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CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Appropriations Committee May 14th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • AB 2043, Calderon, drone task force, do pass out on an A roll call.
  • AB 2100, Connolly, manure management task force, holding committee.
  • AB 2100, Connolly, manure management task force, holding committee.
  • AB 2743, Soria, by California Task Force, held in committee. Maybe AB 50.
  • AB 2743, Soria, California Task Force, held in committee. AB 1588, Stephanie, sideshows, do pass.
Keywords: 988, house, all
Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee held its May 14, 2026 suspense-file hearing and considered 637 Assembly bills, plus several committee bills and one Senate bill. The chair opened by explaining the committee’s budget constraints and the factors guiding decisions: fiscal impact, return on investment, avoiding added costs to constituents, and protecting the state’s social safety net. The agenda was organized alphabetically by author, and the committee noted that results would be posted later that day online. The committee then took action on a very large number of measures, with many bills receiving do pass or do pass as amended recommendations and many others held in committee. Topics covered a wide range of policy areas, including housing, health care, education, public safety, labor, environmental regulation, wildfire mitigation, water, transportation, cannabis, AI, and state governance. Several bills were amended to reduce costs, narrow scope, remove provisions, or make them contingent on appropriations or existing resources; some were advanced on A or B roll calls, while others were held. Among the notable actions, the committee advanced bills on Medi-Cal, CalFresh, child care, school and higher education programs, wildfire and fire safety, housing financing, and various criminal justice and public safety measures. It also moved forward a number of bills related to tribal issues, consumer protections, energy and utility policy, and environmental programs. At the end of the hearing, the chair stated that the committee had moved a large number of bills to the Assembly floor and adjourned.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Rules Committee Apr 29th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • He has reduced the backlog despite a forced workforce reduction of 15% due to lack of funding.
  • currently—so we did the, just prior to my starting at the State Bar, we did a voluntary reduction in force
  • From the voluntary reduction in force, we have roughly $5.2 million in ongoing savings in the general
  • I appreciate the discussion here, specifically around the reduction in force, that our union member leaders
  • Of course, anytime in labor you hear reduction in force, it gives members pause.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Rules Committee first established a quorum and then approved several non-appearing gubernatorial appointments, including Rick Simpson to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing and Trinidad Solis, M.D. and Gerald Talbert, M.D. to the Medical Board of California. The committee also approved reference of bills to committees and floor acknowledgments, with all of those items receiving unanimous 5-0 votes. The main public business was the confirmation hearing for George Cardona, reappointed as Chief Trial Counsel of the State Bar of California. Cardona described reforms made in response to the Girardi scandal, including stronger conflict-of-interest and gift rules, improved auditing and investigative procedures, efforts to reduce discipline disparities, and steps to address a growing backlog amid staffing vacancies and rising complaints. Senators questioned him about Girardi-related safeguards, backlog and funding pressures, discipline disparities affecting Black and Latino attorneys, unauthorized practice of law by notarios, and the State Bar’s use of AI; public witnesses from the State Bar, SEIU Local 1000, and others testified in support. The committee advanced Cardona’s appointment to the full Senate on a 3-1 vote, with Senator Jones withholding support. The committee then heard Laura Enderton Speed’s confirmation as Executive Director of the State Bar. She emphasized fiscal stability, public trust, and operational improvements, and said the Bar is addressing the troubled February 2025 remote bar exam through audits, internal investigations, and a forthcoming recommendation to the Supreme Court on the exam’s future. Senators asked about the budget deficit, the bar exam failures, conflict-of-interest safeguards after Girardi, and how the Bar is preparing for future fee and staffing pressures. Supporters from the State Bar Board of Trustees, SEIU Local 1000, the California Defense Counsel, and a colleague testified in favor, and the committee approved her appointment to the full Senate on a 5-0 vote. The meeting concluded with thanks and a farewell to Senator Jones, who was leaving the committee, followed by a cake presentation and adjournment of the public portion.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Market value exclusion increase for some veterans 3/11/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, I want to note that this bill is supported by the commander task force.
  • Um, I want to note that this bill is supported by the commander task force.
  • Um, I want to note that this bill is supported by the commander task force.
  • veterans are always called upon, and I think it would really help. supported by the commander task force
  • . supported by the commander task force.
Keywords: 1183, house
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

December 9, 2025 - 09:30 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • IF WE CAN GET IT RIGHT A CAN BE A FORCE FOR GREATER PRODUCTIVITY, BROADER OPPORTUNITY, AND STRONGER ECONOMIC
  • JUST AN INTRODUCTION TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THIS DEGREE IS DESIGNED TO FUTURE PROOF STUDENTS BY FORCING
  • FROM A WORK FOR STANDPOINT AI IS BEST UNDERSTOOD AS A FORCE MULTIPLIER.
  • CAN DE SKILLED PEOPLE AND LOOK AT IT LIKE A COPY AND PASTE KIND OF THING BUT USED APPROPRIATELY IT FORCES
  • CURRICULUM AND WE CHALLENGE AI AND WE HAVE THEM CHALLENGED BY THE STUDENTS BECAUSE THAT WAY WE CAN FORCE
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 23rd, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • In force today in Texas, there are regulations that are over 40 years old.
  • To make matters worse, we found that nearly 2,000 regulations in force in Texas cite to statutes that
  • The automatic expiration mechanism provides a greater and opposite force to this.
  • The servant is not the master of the people, and the people insist on remaining in force so that they
  • These are a major pain point for small businesses, forcing unnecessary in-person interactions and excessive
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I am honored to serve on the Governor's Small Business Advisory Task Force and the Small Business Advisory
  • I'm understanding that many of the people running are looking to grow the city's police force.
  • It ensures that hard-working Texans and ethical contractors are not forced to compete against crooked
  • Not just unemployment; what I'm talking about is labor force participation.
  • those who are actively seeking employment; it doesn't include those who have fallen out of the labor force
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • These affect real people, parents like me, who are forced to choose between earning a paycheck or keeping
  • Parents like me are forced to choose between earning a paycheck or keeping their child in a safe, nurturing
  • And that is why I urge us to enact this common-sense bill, which would force the changes on insurance
  • not provide some sort of rate stabilization as legislators, I believe your state government will be forced
  • not provide some sort of rate stabilization as legislators, I believe your state government will be forced
Summary: The Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation met under suspense-file procedures, with the chair explaining limits on testimony, position letters, and that bills with fiscal impacts of $150,000 or more would generally be sent to suspense rather than voted on immediately. Several bills were pulled from hearing, and a consent calendar of committee bills later passed 4-0. AB 761 by Addis, the only item initially slated for a vote, was ultimately held over to the next hearing. The committee heard testimony on a series of tax-related proposals. AB 232 would create catastrophe savings accounts for homeowners to save pre-tax money for wildfire, flood, or earthquake-related expenses; it drew support from the Department of Insurance and the California Bankers Association, but was sent to suspense. AB 1443 would exempt tips from state income tax for five years and was supported by the California Restaurant Association and a restaurant owner, but also went to suspense. AB 1435 would provide relief to businesses and property owners facing cleanup and security costs from unauthorized encampments and illegal dumping; it received broad support from business, real estate, trucking, retail, and local government representatives, and was referred to suspense. The committee also heard AB 1428, which would create a California Affordable Child Care Fund financed by a 0.5% tax on income above $10 million; child care workers and SEIU-backed witnesses supported it, while taxpayer and business groups opposed it as harmful to competitiveness and affordability. AB 691 proposed a tax credit for adopting shelter pets and covering veterinary costs, AB 1219 proposed a middle- and low-income personal income tax cut, AB 1354 proposed a credit for increased homeowners insurance premiums, AB 19 proposed an education savings account/voucher-style program, and AB 567 proposed insurance rate stabilization and related tax/fund changes; each drew testimony for and against where present, but all were referred to suspense. The meeting ended with the committee adjourning after the held-over AB 761 item was postponed.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Education K-16 (Part II) Apr 16th, 2025

Education K-16

Transcript Highlights:
  • 1069 addresses a growing concern among students and policymakers, which is a lack of formal and forceful
  • 1069 addresses a growing concern among students and policymakers, which is a lack of formal and forceful
  • Victims are forced to speak out themselves and extend an olive branch.
  • coverings fails to acknowledge religious or medical reasons a person may have to cover their face and forces
  • the bodies of my peers that I had seen, left by what I can only describe as unconstitutional uses of force
Summary: The Senate Education Committee K-16 resumed public testimony on Senate Bill 735, a Holocaust education bill. Alice Min spoke in support, saying learning about difficult parts of history is important for understanding American history and the experiences of minority communities. Sheila Hemphill also supported the bill but urged broader language to include multiple genocides and more instructional material. After a brief exchange, public testimony on SB 735 closed and the bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 800, which would strengthen higher-education orientation materials on sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking policies, and Senate Bill 2310, which would require public institutions to post clearer online degree and transfer requirements. Both bills were explained by their authors, committee substitutes were adopted, no public testimony was offered, and each bill was left pending. Senate Bill 2055, a cleanup bill for the Texas Leadership Scholars Program, was also heard and left pending after no testimony. A major portion of the meeting focused on Senate Bill 1069, which would require investigations and mandatory termination for faculty found to have discriminated against students based on religion, with a department placed under conservatorship after a termination. The author said the bill was meant to address religious discrimination and protect students; several witnesses, including Muslim and Jewish law students and other advocates, argued it was too vague, lacked a definition of religious discrimination, threatened academic freedom, and could chill speech. The bill was left pending after testimony. The committee also heard Senate Bill 2972, which would set new limits on expressive activity on public university campuses, including restrictions on encampments, masks, sound amplification, and protests during finals; opponents said it would restrict free speech and protest rights, while the bill was adopted as a committee substitute and left pending. Senate Bill 2815, allowing students to choose the diploma name after a university merger or renaming, was briefly heard and left pending. Later, the committee took up pending business and voted out several bills. SB 2920, SB 2398, SB 2927, SB 2929, SB 1241, SB 1395, SB 401, SB 1972, and SB 2540 were reported favorably, with some committee substitutes adopted and several placed on the local and uncontested calendar. SB 1241’s substitute would have the Higher Education Coordinating Board study standardized test equivalency scores for admissions. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Apr 15th, 2025 at 02:30 pm

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • This approach aligns with your North Dakota teacher task force on retention and recruitment.
  • So we help align with the recommendations that came out of your state's task force.
  • And so I think, like the retention task force, as an example, are the kinds of mechanisms that I think
  • You mentioned the teacher retention and recruitment task force. And did you...
  • And so I think the mere existence of the task force was in and of itself valuable, that it allowed us
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The meeting began with a student performance from Horizon Middle School Show Choir, including songs from an eighth grade concert and the show choir piece “The Body Electric.” After the performance, Deputy Superintendent Donna Fishbeck spoke on behalf of State Superintendent Kirsten Baesler in support of music education, emphasizing its benefits for creativity, collaboration, school climate, and student development, and noting the department’s support for music grants and professional development. She also highlighted the North Dakota Music Educators Association’s role in expanding access and quality in music education. The committee then heard a presentation from Vital Network, introduced as a DPI-funded effort focused on teacher retention. Nate Eklund and Dr. Aaron Rob described the organization’s work with schools and districts to reduce educator burnout by improving workplace conditions, especially around time management, voice in decision-making, and care/support. They said the program uses surveys, dashboards, advisory support, and facilitated school and district processes to identify local friction points and help educators and leaders solve them, with examples ranging from simplifying material requests to improving PLC time and communication. They stressed that retention is driven more by workplace conditions than pay alone, and that solutions must be local rather than one-size-fits-all. Members asked about rural teacher overload, sustainability after grant funding ends, and whether the model could inform broader policy or continuing education reforms. Vital representatives said the work is designed to be embedded in district systems and strategic plans so it can continue beyond their direct involvement, and that the approach aligns with the state’s teacher retention and recruitment task force recommendations. They reported serving about half of North Dakota educators across roughly 50 districts, with partnerships through regional education associations to reach rural areas. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken during the discussion.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Apr 8th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Now, the governor did create a vacancy task force, and they did make some recommendations and we've acted
  • It also feels like deja vu in 2022 when the government Governor announced the Teacher Vacancy Task Force
  • While this proposal has great potential, I believe the example of the Teacher Vaccine Task Force should
  • The Teacher Vacancy Task Force was a seminal effort by the state to understand. the reasons behind teacher
  • I was looking through the vacancy task force composition and I think it's important that We have teachers
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • benefit of consumers and... ...the market, as has been mentioned, is being made through the ADER Task Force
  • The recommendations of the EDR task force put them into statute, and this bill seems to go somewhat in
  • The way we're interpreting the bill is that it could force homeowners and small businesses to have more
  • Pulling these up, you mentioned that there was a task force, and 1699 put into four policies the fact
  • This ruling is concerning because it effectively forces employees to support speech with which they may
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Energy Committee Meeting - 2025-03-27

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • No one is forced to subscribe to a community solar garden, but every Excel customer has the opportunity
  • electricity from private business directly to the utility, where 100% of the subscribers will be forced
  • It was brought up with one of the testifiers that no one is forcing people to subscribe, but we are forcing
  • the community solar program, it just talks about how much it should cost and whether or not we are forced
Bills: HF2103, HF2793
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee Meeting Jun 23rd, 2026

Environment, Energy & Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • But even if it does not, the extent to which the facility will use a local labor force for construction
  • and ongoing operation, and the extent to which the project will pay such labor force prevailing wages
  • , that is years out, wind, years... ...the Nuclear Task Force, that is years out, wind, years out.
  • I still think we had the ability to pass these things and force those companies to whatever it is we
  • I had met an energy expert from meeting together at the Nuclear Task Force.
Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on energy, public safety, and environmental cleanup. House Bill 455 would create a historic preservation license plate to raise funds and awareness for Delaware preservation efforts, and House Bill 471 would tighten rules and penalties for off-highway vehicles on shared private roads, with golf carts excluded. House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 439, the Truth in E-Bike Marketing Act, would require clearer disclosures when selling electric mopeds and electric motorcycles so consumers understand classification, power, and licensing/insurance requirements. House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 407, related to the Hazardous Substance Cleanup Act and brownfields, would shift funding for brownfield cleanup from the original realty transfer tax approach to a dedicated share of the hazardous substance cleanup fund and raise civil penalties for fraudulent acts. The committee also approved the June 18, 2026 minutes once quorum was reached. Most of the meeting centered on House Substitute No. 1 for House Bill 233, as amended, a large-load/data center bill intended to protect ratepayers from costs tied to massive new electricity users. The sponsor and Public Advocate said PJM’s warnings about a coming reliability backstop auction made it urgent to establish a Delaware framework now, requiring large energy users to sign utility agreements, cover their share of transmission, distribution, and capacity costs, and comply with curtailment and other protections. Supporters from environmental groups and some labor and business voices said the bill was needed to prevent cost shifts to households and small businesses, while opponents argued it was being rushed, could deter investment, and might unintentionally affect other industries; several asked for more time and clearer definitions. No vote was taken in the portion provided. The committee also took up House Bill 470, which would authorize Delmarva Power, with PSC approval, to build and operate utility-owned battery storage and spread costs across the customer base. The sponsor and Delmarva said the bill would improve reliability quickly and help avoid outages, while the chair expressed concern that the state had not yet fully studied whether utility-owned or competitively procured storage is the best model, noting a recent SEU storage study and broader policy questions. Supporters said utility storage could be deployed faster and help with peak shaving, while others urged a competitive process; the transcript cuts off before any final action on HB 470.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

2026 Legislative Session - Day Seventy One - Friday, May 15 - Morning Session

Missouri House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In 1966, the Air Force sent me to Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
  • Air Force retired, is here along with his wife, Lynn Peters.
  • Compound interest is a very powerful force, Mr. Speaker, and this is how this fund works.
  • It's not a force. It's not a shall be budgeted.
  • It's not a force. It's not a shall-be-budgeted.
Keywords: 959, house, all
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Finance Apr 27th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • in a number of people arbitrarily losing care options But it also could dramatically help our labor force
  • I think I understand the budget process pretty well, but. we're not really budgeting if an outside force
  • You've heard a lot from LFC in recent years about labor force participation. and personal income issues
  • note that New Mexico actually does relatively well compared with other states on female youth labor force
  • housing was listed as the top barrier as well as the top solution to get youth back into the labor force
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Health Services (2-26-26)

Health Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • They served as honorary members of our MA task force.
  • We never went less than two hours in our Baja task force.
  • But I also want to acknowledge force.
  • We never went less than two hours in our Baja task force.
  • Uh, I do want to thank you, Senator Funky From Meire, for your leadership on the Maha Task Force, for
Summary: The House Standing Committee on Health Services met with a quorum and first heard Senate Concurrent Resolution 9 from Sen. Steve Meredith. He argued that Kentucky’s Medicaid system is too costly and bureaucratic, saying spending has grown dramatically and that managed care organizations do not align with improving health outcomes. His proposal would create a feasibility study for a five-year pilot of an “accountable community healthcare organization” in three area development districts, with a locally owned, nonprofit, provider-driven model intended to reduce costs, address social determinants of health, and keep savings in the community. Members asked about how the model would differ from MCOs, administrative costs, eligibility changes, and implementation costs; Meredith said the model would eliminate preauthorization barriers, rely on provider and community risk-sharing, and could be funded initially through existing grant opportunities. The committee then voted unanimously to report SCR 9 favorably. The committee next took up Senate Joint Resolution 23, the “Food is Medicine” resolution, introduced by Sen. Shelley Funke Frommeyer and Dana Feldman of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. They described the resolution as part of a broader wellness and rural prosperity effort, emphasizing that nutrition should be treated as part of health care and that Kentucky agriculture can support better health outcomes through local, healthy food. They said the effort grew out of task force work and regional listening sessions and is intended to build a foundation for continued collaboration between hospitals, agriculture, and state agencies. Members expressed support for the concept and the partnership approach, and the discussion highlighted using evaluation and shared learning to expand the initiative.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - Senate Public Safety

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Too often, small agencies are forced to rely on workarounds: phone calls, emails, 'Can you run this plate
  • He said this limits modern de-escalation, judgmental shooting, and use-of-force training.
  • He said it is effective at de-escalating situations that could rise to higher levels of force and helps
  • change the demeanor of the subject without moving to other levels of force.
  • He said they recently used it effectively in a case involving a subject who presented a deadly force
Summary: The committee first approved its February 4 minutes and announced several bills would be held, including SB 1317, SB 1416, SB 1419, SB 1490, and SB 1493. It then heard SB 1579, which would appropriate about $4.7 million from the state general fund to expand a law enforcement data-sharing pilot through the Department of Administration, with funds for DPS, county sheriffs, university police, and city/town police departments. Testimony from the sponsor, Flagstaff’s mayor, Eloy’s police chief, and Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office staff emphasized faster records access, better coordination, and officer safety; an amendment added $125,900 for the Scottsdale Police Department after it had been omitted. The committee adopted the amendment and gave SB 1579 a do pass recommendation by a 6-0 vote with one not voting. The committee next considered SB 1581, which appropriates about $1.4 million from the Peace Officer Training Equipment Fund for pepperball equipment and about $1.316 million for public safety training simulators, with an amendment increasing the Nogales Police Department’s pepperball allocation and expanding simulator funding so Yavapai County could buy two simulators with a three-year warranty. Supporters from Navajo County, Phoenix, Glendale, Flagstaff, and Cochise County described pepperball as a de-escalation tool and simulators as important for crisis-response and use-of-force training. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1581 as amended on a 7-0 vote. SB 1673 was heard next and would appropriate $8.2 million from the general fund to the Law Enforcement Crime Victim Notification Fund, exempting the appropriation from lapsing. The sponsor and law enforcement witnesses said the automated notification system has improved victim communication, reduced workload, and sent millions of updates; committee members asked about funding sources and why a bill is needed for a constitutionally mandated program. The committee approved SB 1673 without amendment on a 7-0 vote. The committee also heard SB 1544, which would make adult probation records public on request, while requiring redaction or withholding of sensitive information such as victim data, minors’ information, medical or counseling records, active investigations, and confidential informants, and creating a process for written denials and court appeals. The sponsor said the bill is intended to increase transparency and data access, while witnesses raised concerns about risk-assessment language and confidential information; the sponsor said amendments would be brought later to clarify those provisions. The committee passed SB 1544 on a 4-3 vote. Finally, SB 1376, creating a civic leadership development special plate and fund for a youth mentoring nonprofit, passed unanimously, and SB 1550, a three-year Queen Creek pilot program to prevent runaway youth exploitation and improve investigations, also passed after testimony from Queen Creek officials and police; one senator voted no, citing concerns about how runaway youth are treated in other legislation. The committee then began hearing SB 1504, a pension bill modifying retirement dates and COLA timing for Tier 2 and Tier 3 public safety personnel, with supporters arguing it would improve recruitment and retention and opponents warning it would create significant unfunded liabilities, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that bill.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • I think that I am forced to complete the house and not live in a house that is just torn apart.
  • last several years, CAL FIRE, which... which is already the most sophisticated wildland firefighting force
  • And one thing I'm really excited about is through our task force, our state federal tribal local task
  • force called the Wildfire Resilience Task Force, we're focused on regionalizing and empowering regional
  • as a result, the goal is to take in funding... from the legislature and governor through our task force
Keywords: 988, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (02/04/2025)

Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Their labor force is shrinking; ours is growing, and our labor force is growing faster than every other
  • <03:05:40.040> to then the employer would be forced to then the employer would be forced to
  • Your employer is forced to pay up to the minimum wage.
  • Your employer is forced to pay up to the minimum wage.
  • Your employer is forced to pay up to the minimum wage.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Morning Session Apr 7th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And that's just the way the world works when you force employers to pay employees a certain wage significantly
  • When you force them to provide benefits, and I'm not saying the benefits are bad—they're good.
  • innovation, stop businesses from trying to find a solution to these overburdensome regulations, and then force
  • innovation, stop businesses from trying to find a solution to these overburden some regulations, and then force