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ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Feb 5th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • The most recent number has 27 of those vacant as of January 26th of this year.
  • So this is inclusive of some of the largest funds within ITD, but not inclusive of all funds.
  • The most recent number has 27 of those vacant as of January 26th of this year.
  • So this is inclusive of some of the largest funds within ITD, but not inclusive of all funds.
  • And so we catch up on the backlog of other maintenance items. Senator Went Through. Thank you, Mr.
Summary: The Senate Finance and House Appropriations committees heard the Idaho Transportation Department budget presentation from Legislative Services Office analyst Brooke Dupree, who reviewed the department’s four divisions, staffing levels, major funds, and recent appropriation trends. She highlighted the department’s large reliance on reappropriation, the continuous appropriation of the Strategic Initiatives Program Fund, and several enhancement requests, including $15.5 million for deferred maintenance, funding for State Highway 16 operations and maintenance, $4.9 million for roadside tree removal, $4.7 million for new equipment, a $275 million general fund transfer for safety/capacity and road/bridge maintenance, and smaller requests for aeronautics improvements and replacement items. She also noted the governor’s recommendation differed from the request, especially by not recommending the $275 million transfer and by proposing cash transfers back from the Strategic Initiatives Fund. Members questioned the analyst and then Director Scott Stokes about the impact of the proposed reductions, the continuous appropriation language, and whether general funds were being eliminated in the transportation budget. Stokes explained that the governor’s recommendation would pull back $45 million in FY 2026 and eliminate the FY 2027 transfer, and that the continuous appropriation language was a request to keep the fund continuously appropriated. He also said ITD would adjust project schedules if funding changed and would provide a list of affected safety and capacity projects to the committee. During questions to the director, members asked about workforce retention, the State Street property/disaster cleanup project, ITD’s delayed full transition to Luma, the TechM/TECM bonding program, and the mix of in-house versus contracted work. Stokes said retention had improved after pay adjustments, the State Street project had spent only a few million so far with hazmat removal bid under $1 million instead of the earlier $8 million estimate, and the project’s total cost was now estimated at roughly $60 million to $70 million with about $41 million appropriated. He said ITD remains on its existing finance system for now because of federal reimbursement needs, that prior TECM projects were fully bonded and contracted and the next bonding decision would come in July, and that ITD contracts out larger projects while using its own crews for smaller maintenance tasks like tree removal. The meeting ended with general comments about the importance of transportation investment and notice that the committee would meet the next day on rescissions, cash transfers, and statewide decisions.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • the building because the building needs repair with some of the borrowed money.
  • </c> building needs repair with some of the building needs repair with some of the borrowed<04:59:02.320
  • </c> needs like $4 million worth of repair. needs like $4 million worth of repair.
  • Section 487 simply requires the department to report on the status of reducing that backlog. Okay.
  • on the status of reducing that backlog. backlog. backlog.
Keywords: 10am HB 1 & HB 2, 928, house, all
Summary: The committee of conference on HB 1 and HB 2 reviewed comparison documents and worked through a long list of House and Senate positions, agreeing on some technical or already-enacted items while setting aside others for later discussion. Early on, members agreed to delete a House Bill 2 section tied to a bill already passed into law, and a representative explained a technical amendment to the EFA provisions clarifying enrollment-cap repeal language and compulsory attendance rules for EFA students. That amendment was discussed but a vote was postponed because not all members were present. The committee also noted that the overall EFA budget numbers had already been settled separately. Several items were either agreed to or held for further negotiation. Members agreed to delete sections already covered by other enacted bills, including BTLA-related language, and to accept a technical amendment changing "municipalities" to "political subdivisions" in a section affecting funding eligibility. They also agreed on some items involving workers’ compensation second injuries, certain pilot-program language, and some sections related to state loan repayment and other technical corrections. In contrast, they set aside or disputed items involving site evaluation, lottery-related provisions, opioid abatement, the Commission on Aging, Granite Advantage premium costs, renewable energy/offshore wind funding, special education funding, and several education trust fund and unique-fund provisions. The committee spent substantial time on policy disputes. The House side argued against keeping money in dedicated Fish and Game funds rather than increasing the main Fish and Game fund, while the Senate side defended its approach and raised concerns about fee impacts, including one tied to the fishing license. The members also discussed a housing appeals board proposal, with one member suggesting a possible compromise that would preserve some function while shifting duties and possibly sunsetting the arrangement later; the contracts for the positions were noted as running through June 30, 2028 and June 30, 2029. Another extended discussion concerned the child advocate records-access section, which one side wanted removed as policy that should go through the normal bill process, while another member asked to hold it and suggested a possible middle-ground, time-limited approach. Later, the committee agreed to remove sections already handled in other bills, including House sections 254 and 255, and discussed but did not resolve disputes over liquor licensing functions, cannabis-related language, cost containment, special education, and several fee and fund provisions. The Senate explained its position on the governor’s commission language, saying opioid abatement trust funds could not be used for that purpose and that the commission should continue to be funded through 5% of gross liquor profits; it also described renaming the body the Commission on Addiction Treatment and Prevention and expanding its scope to include problem gambling. The meeting ended with several major items still open for later negotiation.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • It relates to the eligibility of members of the State Board of Education and their dependents to participate
  • I know, Senator Kohlhorst, you have spent a lot of time addressing the needs of seniors, and most of
  • of these funds.
  • Instead of more like 10% of the fund, or actually 17% of the fund. You have a couple of questions.
  • From my point of view, I... personally, I am in favor of it.
Keywords: 1185, senate, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • But I think there are other ways of funding some of it so that all of it is not laid on the backs of
  • But I think there are other ways of funding some of it so that all of it is not laid on the backs of
  • And then with regards to the backlog of arrest disposition reports, can someone tell me what the current
  • And then with regards to the backlog of arrest disposition reports, can someone tell me what the current
  • I'm just the backlog of arrested—yeah, with regards to the reappropriations to process a backlog of arrest
Summary: The Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 5 held an informational hearing on the Governor’s May Revision proposals for labor, public safety/judiciary, and transportation, and no votes were taken. In Part A on labor, the Employment Development Department described funding for EDD Next document management work, updated UI loan interest costs, disability insurance and paid family leave benefit increases, WIOA adjustments, UI and school employee benefit changes, an EMT training reappropriation, and a technical correction tied to an EDD Next reversion. PERB discussed reduced funding requests for AB 288 due to litigation and a proposal to implement AB 1 covering legislative employees. DIR presented proposals for legal unit reclassifications, two major IT modernization projects, a new Cal/OSHA emerging technologies unit, a COIA reappropriation, and trailer bill language requiring electronic payment of employer assessments and removing a salary cap for the DWC administrative director. CalHR proposed consolidating employee assistance services into a statewide contract with enhanced support for first responders, and CalPERS and CalSTRS presented budget adjustments tied to investment costs, state contributions, and benefit overpayments. Members focused heavily on the unemployment insurance debt and interest payments, asking why the administration had no concrete plan to pay down principal. Finance and LAO explained that the state’s UI tax structure has long been insufficient and that any long-term solution would need to address both the outstanding federal loan and the structural imbalance in employer taxes. Questions also centered on EDD Next costs and timelines, with the chair asking for clearer long-term project cost estimates and Finance noting that future maintenance and operations costs will continue after implementation. On DIR’s emerging technologies unit, members asked whether it would address AI-driven workplace harms; DIR said the unit would focus on physical workplace safety issues involving AI, robotics, autonomous equipment, and related guardrails, while LAO noted broader labor-practice questions would likely fall outside Cal/OSHA’s scope. In the CalPERS discussion, members raised concerns about transparency in private equity and external management fees, while CalPERS said higher fees reflect a strategy of greater private-market and active-management exposure and are offset by higher net returns. Members urged more information on specific investments and future reporting. For CalSTRS, Finance presented routine contribution and overpayment adjustments, but members also raised broader transparency concerns that CalSTRS staff said they would follow up on separately. Public comment in Part A was dominated by strong support for an immigrant worker emergency relief fund, along with support for apprenticeship and workforce proposals and PERB staffing. The chair and members said they would follow up on where the immigrant relief proposal should be considered, noting it may belong in another policy area. The hearing then moved into Part B with an overview of Judicial Branch-related May Revision items, including court interpreter funding, appellate court security, workload cap changes, lactation room implementation delays, and a reduction to the state court facility construction backfill.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 12th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So we like that part of it. All of this is cutting-edge technology.
  • I could bring ten more of these. All of them are really good.
  • I could bring ten more of these. All of them are really good.
  • Kind of, I think of it, this is just me, but I think of it like a paintball kind of a thing.
  • Landry, to kind of piggyback off of what Rep.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 016 Conference PM - 04-29-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • On behalf of the Senate, myself, I vote I.
  • And so part two of the bill really covers that portion of it.
  • On behalf of the Senate, Thank you.
  • that portion of the bill really covers that portion of it.<00:11:57.440><c> And</c><00:11:57.680><c>
  • On behalf of the Senate, myself as chair, co-chairs Wakai, Rhodes, Lee, and, well, the three of them
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 224 Conference PM - 04-29-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Beginning of the dawn of time.
  • </c> I'm not trying to get out of here. I'm not trying to get out of here.
  • some sort of rules or to address many of the condo government's concerns.
  • </c><00:25:06.240><c> the</c><00:25:06.360><c> condo</c> of rules or to address many of the condo of
  • </c><00:36:15.600><c> So,</c> of cents. So, of cents.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-29-2026 06:30pm

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • of the Department of Human Resources Development.
  • President, I also rise in support of GM 805, Keith Amemiya to the Board of the University of Hawaii.
  • of Department of<00:03:09.800><c> Taxation,</c><00:03:10.760><c> Director</c><00:03:11.280><c> of</c>
  • <00:03:11.400><c> the</c><00:03:11.480><c> Department</c> of Taxation, Director of the Department of
  • </c><00:15:18.560><c> former</c> moment of silence in honor of former moment of silence in honor of former
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 229 Conference PM - 04-29-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> 29th of April, and we are in room 229. 29th of April, and we are in room 229.
  • On behalf of the on on behalf of<00:08:54.600><c> the</c><00:08:54.680><c> house,</c><00:08:54.920><c
  • We're in receipt of the CD.
  • of Education Procurement.
  • </c> receipt of that. receipt of that.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 016 Conference AM - 04-29-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Department of Labor, and put it on the State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations as the enforcer
  • Labor, the US Department Department of Labor, the US Department of<00:02:26.920><c> Labor,</c><00:02
  • Labor, and put it on the State of Labor, and put it on the State Department<00:02:28.920><c> of</c><
  • </c><00:14:07.920><c> Senator</c> of the Senate, I vote yes. Senator of the Senate, I vote yes.
  • </c> hearing of the conference committee. hearing of the conference committee.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 229 Conference AM - 04-29-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:08:04.080><c> marine</c> or SD1 relating to taking of marine or SD1 relating to taking of marine
  • </c> &gt;&gt; I'll take it out of order. Okay. &gt;&gt; I'll take it out of order. Okay.
  • Several islands. the County of Maui by population. Okay. the County of Maui by population. Okay.
  • </c> Which happens to be the County of Which happens to be the County of All<00:13:00.920><c> right,<
  • The current version of the CD1 does not have any appropriation.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 224 Conference AM - 04-29-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> of our agenda today. of our agenda today.
  • </c><00:01:36.720><c> DOTAX,</c> based on the recommendation of DOTAX, based on the recommendation of
  • </c><00:02:14.120><c> the</c> May I take the vote on behalf of the May I take the vote on behalf of the
  • </c> facilitate timely delivery of projects. facilitate timely delivery of projects.
  • </c> Uh, HB 2270, which we moved from the beginning of our agenda to the end of our agenda.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/16/26

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:02:04.960><c> I</c> handout of of what the project is. I handout of of what the project is.
  • > in</c> economies of scale of existing in economies of scale of existing in infrastructure<00:10:00.000
  • finish some much-needed repairs to their water infrastructure system in the city of Tamarack.
  • , mayor of the city of &gt;&gt; Uh Dan Pollson, mayor of the city of Hansa.<00:31:37.919><c> Good</c>
  • The weight of the 530 residents of the city of Cook is on my back.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 4/14/26

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, can you help us understand the importance of the kind of decoupling of the funding, um, or of the
  • , um, of of of the of kind of decoupling, um, of of of the of the<00:10:11.240><c> funding,</c><00:10
  • </c><00:36:12.359><c> this</c> as members of this body and of this as members of this body and of this
  • :40:33.840><c> I</c> sort of the fruits of that labor and I sort of the fruits of that labor and I again
  • c> thousands</c><01:41:59.200><c> of</c> billions of investments, thousands of billions of investments
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Apr 7th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • I suspect it was because of lack of lines of communication.
  • I suspect it was because of lack of lines of communication. We didn't have interstates.
  • But there's a consistent rollover of millions of dollars in that fund.
  • But there's a consistent rollover of millions of dollars in that fund.
  • This is one of an exception of issues that people didn't realize exists.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice Apr 1st, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • of the court is needed for conditions of release.
  • the Chiefs of Police; and Scott Kirkpatrick, on behalf of the Chiefs of Police.
  • of Police.
  • of Police.
  • of a judge than you would in front of a jury.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Business and Insurance REVISED Feb 5th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Business and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is one of a series of those kinds of bills I'm bringing to you today in the aftermath of us changing
  • You, Chairman, very quickly, at least 60 days before the anniversary date of the renewal of a certification
  • So what we found is that because of the use of this writing, two neighbors with the exact same type of
  • So, three states have banned it so far, and then, but I think it's been a part of a broader group Of
  • And so it's part of the regulatory framework, which has the force and effect of law.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Business and Insurance REVISED Feb 5th, 2026

Business and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • And this is one of a series of those kinds of bills I'm bringing to you today.
  • Very quickly, at least 60 days before the anniversary date of the renewal of a certification for limited
  • of house could get charged wildly different insurance premiums solely because of a credit score.
  • But I think it's been a part of a broader group of reforms.
  • And so it's part of the regulatory framework, which has the force and effect of law.
Summary: The Business and Insurance committee met and first announced that several bills—1765, 1916, 1438, and 1444—would be laid over. The committee then considered Senate Bill 1303, which repeals an obsolete workers’ compensation advisory commission that members said is no longer needed after the state moved to a commission-based system; it passed 9-0. Senate Bill 1641 followed, clarifying that annual renewal notices for certain business certifications may be sent to the last known email address of record; it also passed 9-0. The committee then took up Senate Bill 1435, a property insurance measure responding to rising premiums. The author argued it would prohibit insurers from using credit scores in premium rating, citing examples of large rate differences tied to credit rather than driving or property risk. Members questioned whether banning credit scoring would shift costs to other policyholders, but the bill passed 5-3 after the title was struck. Senate Bill 1343, an optometry-related bill intended to ensure vision plan organizations and optometrists follow existing regulatory rules, drew questions about discounts and incentives but was described as not changing the current framework; it passed 8-1. Finally, Senate Bill 2067 was heard to help financial institutions more effectively report suspected financial exploitation of vulnerable adults and share information with Adult Protective Services or law enforcement more quickly. The author said the bill would remove legal barriers and improve scam prevention, especially for older adults. It passed unanimously 9-0. The chair then adjourned the meeting, noting the next meetings would be longer.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Feb 4th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • This won't solve the problem of the cost of veterinary care, which is kind of closely tied to the cost
  • to get employment outside of the state of Florida.
  • This, to me, is one of the key elements of this bill.
  • As of July 28, full prohibition of the possession of AFFF containing PFAS will be in effect.
  • And as of July 28, full prohibition of the possession of A-Tri-F 8, full prohibition of the possession
Summary: The committee heard and advanced several bills, beginning with CS/SB 796, which would create Veterinary Professional Associates as a new supervised veterinary role, expand telehealth prescription timeframes, and set training and scope limits. Supporters said it would improve access to care, lower costs, and create a career path, while opponents argued the proposal lacked a clear regulatory framework, could create liability and federal-law conflicts, and would not address the real shortage in rural large-animal practice. After debate, the committee reported the bill favorably. Members also heard and favorably reported SB 1682 on local authority over derelict and abandoned vessels, CS/SB 1028 on a commercial Citizens clearinghouse for property insurance, SB 394 on exempting certain reinsurance underwriting managers from licensing, SB 636 on beach management and erosion designations, CS/SB 546 on public notice for conservation land sales or exchanges, CS/SB 302 on Biscayne Bay nature-based solutions and related coastal resiliency provisions, SB 1050 on pharmacy choice for pet medications, and SB 774 extending workers’ compensation benefits to 911 public safety telecommunicators for mental and nervous injuries. Testimony on these bills generally focused on access, regulatory clarity, environmental protection, or workforce support, with some concerns raised on insurance consumer protections and beach-management language. Senator Harrell’s bills were also taken up and reported favorably: CS/SB 480, a major overhaul of state IT governance creating DIGIT and new procurement, reporting, and workforce structures; CS/SB 1230, restricting PFAS-containing firefighting foam and adding testing, inventory, and disposal requirements; and CS/SB 1288, a naming bill designating the Andrew Red Harris Shoal and requiring markers. Finally, the committee heard extensive testimony on SB 1066 regarding restoration of the Oklawaha/Rodman system, with supporters emphasizing ecological restoration, flood-risk reduction, and economic benefits, and opponents warning about local impacts, water quality, and the loss of a world-class fishery. The transcript ends during testimony on that bill, before final action is shown.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Pro Forma Floor Session Jan 29th, 2026 at 12:30 pm

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • President, I move that the reading of the journal be dispensed with and the journal of the previous day's
  • Senator Riccelli moves that the reading of the journal be dispensed with and the journal of the previous
  • First order of business: reports of standing committees. The Secretary will read.
  • First order of business: reports of standing committees. Senator Riccelli. Thank you so much, Mr.
  • I move the Senate now advance to the fifth order of business.