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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 016 Conference AM - 04-23-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

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  • This bill updates state position titles by changing private secretary to executive assistant and secretary
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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 016 Conference PM - 04-23-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House and Senate versions of Senate Bill 2138 and House Draft 1, relating to the Hawaii National Guard State
  • 02:32.200> Guard relating to the Hawaii National Guard relating to the Hawaii National Guard State
  • <00:02:35.120> And<00:02:35.440> on State Tuition Assistance Program.
  • And on State Tuition Assistance Program.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-23-2026 12:00pm

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • a more resilient future for our state.
  • Thank you for all that you do for the state of Hawaii, and please welcome them to the state Senate.
  • Thank you for all that you do for the state of Hawaii, and please welcome them to the state Senate.
  • Thank you for all that you do for the state of Hawaii, and please welcome them to the state Senate.
  • welcome them to the state Senate. welcome them to the state Senate.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Vets Committee Meeting - 2026-03-04

Veterans and Military Affairs Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:17:23.520> Armed who served in the United States Armed who served in the United States
  • >> State<00:47:14.000> your<00:47:14.160> name. >> State your name.
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  • directly funded by the United States directly funded by the United States CIA.
  • The Lao government does not State.
Bills: HF3919, HF3467, HF3741
Summary: The committee first approved the minutes, then heard an update from Metro Meals on Wheels on a veterans home-delivered meals grant funded by the committee in 2023. Testifiers said the program has served more than 82,000 meals to over 500 veterans, but funding is running short; enrollment was stopped in July 2025 and meal service was reduced to five per week to stretch dollars. They said the program is serving 168 veterans as of January 31 and will likely run out of funds in July unless additional money is provided. Members asked about eligibility and how the program ensures the grant is used only for veterans who do not qualify for other services; the organization said referrals come through county veteran service officers, MACV, hospitals, and other partners, and that it can provide confidential tracking information. No vote was taken on funding, but members expressed support and interest in more documentation. The committee then took up House File 3919, which implements recommendations from a task force on benefits for SGU veterans and irregular forces who served in the secret war in Laos from 1961 to 1975. The Department of Veterans Affairs said the bill largely reflects the task force report and technical recommendations, including adding SGU veterans to the burial fee statute so burial costs in state cemeteries can be covered, while noting there is still an unresolved issue about headstone costs for spouses and dependents. A testifier from the task force supported the bill but objected to creating a separate SGU veteran designation on driver’s licenses, arguing it could create two classes of veterans and add administrative costs; he urged using a single veteran designation instead. Other public testimony emphasized the service of Hmong, Lao, Cambodian, Vietnamese, and other allies in Laos and urged the legislature to adopt the recommendations broadly. The committee discussed the burial fee language and the purpose of the designation, but no final action or vote on HF 3919 was taken in the portion provided.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • get in that building October 28th. get in that building October 28th.
  • <00:27:14.559> State state audits and the special exam.
  • State state audits and the special exam.
  • there's a state fee, there's a the state there's a state fee, there's a county<00:36:11.680> fee,<
  • As chair of the State Investments Commission, I'm glad to report that Kentucky's investment strategies
Summary: The committee first heard from Personnel Cabinet officials on House Bill 6, which required the Kentucky Employees Health Plan to offer a qualified high-deductible health plan by the 2026 plan year. Officials said the plan was already added for 2025, described it as the lowest-premium option with higher deductibles, and explained that federal rules prevent first-dollar coverage except for limited preventive services. They said 264 members had selected the plan out of about 142,000, and noted it also allows health savings accounts. Members asked about the plan’s benefits, what “catastrophic” meant, the deductible amounts, and whether employees were aware of the option; the cabinet said it would continue to highlight the plan in communications and that the deductible is above $8,000 for individuals and above $16,000 for families. The committee then received an update from the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs on the Bowling Green veterans center. Officials said the current target is to move into the building on October 28, with first admissions about two months later, pending final fixes and certification steps for Medicare, Medicaid, and the VA. They explained that about $7 million in FY25 appropriations lapsed because of construction delays, staffing ramp-up was postponed to avoid unnecessary spending, and the unspent funds should be considered in the next budget request. Members praised the project and asked about annual operating costs; officials said the current operating budget is about $15 million, though they do not expect to spend all of it this year. The commissioner also announced the fifth annual state commanders conference in Lexington, focused on veterans issues and featuring state, federal, and advocacy leaders. State Auditor Allison Ball then outlined her office’s budget priorities. She said the office is primarily a billing agency that charges audited entities for its work, and warned that some agencies are now signaling they may refuse to pay for audits related to kinship care and the medical cannabis application process. She said the office plans to continue requesting outlier credits for unusually burdensome county audit fees, funding for the ombudsman office’s transition and expanded in-office operations, and revenue replacement for local government audits and possibly state audits and special examinations. Ball also said the office conducts about 500 audits, reviews, and examinations a year and wants to restore performance audits with seed funding, as well as add investigators to the ombudsman office to focus more on child abuse and neglect cases. Members discussed the value of performance audits, the possibility of raising certain board thresholds to account for inflation, and the need for additional capacity to handle more audits.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House State Government Committee Apr 23rd, 2025

State Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Okay, we'll call the State Government Committee to order. Clerk, please call the roll.
  • We both filed this corresponding bill for this and for tearing down the State House.
  • I mean the Senate version of the bill to tear down the State House.
  • We have people from out of state coming and catching them and taking them out of state.
  • them out of state, that's fine.
Bills: SB242, SB5, HB596, SB5
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So Commerce commissioned a study.
  • So Commerce commissioned a study.
  • So Commerce commissioned a study.
  • So Commerce commissioned a study.
  • already been approved in another state already been approved in another state again<00:45:49.440
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/31/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • most other states have a very active military affairs commission, and members—that's kind of the point
  • state.
  • on Salaries for Elective State Officers as the Independent Salary Commission.
  • on salaries for elective state officers as the independent salary commission.
  • build a ramp.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Atkins, at the State Veterans Home, had a devastating fire.
  • He added that the National Cemetery Administration offered help building it, and the state received federal
  • dollars to supplement the state money already set aside for the project.
  • money we had set supplement the state money we had set aside<00:12:22.639> and<00:12:22.880><
  • <00:12:50.399> and veterans in the state of Alabama. and veterans in the state of Alabama.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Finance - 04/10/25

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • every part of the state.
  • We increased the state bonding power for state armories from $15 million to $45 million.
  • Our extended authority for the Minnesota State Armory Building Commission really helps set us up for
  • success in the future with the long-term growth with future armory builds.
  • And state.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Apr 14th, 2025

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • My late husband dedicated 32 of his 54 years of life to serving both in the United States and the state
  • Starting early builds confidence.
  • The most recent, the state of Ohio, passed legislation to add auto enrollment for all state employees
  • payments made to the state.
  • Oh no, I was a state senator. Oh my goodness, you were a state senator in Illinois.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Apr 14th, 2025

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • That is their duty and their obligation to the state.
  • Senator, state senator from Illinois, correct? Yes, yes.
  • Texas would become the only state to have passed a similar interchange restriction based on state and
  • payment transactions in the United States.
  • There would be a reduction in the state of Texas compared to other states regarding those programs.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Commerce and Economic Development Feb 6th, 2026 at 04:18 pm

House Commerce & Economic Development Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • and state programs.
  • I served as the New Mexico State Engineer for two and a half years prior to our current state engineer
  • How many states charge Social Security income now?
  • Yes. to still have state. Well, I'll figure it out. Okay.
  • We signed the sister state. So it is my great privilege to stand here. ...the sister state.
Bills: HB186, HB92, HJM1
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Energy 2ND REVISED Feb 26th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Energy

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  • I just want to start a conversation to maybe figure something out on how we build.
  • Line across the whole state.
  • This is just a better way to build it into the future.
  • There are 450 mines in the state.
  • And as a state, I hope that we look at produced water.
OK
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  • State-issued license number on all advertisements for pet sales.
  • On page 7, line 7, it talks about being sold within the state of Oklahoma.
  • There are some states that have enacted versions of this.
  • So is there a fiscal to the state?
  • There are no simple solutions in this building.