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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House OKs nearly $4 billion higher ed budget that would offset state grant program deficit 4/28/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- problem, not the immigrants themselves who rely on who we rely on heavily to fill workforce needs, fuel
- 21:20.080><c> fill</c><00:21:20.320><c> workforce</c><00:21:20.880><c> needs,</c><00:21:21.520><c> fuel
- </c><00:21:21.919><c> our</c> to fill workforce needs, fuel our to fill workforce needs, fuel our economy
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And they had to pay $4.4 million, but it was a big deal because they moved gasoline and jet fuel.
- Environmentally, because this fuel replaces much, much...
- Fuels to produce electricity worldwide, and so I think that it's more of an educational opportunity for
- How long it takes us to recover from a forage standpoint and therefore a fuel standpoint.
Committee:
House Energy Resources
Keywords:
HB 48, oilfield theft, organized theft, petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, DPS, Department of Public Safety, Texas, Railroad Commission, criminal justice, energy resources, theft prevention, organized crime, border region, El Paso, law enforcement task force, asset recovery, pipeline theft, drilling equipment, equipment theft
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Capital Investment Cmte hears St. Paul bonding requests for sports facility upgrades 3/20/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- as an anchor of a vibrant entertainment district that attracts even more world-class events while fueling
- as an anchor of a vibrant entertainment district that attracts even more world-class events while fueling
- as an anchor of a vibrant entertainment district that attracts even more world-class events while fueling
- jump-start additional economic development downtown, a strong, thriving entertainment district, and fuels
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/25
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- significant, generating millions of dollars annually for local businesses, from lodging and dining to fuel
- </c><00:04:27.080><c> and</c><00:04:27.280><c> dining</c><00:04:27.720><c> to</c><00:04:27.919><c> fuel
- </c><00:04:28.479><c> stations</c> from lodging and dining to fuel stations from lodging and dining to
- fuel stations and<00:04:29.280><c> equipment</c><00:04:29.840><c> rentals</c><00:04:30.440><c> ATV</
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy
Keywords:
electric bicycles, tax rebate, transportation, environment, local economy, fleeing peace officer, culpable negligence, traffic laws, public safety, motor vehicle offenses, driving violations, penalties, license suspension, traffic enforcement, all-terrain vehicle, ATV, class 1 ATV, class 2 ATV, road rights-of-way, public roads
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
AEN-HOU, AEN, AEN DEFER, AEN DEFER Public Hearings 02-03-2025
Agriculture and Environment
Transcript Highlights:
- cold storage, such as coolers, freezers, and refrigerated trucks, and pay for the electricity and fuel
- 00:20:21.280><c> the</c><00:20:21.400><c> electricity</c><00:20:22.000><c> and</c><00:20:22.120><c> fuel
- </c><00:20:22.440><c> needed</c><00:20:22.720><c> to</c> for the electricity and fuel needed to for the
- electricity and fuel needed to run<00:20:23.039><c> that</c><00:20:23.240><c> equipment</c><00:20:24.240
Committee:
Senate Agriculture and Environment
Summary:
The committees heard several agriculture and food-system bills. SB 1562 would create a Combined Housing Operational Agricultural Mobilization Program to help bona fide farmers live and farm on agricultural lands and provide a tax credit for donated land. Testimony generally supported the goal of housing for farmers and farm workers, but raised concerns about placing the program within the Department of Agriculture, possible constitutional and drafting issues, land-quality standards, lease structure, and whether another agency might be better suited. The committees recommended passing SB 1562 with amendments, including clarifying DOA authority to acquire agricultural lands and establishing an advisory committee within the department; the recommendation was adopted.
The committees also heard SB 1171 on providing monofilament netting through hardware stores to help slow coconut rhinoceros beetle spread, SB 1186 on creating a statewide interagency food systems coordination team and working group, SB 1250 on a Farm to Families program, SB 1303 on agricultural loans, SB 1395 on a climate mitigation and resiliency special fund, SB 504 on a local agricultural transportation cost reimbursement program, SB 1185 on reviewing and repealing obsolete agricultural laws, and SB 187 on funding permanent agricultural biosecurity positions. Most testimony on these measures was in support, with some suggested refinements: for SB 1186, a youth advisory seat and clearer performance benchmarks; for SB 1250, broader eligibility for food pantries, cold storage, and staffing support; for SB 1303, support for lower interest rates and expanded loan tools; for SB 1395, debate over the fund’s structure and revenue source; for SB 504, clearer eligibility for small and beginning farmers, cooperatives, and food hubs; and for SB 1185, interest in joining the working group but concern about overbroad deregulation.
No roll-call votes were taken on the other measures in the excerpt, but the chair reported testimony counts on some bills, including 89 in support and none opposed for SB 1250, 13 in support and one opposed for SB 504, and 14 in support with one comment for SB 1395. SB 1303 and SB 187 also drew supportive testimony from the Department of Agriculture, farm groups, food banks, and industry organizations, with SB 187 emphasizing the need to make Act 231 biosecurity positions permanent and fully funded.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (02/10/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Corman, as a research scientist back in the old days, if I was interested in, say, fuel
- the old days, if I was interested<00:48:52.000><c> in</c><00:48:52.319><c> say</c><00:48:52.800><c> fuel
- ><00:48:53.119><c> cells</c><00:48:53.440><c> that</c><00:48:53.920><c> burn</c> interested in say fuel
- cells that burn interested in say fuel cells that burn methane,<00:48:55.359><c> I</c><00:48:55.520>
- Water specifically is furthest behind. turn on the light switch, turn on the turn on the light switch
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, July 15, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> reduces desperation that fuels violence. reduces desperation that fuels violence.
- The story of outbreaks fueled outbreak.
- </c><03:19:31.760><c> instability,</c> the conditions that fuel instability, the conditions that fuel
- We know how to clear hazardous fuels.
- We know how to clear hazardous fuels.
Keywords:
appropriations, State Department, foreign aid, foreign assistance, diplomacy, embassy security, consular services, passport backlog, visa wait times, international broadcasting, Fulbright, Peace Corps, Millennium Challenge Corporation, foreign military financing, security assistance, counterterrorism, nonproliferation, democracy promotion, human rights, global health
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Council Jan 19th, 2026 at 01:39 pm
Legislative Council
Transcript Highlights:
- However, the door will be switched out at some point because all of the doors that face the hallway are
Committee:
Joint Legislative Council
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:12:59.679><c> to</c> that has shifted from fossil fuels to that has shifted from fossil fuels
- It's the fuel for power. It's power.
- It's the um<02:35:36.080><c> fuel</c><02:35:36.640><c> for</c><02:35:36.960><c> power.
- </c><02:35:39.200><c> You</c><02:35:39.359><c> know,</c> um fuel for power. It's power.
- You know, um fuel for power. It's power.
Committee:
Joint Revenue
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- , it's the number one heating fuel in New England, you lower the price of electricity on the regional
- , it's the number one heating fuel in New England, you lower the price of electricity on the regional
- , it's the number one heating fuel in New England, you lower the price of electricity on the regional
- These reliable sources of energy are often called fossil fuels.
- Fossil lithium, fossil cobalt, fossil fuel, and fossil me.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Ways and Means Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Transcript Highlights:
- It provides fuel assistance to families struggling with heating costs, a Head Start program for children
- I'm wondering if you can talk to us more about what the barriers are to switching the system, you know
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Summary:
The hearing opened with remarks from Senate Chair Robyn Kennedy and House Chair Chynah Tyler, who emphasized that the fiscal year 2026 hearing was focused on the Health and Human Services budget, asked members to keep questions budget-related, and noted that no public testimony would be taken. They also highlighted the choice of Doherty Memorial High School as the venue to showcase Worcester’s investment in career and technical education. Committee members then introduced themselves before the first panel, the Executive Office of Veterans Services and the state veterans homes, began testimony.
Secretary John Santiago said the governor’s FY26 proposal would support implementation of the HERO Act, which he said is now about 95% implemented, including higher disabled veteran annuities, expanded behavioral health benefits, and other service expansions. He described efforts to reduce veteran homelessness, including nearly $20 million in ARPA-funded housing and outreach initiatives, and said the agency has delivered more than 100,000 supportive services to nearly 8,500 veterans. Leaders from the Chelsea and Holyoke veterans homes reported on staffing, quality measures, electronic medical records, and major construction projects at both facilities, including a new Chelsea campus and the new Holyoke home. Members asked about funding transfers, geographic equity in access to the homes, outreach to women veterans and veterans of color, suicide prevention, Gold Star family support, and the impact of federal uncertainty; Santiago said the homes are now licensed and certified, that the current budget is sufficient, and that the agency is expanding engagement and data collection.
The second panel, the Office of the Veteran Advocate, testified that its FY26 request is about $3.3 million, up from the current $2 million, to cover staffing, a larger office, and higher technology costs. Veteran Advocate Bob Notch said the office is a new independent oversight agency created in 2022 to examine systems, coordinate with local veteran service officers, and investigate fatalities or serious harm involving veterans in state care. He said the office’s work depends on research, data, and collaboration with other agencies, and that current funding is only enough for minimum operations. In response to questions, Notch and Deputy Commissioner David O’Callaghan discussed the difficulty of tracking veteran suicides, the need for better data across agencies, and the office’s role as an oversight body rather than a direct service provider. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 119 May 13th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- forgotten, the commitment that this should never come out of general fund dollars, and suddenly it switches
- the urban areas, and that's where we see a lot of the demand. ...lot of the demand, but we really do fuel
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session: 2025 First Special Session - part 1 Jun 9th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We need lawmakers to be loyal to humanity through actions of accountability, who can fuel reconciliation
- That dealt with the 2023 Medigap coverage that you had championed, which basically said folks could switch
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 2nd, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- AB 480 increases the impact of low-income housing tax credits by allowing developers to switch from allocated
- This bill will help keep construction materials local, reducing fuel consumption, CO2 emissions, and
Summary:
The Assembly met on May 23, 2025, established a quorum after a roll call, and proceeded through a long House of Origin floor session with prayers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and routine parliamentary actions. Early in the day, a motion by Assembly Member Gallagher to suspend the rules and take up AB 12 immediately failed on a 18-39 vote. The chamber then moved through the daily file, with many measures passing by wide margins, often with bipartisan support and little or no opposition.
Among the notable bills discussed were measures on law enforcement oversight and records access (AB 847), CalFresh data-sharing exemptions (AB 593), campus-area housing for students and staff (AB 893), insurance and wildfire hardening updates (AB 1), missing middle housing code changes (AB 6), tribal peace officer status in a pilot program (AB 31), utility bill analysis before new mandates (AB 61), fairgrounds funding (AB 258), Diwali as a state holiday (AB 268), labor and worker organizing rights (AB 288), algorithmic price-fixing and antitrust enforcement (AB 325), elections and jail voter information (AB 331), protections for judges and court personnel (AB 343 and AB 352), school construction procurement (AB 361), school-zone speed limits (AB 382), transit worker protections (AB 394), blue carbon coastal mitigation (AB 399), K-9 standards for law enforcement (AB 400), livestock carcass composting (AB 411), translation of housing materials (AB 413), immigrant educational rights notices (AB 419), gun violence restraining order implementation (AB 451), special education and child care measures (AB 560 and AB 563), cannabis tax relief (AB 564), and disability access protections for businesses (AB 649). Several bills addressed housing, energy, public health, and public safety, and many authors emphasized affordability, transparency, and administrative efficiency.
The session also included several ceremonial or recognition items, including ACR 73 declaring Italian American Heritage Month, which was adopted by voice vote after 65 coauthors were added. Most measures were approved overwhelmingly, though a few drew some dissent, including AB 421? no—AB 399 passed 42-30, AB 450 passed 49-6, AB 461 passed 49-8, and AB 621 passed 58-0. The transcript ends partway through AB 772, which was introduced as an educational equity bill addressing cyberbullying after school hours, but the remainder of that item is not included in the provided text.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 2nd, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- AB 480 increases the impact of low income housing tax credits by allowing developers to switch from allocated
- This bill will help keep construction materials local, reducing fuel consumption.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Switch careers or jobs on any level and go without an income. come for a year.
- Students are avoiding negative interactions fueled by social media and- harmful texts.
Committees:
Senate Education , Senate Education K-16
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- With the last minute I have I'll switch to ADS-E because ADS-E like TIA is showing strong student growth
- received through the golden pennies last session that increase was enveloped by rising hard costs such as fuel
Committee:
House Public Education
Keywords:
public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (03/05/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- :23.239><c> that's</c> back and forth It's both ways that's back and forth It's both ways that's switching
- in both directions so that I switching in both directions so that I don't<01:25:26.159><c> we</c><01
- And that's the reason why you want to switch back. And that is what we tried to ban.
- There's a potential that they would be switching back and forth.
- back we were going Medicare we switching back we were going to<01:35:28.760><c> mandate</c><01:35:29.280
Summary:
The committee met in executive session and first discussed scheduling, noting that Town Meeting Day would cancel the next Tuesday meeting, that they would meet Wednesday instead, and that remaining bills would be handled through subcommittees and a likely final executive session on the 19th to meet the deadline for committee action on the 20th. The committee then took up several bills, with repeated roll calls and votes, often placing measures on the consent calendar after committee approval.
House Bill 185 on ambulance reimbursement rates was described as a perennial issue and was voted inexpedient to legislate, with members noting concerns that an any-willing-provider approach would make premium impacts hard to evaluate. House Bill 186 on cannabis legalization was retained for further work, with members saying the bill addressed stopping marijuana arrests but that the sales and implementation details still needed more development. House Bill 241 on treatment alternatives to opioids was also retained because the sponsor could not attend and the committee wanted more time to continue work.
The committee then considered House Bill 302 on state treasury investments in digital assets and precious metals. The amendment narrowed the proposal, removing more complicated provisions like stable tokens and staking, lowering the authorized allocation from 10% to 5%, and limiting eligible digital assets to those with very high market capitalization; members discussed volatility, the treasurer’s discretion, and oversight through bond-rating concerns. The amendment and the bill as amended both passed, and the bill was placed on the consent calendar.
Other measures moved quickly: House Bill 451 on a paint product stewardship program was amended to remove direct funding and framed as manufacturer-run enabling legislation, then passed and was placed on consent; House Bill 499 made technical corrections to insurance laws and passed unanimously; House Bill 538 on relocating Liquor Commission positions passed unanimously; House Bill 552 on children covered under the state retirement insurance plan was cleaned up to remove a student requirement and passed unanimously; and a blockchain/digital currencies bill was amended to address noise and local regulation concerns for data mining operations, with supporters emphasizing energy-use issues, municipal authority, and a separate commission studying regulation. That bill also passed and was sent to consent.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- some time. but Austin Goal, which will take a lot more money and take some time, but Austin, let me switch—not
- looking at the KPIs that we're getting a return on those dollars, and if we're not, we're going to switch
- And if we're not, we're going to switch.
- These other periods, and they also may want to switch to a different career.
Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Higher Education met to review interim charges on the Permanent University Fund (PUF), the Available University Fund (AUF), the Higher Education Fund (HEAF), and the Texas University Fund (TUF). Legislative Budget Board staff outlined how each fund works, including PUF’s constitutional role for UT and Texas A&M, HEAF’s capital support for institutions outside those systems, and TUF’s research funding for eligible universities. They also described TUF’s growing corpus and distribution changes, and noted which institutions are nearing eligibility. Committee members asked about distribution formulas, comparisons to other states, and how funds are allocated among system institutions.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Committee of Conference on HB 1260, HB 1574, HB 1816, HB 1499, HB 1709 (05/26/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- They'll opt in, but it's not going to happen like a light switch overnight.
- </c><04:42:51.200><c> like</c><04:42:51.440><c> a</c><04:42:51.600><c> light</c><04:42:51.760><c> switch
- </c> to happen like a light switch overnight. to happen like a light switch overnight.
Summary:
The conference committee first met on HB 1260, a bill requested by municipal clerks to allow certain divorce-related records to be kept confidential. House members argued the Senate amendment would reverse the presumption of openness established in the Keene Sentinel case and raise constitutional issues under the state constitution’s privacy and open-government provisions. Senate members responded that the 2018 privacy amendment, the limited scope of the proposal, and modern internet risks justified the change, but the House maintained the issue needed a full hearing in a separate bill. The committee ultimately voted unanimously for the Senate to recede and adopt the House version, preserving the underlying bill without the Senate amendment, and both sides said they would revisit the topic in a future session.
The committee then took up HB 1574, which extends free and reduced-price breakfast and lunch programs and provides funding for SNAP administrative costs. The main dispute was the Senate’s addition of $4.4 million for SNAP administration, which DHHS said was needed because federal law would shift more administrative costs to the state and could increase the state’s SNAP error rate, potentially triggering much larger future penalties. DHHS officials reported the current error rate was 7.57% for federal fiscal year 2024, below the national average, and estimated that if the rate rose above 8%, the state could owe about 10% of SNAP benefits, or roughly $12 million for a partial year and nearly $16 million for a full year. Some House members supported the added funding as a preventive measure, while others objected that the underlying bill was modest and the amendment resembled a previously rejected proposal. The discussion ended with the committee moving toward the House position and the bill’s future depending on the chamber’s vote on the Senate amendment.