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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Jan 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- , what we're going to be trying to do is to find ways to recover some money in terms of where it's spent
- To recover some money in terms of where it's spent, to be able to perhaps look at new forms of revenue
- a new school bus or another school bus, can you move those funds someplace else where they can be spent
- And we spent almost a quarter million dollars transporting students who had been experiencing homelessness
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on several education bills. SB 5841 would require students’ high school and beyond plans to show completion of at least one FAFSA or WASFA application, or a parent/guardian opt-out. The sponsor and supporters said it would reduce barriers to postsecondary education, improve financial aid completion, and bring more students and federal dollars into the state. School groups opposed it, warning it would add an unfunded administrative burden and create verification challenges, especially for small districts and families with undocumented students. Senators discussed data-sharing from the Washington Student Achievement Council and noted the bill’s connection to existing FAFSA outreach efforts.
The committee then took testimony on SB 5922, which would let districts petition OSPI to transfer money from transportation vehicle funds to other district uses if they reduce their fleet because of enrollment declines. The sponsor said the bill would free up unused bus funds for other pressing needs. Members asked about whether districts could shift to smaller vehicles and how the funds could be used. The committee also heard SB 5858, which would move the pupil transportation safety net for special passengers into statute. Supporters from OSPI, districts, school directors, and PTA said the program is essential for transporting students with disabilities, homelessness, or foster care needs, and that current funding is far below demonstrated need. No votes were taken on these bills.
Finally, the committee heard SB 5943, which would allow limited use of school impact fees for modernization and, in districts under binding conditions or enhanced financial oversight, for up to 25% of operations and maintenance. The sponsor and one superintendent argued it would help districts with aging buildings and new state mandates like safety and energy-efficiency requirements. Builders, business groups, and school coalition representatives opposed the bill, saying impact fees should remain tied to growth-related capital costs and warning it could worsen housing affordability and weaken the nexus required for impact fees. The chair closed by noting the session’s budget constraints and the committee adjourned after the hearings.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/13/2026 - Senate Natural Resources
Senate Natural Resources Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- And our board has spent the entirety of its existence executing and creating an intentional professional
- process to make sure that the resources it has been entrusted with are well spent for that purpose.
- And our board has spent the entirety of its existence executing and creating an intentional professional
- process to make sure that the resources it has been entrusted with are well spent for that purpose.
Summary:
The Natural Resources Committee convened for introductions of members, staff, interns, and pages, with members briefly noting their districts and roles. The committee’s only agenda item was a presentation from the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority (WIFA) by Director Chelsea McGuire, who outlined WIFA’s mission and recent work financing water infrastructure across Arizona.
McGuire described three major funding programs: the rural water supply development revolving fund, the water conservation grant fund, and the long-term water augmentation fund. She said WIFA has financed nearly $3 billion in water infrastructure over 30 years, awarded about $87.3 million through the rural fund, and allocated $211 million in conservation grants expected to save 6.6 million acre-feet of water. She also said WIFA is out of conservation money and requested continued state support, while noting the revolving funds remain stable even if federal funding declines.
A large portion of the discussion focused on the long-term augmentation fund and its competitive solicitation process. McGuire said WIFA identified a projected 100,000 to 500,000 acre-foot supply gap in 10 to 15 years and selected seven projects for further due diligence after receiving 17 responses, including desalination, reuse, groundwater storage, and exchange-based projects involving private partners. Senators asked about public transparency, project timelines, costs, and the need for state funding; McGuire said public engagement will continue, the projects are intended to match the identified time frame, and state funding is needed both to pay for due diligence and to reduce project risk and cost. No votes or formal actions were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the presentation and questions.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jan 12th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- His historic legislative career spent 16 years in Sacramento, breaking barriers for Korean Americans
- His historic legislative career spent 16 years in Sacramento, breaking barriers for Korean Americans
- Annette Rosilli, a beloved Palisadian who spent years investing in her community, both through her small
- We're obviously now, we spent Wednesday last week, both of us in our communities, as our communities
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the journal, and took up Senate Concurrent Resolution 106 by Senator Choi, which designates January 13, 2026 as Korean American Day in California. Senator Choi and many members spoke in support, highlighting the history of Korean immigration, the contributions of Korean Americans in business, public service, culture, education, health care, and civic life, and the significance of Korean American communities across the state. Several members also shared personal and district-specific examples, including Koreatown, the Korean Friendship Bell, Pachappa Camp in Riverside, and Korean American organizations and businesses affected by the recent wildfires. The resolution was adopted on a 38-0 roll call vote.
After the vote, Senator Choi introduced Korean American guests visiting the chamber, including the Consul General of Korea in San Francisco and other community leaders. The Senate then returned to motions and committee announcements, including notices that the Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee and the Human Services Committee would meet after adjournment. Senator Smallwood-Cuevas also requested that SB 626 be removed from the inactive file and returned to the Assembly for amendments.
The remainder of the session was devoted largely to adjournment memorials. Senator Umberg honored Monica Lynn Martinez-Hays, a longtime legislative staffer and artist. Senators Pérez and Allen jointly memorialized the 19 people who died in the January 2025 Palisades and Eaton fires, describing the devastation, the community’s recovery, and the names and lives of many victims. Senator Menjivar also asked for adjournment in memory of Marine Corps Sergeant Adrian Carrillo, who died in a December traffic collision. The Senate announced its next floor session for Friday, January 16 at 9 a.m. and then recessed.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session: 2025 First Special Session - part 2 Jun 9th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- it anymore because we apparently don't care when the governor insists that almost $100 million be spent
- We have spent a lot of time this session focused on this grant-making process and making sure people
- We spent 14 hours on 21 bills; we spent four and a half hours on one today.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- lobbying contracts, HB 223 promotes much greater accountability and transparency for how public funds are spent
- lobbying contracts, HB 223 promotes much greater accountability and transparency for how public funds are spent
- . ...how public funds are spent.
- City of Dallas has been using the same lobby groups for 20 years, and they also remarked that they spent
Bills:
HB223
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
Summary:
The Committee on State Affairs heard several House bills, with most measures left pending after testimony and later taken up in a batch of votes. Early in the meeting, HB 5624 on liability protections for motocross/off-road vehicle tracks, HB 223 on requiring competitive procurement for municipal lobbying contracts, HB 3709 on post-election audit procedures, and HB 5081 on protecting personal information of judicial officers and court staff were all discussed and left pending after testimony. Witnesses on HB 223 supported greater transparency in municipal lobbying contracts. HB 3709 drew sharp opposition from an election integrity advocate who argued the bill would reduce precinct-level granularity and make it harder to detect ballot errors, while a Secretary of State resource witness said the bill would simplify and standardize the audit process by location. HB 5081 received strong support from court administration and a district judge who described prior threats and an attack tied to publicly available personal information.
The committee also heard HB 3546 on allowing school districts to move elections to November, HB 493 on barring certain felony offenders from serving as poll watchers, HB 5115 on increasing penalties for election fraud and related conduct, HB 4081 on trade secret filing procedures, HB 3909 on limiting restrictions on wireless devices at polling places, HB 2702 on limiting gubernatorial closure authority for certain veterans organizations during pandemics, HB 119 on foreign adversary lobbying, and HB 5138 on the Attorney General’s authority to prosecute election crimes. Several of these bills were explained with committee substitutes and then left pending before final action. Testimony on HB 493 and HB 5115 came from an election integrity advocate who supported both bills, saying the poll watcher restriction was appropriately narrowed and that the election fraud bill would help address invalid votes and refusal to count valid votes.
Later, the committee took up pending business and voted out a large number of bills, generally along party lines or with broad support. HB 186 on minors’ social media use, HB 229, HB 2885, HB 3909 as substituted, HB 4285, HB 1661, HB 2820, HB 3181, HB 4157, HB 223, HB 521, HB 640, HB 1234, HB 2253, HB 2294, HB 3053, HB 3697 as substituted, HB 4281, HB 4463, HB 4995, HB 5081 as substituted, HB 5624 as substituted, HB 119 as substituted, HB 3225, HB 5138 as substituted, HB 5115, HB 481 as substituted, HB 3546, HB 493, and HB 4145 were reported favorably to the full Senate, with several also placed on the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also adopted committee substitutes for multiple bills, including HB 3909, HB 5081, HB 5624, HB 119, HB 5138, and HB 481. At the end, the chair noted another committee meeting would likely be needed before deadlines, possibly on a weekend, and recessed the committee subject to the call of the chair.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Republican Media Availability 5/19/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- As you remember, $18 billion of surplus over the last two years was absolutely spent and raised another
- :03:54.720><c> years</c><00:03:55.200><c> was</c><00:03:55.519><c> absolutely</c><00:03:56.080><c> spent
- </c><00:03:56.400><c> and</c> last two years was absolutely spent and last two years was absolutely spent
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Apr 2nd, 2025
Boards, Agencies and Commissions
Transcript Highlights:
- I have spent 33 years on the Escatawpa River on the Alabama-Mississippi line at a campground.
- They spent so much to block off access and patrol that they could very easily hire someone to man this
- They have spent their life savings to come there, and now they can't even use it.
- That is state resources, taxpaying money that we have spent putting fish into that lake only for that
Committee:
House Boards, Agencies and Commissions
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Mar 24th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So I spent a lot of my time as a youth volunteering for Special Olympics and spending a lot of time around
- I've spent considerable time since the election with transgender kids and their parents and transgender
- He spent most of his time teaching them the core values of life.
- He spent most of his time teaching them the core values of life, and through teamwork, perseverance,
Summary:
The Assembly met on March 6, 2025, after a quorum call and prayer, then proceeded through routine floor business and several ceremonial resolutions. Early procedural motions included a failed attempt to suspend the rules to withdraw AB 844 from committee and bring it directly to the floor; that motion received 16 ayes and 45 noes. The body also unanimously approved a request to re-refer AB 341.
Members then adopted several resolutions by voice vote after adding coauthors: ACR 35 recognizing Greek Independence Day, ACR 17 honoring women in carpentry and the BOOTS apprenticeship program, ACR 50 designating March 24, 2025 as Special Olympics Day, and H.R. 21 proclaiming Transgender Week of Visibility and March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility. Each resolution drew supportive remarks from multiple members, while H.R. 21 also prompted extended debate, including opposition centered on girls’ sports, locker rooms, and claims about state policy affecting transgender Californians. In each case, the resolutions were adopted after the coauthor roll and voice vote.
The session concluded with adjournment in memory of San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Deputy Hector Cuevas, Jr., who died in the line of duty on March 17. Several members spoke in tribute to his service, his work with youth football, and his family. The Assembly then announced upcoming committee meetings and adjourned until Friday, March 28, 2025 at 9 a.m.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- as the projected and actual tax impact of these bonds. a full accounting of how bond proceeds are spent
- information related to the ballot language, the purpose of the bond, the ongoing, how the proceeds are spent
- I mean, I think giving context to understand what the purposes are, what it's going to be spent on, kind
- The state has spent millions of taxpayer dollars marketing our friendly people, our climate, our low
Committee:
House Ways & Means
Keywords:
taxing unit, bond database, local government, transparency, civil penalty, education reform, funding allocation, school infrastructure, teacher recruitment, student achievement, tax exemption, water conservation, graywater systems, rainwater harvesting, ad valorem taxation, county commissioners, HB 1587, Texas sales tax holiday, back-to-school tax holiday, clothing tax exemption
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- As I said, I can't give you a number across the budget this last year on what we have spent on IT projects
- So I spent, I think, 302 days in Tallahassee in 2020 to help people with unemployment.
- going to continue to go through, and what happens if they don't integrate to the whole after they spent
- going to continue to go through, and what happens if they don't integrate to the whole after they spent
Committee:
Senate Appropriations
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee met with a quorum present and considered three items. First, it heard and passed SB 158, which eliminates cost-sharing for diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations under the state employee health plan. Senator Berman described the bill as a way to remove financial barriers to early breast cancer detection, and several senators spoke in strong support, emphasizing the importance of follow-up screening and the life- and cost-saving value of early diagnosis. The bill was reported favorably by roll call vote.
The committee then took up SPB 7024, a committee bill on state planning and budgeting. Senator Brodeur explained that the proposal modernizes and simplifies the state agency long-range planning process by focusing on key data points, removing stale measures, and improving how plans are presented to the Legislature. Senator Berman supported the bill, highlighting new provisions on implementation status and budget consequences if enacted laws are not carried out. The committee voted to submit the proposal as a committee bill and reported it favorably.
Finally, the committee considered SPB 7026, a major overhaul of state information technology governance. Senator Harrell described a transition from the current Florida Digital Service structure to a new cabinet-level Agency for State Systems and Enterprise Technology (ASSET), with enterprise-wide standards, interoperability, procurement oversight, cybersecurity coordination, technical debt tracking, a testing laboratory, workforce development, and annual IT expenditure reporting. Members raised questions about procurement authority, judicial branch inclusion, existing contracts, cybersecurity, and staffing; Harrell said agencies would retain final procurement decisions but would have to follow enterprise standards, the courts were not included, existing contracts would continue, and the bill would add significant state IT staffing. Several amendments were adopted, including changes on CIO selection conflicts, removal of the Northwest Regional Data Center from a definition, reporting on deviations from standards, and technical updates related to the data center and workforce positions. Public testimony strongly supported the bill as a needed modernization of Florida’s fragmented IT system. The committee then reported SPB 7026 favorably as a committee bill. The meeting adjourned after members recorded their votes on the three items.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Eleven of those years were spent teaching elementary and middle school math.
- the past 21 years. 11 of those years for the past 21 years. 11 of those years was<00:12:34.720><c> spent
- teaching</c><00:12:35.600><c> elementary</c><00:12:36.160><c> and</c><00:12:36.480><c> middle</c> was spent
- teaching elementary and middle was spent teaching elementary and middle school<00:12:37.120><c> math
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee 3/12/25
Rules and Legislative Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- way it was written, there was an advisory council that was to advise DNR on how that money was to be spent
- to advise DNR on how that money was to to advise DNR on how that money was to be<00:16:23.639><c> spent
- <c> my</c><00:16:25.199><c> understanding</c><00:16:25.440><c> is</c><00:16:25.560><c> that</c> be spent
- and my understanding is that be spent and my understanding is that your<00:16:25.880><c> Amendment</
Committee:
House Rules and Legislative Administration
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I have a fondness for nurses due to the fact that I... spent a lot of time with you all in my sickness
- Now while I haven't spent as much time personally with nurses as my good friend Senator Birdwell has,
- because my younger sister, Virginia Lynn McNeil, Nolte, after graduating from the University of Florida, spent
- He presided over the first drug diversion court in Tarrant County and spent three decades as a visitor
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- that the agency's over brine mining includes the authority to regulate brine production wells and spent
- elements such as lithium. the commission to seek primary enforcement authority from the EPA for the brine spent
- for the spent brine return injection wells which are class 5 UIC injection wells. of Commissioner Jim
- This year already, we've already spent $9 million on. two wells.
Committee:
Senate Natural Resources
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Feb 5th, 2025
Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- They had spent $3.5 million out of pocket to expedite that storm debris collection process.
- They had spent three and a half million dollars out of pocket to expedite that storm debris collection
- , that when the money actually came in, because those are largely sunk costs for us, we've already spent
- , that when the money actually came in, because those are largely sunk costs for us, we've already spent
Summary:
The committee received a program review from the Florida Division of Emergency Management on the 2024 hurricane season and FEMA reimbursement process. Deputy Director Keith Pruitt described the impacts of Hurricanes Debby, Helene, and Milton, including major storm surge, flooding, tornadoes, debris removal, power restoration, flood-control deployments, sheltering, and logistics missions. He emphasized that Florida’s approach is “federally funded, state managed, locally executed,” and said the division has already obligated large amounts of public assistance funding and mitigation dollars while continuing to work on remaining missions and reimbursements.
A major focus of the discussion was how local governments can better document and vet debris-removal and other disaster costs so they are eligible for FEMA reimbursement. Chair DiCeglie and other senators raised concerns about local planning, commercial debris collection, and whether counties and municipalities that spend money up front will be reimbursed. Pruitt explained that eligibility depends on documentation, scope of work, insurance, and FEMA rules, and that the state’s FROC process is intended to help counties identify eligible work before costs are incurred. He also said commercial debris may be eligible in some cases but is not guaranteed, and that counties should coordinate early with FDEM and FEMA.
Senators also asked about possible FEMA reforms, the age of outstanding reimbursement claims, and a proposed state fund to advance money to fiscally constrained counties while they wait for FEMA payments. Pruitt said Florida’s system is a national best practice, but that more county-level training and clearer coordination would help reduce de-obligations and audit problems. He said the reimbursement-advance idea is still being developed, and that the state continues to look at ways to streamline mitigation through programs like Elevate Florida. The committee took no formal action beyond hearing the presentation, and the meeting adjourned after closing comments from senators praising FDEM’s work.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Committee, First Extraordinary Session Jan 27th, 2025
Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- Is there anybody gonna be making sure that none of this money is spent on press conferences to announce
- The opportunity with oversight for those monies to be spent, but we're not actually moving $25 million
- I've spent my entire career as an attorney, and yes, most recently at the California Department of Justice
- I spent most of that time representing people with disabilities, including people with intellectual disabilities
Committee:
House Budget
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- Perhaps most personally, though, Colonel O'Kelly and his wife have spent the last 15 years ensuring that
- Saturday, every Sunday. $9 million more we are spending to run the Commonwealth this coming year than we spent
- Spent the year that we are currently in.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Transportation, Highways and Public Works May 26th, 2026
Transportation, Highways & Public Works
Transcript Highlights:
- increase transparency when it comes to public bid law and ensure that the public's tax dollars are spent
- increase transparency when it comes to public bid law and ensure that the public's tax dollars are spent
- efficient. bid law and ensure that the public's tax dollars are spent efficiently.
Summary:
The House Transportation Committee met on May 26 with a quorum present and took up several resolutions and one Senate bill. SCR 64 created a task force to study construction management at risk (CMAR) in Louisiana public works; an amendment added representatives from the Louisiana Associated General Contractors and Associated Builders and Contractors, and the resolution was reported with amendments. HR 282 created a task force to study utility terrain vehicles with state agencies; an amendment added the State Fire Marshal, and it was also reported with amendments.
The committee then considered SB 513 on public works project delivery methods. The bill originally included an average-bid award method for certain pilot projects, along with airport design-build provisions. Testimony from a Reason Foundation analyst and from the Louisiana Associated General Contractors raised concerns that average-bid contracting could encourage collusion, raise costs, and lacked supporting data or use by U.S. transportation departments, while airport design-build was supported. The committee adopted an amendment in concept to strike the average-bid provisions, leaving the airport-related design-build language in place, and SB 513 was reported with amendments by a vote of 11 yeas and 4 nays.
The committee also reported SCR 62 favorably, which urges DOTD to evaluate school zones on state highways in response to safety concerns and near misses, including a fatal incident referenced by the author. HCR 112 was reported favorably to study flooding on Louisiana Highway 1 in Shreveport, and HR 275 was reported favorably to study an interstate highway signage maintenance and reporting program. The meeting concluded after all items were disposed of and the committee adjourned.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- There's been over a million dollars spent hiring out-of-state consultants who are paying people for signature
- There's been over a million dollars spent hiring out-of-state consultants who are paying people for signature
- The chair responded to Representative Church, saying he had spent a lot of time in Florida because his
Committee:
House State Affairs
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Sierra Club and our environmental justice partners spent years advocating for clean air standards at
- Yes, this is more of a very technical question, but since this last session, I spent so much time trying
- Yes, this is more of a very technical question, but since this last session, I spent so much time trying
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Summary:
The Senate Judiciary Committee met to hear several bills, with the main discussion focused on SB 1159 by Senator Cabaldon and SB 932 by Senator Dato. SB 1159 would allow public agencies to treat AI-generated or bot-generated participation differently from human public comment and public records activity, in response to concerns that automated systems can flood local governments with fake comments and requests. Supporters, including Sierra Club California, the League of California Cities, county and city associations, and local officials, said the bill would protect genuine public participation and reduce burdens on clerks and agencies. Committee members raised questions about how agencies would detect AI-generated submissions, what enforcement would look like, and whether the bill could create First Amendment or liability issues if real human comments were mistakenly excluded. The author said the bill was intended to clarify that agencies are not required to treat bots as people and that detection standards and safeguards would need further work.