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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee Jan 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- areas that I really want to start pushing is for more people to support them, especially with the wildfires
Summary:
The committee met to hear AB 946 by Assembly Member Isaac Bryan, which would encourage California’s 30 by 30 conservation efforts to include investments in historically underserved urban communities. The author said the bill is intended to reduce “nature poverty” in places like South Los Angeles by treating urban greening and conservation as a co-equal goal alongside rural and coastal land protection. Supporters, including the California Park and Recreation Society, the Trust for Public Land, and Los Angeles County, argued that urban conservation can provide both environmental and human benefits, especially where land can be reused or restored for parks and green space.
Committee members discussed the bill’s focus on urban areas versus rural districts. One member said they would not support it because it seemed to prioritize heavily urban communities over rural ones in their district, while others said the bill helps ensure conservation resources are distributed more equitably and can have important psychological, health, and climate benefits for dense communities. The author responded that the bill does not neglect rural areas, but instead seeks to correct an imbalance by ensuring urban communities are also considered in 30 by 30 planning.
The bill was moved on a due pass motion to the Appropriations Committee. The vote was overwhelmingly in favor, with several members voting aye and one member not voting at the time of the roll call. After the vote, the committee adjourned.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 14th, 2026 at 10:04 am
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- We cover everything from SNAP, CYFD, hospitals, pharmacy benefit managers, the prison rape elimination
- And to be perfectly honest, one of my pet peeves is particularly in Medicaid with the managed care of
- Pet peeves is, particularly in Medicaid with the managed care organizations.
- And so they are oftentimes the ones who, when we get wildfires or cascading floods afterwards, are the
- That funding will also support the staff costs at the PRC for managing and overseeing the council, supporting
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
Summary:
During the legislative meeting, House Bill 287 was discussed, which proposes the establishment of a permanent Health and Human Services Committee to oversee the state's $14.4 billion expenditure in this area. An amendment to the bill was adopted, which clarified funding and operational details. Public comments were solicited, but no one spoke in opposition. The committee ultimately voted, with some members expressing concerns about budget implications, but the motion to pass the bill as amended was made and seconded, with several members opposing it.
House Bill 371 was also addressed, which focuses on creating an Acequia Infrastructure Fund to support land grant and Acequia communities. The bill aims to provide a financial mechanism for these communities to access funds for infrastructure projects without relying on capital outlay requests. The committee discussed the bill's implications, potential funding sources, and the need for further amendments regarding representation and oversight. A motion to pass the bill was made, with some opposition noted, particularly regarding the lack of specificity in the bill's provisions.
Lastly, Senate Bill 143 was presented, which seeks to raise the caps on inspection fees under the Egg Grading Act, among other agricultural regulations. Supportive testimony was provided by representatives from agricultural organizations, emphasizing the need for updated fee structures. The committee engaged in discussions about the bill's implications for consumers and the agricultural sector, ultimately moving towards a vote to pass the bill.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Aug 18th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- to move forward, granting the California Natural Resources Agency the ability to enter into co-management
- that advance sovereignty, honor cultural traditions, and provide resources for tribal nations, from wildfire
- management to law enforcement partnerships to student rights.
- And they are case managers, they are outreach workers, they are nurses, they are navigators, they are
- serving his country, Joel went on to graduate from Cal State University Fullerton and was a produce manager
Summary:
The Assembly met on June 4, 2025, after a quorum call and opening prayer led by Assembly Member Ramos, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and routine procedural actions. Members handled several motions on bill referrals and file management, including disputes over SB 280 and ACA 8. The Speaker’s rulings were repeatedly appealed and sustained, and the body ultimately approved re-referral and notice waivers related to ACA 8 and SB 280, along with related committee hearing notices and shortened file notice requirements. Several bills were also removed from consent, moved to inactive file, or withdrawn from committee as nonfiscal measures.
The chamber then held a Native American Day ceremony centered on ACR 102 by Assembly Member Ramos, recognizing California Native American Day and the California Indian Cultural Awareness Conference. Multiple caucus leaders and members spoke in support, emphasizing California’s Native history, past state harms, and recent legislative efforts affecting tribal communities. The resolution was adopted by voice vote after 71 coauthors were added. The ceremony also honored Native leaders and students, including Judge Abby Abinanti, Councilwoman Catalina Chacon, Rosemary Salgado, Chairman Frederick Massetti, and Clovis Unified students who defended their right to wear regalia at graduation.
Later, the Assembly took up concurrence votes on several Senate-amended bills, all of which passed unanimously: AB 829 on Parkinson’s disease, AB 463 on emergency medical services, AB 493 on mortgage escrow interest, and AB 1387 on behavioral health coordination for justice-involved individuals. The body also adopted ACR 100 honoring India’s Independence Day and H.R. 44 recognizing homeless service providers, both by voice vote after substantial support from members and coauthors. Guest introductions highlighted the music industry, the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, and visiting officials from Pakistan.
The session concluded with adjournments in memory of Joel Nilsen and Grace Akiko Kojima, followed by announcements of upcoming session dates and adjournment under the call of the Speaker.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- Are you involved in investing these dollars, managing these dollars to maximize return on that dollar
- We are first and foremost risk managers because we borrow the operating funds of the state.
- Do you manage the pension funds of North Dakota? Do you have the pension?
- I don't know a lot about it, but do you manage it? Yes, we do have a pension system.
- We do not manage that. Okay, thank you. Thank you very much for joining us. Oh, Senator Hasegawa.
Bills:
SB5754
Committee:
Senate Ways & Means
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- She is also responsible for managing the company's. various real estate and other investment portfolios
- Habitat for Humanity, the Victoria Symphony, and the Citizens Medicine's Medical Center Board of Managers
- Commissioner Thomas holds a master's of Science in Sports Management, near and dear to my heart.
- Judge Stagner received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management from Angelo State University
- And so how do you manage your court? I'm sure these cases are complex.
Committee:
Senate Nominations
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nomination of Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Jan 22nd, 2025
Senate Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- And today we'll consider President-elect's nomination of Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management
- It encompasses the management of the federal government, reforming regulation, and coordinating policy
- Managed an operation; you've had no private sector experience.
- Sir, that would be management malpractice. I appreciate the fact of what you've done in the past.
- Joe Robertson for 18 months for building four ponds on his ranch to be prepared for wildfires.
Committee:
Senate Senate Budget
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Staff are currently managing 49 grant contracts and six active loans.
- And then flood management strategies.
- It's asset management.
- and wildfire management.
- Of course, our employees, our construction managers, are on site.
Committee:
House Natural Resources
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee Jul 7th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- transfers, particularly for large amounts, so that it's better, easier, and more secure for them to manage
- provide immediate property tax relief and ease the recovery and rebuild for victims of the January wildfires
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation heard a series of tax-related bills, with several measures referred to suspense and a few advancing. SB 284 would clarify Proposition 19 rules for inherited family homes in probate, including when the one-year residency clock starts and whether title consolidation among siblings triggers reassessment; supporters included the California Association of Realtors, while county assessors opposed the sibling-transfer language as creating ambiguity. The bill was sent to suspense. SB 863 was taken up on the consent calendar and passed 6-0 to the Assembly floor.
SB 333 would let San Luis Obispo County voters consider raising a local tax rate limit to fund transportation projects; supporters said it would help the county become self-help for major road needs, while opponents argued it would make it easier to raise regressive sales taxes. The committee approved the bill 5-2, as amended with a five-year sunset. SB 376, which clarifies that charitable remainder trusts are not treated as incomplete gift non-grantor trusts for California income tax purposes, drew support from the California Lawyers Association and no opposition, and passed 5-2 to Appropriations as amended.
The committee also heard SB 591, which would replace steep penalties for failing to use electronic funds transfer with fixed penalties of $100 for a first violation and $500 thereafter; supporters said current penalties can be excessive and out of proportion, and the bill was sent to suspense. SB 419 would partially exempt hydrogen fuel from the state sales and use tax while leaving the existing road fee in place; supporters said it would help hydrogen adoption and parity with other clean fuels, while one environmental group opposed unless amended, and the bill went to suspense. SB 587 proposed a state tax credit for local sales tax paid on manufacturing equipment to encourage investment and jobs; it had broad business support and no opposition, but was also sent to suspense. SB 710 would extend and update the property tax exclusion for solar installations, with broad support from clean energy and local government groups and some opposition from large energy consumers; it too was referred to suspense. Finally, SB 663 would extend deadlines and exemptions for wildfire victims and certain nonprofit and disabled veteran properties; it received support from assessors and committee members but was also sent to suspense for further work.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Business and Professions Committee Apr 8th, 2025
Business and Professions
Transcript Highlights:
- In times of crisis or disaster such as wildfires, public health emergencies, the ability to quickly bring
- I'm the Economic Justice Policy Manager for the California Immigrant Policy Center.
Committee:
House Business and Professions
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (03/10/2026)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:11:21.680><c> system</c> customer relationship management system customer relationship management
- </c><00:49:58.800><c> grants</c> grants like forestry management grants grants like forestry management
- </c> get grant to, you know, properly manage get grant to, you know, properly manage that<00:50:23.839
- </c> they're doing storm water management. they're doing storm water management.
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Committee:
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Human Services May 18th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- enabling the department to begin proprietary activities to ensure alignment with the Joint Labor Management
- enabling the department to begin proprietary activities to ensure alignment with the Joint Labor Management
- Committee recommendations. to ensure alignment with the Joint Labor Management Committee recommendations
- With that dedicated effort, we've In a prior budget, with that dedicated effort, we've managed to secure
- Finally, we look forward to the implementation of our joint labor management committee recommendations
NE
Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Morning Session Apr 17th, 2026
Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- as emergency management services under the Emergency Management Act.
- as emergency management services under the Emergency Management Act.
- LB 1256 does clarify that snow and ice removal and flood management are emergency management functions
- So it explicitly lists snow and ice removal and flood management in the emergency management activities
- This bill adds the words snow and ice removal, flood management, to the list of emergency management
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- are a homestead owner, the time to start your rebuild after a catastrophic event, whether it be wildfire
Committee:
Senate Finance and Tax
Summary:
The Committee on Finance and Tax met with a quorum present and heard a presentation from Lissette Kelly of the Department of Revenue’s Property Tax Oversight Office on property tax relief for catastrophic events. Kelly reviewed existing statutory relief for homestead, non-homestead, commercial, and agricultural property owners, including extended rebuild timelines, preservation of homestead exemption during rehabilitation, agricultural classification protections, and the catastrophic event refund program for residential property that becomes uninhabitable. She also explained the refund process, the roles of property appraisers and tax collectors, and prior legislative reimbursements to local governments after storms such as Ian, Nicole, and Idalia.
Members asked about how portability works if a homeowner chooses not to rebuild, and Kelly said she would follow up with more detail. Senator Bernard also asked how residents learn about the refund application, and Kelly said property appraisers and tax collectors actively notify affected owners, including through mailings, FEMA and Red Cross sites, public service announcements, and outreach at community events. She said the property appraisers take the lead in promoting the program, with tax collectors also helping direct taxpayers to apply.
The chair noted that staff will distribute the department’s guide to offices before hurricane season and said the committee’s next meeting, during the first week of session, will focus on property taxes more broadly. Kelly said the department would be willing to review the process further and bring suggestions if needed. No votes were taken on legislation, and the committee adjourned without objection.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, July 15, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- At a time when other nations management.
- Better forest management isn't an option. It's a necessity.
- Better force management tired of it.
- The city manager in Kerrville has done a fantastic job.
- The city manager in Kerrville has done a fantastic job.
Keywords:
communications security, reliability, interoperability, FCC, public interest, council, rules resolution, House Rules Committee, structured rule, appropriations, Department of Defense, DoD appropriations, fiscal year 2026, defense spending, digital commodities, cryptocurrency regulation, digital assets, SEC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, CFTC
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment & Energy Feb 18th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Environment & Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- State Parks manages the system of state parks and has certain other responsibilities pertaining to recreational
- We see increased wildfires and floods, as we're seeing atmospheric rivers, which you had never really
- So we have buffered ourselves from some of the impacts that, say, California has had to manage and deal
- Joel Creswell, manager of the Climate Pollution Reduction Program at the Department of Ecology, here
- My name is Tony Oloo, and I am the finance manager here at NewCore, Seattle.
Committee:
House Environment & Energy
Keywords:
ski areas, winter sports, terminology, recreation, economic development, SB6291, on-site wastewater treatment, onsite wastewater treatment, septic system, sewage treatment, wastewater inspection, environmental health, local board of health, public health, professional engineer, land surveyor, certificate of competency, inspection standards, design review, supervised practice
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on State Administration Apr 22nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- VOCAL is a near real-time centralized database that serves as the single system for storing and managing
- I would hope that we can have a little bit more time for management and leadership employee bargaining
- I am a contracts manager for the Independent Office of Odds Investigations.
- You do not need to sit in the cubicle with them to manage them. And so I really encourage that.
- Thank you manager. Thank you.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Aug 11th, 2025
New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Michelle Zupan, the site manager, and it's not on your agenda, but Eric Vasquez, who is the Executive
- And at Fort Stanton, we are dealing with a small wildfire earlier, which thankfully did not cause too
- Madam Chair, honored representatives and senators, I'm Michelle Zapan, and I am the site manager here
- The reputation of the program, the ratings, and the management are key factors.
- One of the things the rating agencies focus on is management, and I think the NMFA has demonstrated.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: DFL Legislators Launch the Climate Superfund Bill - 03/04/26
Transcript Highlights:
- From flooded neighborhoods to wildfire smoke drifting thousands of miles, from drought-stricken farms
- Last summer, Minnesotans were asked to stay indoors for 22 days because of smoke caused by Canadian wildfires
Summary:
Rep. Athena Hollins and Sen. Ann Johnson Stewart introduced Minnesota’s proposed climate superfund bill, describing it as a way to make major historical greenhouse gas polluters help pay for climate adaptation and infrastructure repair. They said the bill would target large fossil fuel corporations with significant emissions and use the revenue for projects such as stormwater upgrades, bridge and roof protection, erosion control, drinking water protection, cooling cities, and other resilience work. Both lawmakers framed the proposal as a matter of accountability and fairness, arguing that Minnesotans should not keep paying for damage caused by companies that profited from fossil fuel pollution.
Several supporters testified in favor of the bill, including St. Paul City Council Vice President Nyang Kheimey, former legislator and medical student Hunter Cantrell, Unidos Minnesota volunteer Bonnie Becol, and 100% Minnesota’s Aurora Vautrin. They emphasized local climate impacts such as flooding, wildfire smoke, extreme heat, emerald ash borer damage, asthma, and infrastructure failures, and said the costs are increasingly falling on taxpayers, local governments, and vulnerable communities. Kheimey highlighted municipal needs and St. Paul’s own climate investments, while Cantrell focused on environmental racism and health harms, and Becol and Vautrin stressed species loss, community recovery costs, and the burden on residents.
In the question-and-answer portion, Hollins and Johnson Stewart explained that the bill would apply to fossil fuel corporations with at least 1 billion metric tons of carbon emissions and a nexus to Minnesota, not local utilities. They said the State Auditor’s office would determine the assessments owed by companies, while the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency would hold the fund and administer grants. They also said they were looking to models in Vermont and New York and hoped the proposal could attract bipartisan support because it is tied to affordability and shifting costs away from taxpayers and onto polluters. No vote or formal committee action was taken in the transcript, and the event ended with the sponsors opening the bill to questions.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- yesterday, we also pray for strength and hope for those who have experienced great loss from the wildfires
Bills:
SB1534 , SB1473 , SB1379 , SB1743 , SB1769 , SB1195 , SB1245 , SB1420 , SB1945 , SB514 , SB346 , SB1593 , SB1782 , SB1366 , SB1497 , SB366 , SB1895 , SB2048 , SB2005 , SB2006 , SB710 , SB1480 , SB2135 , SB2130 , SCR16 , SB1457 , SB1732 , SB1317 , SB1533
Keywords:
charitable organization, charitable nonprofit corporation, nonprofit corporation, nonstock corporation, 501(c)(3), charitable solicitation, charitable contributions, fundraising, professional fundraiser, professional solicitor, professional fundraising counsel, Secretary of State registration, Form 990, Attorney General enforcement, district attorney, consent judgment, civil penalty, nonprofit governance, board of directors, fiduciary duty
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Mar 21st, 2025
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- Vincent has been a strong advocate as we've become closer as we've been dealing, if you will, with wildfire
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance