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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- If I plug in my zip code, something might come up.
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- Chair, is also to move it on to education finance.
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amended - And thank you way to education finance.
Keywords:
student career pathways, education framework, experiential learning, employer engagement, career technical education, HF2238, Minnesota, workforce development, construction trades, youth skills training, youth apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, construction training, career and technical education, CTE, child labor laws, minor labor, labor exemption, workforce pipeline, skilled trades
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/12/2026 - House Rural Economic Development
Rural Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- All other ports, you know, Tijuana, San Diego, up in Texas, they have 24-hour sentries.
- All other ports, you know, Tijuana, San Diego, up in Texas, they have 24-hour sentries.
- Juana, San Diego, up in Texas, they have 24-hour sentries then.
- This program allows commercial property owners to voluntarily finance qualifying capital improvements
- Right now, 38 states have C-PACE financing. Arizona does not.
Keywords:
utility consumer, rate intervention, public service corporation, Arizona Revised Statutes, residential rates, consumer protection, appropriation, Apache Junction, tourism, recreation, Superstition trails, funding, infrastructure, C-PACE, capital expenditure, special assessment, property improvement, local government financing, energy efficiency, water conservation
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- to make sure that if someone knocks on your door, say I were to order something, I don't know, from Texas
- That's real data that is from Missouri that either can come from California, Texas, or Swartian, and
- Scanning and QR codes.
- Is it a national company based out of Texas or New York that owns most of the business in the world,
- It went to Texas. It went to California. I mean, that's just nonsense to start with.
Summary:
The committee first heard Senate Bill 1020, which would let the Department of Revenue contract for a Missouri license office without rebidding if no qualifying bids are received. Senator Sandy Crawford and Director of Revenue Trish Vincent said the change would help keep rural license offices open, reduce repeated bidding, and allow the department to work with local entities such as chambers, cities, counties, or other community organizations. Members asked about the current bidding process, why small offices struggle financially, and whether more services could move online. No opposition testified, and the hearing on SB 1020 was closed after no further questions.
The committee then took up House Bill 3093, which would extend Missouri’s direct-to-consumer shipping rules from wineries to local distillers and breweries. Rep. Nick Kimball and supporters argued the bill is about fairness and parity for Missouri craft producers, saying the same age-verification, labeling, and shipping restrictions already used for wine would apply, with no change to tax collection or the three-tier system. Supporters, including craft distillers and brewers, said the current law excludes Missouri businesses from a market already available to wineries and that direct shipping would help small producers reach customers and keep revenue in-state. They also said existing systems require adult signatures and ID checks, and some suggested the bill could be paired with a shipping license fee or other safeguards.
Opponents, including the Wine and Spirit Wholesalers of America, Missouri grocers, beer wholesalers, convenience stores, and Anheuser-Busch, warned that expanding direct shipping would weaken the three-tier system, increase competition from large out-of-state shippers, and create enforcement and underage-access concerns. They argued the current wine-shipping system already shows compliance problems and that allowing beer and spirits direct shipping could open Missouri consumers to broader interstate competition. Several members questioned whether the bill should instead focus on allowing Missouri producers to ship out of state or on strengthening existing controls. The committee heard extensive testimony from both sides, but no vote was taken in the transcript.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Fifty Seven - Thursday, April 23
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm the gentleman from Texas, but I have a special introduction with the lady from Harrison.
- Thank you, gentlemen from Texas.
- The chair again recognizes the gentleman from Texas. Mr.
- business located anywhere in the world that rents out the whole house on Airbnb gets the same tax code
- At the same time, in a congressional hearing, the former chairman of the Texas Association of Realtors
Summary:
The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the journal for the prior day by a vote of 131-2, and the Speaker signed several enrolled measures, including HB 1768, HB 1866, HB 1870, HB 2180, and HJR 173 and 174. Members also made a series of guest introductions and personal announcements, including remarks recognizing National Infertility Awareness Week and HCR 28, as well as notices about upcoming themed dress days.
The chamber then received Senate messages returning a number of budget bills and other measures with Senate amendments, and the House budget chair moved to refuse the Senate versions and send HB 2002 through HB 2013 to conference. Members discussed major budget differences, including child care subsidies, transportation funding, higher education funding, and the shifting of broadband grant dollars, but all of the motions to go to conference were approved. The House also took up Senate Bill 975, relating to ambulance districts and emergency medical services. An amendment was adopted to restore compromise language on community paramedics and make a minor change to first responder mental health provisions. The bill passed 136-7.
Later, the House considered a property tax reform package on Senate Bills 1066 and 1088. Amendments were adopted to correct technical drafting issues, require uniform levy increases across property classes and timely use of voter-approved tax increases, and add assessor training, electronic taxpayer notification, and changes to how disputed assessments are paid. Debate centered on local control, transparency, and the impact on schools and other local taxing districts. The combined bill passed 83-61. The House then adjourned until 4 p.m. Monday, April 27, 2026.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- to Texas and in celebrating Texas Tech University System Day at the state capitol.
- Texas Capitol to celebrate South Texas ISD Day.
- Texas public education. Join me, members, and welcome South Texas ISD to their Texas. House.
- and and its Texas children.
- HB 1693 by Canales relating to the finance.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- , monitored by Texas Parks and Wildlife.
- Texas is a big state.
- It threatens to stall financing, chill investment, and slow grid development at a time when Texas is
- But, but Texas Parks and Wildlife, they, any regulatory agency like that, US Fish and Wife, Texas Parks
- Yeah, to your last point, um, you know, most of the wind development in Texas is out in West Texas in
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Committee on Congressional Redistricting, Select Aug 18th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- is... is not an issue because, again, the only reason I'm saying that is because the last person in Texas
- The person who did that in Texas went to jail because he was doing things on a federal level that...
- I live on the government code, and that would be easily... come on that set a draft adrift when it comes
- In 2025, during the hearings, we heard and received information from folks in the West Texas to El Paso
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, January 7, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The energy produced in Southeast Texas, Mr.
- This clean extension of the AC tax code.
- >> The gentleman from Texas is recognized.
- >> Gentleman from Texas is recognized. >> Gentleman from Texas is recognized.
- >> from Texas yields. >> from Texas yields. >> I<08:37:08.318>
reserve.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- at six foot, six foot and three quarter inches tall, who can look over a privacy fence, you realize code
- You realize code limits the height that a fence can be.
- Sex crimes are added to Florida's criminal punishment code, ensuring sentencing reflects the seriousness
- Carla Sapp, and I am a licensed clinician in the state of Florida, Georgia, New Hampshire, and Texas.
- Carla Sapp and I am a licensed clinician in the state of Florida, Georgia, New Hampshire, and Texas.
Keywords:
bail bonds, pretrial release, forfeiture, criminal justice, Florida statutes, bond conditions, surety, violations of release conditions, violent crimes, victim safety, public safety, warrantless arrest, probable cause, pretrial detention, first appearance hearing, law enforcement immunity, domestic violence, stalking, battery, aggravated assault
Summary:
The committee took up several criminal justice bills, beginning with SB 760 on violations of pretrial release conditions. A strike-all amendment narrowed the bill to make willful violation of a no-contact order a first-degree misdemeanor, authorize warrantless arrest on probable cause, and require detention until first appearance in certain cases. The amendment and the bill, as amended, were both adopted and reported favorably. The committee then heard SB 1536 on digital voyeurism, which would extend the expectation of privacy to backyards in the surveillance statute; it was reported favorably after brief questions and support from a Florida Smart Justice Alliance witness.
Members next considered SB 1012 on inmate services. The bill would expand use of contractor-operated institutions inmate welfare trust funds for reintegration and facility upgrades, and would require reimbursement for inmate emergency and specialty medical services at Medicaid rates, with telehealth and autonomous APRNs included as options. Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida opposed the bill as written, warning that tying Medicaid participation to treatment of inmates could reduce reimbursement and discourage provider participation, while the Department of Corrections and Florida Smart Justice Alliance supported it. Senators discussed costs, aging inmates, and possible future changes, and the bill was reported favorably.
The committee also passed CS for SB 600 on bail bond and pretrial release laws after adopting a strike-all that aligned it with the House companion and made technical changes to solicitation, training, and bond reinstatement rules. Public testimony raised concerns about who should receive returned bond money and how clerks would process payments, but the sponsor said the bill would continue to be refined. Later, the committee reconsidered and favorably reported SB 1750 on criminal sexual conduct, which increases penalties and mandatory minimums for serious sex crimes, especially those involving children. It also reconsidered and favorably reported SB 1544 on complaints against law enforcement and correctional officers, a bill requiring complainants to provide sworn complaints to officers before interrogation unless corroborating evidence is present; police chiefs and sexual violence advocates opposed parts of the bill, while supporters argued it would protect officers from unfounded complaints. Finally, SB 1488 on booking officer duties regarding minor children of arrested persons was reported favorably, and SB 1326 on prosecution of defamation was taken up for reconsideration with a delete-all amendment that narrowed the insanity defense, limited mitigation for severe mental illness in serious cases, and extended detention periods for incompetent defendants; opposition testimony from defense, public defender, and mental health advocates warned it would worsen treatment and increase costs.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, June 11, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The gentleman from Texas is recognized. Mr.
- before our committee to talk about fraud in Texas?
- I thank the gentleman from Texas.
- Gentleman from Texas... >> Gentleman yields. Gentleman from Texas is recognized. Mr.
- There's a grave near Houston, Texas, with 95 bodies in it.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, March 19, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from Texas, Mr.
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So, for the finances of this country. - So, for the finances of this country.
- The fact of the eagle paths in Texas.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, we're going to convene the Committee on Finance for our 3:15 agenda. Not too bad.
- And how does all of that, you know, and then so under the landlord tenant code, that 45-day notice for
- And how does all of that, you know, and then so under the landlord-tenant code, that 45-day notice for
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for <00:22:09.600>eviction, - Uh, first we have Department of Budget and Finance with comments. Thank you.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Nov 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration.
- Committee and the Senate Finance Committee.
- To those entities that maybe aren't doing very well with their finances.
- And the state could, and the blame is because of the procurement code. Mr.
- Aquifer sustainability, and this is related to the Texas v.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm in Texas, but this is something I've spent years researching, writing on.
- Be well in Texas. Thank you for your testimony today. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it, guys. Thanks.
- I'm in Texas as well.
- My personal conversations were shared without my consent, and the HR and Code of Ethics Department launched
- It did not go past the health care financing It did not go past the health care financing joint committee
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development held a lengthy hearing on June 18 focused on workers’ compensation, independent contractor and classification issues, workplace safety, warehouse worker protections, extreme temperature protections, retaliation against injured workers, and workplace bullying. Committee chairs outlined procedures for the hybrid hearing and noted that members would be leaving intermittently for floor votes. Testimony also touched on a bill to expand workers’ compensation disfigurement benefits by removing the current $15,000 cap and extending coverage beyond scars on the hands, neck, and face.
A major theme was workplace safety in warehouses and in extreme heat or cold. Teamsters, warehouse workers, and labor advocates described high injury rates, strict quotas, lack of water, inadequate ventilation, frozen or missing safety equipment, and pressure to work through heat waves and snowstorms. Supporters urged favorable reports on bills protecting warehouse workers and requiring employers to adopt heat- and cold-safety plans, while the NFIB opposed the temperature bill as overly prescriptive and burdensome for small businesses. Sen. Edwards, Sen. Roche, Rep. O’Day, and others argued that the measures are needed to prevent heat illness, provide shade, water, rest breaks, training, and emergency plans, and to cover all workers regardless of immigration status.
Another major subject was the “Act to Protect Injured Workers,” backed by labor groups, immigrant worker centers, legal services organizations, and individual workers. Witnesses said employers often retaliate after injuries by threatening deportation, lying about how injuries occurred, delaying care, or firing workers, and they supported stronger anti-retaliation enforcement, multilingual notices, and a rebuttable presumption of retaliation within 90 days of protected activity. The Mass AFL-CIO and immigrant advocacy groups supported the bill and opposed measures they said would weaken employee classification standards. Testimony also supported a funeral-benefits bill to raise workers’ compensation death-benefit reimbursement for burial and funeral costs, based on a family’s experience after a workplace fatality. The committee heard additional testimony on workplace bullying bills, with some witnesses urging a new legal duty for employers to prevent and respond to bullying, while others described the harms of toxic workplaces and the lack of effective remedies.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Dec 8th, 2025 at 09:45 am
Radioactive & Hazardous Materials Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- In the flyer that you received, there's a QR code on it.
- Texas is about, seems like about four to twelve months ahead of us in their Class 6 primacy application
- On the finance side, 40 folks between four federal disasters and prepping for whatever is to come down
- Chair, and is that for Just New Mexico colleges, or is that universities across the spectrum, Texas,
- So we actually have a commercial waste disposal site that we work with in Texas and one in Utah.
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:
- And students of all backgrounds, regardless of circumstances, identity, or zip code, deserve to feel
- And I was in Texas for seven years, which had...
- Texas voters approved a $3 billion investment in brain disease research.
- Texas voters approved. Many of the compete of us are stepping up to the plate.
- Texas voters approved a $3 billion investment in brain disease research.
Summary:
The hearing was a Joint Committee on Ways and Means budget session held in Lawrence focused on the governor’s proposed FY27 education and local aid budget, with remarks from legislative co-chairs, local officials, and education agency leaders. Acting Mayor Giovanni Rodriguez and Superintendent Ralph Carrero emphasized Lawrence’s high-need student population, the importance of Chapter 70 and Student Opportunity Act funding, and the impact of state aid on schools serving many English learners and low-income families. Carrero highlighted Lawrence High School programs such as early college, dual degrees, career pathways, and early childhood classrooms embedded in the high school, while lawmakers introduced themselves and noted the importance of the hearing to their districts.
Acting Secretary of Education Amy Kershaw, Commissioner of Higher Education Noi Ortega, Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Pedro Martinez, and Commissioner of Early Education and Care Amy Kershaw outlined the administration’s FY27 priorities. They described investments in literacy initiatives, universal school meals, student mental health, early college and career pathways, higher education affordability, community college and university student-success supports, preschool expansion, child care subsidies, and workforce supports for early educators. The commissioners also discussed federal funding threats, equity gaps, and the administration’s efforts to improve outcomes for Black and brown students, multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and low-income students.
Members questioned the panel about the local contribution formula study, the final year of Student Opportunity Act implementation, and the need to revisit Chapter 70 funding to better address rising costs such as special education, transportation, and health care. Officials said the local contribution study report is expected by the end of June, with a draft to be shared after data analysis and public comment. Commissioner Martinez said the Student Opportunity Act narrowed funding gaps but more work is needed, and he pointed to a proposed Accelerating Achievement Initiative to support the highest-need schools. Senator Oliveira also raised concerns about Chapter 70 disparities and asked about partnerships with libraries to support literacy, prompting discussion of broader early literacy collaboration.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 20, 2026 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- They still can finance, lease, and spaceport facilities, strategic planning, coordinate economic development
- They still can finance 55 lease and space port facilities, strategic planning, 56 coordinate economic
- If we don't start getting it right now, we can easily do what Texas did.
- Florida can be proud of, and I want to make sure, as I’m sure everyone on the committee does, that Texas
- Florida can be proud of, and I want to make sure, as I’m sure everyone on the committee does, that Texas
Summary:
The Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee met to consider several bills, beginning with HB 335 by Representative Kendall, which sought to recognize space as a fifth mode of transportation, give voting rights to ex officio Space Florida board members, and reduce what the sponsor described as unnecessary state oversight of spaceport operations. The bill was presented as a response to feedback from NASA, Space Force, and other federal partners about clarifying the state’s role at federally owned facilities like Kennedy Space Center. Members raised questions about terminology, authority over federal property, and the role of Space Florida; the sponsor said an amendment would remove the voting-rights provision and instead require spaceports to provide an annual list of shovel-ready projects. The amendment was adopted, and HB 335 passed favorably.
The committee then unanimously passed HB 885, which designates a road in Baker County near the courthouse in honor of former Representative and Judge John Cruz, and HB 403, which names a portion of the road leading into NAS Pensacola as Warriors Way to honor the sailors killed in the 2019 Pensacola attack and the broader naval community there. Both bills drew brief supportive remarks and no opposition. The committee also considered HB 25, a bridge designation for Coach Wilks, a longtime local basketball coach, and adopted a Senate amendment adding the Dickey Betts Memorial Highway designation on U.S. 41 in Sarasota County. HB 25, as amended, passed unanimously. The meeting concluded with adjournment after all measures on the agenda were reported favorably.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Jul 21st, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- We designated the Mortgage Finance Authority as the state-specific lead entity.
- Housing New Mexico, or MFA, Mortgage Finance Authority, launched this recently.
- , but NMFA, the New Mexico Finance Authority.
- There's a loan fund that was created out of the New Mexico Finance Authority.
- And I ask these questions in mortgage finance also.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, December 4, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Arrington, Clear Creek Community Church, League City, Texas. Pastor, thank you.
- He's in the heart of Texas 14th District.
- He's in the heart of Texas tutorship. He's in the heart of Texas 14th<00:20:53.919>
district. - The Uniform Code of Military Justice is clear.
- Green, is recognized for 60 Texas, Mr.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/05/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- to places like Texas and New Mexico.
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till <00:45:45.920>you finance, it'll sit in finance till you finance - I know you and campaign finance reform.
- Committee on Finance. Thank you, Mr. Committee on Finance. Thank you, Mr.
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and protects local government finances and protects local government finances