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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- If we're only looking at an allowance of a small percentage to acknowledge the work that vendors do,
- If you think about it, in an audit year for a small business, that's two full weeks our bookkeeper is
- <00:09:22.200>
business <00:09:22.600>that's audit year for a small business that's - <00:09:36.560>
business significant challenge to small business significant challenge to small - store uh for 40 years we're a small store uh for 40 years we're a small convenience<00:10:39.720
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/17/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Small businesses and farmers who rely on the individual market are at risk.
- I am a small business owner, an educator, and, most importantly, a mother.
- business owners, employees of small businesses, retirees, and farmers.
- business owners, employees of small businesses, retirees, and farmers.
- business owners employees such as small business owners employees of<01:33:38.920>
small <01:33
Keywords:
undocumented immigrants, state funding, MinnesotaCare, scholarship ineligibility, state assistance, permit to carry, concealed carry, handgun permit, firearm permit, pistol training, sheriff, application process, electronic filing, mail application, fax submission, certified mail, certified delivery, gun rights, Second Amendment, firearms regulation
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 2/10/25 - Part 2
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- However, small family-owned businesses don't have that luxury.
- In short, we are pretty similarly situated to the small cities, and we'd echo their comments.
- In short, we are pretty similarly situated to the small cities, and we'd echo their comments.
- In short, we are pretty similarly situated to the small cities, and we'd echo their comments.
- affects a retailer especially a small affects a retailer especially a small retailers<01:00:13.839
Bills:
HF5
Keywords:
tax modification, transportation funding, electric vehicle tax, Social Security subtraction, retail delivery fee, motor vehicle registration, state budget, transportation policy, 1183, house
Summary:
The Transportation Committee resumed consideration of House File 5, which would reduce transportation-related revenues while also providing tax relief, including a subtraction for Social Security income, elimination of the delivery fee, and a cap on automatic gas tax indexing. The committee adopted the A1 author’s amendment, which added the phrase “using existing resources,” and then proceeded to public testimony. Representative Joy described the bill as making Minnesota more affordable, while several members and testifiers raised concerns about the impact on transportation funding and road maintenance.
MnDOT Commissioner Nancy Doppenberg testified that reductions in planned transportation investments would worsen pavement, bridge, and roadway conditions, reduce construction projects and jobs, and add to an already large funding gap. Committee discussion focused on the estimated revenue losses from the bill, including about $45 million in fiscal year 2026 and $55 million annually from repealing the delivery fee, plus additional losses from capping gas tax indexing, for a combined transportation revenue reduction of about $131 million in the 2026-27 biennium. Members also asked about bridge aesthetics, paint, transit impacts, and whether other mandates and cost increases should be considered alongside revenue reductions.
Supporters of the delivery fee repeal, including the Minnesota Grocers Association and Minnesota Retailers Association, argued the fee is costly to administer, confusing to consumers, and disproportionately burdens small businesses and lower-income or disabled consumers who rely on delivery. The Minnesota Association of Townships and the Minnesota Transportation Alliance emphasized that rural and local governments face major road and bridge funding needs and warned that reducing revenue would shift costs to property taxpayers or leave projects unfunded. No final vote on the bill was taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the committee continued with testimony and member questions.
HI
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (01/28/2025)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- heard and also there's some small heard and also there's some small operational<01:02:45.880>
- town where I was brought to me um small town where I live<01:09:38.640>
and <01:09:38.920> - Little different from a building code perspective, as you rebuild a small, even a 12-room bunkhouse,
- Is it for a small transfer station?
- perfectly reasonable is it for a small perfectly reasonable is it for a small transfer<01:54:08.000
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on State Government. (6-23-26)
State Government
Transcript Highlights:
- And I think the numbers were relatively small there.
- think the numbers were relatively small think the numbers were relatively small there.<00:51:04.120
- in excess of their small purchase<00:57:03.640>
authority. - >
we <01:03:23.600>encourage For the small businesses, we encourage For the small businesses - Small businesses play an important role in Commonwealth construction and design industry.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- operations like small farmers.
- that sometimes are undertaken by small that sometimes are undertaken by small operations<00:20:32.280
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like <00:20:32.440>small <00:20:32.720>farmers. - operations like small farmers. operations like small farmers.
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business going to now we have small business going to now we have small business
Summary:
The committee heard multiple governor’s messages for confirmation to the Agribusiness Development Corporation board and one appointment to the Aloha Stadium Authority. For GM 606, David Ige Hinazumi was supported by ADC and DBEDT, with testimony highlighting his private-sector experience, technology background, and ability to help with risk management and finances. He told senators he had attended board meetings since 2018, saw ADC as a state business arm for agriculture, and supported expanding land, facilities, and even aquaculture if resources allowed. Senators asked about ADC’s role relative to the Department of Agriculture, and he said the department’s strength is research/regulatory work while ADC should focus on business development, support, and facilities for farmers and aquaculture businesses.
For GM 607, Jason Watts was strongly supported by ADC leadership, DBEDT, and many agricultural and community groups, with one opposing testimony from Hawaii Farm Bureau. Supporters praised his governance, accountability, transparency, and frequent communication with the agency. In questioning, Watts said ADC’s top priority should be increasing land holdings, and he discussed ADC’s role in water systems, including preserving agricultural water sources and inventorying systems statewide. He also said ADC could potentially help small farmers comply with environmental permitting through a broader, regional approach if authorized by the Legislature. The committee also heard from Joshua Uyehara for GM 682, who was supported by ADC, county officials, and farm groups. He said his priorities would be accelerating ADC projects, expanding capacity, and possibly using ADC as a center of expertise for water systems and for helping farmers with environmental requirements; he also said biofuel crops and food production can be complementary, though food should be prioritized when water is constrained.
The committee then considered GM 513, Tracy Lester Smith’s appointment to the Aloha Stadium Authority. The stadium authority and DBEDT supported her, citing her experience in NASCAR, boxing, and Bellator MMA as useful for marketing, attracting events, and commercializing the stadium. Smith said she was eager to serve and would bring experience from both the landlord and tenant perspectives, helping the board think about venue operations, sponsorships, and event attraction. Senators asked about improving public perception and execution, and she emphasized accountability, timelines, and building a venue that can draw major sports and entertainment events. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Working Group on Omnibus Jobs, Labor and Economic Development - 05/27/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Small Business Majority submits testimony today in opposition to any policies that would further amend
- We've done research that revealed more than 33% of small business owners were prevented from hiring an
- That harms the state and it harms the small business ecosystem.
- businesses have been the 46% of small businesses have been the subject<00:12:32.320>
of <00:12 - move and we are restricting small move and we are restricting small businesses<00:57:42.319>
DE
Transcript Highlights:
- Sturgeon and Representative Barry, relating, directing the Department of Labor to study the creation of a small
- also fight like banshees for affordability, not only for residential property owners, but also for small
- Small businesses, such as small office, small retail, are faced with substantial expense in retrofitting
Summary:
The committee met in hybrid format, approved the minutes from June 24 and June 25, 2026, and then heard several bills and a resolution. On House Bill 382 with House Amendment 2, sponsored by Rep. Lynn and Sen. Hocker, the sponsor said the bill makes technical corrections to Delaware’s rental car and peer-to-peer car sharing laws after concerns raised following HB 209, clarifies when loss-of-use damages may be recovered, and preserves recovery for intentional, willful, or criminal conduct. Avis Budget Group and Enterprise Mobility supported the bill, while Allstate Insurance and Toro opposed it, arguing the measure could reintroduce unfair fees and leave too much discretion to rental companies; Sen. Townsend also said he wanted more clarity on how the bill would operate. No vote was taken in the transcript.
The committee then considered House Bill 476, a Frederica charter change sponsored by Rep. Postals and Sen. Buckson. The bill would reduce town council meetings from twice monthly to once monthly and make ordinances effective immediately unless otherwise stated. Members asked why the Senate sponsor was absent and noted the bill requires a two-thirds vote, but no public comment was offered and no action was recorded. The committee also heard House Joint Resolution 13, sponsored by Sen. Sturgeon and Rep. Barry, which directs the Department of Labor to study a Delaware health care apprenticeship degree program to help address workforce shortages. The Delaware Health Care Association supported the resolution and urged coordination with existing workforce efforts; no opposition was presented and no vote was recorded.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 458 with House Amendment 1, sponsored by Rep. Lynn and Sen. Pardee, concerning backflow devices in low-hazard buildings. Sen. Pardee said the bill would exempt residences and office-type buildings from costly retrofits, while DHSS said the current regulation does not clearly define low-risk buildings and the bill’s list would not create immediate public health concerns until regulations are updated. The Delaware Association of Realtors supported the bill, saying the regulation is overly broad and expensive, while the Delaware Rural Water Association opposed it, warning that backflow prevention is important to protect aquifers and drinking water. The meeting ended with adjournment after public comment and no recorded votes in the transcript.
NY
Transcript Highlights:
- One of them is a small but necessary technical change.
- There is a small...
- There is a small, it is probably going to be amended because we found a small drafting error that the
- It's just a small drafting error that would be corrected. Any questions or comments on the bill?
Summary:
The meeting covered a long list of health and social services bills, many of them recurring proposals that had passed the Senate before or been vetoed in prior years. Topics included primary care investment, penalties for adult care facility safety violations, emergency insulin access, limited nursing services in adult care facilities, a State Medical Indemnity Fund ombudsman, hospital ownership and private equity oversight, controlled substances for people with substance use disorder, rescue inhaler information in the immunization system, nursing home closure procedures, Medicaid coverage for complex care assistance, increased personal needs allowances, parental education for minors with disabling conditions, physician and dentist loan repayment/support, higher public health penalties, direct Medicaid billing for licensed creative arts therapists, adoption registry information release, fetal and infant mortality review boards, reusable food and beverage containers, DNR and hospice decision rules, a special needs assisted living demonstration program, temporary licensure for out-of-state health professionals at a triathlon event, and lead reporting and mitigation in school water.
Sponsors described most bills as straightforward efforts to improve access, transparency, or care quality, while several members noted technical fixes or fiscal concerns on a few measures, including outdated program references and the need for funding to support expanded loan repayment eligibility. Some bills were framed as responses to prior vetoes or as renewed attempts to advance previously passed Senate measures. The chair also noted the committee still lacked a budget and expected additional meetings.
For each bill, members generally moved and seconded the measures, and the committee voted favorably, usually with some members recorded as without recommendation. Most bills were advanced either to first reading, finance, or higher education, depending on referral. No bill was defeated in the transcript.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Look, having a small airport in Lord LaFouche that I hear from lots of people that we have some of the
- Look, having a small airport in Lafourche that I hear from lots of people that we have some of the best
- I passed the bill related to it in 2018, a small thing, essentially about brown water.
- I passed the bill related to it in 2018, a small thing, essentially about brown water.
- compared to everybody else in the state that, depending on how much they receive, just, you know, a small
Keywords:
water utility, tax credit, excessive rates, residential service, subcommittee, local sales tax, local use tax, sales and use tax, tax audit, local collector, tax collector, prescriptive period, prescription waiver, interest suspension, delinquency penalties, estimated assessment, arbitrary assessment, certified mail notice, audit notice, taxpayer rights
Summary:
Yes. This appears to be a meeting of the House Ways and Means Committee, based on the chairman’s roll call, the committee’s tax-related agenda, and the motions to report bills favorably.
The committee first announced that SB 436 by Senator Cloud was deferred. It then heard SB 442 by Senator Stein, which would extend and clarify a local sales and use tax exemption in Calcasieu Parish for repairs, upgrades, and overhauls of certain aircraft at qualifying facilities like Chennault. Testimony from Citadel Completions emphasized the bill’s economic-development purpose, competitiveness with other states, and job retention/expansion in Southwest Louisiana. Representative Orgeron moved favorable passage, and the bill was reported favorably without objection.
The committee next considered HR 118 by Representative Wright, which would create a legislative subcommittee to study a possible state income tax credit for certain water utility customers affected by high rates tied to private water system upgrades and brown-water/manganese issues in parts of the Florida parishes and elsewhere. Members questioned the fiscal impact, eligibility, and whether the proposal would merely be a Band-Aid or a fair way to offset costs; Wright said it was only a study and not an automatic trigger for a tax credit. Representative Jackson moved to report the resolution favorably, and it was adopted without objection.
Finally, HB 1039 by Representative Desotel was not presented and was held in committee. The committee then adjourned.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 26, 2026 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- This is because they are very small, they don't participate in the commercial insurance market, and the
- We have Barney Bishop with Small Business Pharmacies Aligned for Reform. You're recognized.
- In the past year, 1,600 pharmacies closed, both chain pharmacies and small mom-and-pop pharmacies.
- Now, that's nothing to the state of Florida, but that kind of attitude is what's driving my class of small
- The plans are paying a very small amount in most instances, forcing the providers to go into litigation
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- It's kind of like to make the House members feel small. Oh, it's a good reminder.
- Small towns can't do that.
- We're a small town. Unfortunately, I-49 went around us, and we got left in the cold, so to speak.
- Do the small towns give each other traffic tickets when they're going through? Not mine anymore.
- So the sheriff is doing law enforcement in our little small town now. All right. Okay.
Summary:
The committee first approved the May 5 minutes and then heard House Bill 578, which would define sex in Louisiana law as biological sex, replace references to gender with sex in various statutes and forms, and direct the Law Institute to make conforming changes. Supporters from the governor’s office said the bill would bring clarity and consistency, while opponents argued it could create conflicts with existing law and weaken protections tied to gender identity. After debate, the committee reported HB 578 favorably.
Members then considered House Bill 1250, a measure aimed at aerospace-related litigation. The bill would allow a special motion to strike certain claims against aerospace flight entities when the claims are preempted by federal law. Senators raised concerns that the language was broad enough to affect airports, airlines, contractors, and even unrelated incidents, and the author said he was willing to work on narrowing amendments. The committee nevertheless reported HB 1250 favorably. House Bill 718, dealing with liability protections for private airstrips used for recreation, was amended to narrow its scope and then reported favorably, while House Bill 163, a narrower related airstrip bill, was voluntarily deferred so the committee could work from the other measure.
The committee also approved House Concurrent Resolution 61, which asks the Louisiana Law Institute to review possible conflicts between the constitution and statutes on expropriation. House Bill 180, defining foreign adversaries and agents of foreign adversaries for a proposed constitutional amendment, and House Bill 192, a constitutional amendment barring foreign adversaries from expropriating land in Louisiana, were both reported favorably. House Bill 1008, which sets out academic freedom and whistleblower protections for higher education, was rejected on a roll-call vote after concerns about its scope and limits on university discipline. House Bill 638, a prompt-payment bill for contractors, was set aside while amendments were being located.
Finally, the committee took up House Bill 71, which would extend existing liability protections for justified use of force to properly trained armed security guards. The author and the Board of Private Security Examiners said security officers receive training and often face dangerous situations, but opponents argued the bill would give too much protection to personnel with far less training than law enforcement and could shield bad shootings. After debate, the committee voted to defer HB 71. The last measure discussed was House Bill 1082, which would change venue rules for lawsuits involving the Municipal Police Employees’ Retirement System so actions by the system would be filed where the employer is located; the author said the bill was meant to help small municipalities, and members indicated they were open to narrowing amendments.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
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but However, we do have still a small but However, we do have still a small - affect a little over 2,000 small affect a little over 2,000 small business<00:17:52.080>
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And money in small businesses hands. And money in small businesses hands. - We do try to give small businesses relief.
- We do try to give small businesses relief.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Intelligent speed assistance program established 2/23/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Now, look, while most drivers occasionally exceed the speed limit, uh, research has shown that a small
- /c><00:02:03.200>
a limit, uh research has shown that a limit, uh research has shown that a small - group of high-risisk repeat small group of high-risisk repeat offenders<00:02:06.320>
are <00: - Families for Safe Streets members know a small high-risk subset of drivers repeatedly caught speeding
- for Safe Streets members know a small for Safe Streets members know a small high-risk<00:08:26.560
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- you all enacted the rural program units to try to accommodate for the lack of efficiencies in very small
- So then when they would come, they'd pull her out for small groups. So she's isolated.
- think with that 10% cap, we are inherently limiting choice because school districts that are very small
- Chair, our small rural communities, our Indigenous tribal communities, whereby distance learning is the
- Now, for very small districts, that might not be, you know, substantial, but as you get larger, that
Keywords:
general appropriation, budget, Medicaid, education funding, public safety, higher education, research funding, federal funding, New Mexico, appropriation, University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Health and Public Affairs Jan 28th, 2026 at 03:08 pm
Senate Health & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- And I think this is a small but key component of facilitating that.
- I happen to be a small rancher in Lincoln County, also chairman and commissioner as well.
- I happen to be a small rancher in Lincoln County, also chairman and commissioner as well.
- Finally, SB 17 threatened small, locally owned businesses.
- It is a burden on small business people in this state and on gun owners.
Keywords:
Medicaid, healthcare, medical education, salaries, graduate education, clinician pay, health sciences, education funding, faculty salary, University of New Mexico, healthcare funding, general fund, state budget, New Mexico legislation, gun control, firearm safety, dealer regulation, illegal trade, background checks, 996
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Jan 20th, 2026
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
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And useful for a small rural town. And useful for a small rural town. - Small cities don't spend that much. They don't have that much money.
- Small cities don't spend that much. They don't have that much money.
- <00:52:57.119>
Just expensive for small municipalities. - Just expensive for small municipalities.
Keywords:
law enforcement, taser, restrained individuals, police procedures, civil rights, income tax, tax exemption, Alabama tax code, Section 40-18-3, civilian employees, Department of Defense, DoD, Armed Forces, military pay, combat zone, deployment, National Guard, Reserve components, emergency response, federal employees
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Rules and Enrolled Bills (01/15/2026)
Rules and Enrolled Bills
Transcript Highlights:
- So, this bill that I'm seeking permission to file is a relatively small general fund appropriation to
- So, this bill that I'm seeking permission to file is a relatively small general fund appropriation to
- permission to file is a relatively small permission to file is a relatively small general<00:11:
- are large layoffs happening in our small are large layoffs happening in our small hospitals<00:30
- small businesses. Thank you. small businesses. Thank you.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Aug 19th, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- I say little because we are small.
- We're a small agency, and I think we punch up in weight with just about anybody.
- This is probably a conversation we should have with them, Chairman Small in particular, but that's an
- So, as far as like a loss of an economic asset We, as you know, Chairman Small put in 40 million for
- Our East Mesa Water The Reclamation Facility is a small plant located on the East Mesa.