders and school board groups about slowing repairs and limiting procurement flexibility; it passed 4-2. Finally, HB 2575, the Anti-Semitism and Education Act, which would bar public schools and higher education institutions from teaching or promoting antisemitism and create reporting and discipline procedures, drew strong support from Jewish community representatives describing school and campus incidents, and opposition from the ACLU and AEA over free-speech and liability concerns; the transcript cuts off before the committee vote on this bill.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Financial Services Committee Mar 4th, 2026

Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
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Bills: HB259, SB247, HB259, SB247
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

TRS Public Hearing 02-03-2026

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • And this is relating to statewide traffic code.
  • <01:11:34.000> purchased which would subject locally purchased which would subject locally
  • have these parts, uh, locally purchased. have these parts, uh, locally purchased.
  • This is relating to statewide traffic code. This is the Chair's 60 mph bill.
  • This is relating to statewide traffic code. This is the Chair's 60 mph bill.
Summary: The committee opened by explaining hearing procedures, including a two-minute oral testimony limit and that decision-making would follow after testimony. It then took up SB 20008, which would set 55 mph as the maximum speed limit on all parts of the DKI/Saddle Road highway. The bill’s introducer described it as a response to safety concerns and noted prior public opposition when the speed limit was lowered from 60 mph; the Hawaii Police Department was listed in opposition, while DOT and several individuals testified in support. No vote was taken during the portion provided. The committee next heard SB 20009, requiring new plates/tags or emblems for used motor vehicles transferred between private individuals, and SB 2026, which would require drivers approaching stationary vehicles on the shoulder or roadside to slow down and, if necessary, change lanes. The Attorney General supported SB 2026 but recommended narrowing and clarifying the language by removing references to shoulder/roadside, collision or mechanical problem, and other limiting definitions so the duty would apply more broadly and be easier to enforce; AAA and OMA also supported the measure. Members discussed the practical need for a mandatory move-over rule, especially for roadside workers and tow operators, and the committee heard concerns about enforceability on two-lane roads and in accident scenes. SB 2053 was then heard, authorizing electronic signatures on supporting documents used to transfer ownership of total-loss vehicles to insurers without notarization and requiring insurers to indemnify the finance director for claims arising from those electronic title issuances. The Hawaii Insurers Council, Copart, the City and County of Honolulu, and others supported the bill, with Copart describing it as a modernization that would reduce delays for total-loss settlements; technical amendments were requested. The committee also heard SB 2172, which would allow all-terrain vehicles to operate at night if equipped with lights and a slow-moving vehicle emblem, adjust helmet requirements, define utility terrain vehicles, and include ATVs in motor vehicle insurance law. DOT said it could support the bill only if limited to low-speed areas, and the insurance industry warned it could create a new insurance scheme; the City and County of Honolulu opposed while the Hawaii Farm Bureau and an individual supported. Finally, SB 2253 was introduced to expand first-degree negligent injury to include injuries negligently inflicted by intoxicated drivers, with DOT, county prosecutors, and the Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office in support; Honolulu prosecutors said they would oppose a proposed amendment because they wanted the language to preserve the offense as a lesser included offense tied to negligent homicide.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Agriculture Committee Meeting - 2025-04-09

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • In addition, Representative Anderson and I welcome Laura Tanaka from the Council of State Governments
  • For the record, my name is Stu Lorre, Government Relations Director.
  • This program supports local farmers, producers, and growers by putting excess food to good use.
  • That is addressed in the federal code regarding what training a handler is required to have.
  • Under the federal code, there are trainings that have to happen.
Bills: HF2446
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 2/20/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • local decision makers, local elected school board members, to make decisions related to where it's most
  • <00:08:28.720> control that is important to have local control that is important to have local
  • > decision<00:08:31.360> makers and allow our local decision makers and allow our local
  • <00:08:33.560> members<00:08:34.240> to local elected school board members to local
  • school boards local can trust local school boards local school<00:46:31.440> administrators<00
Bills: HF56, HF780
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-07-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • also cultivate workforce development and create sustainable career pathways for Native Hawaiians and local
  • She's also a member of the Judicial Administration Committee, Government Lawyers Section, HawaiÊ»i Access
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Morning Session Apr 10th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Code, the service of process, equipment, business regulation act, the age-appropriate online design code
  • It is a local hub for musicians at all levels.
  • A foreign adversarial source means a foreign adversary government, an agency of such a government, a
  • legal entity owned or controlled by such a government, or an individual associated with such a government
  • Certain construction of housing under the local option. Ms.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 2nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And of course, the government teacher in me some people call that a dork, but some people don't.
  • So, the cost of volunteers still complete required training and be approved by local CASA programs before
  • therefore, if a national organization, which is a nonprofit that does not provide any funding to our local
  • I think that Oklahoma is right to say we're We're going to stick with our own local CASA and our own
  • local training.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services May 20th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • While SSCC performance is evaluated continuously in compliance with the Texas Government Code, DFPS has
  • Code.
  • Under 161.103B10 of the Family Code... Under 161, or 103B10 of the Family Code.
  • governments from acting.
  • governments from acting.
Summary: The committee met without a quorum at first, then established a quorum with five members present. Members heard and left pending several House bills, including HB 4743 on allowing hospitals to license mobile stroke units under a hospital license, HB 4129 on earlier DFPS enforcement tools for single-source continuum contractors in community-based foster care, HB 4903 creating a Quad Agency Child Care Initiative to coordinate child care regulations across state agencies, HB 3812 revising the gold card/prior authorization process for physicians, HB 4535 requiring written informed consent before COVID-19 vaccination and a standardized state information sheet, and HB 4666 reducing the frequency of some HHSC reports to the legislature. The chair also noted HB 35 would be voted on later after a subcommittee back was received, and that a large number of bills would be heard the next day. Most of the testimony focused on HB 4535 and HB 4730. On HB 4535, supporters argued the bill would strengthen informed consent for COVID vaccination by requiring written consent and clearer state-level information about risks, manufacturer liability protections, and adverse-event reporting; opponents, including a pediatrician and medical groups, said existing federal and state informed-consent materials already cover these topics and warned the bill could create duplicative paperwork and penalties. On HB 3812, the Texas Medical Association supported changes that would extend the gold-card evaluation period to one year, raise transparency, and make prior authorization exemptions easier to administer, while health plans said they were neutral and viewed the bill as a balance between reducing burden and preventing fraud or unsafe care. HB 4730 drew extensive testimony from adoption professionals, birth mothers, adoptive parents, and child welfare advocates. The bill would require DFPS to create a relinquishment form, train child-placing agency staff, and extend the minimum waiting period for voluntary relinquishment from 48 hours to seven days. Supporters of the current law argued the 48-hour period aligns with hospital discharge, allows informed decisions, and helps birth parents and adoptive families begin healing and bonding without pushing children into foster care or creating legal and Medicaid complications. The author said the bill would be revised and that the seven-day provision was a work in progress. No votes were taken on the bills during the meeting; each bill was left pending after public testimony closed.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 2nd, 2026 at 02:03 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • initiatives to improve quality of life, providing sufficient resources for the basic operations of government
  • General government that are important securing our elections by prepaying for the two elections that
  • This is a core function of state government.
Bills: HB2, SB48, SB64, SB100
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations - Government Operations Division Apr 10th, 2025 at 11:00 am

Appropriations - Government Operations Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • We'll bring the Government Ops Division to order.
  • And the ninth, uh, restore some funding for Prairie Public Broadcasting for local programming, amount
  • Okay, so what you're proposing or thinking of is changing the wording that's determined from local programming
  • upon reflection, it's probably the $20,000 that could go to... $20,000 that could go to tribal government
Bills: HB1015
Summary: The Government Operations Division met to review proposed amendments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) budget, with the chair noting the bill would not be voted out that day and would likely be held until the following week for any technical corrections. Members discussed a series of amendments, generally without objection: a $1.5 million appropriation for a pro-life education committee; a $40,000–$45,000 deficiency appropriation for Uniform Laws travel costs; creation of a state deferred maintenance fund with $40 million for deferred maintenance projects; adding the state hospital project to the OMB budget with $200 million from the Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund (SIF) and $85 million from a line of credit, plus construction management oversight; $110,114 for custodial equity increases; $1 million for a retirement incentive pool; $3 million to cover a shortfall in the new and vacant FTE funding pool; and $4 million for space reconfiguration and rent/moving costs. Prairie Public Broadcasting was also discussed, with a suggestion to change the purpose from local programming to infrastructure and set the amount at $850,000, likely as one-time SIF funding. The committee also heard a heads-up about a possible $180,000 federal reimbursement issue tied to an education grant, but no action was taken on that item. The committee further discussed a broader amendment to reduce the transfer from the social services fund to the human services fund from $250 million to $232 million, based on DHS needs and available carryover funding. Members also agreed to add emergency clauses to the capital assets, deferred maintenance, and moving/space reconfiguration items. The chair indicated Brady could begin incorporating the discussed changes into a consolidated amendment, while noting there could still be additional items next week. Staff also reported the SIF balance was about $280 million positive, though some removed agency items, including airport grants, would need to be considered. The committee then reconsidered its earlier action on House Bill 1581 and restored it to its original form at $100,000 after hearing that the funding would support tribal tourism-related events tied to upcoming 2026 celebrations and the Theodore Roosevelt Library opening. A motion for do pass on the bill as originally introduced passed unanimously by roll call. Finally, the committee postponed action on another bill until later that day, directing that revised materials be distributed and that the item be taken up in the afternoon session.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 27th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • language to the current existing code language to the current existing code language to the current
  • governments and and mandate to local governments and and mandate to local governments and and particular
  • government or local government or local government funds public funds public funds public energy has
  • governments Community classrooms local governments Community classrooms local governments Community
  • government agency all state and local government agency all state and local government agency create
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Feb 27th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • To be members of the Governing Board of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Beth A.
  • crime lottery operation we now have is not the result of... ...some smart people outside of the government
  • Trust, five words, this should be the foundation of every government agency, especially... the Texas
  • state government, but those five words have been ripped out of the Texas Lottery Commission.
  • The FBA. makes grants available to eligible charitable organizations, local government agencies, and