Video & Transcript : 'business' :
Page 129 of 500
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It's going to be... ...small businesses trying to make it.
- A lot of this is really smaller businesses that are, you know, if you're a small business, y'all know
- this, members, y'all deal with small businesses all the time.
- Bill plays out as Pending Business House Bill 1244.
- Businesses want consistency.
Committee:
House S/C on Property Tax Appraisals
Keywords:
appraisal, property value, residential real estate, tax code, appraisal review board, property owners, property tax, homeowners, property owner rights, property appraisal, taxation, Texas Tax Code, real estate, ad valorem tax, homestead exemption, market value, condemnation, tax appraisal, open-space land, land use
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House DFL Press Conference 3/10/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Paid leave isn't just about workers; it's about keeping small businesses competitive.
- , that this is really going to hit small businesses?
- We listened to small businesses.
- I could, as to just on your small business question, I have small businesses in my district, including
- question I have small business question I have small businesses<00:10:21.800><c> in</c><00:10:21.920
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (05/05/2026)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Do we have any other business that we need to bring before the committee before I take us out of exec
- And our business is done for the day. Thank you. All<00:13:59.040><c> right.
- Do we have any other business<00:14:02.720><c> that</c><00:14:02.880><c> we</c><00:14:02.960><c> need
- </c><00:14:03.200><c> to</c> business that we need to business that we need to >> Drive.<00:14:
- And our business is done for favor? I. And our business is done for the<00:14:40.160><c> day.
Committee:
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
PA
Pennsylvania 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Jun 30 2026)
Pennsylvania Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The next order of business is reports of committee.
- Special order of business.
- Special order of business. I do not believe that's debatable.
- We'll now take up any unfinished business.
- Next order of business is announcements by the Secretary.
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then received committee reports from Banking and Insurance and Judiciary. Several leaves of absence were granted, and the chamber took up calendar and procedural motions, including re-referrals and tabling actions on multiple bills. House Bill 1102 and Senate Bill 911 were re-referred to Appropriations, House Bill 96 and Senate Bill 599 were briefly laid on the table and then returned to the calendar, and House Bill 2400 and Senate Bill 746 were also sent to Appropriations. The Senate later agreed to consider a discharge-related motion on minimum wage, but the motion to make it a special order of business failed by a vote of 23-27.
On final passage, Senate Bill 1182 passed 50-0 after Senator Boscola described it as a modernization of the Board of Vehicles Act to address software-based vehicle features, warranty reimbursement, data protections, loaner vehicles, and related dealer/manufacturer issues; she noted amendments had been adopted to address stakeholder concerns. Senate Bill 1334 also passed, 29-21, after the Senate rejected Amendment A44049, which would have exempted certain cardiology technicians from licensing requirements if credentialed and supervised; supporters argued the exemption reflected existing practice and credentialing, while opponents said the bill was needed for patient safety and consistent oversight. Senate Bill 1372 passed 50-0, and House Bill 2426 was re-referred to Appropriations.
The latter part of the session focused heavily on minimum wage and budget timing. Senators Tartaglione, Hughes, and Costa argued Pennsylvania had gone 20 years without raising the minimum wage and urged action on a House-passed minimum wage measure, while Senator Pittman said Republicans were willing to “meet in the middle” but opposed the House proposal as written. Members also discussed the state budget, the rainy day fund, and whether the Senate should remain in session; after debate, Senator Pittman’s motion to recess to the call of the President pro tempore was adopted 27-23, and the Senate stood in recess.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- It doesn't seem to be the way that I think we should conduct business.
- I am a business owner called Granddaddy's Goody Cracker.
- My business is expanding tremendously, and I have to go to various business meetings.
- I can put my name and my business down on a piece of paper for you.
- My father runs his own business back in my hometown.
Committee:
House General Laws
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 17 (1-30-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Next order of business is approval of the journal. Senator from Taylor. Mr.
- Now, we will go to and continue in our regular order of business.
- Next order of business would be orders of the day. >> Okay.
- Any other members seeking recognition under this order of business?
- Any members seeking recognition for the final order of business today?
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The chair lays out Senate Bill 3063 as a matter of pending business.
- The chair recognizes HB 462 and HB 667 as matters of business.
- As a matter of pending business, the chair lays out...
- As a matter of pending business, the chair lays out House Bill 3307.
- Business that comes forward to the committee.
Bills:
HB9 , HJR1 , SB1331 , SB1375 , SB1443 , SB1578 , SB2251 , SB2519 , SB2553 , SB2655 , SB2764 , SB2907 , SB3030 , SB3033 , SB3035 , SB3036 , SB3037 , SB3043 , SB3047 , SB3050 , SB3051 , SB3056 , SB3057 , SB3063 , HB9 , HB467 , HB331 , HB 1244 , HB1399 , HB2559 , HB2730 , HB3307 , HJR1 , HJR99 , SB3048 , SB3052 , SB3053 , SJR78 , HB1327 , HB2723
Committee:
Senate Local Government
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Skyler Wanakot, on behalf of the California Business Properties Association and the California Business
- This is a business model, and people are dying because of it.
- veteran-owned business.
- businesses, but the key difference here is that for those small businesses making the millions, sometimes
- Because you're giving incentive to businesses that can't compete with larger major businesses and trying
Committee:
House Judiciary
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Consumer Protection - 01/28/2026
Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- An act to amend the General Business Law and the Executive Law in relation to school security guards.
- An act to amend the General Business Law and the Executive Law in relation to school security guards.
- An act to amend the General Business Law in relation to requiring prescription drug manufacturers to
- An act to amend the General Business Law in relation to requirements for the rental of helmets.
- That concludes this legislative business of our meeting. I want to thank everybody for being here.
Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Summary:
The Senate Standing Committee on Consumer Protection held its first meeting of the year on January 28, chaired by Senator Rachel May, with Ranking Member Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick and several other senators present. Chair May said the committee would focus this session on consumer protection issues such as surveillance pricing and the use of technology to target consumers unfairly. The ranking member briefly agreed on the importance of protecting vulnerable consumers and wished the committee a successful session.
The committee then considered six bills, all of which had previously passed the Senate. The measures covered school security guards (S.194B), notice to the Attorney General about arrangements that delay generic drug introductions (S.488A), warranties and protections for purchasers of new and used motor vehicles (S.5597), a cap on credit service charges in retail installment contracts (S.5600), requirements for rental helmets to address concerns about damaged helmets (S.6985), and making renewed appearance enhancement and barber licenses and certificates available online in downloadable PDF form (S.7483).
There was little discussion on most bills, though Senator May noted that the helmet bill was intended to address situations where rented helmets may have been damaged or consumers may not know their condition. Each bill was moved, seconded, and approved by the committee without opposition, with one bill reported to the Finance Committee and the others reported to first reading on the calendar. The meeting then adjourned after concluding legislative business.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The chair lays out, as a matter of pending business, House Bill.
- As a matter of pending business, the chair lays out House Bill 2350.
- As a matter of pending business, the chair lays out House Bill 2495.
- As a matter of pending business, the chair lays out House Bill 4325, our penultimate bill.
- There's no other business before the Committee on Jurisprudence.
Committee:
Senate Jurisprudence
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair lays out Senate Bill 1079 as a matter of pending business.
- Chair lays out Senate Bill 1504 as a matter of pending business.
- Chair lays out Senate Bill 1851 as a matter of pending business.
- Chair lays out Senate Bill 1851 as a matter of pending business.
- Chair lays out Senate Bill 1921 as a matter of pending business.
Committee:
Senate Local Government
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Local Government met with a quorum and took up several pending bills, mostly advancing them to the full Senate. Senate Bills 1079, 1243, 1504, 1851, 1879, and 2237 were each reported favorably with recommendations to do pass and be printed, and then placed on the local and uncontested calendars without objection. Senate Bill 1504 and the other uncontested measures passed by unanimous or near-unanimous committee votes.
The committee also considered Senate Bill 1921 and Senate Bill 1883 with committee substitutes. For SB 1921, the committee adopted the substitute and reported the bill to the Senate with a recommendation that the original bill not pass but the substitute do pass and be printed; it was then sent to the local and uncontested calendar. For SB 1883, members adopted a substitute that would require independent audits of impact fees, allow the Attorney General to sue on behalf of property owners challenging impact fees, provide for refunds, and repeal a substantial-compliance notice provision in the Local Government Code. That substitute was reported favorably, with one nay recorded.
No other business was raised, and the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Committee of Conference on HB 1260, HB 1574, HB 1816, HB 1499, HB 1709 (05/26/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- >> the case all of their business dealings >> the case all of their business dealings all
- </c> different than a business transaction? different than a business transaction?
- Any b business administrator conduct.
- So what of a business administrator.
- ><c> administrator,</c> saying to the business administrator, saying to the business administrator, you
Summary:
The meeting covered two committee of conference items. On HB 1260, the House and Senate debated a Senate amendment dealing with sealing certain divorce-related financial records. House members argued the amendment conflicted with the Keane Sentinel decision and would improperly flip the burden of proof on public access to court records, raising constitutional concerns under the state constitution’s open government and privacy provisions. Senate members responded that the privacy amendment and modern conditions support more protection for sensitive financial information, especially in limited uncontested divorces, but several members agreed the issue should be studied in a separate bill with a full hearing next year rather than resolved in conference. The committee ultimately voted unanimously to have the Senate recede and pass HB 1260 in the form originally passed by the House, preserving the underlying bill without the Senate amendment.
The committee then took up HB 1574, which extends free and reduced-price breakfast and lunch programs and provides funding for SNAP administrative costs. The main dispute was the Senate’s addition of $4.4 million for SNAP administration. Senator Gray and DHHS officials said federal changes will shift more administrative costs to the state and that underfunding administration could raise the SNAP error rate, which could trigger future federal penalties and larger state costs; DHHS reported a current error rate of 7.57%, below the national average, and said a higher error rate could cost the state roughly $12 million in a partial fiscal year and nearly $16 million in a full year. Representative Papovich said he understood the department’s needs but was reluctant to support the bill as amended, noting the Senate language resembled a prior bill that had already failed in the House. The discussion ended with the committee still considering the Senate amendment, with members weighing the immediate appropriation against possible future costs.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Forty Two - Thursday, March 26
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm a business owner.
- Business owner.
- Business owner.
- These are obviously business owners. I'm a business owner as well.
- of the business.
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior day’s journal, and numerous introductions of visiting groups and guests, including schoolchildren, Republican women’s organizations, county commissioners, and family members of legislators. Members also suspended House Rule 98 to allow baseball apparel in celebration of opening day, with the motion passing 118-22.
The chamber then took up the state budget bills. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2002, covering elementary and secondary education and child care, drew the most debate. Supporters said it maintained record funding for the foundation formula, transportation, and early childhood programs, while critics argued it still fell short of fully funding the formula and underfunded child care subsidies by about $51 million. After extended debate over statutory obligations, school funding, and child care policy, the bill passed 85-70. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2003, the higher education and workforce development budget, also prompted substantial debate over a proposed shift to an FTE-based funding model for colleges and universities. Supporters called it a fairer, more equitable system that follows students and encourages efficiency, while opponents warned it would sharply reduce funding for some institutions, including community colleges and regional universities. The bill passed 83-66.
The House then passed House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2004, covering revenue and transportation, 91-50, despite objections over a public transit cut and constitutional concerns raised about MoDOT appropriations. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2005, the Office of Administration and employee benefits budget, passed overwhelmingly after members discussed state worker compensation, deferred compensation, and benefits funding. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2006, covering agriculture, natural resources, and conservation, passed 133-17 after members highlighted restored funding for agriculture business development and food insecurity grants, while others criticized cuts to natural resources and parks funding. The chamber then moved on to House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2007, covering economic development, commerce and insurance, and labor and industrial relations, with the budget chair introducing the bill and outlining its major departmental appropriations.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 001 Jan 15th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We're ready to be deliber business.
- Committee on Business Yara Zokai.
- Where small businesses are a business.
- We will be meeting for our joint business, uh, government smart business. Okay, I'm sorry.
- </c> committee on business affairs and labor. committee on business affairs and labor.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Today is a busy day in the State House.
- Today is a busy day in the State House.
- , again, that is their business and not their parents.
- , doing the people's business.
- at work upstairs, doing the people's business.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development held a lengthy hearing on June 18 focused on workers’ compensation, independent contractor and classification issues, workplace safety, warehouse worker protections, extreme temperature protections, retaliation against injured workers, and workplace bullying. Committee chairs outlined procedures for the hybrid hearing and noted that members would be leaving intermittently for floor votes. Testimony also touched on a bill to expand workers’ compensation disfigurement benefits by removing the current $15,000 cap and extending coverage beyond scars on the hands, neck, and face.
A major theme was workplace safety in warehouses and in extreme heat or cold. Teamsters, warehouse workers, and labor advocates described high injury rates, strict quotas, lack of water, inadequate ventilation, frozen or missing safety equipment, and pressure to work through heat waves and snowstorms. Supporters urged favorable reports on bills protecting warehouse workers and requiring employers to adopt heat- and cold-safety plans, while the NFIB opposed the temperature bill as overly prescriptive and burdensome for small businesses. Sen. Edwards, Sen. Roche, Rep. O’Day, and others argued that the measures are needed to prevent heat illness, provide shade, water, rest breaks, training, and emergency plans, and to cover all workers regardless of immigration status.
Another major subject was the “Act to Protect Injured Workers,” backed by labor groups, immigrant worker centers, legal services organizations, and individual workers. Witnesses said employers often retaliate after injuries by threatening deportation, lying about how injuries occurred, delaying care, or firing workers, and they supported stronger anti-retaliation enforcement, multilingual notices, and a rebuttable presumption of retaliation within 90 days of protected activity. The Mass AFL-CIO and immigrant advocacy groups supported the bill and opposed measures they said would weaken employee classification standards. Testimony also supported a funeral-benefits bill to raise workers’ compensation death-benefit reimbursement for burial and funeral costs, based on a family’s experience after a workplace fatality. The committee heard additional testimony on workplace bullying bills, with some witnesses urging a new legal duty for employers to prevent and respond to bullying, while others described the harms of toxic workplaces and the lack of effective remedies.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 44 (3-11-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c> we go on with our regular business, we go on with our regular business, chair<00:05:55.240><c>
- Clerk, you have scheduled business. Mr.
- Next order of business would be Clerk.
- </c> business will be report of committee. business will be report of committee.
- Senator from this order of business?
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 28 (2-17-26)
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Next order of business is the excuse of absent members. >> Mr.
- The Veterans business taxes and fees.
- Next order of business, the orders of the<00:06:20.560><c> day.
- ,</c> Seeing none, next order of business, Seeing none, next order of business, introduction,<00:52:46.480
- information</c> To small business and information To small business and information technology,<00:57
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 24 (2-10-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- No need for prepared to do business.
- Today was a busy day in the annex.
- I heard that busy day in the annex.
- </c><00:14:00.639><c> in</c> traded companies doing business in traded companies doing business in Kentucky
- Clerk, next order of business is adjournment. Next order of business is adjournment.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 2nd, 2025
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- The chair lays out a spending business House Bill 1983.
- land for their business.
- This bill betrays taxes. pro-business values.
- This could also cause confusion for individuals, businesses, and businesses. and other entities across
- but business, so I always sell the business, of course it's very successful.
Bills:
HB17 , HB34 , HB41 , HB 118 , HB 119 , HB 127 , HB 128 , HB 129 , HB 130 , HB132 , HB133 , HB17 , HB41 , HB118 , HB119 , HB127 , HB128 , HB129 , HB130 , HB132 , HB133
Keywords:
foreign ownership, real estate, national security, designated countries, Texas property law, lobbying, foreign adversaries, compensation prohibition, transparency, civil penalties, higher education, foreign adversary, research security, trade secrets, academic partnerships, HB 128, sister city, sister-city agreement, international exchange, municipal diplomacy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We are an industry that supports small business. We are a business of tradesmen.
- Minnesota deserves become profitable and businesses in become profitable and businesses in cyclical<01
- We are a business of small business.
- ><c> but</c><01:39:10.880><c> more</c> will lose on businesses, but more will lose on businesses, but
- Graffiti Bridge, business here in Minne in Minneapolis. business here in Minne in Minneapolis.
Committee:
Senate Taxes