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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Expanding exceptions to gift-giving ban 2/23/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Now, let's go into another incident where there was a house fire and there's some children that died
- Now, let's go into another incident where there was a house fire and there's some children that died
- Now, let's go into another incident where there was a house fire and there's some children that died
- Uh Miss Griffin defined in code.
- Those aren't included definitions in current law. >> Miss Griffin, if just the oral amendment...
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- I think you missed an alumnus of the program, Senator DeCourt. Did you have something to say?
- Yeah. you missed an alumni of the program, you missed an alumni of the program, Senator<00:04:23.600>
- But we understand the education that we want for our children here in Hawaii can be a generational change
- it is my sincere hope that we are going to find a way to get on the page to work together for the children
- We are going to find a way to get on the page to work together for the children of Hawaii.
Keywords:
HB1576, Hawaii film industry, DBEDT, BLNR, Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism, Board of Land and Natural Resources, film permits, motion picture production, television production, commercial filming, digital media tax credit, film production tax credit, public notice, transparency, state lands, film studio, land set-aside, revocable permit, memorandum of agreement, memorandum of understanding
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Two, serving the children of Texas through the enforcement of the state's child support laws.
- State agency responding to new allegations of child pornography via the **Internet Crimes Against Children
- State agency responding to new allegations of child pornography via the Internet Crimes Against Children
- important that we have proper staffing to respond to these voluminous reports of sexual assaults on children
- Clearly, we're missing something, Chair, as we look to find ways to tighten things up here.
Bills:
SB 1
Keywords:
campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, Attorney General, budget recommendations, funding swaps, salary increases, Landowner's Compensation Program, public testimony, law enforcement
Summary:
The meeting focused on the budget recommendations for the Office of the Attorney General (OAG), where key issues included the proposed decrease of $163.9 million for the 2024-25 biennium and various methodology swaps for funding. Attorney General Paxton discussed ongoing litigation expenditures and emphasized the need for continued investments in agency staffing to address rising demands within law enforcement. Notably, he requested a 6% salary increase for 2026 and 2027 to retain talented personnel amidst competitive job markets. Public testimony highlighted community awareness challenges regarding the Landowner's Compensation Program, indicating a need for enhanced outreach efforts.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- discretionary grants from the training, and advocacy for the best interest of abused and neglected children
- Why did y'all miss that this contract had expired, had not been renewed, and not come back before us
- They missed the sales tax of the 1.5%, but did not on the other.
- They missed the sales tax of the 1.5%, but did not on the other.
- This is foster care services and family homes for children who cannot be maintained in their own homes
Summary:
The committee met to review a supplemental agenda, procurement rule revisions, methods of finance, discretionary grants, contracts, and a member disclosure. The Office of State Procurement presented rule changes tied to 2025 legislative changes, including Act 782, with updates to sole-source definitions, unrealistic bids, protest requirements, debarment procedures, and recodification references; the committee voted to accept the supplemental agenda and approve the rules. Members also approved eight methods of finance covering university repairs, equipment replacement, property purchase, and capital projects, along with a large slate of discretionary grants for courts, health, DHS, historic preservation, and tobacco prevention programs.
The committee then reviewed RFQs and six ratifications. The ratifications included a Workforce Connections payment to ACT WorkKeys, Department of Health costs from an ice-storm-related water leak, a large Department of Public Safety ratification for Motorola’s Arkansas Wireless Information Network upgrade, Veterans Affairs HVAC and medical-service payments, and a UA Little Rock painting contract. The Department of Public Safety ratification drew extended questioning about why the expired Motorola contract had not been renewed sooner and why the issue took months to reach the committee; agency officials said the project was bond-funded, had not been tracked in ASIS, and involved ongoing negotiations and system updates. Despite concerns, the committee approved the ratifications.
Members also reviewed a long list of construction, intergovernmental, out-of-state, and in-state contracts, including numerous university, DHS, health, corrections, and state agency agreements. Several contracts were discussed in more detail, including an SAU custodial contract question about sales tax and transparency reporting, and Department of Corrections aerial application contracts for Tucker and Cummins farms, which officials said served separate facilities in different parts of the state. The committee approved the contract lists, reviewed reports, and accepted a disclosure from Representative Andrew Collins regarding his investment interest in a company leasing property to Arkansas Rehabilitation Services before adjourning.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 23rd, 2025
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- on the front lines working every day to provide safe, nurturing, and educational environments for children
- to have a seat at the table when policies are being developed to ensure the best outcomes for our children
- HB3621 was designed to boost the secondary ticket market. ...but they completely missed the opportunity
- A lot of Texans don't have an Amex, so then they can't buy that day and may miss out.
- We miss you, Chairman. Yeah, yeah. Okay, great, great. Did you come before? We didn't...
Bills:
HB2226, HB2269, HB2343, HB2760, HB3621, HB4079, HB4204, HB4518, HB4531, HB4555, HB4850, HB4876, HB4903, HB4996, HB5122
Keywords:
construction trust funds, Property Code, Chapter 162, construction payments, mechanics lien, contractors, subcontractors, laborers, material suppliers, materialmen, real property improvement, assignment of payment rights, unpaid trust funds, trust fund beneficiaries, construction industry, payment protection, Texas construction law, property owners association, landscaping, grass maintenance
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Appropriations Apr 11th, 2025 at 08:30 am
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm sorry, I missed this one.
- Chairman, I agree with the intent of keeping this type of material out of the hands of our children.
- Nobody wants to have our young children exposed to these things. But this...
- The next logical gap is probably 2,000, which Carrington just barely misses, and then Langdon on down
- Which Carrington just barely misses, and then Langdon on down. You know, 1,500 is another spot.
Summary:
The committee first took up Senate Bill 2025, the Department of Veterans Affairs appropriation. Representative O’Brien explained the House changes, including funding for a restored Veterans Benefits Specialist FTE, salary equity adjustments for the commissioner and veterans service officers, one-time funding for veteran homelessness services, carryover authority for the Fargo Fisher House, and a highly rural transportation grants program. Members also discussed the commissioner’s prior salary increase and the use of transportation grant funds for administrative costs, as well as the status of the Fisher House project. The committee adopted amendment 25.092.0203 and then gave SB 2025 a do pass recommendation as amended, with Representative O’Brien as carrier.
The committee then considered Senate Bill 2307, the library bill. Members debated a proposed amendment that would have removed the fiscal note, but several members objected on policy and process grounds, citing constitutional concerns, potential costs to counties and state’s attorneys, and the fact that the bill had not been heard as a full policy hearing. The amendment failed 4-19. The committee then voted do not pass on SB 2307 as introduced, and Representative Murphy was named carrier.
The committee also briefly discussed House Bill 2188 on the Clean Sustainable Energy Authority. Representative Bosch described the program’s grant and low-interest loan authority and the Senate’s reduced funding levels. The committee amended the bill to restore the Senate funding amounts in Section 3, then passed the bill as amended, with Representative Kempenich carrying it. Finally, the committee considered two rural development bills and chose Senate Bill 2097, the rural endowment fund bill, for do not pass while advancing House Bill 2390, which uses regional councils to distribute rural development grants. The committee amended HB 2390 to lower the population threshold from 4,500 to 3,000, kept the 50% set-aside for communities under 1,500, and then passed the bill as amended, with Representative Mitskog as carrier.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Apr 2nd, 2025
Boards, Agencies and Commissions
Transcript Highlights:
- Appreciate it, Miss Gates. Lynn... ...Appreciate it, thank you, Miss Gates.
- Thank you so much, Miss. Um, WX, and you... Thank you for y'all taking your time out...
- I'm fighting for the children.
- So everybody here has grandchildren or children, so you know we want access to the lake for the kids.
- If we continue to take freedom from our children, they will not have freedom.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Sep 10th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- The current waitlist, I think Miss Aguilar mentioned the other day, is 18 months.
- You know, diagnosing a kid in 7th grade is better than not at all, but we've missed the window.
- Unfortunately, our children in particular do face a very high level of food insecurity in New Mexico.
- This matters because children are particularly vulnerable to the effects of food insecurity.
- Just to summarize, we know that new With food security, and it has struggled even more so for children
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- It means parents can send their children It means parents can send their children to<00:27:58.240
- think adding children dilutes anything. think adding children dilutes anything.
- I think it'd be excellent if children I think it'd be excellent if children that<00:33:46.080>
- getting those children those meals. getting those children those meals.
- as hunger in children in New Hampshire. as hunger in children in New Hampshire.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health Mar 17th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- My understanding is that something like, for children who are zero to five, that there's 51% of our children
- We have about 5 million children. Yeah.
- Nora Angel is with Children Now. We support... Nora Angel is with Children Now.
- Shortly before the launch of the children and youth population of focus, just under 3,000 children and
- Shortly before the launch of the children and youth population of focus, just under 3,000 children and
Summary:
The committee heard a budget oversight hearing on the Department of Health Care Services, focusing first on the overall Medi-Cal budget and a March General Fund loan to cover a current-year shortfall. DHCS said the 2025-26 budget proposal totals $193.4 billion, with Medi-Cal projected at $188.1 billion total funds and $42.1 billion General Fund, driven by higher enrollment, pharmacy costs, managed care growth, and costs tied to eligibility expansions and the COVID-era redetermination unwinding. The department said the $3.44 billion loan was needed to manage cash flow and ensure timely payments to providers and plans, while the LAO noted Medi-Cal’s cash-basis budgeting creates volatility and that more detailed estimates would come with the May Revision. Members discussed federal Medicaid threats, the need for transparency on cost drivers, and the impact of pharmacy spending, long-term care, and immigration-related coverage expansions.
The second major topic was family health programs, including California Children’s Services, the continuous coverage unwinding, and opioid settlement fund spending. DHCS described CCS funding methodology changes, ongoing county stakeholder work, and a delayed rollout of CCS monitoring and oversight until July 1, 2025, while county representatives and advocates argued the program is underfunded and asked for more technical assistance and a delay in implementation. On the unwinding, the department explained that federal redetermination flexibilities helped maintain coverage after the pandemic, but the Governor’s budget proposes ending them at the end of June 2025; advocates urged making the flexibilities permanent to avoid coverage losses. For opioid settlement funds, DHCS and Finance said the budget increases funding for naloxone distribution while reducing other harm-reduction spending based on updated settlement revenues, prompting criticism from members and public commenters who argued the change would weaken effective harm-reduction programs.
The hearing also included an update on Proposition 35 implementation. DHCS said the voter-approved measure continuously appropriates MCO tax revenues beginning in 2025, with up to $4.6 billion annually available for specified Medi-Cal and provider investments in 2025 and 2026, but implementation depends on consultation with the required stakeholder advisory committee. The department and LAO noted uncertainty about future federal rules affecting the MCO tax after 2026. Public testimony largely supported maintaining Medi-Cal expansions, protecting immigrant coverage, preserving harm-reduction funding, and increasing support for community health workers, pediatric dental care, and CCS county administration. No votes were taken during the portion of the hearing provided.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- The ability to meet remotely has opened doors for parents with young children, residents with mobility
- From a systems architecture perspective, this is a classic missing data layer problem.
- So H. 4351 creates the missing infrastructure layer.
- She could neither read nor write, yet she worked hard every day to build a better life for her children
- Some people were able to send their children to Massachusetts to be schooled before and after the Civil
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on several bills related to open meeting law, municipal meetings, town meetings, and remote participation. Senator Rausch supported S. 2205 and S. 2206, and House companion H. 3382, saying they would make remote participation in public bodies permanent and streamline open meeting law and public records complaint processes to reduce burdens on local officials. Committee members and the senator discussed concerns about complaints being weaponized, the role of the Attorney General, and whether public testimony should be presumed allowed unless a chair limits it with justification. The senator said the bills do not change public records fees and are meant to improve process and transparency.
A large portion of the hearing focused on H. 3342 and S. 2197, which would modernize municipal meetings, town meetings, and local elections by allowing permanent remote or hybrid participation. Supporters included Wayland officials, the Massachusetts Municipal Association, Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller, MAPC, MACC, and others, who argued that hybrid and remote options increase participation, help parents, caregivers, people with disabilities, and residents with travel or work constraints, and have worked well during the pandemic-era extensions. Municipal officials emphasized that a mandate would be costly and difficult for smaller communities because of staffing, technology, room design, cybersecurity, and uneven internet access, especially in western Massachusetts. Committee members asked about equal access, funding, and whether local discretion should remain; the chair said the committee wants a permanent solution beyond emergency rules but must balance access with local capacity.
The committee also heard testimony on H. 3328, which would allow remote participation to count toward quorum for statewide appointed bodies such as commissions on women and LGBTQ issues. Supporters argued this would improve regional equity and make it easier for people outside Greater Boston to serve, while committee members noted it is a separate issue from municipal meetings and may be easier to address than broader local-government changes. Another bill, H. 4351, was supported by Rep. Brandy Fluker Reed, who described it as creating an Office of Freedmen Affairs to address longstanding racial wealth disparities affecting descendants of enslaved Americans. The hearing also included testimony on H. 3299 from Common Cause and MASSPIRG in favor of guaranteed hybrid access for public meetings with public participation components, with advocates saying it would improve transparency, accessibility, and civic engagement.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 46 (3-13-26)
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- , given their first reading, and then returned to the Committee on Families and Children.
- House Bill 523, Representative Heavrin, an act relating to families and children.
- And we remember her this day, and she will be profoundly missed by all those lives that were touched
- >
by <01:04:46.120>her Julie will be missed by her Julie will be missed by her loving<01 - Her children, Samantha and Patrick. Her children, Samantha and Patrick.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 2 Apr 29th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Children became orphans and widows. Wives became widows.
- Our SGU veterans left a living legacy through their children.
- Those individuals are missing out on something that we should be giving them.
- It is more than that, and we have been blessed to have our children in our home.
- But we're missing the boat on that today because we've not done everything that we can do.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Aug 18th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- It's like, oh, did I miss someone? I'm like, oh, it's Monday morning.
- I could have missed the whole group. So thank you.
- Behavior, but to still hold children committing delinquent acts accountable for their actions to the
- We had many detention centers across the state where children were placed, but we closed them.
- I still believe and have hope in our children; we can't give up on them.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- You are also going to miss revenue if you don't have a sales tax on remote sales.
- I just missed that. That's a great question.
- Importantly, this windfall incentivizes bad actors to monetize children.
- I want to make sure it's in the bill because I missed that.
- I want to make sure it's in the bill because I missed that.
Keywords:
public safety, retirement system, investments, trust fund, board of trustees, financial report, income tax rebate, Pinal County, taxpayer eligibility, state revenue, financial assistance, transaction privilege tax, business location, tangible personal property, shared vehicle, sourcing, income tax, veterans, donations, tax refunds
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Am I missing that? Senator, you're not missing anything.
- I think that's the piece that's missing.
- Am I missing something in that?
- Entire families were reported missing.
- , and then those that still had children missing, and y'all being able to separate that.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- So you missed the point of my >> Yes.
- those families to get their children those families to get their children what<01:19:21.360>
- ><02:32:39.200>
education, <02:32:40.080>the children deserve a good education, the children - They are schools children show up.
- These children obligated to do this.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- I still accidentally call her Miss Hayes because she was my American history and government teacher in
- We had a bus of 38 children who were on I-44 headed south from Elgin, and they were rear-ended by a semi-carrier
- Parsons is with them, and Miss Mahoney.
- wanting to make sure that we don't have any individuals that could possibly be out there harming our children
Bills:
SB514, SB346, SB1593, SB1782, SB1366, SB1497, SB366, SB1895, SB2048, SB2005, SB2006, SB710, SB1480
Keywords:
SB514, school choice, charter school, virtual charter school, OSSAA, extracurricular activities, interscholastic activities, athletics, homeschool, other means of education, alternative education, student eligibility, student transfer, district policy, public school district, adjacent district, blended learning, virtual learning, school sports, academic eligibility
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Finance Committee Meeting Jun 25th, 2026 at 11:00 am
Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- You'll see an appropriation on line 47 for $140,000 to the Department of Services for Children, Youth
- , and Their Families to support children in the custody of the Kids Department.
- I missed something. Earlier in the aging category, the committee took action and indicated.
- But they do a lot of really great programs where they visit schools and try to introduce children to
- But they do a lot of really great programs where they visit schools and try to introduce children to
DE
Transcript Highlights:
- You'll see an appropriation on line 47 for $140,000 to the Department of Services for Children, Youth
- , and Their Families to support children in the custody of the Kids Department.
- I missed something.
- But they do a lot of really great programs where they visit schools and try to introduce children to
- And so we will definitely miss your input, as I mentioned on the Senate floor the other day.
Summary:
The Joint Finance Committee met to review and vote on the fiscal year 2027 Grants and Aid Act, which was expected to be pre-filed as Senate Bill 337. Members first reviewed Section 1, covering county seat payments, paramedic operations, senior center allocations, senior center transportation, and Homeland Security grants. They approved Section 1 after discussion of how senior center transportation is being moved from DART to grant-in-aid and how some organizations can appear in both the senior center formula and the general aging category.
The committee then worked through Section 2, which included one-time appropriations and the various grant categories for aging, arts/historical/recreation, economic housing or labor services, family and youth services, health or disability services, and neighborhood and community services. Members discussed several specific items, including New Castle County reassessment-related funding, Friends of Cooch’s Bridge, Slaughter Neck Community Action Organization, Plastic-Free Delaware, Love, Inc. of the Delmarva, and the Southern Delaware Horse Retirement Association. One aging line for Slaughter Neck was reduced back to flat funding after members questioned a large increase, and the revised category total was adjusted accordingly. Each of the Section 2 subcategories was then adopted.
Section 3, covering fire companies and public service ambulance companies, was approved with increases across apparatus, ambulance, rescue truck, aerial truck, rescue boat, substation, and insurance rebate equalization funding. Section 4, for veterans organizations and youth programs such as Boys State, Girls State, and Trooper Youth Week, was also adopted. The committee then approved the epilogue sections, which included eligibility, audit, payment, and reporting rules; special provisions for the Wilmington Senior Center contingency; conditions tied to several one-time appropriations; withholding funding from Merri-Dell Volunteer Fire Company pending a corrective report; and reprogramming $1,485,000 from a prior SMART food program appropriation toward SNAP/WIC-related food access initiatives. The meeting ended with remarks thanking staff and noting that it was likely the last JFC meeting for two members, followed by adjournment.