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MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/1/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • of our state. Thank you, director. of our state. Thank you, director.
  • We're asking for $2,273,000 from the state. We're asking for $2,273,000 from the state.
  • $2,273,000 from the state. $2,273,000 from the state.
  • and state roads with good shoulders. and state roads with good shoulders.
  • state.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice May 12th, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we have members of the State Police that are in support. I see that.
  • Yeah, Lieutenant Marcus Smith, Louisiana State Police.
  • This is a Louisiana State Police Department bill.
  • And we also have a member from the State Police as well. Thank you so much, Lieutenant.
  • And it wasn't in the State Department of Corrections.
Summary: The Criminal Justice Committee heard and advanced a series of bills, mostly on juvenile justice, gaming background checks, corrections, and criminal procedure. Early in the meeting, the committee reported favorably SB 258 on juvenile traffic violations, SB 321 on electronic bonds, SB 134 on child sexual abuse material/sexting-related offenses involving juveniles, and HB 75 on promotional play for racetracks after adopting an amendment narrowing the bill’s application. The committee also reported favorably SB 422 on unsupervised probation for certain fourth-offense OWI cases, SB 440 on the Renaissance District board membership, SB 393 on explosives regulation after correcting a bill-number mix-up, SB 339 on gaming-industry background checks, SB 325 on excluding certain persons from sports wagering, and SB 288 on criminal history background checks. Most of these measures were described as technical cleanups or modernization efforts and drew support from law enforcement, district attorneys, or industry groups, with little or no opposition. The most substantial debate centered on SB 201, which would change how Louisiana handles juvenile homicide sentencing, including first- and second-degree murder cases and review of old death sentences converted to life terms. Supporters from the Attorney General’s office said the bill would align sentencing procedures with existing Supreme Court law and give courts a more neutral framework. Opponents from the SPLC and the Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights argued it would weaken the safeguard that life without parole for children should be reserved for the rarest cases, expand exposure to juvenile life-without-parole sentences, and raise constitutional concerns. After an amendment was adopted, the committee voted 7-3 to report SB 201 favorably as amended. The committee also heard SB 523 on clemency and sentencing considerations for defendants who are victims of domestic abuse, human trafficking, or sexual assault. Supporters said it would create a path to pardon or commutation and allow victimization to be considered at sentencing, while several survivor-advocacy groups opposed the bill’s pre-sentence investigation requirement, warning it could introduce biased or harmful information and that the bill did not go far enough to fix sentencing problems. After testimony from the Board of Pardons and Parole and the Sheriff’s Association, the committee reported SB 523 favorably as amended. It also reported SB 320 on DNA detection and rape-kit data reporting, SB 470 on pregnant women in custody and shackling during delivery, and SB 345 requiring annual OJJ reporting, with members noting confidentiality concerns that may need amendment later. The final bill taken up in the excerpt was SB 313, which would bar clerks and vendors from charging additional electronic filing fees in criminal and traffic cases, but the transcript cuts off before action on that measure.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Taxes Committee Meeting - 2025-05-06

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative, please state your name and your high school mascot.
  • Section 8 of Article 7 raises the State Agricultural Society's debt limit for state fair bonds from $30
  • The state has a tax, the county has a tax, and now the city has a tax.
  • The first round of states that were able to be included in that pilot were states that themselves already
  • had state-level direct file programs.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 5/6/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • the office of the state auditor. the office of the state auditor.
  • /c><00:23:17.760> debt<00:23:18.000> limit state agricultural society's debt limit state
  • She said the first round of the pilot included only specific states, and those states already had state-level
  • The first round of states in the pilot were states that already had state-level direct file programs.
  • <01:26:30.400> Our financial planners in the state. Our financial planners in the state.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 30th, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's also our state's financial security.
  • Or are you talking about the whole state? That's across the state as a whole.
  • So, state agencies... and Texas universities that receive state funds must justify their budgets to you
  • dwarfs every state university. and all but the largest state agencies.
  • It risks the future of AVs in the state.
TX
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  • The majority of these states... ...members are red states.
  • Again, I'm talking about states like Mississippi, Georgia, Arizona, Utah, Ohio, 14 states that have brought
  • State your name for the record.
  • . the state.
  • We primarily serve rural areas but have stores across the state.
TX
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  • In this bill, together with crossings and cities and stuff like that, the state could put in state funds
  • We're trying to find the bill in its current state, and we ask the state to stand up and partner with
  • Many other states have short-line grant programs.
  • It was a subdivision of the state of Texas formed by the Texas legislature.
  • About them all over the state.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare Apr 23rd, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • I just—Mardi Gras 2020 was our super spreader in the state.
  • The Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners and to provide for related matters.
  • All of our board members actively practice in the state of Louisiana.
  • Do you know any state that maybe does it this way? That's being suggested?
  • I do think that all 50 states would benefit from some comprehensive reform.
Summary: The House Committee on Health and Welfare met on April 23 with a quorum and first deferred or did not hear several bills, including HB 1093, HB 1145, and HB 946. The committee then quickly advanced HB 1095, which would allow nursing facilities to use alternative power generation sources in addition to fuel-powered backup systems; supporters said it would give nursing homes more flexibility while maintaining existing safety and backup-power requirements. The bill was reported favorably without objection. The committee then took up HB 926, a bill concerning vaccination status and admission to public buildings and related medical-freedom provisions. After adopting a set of amendments, including exclusions for licensed health care providers and facilities and clarifications regarding masks and school-related provisions, the committee heard testimony both for and against the measure. Supporters framed it as a privacy and bodily-autonomy bill, while opponents warned it could interfere with public health measures and school immunization rules. After extended debate, HB 926 was reported favorably with amendments by an 8-4 vote. HB 1220, a cleanup bill concerning the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, was amended and then reported favorably. HB 1227, which would require physician peer review before certain disciplinary actions against doctors, drew testimony from the sponsor, a physician supporting the bill, and the board’s executive director, who described the board’s current complaint and review process and raised concerns about practicality and staffing; the sponsor asked for more time to work with the board, and the bill was voluntarily deferred. The committee also reported favorably HB 1217 on pharmacy benefit manager transparency after technical and substantive amendments, and HB 1028 on non-emergency medical transportation reimbursement rates, which was sent to Appropriations. Finally, the committee advanced HB 1185 on rural hospital payment methodologies and HCR 76, which would continue the rural health inequities task force for another year; both were reported favorably.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • Are we seeing this in other states? And how many states?
  • About other states: Are we seeing this in other states, and how many states, if any, are doing what Arizona's
  • We have expanded our Border Security Alliance to eight states.
  • But this state won't do that.
  • It is United States history.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism Feb 10th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • ODOT does a great job with an eight-year plan, but we don't cooperate within various agencies and state
  • the idea behind this is that we take a look at where we're at today where we think we will be as a state
  • look forward to the future and work together among all branches of government, local, county, and state
  • We've heard from cities across the state about Those challenges.
  • You know, I don't mind making investments that give us a return to our state.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 4th, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 247 by Representative Pettis: State Board of Adjustments provide death benefit to survivors
  • State grants may not exceed 50% of the total project cost.
  • State grants may not 20% of total cost.
  • the state. the state. >> Thank<00:10:04.640> you<00:10:04.800> chairman.
  • that progress up the state. that progress up the state.