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NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (01/29/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Graves for the Business and Industry Association, statewide chamber of commerce.
- </c><01:26:18.560><c> So</c> commercial industrial land. So commercial industrial land.
- </c><01:43:41.440><c> that</c> but if we hear from industry that but if we hear from industry that there's
- Um and other telecom providers industry.
- </c> standpoint, I think the solar industry standpoint, I think the solar industry writ<04:58:07.920>
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (02/05/2025)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- <02:04:00.639><c> stands</c> industry stands industry stands behind<02:04:02.880><c> and</c><02:04:03.040
- We're all in the same industry here. You know, we talk about their goals.
- We're all in the same industry here.
- </c> friends we're all in the same industry friends we're all in the same industry here<03:29:30.520>
- </c><03:47:01.520><c> that</c> growth but that's in any industry that growth but that's in any industry
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And animal industry into other states.
- You knowledge in the poultry industry.
- </c> industrial like my previous bill. industrial like my previous bill.
- </c> laws to address economics of an industry laws to address economics of an industry is<01:08:15.160
- I trust that this hurts their industry.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Environment Committee Meeting - 2026-03-26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So it's the industrial and commercial.
- </c><00:57:06.200><c> have</c> sector, collectors, and industry have sector, collectors, and industry
- ,</c> Counties have worked with industry, Counties have worked with industry, recyclers,<01:14:35.040
- Um because different industry.
- </c> industry association. industry association. Representative<01:29:15.480><c> Schultz.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Providers in our industry are tired.
- As someone who's been in the industry since 2008, this gives me great concern.
- As someone who's been in the industry since 2008, this gives me great concern.
- </c> This is true across all industries.
- early care and education led by industry early care and education led by industry professionals.<00:56
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/25
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- fact, this draft of this bill was first brought to me by representatives of the nonprofit housing industry
- It's time for a new industry standard, and this bill will help us get there. Thank you.
- The Minnesota Grocers Association has been the leading voice of Minnesota's food industry.
- </c><01:42:37.639><c> has</c> in closing the insurance industry has in closing the insurance industry
- It has to do with an industry that is designed to make profit.
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Kwat has long been an essential part of Minnesota's iron ore industry, supporting both local jobs and
- Kwat has long been an essential part of Minnesota's iron ore industry, supporting both local jobs and
- Kwat has long been an essential part of Minnesota's iron ore industry, supporting both local jobs and
- </c><00:59:09.680><c> pre-treatment</c> so we got an industrial pre-treatment so we got an industrial
- </c> Residential Waste and the Industrial Residential Waste and the Industrial Waste<00:59:37.480><c>
Bills:
HF220 , HF230 , HF240 , HF241 , HF295 , HF429 , HF490 , HF505 , HF574 , HF576 , HF581 , HF865 , HF918 , HF1085 , HF1449 , HF1452 , HF1454 , HF602
Committee:
House Capital Investment
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- People who get out and support the arts and the food and the hospitality industry more generally.
- Today, the independent live industry supports HF 4250.
- <00:59:09.599><c> operated</c> regulating an industry that's operated regulating an industry that's operated
- The root of the problem is not limited to the ticketing industry.
- </c><01:20:26.880><c> is</c> different way since their industry is different way since their industry
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Session - Senate Floor Session - Part 3 - 06/09/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- a proposal that deals with um<00:04:41.919><c> a</c><00:04:42.240><c> new</c><00:04:42.880><c> industrial
- </c><00:04:43.520><c> age</c><00:04:44.320><c> in</c> um a new industrial age in um a new industrial
- President, most of these are not big tech companies. um guide this industry in Minnesota and um guide
- age was handled where that industrial age was handled disastrously. disastrously. disastrously.
- </c><01:37:30.000><c> in</c> important to the dairy industry in important to the dairy industry in southern
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I’d like to start with the first budget writer that develops and expands industry sector programming.
- sector programming the writer industry sector programming the writer can<00:46:24.960><c> be</c><00:
- sector and work-based learning industry sector and work-based learning to<00:47:17.680><c> date</c><
- </c><00:47:50.440><c> partnership</c> in expanding their industry partnership in expanding their industry
- Industry partners like KPMG for accounting students, Securian for our cybersecurity and data science
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Higher Education Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- In Massachusetts, green industries have been estimated to generate $2 billion annually.
- The landscape contracting program at Stockbridge has taught me so much about the green industry, but
- And so the meat industry is a major, As a carcinogen.
- And so the meat industry is a major contributor also to global heating.
- And so the meat industry is a major contributor also to global heating.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Higher Education
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Higher Education held its first hearing and heard testimony on a wide range of bills, including hunger-free campuses, FAFSA completion, early college/college-in-high-school programs, banning legacy preferences, AP credit consistency, and tuition equity for the Stockbridge School of Agriculture. Committee leaders opened by outlining the hearing process and noting the three-minute testimony limit. Legislators and advocates generally framed the bills as equity and access measures aimed at improving college affordability, student success, and workforce development.
Representative Vargas testified for H. 1466 and H. 1467, arguing that hunger-free campus should be codified because many public college and community college students face food insecurity, and that FAFSA completion should be improved through individualized outreach and an opt-out or completion requirement. Senator Lovely, the Greater Boston Food Bank, and other advocates supported the hunger-free campus bill, citing data that 44% of public university and community college students experienced food insecurity in 2023 and that food insecurity harms graduation rates. Femi Stoltz and Shanti Lopez Toro backed the FAFSA bill, saying many students miss out on Pell grants and need direct support; they pointed to state examples such as Louisiana and to recent state action requiring FAFSA awareness. Committee members asked about the federal FAFSA rollout, regional equity in food access, and the need for long-term funding and data collection.
A large panel supported H. 1455 on college and high school/early college, including former Chair Roy, the Massachusetts Alliance for Early College, a student graduate, MBAE, and Tripp Jones. They described early college as a proven model that helps low-income and first-generation students, improves degree attainment, and supports workforce needs; witnesses said the goal is to scale from about 9,000 students and 55 partnerships toward 22,000 to 25,000 students by 2030, with possible future growth beyond that. Members raised questions about funding, public-private partnerships, parental involvement, faculty development, and whether the bill should include data review and more standardized policies across institutions. Representative Garcia also testified for H. 1432 on AP credit, saying students should receive consistent credit for AP scores of 3, 4, or 5. Senator Edwards and James Murphy testified for the legacy preference ban, arguing it is unfair and rooted in exclusionary history; they said some states have already banned legacy preferences in public and private institutions. Finally, UMass Dean Michael Fox, alumnus Dan Mayer, and student Jake Rasmussen supported S. 920 to include Stockbridge associate degree programs in MassEducate, saying tuition equity would help enrollment and support Massachusetts agriculture and green-industry jobs.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Labor and Industrial Relations Apr 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a meeting of the House Labor and Industrial Relations Committee.
- Any type of industry.
- It's based on, obviously, the industry and the type of business.
- It’s going to be in every industry.” “Yeah, that’s the explanation of what’s going to happen.
- We have not restricted ourselves to any specific industries or any specific occupations.
Summary:
The committee first took up Senate Bill 162, which would change the workers’ compensation medical treatment schedule appeals process by allowing additional medical evidence submitted in court to be sent back to the medical director for review and a new opinion. The Attorney General’s office explained the bill, noting a 30-day deadline for the medical director to act before the case returns to court. The bill drew support from injured workers and several business and labor groups, and the committee adopted technical amendments and then reported the bill favorably without objection.
House Bill 353, which would establish a state minimum wage starting at $12 in 2027, rising to $15 in 2029 and then indexed to inflation, prompted extensive testimony and debate. Supporters, including the sponsor, Invest in Louisiana, the Workplace Justice Project, 10,000 Women Louisiana, and the AFL-CIO, argued that Louisiana’s wages have lagged behind living costs, that many workers remain in poverty despite working, and that higher wages would help families and local economies. Opponents, including NFIB and several members, argued that the market is already setting wages above the federal minimum in many jobs, that a mandate would raise costs, compress pay scales, reduce hours or jobs, and hurt small businesses. After discussion, the committee voted on the bill and it failed on a roll call vote.
The committee then reported Senate Bill 383 favorably with amendments. That bill expands the incumbent worker training program by increasing funding flexibility, shortening the business eligibility period from three years to two, and allowing unobligated funds to roll over. Members and the Louisiana Works secretary discussed workforce training, outreach, and how to connect workers to existing training programs and high-demand jobs. The committee also reported Senate Bill 382 favorably, which repeals the Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council, and began hearing House Bill 422, the “Behind-the-Counter Safety Act,” aimed at workplace violence protections for retail and food service workers, including signage, reporting, and enhanced penalties; the sponsor explained it was intended to address attacks on frontline workers and to give businesses a tool to warn against violence.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/12/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- Recently, well, it's been a little while back now, sold TSM some industrial land, so they were able to
- And part of the issue is government versus private industry.
- So those are the types of challenges that we face in the industry.
- The only industry it seems she hasn't attacked is the renewable industry.
- and the wind industry.
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 2150, which continues the State Land Department until July 1, 2030. Members questioned the commissioner extensively about agency procedures, backlog, appraisals, auction practices, privilege claims in the Fontamonte audit, and the Coyotes land transaction. The committee also discussed the Griffin amendment, which required quarterly updates, a public hearing on the department’s strategic plan, changes to conceptual land use plans and five-year disposition plans, and legislative findings. After debate over oversight and accountability, the amendment was adopted and HB 2150 was returned with a do pass recommendation by a 6-4 vote.
The committee then considered House Bill 2975, which would suspend the State Land Department’s solar scoring map and require new mining and housing resource maps, with the amendment changing the mapping deadline and requiring the maps to be posted online. Supporters said the bill would improve fairness and maximize trust revenue for schools by avoiding favoritism toward solar; opponents argued the solar map is only a guidance tool and that removing it could reduce transparency and revenue. The department said it was neutral but asked for additional staff or consultant support if the bill passed. The committee adopted the amendment and passed HB 2975 as amended on a 6-4 vote.
House Bill 2781 followed, addressing solar plant decommissioning, restoration, financial assurance, insurance, and a remediation fund. The amendment narrowed the bill to decommissioning standards and limited its reach to projects receiving permits after the effective date. Testimony focused on the need to ensure solar sites are restored and that taxpayers are not left with cleanup costs; several speakers cited abandoned or aging energy infrastructure as a cautionary example. The committee adopted the amendment and passed HB 2781 as amended by a 6-4 vote.
Finally, the committee began House Bill 2267, which would classify certain utility-scale wind or solar projects within four miles of residential property as a public nuisance, with exceptions and grandfathering for existing projects. The sponsor argued the bill responds to concerns about large renewable projects near homes and property value impacts, while the amendment narrowed the scope to utility-scale wind and solar and excluded rooftop solar and existing projects. The transcript cuts off before any final action on HB 2267.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> support industry and manufacturing. support industry and manufacturing.
- </c> career I get in construction industry career I get in construction industry and<00:52:45.119><c>
- </c><00:53:01.680><c> construction</c><00:53:02.240><c> industry</c><00:53:02.720><c> is</c> entire industry
- construction industry is entire industry construction industry is uh<00:53:05.280><c> develops</c><00
- I was seeing that in Japan almost the entire construction industry develops its projects and delivers
Committee:
Senate Transportation
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Judiciary Committee Apr 22nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I came from the entertainment industry, but the nonprofit world made Hollywood look kind.
- I came from the entertainment industry, but the nonprofit world made Hollywood look kind.
- It targets the worst offenders in the industry who've looked the other way while lives are lost.
- I mean, we have constrained this industry, and I have no, literally no dog in this fight.
- As mentioned before, the ghost gun industry is a skip-the-background-check industry designed to provide
Summary:
The committee heard several bills, beginning with AB 1521, the Judiciary Committee’s civil law omnibus measure. The bill makes a number of minor, mostly clarifying changes, including repealing obsolete Government Code provisions, allowing juvenile courts to hear petitions to establish records of birth, death, or marriage, requiring notice of probate petitions to the Department of Child Support Services, and correcting typos in existing law. It had no opposition and was moved on a do-pass basis to Appropriations, though it was later placed on call pending additional votes.
Members then heard AB 57, which would reserve at least 10% of California’s Home Purchase Assistance Program funds for descendants of formerly enslaved people. The author and supporters framed it as a reparative, race-neutral-by-lineage effort to address historic housing discrimination and the racial wealth gap, while opponents argued it was an unconstitutional racial proxy and should instead be based on individual injury. The bill drew strong support and opposition testimony, was amended, and was approved on a do-pass as amended vote to Appropriations, then placed on call.
AB 495, the Family Preparedness Plan Act, was heard next. The bill would expand and standardize caregiving and guardianship tools for families facing immigration-related separation, including broader use of caregiver authorization affidavits, recognition of non-relative extended family caregivers, and a new short-term guardianship process that preserves parental rights. Supporters said it would reduce trauma and help children remain with trusted caregivers; there was no opposition testimony. The committee approved it on a do-pass to Human Services vote and placed it on call.
The committee also heard AB 392, which would address non-consensual sharing of sexually explicit media by requiring uploader consent certifications, faster takedown procedures, and civil remedies against uploaders and hosting sites. A survivor testified in support, and members discussed implementation details and possible amendments; the bill was moved on a do-pass as amended basis to Appropriations and placed on call. AB 692, which would prohibit employer “stay-or-pay” debt agreements that require workers to repay training or other costs if they leave or are terminated, also advanced despite opposition from business and industry groups concerned about impacts on signing bonuses and voluntary training programs. It was sent to Appropriations on a do-pass as amended vote and placed on call, along with AB 1234, a wage-claim enforcement bill aimed at reducing Labor Commissioner delays and adding consequences for employers who fail to participate in the process. The committee also heard AB 394, which expands protections for transit workers and allows transit agencies to seek restraining orders against violent riders; it received broad support, some concern about system-wide bans, and was discussed with amendments that preserved judicial discretion.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- If folks are in their area, industries are coming to their areas like.
- The regional planning groups can look at what industries are coming to their area.
- And so what that means is, the industrial representative. in those areas, they're working with fellow
- industry to identify those. so that we have a clearer picture of those water needs. as industrial need
- the industry versus the folks that need water.
Committee:
House Appropriations
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Aug 5th, 2026
Utilities and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Over 100 large industrial customers participate in this program, seeing large savings in their energy
- Non-resource programs provide the services that make the whole industry function.
- , and I've been in the industry 21 years.
- I've been in the industry for 20 years. I'm still learning things every day.
- A 20-year boiler that's energy efficient, that's going to be in an industrial facility.
Committee:
House Utilities and Energy
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection Committee Jun 15th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And I think it is at the innovation and at the scale that we need to ensure that our health care industry
- AI systems, as we all know, are now being introduced across industries to automate decisions, streamline
- Aidan Downey with the Computer and Communications Industry Association.
- Good evening, Naomi Padron, on behalf of the Computer and Communications Industry Association.
- Good evening, Naomi Padron on behalf of the Computer and Communications Industry Association.
Summary:
The committee heard AB 1979, which would limit the use of AI in health care by requiring licensed professionals to retain final clinical judgment, prohibiting automated systems from directing unlicensed individuals to perform licensed clinical functions, and clarifying medical-record privacy rules for direct-to-consumer health chatbots. Supporters, including nurses and labor groups, said the bill preserves patient safety and keeps care decisions in human hands. Hospital and industry groups opposed unless amended, arguing the bill could create compliance burdens and interfere with training and legitimate AI-assisted care. The bill was approved 6-1 and placed on call.
Members then considered AB 2624, which would expand California’s Safe at Home confidentiality program to immigrant service providers, employees, and volunteers facing harassment or doxing. The author and supporters described threats, stalking, and online targeting of immigrant advocates and said the bill would let them use substitute addresses to protect their safety. Opposition focused mainly on concerns about the bill’s legal enforcement language, though the author said it mirrors existing Safe at Home provisions and does not create a new private right of action. The measure passed 4-1 and was placed on call.
AB 2103 would make Engaged California a permanent statewide public engagement program. The author and the Office of Data and Innovation said it is meant to broaden civic participation through structured deliberation and transparent publication of results. Some members raised concerns about partisan balance and topic selection, while supporters emphasized the need to reach Californians who do not typically participate in hearings. The bill passed 6-0 and was placed on call. The committee also heard AB 2, a social media accountability bill for harms to children and teens, and AB 883, which would expand privacy protections and shorten data-broker deletion timelines for elected officials and judges; both drew support and opposition, were approved on committee votes, and placed on call. Later, the committee began AB 2023, a chatbot safety bill for children that would require age verification, safety audits, default protections, and limits on ads and data sharing; testimony was strongly supportive from child-safety advocates, while industry groups raised concerns about vague standards, audits, and liability.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 083 Apr 7th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- leaders from the state who explored opportunities with Taiwan and high-tech industries.
- of economic development professionals of economic development professionals and<00:31:25.720><c> industry
- </c> high-tech industries. high-tech industries.
- and our technology agricultural industry and our technology industries.<00:34:33.000><c> And</c><00:
- And so with that today, I industries.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/09/2026 - Arizona Off-Highway Vehicle Study Committee
Arizona Off-Highway Vehicle Study Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Yeah, so David Lee here from Polaris Industries, thank you for having me.
- How can we work with the good actors to help their industry?
- So private industry is 100% dedicated to helping resolve some of these issues, or at least complement
- We have discussed this as an entire industry, so it's not just Polaris's position, but I can tell you
- I think that's one of the next steps that the industry can do to have this partnership of...