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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Conservation Feb 7th, 2026 at 09:04 am

Senate Conservation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Conservation Partnership Program.
  • I understand the spay-neuter part of the program.
  • Madam Chair, I love these programs.
  • Madam Chair, I love these programs.
  • On a fiscal management program, I think there's an issue of, A fiscal management program, I think there's
Bills: SB47, SB195, SB196, SB197, SB198, SB78
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Jan 27th, 2026 at 11:17 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I, too, rise in support of our FFA programs.
  • So today is Primary Care Day. 100% of the federal poverty level.
  • Everybody that knows me knows that I'm a big supporter of that program.
  • Everybody that knows me knows that I'm a big supporter of that program.
  • So, and I don't know how many national awards we've had with our FFA program, but it's many.
Bills: HM19
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our program is recognized by the Department of Labor at the federal level.
  • Our request is to recognize Federal Department of Labor registered apprenticeship programs as a means
  • Our program is recognized by the Department of Labor at the federal level.
  • Our request is to recognize Federal Department of Labor registered apprenticeship programs as a means
  • Our program is recognized by the Department of Labor at the federal level.
Bills: HF47, HF434, HF1503, HF1702
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The JET grant program provides funding for equipment used in career and technical education programs.
  • For programs that exist in the state of Texas.
  • Unless there's federal legislation, we're gonna be in trouble.
  • In terms of the different financial literacy programs and things, I assume that...
  • How much knowledge do you have about them, about these programs?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Aug 12th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Yeah, you know, I think the way I read that section is similar to what federal disaster loans are and
  • Afterwards, that's a lot of federal dollars that sometimes are slow to come.
  • For flood insurance, both private and some federal, you need to have many of those measures in place.
  • The program will be administered by the Office of the Governor and funded in SB3, as I mentioned.
  • This will be a grant program through the governor's office.
Bills: SB8, SB4, SB43, SB1, SB2, SB13, SB6, SB10, SB16, SB14, SB3, SB8, SB4, SB43, SB1, SB2, SB13, SB6, SB10, SB16, SB14, SB3
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, February 20, 2026

Minerals, Business & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • The days to me are very important because how much, like for a Wyoming-bred program, does six days of
  • does<01:08:53.839> six<01:08:54.159> days<01:08:54.640> of Wyoming bred program
  • does six days of Wyoming bred program does six days of live<01:08:55.359> racing<01:08:55.839
  • But how does that revenue compare to a live event, to six days HHR, as far as the Wyoming program goes
  • activity, and asks how the revenue compares to a live event and to six days of HHR in the Wyoming program
Bills: SF0045, SJ0001
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Feb 2nd, 2026 at 02:11 pm

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • The FBI took the case and we prosecuted it federally.
  • I've never seen a state prosecute a crime against a federal officer.
  • So they're a little more strict federally not on a state level.
  • That's all federal. That's happening on a federal level.
  • And you know, I know there are many that are very honorable at the Federal and the local level.
Bills: HB9, HB50
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Judiciary Committee Apr 30th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • So currently, under Alabama law—and used to be also under federal law until— Used to be also under federal
  • Supreme Court case changed all of that on the federal level and said from now on when there's an appeal
  • existing law an individual who has lost his or her right to vote by reason of a conviction in a state or federal
  • ...replace line 85 on page four with the following: to vote by reason of conviction in a state or federal
  • PN F will then read the... ...federal court.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EEP Public Hearing - Tue Mar 24, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Energy & Environmental Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • and program advisory group.
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  • statewide mattress stewardship program. statewide mattress stewardship program.
  • Cindy Khan, Director of Programs and Strategic Partnerships for Collective Energy.
  • <01:01:24.319> and Khan, director of uh programs and Khan, director of uh programs and strategic
Bills: SB3253, SB3154, SB3254
Summary: The committee on Energy and Environmental Protection heard a long series of resolutions focused largely on waste reduction, energy planning, and environmental protection. Early measures included HR 12/HCR 10 on a permanent landfill host benefits program for Honolulu, HCR 148/HCR 157 on a demolition waste reduction working group, and HR 184/HCR 194 on a mattress stewardship program working group. Testimony on these waste-related measures was generally supportive from environmental groups and some individuals, while the Department of Health supported the mattress stewardship proposal. The Department of Health also commented that a proposed study on recyclable/biodegradable/compostable labeling was very broad and would require additional resources to carry out effectively. The committee then took up several energy-related resolutions. HR 192/HCR 202 would create a task force on Hawaii’s future energy pathways, and HR 194/HCR 204 would ask the Public Utilities Commission to conduct a comprehensive analysis of cost reductions and financial risk. The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, the Hawaii State Energy Office, and the PUC offered support or comments on these measures, with environmental and industry groups also submitting testimony. Members questioned the Energy Office and PUC at length about errors in prior analyses, competitive bidding, and whether utility proposals could proceed through waiver processes; the PUC said any proposal would still be reviewed and that it generally prefers competitive bidding, while the Energy Office said some issues were being characterized differently and would follow up on waiver standards. Additional measures addressed data centers, liquefied natural gas, and utility oversight. HR 196/HCR 206 would convene a working group on the impacts of large data centers, and HR 197/HCR 207 would require conditions before the PUC approves LNG-related costs; testimony on LNG was split, with supporters urging caution and opponents arguing LNG should not be pursued. HR 193/HCR 2003 sought a written status update on implementation of the Hawaii Electric Reliability Administrator, and HR 191/HCR 201 and HR 33/HCR 33 dealt with sewage and wastewater issues, both drawing support from environmental and community groups. The committee also heard strong support for HR 141/HCR 149 on Red Hill remediation meetings and HR 190/HCR 200 on reassessing military PFAS cleanup decisions; the Board of Water Supply testified in support and described ongoing PFAS testing and concerns beyond Red Hill. The transcript ends as the committee moved into decision-making, with the chair indicating a recommendation to pass HR 12/HCR 10.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Corrections Apr 9th, 2025

Corrections

Transcript Highlights:
  • feet by passing Representative Leach's bill to screen and enroll incarcerated citizens in the SNAP program
  • The programs included in the bill are Medicaid, CHIP, Healthy Texas Women family planning, TANF, SNAP
  • Last session, I passed legislation which... ...created a similar program for Texas game wardens.
  • This bill would require TDCJ to adopt rules related to the program. to the leave pool.
  • This legislative leave pool program will provide much-needed support for correctional officers, allowing
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Feb 24th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • There is the block boundary suggestion program.
  • Each state has someone that's designated in that state to administer those specific programs.
  • This program has been in existence.
  • So our public schools can utilize this program for a variety of different functions.
  • Boys and Girls Clubs offers a great program.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/26/2026 - House Judiciary

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • see how successful these programs are, do we have data on how successful the reentry programs have been
  • It's a reentry program. It's very successful. It gives three months. It's a reentry program.
  • Very important reentry program.
  • But they have up-and-running programs. Those programs are not new. Maricopa didn't and Pima didn't.
  • But they have up-and-running programs. Those programs are not new, right?
Summary: The committee first took up SB 1655, which would have allowed qualified jurors to serve as temporary election workers instead of jury service if summoned 90 to 120 days before an election. The Arizona Association of Counties opposed the bill, saying the timing would create major planning and tracking problems for county jury commissioners and courts, and noting that jury service can already be excused in some circumstances. Members also raised concerns that jury duty and poll work are fundamentally different responsibilities. The motion for a due pass recommendation failed, 4-5, and the bill did not advance. The committee then heard SB 1751 and the related SCR 1049, both dealing with Arizona execution methods. The bills would expand the available methods of execution to include firing squad and lethal gas, alongside lethal injection, with the SCR going to voters. Senator Payne argued the change was needed because Arizona has had problems with past execution methods and that the inmate would choose among the options. Opponents, including a death penalty attorney and a corrections chaplain, argued the methods raise constitutional, operational, staffing, and trauma concerns, and that Arizona should not revive methods with a history of botched or prolonged executions. SB 1751 received a due pass recommendation, 6-2 with one absent and one present, and SCR 1049 also received a due pass recommendation, 6-2 with one absent and one present. The committee next considered SB 1317 as a strike-everything amendment appropriating $20 million in opioid settlement/remediation funds for county coordinated reentry planning services and a statewide database. Supporters from the Arizona Sheriffs Association and county sheriffs said the program has shown strong recidivism reductions, helps people transition from county jails back into the community, and should expand to more counties. Members asked about data, funding timing, and whether all counties should participate; supporters said the amount would likely be negotiated in the budget process and that the database funding was needed to track outcomes. The strike-everything amendment was adopted, and SB 1317 as amended passed 9-0 with one absent. Finally, the committee heard SB 1656, which would change how courts appoint professional personnel in family court cases and set guidelines for those appointees. Court representatives submitted written concerns, saying the bill would duplicate existing practice, require unnecessary and costly depositions of experts before appointment, mandate recordings of all interactions, and extend the statute of limitations for lawsuits. With no sponsor present and no outside speakers, members expressed concern that the bill was unnecessary and potentially costly. SB 1656 failed to receive a due pass recommendation, with three nays, six votes not in favor, and one absent.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • In the programs. We operate year round.
  • Um, but just awareness of our program is number one.
  • Um, but just awareness of our program is number one.
  • Miss Wayne and guardianship programs.
  • irrelevant but I understand federally irrelevant but I understand federally you<01:41:13.280>
Summary: The committee’s first interim meeting opened with roll call and a reminder that Kentucky had 8,641 children in out-of-home care with active placements as of June 1, 2025. The first presentation was from the Center for Courageous Kids (CCK), a donor-funded camp in Scottsville that serves children with lifelong illnesses and disabilities at no charge. Representatives described the camp’s history, its year-round family retreats and summer sessions, its medical and accessibility supports, and its impact on campers’ confidence and independence. They said CCK has served more than 43,000 campers from 46 states and 13 countries, including 22,000 from Kentucky, and noted plans to reach all 120 Kentucky counties. CCK also outlined future capital needs: a new art barn and a medical lodge. The organization said the art barn project would cost $2.5 million, with a legislative request of $1.5 million, and the medical lodge would cost $2.875 million, with a legislative request of $1.75 million. Members responded very positively, with several praising the camp’s work and one member asking about operational challenges. CCK said its main challenges are awareness, staff and volunteer recruitment, and expanding medical and housing capacity; it also said it is accredited by the American Camp Association and receives health and safety visits and audits. The committee then moved to a presentation on adult protective services and state guardianship programs from Jessica Wayne and Cliff Bryant of DCBS. They explained the legal framework for guardianship, the difference between full and limited guardianship/conservatorship, emergency appointments, and the state’s role as a last-resort guardian when no family member or private entity is available. They reported 4,464 individuals under state guardianship as of June 1, with most cases involving dementia, developmental disability, intellectual disability, nursing home or long-term care placement, severe mental illness, or brain injury. They also said the division has 89 field workers across 14 regional offices, with an average caseload of 52 and a goal of reducing that into the mid-40s through additional hiring.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Education Policy Committee Apr 2nd, 2025

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The details of the program are within local control. The program is within local control.
  • We know there is a demand from parents for this program.
  • We've had over... parents for this program.
  • a program.
  • There are already some programs that exist in... are already some programs that exist in the schools
Bills: SB211, HB96, SB215, SB257, SB13, SB13