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AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
04/27/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services
Senate Health and Human Services COR
Transcript Highlights:
- I worked on all the yards at Perryville, from Lumley, the maximum-security yard that houses the women
- on death row, to Santa Rosa, the minimum-security yard, with one...
- The women on death row to Santa Rosa, the minimum-security yard, with women serving shorter sentences
Summary:
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee met, approved the March 25 minutes without objection, and heard testimony from Dr. Lynette Livesey, a nominee for the State Board of Psychologist Examiners. Dr. Livesey described her Arizona background, long career in psychology and public health, work with correctional and community mental health populations, and volunteer service. She said she has served on the board’s application review and complaint screening committees and values the board’s fair, collaborative approach, while noting concerns she has seen in family court-related complaints and the importance of communication among providers and agencies in behavioral health.
Committee members asked about her experience on the board, challenges facing the board, and broader behavioral health issues such as access to services, coordination among professionals, and how to measure success. One member encouraged her to meet with caucus members and discuss family court issues further. After discussion, a motion was made to recommend Dr. Livesey’s confirmation to the full Senate. The committee voted 5 ayes, 0 noes, and 2 not voting to advance her nomination, and then adjourned.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
04/27/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- I worked on all the yards at Perryville, from Lumley, the maximum-security yard that houses the women
- on death row, to Santa Rosa, the minimum-security yard, with one... ...the women on death row to Santa
- Rosa, the minimum-security yard with women serving shorter sentences.
AZ
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations - Room 210; 21 January, 2026: 1:30 PM
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- Security threat groups mean it's a threat to our security.
- Let's talk about security threat groups. Let's talk about security threat groups.
- So everybody threat to our security.
- They're maximum security clothes.
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of requesting in this for the security of requesting in this for the security
Summary:
The subcommittee heard the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks present its FY27 budget request and discuss accomplishments from prior appropriations. The commissioner highlighted improved conservation officer retention after salary increases, continued training and wellness efforts, upgrades to state parks and cabins, expansion of tiny homes, fisheries stocking and youth fishing programs, ongoing chronic wasting disease testing, and the Museum of Natural Science’s recent accreditation. The agency said it wants to maintain parks and facilities so they do not deteriorate again, and it emphasized tourism and public access benefits.
Budget staff then outlined the request: $21.7 million in general funds, including increases for state parks, the museum, law enforcement, and chronic wasting disease; $23.2 million in state support capital and education funds; and $86.99 million in special funds authority. Major capital requests included $18.8 million for state parks projects at several parks, $1.25 million for law enforcement facilities, $2 million for Lake Lamar Bruce improvements, and $1.125 million for mobile teaching vans. Members asked for more detail on general fund increases, proof that law enforcement salary enhancements reached field agents, more information on the tiny home program and its return on investment, the source of motor vehicle funds, and a breakdown of requested pins and vacancies.
The committee also questioned the agency about chronic wasting disease, with the department saying the $400,000 request supports testing and research and that live testing is not yet reliable. Members raised concerns about prioritization of lake and park maintenance, especially Lake Claude Bennett, and whether the agency is too reactive rather than proactive in addressing deteriorating facilities. The department said funding limitations and federal restrictions on certain lake dollars drive its priorities, and that it focuses on the most-used parks and lakes. No votes or formal actions were taken in the meeting.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Hospital, Governor's Homeland Security Hospital, Governor's Homeland Security Advisor.
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- with lower profit margins to secure with lower profit margins to secure necessary<04:07:38.800><
- and highly sensitive to economic cycles, whereas housing loans are typically secured by the property
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration and General Government Apr 30th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And then when you run that gauntlet, hopefully you'll have all your funding secured.
- And so when they're coming in securing funding in our subsidy programs and there's an opportunity for
- HCD secures home ownership and monitors manufactured housing sales.
- Our Social Security benefits don't get rounded up like this.
- My rent and my mortgage are higher than what I get with Social Security every month. This is bad.
Summary:
The subcommittee heard an extensive presentation on the administration’s housing reorganization proposal, which would centralize multifamily affordable housing finance under the new Housing Development and Finance Committee (HDFC) and align it with the Governor’s trailer bill language. Administration officials said the plan is intended to create a one-stop application and award process, reduce duplicative timelines and costs, and pair state subsidy with private activity bonds and federal tax credits more efficiently. They also described proposed changes to the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program, including shifting a larger share of funding toward housing-related awards while preserving a portion for sustainable communities investments. The Legislative Analyst’s Office generally supported the streamlining concept but recommended changes to the proposed bond set-aside timing and urged flexibility for integrated applications and future reporting on demand. Senators, especially Senator Cabaldon, raised concerns that the proposal could weaken the original climate-and-transportation purpose of the sustainable communities program and that the reorganization would be undercut by the lack of new housing production funding in the budget. The item was held open without a vote.
The committee then received a report from the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee and the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee on federal and state housing tax credits. Staff explained that the federal H.R. 1 change lowering the bond-financing threshold from 50% to 25% greatly expanded the number of projects able to use the 4% federal tax credit, allowing California to fund many more projects and units. They also described the state low-income housing tax credit as an important gap-filling tool for projects that still need additional subsidy, and noted existing set-asides for rural, homeless, at-risk, and extremely low-income projects. Members discussed rehabilitation as well as new construction, and the item was informational only.
Finally, the Civil Rights Department reported on the effects of federal civil rights policy changes and on three programs facing expiration: California vs. Hate, the Community Conflict Resolution Unit, and Investigations and Conciliation Enhancement. Director Kevin Kish said federal cuts and policy shifts have reduced support for fair housing and other civil rights functions, while CRD’s caseload has grown from about 8,700 open matters a year ago to more than 12,000, with a six-month wait for interviews despite overtime triage efforts. Senators expressed strong support for continuing the programs and concern about the broader federal rollback of civil rights enforcement. The department said it is using overtime, intake triage, and outreach partnerships to manage the workload and direct Californians to appropriate state, local, and nonprofit resources.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration and General Government Apr 30th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And then when you run that gauntlet, hopefully you'll have all your funding secured.
- And so when they're coming in securing funding in our subsidy programs and there's an opportunity for
- HCD secures home ownership and monitors manufactured housing sales.
- Our Social Security benefits don't get rounded up like this.
- My rent and my mortgage are higher than what I get with Social Security every month. This is bad.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- welfare data because you are taking everything within the Department of Employment and Economic Security
- welfare data because you are taking everything within the Department of Employment and Economic Security
- welfare data because you are taking everything within the Department of Employment and Economic Security
- welfare data because you are taking everything within the Department of Employment and Economic Security
- welfare data because you are taking everything within the Department of Employment and Economic Security
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- secure detention of status offenders. secure detention of status offenders.
- The secure detention facilities are for those over 14.
- The secure detention facilities are for those over 14.
- The secure detention facilities are for those over 14.
- The secure detention facilities are for those over 14.
KY
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savings <00:05:28.560>to <00:05:28.880>society longterm security - It requires strict eligibility criteria and secure security safeguards.
- It requires strict eligibility criteria and secure safeguards.
Summary:
The House Judiciary Committee met for its sixth regular-session meeting and first took up House Bill 5, as substituted by committee amendment, which would authorize KCTCS to partner with the Department of Corrections to create a vocational training campus at North Point Training Center. The sponsor and witnesses described the bill as a prison education and re-entry initiative aimed at reducing recidivism, saving taxpayer money, and meeting workforce needs, citing Michigan’s vocational village model as evidence that prison-based training can lower reoffending. Testimony emphasized that the program would include high-demand vocational fields, credentials, eligibility and security safeguards, data collection, annual reporting, and re-entry documentation such as certificates of employability and employment protections.
Several members voiced support, including comments that the bill builds on existing second-chance and employability efforts. One member asked whether post-release employment outcomes could also be tracked, and the sponsor said that would be encouraged and discussed as a possible friendly amendment. After discussion, the committee voted 19-1 to adopt the committee substitute and pass House Bill 5.
The committee then began consideration of House Bill 468, which would update the Kentucky Civil Rights Act to conform the state definition of disability to the 2008 federal ADA amendments and clarify the meaning of “qualified individual with a disability.” The bill sponsor said it would remove the Kentucky Human Rights Commission’s adjudicative authority over employment and public accommodations cases, while leaving investigative powers intact and preserving housing-related adjudication, with the goal of placing those disputes in court and preserving jury-trial rights. In response to questions, the sponsor said a local mandate analysis found the court impact would be minimal to moderate, and cited commission data showing relatively few hearings. The transcript cuts off during continued discussion of HB 468.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Consumer and Public Affairs Feb 7th, 2026 at 12:35 pm
House Consumer & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- The battery-charged security device provides deterrence, but state codes effectively deter and detect
- sites to meet security needs, including the protection of outdoor assets.
- And the security system is always located on the interior of the property and behind a perimeter fence
- It makes it easier to install crime-prevention and security solutions.
- This security technology prevents property crime at no cost to taxpayers, cities, or the state.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- have a core team, all the co-founders, a lot of our core engineering team that worked on national security
- And so I, you know, with the labs, the existing national security workforce and infrastructure, it just
- quote from his speech during that, he obviously thinks that this project is important for national security
- an in-state quantum system, supporting Q&MI, and incentivizing private investment, New Mexico can secure
- long-term economic growth, high-paying jobs, and national security relevance for decades to come.
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:
- As we expeditiously execute funding we've already secured, we are aggressively pursuing all available
- I will say many of our grant programs do support food security work, and we're very grateful for the
- In addition, the Food Security Infrastructure Grant Program will be posted in the next few weeks, the
- And it does fit well with the hunters share the harvest and food security. People are working hard.
- The Food Security Infrastructure Grant Programme, has provided huge amounts of support in my district
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing at UMass Amherst on Governor Healey’s fiscal year 2027 budget, focusing on energy/environment-related transportation issues and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. The chairs and members opened with thanks to UMass, university leadership, court officers, and legislative staff, and Chancellor Javier Reyes highlighted UMass Amherst’s research, workforce, sustainability, and transportation contributions, including energy research, transit operations, and partnerships with MassDOT. The hearing then moved to MassDOT and MBTA testimony on the administration’s transportation funding package, including House 2, the FY26 Fair Share supplemental, and a proposed four-year Chapter 90 authorization.
MassDOT officials described the budget as part of a broader multi-year transportation investment strategy, citing funding for operations, snow and ice removal, regional transit authorities, the MBTA, the Merit Rating Board, sustainable aviation fuel credits, micro-transit and last-mile grants, unpaved road improvements, bridge and pavement work, and housing-related transportation infrastructure. They emphasized workforce expansion, capital delivery capacity, safety improvements, and local aid, including the new lane-mile-based Chapter 90 formula intended to benefit rural communities. Officials also discussed major projects and programs such as Grant Central, culvert and unpaved road grants, work zone speed cameras, congestion hotspot fixes, the Sagamore and Bourne Bridge projects, and MBTA operating support and safety upgrades.
Testimony from the MBTA and rail/transit staff focused on improved ridership, service frequency, accessibility, and safety, including progress on the Green Line Train Protection System, reduced delays, expanded bus and commuter rail service, and the South Coast rail extension. Regional transit authorities reported increased ridership and described new fare-free, connectivity, and community transit grants. Aeronautics testimony covered airport capital work, drone and data programs, sustainable aviation fuel efforts, and workforce development in aviation maintenance. Committee members then asked questions, especially about Western Massachusetts priorities, Chapter 90 funding, bridge repairs, snow and ice costs, Cape Cod bridges, Buzzard’s Bay rail, and Compass Rail/West-East Rail. Officials said several federal rail grants were moving forward, that Sagamore Bridge procurement would begin soon, and that the administration remained committed to pursuing federal funding and multi-year transportation investments.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 1 - 03/25/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
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cost-of-living If we can't secure a cost-of-living If we can't secure a cost-of-living - On-site building security was chased by a resident with an 8-inch knife.
- Resident was punching the security desk and kicking the door, screaming he was going to kill the security
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desk <01:19:55.600>and was punching the security desk and was punching the security - to kill the security staff. to kill the security staff.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Nov 17th, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm the State Director for the Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, as well as the
- Regional water security planning and water data are essential.
- We want stability, fairness, and a secure future for all of our children.
- From water managers about securing your assets and your development, as well as securing your water and
- We are online to help secure mapping funding this year.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/10/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- But without modern and secure technology, survivor support becomes increasingly vulnerable to digital
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and violence and access to Safe secure and violence and access to Safe secure - threats grow and digital security threats grow and digital information<01:03:50.720>
becomes < - Services but without modern and secure Services but without modern and secure technology<01:04:25.359
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right trouble securing right trouble securing right now<01:20:08.000>thank
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Agriculture Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am
Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries
Transcript Highlights:
- This is not only weakening our food security, it also makes our food system more fragile, and the remaining
- I've worked with them to secure land in Middleborough, 3.4 acres, and I will be farming there soon.
- infrastructure grant and other components. ...there in the budget to the food security infrastructure
- And that is why I'm here to testify in support of H. 119, because if we want to have food security in
- Octopus farming is not about food security. It's about novelty dining for profit, not need.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Agriculture opened its first hearing by outlining procedures, including three-minute testimony limits, written testimony options, and the plan to hear 27 bills in docket order. The committee then took testimony on H.11/S.53, a resolve promoting equity in agriculture, with advocates from the Massachusetts Food System Collaborative, Southeastern Mass Agricultural Partnership, and urban farming organizations describing racial and economic disparities in farming, lack of data on BIPOC farmers, barriers to land and capital, and the need for a commission to collect information and recommend policy changes. Committee members asked questions about the importance of data collection and future policy development, and the bill was repeatedly urged to be reported favorably out of committee.
Testimony also supported H.118, which would create a special commission to examine the strengths and sustainability of the Commonwealth’s emergency food network. The Amherst Survival Center described serving 1.6 million meals last year and explained that food pantries are now functioning as essential parts of the state’s food system while relying heavily on donations, volunteers, and unstable funding. Members discussed the need for a more holistic look at food security infrastructure. The committee then heard H.119/S.60 on climate change impacts on farms and fisheries, with regional planners and farm advocates describing flood damage, rising costs, canceled federal climate-smart funding, and the need for direct state support for adaptation, resilience, and infrastructure improvements.
The committee also heard testimony on H.125/H.142/S.65, a healthy soils bill, from landscape professionals who said construction sites often leave poor or stripped soil and that the bill would require better post-construction soil standards to support healthier landscapes and reduce long-term maintenance and environmental problems. Finally, the committee took extensive testimony on H.127, which would prohibit aquaculture of octopus for human consumption. Supporters, including legislators, scientists, veterinarians, students, and animal welfare advocates, argued octopus are highly intelligent and sentient, cannot be farmed humanely, and that octopus aquaculture would create environmental harms such as waste runoff, pressure on wild fish stocks, and ecosystem disruption. No votes were taken during the hearing; the bills were heard and testimony was received.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assessment data in property tax litigation 2/26/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Assessing officers have a longstanding history of securing private data.
- The assessors are very proud of securing this data and enjoy the opportunity to hold that data close.
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It history of securing private data. It history of securing private data. - c><00:14:56.160>
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MN
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- So, we're draining the Social Security fund for our seniors.
- million of uh illegals were getting million of uh illegals were getting social<00:20:45.520>
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out <00:20:47.919 - uh fund for our security uh fund for our seniors.<00:20:55.360>
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NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (04/14/2026)
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, and so additional security would be needed to make sure they didn't get into places they shouldn't
- Um, and so additional security would be needed to make sure they didn't get into places they shouldn't
- The Secretary of State and the DMV both take, I think, the security of their data very seriously.
- transmission, which is through a secure transmission, which is already<00:28:27.120>
happening. - Um, on lines six a secure transmission.