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WY
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee, February 25, 2026 PM 2

Appropriations

MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 2/24/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The chair moves A1 amendment to put the bill in the shape the author prefers.
  • It was due to gaps in Minnesota laws in 2016 regarding positions of authority and high school students
Bills: HF3489, HF3550
Keywords: grooming, child protection, student safety, sexual exploitation, educator licensing, teacher discipline, mandatory reporting, mandated reporter training, school misconduct, predatory offender, child abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, child sexual abuse material, child pornography, position of authority, school employee, school administrator, license revocation, license suspension
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management May 8th, 2025

Land & Resource Management

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm trying to get the authors to come over here, but we're going to start with one now.
  • Currently, the condemner is required to disclose, at the time an offer to purchase is made, any and all
  • CCI is all the entities with eminent domain authority except TxDOT in the state of Texas.
  • That includes private and public entities with eminent domain authority, which includes things like cities
  • This document doesn’t have any legal authority to it.
Bills: HB5489, HB5695, HB5699, SB291, SB292
Keywords: impact fee, moratorium, local government, Texas legislation, infrastructure funding, municipal utility district, eminent domain, bonds, assessments, infrastructure, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Harris County, Municipal Utility District, territory exclusion, debt service taxes, property taxation, condemnation, property acquisition, real property, appraisal reports
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Taxes Committee Meeting - 2025-04-10

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • To the author of the bill, please describe your bill for us. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
  • We do support House File 912 and thank the authors for bringing it forward.
  • I am the Port Authority Administrator for the City of Bloomington.
  • under the temporary transfer authority.
  • To the author, would you like to wrap it up? Author: Sure. Thank you, Chair Davis.
Bills: HF2048, HF2360, HF2006, HF950, HF912, HF3140, HF2931
Keywords: individual income tax, retirement contributions, tax corrections, annuity contracts, tax year attribution, tax credit, economic development, community investment, data disclosure, Minnesota regulations, tax increment financing, municipal authority, job creation, transferred increment, public hearing, nonresident employees, income tax exemption, Minnesota taxation, employment duties, tax withholding
AL
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Committee Apr 9th, 2025

Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure

TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Economic Development Apr 7th, 2025

Economic Development

AL
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Education Policy Committee Apr 2nd, 2025

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Parents are required to sign an authorization.
  • of the local boards, define what you mean by construe and their authority.
  • Well, I mean, they still have the authority to limit the authority of the local school boards.
  • spot from using that authority to inflict their ideas on the classroom.
  • What did we just hear about authority not inflicting their personal beliefs on students?
Bills: SB211, HB96, SB215, SB257, SB13, SB13
Keywords: school safety, local law enforcement, superintendent, complaints, school bus regulations, National Signing Day, athletic scholarships, military enlistment, postsecondary education, apprenticeship programs, high school students, educational commitments, education intervention, State Superintendent, local boards, provisional release, subpoena authority, compliance, educational operation control, fundraising
AL
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Apr 2nd, 2025

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Education Without conditions, this bill would authorize the state superintendent to summon witnesses
  • There are a lot of state agencies that have this authority, but we don't have the authority, obviously
  • We don't have the authority, obviously.
Bills: SB211, HB96, SB215, SB257, SB13, SB13
Keywords: school safety, local law enforcement, superintendent, complaints, school bus regulations, National Signing Day, athletic scholarships, military enlistment, postsecondary education, apprenticeship programs, high school students, educational commitments, education intervention, State Superintendent, local boards, provisional release, subpoena authority, compliance, educational operation control, fundraising
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/25

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • get the bill in shape that the author get the bill in shape that the author wants<00:41:54.319><
  • have the bill as the chair as the author have the bill as the chair as the author wants<00:42:13.599
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  • to the Minnesota Health and Education Facilities Authority to reflect the newly expanded authority that
Bills: HF2371, HF2147, HF2557, HF1165, HF2466, HF2465, HF2482
Keywords: informed consent, sensitive examinations, healthcare, patient rights, anesthesia, hot water pools, rental properties, public health, safety regulations, Minnesota Statutes, health care access, hospital surcharge, fund allocation, medical assistance, health funding, health care, education, bonding capacity, financing, Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Obviously, I'm already a co-author on this, but I want to commend Ms.
  • director or not but or maybe the author director or not but or maybe the author why<00:48:30.640
  • FZ has anything to say in addition, but last year I originally authored this bill and authored it because
  • FZ has anything to say in addition, but last year I originally authored this bill and authored it because
  • Last year, I originally authored this bill, and authored it because of the great work that was going
Bills: HF1013, HF1598, HF1656, HF2162
Keywords: energy, economic development, funding, renewable resources, Clean Energy Economy Minnesota, air ventilation, geothermal, school financing, Minnesota Climate Innovative Finance Authority, geothermal energy, renewable energy, construction funding, Como Zoo, energy efficiency, HF2162, Minnesota, planning grants, renewable development account, clean energy, Department of Commerce
AL
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee Feb 26th, 2025

Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

KY
KY

Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Capitol Projects and Bond Oversight Committee (1-22-25)

Transcript Highlights:
  • The original authority was a line-item budget in House Bill 265 from the 2024 regular session.
  • I believe Milward Deadman from the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority is joining us remotely.
  • This is the report from the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority.
  • sure understand the statutory Authority sure understand the statutory Authority for for for when
  • <00:30:21.440> this Industrial Development Authority this Industrial Development Authority
Keywords: 00:13 Call to Order and Roll Call 01:00 Election of Co-Chairs 03:38 Approval of Minutes 04:09 Information Items 05:55 Project Rpt from Finance and Admin Cab 12:13 Lease Rpt from Finance and Admin Cab 17:48 Ky Infrastructure Authority 28:50 Economic Development - EDF Grants 32:50 Ofc of Financial Mgmt 36:30 SFCC Debt Issues 40:50 Adjournment, 958, all
Summary: The committee first reorganized by electing new co-chairs for the Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee: Senator Fanny Fromom? as Senate co-chair and Representative McPherson as House co-chair, both by acclamation. The committee then approved the minutes from the prior meeting and received quarterly capital project status reports from the Administrative Office of the Courts, Finance and Administration Cabinet, and postsecondary institutions. Those reports noted University of Kentucky equipment purchases, several school districts planning general obligation and revenue bond issues, a notification of non-approval for PR 3567, and Kentucky Community and Technical College System asset preservation projects. Kevin Cardwell of the Finance and Administration Cabinet reported two action items: a $5,100 federal-funded Transportation Cabinet renovation of the Rowan County east and westbound rest areas, and a $1 million federal fund increase for the Capitol City Airport terminal building project, bringing the total federal support to $10 million and reducing the need for restricted funds. The committee also received a no-action report on a $1,363,000 Kentucky State University exterior repairs project funded through the 2024 asset preservation pool. Both action items were approved unanimously after roll call votes. The committee approved four lease renewals presented by Natalie Bronner for Cabinet for Health and Family Services locations in Bell, Lee, and Clay counties, plus a parking lease for the Department of Corrections in Jefferson County. Members asked about lease pricing and were told renewals must remain at existing terms and conditions. The committee then approved a $57,000 Kentucky WATS emergency grant for Wood Creek Water District to cover part of arrears tied to the City of Livingston; members discussed the city’s audit delinquency, possible regional water/sewer solutions, and concerns about rates and private involvement, but the grant was approved. Finally, the committee approved a $1 million line-item water grant to the City of Williamsburg with no action required, three Economic Development Fund grants for Bell, Franklin, and Shelby counties totaling $8 million in state support for site acquisition and infrastructure work, and five SFCC-supported school debt issues for Elizabethtown Independent, Erlanger Independent, Boyd County, Henderson County, and Union County. The school projects included middle school, high school, and vocational school renovations or new construction, and members requested a breakdown of the space funded by the debt. All action items were approved, and the meeting adjourned.
KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Public Pension Oversight Board (8-22-23)

TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Health and Human Services (Part I) Apr 23rd, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • the authorization statement.
  • All right members, any questions of the author? Thank you.
  • Senate Bill 1528 and recognizes its author, Senator West, to explain the bill.
  • The chair recognizes its author, Senator Sparks, to explain the bill.
  • Today, every local mental health authority...
Bills: SB128, SB640, SB672, SB904, SB1141, SB1263, SB1525, SB1528, SB2041, SB2306, SB2308, SB2357, SB2446, SB2695, SB2857, SB2891, SB2583
Keywords: hospital reporting, child abuse, neglect, administrative penalty, medical ethics, child protection, SB 640, Texas Family Code, Department of Family and Protective Services, DFPS, child welfare, foster care, managing conservatorship, suicide attempt, youth suicide, mental health, child protective services, state custody, annual report, reporting requirements
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Health and Human Services (Part II) Apr 23rd, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think the house author has a slightly different approach.
  • Senate Bill 2041 and recognizes author Senator Hancock to accept. the bill.
  • Authority for the Purchasing Pool from the Comptroller's Office to the Health and Human Services Commission
  • 28 states participate in one of three statewide purchasing pools.
  • Thank you, Senator Blanco, for authoring this bill, happy birthday.
Bills: SB128, SB640, SB672, SB904, SB1141, SB1263, SB1525, SB1528, SB2041, SB2306, SB2308, SB2357, SB2446, SB2695, SB2857, SB2891, SB2583
Keywords: hospital reporting, child abuse, neglect, administrative penalty, medical ethics, child protection, SB 640, Texas Family Code, Department of Family and Protective Services, DFPS, child welfare, foster care, managing conservatorship, suicide attempt, youth suicide, mental health, child protective services, state custody, annual report, reporting requirements
HI
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

JDC DEFER, JDC, JDC DEFER, JDC Public Hearings 04-09-2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • This authorizes the Department of Transportation to designate airport special districts within airports
  • This<00:02:06.360> authorizes<00:02:06.920> Department<00:02:07.240> of This authorizes
  • Department of This authorizes Department of Transportation<00:02:07.880> to<00:02:07.960>
  • This authorizes a state historic preservation division to conduct a phase review of proposed projects
  • c> historic This authorizes a state historic This authorizes a state historic preservation<00:03:
Bills: HB2592
Keywords: Mauna Kea, MKSOA, Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority, University of Hawaii, UH, Board of Land and Natural Resources, BLNR, Department of Land and Natural Resources, DLNR, Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 195H, land management, transition period, management plan, administrative rules, rulemaking, lease extension, sublease, public lands, Native Hawaiian rights, cultural stewardship
Summary: The Judiciary Committee met on several decision-making agendas and first considered HB 1696, which would lower the minimum age for commercial driving in-state from 19 to 18 and adjust qualifying criteria. The committee agreed to accept amendments, including changes suggested by the Operating Engineers Union, and voted unanimously to pass the bill with amendments. HB 2333, which would authorize airport special districts and increase penalties for certain aeronautics violations, was deferred after concerns were raised about treatment of people outside airport security perimeters. On the next agenda, the committee passed HB 1710 with technical amendments only. That bill would allow the State Historic Preservation Division to conduct phase reviews of certain private-property projects and revise concurrence deadlines. HB 1737, clarifying allowable agricultural district uses related to farm dwellings and farm employee housing, also passed with technical amendments only. HB 1823, dealing with coastal zone management and excluding certain state- or county-funded infrastructure projects in Lahaina from the definition of development, passed with amendments from the Attorney General’s office. The committee then took up HB 1897, an alternative dispute resolution measure for condominium-related disputes, including facilitated mediation, evaluative mediation, and binding arbitration. Despite noting broad opposition and a reservation from Senator Buenaventura, the committee adopted the measure and moved it forward as is. Finally, HB 2576, which streamlines background check requirements for health care facilities and workers, passed with amendments reflecting input from OHA, HAH, and DOH. The meeting concluded with notice of a later joint agenda and adjournment.
KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee - (3-19-26) - Upon Adjournment of Both Chambers

Transcript Highlights:
  • Pursuant to cars equipment purchases.
  • Is some of this purchase of equipment?
  • <00:14:19.440> coming<00:14:19.600> on purchase of equipment that's coming on purchase
  • Authority and there is action required Authority and there is action required on<00:27:19.520> all
  • Industrial Development Authority Industrial Development Authority approved<00:41:24.000> by
Keywords: 00:02 Call to Order and Roll Call 00:45 Approval of Minutes 01:01 Information Items 06:25 Project Rpt from Postsecondary Institutions-KCTCS 10:50 Project Rpt from Finance and Admin Cabinet 18:08 Lease Rpt from Finance and Admin Cabinet 27:12 Rpt from OFM – KY Infrastructure Authority 33:56 Rpt from OFM – CED EDF Grants 47:20 Rpt from OFM – Office of Financial Mgmt 56:53 Adjournment, 958, all
Summary: The committee first handled routine business, including approval of the February meeting minutes and several information items. Those items covered university equipment purchases, school district and transportation-related debt issuances, Northern Kentucky University’s planned construction-manager/general-contractor delivery method for the medical examiner/crime lab relocation project, a lease-space advertisement, postsecondary asset preservation allocations, and lease-law compliance reports. Members then discussed the Northern Kentucky crime lab project in more detail; staff explained that the memorandum of agreement would cover the construction portion while the lease would cover operations, and members were told the project should move forward without procurement problems. The committee approved a Kentucky Community and Technical College System project to modify the fire academy maintenance building after the related dormitory project was set aside because of major cost overruns. KCTCS said the dormitory would be about $3 million over budget, so it would not be bid; instead, the maintenance building would be expanded to add showers and restroom/locker facilities, bringing that project from $2 million to about $3.2 million. The committee also approved a Transportation Cabinet project for the Hardin County I-65 southbound commercial motor vehicle station relocation, with members asking about the estimate, the lack of a direct prior example, and the fact that the loadometer equipment itself would be purchased separately and was not included in the construction estimate. Finance and Administration Cabinet lease items were then considered. The committee approved a Department of Public Advocacy lease in Christian County and a Transportation Cabinet vehicle regulation lease in Kenton County, both negotiated down from initial asking prices and both including utilities. Two lease modifications were reported without action: a Department of Revenue fit-up in Jefferson County and an expanded vehicle regulation lease in Adair County. Members also approved a package of Kentucky Infrastructure Authority items, including four loans and six Cleaner Water Program grant reallocations, covering sewer and water projects such as MSD’s Patty’s Run flood pumping station, Paducah-McCracken County’s wastewater treatment plant, Mount Washington’s lift station replacement, and Eminence’s wastewater plant expansion. Finally, the committee heard a batch of Kentucky Product Development Initiative economic development grants and approved the action items in one vote. The projects included due diligence and infrastructure work for industrial and site-development projects in multiple counties, with local match requirements and KEDFA approvals described for each. The committee also received three line-item water grants from House Bill 1 that required no action, and the meeting ended after the grant presentations and approvals.
AZ
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

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

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair, members, House Bill 2148 grants the legislature the authority to appropriate non-constitutional
  • We are the appropriating authority exclusively for state government, and I just find it's long overdue
  • Now, of course, you and I both know that the governor will veto any effort to try and take authority
  • Also, part of that money is to purchase well-needed patrol cars.
Bills: HB2148, HB2993
Keywords: federal funding, state budget, appropriation, block grants, noncustodial funds, legislative authority, Arizona attorney general, Department of Public Safety, DPS, consumer fraud revolving fund, consumer protection fund, gang and immigration intelligence team enforcement mission fund, public safety appropriation, supplemental appropriation, outside counsel, state agency legal representation, legal services, state settlement proceeds, general fund, A.R.S. 41-192
Summary: The Committee on Appropriations, Transportation and Technology heard a presentation on advanced air mobility, featuring video and remarks about new aircraft technologies, including drones and electric vertical takeoff and landing craft. The presentation emphasized potential uses such as medical delivery, rescue operations, passenger and cargo transport, quieter flight profiles, and the need for coordination among industry, government, NASA, the FAA, and other partners. Members also noted an upcoming display of a Pivotal aircraft on the Senate lawn. The committee then considered House Bill 2148, which would grant the legislature authority to appropriate non-constitutional federal monies and require the legislature to specify the purposes for which those funds are spent, with a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. Supporters described it as a transparency and separation-of-powers measure, while opponents argued it would interfere with existing federal funding structures and state programs. The bill received a do-pass recommendation on a 6-4 vote. House Bill 2993 was also heard. It would appropriate $6.4 million from the Consumer Protection/Consumer Fraud Revolving Fund to the Department of Public Safety for FY 2026 and exempt DPS from the statutory restriction on employing legal counsel without approval. Testimony from the Arizona State Troopers Association supported the funding as an emergency need to avoid cuts to recruit classes, overtime, and patrol car purchases, but several members objected to combining the appropriation with the outside-counsel policy change. The committee approved the bill on a 6-4 do-pass vote. The meeting concluded with announcements about upcoming committee events and adjournment.
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Local and County Government Feb 24th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Local and County Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • However, what is currently happening is that county clerks believe that they don't have the authority
  • Additional questions of the author on the Senate bill. Seeing no questions, will there be debate?
  • Will there be questions of the author. Senator Ice, thank you, Chair.
Bills: SB2106, SB1471, SB2139, SB2154, SB1619
Keywords: zoning, municipal compensation, property rights, financial impact, reversion ordinance, solid waste management, municipal authority, regulatory fees, waste reduction, environmental impact, restrictive covenants, discriminatory covenants, racially restrictive covenants, housing discrimination, Fair Housing Act, plats, subdivision plats, residential additions, county clerk, municipal ordinance
AZ
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/19/2026 - Senate Government

Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • As they write, quote, it is the opposite result of what was expected when voters authorized Prop 301.
  • expected when voters As they write, quote, it is the opposite result of what was expected when voters authorized
Bills: HB2035, HB2041, HB2611, HB2860, HB4004, HB4049, SCR1032
Keywords: kinship care, child welfare, foster care, relative placement, child protection, child neglect, financial resources, behavioral health, Christian Science treatment, parental rights, group homes, children's rights, safety protocols, employee training, mental health, child safety, oversight, independent committee, transparency, accountability
Summary: The Senate Committee on Government considered only SCR 1032, along with a strike-everything amendment. The amendment would require school districts, subject to voter approval, to dedicate at least 60% of operational spending to teacher pay, with a phased-in increase starting in FY 2028 for districts below that threshold. It also would penalize noncompliant districts by requiring unexpended Classroom Site Fund monies to revert, making districts ineligible for those funds until back in compliance, and directing JLBC to exclude those districts from per-pupil calculations. The Superintendent of Public Instruction could grant limited waivers of the forfeiture provisions for up to one year, not more than two consecutive years for the same district. Supporters, including representatives of Heritage Action, the Goldwater Institute, and the Center for Arizona Policy, argued that Arizona has increased school funding substantially while teacher pay has remained flat in real terms, and said the measure would improve accountability and ensure more money reaches teachers rather than district administration. They cited Auditor General findings and prior voter-approved efforts such as the Classroom Site Fund and teacher pay initiatives as evidence that districts have not prioritized classroom spending as intended. A rural school coalition testified in opposition, saying the proposal would be difficult for small districts to meet because it could force cuts to other essential costs such as fuel, insurance, facilities, and other operating needs, and that the Auditor General’s classroom-spending categories may not accurately reflect actual teacher pay. One committee member also raised concerns that the measure could harm special education and other legally required student services. During discussion, the sponsor said charter schools were excluded because they are private businesses under the state’s framework, despite receiving public funds. The committee adopted the strike-everything amendment and then voted 4-3 to give SCR 1032, as amended, a do pass recommendation.