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MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Special Committee on Property Tax Reform Feb 19th, 2026

Special Committee on Property Tax Reform

Transcript Highlights:
  • If my tax liability toward the million dollars is a thousand bucks and then a TIF goes in, I don't, like
  • If you just do, if you do a hundred bucks, if you do a You do a TIF, you're still getting the hundred
  • bucks, but you're foregoing the added benefit.
Summary: The Special Committee on Property Tax Reform met for an open discussion, with no public testimony, to reset its work after the prior combined bill was separated back into two standalone measures. The chair outlined the current direction: House Bill 2780 would include Murphy’s Hancock fix, levy-by-subclass, commercial protection language, the 275-to-150 levy adjustment, and abatement provisions; House Bill 2668 would carry clear ballot language, no-tax-increase ballot measures, clarification of SB 190, and the SB 3 fix. Members also discussed whether additional ideas, such as taxpayer appeal protections and electronic filing, might be added later if they can be worked out. A major portion of the meeting focused on the Hancock-related “275 fix,” with members clarifying that the proposal would not move all districts to 275, but would prevent two known districts below that level from being forced down and losing significant revenue. Several members raised concerns about confusion in the field and the need to communicate clearly to school districts and superintendents what the proposal would and would not do. There was also discussion of new construction under Hancock, including whether certain redevelopment or replacement projects should count as new construction and how that affects school and other local taxing entities. The committee spent substantial time debating tax abatements, especially TIFs and similar economic incentives. Supporters of the language said the intent is to prevent taxing jurisdictions from treating abated revenue as if it were still available and then shifting the cost to other taxpayers; opponents questioned whether the language would improperly reduce revenue that communities had already decided to collect. Members also discussed whether the language should apply only to the entity adopting the abatement, and whether some abatements are better handled through separate legislation. Several members urged that any new ideas be referred through committee so they can receive proper vetting and fiscal analysis, and there was broad agreement to keep the main bills relatively streamlined while continuing to work on additional concepts separately.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Mar 4th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The teacher residency program would help that, right?
  • Are our students with teachers who go through Program A, Program B, certified, or uncertified?
  • Innovation, Grow Your Own, TIA Enhanced, Certification Program, High Q Training program.
  • The certification program, the year-long program.
  • One is... ...eliminate the program offset.
Bills: HB2, HB2
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Session - 2026-04-03 - 9:30AM

Vermont House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> up in Buck Hill, Minnesota. up in Buck Hill, Minnesota.
  • Uh, specialist John Doherty, also from the Vermont Guard, you know, elite athlete program, four-time
  • And you will see that legacy in your communities through different kids and programs.
  • </c><01:06:31.960><c> which</c> HCI level funded this program which HCI level funded this program which
  • program.
Keywords: 926, house, all
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • criteria for the grant program.
  • Or loan program that you're proposing?
  • You heard about the mitigation grant program.
  • Now, a possible benefit of that program...
  • Now, a possible benefit of that program, not only a pilot program, but then a full-blown mitigation program
Summary: The committee heard public testimony on several insurance and consumer protection bills. On engrossed substitute Senate Bill 5928, staff and the Office of the Insurance Commissioner described wildfire risk score and model disclosure requirements for homeowners, including notices when policies are nonrenewed, canceled, or premiums are adversely affected, plus insurer website disclosures about mitigation discounts and rate filing transparency. Supporters, including the OIC, AARP, the mayor of Medical Lake, and a fire chief, said the bill would improve transparency, help homeowners understand and reduce wildfire risk, and protect consumers facing cancellations and rising premiums. Industry witnesses said they supported the goal but warned the bill could add regulatory cost and complexity, and some urged narrower, simpler disclosure language and a delayed implementation date. On engrossed substitute Senate Bill 6031, which would expand the insurance fraud program and create a standalone Class B felony for insurance fraud, the OIC and AARP supported the bill as a tool against organized fraud and restitution for victims. A criminal defense representative raised concerns that the new felony language overlaps with existing misdemeanor insurance fraud law and could create conflicting statutes and harsher penalties for the same conduct. The committee also heard testimony that the bill had already incorporated amendments limiting criminal investigators’ role in regulatory investigations and focusing them on complex schemes. The committee then heard substitute Senate Bill 6248 on travel insurance, described as largely mirroring a House bill already passed by the committee. Testimony from the travel insurance industry said agreed-upon amendments had been incorporated, including changes addressing conflict-of-interest concerns, and urged the bill’s advancement. Finally, the committee heard substitute Senate Bill 6079, which would create the Strengthen Washington Homes grant program to fund wildfire home-hardening and prohibit insurers from using wildfire risk as a disqualifying factor for homes meeting IBHS wildfire-prepared standards. The OIC, fire commissioners, AARP, and the prime sponsor supported the bill as a way to reduce nonrenewals and improve insurability, while insurers opposed Section 7, arguing it could interfere with underwriting and should be removed if the bill is to remain a grant program. The committee also began hearing engrossed Senate Bill 5280 on virtual currency kiosks, with staff and the Department of Financial Institutions describing daily transaction caps, fee limits, disclosures, and receipts to curb fraud; consumer protection and law enforcement witnesses supported the bill, while industry witnesses raised concerns about burdens on compliant businesses and passive retail hosts.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Legislative Session Day 72 Mar 24th, 2026

Idaho Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The sixth row, the Guardian ad litem program, staff position and program support.
  • The sixth row, the Guardian ad litem program, staff position and program support.
  • This program is working. It's helping our kids. It's all about children. This program is working.
  • We're no longer appropriated for those programs.
  • This is a program transfer of one FTP and associated funding from the document services program to the
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, approved the prior day’s journal, and then moved through routine orders including committee reports, gubernatorial appointments, messages from the governor, and messages from the House. Several bills were introduced and referred to committees, including appropriations measures for the Department of Health and Welfare, a firearms preemption bill, and House measures on taxation, Medicaid, dentistry, and the National Guard. The Senate also received and filed various enrolled bills and confirmations, and advanced multiple measures to later orders for consideration. The chamber then took up a long series of third-reading bills. Among the major policy items discussed were Senate Bill 1412, creating the Idaho Student Safety and Educator Disclosure Act; House Bill 789, approving the Coeur d’Alene Tribe water rights settlement; House Bill 570, expanding reckless driving provisions for school and construction zones; House Bill 654, expanding the definition of police dogs to include electronic storage detection dogs; House Bill 681, removing statutes of limitation for certain child sex offenses; House Bill 575, requiring the state controller to publish asset forfeiture information; House Bill 736, lowering the threshold for ballot name rotation; House Bill 793, redirecting beer tax revenue to replace lost Alcohol Beverage Control funding; House Bill 798 and 799, repealing outdated state treasurer and alcohol code provisions; House Bill 665, revising Appaloosa specialty plate funding; and House Bill 667, ending non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses in Idaho. The Senate also debated housing and tax measures, including House Bill 707 on land division for financing accessory dwelling units, House Bill 722 on utility property tax reporting, House Bill 792 on occasional sales and yard sales, and House Bill 800 on manufactured home siting. Other bills addressed education, insurance, and health care. House Bill 815 corrected a transportation support funding issue for a charter school; House Bill 849 revised the career ladder for CTE instructors and pupil services staff; House Bill 562 increased notice periods for insurance cancellations and nonrenewals; House Bill 825 changed funding for the Idaho Heritage Trust and specialty plates; House Bill 788 created a preceptor-based prior authorization exemption for Medicaid providers; House Bill 785 established a school discipline framework for inappropriate online behavior; and House Bill 846 clarified student enrollment counts. Debate on these measures focused on consumer protection, workforce shortages, school safety, housing supply, and administrative cleanup. Most bills passed on voice or roll-call votes, with the Senate approving many measures by wide margins, though House Bill 849 passed narrowly and House Bill 788 passed with a closer vote. Several bills were returned to the House after Senate passage, and titles were approved without correction.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Science, Technology and Energy (01/13/2026)

Science, Technology and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It was an environmental program, and it was a jobs program, and it was a social benefit program.
  • It was an environmental program, and it was a jobs program, and it was a social benefit program.
  • It was an environmental program, and it was a jobs program, and it was a social benefit program.
  • It was an environmental program, and it was a jobs program, and it was a social benefit program.
  • And then the final program, it's the TRE program.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
OR
Transcript Highlights:
  • What under-enrolled programs are you looking at eliminating?
  • The Vitality Plan, as proposed, recommends the elimination of three programs.
  • expansion for anything that would be beyond an existing program.
  • I hope we could look at how we can expand this program to get a little bit better bang for the buck,
  • The modernization program is a large-scale, multi-bania, information, The modernization program is a
Summary: The Emergency Board approved a series of consent federal grant applications from the Natural Resources and Public Safety subcommittees, along with several budget and position requests. The board approved grant applications for parks, transportation, judicial, emergency management, higher education, school nutrition, and other programs, including retroactive approvals where deadlines had passed. One member objected to the Natural Resources consent grants over concerns about future funding needs, but the motion still passed. The board also approved a one-time increase for Judicial Department court security, including digital privacy protections, circuit court security, and a statewide facilities assessment. A major discussion centered on Southern Oregon University’s financial stability. The Higher Education Coordinating Commission reported on SOU’s structural deficits, declining enrollment, and projected cash shortfall. The subcommittee recommended, and the board approved, allocating $7.5 million from the special appropriation for short-term stability, with a required update at the September 2026 Emergency Board meeting and a future request for the remaining funds. Members debated the broader crisis in higher education, with several saying SOU’s situation reflects systemwide enrollment and funding pressures and that long-term restructuring will be needed. The board also approved an AmeriCorps volunteer generation grant, an apprenticeship expansion grant, and a Department of Education nutrition equipment grant. In public safety, it approved funding for Oregon Military Department readiness facilities, a statewide evacuation planning tool, and a juvenile justice information system modernization report, while requiring a follow-up viability report. The Department of Justice received approval for additional antitrust positions and expenditure limitation, though several members raised concerns about the funding structure and incentives tied to settlement revenues; the motion passed despite objections. In natural resources, the board approved funding for the Water Resources Department’s well abandonment, repair and replacement grants, an assistant water master position in Washington County, groundwater data collection in the Lower Umatilla Basin, a wetlands remote sensing pilot, and parks-related grant applications for operations, maintenance, and capital improvements. Members generally supported the requests but raised concerns about geographic equity, long-term sustainability, and whether some county responsibilities were being shifted to the state. The meeting also included discussion of a Department of Emergency Management evacuation tool as an urgent wildfire preparedness measure, with members emphasizing its potential to save lives.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

TCA Public Hearing 03-11-2025

Transcript Highlights:
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  • , and we've got to take it away from other programs.
  • </c><00:16:26.399><c> to</c> 1.3 million for us to run the program to 1.3 million for us to run the program
  • </c><00:16:36.440><c> and</c> million to take care of that program and million to take care of that program
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Committee on Transportation and Culture heard testimony on several transportation-related bills. HB 1422, which would exempt certain community-based organizations providing transportation services from motor carrier law, drew support from the Department of Transportation, PUC, DLNR, Kauaʻi County, the Hōnaunau Initiative, and others; members asked about narrowing amendments to prevent unintended use, and the bill later advanced with amendments, including a three-year sunset. HB 1162, requiring motorcycle instruction permit applicants to complete a DOT-approved basic rider course, received support from DOT and Honolulu Customer Services; it advanced with amendments to address city and county concerns and to allow more implementation time. HB 1259, which would remove the need for an engineering study when reducing speed limits by up to 10 mph, had mixed testimony and was deferred for further discussion. HB 1260, establishing summer streets pilot programs for counties other than Oʻahu, drew support from DOT, DOH, UH, Hawaiʻi Appleseed, bicycling and public health groups, and individuals; DOH and others asked that Oʻahu be included, but the measure was deferred for later decision-making. HB 177, making civil ID cards free, had opposition from DOT and Honolulu Customer Services and support from health advocates; DOT said the program costs about $1.3 million annually and would need replacement funding, and the bill was deferred. HB 862, authorizing motor coaches, small buses, and vans for school bus services under certain conditions, received broad support from disability advocates, DOE-related entities, neighborhood boards, and private providers, with testimony emphasizing flexibility and accessibility; it was deferred. HB 667, requiring microchip scanning and reporting when deceased cats or dogs are removed from roadways, was supported by DOT, the Hawaiian Humane Society, and many animal groups and individuals, and was passed unamended. HB 960, increasing the cap on certain DOT capital investment contracts, and HB 228, authorizing electronic license plates and banning plate-obscuring devices and flipping devices, were both heard and then deferred. HB 1156, increasing the amount of special facility revenue bonds available for harbor improvements, received support from DOT, the Island Chamber of Commerce, Alakaʻi Energy, and the Harbor Users Group, and was passed unamended to Ways and Means.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Jun 9th, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • At UC Davis, a student at UC Sacramento program, Roman Bellow, brought energy, initiative, and dedication
  • language and culture in California, making our state the only in the country with such a comprehensive program
  • I got to be tough because Phil's looking at me saying, buck up. Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members.
  • He focused on establishing paid internship programs to provide students not only with valuable work experience
  • He wanted workforce development, affordable housing, community policing, paid youth programming.
Keywords: 988, house, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans Jan 30th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill before you, House Bill 2579, creates two programs and a tax on phones to fund the programs.
  • The first program, the Public Media Broadcaster Program, is created to ensure that every Washingtonian
  • The second program, the Digital Equity Program, is created to ensure that every Washingtonian has resources
  • Buck Pavoni, producer of a program at TC Media, and for 35 years TC Media has been providing services
  • Programs are still unfunded.
Bills: HB2579
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

06/02/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Minnesota legislators were targeted and murdered that we should all get on the address confidentiality program
  • Minnesota legislators were targeted and murdered, that we should all get on the address confidentiality program
  • such as Madeline Ong Sakata, he helped found the Arizona Asian Chamber of Commerce, the Arizona Asian Sun
Summary: The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the journal, and then moved through a lengthy third-reading calendar. Early bills included SB 1135 on workers’ compensation, which passed 49-4, and SB 1127 on family offenses, which failed 5-50 after Rep. Gress said he supported the policy but voted no to allow reconsideration. SB 1133 on nominating procedures passed 32-23 without the emergency clause, and SB 1136 on workers’ compensation passed 54-1. Members then debated several health-related and regulatory measures, including SB 1145 on behavioral health behavior analysis, SB 1165 on health insurance coverage for breast exams, SB 1175 on child welfare, SB 1184 on condominiums and planned communities, SB 1205 on municipal regulations, SB 1210 on private post-secondary education institutions, and SB 1233 on state agencies, with mixed votes and several floor explanations focused on costs, insurance mandates, and public health benefits. The chamber also considered SB 1243 on court-ordered treatment, where supporters framed it as protecting vulnerable people and opponents warned about guardianship abuse and indefinite confinement; it passed 50-7. SB 1246 on condominium and planned community notices passed unanimously, while SB 1253 on Safe Haven providers passed 57-0. SB 1259 on campaign-related address confidentiality drew extensive debate about candidate safety, threats, and residency rules, and passed 43-14. Additional measures passed included SB 1271 on municipal authority, SB 1286 on veterinarians, SB 1292 on the public safety personnel retirement system, SB 1366 creating a towing and impound advisory committee, SB 1446, SB 1497 on school insurance, SB 1561 and SB 1564 on health care institutions, and several final-read House bills. On final reading, the House concurred in amendments to several bills and passed HB 2082, HB 296 on WIFA, HB 2557 on patient records, HB 2749 on reclassifying certain felony convictions to misdemeanors under strict conditions, and HB 4001 on nicotine products and youth access. HB 4001 drew the most extended debate, with supporters emphasizing youth protection, stronger penalties for sales to minors, and anti-vaping enforcement, while opponents criticized the bill as regulatory overreach or insufficiently focused on taxation and education. The House also adopted a motion to request the Senate return SB 1456 for reconsideration, heard a memorial resolution honoring James Hong Shee, and received remarks and a proclamation on National Gun Violence Awareness Day before recessing.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

2026 Legislative Session - Day Seventeen - Monday, February 9

Missouri House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The other law says Missouri Medicaid program will not pay for gender transition surgeries, hormones,
  • For years, many major medical organizations Missouri and Medicaid program will not pay for gender transition
  • So I would like her to talk about the bill, not talk about everything under the sun.
Keywords: 959, house, all
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session, 1/22/2026 #1

Maryland Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • [Applause] It's like the sun rises in the S.S. and the wet, you know. [Laughter] All right.
  • c> there</c><00:10:08.959><c> in</c><00:10:09.200><c> that</c> Presidential scholar there in that program
  • Wonderful program. All right. Any additional introductions?
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

March 6, 2025 - 01:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • from accessing critical, life-saving resources like the Attorney General's Address Confidentiality Program
  • The second thing that this bill does is it opens up the Address Confidentiality Program to victims of
  • The sun was out.
Summary: The Criminal Justice Subcommittee heard and advanced a series of bills on inmate medical billing, court-order transmission, animal abandonment during disasters, first responder peer support, firearm purchase waiting periods, capital felony aggravators, domestic violence protections, boating safety, restitution for leaving the scene of a crash, xylazine trafficking, and offenses against law enforcement officers. Testimony was generally supportive across the agenda, with some opposition or caution raised on the xylazine bill, the boating safety bill, and parts of the law-enforcement-officer bill. Several measures were presented as responses to specific tragedies, including the Martin County jail medical billing bill, the Baker Act transmission bill, Trooper’s Law for restrained dogs, the Jason Rayner Act, and Lucy’s Law. HB 407 would cap certain emergency medical charges for Martin County jail inmates at 110% of Medicare rates, mirroring Department of Corrections practice; it passed 15-0. HB 513 would require faster electronic transmission of certain court orders, including Baker Act orders, to law enforcement within six hours; it passed 15-0. HB 205, Trooper’s Law, creates a third-degree felony for abandoning a restrained dog during a natural disaster; it passed 15-0. HB 421, as amended, expands peer support for first responders to certain support personnel involved in crime scene work or evidence handling; it passed 16-0. PCS for HB 383 would let law enforcement, correctional officers, correctional probation officers, and active military service members bypass the three-day handgun waiting period without a concealed carry permit; it passed 18-0. HB 693 adds an aggravating factor in capital cases when the victim was gathered with others for a school, religious, or public government meeting; it passed 17-1 after opposition testimony from Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. PCS for HB 19 and HB 41, the Haven Act, would expand domestic and dating violence protections, including a feasibility study for a web-based 911 alert system and confidentiality/public-records protections for victims; both passed 18-0. PCS for HB 289, Lucy’s Law, would align boating penalties with driving offenses and expand boating safety card requirements; it passed 18-0 despite concerns from one witness that the bill should go further. HB 479 would allow courts to order restitution in leaving-the-scene property-damage cases; an amendment changing mandatory to discretionary restitution was adopted, and the bill passed 18-0. PCS for HB 57 would regulate xylazine, add trafficking penalties, and include veterinary-use exceptions; it passed 17-0 after one witness opposed mandatory minimums. HB 175, the Jason Rayner Act, clarifies that officers are protected when acting within the scope of their duties and adds manslaughter of a law enforcement officer to offenses requiring life imprisonment; it passed 17-0 after debate over self-defense and unlawful police conduct.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Mar 18th, 2026

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • that we want the state to pursue contracts that ensure that the state receives the best bang for its buck
  • that we want the state to pursue contracts that ensure that the state receives the best bang for its buck
Keywords: 989, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 15th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • and public pre-K programs, provides for approval of those programs, child safety, welfare standards,
  • House Bill 385 by Representative Bamberg, Taylor Opportunity Program for Students, Program Award recipients
  • They'll have the option to enter into this program and basically, you know how you have the DROP program
  • of the program, statement of intent, goals of the program, and provides relative to creating the crime
  • this program.”
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened in prayer, and led the pledge. The bulk of the early portion of the meeting consisted of personal privileges and recognitions, including ARC Appreciation Day, Teach for America, Film Louisiana, the Child Care Association of Louisiana, Textron Systems, Iberville Parish Day, AARP Louisiana Family Caregiver Day, and several visiting groups and honorees. The chamber also received Senate messages, enrolled and introduced resolutions, and referred a number of Senate bills to committee. The House then took up a long series of bills, many of them local or technical measures, with most passing by wide margins. Among the bills adopted were measures on municipal and teachers’ retirement systems, retired clerk insurance funds, fire and police civil service, a local Cameron Parish insurance program, specialty courts, jury bond filing by paper check, non-compete limits for interns and apprentices, a memorial bridge naming for Lance Cpl. Justin D. McLeese, veteran points in civil service exams, provisional fire/police appointments, special masters in complex litigation, judicial and court-cost funding measures, aerial applicator safety rules, cell-cultured food labeling, wine and spirits container standards, nonprofit eligibility to appoint economic development commissioners, a homeless diversion pilot program in Orleans, animal shelter standards, a Fort Oge police chief appointment change, retirement benefit calculations for divorced firefighters, an alcohol-permit moratorium in Shreveport, waste-collection contract renewal authority, and a backdrop retirement option for certain judges. There was one notable defeat: House Bill 444, which would have added legislative seats to the East Baton Rouge Recreation and Park Commission, failed on a 37-49 vote after debate over whether legislators should appoint themselves to the board and whether the proposal had adequate stakeholder support. House Bill 284 on expropriation also failed earlier by a 48-47 vote and was returned to the calendar. Several other measures were temporarily returned to the calendar or held over, and some bills were referred or received amendments before final passage. Most final votes were unanimous or near-unanimous, and the House repeatedly adopted titles and motions to table after passage.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 15th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • pre-K programs, provides for approval of those programs, child safety, welfare... ...non-public and
  • public pre-K programs, provide for approval of those programs, child safety, welfare standards, violations
  • House Bill 385 by Representative Bamberg, Taylor Opportunity Program for Students, Program Award recipients
  • the program, statement of intent, goals of the program, and provides relative to creating the crime
  • this program.”
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Feb 12th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you. ...assistance program, and that is the bill, Mr. Chairman.
  • do not have dental care needs With this program are not related to combat.
  • The bill makes this program permanent with a statewide program expansion.
  • And simply increases the stipend for foster youth in the program.
  • This bill does not create new funding programs.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Ways and Means Mar 24th, 2026

Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Let's get them into programs and programs and programs.
  • to programs.
  • , for the basic training program and the annual in-service training program."
  • Those programs don't have a look-back. Those are funded programs at MOVA.
  • We do not have this money for these programs in FY27. Not just the programs.
Keywords: 1212, all