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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 2/25/26

Veterans and Military Affairs Division

Transcript Highlights:
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  • /c> I told them to go to the Human Rights I told them to go to the Human Rights Administration.<00:15
  • Uh, to Mr.
  • The impact on service members and illnesses relating to them have been addressed in the Agent Orange
  • </c> re-referred to health. re-referred to health.
Bills: HF3540, HF3522, HF3544
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 16th, 2026 at 10:48 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • the children care setting to provide early intervention services.
  • We support Senate Bill 241 because access to reliable child care directly affects recruitment, recruit
  • I am against SB 241 because Childcare providers are strongly supporting expanding access to affordable
  • This includes access to affordable, high-quality childcare to ensure that mothers can participate in
  • We have the opportunity here to make good on a promise to finally recognize educators' committed service
Bills: SB132, SB241
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 16th, 2026

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • So how I like to start this bill is: if you are an individual who is having difficulty accessing the
  • You probably remember me more by my service dog. I have stepped away due to health issues.
  • state buildings and to make sure that the plans for access are followed through on and make sure that
  • It depends on whether you have ADA issues that are employee-related, access to the building, or using
  • My brother-in-law lives in Milan, and I want to make sure that him, his son, and his partner have access
Bills: SB132, SB241
Summary: The committee first heard HB 158 as amended, which would require state agencies receiving appropriations from the Grow Fund to submit accountability and evaluation plans to the State Budget Division and the Legislative Finance Committee. LFC staff said the bill would put existing practice into statute and formalize agency reporting and evaluation responsibilities. The bill drew no opposition testimony, and after questions about whether agencies or LFC would do the evaluations, it passed on a 9-0 due pass vote. HB 255, the Public Safety Workforce Building Program, was then presented as a bipartisan measure to consolidate public safety workforce funding into a competitive grant program for local law enforcement, fire, detention, and public attorney offices. The sponsor said it would not require a new appropriation. There was no opposition testimony, and the committee approved it on a 9-0 due pass vote. The committee then took up SB 309, which would replace the lottery’s 30% return requirement with a fixed floor return for several fiscal years, with a reversion to the current law if the floor is not met. Lottery officials and supporters argued the change would let the lottery offer more competitive prizes, including higher-value scratchers, and potentially increase scholarship revenue; opponents, including Think New Mexico and a nursing student, warned it could cap long-term growth and reduce scholarship funding. After extended debate, the bill passed on a 7-2 due pass vote. Later, SB 79, creating a statewide mosquito-borne disease prevention program through the Department of Health, was presented by its sponsor as a response to West Nile virus and warmer winters. Testimony from the sponsor and the state entomologist emphasized rising mosquito risk and the need for county grants and statewide coordination. Although the committee initially moved to table the bill because funding had already been included in the budget, that motion failed and the bill ultimately received a due pass vote. The committee also heard HB 295, which would create a centralized accessibility reporting position in the Department of Health; after testimony for and against, an amendment stripping the appropriation was adopted, and the bill passed 5-3. The committee then heard HB 124, establishing an Office of New Americans within Workforce Solutions to coordinate workforce integration for immigrants with lawful status. Supporters described barriers faced by immigrant workers and the need for bilingual training and centralized assistance, while the sponsor said the office would have no first-year budget impact. The bill passed 6-4. Finally, the committee considered SB 273 and SB 274, both involving state financial support for affected entities and the Patient Compensation Fund. SB 273, which would provide temporary state assistance to communities affected by economic disruption, passed after debate about precedent and economic recovery. SB 274, which sought repayment from the Patient Compensation Fund for prior state infusions, drew opposition from hospitals and physicians who warned of higher surcharges and questioned the timing and legality; discussion continued around the committee substitute and the fund’s statutory restrictions.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Education Jan 28th, 2026 at 09:05 am

Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill would help us to provide those critical transition services to students with disabilities.
  • This bill would help us to provide those critical transition students services to students with disabilities
  • Disability Rights New Mexico provides legal services to people with a wide...
  • and school districts, to ensure adequate services to kids, equity, and educational experience, and to
  • appropriate services to our gifted children.
Bills: SB64, SB19, SB44, SB83
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Each vote was 15 to 16 or 16 to 15.
  • We want them to cut spending. We need to send people to. Congress who will cut spending. Thank you.
  • To come back to the states for ratification.
  • It is to get even a good bill; it's going to stop here.
  • He goes on in the third to the last, I believe maybe second to the last paragraph of Federalist 85 to
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • It sends a chilling message to conform to the political orthodoxy, or lose access to basic financial
  • The ability to access credit is foundational to liberty and economic opportunity.
  • No one should fear losing their bank account, credit card, or access to credit or other financial services
  • Access to basic financial services is necessary to participate in a free market economy, and for a free
  • to increase demand for its own consulting services.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The Committee on State Affairs will come to order. Will the clerk call the roll? Benton Court.
  • Parties that did not wish to testify.
  • Senator Bettencourt has a motion in writing, which we'll now ask the clerk to read.
  • Appear before the committee at a time and location specified in the subpoena to testify as to the company's
  • There's no other business to come before the committee.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services will come to order.
  • long time for access to bank accounts for the anatomical board.
  • submit a report to Health and Human Services.
  • report any information to Health and Human Services.
  • So no, the Health and Human Services Commission is asking us to pass a law that requires them all to.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services Apr 16th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services will come to order.
  • they're not required to report information to Health and Human Services, which results in our state
  • Currently, those cities are not required by law to report any information to Health and Human Services
  • Currently, those cities are not required by law to report any information to health and human services
  • The Health and Human Services Commission is asking us to pass a law that requires them all to report,
Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 2480, which would clarify that the Texas Medical Board may collect license renewal surcharge fees from all licensees to fund the Texas Physician Health Program and related administrative costs. The bill author explained the funding fix was needed after prior language was found to allow surcharges only for physicians and physician assistants. Witnesses from the Texas Physician Health Program supported the measure and described the program’s confidential monitoring and treatment services; members asked about the fee amount, which was described as capped at $15 per two-year registration cycle. The bill was left pending. The committee then took up Senate Bills 1406 and 2721, both authored by Senator Parker, addressing the handling of human remains by non-transplant anatomical donation organizations, willed body programs, and related facilities. Senator Parker and several witnesses described alleged abuses involving unclaimed bodies, consent problems, body leasing, hotel-based dissections, and mishandling of cremains, and argued for strict licensing, inspections, transparency, and criminal penalties. Supporters included families of deceased veterans and other relatives, a biomedical ethicist, the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops, and some public safety and hotel industry representatives who said legitimate training should continue but bad actors should be shut down. Opponents or cautious witnesses from accredited donation organizations and bioskills labs said they support stronger oversight but warned the bills could unintentionally disrupt legitimate medical education and urged clearer language and implementation of existing law. Both bills were left pending. Senate Bill 1681, by Senator Menendez, would require counties and municipalities that regulate boarding homes to report facility standards and related information to the Health and Human Services Commission. The author said the bill is intended to improve state oversight of boarding homes that serve elderly and disabled residents and to address abuse, neglect, and exploitation. The bill was left pending after brief discussion. After the testimony portion, the committee returned to voting on pending business and unanimously reported Senate Bills 527, 912, 1580, 1952, and 2032 to the Senate with recommendations that they do pass and be printed, and each was also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also adopted a committee substitute for Senate Bill 407 and reported the substitute favorably, with six ayes and three nays. The committee then moved on to Senate Bill 500 as pending business.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're going to try to give testifiers a minute and a half to testify on the bills.
  • testifiers a minute to a to try to give testifiers a minute to a minute<00:01:08.960><c> and</c><00:01
  • </c> time we need to transmit this report to time we need to transmit this report to the<00:02:56.959
  • It enables tribes to access the program, and it continues to fund the program.
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Bills: HF1, HF1754, HF1809, HF1478
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • certainly would have the ability to investigate that, to go to a site visit, to have access to records
  • > to</c><00:52:04.559><c> records</c><00:52:05.040><c> that</c> visit to um have access to records that
  • visit to um have access to records that have<00:52:05.480><c> the</c><00:52:05.960><c> immediate</c>
  • the resources to afford those have the resources to afford those services<01:37:33.440><c> so</c><01
Bills: HF1, HF1384
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government Apr 14th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • I do appreciate your service to this great state, the work you do to protect our citizens, resources,
  • All we want to do is to make sure we have water for our constituents and roads that can be accessed by
  • I like to make sure people have access to water. That would be a rational conclusion.
  • I like to make sure people have access to water. That would be rational conclusion.
  • to provide essential services to our residents.
Summary: The committee heard several local government and property tax bills, with most testimony focused on appraisal disputes, tax administration, and development rules. Senate Bill 1052 by Senator Hinojosa would address coastal county appraisal litigation by requiring property owners in certain large-value disputes to report an uncontested taxable value while appeals are pending, so taxing units can base truth-in-taxation calculations on more realistic revenue. Nueces County, Del Mar College, and Corpus Christi ISD testified in support, describing major budget shortfalls caused by refinery valuation disputes; the committee substitute narrowed and clarified the bill’s scope. No opposition was heard, public testimony closed, and SB 1052 was left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1531, which would require local tax collectors to accept common electronic property tax payments such as credit cards, debit cards, and e-checks. Witnesses supported modernizing payment options and the committee substitute removed ACH/electronic funds transfer language to avoid bank-account disclosure concerns. Public testimony closed and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 325, by Senator Perry, would restore platting and groundwater-certification requirements that were unintentionally weakened by prior legislation; supporters from county government, water groups, and builders’ representatives debated whether the real issue was groundwater protection or road standards for private roads. The bill was left pending after extensive testimony and no vote. The committee then took up Senate Bill 994 and SJR 46, which would exempt certain livestock feed inventory from property tax and provide the constitutional amendment needed for that change. Feed store and Farm Bureau witnesses supported the measure as relief for seasonal inventory taxes, and the bills were left pending. Senator Paxton presented SB 467 and SJR 84 to create a temporary property tax exemption for homes completely destroyed by fire, with refunds or corrected bills based on the date of loss; both were left pending. SB 1237 would clarify charitable property tax exemptions for senior housing and retirement communities, with testimony from Catholic and Baptist retirement organizations and a resident describing rising costs and exemption revocations; it was also left pending. The committee later voted 6-0 to report SB 2073, a pending bill on appraisal district authority to purchase or finance real property, and recommended it for the local and uncontested calendar. Finally, the committee heard SB 2172, SB 2173, and SB 2063, all related to property tax administration. SB 2172 would limit when appraisal districts can require homeowners to reapply for homestead exemptions, requiring a specific reason and written notice; SB 2173 would protect new homeowners from surprise tax liabilities caused by prior owners’ erroneous homestead exemptions, with testimony describing large back-assessment bills; both were left pending. SB 2063 would bar appraisal districts from using market-value evidence in unequal appraisal protests, and testimony sharply divided between taxpayer advocates, who said market data improperly overwhelms equity claims, and appraisal district representatives, who argued market value is inherently tied to equal-and-uniform taxation and cited a recent Texas Supreme Court decision; the bill was left pending after testimony.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Mar 16th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The festival was created to celebrate the oyster industry and began to contribute to the economy of the
  • Welcome to the Capitol. Welcome to the Capitol.
  • To designate.
  • elected to the Caddo Parish Police Jury, for exemplary leadership and service to the parish, becomes
  • Fish and Wildlife Service to initiate formal studies to evaluate the impact of a flooded corn on migratory
Summary: The House convened with 97 members present, heard an invocation by Pastor Morris St. Angelo, and recited the Pledge of Allegiance. The chamber then received Senate messages noting concurrence in HCR 8, HCR 9, and HCR 12, and the adoption of SCR 10, which expressed condolences on the death of Dr. Norman Christopher Francis. The House also received an enrollment report confirming several resolutions as properly enrolled. A series of personal privilege recognitions highlighted local and civic observances, including Amite Oyster Festival Day, Opportunity in Action Day at the Capitol, and a visit from international policy fellows. The House introduced numerous resolutions and bills, including measures to designate special days and highways, express condolences, commend individuals and organizations, create or modify local districts, address bail, parole, rural health clinic Medicaid reimbursement, and establish a Department of Public Service. Several committee reports were also received, including transportation and ways and means reports on multiple bills. The House adopted, without objection, several resolutions already lying over, including HR 14, HR 16, HR 18, SCR 4, SCR 7, and SCR 8, while other resolutions and bills were referred or left to lie over. Members also moved to discharge and withdraw certain bills from committee files without objection. The chamber was reminded of upcoming committee meetings, an interim emergency board ballot deadline, and adjourned until 1:00 p.m. the following day.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Mar 16th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It was created to celebrate the oyster industry and began to contribute to the economy of the city and
  • elected to the Caddo Parish Police Jury, for exemplary leadership and service to the parish becomes House
  • Fish and Wildlife Service to initiate formal studies to evaluate the impact of a flooded corn on migratory
  • Helena Parish, to require a local option election relative to term limits, and to specify the term limit
  • House Resolution by Representative Wiley to memorialize Congress to take action necessary to issue the
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • be contacted by these post-adoption services and made aware of what they can do to help their child
  • Current law requires foreign insurance companies to send their service a process to the insurance commissioner
  • This law allows them to allow service directly to their registered agents.
  • to intermediate these service process.
  • And I think you'll be able to speak to this.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Apr 1st, 2026

Finance and Taxation Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Train Act creates an income tax credit to incentivize employers to loan qualified employees to service
  • The Train Act creates an income tax credit to incentivize employers to loan qualified employees to service
  • The Train Act creates an income tax credit to incentivize employers to loan qualified employees to service
  • ><c> to</c> children anyway, just like we say to to children anyway, just like we say to to the<00:27
  • So, we wanted to help with that group, that they help with the children with services and getting the
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate SessionReading and Referral of Bills Mar 17th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Bills: SJR 4, SCR 36, SCR 37, SCR 38, SCR 39, SCR 40, SCR 41, SCR 42, SB 7, SB 30, SB 31, SB 32, SB 33, SB 34, SB 36, SB 37, SB 38, SB 39, SB 1851, SB 1852, SB 1853, SB 1854, SB 1855, SB 1856, SB 1857, SB 1858, SB 1860, SB 1861, SB 1862, SB 1863, SB 1864, SB 1865, SB 1866, SB 1867, SB 1868, SB 1869, SB 1870, SB 1871, SB 1872, SB 1873, SB 1874, SB 1875, SB 1876, SB 1877, SB 1878, SB 1879, SB 1880, SB 1881, SB 1882, SB 1883, SB 1884, SB 1885, SB 1886, SB 1887, SB 1888, SB 1889, SB 1890, SB 1891, SB 1892, SB 1893, SB 1894, SB 1895, SB 1896, SB 1897, SB 1898, SB 1899, SB 1900, SB 1901, SB 1903, SB 1904, SB 1905, SB 1906, SB 1907, SB 1908, SB 1909, SB 1910, SB 1911, SB 1912, SB 1913, SB 1914, SB 1915, SB 1916, SB 1917, SB 1918, SB 1919, SB 1920, SB 1921, SB 1922, SB 1923, SB 1924, SB 1925, SB 1926, SB 1927, SB 1928, SB 1929, SB 1930, SB 1931, SB 1932, SB 1933, SB 1934, SB 1935, SB 1936, SB 1937, SB 1938, SB 1939, SB 1940, SB 1941, SB 1942, SB 1943, SB 1944, SB 1945, SB 1946, SB 1947, SB 1948, SB 1949, SB 1950, SB 1951, SB 1952, SB 1953, SB 1954, SB 1955, SB 1956, SB 1957, SB 1958, SB 1959, SB 1960, SB 1961, SB 1962, SB 1963, SB 1964, SB 1965, SB 1966, SB 1967, SB 1968, SB 1969, SB 1970, SB 1971, SB 1972, SB 1973, SB 1974, SB 1975, SB 1976, SB 1977, SB 1978, SB 1979, SB 1980, SB 1981, SB 1982, SB 1983, SB 1984, SB 1985, SB 1986, SB 1987, SB 1988, SB 1989, SB 1990, SB 1991, SB 1992, SB 1993, SB 1994, SB 1995, SB 1996, SB 1997, SB 1998, SB 1999, SB 2000, SB 2001, SB 2002, SB 2003, SB 2004, SB 2005, SB 2006, SB 2007, SB 2008, SB 2009, SB 2010, SB 2011, SB 2012, SB 2013, SB 2014, SB 2015, SB 2016, SB 2017, SB 2018, SB 2019, SB 2020, SB 2021, SB 2022, SB 2023, SB 2024, SB 2025, SB 2026, SB 2027, SB 2028, SB 2029, SB 2030, SB 2031, SB 2032, SB 2033, SB 2034, SB 2035, SB 2036, SB 2037, SB 2038, SB 2039, SB 2040, SB 2041, SB 2042, SB 2043, SB 2044, SB 2045, SB 2046, SB 2047, SB 2048, SB 2049, SB 2050, SB 2051, SB 2052, SB 2053, SB 2054, SB 2055, SB 2056, SB 2057, SB 2058, SB 2059, SB 2060
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • We're trying to make it more accessible to local small businesses by lowering the minimum spend.
  • Where some people who have access to the means will be able to regain use of a firearm and others who
  • Has Service Oklahoma had any opposition to this at all?
  • We want to make sure that our property owners and our residents have access to.
  • Their homes, access to their businesses, and to be able to conduct their lives and pursue happiness.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • The challenge was to grow to 40,000 students.
  • Members, I'd like to introduce to you Dr.
  • strengthen the nursing workforce, improve patient safety, and expand access to high-quality healthcare
  • Sheriffs and jailers to contribute at least 20 years of service to defer the retirement benefits and
  • They use it to cook with, they use it to make cheese, they use it to make butter.