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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Finance - 05/08/25

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> going to explain the amendments to going to explain the amendments to things<00:00:49.120><c> we
  • ><c> the</c> adjustment to the RDA to adjust for the adjustment to the RDA to adjust for the interest
  • </c> chance to talk to my constituent today. chance to talk to my constituent today.
  • I want this bill to get to the floor. I also want to pass the budget part.
  • I want this bill to get to the floor. I also want to pass the budget part.
Bills: HF2438
Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Taxes Committee Meeting - 2025-04-21

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • needs, but also the need to adapt our transportation infrastructure to better respond to climate change
  • Two years ago, the legislature passed long overdue and urgently needed funding to improve transit services
  • There are cuts to special transportation services such as Metro Mobility and Metro MOVE.
  • We ask this committee to please say no to these funding cuts in this bill, to these cuts to services
  • related to the charges applied to 18-wheelers.
Bills: HF2438
Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 4/21/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • <c> across</c><00:05:21.680><c> the</c> to improve transit service across the to improve transit service
  • We ask this committee to please say no to these funding cuts in this bill, to these cuts to services
  • We ask this committee to please say no to these funding cuts in this bill, to these cuts to services
  • We ask this committee to please say no to these funding cuts in this bill, to these cuts to services
  • We ask this committee to please say no to these funding cuts in this bill, to these cuts to services
Bills: HF2438
Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 4/11/25

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The $8.94 million cut to passenger rail limits our ability to support Borealis service from St.
  • Paul to support Boreala service from St.
  • </c><00:10:48.560><c> to</c> highquality customer focused service to highquality customer focused service
  • in response to improved access to alternative transportation options.
  • </c> to improved access to alternative to improved access to alternative transportation<01:50:43.159>
Bills: HF2438
Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 4/10/25

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Moving on to driver and vehicle services, this is a division of DPS that is funded out of the special
  • Uh moving on to driver and units. Uh moving on to driver and vehicle<00:12:42.079><c> services.
  • This is to provide transit service for Metro Mobility customers, providing transit service free of charge
  • <c> transit</c><00:55:13.119><c> service</c><00:55:14.079><c> for</c> is to uh provide transit service
  • for is to uh provide transit service for Metro<00:55:15.200><c> Mobility</c><00:55:16.079><c> customers
Bills: HF2438
Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school
KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Health Services (3-7-24)

KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Health & Welfare (3-9-22) - Reupload

NV
NV

Nevada 2025 Regular Session

Assembly Committee on Ways and Means May 31st, 2025 at 09:00 am

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • I believe that what we're asking for in 422 is a valuable service for our constituents to be able to
  • And we deliver customized data reports to these small business owners, which gives them access to help
  • Department of Health and Human Services to take necessary steps to award Nevada more residency slots
  • and is the start we need to improve health care access.
  • And so this bill limits access to products and will drive people back to combustible cigarettes, which
Bills: AB568, SB90, SB133, SB147, SB229, SB233, SB240, SB245, SB280, SB378, SB393, SB417, SB434, SB494, SB495, AB62, SB104, SB119, SB132, SB193, SB262, SB422, SB431, SB435, SB468, SB503
Keywords: higher education, Nevada System of Higher Education, operational expenses, instructional expenses, public funding, education funding, teacher grants, classroom supplies, instructional support, specialized personnel, civics education, Nevada Center for Civic Engagement, funding, youth programs, civic involvement, Southern Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas Valley, regional planning, economic resiliency
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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Feb 26th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • expand access to treatment needed screening for arrested individuals.
  • There's already the ability at the service Oklahoma and to put it on.
  • That Service Oklahoma check the meth user registry prior to issuing a CDL. Open to questions.
  • have access to that registry.
  • Once you access the siren, you can access the PA system and say rude and crude things to the citizens
Bills: HB1322, HB2015, HB2933, HB2941, HB2959, HB2977, HB2981, HB3040, HB3055, HB3062, HB3087, HB3115, HB3134, HB3244, HB3297, HB3298, HB3299, HB3304, HB3319, HB3321, HB3322, HB3323, HB3345, HB3407, HB3471, HB3497, HB3500, HB3505, HB3544, HB3581, HB3648, HB3755, HB3764, HB3765, HB3767, HB3906, HB3974, HB3982, HB4104, HB4105, HB4106, HB4107, HB4108, HB4126, HB4130, HB4139, HB4144, HB4170, HB4202, HB4226, HB4227, HB4236, HB4260, HB4343
Keywords: domestic violence, offenders registry, public safety, law enforcement, victim protection, conviction records, landlord, tenant rights, rental agreement, housing safety, tenant protections, insurance regulation, homeowner claims, premium discounts, catastrophe mitigation, civil penalties, fentanyl, overdose, first responders, drug reporting
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Feb 26th, 2026

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • The purpose of the measure is to clarify statutory language to expand access to treatment.
  • The measure clarifies statutory language to expand access to treatment, needs screening for arrested
  • There's already the ability at Service Oklahoma to put it on.
  • have access to that registry.
  • have access to that registry.
Bills: HB1322, HB2015, HB2933, HB2941, HB2959, HB2977, HB2981, HB3040, HB3055, HB3062, HB3087, HB3115, HB3134, HB3244, HB3297, HB3298, HB3299, HB3304, HB3319, HB3321, HB3322, HB3323, HB3345, HB3407, HB3471, HB3497, HB3500, HB3505, HB3544, HB3581, HB3648, HB3755, HB3764, HB3765, HB3767, HB3906, HB3974, HB3982, HB4104, HB4105, HB4106, HB4107, HB4108, HB4126, HB4130, HB4139, HB4144, HB4170, HB4202, HB4226, HB4227, HB4236, HB4260, HB4343
Keywords: domestic violence, offenders registry, public safety, law enforcement, victim protection, conviction records, landlord, tenant rights, rental agreement, housing safety, tenant protections, insurance regulation, homeowner claims, premium discounts, catastrophe mitigation, civil penalties, fentanyl, overdose, first responders, drug reporting
Summary: The committee heard and advanced a large number of bills, mostly by unanimous or near-unanimous due-pass votes. Early measures included HB 34, expanding “zones of safety” to include places like skating rinks, youth centers, pools, arcades, amusement parks, and water parks to bar sex offenders from loitering; HB 3407 on abandoned personal property and manufactured homes; HB 43 on rates for court-appointed property appraisers; and HB 2981 requiring school board meeting minutes to be posted online. Members also considered criminal justice and public safety bills such as enhanced penalties for people on the DOJ terrorist list (HB 3764), updating controlled dangerous substances schedules (HB 3767), and a bill to allow first responders to notify law enforcement after responding to suspected overdoses, with immunity for good-faith reporting and a fentanyl-related presumption in fatal overdoses (HB 2941). Several bills were laid over, including HB 2015, HB 2959, HB 3087, HB 3581, and HB 4227. The committee also advanced bills affecting courts, property, and administrative procedures. These included HB 3321 ending cost-arrest warrants for unpaid court fines, HB 3322 codifying rules for interpreting multiple versions of statutes, HB 3323 moving notarization requirements for electronic documents submitted to Service Oklahoma, HB 3497 clarifying appeals of pretrial orders in criminal cases, HB 3500 removing a nine-month deadline for successor affidavits after transfer-on-death property transfers, and HB 3505 creating a uniform wage garnishment law. Other measures addressed workers’ compensation and public employment, including HB 4260 creating a rebuttable presumption for first responders in workers’ comp, HB 4202 aligning radiology reimbursement with other specialties, and HB 3055 and HB 315 setting qualifications for the CLEET and DOC directors. Later in the meeting, members approved bills on consumer protection, technology, and public safety. HB 2933 tightened insurance claim timelines and penalties and made mediation mandatory for carriers; HB 3544 targeted AI chatbots that simulate emotional relationships with children; HB 3299 created a criminal offense for creating or disseminating digitized or synthetic media using another person’s name, image, voice, or likeness; HB 4107 criminalized misuse of outdoor tornado sirens; HB 4108 expanded critical infrastructure protections to airports; and HB 4139 revised home service contract rules to require truthful offerings and qualified service providers. The committee also passed HB 1322 creating a public domestic violence offenders registry, HB 4104 adding certain voyeurism-related crimes to the sex offender registry, HB 4106 lowering the grand larceny threshold to $900 and making a third petty larceny offense a felony, and HB 3974 addressing liability in shared inmate housing facilities. The meeting ended with HB 4144, which revises Open Records Act language for arrest and incident reports, and the committee adjourned with plans to meet again Tuesday.
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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House and Governmental Affairs May 6th, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • those areas of our state that don't have access to this.
  • those areas of our state that don't have access to this.
  • In support, not wishing to speak: Sean Hotstream with the Hospital Service District Coalition, Scott
  • A defense attorney, anyone in practice, the court itself does not get access to these rap sheets.
  • A defense attorney, anyone in practice, the court itself does not get access to these rap sheets.
Bills: HR9, HB709, HB1011, HB1057, HB1186, HB1245, HB1247, SB49, SB425, SB479
Keywords: human rights, individual liberties, Magna Carta, constitutionalism, free speech, Uniform Construction Code, building code, construction code, inspector licensing, building inspectors, plans examiners, public inspector, private inspector, private inspector company, building official, code enforcement, Louisiana Uniform Construction Code Commission, state fire marshal, International Building Code, International Residential Code
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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism REVISED Apr 21st, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Yuck, I know you need to get to Judiciary.
  • And will continue on to the full Senate. Thank you for your service, Mr. Ritter.
  • to see what you'll continue to do there.
  • That have to try to leave their trailer to go to Oklahoma City once a year to get the training.
  • Obviously, access to emergency management services is the kind of thing that we're trying to address
Bills: HB1823, HB3031, HB3369, HB3378, HB3429, HB3624, HB3657, HB3880, HB4215, HB4476
Keywords: housing finance, Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency, publication requirements, housing policy, state regulations, HB3031, North Pointe Workforce Development Initiative, workforce development, job training, skills training, job placement, local hiring, economic development, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, revolving fund, state treasury, appropriation, budget, workforce investment, employment outcomes
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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism REVISED Apr 21st, 2026

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is it going to be cumbersome for those that have to try to leave their trailer to go to Oklahoma City
  • So when it comes to assessments, it could be To you and on this side belongs to you.
  • And so emergency services are having to go all the way around.
  • that the people, the citizens of Oklahoma, are adequately represented, obviously access to emergency
  • I think I mentioned this to you before, but wanted to get you to address it as well.
Bills: HB1823, HB3031, HB3369, HB3378, HB3429, HB3624, HB3657, HB3880, HB4215, HB4476
Keywords: housing finance, Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency, publication requirements, housing policy, state regulations, HB3031, North Pointe Workforce Development Initiative, workforce development, job training, skills training, job placement, local hiring, economic development, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, revolving fund, state treasury, appropriation, budget, workforce investment, employment outcomes
Summary: The Senate Economic Development, Workforce, and Tourism Committee met for a work session focused largely on executive nominations and several House bills. The committee advanced nominations for Jared Lundry and Norville Ritter to the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission, Amy Blackburn as Executive Director of the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation, and Jason Kays to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, with each nominee describing their background and priorities and receiving favorable roll-call votes. Members also considered and advanced a series of bills affecting housing, tourism, workforce, and related programs. HB 1823 would require the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency to provide advance notice of HOME program changes, limit retroactive rule changes, and give preference to nonprofit grant recipients; it passed 8-1. HB 4476 created a revolving fund related to a music industry rebate program and passed 7-2 after an amendment raising a threshold from 25,000 to 28,000. HB 3880 updated tourism advertising law to include digital media and allowed the Oklahoma Today magazine to move online, with an amendment making publication permissive rather than mandatory; it passed 8-1. HB 3031 created a revolving fund for workforce development tied to skilled trades and the North Point Workforce Development Initiative, and HB 3378 staggered terms on the Oklahoma Science and Technology Research and Development Board; both passed. The committee also passed HB 3369, which aligned LP gas and fire-suppression rules for mobile food vendors and required annual fire safety training, HB 3429, which authorized up to $50 million in bonds for CareerTech-related economic development projects, HB 3657, which clarified agricultural labor reporting and allowed OESC to share workforce data with the Workforce Commission, and HB 4215, which lowered the minimum spend threshold for Oklahoma film post-production incentives from $50,000 to $20,000. Finally, HB 3624, a controversial bill changing how county lines are determined along shifting waterways, drew extensive debate over taxation, property records, and rural impacts before passing 6-5. The chair noted the committee likely had one more meeting remaining and invited further suggested language on the county-line issue.
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services 2ND REVISED Apr 8th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome everyone to Senate Health and Human Services as we start hearing house bills again.
  • So I'm just curious to get a better understanding by unbundling the payments for labor and delivery services
  • And so you have to go to Tulsa for that.
  • You know, I don't have time to drive all the way to Tulsa to get my blood test done today, so I'm just
  • that folks have greater access to their local community resources in meeting those prenatal appointments
Bills: HB3976, HB3000, HB3001, HB3003, HB3004, HB3066, HB3904, HB3644, HB1687, HB3920
Keywords: rural hospitals, small hospitals, grant program, healthcare funding, Oklahoma health department, cosmetology, barbering, massage therapy, State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering, Service Oklahoma, license renewal, license reinstatement, licensing fees, sunset extension, board membership, human trafficking, victim services, beauty school, barber school, esthetics
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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services 2ND REVISED Apr 8th, 2026

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome, everyone, to Senate Health and Human Services as we start hearing House bills.
  • services, what are we expecting or hoping to achieve?
  • I don't have time to drive all the way to Tulsa to get my blood test done today, so I'm just going to
  • access to their local community resources in meeting those prenatal appointments or visitations that
  • Greater access to their local community resources in meeting those prenatal appointments or visitations
Bills: HB3976, HB3000, HB3001, HB3003, HB3004, HB3066, HB3904, HB3644, HB1687, HB3920
Keywords: rural hospitals, small hospitals, grant program, healthcare funding, Oklahoma health department, cosmetology, barbering, massage therapy, State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering, Service Oklahoma, license renewal, license reinstatement, licensing fees, sunset extension, board membership, human trafficking, victim services, beauty school, barber school, esthetics
Summary: The Senate Health and Human Services Committee met to consider several House bills, beginning with a series of sunset extensions for professional licensing and review boards. House Bill 3000 extended the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering to 2031 after brief questions about prior executive-branch efforts to improve board transparency; House Bill 3001 extended the Child Death Review Board to 2031; House Bill 3003 extended the Board of Chiropractic Examiners to 2031; and House Bill 3004 extended the Board of Examiners in Optometry to 2031. Each of these bills advanced on unanimous 9-0 votes. The committee also advanced House Bill 366, which creates a revolving fund at the Health Care Workforce Training Commission to receive rural health transformation funds. Members asked about the timing and distribution of the funds, but no timeline was available. House Bill 3904 changed prenatal delivery and postpartum services from a global payment model to individualized payments, with supporters saying it would improve access to local and rural prenatal care and could help hospitals qualify for birth-friendly designations and related funding. That bill also passed 9-0. Two health-related policy bills were amended in committee and advanced. House Bill 3644, the Blake Burgess Act, requires certain hospitals to adopt policies to prevent venous thromboembolism; members asked whether the required report would be public, and the author said that was the intent. House Bill 1687, the Uniform Health Care Decisions Act, replaces older advance directive and health care agent laws with a single framework for end-of-life decision-making, with committee substitute changes adding safeguards and clarifying surrogate authority. House Bill 3920 created a sales tax exemption for LifeShare Network, matching an exemption already given to the Oklahoma Blood Institute, and it also passed after supportive testimony. All measures considered were reported out favorably, and the committee adjourned after announcing it would meet again the following week.
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AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Mar 18th, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're going to work that out and that's my commitment to DHR and to revenue.
  • /c> about this is going to help to fix the about this is going to help to fix the obesity<00:15:12.079
  • to to move forward absolutely not ready to to move forward on<00:17:13.520><c> this.
  • It allows employees and teachers to purchase retirement credit from prior federal civil service.
  • </c><00:30:27.200><c> be</c><00:30:27.279><c> a</c> service. uh it's really going to be a service. uh
Bills: HB589, HB591, HB609, HB614, SB57, SB280, SB332, HB589, HB591, HB609, HB614, SB57, SB280, SB332, HB627
Keywords: Jefferson County, building regulations, zoning, public health, building commissioner, permits, construction, land use, county tax, lodging tax, Henry County, transient accommodations, hospitality industry, local act, sheriff, sheriff's office, task force, abandoned property, stolen property, unclaimed property
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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

FIN Public Hearing - Mon Mar 02, 2026 @ 10:00 AM HST

Finance

HI
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAL Public Hearing - Thu Feb 12, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Water & Land

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> retreats to preserve the public access retreats to preserve the public access so<00:26:23.840><c
  • access to this um so that the public has access to this um coastal<00:26:26.640><c> waters.
  • the service to our people.
  • </c> and improve the service to our people. and improve the service to our people.
  • <01:57:04.800><c> ability</c><01:57:05.199><c> to</c> access to water and our ability to access to water
Bills: HB1846, HB2205, HB1802, HB1571, HB2047, HB2434, HB2426, HB2361, HB2395, HB1712, HB2544, HB1619
Keywords: coastal erosion, shoreline properties, regional planning, mitigation districts, sediment management, environmental impact, public access, community financing, shoreline erosion, emergency permits, coastal management, erosion control, Hawaii Revised Statutes, HB1802, conservation banking, conservation bank, mitigation banking, compensatory mitigation, incidental take permit, incidental take license
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 1846, relating to shoreline mitigation districts. DLNR and the Office of Planning opposed the bill, arguing it would improperly shift regulatory roles between the agencies and prioritize private land interests over public trust and natural and historic resources. Supporters, including the Shoreline Preservation Coalition, Kahana Bay residents, and Hawaii Realtors, said regional planning is needed to address severe erosion, especially in Kahana, and that better coordination between state and county agencies could help move stalled projects forward. Testifiers emphasized that shoreline conditions vary by area and that science-based, region-specific solutions are needed. Members asked questions about whether existing law already allows regional planning and emergency shoreline responses. DLNR said it already has authority to process regional projects and cited an existing draft EIS for Kahana Bay that would proceed through normal permitting and public hearing channels. Supporters responded that the bill would provide a clearer regional planning framework and help communities facing urgent erosion impacts. No vote was taken on HB 1846 in the portion provided. The committee then took up HB 2205, relating to emergency erosion mitigation. DLNR opposed the bill, saying it already has authority to issue emergency permits and had recently done so quickly for a collapsed sidewalk at Queen Surf Beach, and warning that the bill’s language could weaken Act 16 by changing a prohibition on shoreline hardening to a requirement to merely minimize it. Kahana Bay representatives and other supporters argued the bill would create a limited, regulated short-term pathway for emergency shoreline solutions while long-term plans are developed, and said current permits have expired or stalled, leaving dangerous sandbags and no practical relief. Additional testimony from a private homeowner stressed that erosion is threatening homes and that private owners are often bearing the cost of protecting public shoreline access. The discussion remained focused on balancing emergency protection, public access, and long-term shoreline management, and no final action was taken in the excerpt provided.
WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Housing Jan 28th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • working people who make our communities in Washington so great have access to housing that they can afford
  • Redmond fully supports expanding access to supportive and transitional housing, but we must retain the
  • We see this being about fair access to housing for all Washingtonians.
  • For many, disability is a prerequisite for accessing housing and is not incidental to it.
  • That disparity is a result of decades of redlining, exclusion, and denied access to wealth-building..
Bills: SB6069, SB6167, SB6201, SB6205, SB6001, SB6026, SB6054, SGA9278, SGA9279
Keywords: affordable housing, homelessness, homeless shelter, emergency shelter, emergency housing, supportive housing, permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, low-income housing, very low-income, extremely low-income, housing crisis, land use, zoning, local preemption, urban growth area, UGA, planning, development regulations, permitting
WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Business, Trade & Economic Development Jan 28th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Business, Trade & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • It requires the Department of Licensing to establish a publicly accessible website to allow individuals
  • could be an accessible community asset to support artists fairly.
  • We have to pay for services to counter these activities, as well as paying for a lot of staff time.
  • That means increasing the price of a good or service based on demand or willingness to pay.
  • Pricing in general and food in particular should be clear, stable, fair, and accessible to all.
Bills: SB6149, SB6175, SB6230, SB6248, SB6312, SB6061, SB6137
Keywords: rural county, frontier county, public facilities funding, economic development, local option sales tax, sales and use tax, workforce housing, affordable housing, county tax authority, RCW, Washington state, community economic revitalization board, CED, infrastructure funding, public works, job creation, job retention, job expansion, county planning, state auditor reporting