Video & Transcript Research : 'regular sessions'

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KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • We requested those again in this last budget session.
  • So those the funding for budget session.
  • It also provides a safe and secure session Senate Bill 162. session Senate Bill 162.
  • This is why Governor Beshear proposed such a facility in 2024, the regular session, and the 2025 regular
  • session, to include this most recent 2026 regular session.
Summary: The interim Budget Review Subcommittee for Justice and Judiciary received an update on Northern Kentucky University’s capital project to house the Northern Kentucky Medical Examiner’s Office and the Northern Kentucky Crime Lab in the former Highland Heights Civic Center building on NKU’s campus. NKU and Justice Cabinet staff described the project timeline: the building was identified in late 2022, lease terms were agreed to in early 2023, a pre-construction evaluation agreement was executed in May 2023, the General Assembly authorized $21 million in April 2024, and the lease and construction agreement were finalized in spring 2026. The project is now being prepared for bid, with construction expected to start in August and occupancy targeted for January 2028. About $1 million has been spent so far on design and related investigations. Testimony emphasized that the vacant building was structurally sound but required major upgrades, including HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roof, windows, a generator, specialized mechanical systems, security, and geothermal work to meet the needs of two separate operations sharing one facility. NKU said it is contributing $3.7 million to the project. Committee members asked about the condition of the building, the urgency of the project, and why the process took so long. Justice Cabinet and real properties officials said the medical examiner’s office had been shut down since roughly late 2017 or 2018, that the state had first sought funding in the 2022 budget for staffing, a lease, and equipment, and that it took time to find a suitable leased location because the facility has highly specialized requirements. Members also asked about operating costs, annual lease costs, and the impact of the office’s absence on families and counties in Northern Kentucky. Officials said the lease cost is based on NKU’s expected maintenance-related expenses, while utilities and staffing are covered through the Office of the State Medical Examiner or Kentucky State Police, with seven medical examiner positions funded in House Bill 500 and two additional KSP positions requested for the crime lab. They explained that, until the new facility opens, bodies from Northern Kentucky are generally transported to Louisville for autopsy, with transportation costs borne by the coroner’s office. No votes were taken, but the committee requested follow-up information, including lease cost numbers and additional details on facility usage and timing.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session-Day 4, February 12, 2026-AM

Wyoming House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome members to the fourth day of session, February 12th, 2026, of the budget session of the 68th
  • shall be conducted in public session. shall be conducted in public session.
  • hours<01:08:04.079> what session hours after session hours what session hours after session
  • Is anyone else but us allowed on the floor at session when we’re in session?
  • during a session. during a session.
Keywords: 916, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Joint Session Mar 4th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • THE JOINT SESSION WILL PLEASE COME TO ORDER.
  • FOR THE HOUSE AND SESSION FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN.
  • NOW WE ARE CONVENING FOR THE REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION HAVING ALREADY ENACTED GROUNDBREAKING LEGISLATION
  • SPEAKER I MOVE THE JOINT SESSION NOW DISOLVE >> SENTAR PASSIDOMO MOVES THE JOINT SESSION DISSOLVE, ALL
  • SHOW THE MOTION APPROVED THE JOINT SESSION IS DISOLVED.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2025-03-04 (11:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The joint session will please come to order.
  • for the House and session for the State of Florida has officially begun.
  • Now we are convening for the regular legislative session having already enacted groundbreaking legislation
  • Speaker, I move the joint session now dissolve.
  • The joint session is dissolved.
Keywords: 998, house, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am

Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • continue to work with my co-chair and our Senate colleagues on really making some changes in the session
  • certain industries and safety of certain industries, so I I'm hoping that we get this through this session
  • We’ll take you out of order, and then from there we’ll get to our regular scheduled testimony.
  • You know, I haven't gone through this now; I've been chair a couple sessions.
  • You know, I haven't gone through this now, I've been chair a couple sessions.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy held its fourth hearing, with opening remarks from Senate Chair Adam Gómez and House Chair Dan Donahue emphasizing the committee’s broad agenda, including retail modernization, labor protections, advertising rules, sustainability, and financial resources. Testimony began with public health advocates supporting H.157/S.9 to ban cannabis billboard advertising, arguing that billboards normalize use for youth and are linked to cannabis-related harms such as psychosis, addiction, and cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome. Witnesses cited research, family stories, and court decisions in Mississippi and Virginia upholding similar restrictions, while committee members questioned the scope of the state’s authority to regulate billboards on private property and the relevance of federal highway funding and federal cannabis law. The committee also heard testimony on H.175, a proposal to allow cannabis drive-through sales. A dispensary operator argued drive-throughs would improve access, especially for disabled customers and veterans, and said security and ID checks could be handled with cameras and staff screening. Committee members pressed him on how employees would assess impairment, whether drive-throughs could increase access for minors, and whether the industry should be treated like alcohol, with the witness responding that staff already refuse service to intoxicated customers and that education, not prohibition, is the better approach. Another bill, H.3982, would apply the bottle deposit law to carbonated hemp- or THC-infused beverages; the sponsor said the measure would standardize recycling requirements for products already sold in dispensaries and other markets, and members asked about container types and recycling compatibility. A major portion of the hearing focused on labor peace agreements, with UFCW representatives, cannabis workers, and Sen. Lydia Edwards supporting S.77/H.161. They said the bill would require cannabis businesses to remain neutral when workers seek to organize, arguing that unions improve safety, wages, benefits, and job stability in an industry they described as underregulated and prone to retaliation. Witnesses cited workplace hazards, wage theft, and the death of a worker at a Holyoke facility as examples of why stronger worker protections are needed. Committee members asked how the proposal differs from existing labor law, whether tying LPAs to licensing and renewal could create legal or administrative problems, and how other states handle similar requirements. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Indian Affairs Jul 16th, 2025

House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • But if I'm a regular person like me, it makes sense.
  • So that means that in our proposal that we brought forward in this last legislative session, we work
  • A dialogue, at least even though it's brief with us here, because during session it is so hard with the
  • They will also have their regular breakfast too, I believe from 7:30 to 9:30.
  • And during the session, I serve on the Education Committee.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Mar 20th, 2025

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • that the material was done within the amount of time needed for the reduction in the hours on the regular
  • Again, another discussion on how we begin to address gun violence in this session.
  • that are going to be at risk under this are possibly our marketplaces, our third-party sellers, our regular
  • We've even talked about that in the context of workers' compensation in this session.
  • As you've heard today and many times over the session, there is a significant shortage across the state
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HLT-HHS Informational Briefing 03-06-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • we're also going to be providing an academic tutor on each island, um, for group and individual sessions
  • we're also going to be providing an academic tutor on each island, um, for group and individual sessions
  • the telehealth being expanded, and maybe AI, and it's a lot of shock and awe, but nothing for the regular
  • the telehealth being expanded, and maybe AI, and it's a lot of shock and awe, but nothing for the regular
  • people who are uninsured for the regular people who are uninsured that<00:53:31.760> are<00:53
Bills: HB20, HB276, HB644, HB812, HB816, HB916, HB1131, HB1247, HB1518, HB1525, HB1537, HB1541, HB1546, HB1553, HB1562, HB1565, HB1566, HB1576, HB1577, HB1591, HB1605, HB1612, HB1613, HB1614, HB1618, HB1620, HB1650, HB1656, HB1658, HB1661, HB1664, HB1668, HB1676, HB1707, HB1711, HB1713, HB1715, HB1718, HB1727, HB1749, HB1756, HB1774, HB1776, HB1801, HB1802, HB1805, HB1813, HB1815, HB1831, HB1838, HB1853, HB1854, HB1859, HB1863, HB1871, HB1872, HB1918, HB1920, HB1952, HB1965, HB1966, HB1967, HB1969, HB1972, HB1973, HB1974, HB1975, HB1980, HB1985, HB2005, HB2023, HB2031, HB2033, HB2062, HB2113, HB2114, HB2116, HB2138, HB2139, HB2156, HB2158, HB2159, HB2171, HB2208, HB2268, HB2270, HB2272, HB2273, HB2276, HB2289, HB2310, HB2315, HB2335, HB2338, HB2339, HB2340, HB2343, HB2361, HB2384, HB2387, SB2338, SB2431, SB2438, SB2593, SB2907, SB2671, SB2321, SB3084, SB2401, SB3033, SB2972, SB3032, SB2806, SB3014, SB2108, SB2981, SB2973, SB2423, SB2078, SB2322, SB2397, SB2896, SB2088, SB2347, SB2408, SB2970, SB2851, SB2713, SB2697, SB2312, SB2192, SB2363, SB2530, SB3028, SB2024, SB3007, SB2599, SB2596, SB2662, SB2930, SB3334, SB2378, SB3019, SB3231, SB2240, SB2372, SB2175, SB2046, SB2298, SB2922, SB2835, SB3263, SB2174, SB2128, SB2006, SB2489, SB3134, SB2982, SB2425, SB2849, SB2797, SB2795, SB2575, SB2521, SB2765, SB2386, SB2852, SB2022, SB2117, SB2277, SB2387, SB2688, SB2885, SB3132, SB3219, SB2169, SB2591, SB2090, SB2983, SB888, SB3249, SB2611, SB2429, SB2463, SB3154, SB3131, SB3152, SB3315, SB2448, SB2054, SB2140, SB2520, SB2377, SB2986, SB2010, SB2189, SB2026, SB3010, SB2818, SB2002
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 5/27/26

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, let's do a little recap of the legislative session.
  • Uh, let's do a little recap of the legislative session.
  • You know, it's a regular occurrence.
  • You know, it's a regular occurrence.
  • I think it's it's a regular occurrence.
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council met on May 27, 2026, approved the January 7 minutes and the day’s agenda, and reported no conflicts of interest. The executive director gave staff updates, including introductions of new staff member Cara Castanza and DNR liaison Jason Co., both of whom were welcomed by the council. Members were also informed about three minor easement/conveyance matters in the packet, including a small Bowser easement impact with about $1,600 returned to the Outdoor Heritage Fund, a Minnesota Land Trust easement request involving a DNR trout stream easement, and an access easement revision in Itasca County. The council also noted several upcoming dedication events and a June field tour in southeast Minnesota beginning in Winona on June 16, with visits to Whitewater WMA, bluff prairie and stream sites, and a river segment if a boat is secured. A major agenda item was a legislative session recap on the Outdoor Heritage Fund portion of Senate File 2077, the omnibus Outdoor Heritage Fund, Legacy, and Lands bill. Staff reported that all council recommendations were incorporated into the bill, which passed both chambers on May 17 and was expected to be signed by the governor. The fiscal year 2027 Outdoor Heritage Fund recommendations covered 53 programs totaling about $188.9 million, with the February forecast increasing the appropriation slightly so the final total was about $191.16 million; eligible programs were proportionately increased. Staff also highlighted a few changes made during the legislative process, including adjustments to the Roso Lake rehabilitation phase three project, the conservation partners legacy grant language, and statutory provisions affecting the council. The recap also covered policy changes in the bill: a public member term limit of eight years, with a short vacancy exception and transition rules for current members; a revised executive director hiring process allowing the Legislative Coordinating Commission to provide support while preserving the council’s final hiring authority and permitting closed meetings for candidate discussions; and an extension of the Upper Mississippi River invasive carp deterrent design deadline to June 30, 2027. Members discussed the Roso Lake amendment at length, with Senator Lang and Representative Burkel explaining that the added delay and injunction-related language were intended to address local concerns and preserve the council’s process while litigation proceeds. The meeting ended without any additional formal action beyond receiving the updates and discussion.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Jun 25th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Assembly is now in session. Assembly Member Alanis notices the absence of a quorum.
  • And pretty soon you're living beyond your regular income means.
  • The Assembly is back in session.
  • June 26th, no floor session, no check-in session.
  • Monday, June 29, floor session at 1 p.m. All remaining items will be passed and retained.
Keywords: 988, house, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Jun 25th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Assembly is now in session. Assembly Member Alanis notices the absence of a quorum.
  • And pretty soon you're living beyond your regular income means.
  • The Assembly is back in session.
  • June 26th, no floor session, no check-in session.
  • Monday, June 29, floor session at 1 p.m. All remaining items will be passed and retained.
Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then handled a series of procedural motions to re-refer bills, suspend rules, and remove items from the consent calendar. The chamber also heard guest introductions recognizing family milestones, a youth leadership program from Assembly District 13, a delegation of Japanese business leaders, and a Michoacan delegation. Later, members adopted several resolutions and consent items, including California Craft Beer Week, the Freedom Flag as a 9/11 remembrance symbol, Probation Services Week, and California Wildfire Week, along with other consent-calendar measures. The main floor debate centered on SB 417, a $10 billion housing bond for the ballot, with supporters emphasizing the state’s housing shortage, homelessness crisis, and funding for multifamily housing, supportive housing, homeownership, farmworker housing, student housing, tribal housing, infrastructure, and preservation of existing affordable units. Opponents criticized the proposal as adding debt without enough reform and objected to the use of veterans in the measure’s messaging. The Assembly passed SB 417 on urgency and on the measure, 54-7, and sent it to the Senate. Members then adopted ACA 20, which would expand and modernize the state Rainy Day Fund by increasing its cap and changing deposit rules; it passed 54-8 and was transmitted to the Senate. The Assembly also approved SB 623, a transportation-related bill addressing rideshare safety and medical lien practices. Supporters said it would curb abusive billing, restrict attorney conflicts and kickbacks, require stronger background checks for TNC drivers, and allow women riders and drivers to request women-only matches. The measure passed unanimously, 67-0. Later, the House adopted ACA 21, which removes ACA 13 from the November ballot, by 62-0, and ACA 22, which amends a ballot measure affecting taxation and local fiscal resources, by 64-0. The session concluded with an adjournment in memory of Dr. Dorothy Viola Calvin, followed by announcements, recesses, and final adjournment until the next scheduled floor session.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 22nd, 2026 at 09:36 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Capital Outlay Fund is 1.6 billion and we have also been tracking since the 21st and 2022 special and regular
  • sessions a very large special appropriations package that was for capital projects, of which about 350
  • new requests, I just Kind of wanted to give you a sense of what you all will be dealing with this session
  • Okay, moving on to some policy issues that we took up this interim that will be before you this session
  • Side, what we're kind of looking at with the reforms proposed this session are putting at least a few
Bills: HB1
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Apr 22nd, 2025

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we have, I believe, regular communication that goes out to roughly 30,000 from the office.
  • To be healthy and regular, I don't share that with my kids.
  • He has said a number of challenging bills this session and has really been a gentleman about a number
  • It's been a pleasure to serve as your chairman this session. See you on the floor.
  • It's been a pleasure to serve as your chairman this session. See you on the floor.
Summary: The Appropriations Committee met with a quorum and considered a series of bills, most of them receiving favorable reports. SB 132, as amended, would require the Department of Financial Services to contract for a study on whether Florida should recognize gold and silver as legal tender; an amendment advanced the report deadline to December 1, 2025, and the bill was reported favorably. SB 1050, also amended, expands the intellectual and developmental disabilities managed care pilot program statewide, emphasizes that enrollment is voluntary, adds transparency and reporting requirements for APD, creates a statewide family care council, and requires related studies and coordination; it was reported favorably after supportive testimony about reducing the APD wait list. SB 820 codifies the Office of Faith and Community in the Governor’s office, and the bill drew extended debate over church-state separation and concerns about political activity by the office; despite opposition from several senators, it was reported favorably. SB 1060 creates a joint legislative oversight committee for Medicaid financing and operations, with supporters citing the size of the program and the need for stronger legislative review; it passed favorably. SB 7032 presumes Medicaid eligibility for permanently disabled individuals receiving certain long-term services during redetermination, to prevent gaps in care, and was reported favorably with broad support. SB 12, a claim bill for a minor injured in a DCF-related case, was also reported favorably without opposition. The committee also approved several infrastructure and tax-related measures. SJR 318 proposes an ad valorem exemption for certain tangible personal property used in agriculture or agritourism, such as equipment and tractors, and was reported favorably with support from agricultural and business groups. SB 818, as amended, revises utility relocation funding for public road and rail projects, shifting the financing structure after constitutional concerns were raised and adding a $50 million grant program; it passed after discussion of the impact on local governments and utilities. SB 1348 modernizes DMV services through tax collectors, adds a distracted driving course option, bans appointment scalping, and extends certain disabled parking permit terms; it was reported favorably. SB 1664 requires voter reapproval of local taxes, including tourist development taxes and local option sales taxes, when they expire, with special rules for taxes tied to revenue bonds; it drew significant debate over impacts on tourism-dependent counties and was reported favorably despite opposition from some members and local government groups. SB 1050, SB 820, SB 1060, SB 7032, SB 12, SJR 318, SB 818, SB 1348, and SB 1664 all received favorable committee votes, and the meeting ended with final missed-vote requests and adjournment.
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

February 16, 2026 - 11:30 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • Specifically, the bill reinstates the doc stamp distribution, which was eliminated in the '25 session
  • Noting the fact that the Governor, aside from the budget amendment, can call a special session, and he
  • We can always meet a special session to address unique situations like we have in the past.
  • WE CAN ALWAYS MEET A SPECIAL SESSION TO ADDRESS   213 UNIQUE SITUATIONS LIKE WE HAVE IN THE
  • The regular operating process.
Summary: The Transportation Economic Budget Subcommittee met with a quorum and heard four measures. First, the committee considered PCS for HB 1177, which originally addressed ad valorem tax exemptions for defense and aerospace operations and contract procedures for Space Florida. An amendment removed the tax exemption portion for later consideration in the tax package, and the bill then passed favorably after brief discussion about Florida’s competitiveness in the space industry. The committee next took up a conforming budget bill on documentary stamp taxes, which redirects a portion of doc stamp revenue from general revenue to the State Transportation Trust Fund. The sponsor said the change restores a $60 million transportation funding stream with a corresponding general revenue reduction, while maintaining a net zero fiscal impact overall. Members asked about why the funding was being restored and how the money would be used, and the bill passed favorably. Members then heard PCB 26-02, which re-creates the Emergency Preparedness Response Fund and adds restrictions and oversight. The proposal limits the fund to state appropriations for natural emergencies, requires legislative consultation for extended emergencies, keeps revenue in the fund, sends federal reimbursements to general revenue, adds quarterly reporting and inventory/accounting requirements, and sunsets the fund in 2030 unless reenacted. Testimony and debate focused on accountability, disaster response readiness, and concerns about prior uses of the fund; the PCB passed favorably. Finally, the committee considered HB 953, which strengthens oversight of commercial driving schools by authorizing county tax collectors to enforce related statutes and inspections. The sponsor said the bill responds to fraud and misrepresentation in the industry and would help protect driver licensing integrity, especially in South Florida. After supportive testimony from the Miami-Dade Tax Collector’s Office and a lobbyist, the bill passed favorably. The meeting then adjourned.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (04/14/2026)

Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • lot of bills you've seen this session lot of bills you've seen this session where<01:32:29.120><
  • And so, we will not have a work session, nor will we have an exec session today, but we will continue
  • And so, we will not have a work session, nor will we have an exec session today, but we will continue
  • And so, we will not have a work session, nor will we have an exec session today, but we will continue
  • Um, I took the day So, we will not have a work session, nor will we have an exec session today, but we
Keywords: 1189, house, all
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

FL House Floor Session - 2025-03-19 (2:30PM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Okay, we'll now continue with the regular order of business. Are there any reports of committees?
  • session.
  • That were repealed by an earlier session of the legislature, if that repeal or expiration date has now
  • I know this is one of the most exciting bills you're going to hear all session.
  • And so I'm really looking forward to seeing how the 2025 legislative sensitive session.
Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of introductions recognizing FSU Day at the Capitol, Catholic lay leaders, seniors advocates, Broward County school officials, and veterans-related guests. The chamber then moved through its special order calendar, beginning with several Florida Statutes revision bills. SB 36 adopted the 2025 Florida Statutes and prior session law; SB 38 conformed statutory terminology for the Division of Criminal Investigations; SB 40 removed repealed provisions; and SB 42 cleaned up obsolete language, cross-references, and typographical errors. Each passed unanimously or nearly unanimously after brief explanations and no substantive debate. The Senate also passed CS/SB 50 on nature-based coastal resilience, as amended to strengthen the Florida Flood Hub’s role under USF and clarify research and modeling responsibilities; CS/SB 116 on veterans, which expanded veteran awareness and coordination efforts, added mental health training, and authorized adult day health care; SB 118 on presidential libraries, which preempted local regulation to give a future Florida presidential library maximum flexibility; CS/SB 126 on prescription hearing aids, allowing mail distribution for adults after appropriate professional evaluation; SB 150 on abandoning restrained dogs during natural disasters, amended to conform to the House; SB 294 limiting collaborative pharmacy practice from being expanded to certain serious cardiac conditions; and SM 314 urging Congress to increase Florida National Guard force structure. Most of these measures passed with strong bipartisan support, though SB 118 drew questions about local zoning, parking, and safety and passed 36-3, with one senator later changing to a no vote over local control concerns. Later, the Senate approved CS/CS/SB 322 creating a nonjudicial process for removing unauthorized persons from commercial property, and CS/SB 348 on ethics, which would penalize false claims of military rank or honors for material gain and require paycheck withholding for delinquent ethics fines owed by public employees. The chamber also passed CS/CS/SB 7012 on child welfare, which included a CPI/case manager recruitment program, a treatment foster care pilot in two judicial circuits, and improved data collection and capacity analysis for commercially sexually exploited children. CS/SB 108 on administrative procedures was adopted after a detailed explanation of rule review, transparency, and rulemaking deadlines, and CS/SB 160 on public accountancy passed after an amendment clarifying contracted services and discussion of CPA licensure pathways. The longest and most celebratory debate centered on CS/SB 110 for rural communities. The bill created an Office of Rural Prosperity, a Renaissance grant program, housing and road funding, school and health care investments, and related rural support measures. Amendments refined transportation priorities in the Everglades agricultural area and clarified the FARM road program. Senators from across the chamber praised the bill as a long-awaited investment in rural Florida, agriculture, broadband, health care, and quality of life. After extensive debate and emotional closing remarks from the sponsor and leadership, the bill passed overwhelmingly.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/4/26

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • We do regular reporting to the Metropolitan Council, our governing board, and we are proposing to also
  • We do regular<00:10:47.440> regular<00:10:48.000> reporting<00:10:48.399> to<00:
  • 10:48.640> the regular regular reporting to the regular regular reporting to the Metropolitan<
  • there are actually provisions in law that we haven't used yet, but I think we'll take effect this session
  • Regardless of all that, I session.
Summary: The committee met on March 4, 2026, and first approved the minutes from March 2 by voice vote. It then took up several Metropolitan Council agency bills, with members repeatedly moving to lay them over for possible inclusion or, in one case, to re-refer a bill to another committee. The first three bills discussed were House File 3884, House File 3881, and House File 3882, all presented as administrative or programmatic changes intended to streamline Met Council processes. House File 3884 would allow tribal governments and tribal development entities to apply directly for Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Act grants and community tree planting grants, rather than applying through a city or other local government. Testimony from Met Council staff said the bill would simplify access and align the Met Council’s tree-planting program with existing DNR authority. House File 3881 would expand the Met Council’s contracting authority to include small businesses more broadly, require an annual report to the legislature on small-business contracting, and repeal a duplicative statute on certificates of compliance. House File 3882 would make a range of administrative cleanups, including removing an obsolete housing-bond review role, clarifying outdated statutory language, extending the review cycle for metropolitan significance rules from every two years to every 10 years, clarifying reporting and Livable Communities Act provisions, changing regional parks operations-and-maintenance reimbursements to rely on audited financial statements, and clarifying agricultural preserves procedures. The committee also considered House File 3883, which was amended with an A1 amendment before adoption. That bill updates appointments to the Metropolitan Area Water Supply Advisory Committee, known as MOSAC, including direct appointments for certain county representatives and adding a tribal representative appointed by the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, while also cleaning up outdated language and eligibility provisions. A former MOSAC member spoke in support of the committee’s work, and the chair said the bill was common-sense and renewed the motion to lay it over as amended. Finally, the committee began House File 3363, a bill described by the author as a response to safety concerns after the June events, aimed at removing public access to legislators’ home addresses from Campaign Finance Board materials; discussion had just begun when the transcript ended.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, January 9, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • She was the former Knox County Circuit, General Sessions, and Juvenile Court Clerk, an office she held
  • General Sessions and Juvenile Court<04:24:01.119> Clerk<04:24:01.760> an<04:24:02.000>
  • Speaker, as we speak, the California legislature has gaveled in to a special emergency session of its
  • No, no, the legislature has gaveled into a special session called by Gavin Newsom to provide millions
  • of its legislature and you might session of its legislature and you might say<05:58:16.798> well<
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • investments in the 2023 session. investments in the 2023 session.
  • <00:37:04.840> to infrastructure bonds uh this session to infrastructure bonds uh this session
  • And so there's not a regular, I guess I'll say.
  • And so there's not a regular, I guess I'll say.
  • And so there's not a regular, I guess I'll say.
Keywords: 1183, house
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

PSM-HWN Informational Briefing 04-13-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • much appreciated by those who participated in the many engagement events such as the 120 talk story sessions
  • Lorinda... sessions, the 18 site visits and sessions, the 18 site visits and listening<00:04:06.760><
  • But there were still some gaps that needed regular multi-agency coordination, dedicated personnel, assessment
  • <00:15:09.920> multi-agency needed regular multi-agency needed regular multi-agency coordination
  • And they wanted to see community engagement continue in the form of an advisory group and more regular