Video & Transcript Research : 'regular sessions'
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MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- too much time, so I guess I would say, you know, I would be interested maybe it's this committee session
- But here in the state, we've been able to advocate a lot in our last session for that.
- for that I think about the session for that I think about the parents<00:36:27.280>
that <00:36 - But here in the state, we've been able to advocate a lot in our last session for that.
- any scenarios currently in which a person who's not employed by a child care center, not working regular
Keywords:
child care, aides, supervision, child care centers, staffing regulations, childcare, day care, licensed child care center, early childhood education, child care licensing, director qualifications, staff ratios, group size, staff-to-child ratio, substitutes, volunteers, assistant teacher, teacher qualifications, infant care, toddler age
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/27/25
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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basis for 8:15 hearings on a regular basis for 8:15 hearings on a regular basis - several Statewide listening sessions several Statewide listening sessions constituents<00:15:39.319
- This amendment offers one of the proposals we advanced last session.
- locking the legislature into session locking the legislature into session until<00:26:51.880>
- It says the House and the Senate must adopt rules to implement this session.
Keywords:
redistricting, Bipartisan Commission, Minnesota Constitution, census, legislative districts, HF412, Minnesota legislature, education committee, K-12 education, school observation, teacher observation, administrator observation, legislative transparency, legislator accountability, House rules, Senate rules, Legislative Reference Library, public reporting, education finance, education policy
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Health Insurance Affordability Task Force, June 18, 2026
Health Insurance Affordability Task Force
Transcript Highlights:
- One example that we’ve given during this most recent session is the price transparency bill that was
- Because we do have some ideas, but we were told this was an information and a ground-setting session.
- I think Medicare is the limit, but what we are grateful for is what was passed during the last session
- where our critical The last session where our critical access hospitals that deliver OB services get
- We fixed a couple of problems in the last legislative sessions.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance Apr 29th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- There is currently no cycle of regular updates in legislation pertaining to content standards. and curriculum
- Is mathematics done on a more regular basis? Um, no, it is not.
- But don't we want to update standards on a more regular basis for those who are using those state standards
- Sacramento County and Napa County Offices of Education have been conducting free professional learning sessions
NE
Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Morning Session Apr 17th, 2026
Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So every session at the end of the session, we start the, I wonder if we're going to get the bills turned
- Number four would be the end of session amending where an LB becomes an AM, would be the end-of-session
- So, colleagues, we're coming to the end of our 60-day session, and while the second session of a legislature
- is considered the short session, this session was definitely not short on extended debate.
- So if we had a longer session, perhaps that would have been possible, but given the 60-day session, there
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- recognizes a member from Auburn, Representative Osborne, who moves that the House adjourn from the session
- Welcome, and I'm glad to be here with you to lead you in devotion as we start this new session. you are
- c><00:12:26.560>
start <00:12:27.040>this <00:12:28.240>new <00:12:28.800>session - Today we pose and bow before you at the opening of this session to seek your guidance.
- And there are two more coming this session. All exactly the same bill we already know so well.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Citizen Commission for Performance Measurement of Tax Preferences May 7th, 2025
Citizen Commission for Performance Measurement of Tax Preferences
Transcript Highlights:
- The OPMA recognizes three different types of meetings: regular meetings, regularly scheduled meetings
- It's also important to note that the OPMA does authorize executive sessions for governing bodies.
- the utility of that and the appropriate way to call that executive session.
- Next, we have our 2025 legislative session update from J. Lark staff.
- This... tax preferences that the legislature passed during the recent session.
Summary:
The Citizen Commission for Performance Measurement of Tax Preferences met on May 7, 2025, with quorum present. The commission approved the October 22, 2024 meeting minutes and then received its annual open government refresher from the Attorney General’s office, which reviewed key requirements under the Public Records Act and Open Public Meetings Act, including record retention, response deadlines, exemptions, and meeting notice rules.
Staff then provided a 2025 legislative session update, noting that the legislature passed 23 tax-preference-related bills, with several signed by the governor and others pending. Highlights included bills that extended or repealed certain preferences, added reporting requirements for newspaper and digital content exemptions, authorized JLARC to adjust its work plan when data is unavailable, and created a new exemption for zero-emission buses. The commission approved updates to the 2026 tax preference review schedule, which includes eight preferences in seven reviews, and approved unchanged testimony questions for 2025.
The commission also received the 2025 expedited preference review report covering 52 tax preferences, presented as an interactive table drawing on prior JLARC reviews and Department of Revenue studies. Staff then outlined the process for developing the next 10-year review schedule for 2027-2036, including surveying the legislature, incorporating new and repealed preferences, and considering a possible rolling 10-year schedule. No public comment was registered. The meeting ended with acknowledgments of Ron Buing’s long service on the commission and an announcement that the next meeting would be held August 6, 2025.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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with <00:16:21.720>important we are in session with important we are in session - childcare, that this is for the regular childcare, that this is for the regular challenges<00:29
- at as we continue through this session. at as we continue through this session.
- Senators Pratt from 12:20 to session.
- pediatric ICU um when we were in session pediatric ICU um when we were in session in<02:06:35.160
Summary:
The Senate convened under call, established a quorum, and received routine executive communications and House messages, including the House’s passage of Senate File 3623 on school bus stopping requirements and transmittal of House Files 3241, 3731, 3741, and 3802. The chamber also adopted committee reports and gave second readings to several Senate files and House File 3379, while referring Senate File 4854 to the Capital Investments Committee and Senate Resolution 68 to Rules and Administration.
The main floor action involved a series of motions to re-refer bills to different committees. The Senate adopted motions to move Senate File 1671 from Judiciary and Public Safety to Housing and Homelessness Prevention, Senate File 2373 from Finance to Labor, Senate File 4452 from Capital Investment to Human Services, Senate File 4580 from Human Services to State and Local Government, Senate File 4589 from Judiciary and Public Safety to Higher Education, Senate File 4630 from Education Policy to Education Finance, and Senate File 4662 from Capital Investment to State and Local Government. The chamber also adopted a motion to give House File 3378 a second reading and place it on general orders after a roll call vote of 46-21.
The Senate then took up Senate Resolution 69, which would amend the temporary rules to allow certain accommodations for members who are new parents. Senators Murphy and Coleman spoke in support, arguing the rules should better reflect modern family life and make the chamber more welcoming to parents, especially mothers. Senator Nelson offered the A4 amendment to allow caucus leaders to permit a member’s child under age one on the floor, with the member responsible for supervision and the child exempt from Rule 17.6. Opponents, including Senator Boldon, argued the age limit was too restrictive and that parents should have more flexibility. After roll call, the Nelson A4 amendment failed 32-35, and the resolution remained pending with additional amendments possible.
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- The House is now in session.
- Holy Creator, Holy Creator, we, on this reconvened session, ask you to bless and guide all of us: the
- session.
- Calendar for today, this reconvened 2026 session on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026.
- Speaker, I say we have this session. We've been able to kill a lot of pretty rough taxes.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Transparency and enhanced accountability through regular reporting.
- I've been coming to the Capitol for the past 10 sessions.
- What's been in place from Senate Bill 2040 from the last session?
- That is something that appeared in our session last session. It's in our statute now under SB2040.
- Because, through sunset, last session, the Anatomical Board was abolished.
Keywords:
e-cigarettes, marketing prohibition, youth protection, criminal penalties, public health, school funding, education reform, state budget, property taxes, equity in education, health care, licensing, complaint procedure, disciplinary action, law enforcement, death records, vital statistics, healthcare, trauma facility, Medicaid
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services (Part I) May 7th, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- And then, as we've progressed, last session I put $50 million into a grant fund. that was meant to help
- get to cost; this bill actually deals with that in perpetuity, so we don't have to come back every session
- they're more likely to have chronic conditions such as diabetes and heart disease, which require regular
- However, they do cover plaque analysis, but it is not like a regular screening.
- I know it's late in the session, and it's a great issue to talk about and see how this works.
Bills:
HB18, HB37, HB116, HB388, HB879, HB913, HB1151, HB2216, HB2358, HB2809, SB577, SB1590, SB1782, SB1887, SB2744, HB18, HB37, HB116
Keywords:
rural health, hospital funding, healthcare access, mental health services, financial stability, perinatal bereavement, healthcare, hospital training, bereavement support, maternal care, fetal demise, stillbirth, neonatal death, parent-child relationship, involuntary termination, family law, child welfare, child protection, HB 388, HB388
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Learn more about the Minnesota Youth in Government program! Feb 3rd, 2026
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The 4-day event allows participants to create their own mock legislative session by electing leadership
- , introducing and debating bills, holding floor sessions and committee hearings, and creating laws and
- Minnesota State Capitol Complex, the Hilton Hotel in downtown Minneapolis, and do a mock state government session
- Delegations meet on a regular basis to learn about state-level governance, develop and practice political
Summary:
The transcript is a promotional overview of Minnesota Youth and Government, a four-day mock state government conference held each January at the Minnesota State Capitol Complex and the Hilton in downtown Minneapolis. It explains that eligible 8th through 12th grade students from Minnesota and western Wisconsin participate through school or community delegations, which meet during the year to prepare for the conference.
Participants described the program as a hands-on way to learn how state government works and to build skills in public speaking, debate, leadership, scheduling, and interviewing. High school students can take on roles such as legislators, judges, attorneys, lobbyists, media representatives, or cabinet members, while eighth graders participate in a leadership corps that samples multiple program areas. Several speakers emphasized the value of meeting students from different schools and states, hearing new perspectives, and gaining access to spaces like the House Chamber.
The transcript includes personal testimonials from students and program alumni about making friends, gaining confidence, and learning from committee and floor debates. One speaker noted a committee discussion on curriculum that brought in views from teachers, students, and families. A representative from Shakopee said the district has one of the largest delegations, with over 150 students involved, and praised the program as a way to prepare future leaders. No formal legislative votes or actions were taken, since this was an informational segment about the youth program.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- I find it aggravating that the only gun safety bill that we're seeing in this body, this entire session
- , or any other session for that matter, is a bill that circumvents a current process. ...or any other
- know that the State Board of Education in this bill may adopt rules and policies to implement this session
- board and charter school governing body to allow students to attend a release time course during regular
- board and charter school governing body to allow students to attend a release time course during regular
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Capital Budget Dec 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- for Capital Budget, and I will be the permanent committee assistant instead of just being here for session
- and it was amazing how much the feedback that we got from the survey and the community listening sessions
- Between COAF and our regular youth athletic facilities program, we got about $200 million of applications
- They also give us policy feedback on a regular basis.
- I do like the timeline talking about, and maybe we get Tyler in a work session just as the session starts
Summary:
The Capital Budget Committee heard presentations from the Department of Commerce, the Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO), and a consultant on the School Construction Assistance Program (SCAP) study. Commerce officials described their agency’s role in housing, energy, local government, broadband, and other capital programs, and reported on a $5 million pilot under Senate Bill 5200 that used trusted community messengers and technical assistance to help historically excluded organizations prepare for capital funding. They said 18 organizations received direct support and 79 smaller projects were also funded, but emphasized that statutory match rules, reimbursement-based payments, site-control requirements, insurance and audit costs, and extensive contracting rules remain major barriers. Commerce outlined efforts to expand outreach, digital modernization, internal contracting improvements, tribal MOUs, and innovation centers, and members asked about small business support, housing program placement, and outreach to Eastern Washington and communities of color.
RCO described its grant programs for recreation, conservation, education, and salmon/orca recovery, and reviewed equity work done before and after a 2021-23 proviso. The agency had already created a small-communities carve-out in youth athletic facilities, piloted stipends for advisory committee members, and reduced match requirements where allowed. Under the proviso, RCO completed an equity review and a planning program that funded 54 projects across 34 counties, with many applicants being new or long-absent grantees. Staff said the review led to changes in scoring criteria, clearer application guidance, more objective data measures, expanded technical assistance, and targeted community engagement. Members asked about application burden, project sizes, outreach, and how the agency is broadening participation and representation on advisory committees.
The final presentation summarized a planning study on SCAP, which examined rising construction costs, fragmented grant programs, local funding barriers, and uneven district capacity. The report recommended nine major changes, including stronger planning support, a new minor-modernization category, a mechanism to use unused funds more quickly, an education-specification prototype, a SCAP enhancement program for low-capacity districts, acceptance of non-SCAP funds, phased modernization, streamlined D-form and reimbursement processes, and revisions to the SCAP formula to better account for grade-band differences, enrollment projections, and regional cost factors. Additional recommendations included ongoing monitoring and evaluation, facilities-impact reviews, matching SCAP increases to construction-cost inflation, earlier locking of funding estimates, flexible program spaces, and updated statewide building-condition assessments. No votes were taken during the meeting.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Aug 19th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- in health care in the state of New Mexico and did billing, insurance, and claims-related work on a regular
- what the attempts, a lot of the attempts of raising that tax is to prevent youth from ever becoming regular
- I think that's another big conversation to have, but we should be having it every year, every session
- So what you can do this coming session...
- And the next session is to figure out what in your roadmap you could pass here and now.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Agriculture Committee Mar 26th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- able to make a profit and will no longer be able to provide these important training and learning sessions
- for A profit and will no longer be able to provide these important training and learning sessions for
- Once the roll is established, we will adopt our rules for the legislative session. Soria? Oh.
- But as director of Oakland Animal Services, I investigated cockfighting complaints on a regular basis
- But as director of Oakland Animal Services, I investigated cockfighting complaints on a regular basis
Summary:
The Assembly Agriculture Committee met as a subcommittee at first because a quorum was not yet present, then adopted its committee rules for the 2025-2026 legislative session by a 5-0 vote. The committee heard a series of agriculture-related bills, with most measures receiving broad support and moving forward. AB 1142 by Assemblymember Hoover would raise the fee thresholds for small public horse events that are exempt from equine medication monitoring rules; supporters said the current limits are outdated and hurt small riding clubs, and the bill passed to Appropriations. AB 411 by Assemblymember Papin would allow ranchers to compost livestock carcasses on-farm; supporters cited cost, environmental, and predator-control benefits, while rendering industry representatives asked for amendments to protect existing services and limit the bill’s scope. The bill passed to Natural Resources. AB 482 by Assemblymember Solache would modernize the California Table Grape Commission law and raise assessment caps without increasing assessments themselves; it passed to Appropriations. AB 312 by Vice Chair Alanis would shorten the holding period for ag theft property from six months to three months; it also passed to Appropriations.
The committee also heard AB 937 and AB 947 by Assemblymember Connolly. AB 937 would make technical changes to the Organic Transition Pilot Program to improve access to organic transition support, with testimony from a farmer who said the program helped him pursue organic certification; the bill passed to Appropriations. AB 947 would expand and refine technical assistance under the Healthy Soils/Climate Smart Agriculture programs, including training, grant writing, matching funds coordination, equipment sharing, and outcome monitoring; supporters said the changes would help small and organic producers access state climate programs, and it also passed to Appropriations. AB 1486, presented by the chair, would use Proposition 4 funding to start grants for public postsecondary agricultural research farms focused on climate resiliency; members praised the role of CSU and UC research farms, and the bill passed to Natural Resources as amended.
The most extensive discussion centered on AB 928 by Assemblymember Rogers, the California Cockfighting Cruelty Act. Supporters argued the bill would help law enforcement target cockfighting and rooster trafficking, reduce avian disease risks, and protect public health and animal welfare; opponents, including poultry hobbyists, breeders, and 4-H-related participants, said it would overreach into lawful poultry keeping and harm heritage-breed and youth programs, urging instead that cockfighting penalties be increased to a felony. Committee members echoed concerns about unintended impacts on legitimate poultry owners and requested continued work on exemptions and language. The bill passed to Judiciary on a 5-2-1 vote, with one no vote and one abstention, and the chair noted that further committee review would continue as the bill advances.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I want to welcome you to the first hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance for the 89th regular session
- I want to welcome you to the first hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance for the 89th regular session
- It's my third session on Senate Finance.
- So the legislature appropriated to us in the past session as well as this coming session where we interpret
- So the legislature appropriated to us and in the past session as well as this coming session where as
Bills:
SB 1
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Commerce May 6th, 2026
Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment
Transcript Highlights:
- So everybody should be here by executive session. Chairman Castile present.
- I'm kind of tempted to just move to executive session since there's no opposition.
- We do work on MoDOT projects on a regular basis.
- All right, seeing none, we're going to move into executive session on Senate Bill 916.
- All right, seeing none, we're going to move into executive session on Senate Bill 916.
Summary:
The Commerce Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 916, which would limit contractor liability on Missouri Department of Transportation projects when contractors are following approved plans and standards, and would also clarify that contractors are not required to indemnify the state as a condition of bidding or beginning work. Senator Berger and several supporters argued the bill would align responsibility with control, reduce unnecessary litigation, and lower insurance and project costs for contractors who are sued for conditions they did not create. They emphasized that the bill would not protect negligence, defective workmanship, or concealment, and the sponsor described examples of contractors being drawn into lawsuits before work began or after projects were complete.
Supporters included representatives of construction firms, the Missouri Asphalt Payment Association, the AGC of Missouri, the Missouri Municipal League, the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and engineering groups. Contractors described cases where they were sued over alleged design issues or incidents occurring after completion, saying they had no ability to change the design but still incurred legal and insurance costs. One municipal league witness also explained a separate provision clarifying that a public entity does not waive sovereign immunity merely by being named as an additional insured on a contractor’s policy. MoDOT’s deputy director testified for informational purposes, warning that removing indemnification could expose the state to more litigation during construction.
After the committee established a quorum in executive session, a motion was made to vote Senate Bill 916 do pass. The committee approved the bill unanimously, 8-0, and then adjourned.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C on County & Regional Government Mar 10th, 2025
S/C on County & Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- In the 76th regular session of 1999, the legislature approved House Bill 3463 and created a process by
- I was talking to a DA friend of mine this weekend who received the funds during the last session, and
- I laid out a similar bill last session, 2957. It, uh, passed unanimously in the House.
- Members, last session, uh, the legislature made a monumental impact on rural law enforcement by passing
- Um, we agree that it would complement SB 22 from last session, and I'm happy to answer any questions.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (02/11/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- next, uh I'll open the executive session next, uh I'll open the executive session on<01:07:00.799
- Uh, next I will open the session.
- executive session on House Bill 1683. executive session on House Bill 1683.
- session on House Bill 1458. session on House Bill 1458.
- Thank you. session on House Bill 1458. Um I need session on House Bill 1458.