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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • 51:42.240> if<00:51:42.480> the requires legislative approval if the requires legislative
  • For those for legislative oversight.
  • Here are a legislation seeks to address.
  • willing to uh discuss further on bills. willing to uh discuss further on bills.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
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  • 2026 legislative agenda.
  • 25:39.919> or KC supports legislation enact or KC supports legislation enact or clarifying<00:
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Summary: The committee received reports on special purpose governmental entities from the Department for Local Government and the Fire Commission. DLG staff described SPGEs as limited-jurisdiction political subdivisions and reviewed the department’s registry, reporting portal, compliance monitoring, and planned system upgrades such as a two-way message center, automated noncompliance notices, and tracking for new entities and board expirations. They reported that, as of October 10, 2025, 69% of SPGEs were active and discussed compliance data by cycle, fiscal year, and district type. The Fire Commission reported that fire department mergers have reduced the number of departments by 16 since last year, largely because of volunteer staffing shortages, while financial disclosure compliance had risen to 94%. The commission also noted 509 compliance reviews, 19 in-house inquiries, seven referrals to outside agencies, and one recent federal prison sentence in a theft case. Members asked whether DLG advises SPGEs on tax rates; staff said it only performs calculations and the entities set their own rates. Questions to the Fire Commission focused on whether department reductions meant station closures; officials explained that most changes were mergers that keep physical buildings in place while combining personnel and finances to meet minimum staffing requirements. They said the trend is spread across the state but is especially pronounced in rural areas. The Kentucky League of Cities then presented its 2026 legislative agenda. Its priorities included modernizing city revenue options, increasing equity in road funding, fixing tax increment financing issues, addressing transient room tax collection from web-based platforms, strengthening emergency response coordination, clarifying massage parlor regulation preemption, correcting unintended consequences of House Bill 606, improving newspaper publication rules, and modernizing procurement statutes. KLC also said it supports allowing all cities to collect restaurant tax revenue, wants cities to receive a larger share of road funds and EV-related revenues, and seeks state collection and remittance of any future local sales tax to comply with the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement. Members asked about best-value bidding, road-fund equity, Airbnb tax litigation, EV prevalence, and disaster funding applications; KLC said cities currently must accept the lowest bid, the road split should better reflect city street costs, the Airbnb tax case remains pending, EV data by locality has not been studied, and allowing cities to apply directly for disaster funds would reduce reliance on county officials. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the September meeting minutes.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Jun 1st, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Legislative Council.
  • HR1402 by Ashby, Legislative Fellowship Program.
  • What this legislation is doing is it's setting up a drug trial to.
  • Not every chamber, not every legislator gets everything they want.
  • And so we can discuss at another time, Representative Tinderholt.
Bills: HCR158, HCR159, HCR160, HCR161, HCR162, HCR163, HCR164, HR174, HR427, HR790, HR810, HR857, HR866, HR882, HR883, HR962, HR966, HR1001, HR1045, HR1085, HR1097, HR1127, HR1138, HR1141, HR1150, HR1152, HR1292, HR1296, HR1304, HR1305, HR1306, HR1308, HR1309, HR1310, HR1311, HR1312, HR1313, HR1315, HR1317, HR1318, HR1320, HR1321, HR1322, HR1323, HR1324, HR1325, HR1327, HR1328, HR1329, HR1330, HR1331, HR1332, HR1333, HR1334, HR1335, HR1338, HR1340, HR1341, HR1342, HR1343, HR1344, HR1345, HR1346, HR1347, HR1348, HR1349, HR1352, HR1353, HR1354, HR1355, HR1358, HR1359, HR1360, HR1361, HR1362, HR1363, HR1364, HR1365, HR1366, HR1368, HR1369, HR1370, HR1380, HR1383, HR1384, HR1385, HR1386, HR1387, HR1388, HR1389, HR1390, HR1392, HR1393, HR1396, HR1397, HR1398, HR1399, HR1400, HR1402, HR1403, HR1404, HR1405, HR1406, HR1407, HR1408, HR1409, HR1410, HR1411, HR1412, HR1413, HR1414, HR1415, HR1417, HR1418, HR1419, HR1420, HR1421, HR1422, HR1424, HR1425, HR1426, HR1427, HR1428, HR1429, HR1430, HR1431, HR1432, HR1433, HR1434, HR1435, HR1436, HR1437, HR1438, HR1440, HR1441, HR1442, HR1443, HR1444, HR1445, HR1447, HR1448, HR1449, HR1450, HR1452, HR1453, HR1454, HR1455, HR1456, HR1458, HR1459, HR1460, HR1461, HR1462, HR1463, HR1464, HR1465, HR1466, HR1467, HR1469, HR1470, HR1471, HR1472, HR1473, HR1475, HR1477, HCR132, HCR154, HR17, HR49, HR170, HR275, HR355, HR356, HR364, HR369, HR672, HR690, HR755, HR756, HR759, HR762, HR763, HR781, HR785, HR848, HR1240, HR1265, HR1303, HR1307, HR1314, HR1316, HR1319, HR1326, HR1336, HR1337, HR1350, HR1351, HR1367, HR1371, HR1372, HR1373, HR1374, HR1375, HR1376, HR1377, HR1378, HR1379, HR1382, HR1391, HR1395, HR1451, HR1457, HR1468, HR1474, HR1476, SB1637, SB2878, HB2885, HB2017, HB5246, SB8, SB2308, SB1405, HB 119, SB3059, SB15, SB568, SB2900, HB3642, HB3909, SB268, HB493, SB2217, HB2516, SB650, HB2963, SB1610, HB705, SB2972, SB1540, HB40, SB2753, SB1660, SB2024, HB1545, HB46
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - Senate Government

Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Joint Legislative Audit Committee. Okay, so you might have JLAC look into this.
  • Any further discussion? All right, seeing none, secretary please call the roll. All right.
  • Members, you've heard it in any further discussion. All right, seeing none.
  • That's what we're really discussing here.
  • And so you could— a legislator could not 1487 this, even if they wanted to. All right.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 11th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • day and from the previous legislative day and from the previous legislative day and that we adopt said
  • legislation legislation um with that I'll note one more thing um with that I'll note one more thing
  • and we've had a lot of discussions and we've had a lot of discussions and we've had a lot of discussions
  • we started this uh uh last discussions we started this uh uh last discussions we started this uh uh
  • last week uh discussions here on this floor week uh discussions here on this floor week uh discussions
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Feb 11th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Any discussion? Chair lays out the following resolution. The secretary will read the resolution.
  • And now our County Commissioner after a little discussion in my office, Matt Krause.
  • On this side of the legislative building here. Yeah, the carpet's much nicer than over there.
  • And then also, last legislative session, the legislature established the tough the Texas University Fund
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Press Conference: Senator Tan Parker Feb 11th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Today, we're excited to discuss and to announce the formation of the Texas Legislative U.K.
  • partnership, providing a framework for advancing economic opportunity. as well as bilateral policy discussions
  • Through the Texas Legislative U.K.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Senate in Special Session C Feb 11th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • SECTION 2 THE LEGISLATURE IS CONVENED FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING LEGISLATION TO STRENGTHEN STATE
  • OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, THERE'S BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF DISCUSSION ON HOW THE STATE OF FLORIDA CAN BEST
  • SENATORS, THE LEGISLATION WE PASSED OUT OF THIS CHAMBER TWO WEEKS AGO WAS THE STRONGEST CRACKDOWN ON
  • WHILE THE MAJORITY OF THE LEGISLATION SENATOR GRUTERS HAS FILED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS IDENTICAL TO
  • IN TOTAL, THIS LEGISLATION RIGOROUSLY IMPLEMENTS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PLAN TO SECURE OUR BORDER AND PROTECT
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Transcript Highlights:
  • It is set up of legislators by legislators. Your pay is already covered in that.
  • Any discussion or debate? Seeing none, please open the queue.
  • amongst whatever legislative committee comes out of this.
  • Any discussion or debate? Please don't... Any discussion or debate? Please open the queue.
  • Any discussion or debate? We have a due pass and a second. Any discussion or debate?
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Feb 11th, 2026 at 05:05 pm

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Being a legislator shouldn’t be reserved for the one percent, nor should it force legislators to make
  • Providing legislative compensation for our legislators will help keep a fair and broad representation
  • Providing legislation compensation for our legislators will help keep a fair and broad representation
  • within the legislation.
  • I think the discussion should be whether or not legislators get paid, which I think resoundingly the
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/03/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • Seeing no discussion, Mr. Vice Chair, will you please move the bill? I move Senate Bill 2148.
  • If there's any no further discussion, seeing none, will the Secretary...
  • If there's any no further discussion, seeing none, will the Secretary please call the roll.
  • We can have more discussion if you like. Seeing none, will the Vice Chair...
  • Is there any further discussion? Seeing none, will the Secretary please call the roll?
Bills: HB2148, HB2993
KY
Transcript Highlights:
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  • 12:54.880> this<00:12:55.120> type is legislative precedent for this type is legislative
  • discussing. First up, Senator Mills. discussing. First up, Senator Mills.
  • legislation? legislation?
  • It’s being discussed.
Summary: The committee met for its sixth meeting, established a quorum, and approved the minutes from the October 21 meeting. The main agenda item was a presentation from Kentucky Association of Counties (KACo) leaders and county officials on jail funding and jail-system reform. Speakers said county jail costs have reached crisis levels, citing large and rising general-fund subsidies in counties such as Hardin, McCracken, and Warren, and noting that county general-fund contributions to jail funds have increased by 76% since 2019. KACo outlined a three-part legislative approach for the upcoming session: incentivizing regional jails, clarifying responsibility for pre-trial felony detainees, and redefining the model for housing state inmates in county jails. On regional jails, they proposed one-time state construction funding, statutory changes to allow former county jails to serve as 96-hour holdover facilities, broader participation of jailers on regional jail authority boards, an increased supplement for closed county jails, and a one-time payment for counties that close local jails and join regional facilities. Union County Judge Adam Onan described his county’s savings from contracting with Webster County and said regionalization can reduce costs where feasible. Harlan County Judge Executive Dan Mosley focused on pre-trial felony detainees, saying counties bear the full cost of housing people awaiting trial for long periods, sometimes years, and that pre-trial time is later credited toward state sentences. He argued the state benefits from that credit and referenced prior bills that would have reimbursed counties for time-served credit. Shelley Hampton then proposed replacing the current per diem model for state inmates with contracts requiring the Department of Corrections to pay actual housing costs and to support programming such as substance abuse treatment, cognitive behavioral programming, re-entry services, workforce training, and academics. No votes were taken on the jail proposals, and the meeting ended with the presentation and discussion of the county recommendations.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Workforce Development Apr 10th, 2025 at 10:00 am

Workforce Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is there any further discussion? Version 02005 with a second. Is there any further discussion?
  • And it came actually during Legislative Council last year as we looked at term limits.
  • And so there will be DOGE and there will be Legislative Council program evaluations.
  • Again, any discussion? Workforce? No. Any other discussion? Any other discussion?
  • Okay, no other discussion. If the clerk would please open a key and take the roll.
Bills: HB1119
Summary: The Workforce Development Committee reconvened to consider House Bill 1119 with amendment version 02005. Senator Hogan explained that the amendment removed a section requiring the Department of Human Services to respond to legislative management, in order to make the bill feel more like a program evaluation than an audit and to avoid placing an unreasonable burden on the executive branch. The amendment also clarified that the Child Care Advisory Committee would provide an update and that the committee would dissolve after the rewrite of licensing standards, making it a time-limited body. Committee members discussed the bill as a novel approach to forming a group to study an issue and then disbanding after reporting back. Senator Larson noted the concept was similar to broader performance-review ideas, and Senator Hogan said the Legislative Council program evaluation effort was parallel to, but separate from, other performance-review proposals. The committee then voted 4-0-1 to adopt the amendment. Afterward, the committee moved to give House Bill 1119, as amended, a do pass recommendation. That motion also passed on a roll call vote, and the committee adjourned.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 7th, 2025 at 02:30 pm

Appropriations - Education and Environment Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is there any further discussion on the amendments? Any further discussion? If not...
  • Is there any discussion? Any discussion? Okay, poll the committee. Okay, poll the committee.
  • Okay, any further discussion? Any further discussion? Poll the committee. Okay, poll the committee.
  • Any further discussion? Any further discussion? Poll the committee. Chairman Sorvog, aye.
  • It says Legislative Management. The one report by March... to Legislative Management.
Bills: SB2004, HB1600
Summary: The committee reconvened to continue work on water-related appropriations and related bills, with the chair emphasizing the need to move the water bill to conference committee soon because of differences with the House. Members reviewed project funding levels and carryover balances across several water projects, including NAWS, Southwest, Valley City, Cirrus River flood control, Hart River, Redder water supply, municipal and rural water, general water, and discretionary funding. The discussion focused on reduced revenue forecasts, the use of a $150 million line of credit as a working assumption, and concerns about large carryover amounts and piling up cash. No final changes were made to the water funding numbers, but the chair said the committee would revisit the bill after further cleanup of the draft language. The committee then took up House Bill 1600, which would create an immigration law clinic at the University of North Dakota law school. Members agreed the program should be treated as a one-time pilot rather than ongoing general fund spending, so they adopted an amendment changing the $400,000 appropriation to one-time funding from the strategic investment fund. The amended bill passed unanimously, and Senator Meyer was assigned to carry it. House Bill 1417, dealing with parole and probation-related policy, was also amended. The committee removed Section 8, which eliminated the bill’s appropriations language, based on testimony that the referenced funding was already included elsewhere in the budget. The amended bill then passed unanimously. The committee also discussed possible future amendments to water study language, including earlier reporting deadlines and a proposal to require larger new water project requests to go through the Water Topics Overview Committee before being introduced, but no final action was taken on those concepts. Several other bills, including the AI-related House Bill 1448 and law enforcement bonus bill 1193, were left for later consideration.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Edfin Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Bennett, any discussion? All those in favor say aye. All those opposed?
  • If there's no other discussion, members, again, thank you for the discussion on this.
  • I know we have to have this discussion.
  • And so, with that, members, I offer the A-1 for discussion.
  • Now, a quick discussion on the bill will be laid over.