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HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
CAA Info Briefing - Thu May 22, 2025 @ 10:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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amount that we do because of the limited amount that we do because of the limited
Summary:
The Committee on Culture and the Arts held an informational briefing on May 22 with the Hawaii Arts Alliance, the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA), and the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission. Chair Capella said the purpose was to better understand the organizations’ work and strengthen relationships ahead of the interim and next session. The Hawaii Arts Alliance, led by Executive Director Gay Humphrey, described its mission to enrich Hawaii’s cultural fabric through arts education, advocacy, and community engagement, and highlighted its history tied to Alfred Price, including the creation of Hawaii’s 1% for art law and the alliance’s 45 years of service.
The alliance outlined its current work, including administering SFCA-funded statewide programs such as Artist in the Schools and the new folk and traditional arts program, with 34 teaching partners serving more than 100 public and charter schools and Kumu Hawaii as the single grantee for traditional weaving instruction. It also discussed Arts First Partners, the incubation of Arts at Mark’s Garage, expanded advocacy efforts supported by Creative West grants, and new multi-year philanthropic support from the Hawaii Community Foundation and Atherton Family Foundation. The alliance said it is launching statewide listening sessions and an arts advocacy training program, and noted that most SFCA funds pass through the alliance to program partners, with the organization retaining 10 to 14 percent for administration.
SFCA Executive Director Karen Ewald then described the agency’s role as the state arts agency, its strategic planning process, and its main programs, including Art in Public Places, the Capital Modern museum, Artist in the Schools, apprentice mentoring grants, community arts grants, the Hawaii State Poet Laureate program, a statewide cultural extension program, and the Hawaii Open Arts Program. She said SFCA has 21 staff with one vacancy, is awaiting a federal NEA partnership agreement, and is considering new revenue streams such as a cultural trust. She also noted that the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission was recently attached to SFCA, which has improved coordination and allows SFCA to provide funding for conservation and upkeep of the King Kamehameha statues statewide. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational only, with questions deferred until after the presentations.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 4/10/25
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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- medical debt just cannot pay back, and it eats away at their ability to afford their lives and to contribute
- medical debt just cannot pay back, and it eats away at their ability to afford their lives and to contribute
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- We identified various factors that likely contributed to the three findings we reported.
- report reassignment between investigators, such as when an investigator resigns, which could have contributed
- including workforce strains, placement challenges, delayed investigations, data and coordination limitations
- can tell you that in my entire life I've never been anywhere where I know that Black people have contributed
- to be able to put it up in Wesley Boland Plaza as I walk that plaza and I see everyone else's contributions
Summary:
The House Committee on Government was called to order with member and staff introductions, followed by a reminder of committee rules and amendment deadlines. Chair Blackman also gave an opening statement framing the committee’s work as legislative oversight focused on child safety, transparency, and systemic issues at the Department of Child Safety (DCS), noting the committee may hold additional hearings and use subpoenas if needed.
The committee then heard a presentation from the Arizona Auditor General on a special audit of DCS investigations of non-criminal child abuse and neglect reports. The audit found that while DCS generally met initial contact timeframes, 123 of 125 sampled cases had at least one policy violation. Problems included failures to provide or document required notices to alleged perpetrators, incomplete or missing documentation of key investigative steps and safety plans, and investigations that exceeded statutory or policy timeframes. The Auditor General said DCS agreed with the findings and all 15 recommendations, and members asked questions about sample size, staffing, and whether the issues reflected broader systemic problems.
After the audit, the committee considered House Bill 262, which authorizes a Buffalo Soldiers memorial in Wesley Boland Plaza. Supporters testified about the historical significance of the Buffalo Soldiers and the importance of recognizing their contributions in Arizona. The bill passed unanimously, 7-0, with members explaining their votes in support.
The committee also heard House Bill 2018, which would prohibit DCS from entering into agreements with health care institutions that allow payment in exchange for reports of child abuse or neglect. The sponsor and supporters argued the bill would prevent financial incentives from influencing reporting and protect the integrity of mandatory reporting. Some members and public commenters raised concerns about DCS contracts, hospital reporting practices, and the need for documentation or a paper trail. After a recess and further discussion, HB 2018 was returned with a do pass recommendation by a 4-3 vote.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 4/3/25
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Those providing testimony will be given specific time limits, which we ask be strictly observed.
- At the same time, older adults also contribute $154 billion to the state GDP while holding 1.7 million
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to liability but also as a contribution to liability but also as a contribution - How and who will we ensure that our aging population can continue to contribute, and when one is unable
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/13/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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Grant - attempted to estimate how the FAFSA change would impact this year's students, but we did work with limited
- So, the negative 1,500 maximum SAI is what replaced the zero expected family contribution.
- So, the negative 1,500 maximum SAI is what replaced the zero expected family contribution.
- To give you an example of this, if a student who previously had a $0 expected family contribution had
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Washington was a prominent Black educator, author, and leader who made significant contributions to the
- His accomplishments were not just limited to the educational domain, however.
- His accomplishments were not just limited to the educational domain, however.
- We removed all the terminology related to term limits.
- We removed language related term limits.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Feb 16th, 2026 at 10:00 am
A&B Education Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- Bill 3704 declares the state's intent to opt into the federal income tax credit for individual contributions
- Did you consider adding any provision in the bill that would limit the per-hour day for any of the schools
- I think, as we all know, resources are limited. The need is infinite.
- These are private citizens who have decided to make a contribution.
- That contribution then goes to a private school or a public school.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Fiscal Policy Apr 2nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill also allows the department the ability to grant more narrow and limited exemptions for people
- for where money can come from to include the state private sector investments and international contributions
- And I'm not saying it's the only contributing factor, but it's a big part of why homes got wet and stay
- as it relates to flooding because it allows us to expand our reach and reach more people within a limited
- We're defining exclusive zones and non-exclusive zones and limiting locked access point requirements
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on State Administration Feb 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- With their limited tax dollars, where are some of the occupational safety hazards?
- Immigrants contribute over $26 billion to California's economy, and SEED ensures it can continue to thrive
- Thank goodness it's so yesterday, but not up here in Sacramento where we're pumping limited taxpayer
- That means it is taking in less in employer contributions to fund the program than it is paying out in
- But we also didn't want to punish these employers, so we, everybody started contributing to the fund,
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Natural Resources Committee Apr 28th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- As members of this committee are well familiar, California is already struggling with limited water supply
- We pay our taxes, contribute to society, and spend our money locally.
- Climate change is impacting Californians like never before, including contributing to the devastating
- If anything, it's a little on the limited and narrow side. They also have to be non-native species.
- So this is going to be... ...the limited and narrow side. They also have to be non-native species.
Summary:
The committee heard several climate, environmental, and housing bills. AB 1425, dealing with pit dewatering near the San Joaquin River Parkway, drew extensive testimony. The author and supporters argued the bill was needed to protect the river, groundwater, floodplain conditions, tribal and cultural resources, and public access from a proposed mining project near the river. Opponents, including Cemex, labor representatives, and industry groups, said the bill would bypass the CEQA process before it was complete, threaten jobs, and create uncertainty for an existing operation. Members questioned both sides about hydrology, blasting, dewatering, and the adequacy of the ongoing environmental review. The bill was moved, but several members expressed concern about preempting CEQA and some did not vote or voted no.
AB 881, which would allow California to move forward with carbon capture and sequestration pipelines, was presented as a way to advance state climate goals and capture federal funding. Supporters, including SMUD, labor, and industry groups, said the bill would help deploy carbon capture safely and preserve jobs. Environmental justice opponents supported stronger safety direction and warned that CO2 pipelines pose serious risks and that the state should not move ahead without clearer standards. The bill received a due-pass recommendation to Appropriations.
AB 1207, on the cap-and-trade allowance price ceiling and the social cost of carbon, was presented as a science-based update to California’s climate policy. The author and EDF said the bill would keep the program aligned with current economic and climate data and protect it from federal political interference. It received broad support and a due-pass recommendation. AB 1106, creating a coordinated network of air quality incident response centers, was also approved after testimony about wildfire smoke, toxic emissions, and the need for better real-time monitoring during disasters. AB 28, the Landfill Fire Safety Act, focused on the Chiquita Canyon landfill fire and related health impacts in Castaic and Val Verde; residents described serious illnesses and contamination concerns, while landfill and county representatives warned about costs and asked for more study. The committee nonetheless advanced the bill with a due-pass recommendation. The committee also heard AB 357, which would speed Coastal Commission review of student and faculty housing projects, with supporters citing student homelessness and opponents urging caution but acknowledging the need for more housing; the bill was presented and discussed, with the committee emphasizing the need to balance housing production and coastal oversight.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Funding (02/04/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- I mean, are we going to be limited?"
- limit the number of courses that are funded through the state.
- To answer the question, she said there is a potential that this would limit enrollment or at least limit
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the limit enrollment or at least limit the limit enrollment or at least limit - So perhaps the first one stays in and the bottom one then limits it.
Summary:
The Education Funding Committee met in executive session and first took up HB 193, which clarifies that dual and concurrent enrollment courses may not exceed four credits. Members said the bill came from the community college system and was intended to preserve the program’s high school-to-college pathway. An amendment changing the effective date to passage was adopted 18-0, and the committee then voted 18-0 to recommend OTPA on the bill as amended, with the bill placed on the consent calendar.
The committee then retained HB 295 and HB 366, both related to school building aid, after members said the issues were complex and needed more work. Both motions to retain passed 18-0, leaving the bills in committee without reports. The chair also said HB 354 would not be taken up that day because of possible changes from the Department of Education and others.
HB 494, funding the math learning communities program, was then amended to flat-fund the program rather than increase it, with members citing budget uncertainty. The amendment passed unanimously, and the committee then voted 18-0 for OTPA on the bill as amended, placing it on consent. Finally, HB 515, which would repeal charter public school eligibility for state school building aid, drew debate over whether charter schools should be treated differently from traditional public schools. The committee voted 10-8 for inexpedient to legislate, sending the bill to the regular calendar; Representative Damon was assigned the minority report and Representative Popovic the majority report. The committee then began HB 716, an appropriation for the dual and concurrent enrollment program, where members discussed flat-funding the program at $2.5 million per year and the potential impact on course availability, but the transcript cuts off before a final vote is shown.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
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and <00:20:34.000>could limit our recruiting pool and could limit our - be limited to Second Amendment issues. be limited to Second Amendment issues.
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be - It has a very limited scope.
Keywords:
Second Amendment, firearms, state rights, federal regulation, law enforcement, civil penalties, government liability, concealed carry, public colleges, university facilities, weapons legislation, self-defense, campus safety, weapons, age requirement, permits, HB0097, Wyoming firearms privacy, merchant category code, MCC
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We have imposed a two-minute time limit on witnesses, and tonight I'm going to have to be very strict
- The law library is very limited.
- And this is definitely a contributing factor. Chairman: All right. Thank you for being here.
- Currently the statute of limitations under federal election law is five years.
- HB 200 is a significant reform that contributes to a system of restorative justice.
Bills:
HB200
Keywords:
HB 200, emergency communication, backup communications, satellite phone, portable satellite equipment, radio, floodplain, 100-year floodplain, FEMA, natural disaster, disaster preparedness, emergency preparedness, vulnerable populations, children, elderly, seniors, people with disabilities, care facilities, residential care, assisted living
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (03/24/2026)
Children and Family Law
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Health and Human Services Jan 28th, 2026 at 09:07 am
House Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- You'll be limited to one minute. And I try to be tight on the time. So watch the timer.
- You'll be limited to one minute. And I try to be tight on the time. So watch the timer.
- Double Up Bucks ensures that New Mexicans on SNAP can be part of the community, contribute to the local
- Double Up Bucks ensures that New Mexicans on SNAP can be part of the community, contribute to the local
- that we've given them... ...a limited amount of workforce that they have and the hyperfocus that we've
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Finally, per House Procedure rules, witness testimony must be limited to the bill or resolution currently
- Some of those include identifying factors that contribute to juvenile crime, enhancing youth engagement
- process issues, but it would also subject youth to high fines, up to $500, a criminal record, which limits
- So we do have limitations when we engage.
- eligibility criteria for drug courts must be addressed. protections on drug courts are outdated and limit
Keywords:
housing, affordable housing, state regulations, zoning, local government authority, drug court, juvenile justice, diversion programs, rehabilitation, criminal justice reform, remote proceedings, depositions, virtual hearings, court technology, criminal responsibility, age of maturity, expungement, mental health services, juvenile record sealing, 1184
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Feb 27th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- You could have a bill that limits some of these tools, but instead, this bill takes away Most of the
- Religious gatherings faced strict attendance limits.
- Small businesses were forced to close and operate under severe capacity limits, while big box stores
- Americans have made significant and lasting contributions to the history, culture, economic, and social
- As Minnesota's African American community has a deep-rooted history with historical contributions in
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Labor, Veterans and Military Affairs Jan 28th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I want to acknowledge his history, his contributions, and the respect for what he brings to this committee
- They are limited in the amount that they can charge for depositions, which is not very much.
- There is also the concern raised with this proposal last year that the increase limits will contribute
- There is no limit on discovery fees overall; it's only the amount that employers must advance to the
- So, unfortunately for workers who are injured, when there's no private insurance company, they are limited
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- deferred maintenance and faces well-documented infrastructure challenges that disrupt operations and limit
- minutiae of the law, all the nuances of the law, essentially what it said is that there would be a limit
- And if that limit was exceeded, then it would result in a refund mechanism, either a tax credit or a
- President, that requirement or that limit was actually reached in 1987 and again in 2022.
- I would also say that the number of bills contained in each is very reasonable, very limited, and I know
Summary:
The Senate took up a higher education capital bond bill, House 4769, and considered a long series of amendments focused largely on campus facilities, housing, and related policy issues. Many amendments were adopted, including funding or project language for MassBay Community College HVAC and window replacement, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Springfield Technical Community College, Cape Cod Community College nursing/allied health expansion and housing-related land use, Worcester State University and Quinsigamond Community College, Middlesex Community College, Salem State’s Sullivan Building, Roxbury Community College’s Center for Economic and Social Justice, UMass Boston’s Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences, and several Massachusetts State College Building Authority updates. Some amendments were rejected, including proposals on a sustainable hand hygiene incentive program, unlocking housing on surplus land, a Senator Bill Owen Center designation, Urban College of Boston, and a board membership change. A number of amendments were held or withdrawn during the process.
A major debate centered on an amendment by Senator Tarr to dedicate $300 million of surtax revenue to K-12 education, framed as a response to Chapter 70 funding concerns and the need to modernize school aid. Supporters argued that local districts face rising costs and that the state should set aside fair share revenue for school funding and future school building investments. Opponents said the bill was the wrong vehicle and noted the Commonwealth already dedicates substantial surtax revenue to K-12 programs. The amendment was defeated by roll call. Tarr also offered amendments on a safety valve for surtax revenue declines, equity analysis of surtax allocations, bond covenant requirements, and Chapter 62F taxpayer protections; those were not adopted. The Senate also adopted a separate amendment on AP credit policies at public higher education institutions, though the transcript reflects some procedural confusion around that vote.
After completing amendments, the Senate ordered the bill to a third reading and then passed it to be engrossed by a recorded vote of 38-0. Senators then adopted several extension orders giving committees additional time to report on pending bills, including Environment and Natural Resources and Municipalities and Regional Government. The chamber also adopted an order to meet again the following Monday at 11 a.m. The session concluded with a unanimous memorial adjournment in honor of Bolton Police Chief Luke Hamburger, followed by a brief statement recognizing Rare Disease Day and the challenges faced by patients seeking diagnosis and treatment.