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NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee Aug 1st, 2025

Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative, I'm including all revenue sources for total revenue from the water and food, which includes
  • Whether it's the codes that are at 100% or, as Garrick mentioned, some of the codes are at 150%.
  • when you're talking about hospitals, they bill Medicaid through a series of probably thousands of codes
  • All of those codes have different rates associated with them, and those are based on various factors.
  • So when we're talking about payment rates to the hospitals, it's based on all of those codes that are
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It requires us to update our land use and zoning code.
  • They are currently building a water filtration facility or water treatment facility because of the PFAS
  • :26:00.239> filtration currently building a water filtration currently building a water filtration
  • > facility facility or water treatment facility facility or water treatment facility because<01
  • Water restrictions are preventing Elmo.
Bills: HF3902, HF3895
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs May 5th, 2025

S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Texas Veterans Commission would be charged with working with veterans service organizations or VSOs
  • This will allow Texas Veterans Commission to maintain its discretion in awarding grants, so taxpayer
  • Uh, service providers in the state of Texas.
  • We serve all the major counties in Texas, all the major cities, and so we know a thing about veterans
  • And as mentioned, a lot of us aren't originally from Texas, but um, we choose Texas to continue our service
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • I went to water science school.
  • It provides grants for protecting source waters for public water systems.
  • It provides grants for protecting source waters for public water systems.
  • It provides grants for protecting source waters for public water systems.
  • It provides grants for protecting source waters for public water systems.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The Environment and Agriculture Committee held an introductory orientation for members, many of whom were new or newly assigned to the committee. Leadership emphasized that the committee is intended to operate in a nonpartisan, collaborative way, and members introduced themselves and described their backgrounds in farming, gardening, food service, environmental work, water and waste issues, veterinary work, and related fields. Several members noted personal ties to homesteading, livestock, orcharding, food security, landfill concerns, and animal welfare, while others said they were eager to learn the committee’s work. The chair then reviewed committee procedures and expectations. Members were told the committee would generally meet on Tuesdays, with hearings starting around 10 a.m. and often running until about 4:30 p.m., and that absences, substitutes for executive sessions, and email communications would be handled through House rules and the committee’s email system. The chair also covered decorum rules for live-streamed meetings, including professional dress, limiting food and drink at the table, and giving full attention to witnesses. Members were reminded that legislative emails are subject to public records laws and that the committee may soon transition to a new email domain. The chair also explained logistics such as bill folders, committee room storage, and emergency procedures for evacuation or shelter-in-place. No bills were debated or voted on in this meeting, but the chair noted that the committee already had roughly two dozen bills pending, including animal welfare, landfill, policy, and cat-and-dog related measures. Members were told to expect a broad mix of topics beyond agriculture, including solid waste and animal-related legislation.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Crime and Public Safety Jan 13th, 2026

Crime and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • The unlicensed retailers will also often code these products as other or CBD.
  • But if you go to many of the packages, you'll see QR codes on the packages.
  • You take your camera, you focus it on the QR code.
  • You take your camera, you focus it on the QR code.
  • And so we have done that over and over here in Texas; we've gone all over the place on that.
Keywords: 959, house, all
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

SENATE CONVENES Apr 21st, 2026

Arkansas All Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • National Airport, Interstate 49, and the two-lane regional water district.
  • We're on the same footing as New York or California or Texas.
  • Harrison, and it was going to use a tremendous amount of water.
  • They use a lot of water. I'm in the poultry industry.
  • In East Texas right now, you talk to some of the poultry industry people.
Keywords: 1204, all
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Transcript Highlights:
  • These Western... there's something in the water out in West Oklahoma.
  • We're going to talk about water in a minute, by the way. Exactly.
  • But I got on this water issue several years ago.
  • But I got on this water issue several years ago and decided that Oklahoma, the west half of the state
  • have any water.
Summary: The House convened under quorum call and began with several recognitions and presentations, including visits from Comanche County 4-H, the Muskogee Police Department officers who completed EMT training, the March of Dimes, and Ag Day honorees, including the Ag Hall of Fame recipient Ron Justice. The chamber also adopted House Resolution 1054 designating April 2026 as Library Month, with a special presentation honoring library leaders and advocates for their work on the first Library Day at the Capitol. The House then considered and passed a series of bills, mostly on broad bipartisan votes, covering state symbols, fireworks sales, oil and gas royalty protections, AP exam access, veteran records access for grandchildren, Medicaid support for a food-is-medicine grant, law library representation, controlled substances, public health, state security staffing, financial exploitation protections, credit union modernization, workforce data, staffing contracts, enterprise zone incentives, conveyance/title theft protections, hospice narcotics disposal, duplicate statute cleanup, and memorial highway/bridge designations. One major bill, SB 237 on eliminating the solar and battery storage manufacturing tax exemption, was laid over after discussion and questions about tax policy and local incentives. Several measures drew brief explanation and questions, including SB 2159 on state symbols and wheat, SB 1948 on fireworks sales, HB 1371 on oil and gas royalty payments and bankruptcy protections, SB 1975 on AP testing locations, SB 2026 on access to veterans’ discharge papers, SB 1565 on food-is-medicine Medicaid support, SB 1642 on splitting short opioid prescriptions, and SB 933 creating a right-to-try pathway for individualized treatment. Most of these bills passed with little or no debate, and several emergency clauses also passed by the required two-thirds vote. Not all measures advanced: SB 1771, expanding Workforce Commission data authority, failed on a 27-46 vote, and the House later gave notice of intent to reconsider. SB 1365 was reconsidered and then passed, but its emergency clause failed. The session also featured an extended personal privilege speech by Rep. Scott Fetgatter marking his departure, in which he thanked colleagues and staff and reflected on his tenure and legislative work.
WV
Transcript Highlights:
  • This is modeled after a very successful program that was enacted in Texas.
  • It was initially rolled out in the more rural areas of Texas.
  • Because you're talking about it was successful in Texas.
  • When did Texas implement this?
  • Yeah, and I don't think it necessarily needs to be done annually by code.
Keywords: 994, senate, all
Summary: The committee first considered House Bill 4893, which would increase penalties for contempt of magistrate court and raise the maximum fine a court may impose without a jury trial. Counsel explained that the bill would raise fines for first, second, and third offenses, add community service, and allow weekend jail or work release for a third offense. The committee adopted the strike-and-insert amendment, reported the bill to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass, and adopted a title amendment. The committee then took up House Bill 5684, a pilot program creating child protection commissioners to help handle abuse and neglect cases. Counsel and the sponsor described the proposal as a way to reduce circuit court backlog, improve the frequency and consistency of hearings, and provide more focused attention to children and families while leaving final decision-making authority with circuit judges. Supporters cited the heavy caseloads, shortages of guardians ad litem, and a Texas model that reportedly improved efficiency; one senator criticized the bill as adding bureaucracy, while others said the system needs a new approach. Members discussed funding through a companion bill tied to the medical cannabis fund, with an initial startup amount and ongoing annual support. Several senators raised concerns about the lack of a sunset date and the need for measurable outcomes. The committee adopted an amendment requiring the Supreme Court’s Administrative Director to identify measurable outcomes, establish a pre-implementation baseline, and provide annual reporting to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance, including costs and projected costs. House Bill 5684, as amended, was then reported to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (04/16/2026)

Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • and and water coming in from above. and and water coming in from above.
  • codes or E&M codes, usually preventive codes or E&M codes, which<01:31:59.760> the<01
  • Do they have uniform billing code? They use the same billing codes. a knee.
  • to align codes, but we codes trying to align codes, but we never<03:39:15.840> seem<03:39:16.200
  • services were for billing those codes. services were for billing those codes.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 562, which would create a home damage mitigation and resilience grant program aimed at helping homeowners make property improvements that could reduce insurance costs and non-renewals. Commissioner DJ Bettencourt of the New Hampshire Insurance Department explained that the program is modeled in part on Alabama’s safer homes program, but tailored for New Hampshire hazards such as floods, microbursts, heavy snow, ice, and falling trees. He said the grants would be limited to primary residences, subject to a means test, capped at $10,000, and intended to help homeowners make targeted improvements such as roof fortification or tree removal that could improve underwriting outcomes and lead to premium discounts. Bettencourt said the program would not use state taxpayer funds and would instead rely on philanthropic donations, possible federal or regional housing-bank funding, and other outside sources. He said the department would not need new staff, and that a current position could be reconfigured to help administer the program part-time. Committee members asked about the funding language, the meaning of “loans” in the bill, whether there were any other states using a similar no-state-funds model, and how many homeowners could be helped. Bettencourt said Rhode Island and Connecticut were moving forward in a similar way, and that the number of beneficiaries would depend on how much money is raised. Members also questioned how the grant program would actually lower premiums, whether savings would apply only to participants or more broadly, and how the IBHS evaluation process would work. Bettencourt and department staff said the direct benefit would be to the homeowner whose property is improved, though neighbors could also benefit in some cases. They explained that IBHS is a building-safety organization that certifies contractors and inspectors and that its standards can qualify homes for insurer discounts. Questions were also raised about confidentiality provisions, first-come-first-served grant awards, rollover of unused applications, and possible tax treatment of donations. The sponsor said those details would be addressed through rulemaking or existing tax rules, and no vote was taken during the hearing.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York State Senate Session - 04/28/2026

New York Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> Senator Krueger moves to discharge from the Committee on Codes and substitute the identical Senate
  • >> SENATOR KRUEGER MOVES TO DISCHARGE FROM THE COMMITTEE ON CODES AND SUBSTITUTE THE IDENTICAL
  • Following in the spirit of the proverb, 'spilled water is better than a broken jar,' the Senegalese made
  • And again, I’ll tell you, it is not South Carolina or Florida or Texas."
Keywords: 993, senate, all
Summary: The Senate convened, approved the prior journal, and adopted a resolution calendar with several exceptions before taking up a series of ceremonial resolutions and bills. Members welcomed student visitors from the YWCA of White Plains’ Voices Unfiltered Policy Program, then adopted resolutions honoring Senegalese independence and the Senegalese community, MWBE Advocacy Day, John Coltrane’s 100th birthday, the Sing Sing Prison Museum, I Love My Park Day, Animal Advocacy Day, Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder Awareness Month, and Denim Day. Speakers emphasized cultural recognition, public service, environmental stewardship, animal welfare, rare disease awareness, and support for survivors of sexual violence; each resolution was adopted. The chamber then moved through the regular calendar, passing a number of bills on broad roll-call votes. Among the measures approved were bills amending the Penal Law, Executive Law, Public Housing Law, Retirement and Social Security Law, Social Services Law, Environmental Conservation Law, General Municipal Law, Railroad Law, Election Law, Labor Law, and Public Service Law. Several bills passed unanimously or nearly so, while a few drew notable opposition, including a public health measure that passed 39-19 and the labor-related bill on ghost job postings that passed 39-19 after extended debate. The most detailed floor debate centered on the Labor Law bill addressing “ghost jobs,” requiring employers with 100 or more employees to disclose whether postings are for current vacancies, expected future openings, or general resume collection, with Department of Labor enforcement and civil penalties. Supporters argued it would protect job seekers from deceptive postings; opponents said it was unnecessary, burdensome, and could invite litigation or penalties disproportionate to the problem. The Senate also debated and passed a bill expanding election-language assistance under the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act to Haitian Creole and Middle Eastern and North African communities, with supporters citing growing language-access needs and opponents raising concerns about scope and local costs. The Senate then adjourned until the next day.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • This would Align our election dates to be similar to how Texas is structured.
  • increased greatly by the potential for free education as opposed to a billboard that says 'drink more water
  • So this is clearly defining that our statutes and our administrative code are in alignment with one another
  • of Oklahoma is putting out are actual, factual, and in complete alignment with our administrative code
Keywords: 914, all
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

MS House Floor - 25 February, 2026; 10:00 AM

Mississippi House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • existing alternative energy code existing alternative energy code sections<00:15:10.080> where
  • increment financing, or TIF, code increment financing, or TIF, code section.<00:19:54.680> This
  • And the committee sub actually adds a new code section dealing with facilities for adults with mental
  • You know, just a few pages earlier in our code is a tax incentive whereby this state, in the tax code
  • I see no... schools like Texas, Tennessee, Florida, schools like Texas, Tennessee, Florida, who<00:53
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, dispensed with the reading of the journal, and welcomed several student and FFA groups from around the state, including chapters from Tippah, Forrest, Newton, and Wheeler counties, as well as the Puckett High School student council and an AP government class from Madison-Ridgeland Academy. After announcements, the chamber moved to the Ways and Means calendar and took up a series of tax and finance measures. House Bill 327 would extend Mississippi’s existing film tax credit to television production businesses, with a $42 million aggregate cap and a requirement that qualifying production activity occur in-state. House Bill 343 would create a tax credit for employers offering private health insurance to employees, set at $400 per employee in the first year and $200 in the second, capped at $10 million. House Bill 420 would lower the age threshold for an existing full homestead exemption for honorably discharged veterans and spouses from 90 to 85; members discussed the local cost impact, but the sponsor said the state cost would be zero. House Bill 489 would exempt from income tax any capital gains from a forced sale through eminent domain, so the property owner would not owe tax on that transaction. The House also passed House Bill 715, clarifying that both perishable and non-perishable food sold to food pantries are exempt from sales tax. House Bill 1063 would adjust an alternative energy/local tax provision by allowing a fee-in-lieu rate down to 10% and adding energy storage, such as large-scale batteries, to qualifying projects. House Bill 1793, by committee substitute, would add gun safes to the state’s Second Amendment sales tax holiday. House Bill 1941 would raise the Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund’s administrative fee from 2% to 3% and authorize $5 million in bonds. House Bill 1942 would create a conduit bond mechanism under the TIF code for local development projects. House Bill 1944, by committee substitute, would expand the Children’s Promise Act tax credit program from $18 million to $40 million over three years and add a new $1 million credit for facilities serving adults with mental handicaps; members debated its effects on private schools, foster care entities, and public education funding. Most bills passed overwhelmingly, including several unanimous votes; House Bill 327 passed 115-1, House Bill 343 passed 118-0, House Bill 420 passed 120-0, House Bill 489 passed 120-0, House Bill 715 passed 120-0, House Bill 1063 passed 115-0, House Bill 1793 passed 109-3, House Bill 1941 passed 118-0, House Bill 1942 passed 116-0, and House Bill 1944 passed after extended debate. The discussion on House Bill 1944 featured questions about whether the credits favored private schools over public schools, whether schools could also receive ESA-related funds, and how much money individual institutions could receive; the sponsor said the credits are separate from tuition, are administered by DOR on a first-come, first-served basis, and do not reduce direct public school funding.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/28/2026 - House Science & Technology

Science & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • When it detected a non-coded ink cartridge, it refused to work.
  • We've seen Texas be a leader on this across all these areas.
  • for use in the state of Texas, so states can kind of get in front of this.
  • The state of Texas is investigating that battery system for allowing remote access into the Texas grid
  • Texas has got a $500 million war chest to do infrastructure and investment.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Feb 12th, 2026 at 12:12 pm

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Unanimous consent to allow a relaxed dress code for our guests, not our members, Mr.
  • There's been unanimous consent and request to relax the dress code only for our guests.
  • And inside this van trailer, with no electricity, no running water, nothing there, there were, I think
  • If you walk up to the ocean and Bill Gates owns the ocean and he tells you you can't have a cup of water
  • And so at $11 billion, tell me I can't have a cup of water out of the ocean. Mr.
Keywords: 996, all
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Americans strongly feel that the tax code is built in favor of the wealthy.
  • need certainty, parity, and simplicity in the tax code.
  • That's more than 8,000 in just Texas 24, my district alone. So, Mr.
  • But I believe a tax code that benefits our small businesses is a tax code that pays also for the essential
  • You also testified to the need to close a series of loopholes. in our tax code.
Summary: In this joint hearing of the House Committee on Small Business and the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, the primary focus was on the importance of making the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) permanent. The chair emphasized that small businesses are crucial for the nation's economic recovery, especially in the wake of current federal policies perceived as detrimental. Witnesses shared their experiences and highlighted how the tax cuts facilitated job creation and business expansion, stressing the need for continued support through ongoing tax relief measures. The meeting included discussions about the economic implications of the TCJA's potential expiration, with members voicing their concerns regarding how this could impact small businesses and the broader economy.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • chronic absenteeism is a piece of it, but here's how we count it, and here's why it's different from Texas
  • school districts where maybe you have a great AP calculus teacher, and they can offer that comes With code
  • A lot of insight into what gets coded, how it gets coded, and what really classifies.
  • And then when I look at my hometown in Texas, they go 155 days.
  • of how it's coded 50th in the country per people funding.
Keywords: 914, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Clean air, water, and soil are essential for public health.
  • The future of Texas depends on access to good jobs, workforce development, in every single neighborhood
  • From the young to our seniors, Texas is facing a loneliness epidemic and good policy should remove barriers
  • Texans deserve good government that they can trust, and Texas' government systems, whether local or statewide
  • SB 1764 requires that after a state takeover of an independent school district, the Texas Education Commissioner
Summary: Senator Molly Cook held a press event on the deadline to file bills for the 89th Legislative Session to introduce her first legislative package, which she said is guided by a “nurse-first” approach focused on public health and safety. She described six pillars for the agenda: access to health care, safe homes and infrastructure, a clean environment, opportunity through jobs and public education, belonging and connection, and healthy and fair systems. She said the package includes 93 bills, with more than 20 developed from constituent input or collaboration in Senate District 15. Cook highlighted several measures, including SB 1312, which would bar electric service disconnections during extreme weather events; SB 1550, which would require hands-on CPR instruction in schools; SB 1764, which would set clearer rules for exiting a state takeover of a school district; SB 2725, the “Safe Streets Bill,” which would let cities lower residential speed limits to 20 mph without a costly study; SB 2723, which would repeal homosexual conduct as a criminal offense; and SB 2728, which would help new mothers use their Medicaid card to enroll newborns. She also noted bills on AED access, housing affordability and renters’ rights, youth e-cigarette exposure, hurricane preparedness, criminal justice reform, LGBTQ+ protections, women’s health, education accountability, and anti-corruption. In response to questions, Cook emphasized that the smoke-shop and e-cigarette bills were prompted by constituents concerned about a vape shop near an elementary school and would restrict advertising near schools and other sensitive locations, keep minors out of shops, and limit proximity to schools. She also explained that the speed-limit bill would remove the need for a costly study before cities lower residential speeds, while still requiring signage and public notice. The event ended with Cook thanking her staff and saying she looked forward to continuing the work in Austin.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Education K-16Audio only. May 23rd, 2025

Education K-16

Transcript Highlights:
  • Also, a grant program for school district local accountability plans and actions challenging the Texas
  • This bill relates to a school psychologist licensed under the Occupations Code.
  • There's just individual language where there's one research security officer for Texas Southern, one
  • for council member four in Texas, and universal system.
  • Members, the bill relates to student union building fees at the University of Texas at El Paso.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 met with a quorum and considered a long agenda of education-related bills, mostly from the House and several taken up in lieu of Senate measures. Early action included House Bill 27 on personal financial literacy for high school students, which was reported favorably and sent to the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also advanced House Bill 4 on public school accountability and assessment, House Bill 4687 on liability and immunity for certain charter school campuses or programs, House Bill 2598 on school psychologists, House Bill 3629 barring registered sex offenders from serving on ISD boards, House Bill 824 adding civics instruction to high school government curriculum, and House Bill 4236 creating a task force to review the comptroller’s school district property value study. Most of these bills were reported out unanimously or near-unanimously and several were certified for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also heard and advanced higher education and school governance measures, including House Bill 127 on protecting public higher education from foreign adversaries and trade secret theft; members adopted a committee substitute after explanation that it revised the Research Security Council, clarified definitions, adjusted gift restrictions, and removed redundant procurement language. House Bill 4361 on timely emergency notifications at public institutions of higher education, House Bill 1868 on studying dual credit funding and workforce capacity, House Bill 718 on restricting certain private partnerships for student housing, House Bill 4848 on competency-based/work-based/degree programs at public institutions, House Bill 2853 on student union building fees at UTEP, House Bill 100 on instructional materials adoption, and House Bill 2243 creating the Texas Commission on Teacher Job Satisfaction and Retention were also reported favorably, with House Bill 2853 drawing one no vote. One bill was held pending further clarification: House Bill 1105, concerning tuition and lab fee exemptions for certain paramedics, after a member raised questions about whether the exemption already exists and whether the bill merely clarifies coverage for EMS first responders. The committee also discussed House Bill 100 as a companion to Senate Bill 451 and noted that House Bill 27 and House Bill 127 were being used in lieu of Senate bills. Overall, the committee reported most measures favorably, often by unanimous vote, and several were placed on the local and uncontested calendar.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Agriculture (02/10/2026)

Environment and Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • You know, with sanitary water and sewer.
  • and what the fire code requires.
  • the fire code and what the fire code the fire code and what the fire code requires.<04:24:32.720
  • or closed in place which the fire code or closed in place which the fire code offers<04:26:16.800
  • He said he would have to check the fire code on that and that he is not a fire code expert.
Keywords: 1189, house, all