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MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session - 04/29/25

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We need to get taconite mining back up and running because that's what helps fuel the manufacturing explosion
  • I've switched professional jobs numerous times in my lifetime, for different reasons.
  • </c><03:35:37.120><c> I've</c><03:35:37.439><c> switched</c> apply for a different job.
  • I've switched apply for a different job.
  • I've switched profess<03:35:38.319><c> or</c><03:35:38.560><c> jobs</c><03:35:39.040><c> numerous</c>
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 11th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Bills: SCR17, SB2104, SB2155, SB1428, SB1250, SB1651, SB1794, SB444, SB1061, SB1327, SB1425, SB1455, SB1458, SB1460, SB1480, SB1530, SB1543, SB1555, SB1593, SB1209, SB1730, SB1733, SB1769, SB1805, SB2069, SB2095, SB1503
Keywords: Oklahoma Ireland relations, Ireland, Irish heritage, St. Patrick's Day, Choctaw Nation, Choctaw famine relief, Irish-American, cultural resolution, concurrent resolution, ceremonial resolution, economic development, trade commission, international relations, Tulsa IrishFest, ShamROCK the Gardens, Oklahoma City St. Patrick's Parade, Irish ancestry, Senate of Ireland, Aubrey McCarthy, Phil Thompson
Summary: The Senate began with several ceremonial recognitions, including citations for the Destiny Christian School girls volleyball team and football team for state championships, and for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, in connection with Delta Day at the Capitol and Women’s History Month. Members and guests were welcomed to speak briefly before the chamber returned to its agenda. The chamber then considered a series of bills. SB 444, dealing with hospice handling and disposal of controlled dangerous substances left after a patient’s death, passed 39-0. SB 1327, restoring the Tourism and Recreation Commission’s authority and adding general commission-member requirements, passed 27-12. SB 1061, a mortgage broker fee cleanup bill, passed 38-0. SB 1425, repealing an obsolete health care workforce board, passed 40-0. SB 1455, extending the sunset for the Board of Governors of the Architects, Landscape Architects, and Licensed Interior Designers, passed 28-11 and then also passed the emergency with 38-1. SB 1458, an Attorney General-request bill to align grand jury witness confidentiality statutes, failed 24-14. The Senate also passed SB 1460, which increases penalties for repeat peeping Tom and clandestine recording offenses and makes second or subsequent offenses sex offenses, by a vote of 38-3. SB 1480, creating a youth apprenticeship pilot program, passed 42-0 and then passed the emergency. SB 1530, updating the Oklahoma Research Development Rebate Program and encouraging private partnerships with higher education, passed 36-4. SB 1543, allowing multiple DUI charges within one year to be prosecuted as a single felony case and making related cleanup changes, passed 37-6 after extended debate about diversion, due process, and testing issues. SB 1555, aligning the state definition of intellectual disability with federal standards, passed 42-0, with a later correction noting the final vote as 42-1. SB 1593, updating outdated OSU-Tulsa trustee language, passed 43-0 and then passed the emergency. SB 1730, requiring law enforcement to copy OSBI on sexual offense reports, passed 37-6. SB 1209, which would have excluded Sundays and federal holidays from the eviction filing-to-hearing timeline, failed on a 21-21 tie after debate over landlord rights, service timing, and court delays.
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways and Means (02/04/2026)

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • >> The tax amnesty program is definitely fueling the state revenue collection that we're seeing.
  • >> The tax amnesty program is definitely fueling the state revenue collection that we're seeing.
  • >> The tax amnesty program is definitely fueling the state revenue collection that we're seeing.
  • >> The tax amnesty program is definitely fueling the state revenue collection that we're seeing.
  • >> The tax amnesty program is definitely fueling the state revenue collection that we're seeing.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Human Services - 03/26/25

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • proposal um are an assumed amount based on what the department has seen in other states when they switch
  • from</c><00:19:50.480><c> a</c><00:19:50.640><c> fee</c><00:19:50.799><c> for</c> states when they switch
  • from a fee for states when they switch from a fee for service<00:19:51.280><c> to</c><00:19:51.440><
  • very vivid description of the changes he has experienced due to this kind of takeover, including a switch
  • to ...including a switch to incontinence products that he describes as being as protective as a screen
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
HI
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

FIN Info Briefing - Wed Jan 8, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • East Hawaii region is planning on switching from the Metatech system to Epic, and Epic is the medical
  • from uh metatech system to switching from uh metatech system to Epic<05:45:39.120><c> and</c><05:45:
  • <06:03:07.320><c> over</c> switch over switch over requires<06:03:10.320><c> a</c><06:03:10.440><c> lot
  • Switching over to the Kona Emergency Room repairs, I know that’s been taking a long time, especially
  • Okay, thank you. modified emergency room yeah switch modified emergency room yeah switch that's that's
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The Committee on Finance held an informational briefing with the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations on its budget, staffing, and operations. The director reviewed department leadership and reported on recruitment and retention efforts, including a 14% vacancy rate, a 10.5% workforce increase from filling 189 positions, and the Hela Imua internship program, which has placed 516 interns since inception and led to 62 permanent hires. The department also described modernization efforts, including the UI Huakai project and the Disability Compensation Division’s electronic case management system, and said the unemployment compensation trust fund exceeded $71.5 million, triggering Schedule C for calendar year 2025. The department’s main budget requests included $2.9 million for fiscal year 2026 to support maintenance and operations of the electronic case management system, plus restoration of two enforcement specialist positions. Officials said those positions are needed to address a decline in investigators from 11 to six since 2009, improve compliance, and handle Hawaii Compliance Express certificate work. Additional requests included two human resources specialists to address recruitment backlogs, two labor enforcement specialists to reduce a backlog of Chapter 104 prevailing wage and wage cases, and two positions for the Office of Community Services to expand immigrant services and access centers. The department also discussed federal funding for unemployment insurance and workforce programs, including National Dislocated Worker Grants and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funds, and said some funding is received in increments and may require extensions. Members asked about Kauai inspection coverage, federal funding uncertainty, the size of the special unemployment insurance fund, and whether the department could ramp up staffing during a future crisis. Officials said Kauai is currently served by inspectors from Honolulu and there are no plans to open a permanent island position because of staffing constraints. They said the department is meeting federal guidelines and is not in jeopardy, and that the special unemployment insurance fund has about $10 million, with current UI operations funded at a little over $15 million, meaning the fund may need to cover roughly $5 million if federal support declines. The director said the department would use the special fund to supplement shortfalls, but noted that federal funding cuts and the loss of ARPA support have already affected operations.
TX
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Senate Committee on Higher Education Jul 29th, 2026

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.
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
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.
Keywords: 10:00am HB 1260 11:00am HB 1574 12:00pm HB 1816 2:30pm HB 1499 2:45pm HB 1709, 928, house, all
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.
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee 4/28/26

Rules and Legislative Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • criminal justice in the state of Minnesota, that piece of it feels like a little bit of a bait and switch
  • criminal justice in the state of Minnesota, that piece of it feels like a little bit of a bait and switch
  • criminal justice in the state of Minnesota, that piece of it feels like a little bit of a bait and switch
  • criminal justice in the state of Minnesota, that piece of it feels like a little bit of a bait and switch
Keywords: 1183, house
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Press Conference: Republican Members Propose New Legislation Addressing Fraud - 02/19/26

Transcript Highlights:
  • Want to switch gears to one that's in bill form.
  • Want to switch<00:20:34.480><c> gears</c><00:20:34.799><c> to</c><00:20:35.039><c> one</c><00:20:35.200
  • ><c> that's</c><00:20:35.600><c> uh</c><00:20:35.679><c> that's</c><00:20:36.000><c> in</c> switch gears
  • to one that's uh that's in switch gears to one that's uh that's in bill<00:20:36.400><c> form.
Keywords: 918, senate, all
Summary: Senate Republican leaders held a press event to roll out a package of anti-fraud proposals focused on state welfare and human services programs. Mark Johnson opened by citing recent fraud scandals, including a shuttered housing program and reports of vulnerable adults being left without care while providers billed for full services, and said Republicans want top-down reform, stronger accountability, new technology, and tighter oversight of taxpayer dollars. Michael Kreun said Republicans support an independent Office of Inspector General and argued the Senate-passed bill should not be weakened in the House; he also said the Senate should restore its role in confirming agency commissioners, especially at DHS, which he described as central to the fraud problem. Jordan Rasmusson outlined a plan to stop “blank checks” for DHS and DCYF services by requiring legislative audit review when a program exceeds budget by 5 percent and legislative approval for additional spending at 10 percent over budget. He also said DHS should adopt basic integrity tools such as electronic visit verification and client sign-off. Steve Drazkowski described two bills: a statewide “do-not-pay” list to block payments to ineligible people or entities, and an “I’m Not a Robot” proposal for Medicaid managed care that would require enrollee verification forms, with a 2 percent payment withhold used to encourage compliance and potentially fund county system upgrades. Mark Krueger said the state should improve technology and data use for eligibility determinations, citing other states’ rapid fraud-fighting systems, and proposed penalties for false reporting to the Legislative Auditor after a DHS audit found falsified site-visit records. Steve Gruenhagen said his bill would require DHS and DCYF to resume annual fraud-prevention and oversight reports to the legislature, which he said had stopped after 2017 despite rising fraud cases. Michael Holmstrom proposed unannounced site visits for all DHS and DCYF providers before enrollment, reenrollment, and revalidation, funded through provider service fees, and cited a recent case involving a woman with autism who was billed for far more care than she received. In the Q&A, Kreun said House Democrats’ delete-everything amendment to the inspector general bill removed the law enforcement division and stripped the bill of its “teeth,” and he suggested the governor’s office may have been involved in efforts to replace the bill with a weaker coordination council model. No votes were taken in the press conference.
KY
KY

Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Budget Review Subcommittee on Justice and Judiciary (6-4-25)

Transcript Highlights:
  • And to open, uh, what I would request, uh, Chairperson Deets is to maybe switch up the order so that
  • to uh is request uh chairperson deets is to uh is to<00:01:46.479><c> maybe</c><00:01:46.799><c> switch
  • <c> order</c><00:01:47.680><c> so</c><00:01:47.920><c> that</c><00:01:48.079><c> the</c> to maybe switch
  • up the order so that the to maybe switch up the order so that the department<00:01:48.640><c> of</c>
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee heard from the Department of Corrections first about Wellpath’s medical services contract and the contractor’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy. DOC officials said Wellpath’s reorganization plan was confirmed in May 2025, the contract was automatically assumed, and services have continued without lapses. They said DOC has not seen any reduction in care, staffing problems, or known impact on Kentucky operations, and that DOC and health services staff meet with Wellpath almost weekly. Members asked whether “emergence” meant discharge from bankruptcy; staff clarified that Wellpath has not yet been discharged and is still in the process of paying debts. The discussion then shifted to the Department of Juvenile Justice’s proposed high-acuity juvenile mental health treatment facility. DJJ said the facility is still in the conceptual and preliminary programming stage, with no full design funding yet and no entry into the formal A/B process with DECA. The proposed facility would have 24 beds total, split into 16 clinical beds and 8 assessment/stabilization beds, and would need to separate males and females as well as high- and low-risk youth under Senate Bill 162. Officials said the concept was developed with DJJ and CHFS mental health staff and outside design experts, and that the project was submitted in the capital plan for consideration. Members questioned the need for the facility, the estimated construction and staffing costs, and whether the state has enough youth to justify it. DJJ said the number of youth needing this level of care changes frequently, that they currently have one youth in Pennsylvania and typically send one to five youth out of state each year, and that out-of-state placement is increasingly difficult. Officials argued that a dedicated facility would reduce delays, keep youth closer to home, and avoid the need to retrofit multiple detention centers. Some members expressed concern that the projected operating costs seemed high compared with the small number of current out-of-state placements, and asked for more information on annual out-of-state spending and the number of youth who would qualify for the facility.
KY
KY

Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Budget Review Subcommittee on Justice and Judiciary (6-4-25) Reupload

Transcript Highlights:
  • And to open what I would request, Chair Deetsz, is to maybe switch up the order so that the Department
  • to uh is request uh chairperson deets is to uh is to<00:01:42.400><c> maybe</c><00:01:42.720><c> switch
  • <c> order</c><00:01:43.600><c> so</c><00:01:43.759><c> that</c><00:01:44.000><c> the</c> to maybe switch
  • up the order so that the to maybe switch up the order so that the department<00:01:44.479><c> of</c>
Keywords: The original version of this live stream dropped before the meeting was technically finished. This is the complete copy pulled from back up sources., 958, all
Summary: The committee met to hear updates from the Department of Juvenile Justice and the Department of Corrections on two related issues: a proposed high-acuity juvenile mental health treatment facility and medical services contracts, including the impact of Wellpath’s bankruptcy proceedings. At the start, the chair agreed to hear the Department of Corrections first so members could get context on the medical contract before turning to DJJ’s proposal. DOC officials said Wellpath, the department’s comprehensive medical and mental health provider since 2013, was awarded its current contract through a 2021 procurement process. They reported that Wellpath’s Chapter 11 reorganization plan had been confirmed and that the company had transitioned ownership to lenders, but had not yet fully completed the bankruptcy process. DOC said there had been no service lapses, no reduction in care, and no known impact on Kentucky vendors or hospitals, and that DOC staff meet with Wellpath almost weekly. Members asked whether the committee had been kept informed and whether the bankruptcy could affect future services or subcontractors. DJJ then presented its concept for a high-acuity facility, explaining that the project is still in the preliminary programming and conceptual stage and has not yet entered the formal design phase with DECA. Officials said the proposal in the capital plan would create a 24-bed facility, with 16 clinical beds and 8 assessment/stabilization beds, to serve justice-involved youth with serious mental health needs. They said the facility would need to separate males and females and high- and low-risk youth, and that current placements often require sending youth out of state to places such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia, Arkansas, and Texas. Staff said the goal is to centralize treatment, improve safety, and reduce the need for fragmented or out-of-state placements. Committee members questioned the cost estimates, staffing needs, and whether the facility was justified given the small number of youth currently placed out of state. DJJ said the operational estimate includes an unknown medical-contract component and that the number of youth needing the facility can fluctuate because of surges in the juvenile population. Officials also said they had consulted with South Carolina, which is developing a similar facility, and noted that renovating existing facilities was considered but could be more expensive or impractical than building a separate site. No votes or formal actions were taken during the discussion.
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Election Law (05/27/2025)

Election Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • We made the switch in Hopington in 2024, as I'm sure you're all familiar with.
  • We made<00:05:37.360><c> the</c><00:05:37.520><c> switch</c><00:05:37.680><c> in</c><00:05:37.840><c>
  • Hopington</c><00:05:38.400><c> in</c><00:05:38.639><c> 2024,</c><00:05:39.520><c> as</c> made the switch
  • in Hopington in 2024, as made the switch in Hopington in 2024, as I'm<00:05:40.000><c> sure</c><00:05
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Housing panel approves HF2140 3/12/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We had one or two get switched around when it printed, so then it flip-flopped everything, but I think
  • uh one<00:15:52.240><c> or</c><00:15:52.360><c> two</c><00:15:52.639><c> get</c><00:15:52.800><c> switched
  • /c><00:15:53.160><c> around</c><00:15:53.399><c> when</c><00:15:53.519><c> it</c> one or two get switched
  • around when it one or two get switched around when it printed<00:15:54.000><c> so</c><00:15:54.160><
Keywords: 1183, house
KY
KY

Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Education (2-20-25)

Transcript Highlights:
  • Up first, at the beginning, we're going to switch around the agenda a little bit.
  • beginning we're today up up first at the beginning we're going<00:01:43.159><c> to</c><00:01:43.320><c> switch
  • > around</c><00:01:44.000><c> the</c><00:01:44.159><c> agenda</c><00:01:44.560><c> a</c> going to switch
  • around the agenda a going to switch around the agenda a little<00:01:45.360><c> bit</c><00:01:46.360
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee first took up SB 19, which would require a daily moment of silence or reflection in Kentucky public schools and clarify that students may use the time as they choose without coercion or religious direction. The sponsor and supporters, including representatives of the Kentucky Jewish Council, argued the bill is nonsectarian, intended to promote calm and focus, and supported by research and prior bipartisan backing. Opponents from the Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass said they supported the anti-coercion language but objected to making the moment of silence mandatory rather than permissive, citing concerns about the statute’s interaction with the Lord’s Prayer language already in law. After discussion, the committee voted to pass SB 19 unanimously with favorable expression. The committee then considered SB 83, which revises the KEES scholarship program so homeschool and non-certified school students can receive awards using an ACT-to-GPA conversion and be treated more comparably to public school students. The sponsor described the bill as a recurring measure and walked through how the award amounts would be calculated under the substitute. There was no opposition raised during the hearing, and the committee adopted the substitute and passed SB 83 unanimously with favorable expression. Finally, the committee heard Senate Joint Resolution 55, directing Kentucky public postsecondary institutions to combat anti-Semitism. The resolution would require campuses to adopt policies using the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism, notify students of Title VI and state-law complaint rights, recognize Jewish organizations as community resources on the same basis as other religious organizations, take action against student groups supporting designated terrorist organizations, and collect and report campus anti-Semitism data. The presenters and supporters described a sharp rise in anti-Semitic incidents on campuses after October 7 and said schools have not responded adequately. The committee adopted the substitute and began hearing testimony on the resolution, but the transcript cuts off before any final vote on SJR 55.
HI
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HLT Public Hearing - Fri Mar 20, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • effective tool in treating PTSD, traumatic brain injury, substance use disorder, and other conditions that fuel
  • effective tool in treating PTSD, traumatic brain injury, substance use disorder, and other conditions that fuel
  • effective tool in treating PTSD, traumatic brain injury, substance use disorder, and other conditions that fuel
  • and other substance use disorder, and other conditions<01:02:40.360><c> that</c><01:02:40.560><c> fuel
  • </c><01:02:40.840><c> the</c> conditions that fuel the conditions that fuel the disproportionate<01:02
Bills: HB1626, HB1643, HB1668, HB1550, HB1974, HB1858, HB1871, HB1966, HB1972, HB1973
Keywords: youth penalties, juvenile justice, community service, fees and fines, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, reform, court costs, cultural connection, pharmacy, pharmacist, pharmacy audit, audit reform, pharmacy benefit manager, PBM, recoupment, extrapolation, claims audit, pharmacy reimbursement, dispensing fee
Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 847, which would create a Kauai pilot program allowing qualified psychologists limited authority to prescribe psychotropic medications. The Board of Psychology supported the bill’s intent but asked for amendments to delay the effective date or extend the pilot so rules could be written first, and to clarify the education/training language. Supporters, including the Hawaii Psychological Association, Hawaii Mental Health Coalition, and several psychologists, argued that prescribing psychologists have long safety records in other jurisdictions and that the pilot could improve access to care on Kauai, especially amid ongoing mental health needs and storm-related stress. They cited studies and examples from New Mexico, Louisiana, the Department of Defense, and other places. Opponents, including the Hawaii Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, Queen’s Medical Center, and a Department of Health representative, said the bill needed substantial work, raised concerns about training, liability, and workforce impacts, and urged a team-based model with psychiatrist oversight rather than independent prescribing. Some testimony also referenced a GAO report, with witnesses disagreeing over its meaning and cost-effectiveness. No vote was taken during the discussion, and members asked questions about how the bill would address the workforce shortage and whether a psychiatrist on Kauai could already meet the need. The committee then moved to SB 2271 on hospital licensing and SB 2272 on home health care licensing. The Department of Health, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities supported both measures, which were described as streamlining and clarifying licensing oversight by relying on accreditation or certification reports. A member asked whether the bill language on hospital accreditation reports was duplicative, and the response was that the second provision was intended to strengthen enforcement by requiring hospitals to provide the actual report to DOH. The committee did not take final action in the portion of the hearing provided, and the chair noted that all bills on the agenda would later be considered for decision-making.
MA
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Informal House Session 22 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Massachusetts House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • the town of Auburn on its 100th anniversary of the historic launching of the world's first liquid-fueled
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several Rules Committee reports. Members adopted resolutions congratulating Auburn on the 100th anniversary of the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket launch and welcoming Boston’s new National Women’s Soccer League team, the Boston Legacy, to Massachusetts. The House also adopted orders extending the reporting deadlines for the Committee on Revenue on two House documents into 2026. The chamber suspended joint rules to allow several petitions to proceed, including proposals on social media regulation for minors, a sick leave bank for a Department of Children and Families employee, retirement credit for a probation employee, taxation of certain foreign government pension benefits, and naming the American lobster the official crustacean of the Commonwealth. The Steering, Policy and Schedule Committee then listed bills for consideration, including measures on private road maintenance in Gloucester, property valuation and assessment fairness, municipal tax collectors, preservation of historic resource information in community preservation funds, and Salem liquor license changes. The House advanced those bills through second and third readings, then passed to be enacted local bills involving compensation for a Revere widow, a Wellesley senior tax deferment change, and a Hopkinton library trustees charter amendment. It also engrossed a bill directing the Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for a specific applicant, Edney Joseph. The session ended with a moment of silent tribute to Adrian Dolan of South Boston and an order to adjourn until the next Thursday morning in informal session.
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Finance Subcommittee REVISED: SB1403 - Added Apr 8th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

A&B Finance Subcommittee

NY
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

2026 Joint Budget Subcommittee on General Government / Local Assistance - 03/18/2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • alleviate some of those rising costs, whether it is mandated costs or just a cost like electricity, fuel
Keywords: 993, senate, all
Summary: The Budget Subcommittee on General Government and Local Assistance held its first meeting on the 2026/2027 state budget, with opening remarks from Senate Co-Chair Senator James Skoufis and Assembly Co-Chair Assembly Member Michaelle Solages. They introduced members, designated secretaries, and identified the agencies and budget areas under the subcommittee’s purview, including tax and finance, the Division of Budget, ethics and lobbying, financial services, general services, state charges, inspector general, state, audit and control, tax appeals, IT services, aid to localities, statewide financial systems, the Board of Elections, alcohol beverage control, and miscellaneous general government. Discussion focused on affordability, local government aid, and the strain on municipalities from rising costs, aging infrastructure, and state mandates. Senator Walczyk emphasized lowering taxes, reducing regulations, and increasing support for local governments, including AIM and CHIPS funding, while criticizing high housing, energy, and insurance costs. Assembly Minority members echoed concerns about the 2 percent property tax cap, utility bills, mandated costs, and the need for more permanent aid rather than temporary assistance. Assembly Member Ari Brown argued that the proposals did not provide enough long-term certainty, noting differences among the Governor’s, Assembly’s, and Senate’s funding levels for municipal aid and related programs. Assembly Member Burdick also supported stronger funding for municipalities, drawing on his local government experience. The co-chairs noted that no table target had yet been received and that negotiations would continue on open issues in general government. No votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after brief closing remarks about ongoing budget talks among the Senate, Assembly, and Governor.