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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, November 17, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- James Black purchased the farm...
- James Black purchased the farm... CONGRESS RENAMED THE FACILITY IN HONOR OF THE FORMER U.S.
- JAMES BLACK PURCHASED THE FARM In December of 1920, at a cost of $28 per acre for 140 acres, he raised
- It prohibits the use of funds to purchase software or hardware from foreign entities of concern when
- >> MANY THROUGHOUT THE NATION WHO PURCHASE INSURANCE THROUGH THE A.C.A.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 03/18/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- My mother said her children all purchased homes, and you, other baby, the last one, that was one of the
- My mother said her children all purchased homes, and you, other baby, the last one, that was one of the
- The site was purchased by the St.
- The site was purchased by the St.
- our whole state the site was purchased our whole state the site was purchased by<00:23:37.799>
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- or choose not to purchase for their firearm.
- or choose not to consumer might purchase or choose not to purchase<04:15:06.960>
for <04:15:07.199 - <04:15:08.479>
This <04:15:08.720>law purchase for their firearm. - This law purchase for their firearm.
- to put on a firearm that they purchase to put on a firearm that they purchase whether<04:31:53.840
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- management agency to purchase management agency to purchase promotional educational materials from promotional
- or otherwise obtain the fund to purchase or otherwise obtain the fund to purchase or otherwise obtain
- The age rating of the app or inapp purchase if available. inapp purchase if available. inapp purchase
- The content description of the app or inapp purchase if inapp purchase if inapp purchase if available
- or inapp purchases or inapp purchases or advertisements.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (01/22/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Maine cigarette purchases are also subject to a 5% sales tax.
- are also subject to a 5% sales purchases are also subject to a 5% sales tax<00:10:55.279>
so < - And at the same time, there's a decrease in people purchasing it, even though there's an increase in
- I have a unique perspective on how tax policy affects behavior and purchases.
- I have a unique perspective on how tax policy affects behavior and purchases.
Summary:
The public hearing focused on HB 290, which would raise cigarette and e-cigarette/vaping taxes and create a committee to study tobacco and nicotine tax policy. Representative Jerry Stringham introduced the bill as both a public health and revenue measure, arguing that nicotine use causes health harms and public costs, and that New Hampshire’s cigarette tax has been unchanged at $1.78 per pack since 2013. He said the bill would raise the cigarette tax by $1 per pack to $2.78, still below most New England states, and would also adjust vaping taxes, which he described as having been set as placeholder rates in 2019. He said the bill would also establish a study committee to review broader tobacco and nicotine taxation, including products such as premium cigars.
In response to questions, Stringham said the proposed cigarette tax would be roughly equal in real dollars to the 2008 rate after inflation, and he suggested that a smaller annual increase could be considered, though he believed a larger increase would have a stronger public health effect. He explained that the vaping tax structure differs between closed and open systems because one taxes a fixed hardware product while the other taxes reusable liquid, and he said the proposal would move the rates toward a more uniform approach. He also said New Hampshire would remain below neighboring states even after the increase, though members raised concerns about cross-border shopping, business impacts, and preserving the state’s competitive advantage.
Several members questioned whether the bill’s main purpose was revenue or reducing smoking and vaping. Stringham said he viewed it primarily as a public health bill, but also as a revenue measure, and said he would consider it successful even if consumption fell enough to reduce revenue. Other members emphasized personal freedom and argued the committee should focus on taxation rather than cessation, while some supported the bill as a way to capture revenue from out-of-state buyers and keep New Hampshire’s rates below surrounding states. The hearing consisted of testimony and questions only; no vote or final action was taken in the excerpt provided.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (03/04/2026)
Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- does one very important thing, in my opinion: it makes it so that an item like a nebulizer can be purchased
- 00:25:37.240>
nebulizer <00:25:37.920>can <00:25:38.080>be <00:25:38.240>purchased - item like a nebulizer can be purchased item like a nebulizer can be purchased at<00:25:39.000>
- I don't think the approach of just limiting the purchasing power of one group of people is the way to
- uh purchase via SNAP benefits. uh purchase via SNAP benefits.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- There's 16 judges in our Purchase Region, of which we are scheduled to lose three in 2030.
- There's 16 judges in our Purchase Region, of which we are scheduled to lose three in 2030.
- There's 16 judges in our Purchase Region, of which we are scheduled to lose three in 2030.
- There's 16 judges in our Purchase Region, of which we are scheduled to lose three in 2030.
- In our Purchase Region, we are scheduled to lose three in 2030.
Summary:
The House Judiciary Committee met to consider two major bills. First, House Bill 521, relating to stalking, was presented by Majority Leader Steven Rudy with testimony from the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs. Supporters said Kentucky’s stalking laws need updating to address modern electronic and technology-based stalking and to better protect victims of persistent, ongoing harassment. Members asked about fiscal impact and prison costs; Rudy said the bill was mainly a statutory update and should have no new prison impact. The committee then voted 17-0 to pass HB 521 with favorable expression.
The committee next took up House Bill 422, known as Logan’s Law, which was presented by Rep. Dan Fister and Rep. T.J. Roberts with emotional testimony from George Typton, father of Logan Typton. The bill responds to the 2015 murder of Logan Typton and seeks to revise Kentucky’s insanity defense, limit mandatory re-entry supervision for certain violent offenses, require consecutive sentences for multiple victims, and change life-without-parole rules so juries can impose it more directly in intentional murder cases. Typton described the crime and argued the current system failed his family; several members expressed sympathy and support.
After a committee substitute was adopted, Roberts explained that the substitute preserved an insanity defense modeled on Alaska’s rule, rather than abolishing it, and clarified that a defendant must be unable to appreciate the nature of their actions due to mental illness or intellectual disability. He also said the bill would ensure consistency in insanity verdicts across multiple counts and provide treatment options for those found guilty but mentally ill. Rep. Marzian raised concerns about mental health funding, prison costs, and corrections impacts, while Scott West of the Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers warned the bill could reduce plea bargaining flexibility and slow the courts if sentencing becomes more automatic. The bill remained under consideration after testimony, with no final vote shown in the transcript.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (01/30/2026)
Education Policy and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- And we are a charter school that started out leasing, but were able to purchase our facility and then
- later purchase a second facility on a dual-zoned lot that we ended up merging.
- our facility and were able to purchase our facility and then<03:46:38.640>
later <03:46:39.040 - :46:41.040>
on then later purchase a second facility on then later purchase a second facility - We leased our building until late 2024 when we were actually able to purchase our building.
Summary:
The committee first heard HB 1334, which would remove the Education Freedom Account scholarship organization’s authority to approve “any other educational expense” under the EFA statute. The prime sponsor, Representative Porchelli, said the bill would narrow the law to the specifically listed qualifying expenses, avoid broad interpretation, and shift any questions to the Department of Education or the legislative oversight committee. In response to questions, she said she did not think the open-ended category had been needed and that the statute already clearly lists allowable expenses. A representative of the Children’s Scholarship Fund testified in opposition, saying the category is used rarely but is important for unusual cases, especially students with special needs, and that removing it could create unintended consequences. After testimony, the chair closed the hearing on HB 1334.
The committee then heard HB 1513, which would move several EFA reporting and oversight requirements from administrative rules and the contract with the Children’s Scholarship Fund into statute. Representative Porchelli said the bill would consolidate existing requirements on timely responses to oversight requests, publication of expense reports by category and provider, and transmission of eligibility and enrollment data to the Department of Education. She described the bill as mostly a clarification and transparency measure rather than a substantive policy change. Members asked about the meaning of “timely access,” the 45-day deadline, whether the contract already covered these duties, and whether the scholarship organization had ever failed to comply. The Children’s Scholarship Fund said it had generally met the 45-day deadline, had not knowingly refused information requests, and that the quarterly reporting requirement could add cost; the sponsor said the DOE had provided guidance and was neutral. The hearing on HB 1513 was then closed.
Finally, the committee heard HB 1256, which would repeal the state librarian’s authority to award scholarships for graduate library school attendance at American Library Association-accredited schools. Representative Drago said the law was unnecessary because the state does not currently have a state librarian, scholarships are not typically granted by statute, and he objected to the ALA accreditation requirement and what he described as the association’s political advocacy. In questions, he clarified that the bill targets the accreditation requirement rather than a specific school and said he did not think the state should direct taxpayer-funded scholarships toward ALA-accredited programs. A member raised First Amendment concerns, but the sponsor said the issue was not speech itself, only the use of taxpayer dollars and state law to support that direction. The transcript cuts off before any vote or final action on HB 1256.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-09 (1:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Instead of purchasing land and spending a lot of taxpayer dollars to manage it, or I would even submit
- Instead of purchasing land and spending a lot of taxpayer dollars to manage it, or I would even submit
- What that $150 million, though, set aside for a particular group of individuals to be able to purchase
- Interest rates are extremely high, not nearly as many people can afford to purchase as they were before
- People can afford to purchase better than they can to pay their rent.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present, then adopted the special order report and moved into a series of budget-related bills. The chamber first took up HB 5011/SB 2506 on environmental resource management and natural resources funding, where Democrats argued the bill would reduce recurring support for the Resilient Florida program, the Florida Wildlife Corridor, invasive species removal, and other conservation efforts. Supporters said the change would shift money from recurring to nonrecurring funding so the Legislature could reassess priorities each year and rely more on private-sector stewardship. After a strike-all amendment and conference posture change, SB 2506 passed 97-12. HB 5013, reducing state-funded property reinsurance reserves, passed 108-0, and HB 5501, redirecting documentary stamp tax distributions from housing and transportation trust funds into general revenue, passed 82-26 after extended debate over its impact on affordable housing and transportation funding.
The House also passed HB 5015 on state group insurance, which requires DMS to develop a formulary management system and was described as producing significant savings; members raised concerns about prescription access and implementation, but the bill passed 109-0. HB 5201 on state financial accounting and HB 5203 on the Capitol Center both passed unanimously, as did HB 5009, which creates a Florida Accountability Office and reorganizes audit functions. The chamber then passed HB 7031, a major sales tax reduction bill lowering the state sales tax rate and several related rates; supporters framed it as permanent relief for all Floridians, while opponents said property tax relief would be more meaningful and that the sales tax cut would also benefit tourists and out-of-state visitors. HB 7031 passed 112-0.
The House then began consideration of HB 501, the proposed fiscal year 2025-26 budget, totaling $112.9 billion and emphasizing reduced recurring spending and large reserves. Subcommittee chairs outlined their budget silos: K-12 education at $20.6 billion with teacher raises, school hardening, literacy, transportation stipends, and security funding for Jewish day schools; health care at $47 billion with full Medicaid and KidCare funding, opioid settlement spending, mental health beds, and senior services; transportation/economic development at $18.5 billion; agriculture and natural resources at $5.8 billion with reduced Everglades spending but continued water, resiliency, and land management funding; higher education at $8.7 billion; state administration at $2.9 billion; justice at $7.3 billion; and IT at $529 million for Florida PALM, FX, and other systems. Members then began questioning the K-12 budget, focusing on FEFP funding, proration, voucher growth, stabilization dollars, mental health and school safety funding, and whether districts would be held harmless under the proposed allocations.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
AGR Public Hearing - Wed Mar 19, 2025 @ 9:30 AM HST
Agriculture & Food Systems
Transcript Highlights:
- exempts the Department of Education from the electronic procurement system for the department's purchase
- of locally grown foods in the largest purchaser for the state, which is the State DOE.
- of locally grown foods in the largest purchaser for the state, which is the State DOE.
- of fresh meats and produce the purchase of fresh meats and produce and<00:26:07.640>
animals < - of locally grown foods in the largest purchaser for the state, which is the State DOE.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- the day, these added costs will be passed on to consumers, strongly incentivizing Minnesotans to purchase
- Um,<00:35:52.720>
dealers <00:35:53.200>purchase <00:35:53.839>vehicles <00:35:54.400 - >
from <00:35:54.640>the Um, dealers purchase vehicles from the Um, dealers purchase vehicles - articles containing thousands and thousands of components and subassemblies that they oftentimes purchase
- articles containing thousands and thousands of components and subassemblies that they oftentimes purchase
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:37:53.040>
from and Zoning has to be purchased from and Zoning has to be purchased from - In fact, our average purchase price of a home went up 60% in this past year.
- In fact, our average purchase price of a home went up 60% in this past year.
- In fact, our average purchase price of a home went up 60% in this past year.
- $455,000 in fact our average purchase $455,000 in fact our average purchase price<00:48:54.400><
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/25
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The rule ensures that Minnesotans have the choices to purchase the cleanest type of vehicle that they
- the cleanest type of choices to purchase the cleanest type of vehicle<00:04:34.800>
that <00:04 - California bureaucrats have the final say on what cars consumers can purchase.
- Currently, Minnesota consumers are purchasing electric vehicles at a rate of 6% a year.
- Currently, Minnesota consumers are purchasing electric vehicles at a rate of 6% a year.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, January 13, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I am proud to reintroduce the Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act, which passed this House in
- I am proud to reintroduce the Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act, which passed this House in
- I am proud to reintroduce the Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act, which passed this House in
- act<00:12:13.639>
which <00:12:14.040>passed <00:12:14.800>this vehicle purchases - act which passed this vehicle purchases act which passed this house<00:12:15.680>
in <00:12:15.839
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee, June 11, 2026 - PM
Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- So the common schools purchased 87.9% of these lands to control. Mr.
- So they were a grant, not a purchase. Okay.
- So, were some of them purchased and some of them granted, or is it all based on a grant? Mr.
- So they were a grant, not a purchase. purchase. purchase.
- <00:26:04.559>
and <00:26:04.880>some >> So, were some of them purchased and
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- When they're purchasing paints, their experience doesn't change either.
- When they're purchasing paints, their experience doesn't change either.
- So, whatever the purchase price is, the fee is then added to it.
- price will be you know, the purchase price will be marked<01:34:21.760>
accordingly. - price and what's the definition of purchase price is really the question, right?
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
CPN-EIG, CPN-HHS, CPN DEFER Public Hearings 02-11-2025
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- The reserve fee is based on 15% of one month of the covered PPA payments, or power purchase agreement
- The utility does not make any money off of power purchase agreements.
- agreement payment so the power purchase agreement payment so the amount<00:53:36.400>
that <00 - agreement ments um we collect purchase agreement ments um we collect that<00:53:58.799>
revenue - No, the reserve fee is only going to be for the covered power purchase agreements, which is just the
Summary:
The joint Senate hearing focused primarily on SB 1201, a wildfire measure that would create a wildfire recovery fund and allow securitization for electric utilities. Hawaiian Electric strongly supported the bill, saying it would help protect customers, property owners, insurers, and the broader economy from future catastrophic wildfire liability while improving the utility’s credit profile and lowering financing costs. Support also came from DCCA Consumer Advocacy, the Attorney General’s office on written comments, Ulupono Initiative, Clearway Energy Group, IBEW Local 1260, Par Hawaii, KIUC, the Chamber of Commerce Hawaiʻi, Plus Power, and numerous organizations and individuals. Opponents or commenters raised concerns about the liability cap, victim compensation process, and fund structure, including the Hawaiʻi Association for Justice, the Hawaiʻi Regional Council of Carpenters, and the Hawaiʻi Insurance Council; Henry Curtis of Life of the Land supported the concept of a fund but questioned the catastrophe threshold and whether the fund would be empty without a prudency finding.
Much of the discussion centered on whether the proposed fund would actually help restore Hawaiian Electric to investment grade, with senators comparing the proposal to California’s wildfire fund. Hawaiian Electric said the bill was only one part of a broader process, alongside physical risk reduction and settlement finalization, and argued that without the bill the utility would not regain investment grade. Senators also questioned the proposed $1 billion fund size, the fairness of ratepayer contributions versus shareholder contributions, and whether customers should pay for consulting and administrative costs; Hawaiian Electric said its proposed amendment would remove those consulting-related charges. The company also said the fund would accrue interest and, if unused, could be returned to customers, and that there would be replenishment and supplemental contribution mechanisms if the fund were exhausted.
The Attorney General’s office said it still had further amendments to discuss, and the departments had not yet resolved where the fund should reside administratively, though Hawaiian Electric said it believed DCCA was the appropriate place but was open to alternatives. KIUC requested two amendments. No vote or final committee action was taken during the hearing, and the measure remained under discussion with questions and proposed amendments still outstanding.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- which can stimulate needed and purchased which can stimulate the<00:08:32.360>
economy <00:08: - , which is just what it sounds like: having local food that is purchased and promoted in the cafeteria
- , which is just what it sounds like: having local food that is purchased and promoted in the cafeteria
- and and in turn districts to purchase and and in turn serve<00:18:56.919>
to <00:18:57.520> - , so that translates into our local purchases as well.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 02/12/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Last year I was awarded a $50,000 grant to help purchase a seed cleaner and open a storage facility,
- Last year I was awarded a $50,000 grant to help purchase a seed cleaner and open a storage facility,
- <00:45:42.240>
a <00:45:42.319>seed $50,000 Grant to help purchase a seed $50,000 Grant - to help purchase a seed cleaner<00:45:43.079>
and <00:45:43.240>open <00:45:43.920> - <01:37:47.320>
or My lender for credit on new purchases or our annual operating loans for
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee Jun 10th, 2026
Revenue and Taxation
Transcript Highlights:
- original intent of the Welfare Property Tax Exemption was to assist nonprofit organizations that purchased
- could be put up for sale, and pending state intervention to protect these natural lands, could be purchased
- resources and open space lands welfare property tax exemption for a further... natural lands could be purchased