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AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 1317, an act to appropriate money to the Attorney General.
- Arizona State Senate, legislative proclamation honoring St. Patrick's Day.
- Senate Bill 1550, an act appropriating money to the state treasurer.
- Senate Bill 1761, an act appropriating money to the University of Arizona.
- HB 2620, appropriation: homeless veteran shelter services. MABS and ATT.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Civil Rights & Judiciary Jan 20th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Civil Rights & Judiciary
Transcript Highlights:
- my request.
- I'm here to speak in support of HB 2161, which is request legislation by Attorney General Nick Brown.
- This legislation does not call for extreme measures.
- I'm the Director of Legislation and Policy for State Auditor Pat McCarthy.
- I fully support the need for legislative oversight.
Committee:
House Civil Rights & Judiciary
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Jun 25th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Would that be appropriate? Uh.
- The effective date of the legislation.
- But yes, I expect that in our upcoming, uh, appropriation request, you'll see a request from us for,
- In the upcoming session, some requests for recurring appropriations related to those activities.
- I will just say that that is something since the requested budget, especially because the requested budget
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Unanimous consent we go to that order of business: introduction of legislation.
- Unanimously, we go without our business: introduction of legislation.
- Introduction of legislation. The reader will read. House Bill 1. House Bill 1.
- Introduction of legislation. The reader will read.
- An act relating to general appropriations, making appropriations from legislative cash balances for necessary
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:01:24.920><c> Bond</c> is are a type of an appropriation Bond is are a type of an appropriation
- </c><00:08:50.320><c> in</c> housing infrastructure Appropriations in housing infrastructure Appropriations
- portion not the other appropriation portion not the other appropriated<00:09:27.519><c> dollars</c><
- </c><00:19:07.039><c> bonds</c> Service for housing appropriation bonds Service for housing appropriation
- </c> capacity provide more appropriate capacity provide more appropriate placement<01:02:16.319><c> and
Bills:
HF2148 , HF2693 , HF2542 , HF1141 , HF1770 , HF1489 , HF1709 , HF244 , HF1266 , HF807 , HF2619 , HF1340
Committee:
House Capital Investment
Keywords:
affordable housing, local control, revolving loan fund, community partnerships, Minnesota housing policy, housing, locally controlled housing, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, housing infrastructure bonds, state bonds, bonding bill, supportive housing, permanent supportive housing, homelessness, veterans housing, senior housing, manufactured home parks, community land trust, single-family housing, multifamily housing
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 14th, 2026 at 11:34 am
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 527, supplemental appropriation to the Department of Health Facilities.
- Engrossed House Bill 5694, supplemental appropriation to the Department of Education.
- Engrossed House Bill 5694, supplemental appropriation to the Department of Education.
- Notice of these appointments was previously provided to the appropriate legislative staff at the time
- I request unanimous consent to introduce a resolution from the floor. Objection?
Summary:
The West Virginia Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, journal approval, and numerous introductions of honorary pages, guests, chaperones, and visitors, including a large McDowell County Day delegation. The Senate also received a governor’s executive message containing 76 nominations, which were referred to the Committee on Confirmation, and then set those nominations as a special order of business for 4 p.m. later that day.
On legislation, the Senate rejected House amendments to Senate Bill 493 on open captioning for motion pictures and requested the House recede, saying the amendments changed the bill’s intent by making captioning mandatory and expanding its scope. The chamber then took up Senate Bill 587 on county officials’ salaries, adopted an amendment restoring county control over future pay increases while keeping a 5% raise, concurred in the House amendments as amended, and passed the bill 34-0 with immediate effectiveness.
The Senate also fast-tracked and passed several supplemental appropriations bills, all by 34-0 votes and all made effective from passage: House Bill 527 for health facilities, House Bill 528 for the Department of Agriculture’s spay-neuter assistance fund, House Bill 5307 for the Division of Culture and History, House Bill 5317 for the Division of Natural Resources, and House Bill 5694 for the Department of Education. The Senate received House Bill 5286 on corrections and referred it to Finance. Finally, the Senate adopted Senate Resolution 66 designating March 14, 2026, as McDowell County Day at the legislature, with remarks highlighting the county’s history and current economic efforts, and then recessed for 30 minutes.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government & Tribal Relations Feb 25th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- the lieutenant governor's office to submit a biennial report beginning January 1, 2027, to the appropriate
- I have a very small amount of concern about the number of legislatively recognized days that we have.
- However, this legislation is about reducing the amount of reports. ...amendment.
- And this was requested by the treasurers that we heard from in testimony.
- So I think it is an appropriate change to make, and I'm hoping that you'll join me in voting yes.
Summary:
The committee met for its final meeting before cutoff and took executive action on a series of bills and memorials. It first reviewed several measures and amendments, including bills on Washington State Leadership Board fundraising and reporting, campaign finance reporting schedules, public records exemptions for student and employee information, and agency report reductions. Members also discussed amendments that would restore or add reports on topics such as newborn transfers, health plan reporting, clean fuel tax data, instream flows, child morbidity and mortality, and Ecology permitting data, with some amendments adopted and others rejected.
The committee then voted on a joint memorial calling for an independent investigation into the killing of Aichner-Ezgi, with members speaking in support of accountability for Americans killed abroad; it passed 5-2. It also approved a bill recognizing Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas, and a bill related to the state capital campus, both by do-pass recommendation. Substitute Senate Bill 6049, concerning public disclosure exemptions for student and employee information, advanced after an amendment to remove Healthy Youth Survey records from the exemption failed. Substitute Senate Bill 6160, which reduces agency reporting requirements, passed as amended after some proposed additions to the report list were rejected.
The committee also advanced Substitute Senate Bill 5840 on campaign finance reporting, adopting an amendment to remove one new report deadline and rejecting another that would have extended the reporting adjustment window from two to three days. Substitute Senate Bill 5825, authorizing the Washington State Leadership Board to solicit gifts and grants, passed after an amendment seeking biennial reporting on private funds was rejected. Additional bills on state symbols and veterans’ issues also received do-pass recommendations. Throughout, votes were mostly bipartisan, with some members noting concerns about transparency, reporting burdens, or scope, but the committee ultimately reported all listed measures out of committee.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/23/2026 - House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Saul Hamilton, I have requested the contract. I have yet to receive it.
- is done, but... ...all the appropriation bills will be held until the budget is done.
- All appropriation bills are going to be held and it'll be a fight in the budget.
- So some of the other agencies we're doing are due two and four year, and it's appropriate.
- I think a six-year would be more appropriate.
Summary:
The Committee on Land, Agriculture and Rural Affairs heard four measures and advanced each on a do pass recommendation. SB 1199 was amended to require the Arizona Department of Agriculture to post the Salt River horse herd agreement on its website. Supporters said the change would improve public transparency and access to the agreement governing the Salt River wild horse herd; the department said it was neutral and noted the agreement is already on the state procurement website. The bill passed 6-3 after members debated whether the requirement should be in statute or handled administratively.
SB 1761 appropriates General Fund money to the University of Arizona for the Yuma Center for Excellence for Desert Agriculture, Cooperative Extension, and the Arizona Experiment Station over multiple fiscal years. Senator Tim Dunn and supporters from the Arizona Farm Bureau said the funding would strengthen agricultural research, extension services, rural counties, and water and crop-related innovation. Several members said the bill was important to Arizona agriculture even though the amounts would still be subject to budget negotiations; it passed 6-1 with one present vote.
SB 1198, as amended, continued the Arizona Beef Council and the Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board for eight years. Testimony from the Beef Council and veterinary board emphasized that both entities are industry-funded or self-funded and provide ongoing services without taxpayer dollars. Some members objected to combining the two continuations and to the eight-year term, but the bill passed 4-3 with one present vote.
SB 1683 expanded restrictions on land ownership and related transactions involving foreign adversary nations and agents, especially near critical infrastructure and military installations. Supporters, including representatives tied to Luke Air Force Base and the bill sponsor, argued it would address national security risks and protect training and mission security. Opponents said the bill broadened the scope of prior law too far without enough justification. It passed 5-3 and the meeting adjourned.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
House Chamber - Thu Apr 3, 2025, 12:00PM HST - Day 45
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:15:19.520><c> Representative</c> Request. So ordered. Representative Request. So ordered.
- Same request. So ordered. Moroka. Same request. So ordered. Representative<01:27:00.239><c> Purick.
- </c> important that we um pass legislation important that we um pass legislation like<01:34:04.320><c
- </c> So I I appreciate this this legislation So I I appreciate this this legislation and<01:34:53.440
- ><c> words</c><01:47:03.520><c> of</c><01:47:03.760><c> our</c> request to adopt the words of our request
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- But you would agree that one of those funding sources could actually be from appropriation requests that
- requests for an EOC, or they're putting in an appropriations request for... ...for an EOC, or they're
- putting in an appropriations request for a mobile command unit, for radios.
- Legislators are forced to pick winners and losers amid thousands of funding requests from 67 unique counties
- I think we had a robust conversation two sessions ago about what is appropriate, what's an appropriate
Committee:
Senate Appropriations
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (01/22/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:19:11.720><c> that</c> relatively modest Appropriations that relatively modest Appropriations
- </c> feature and then also submit requests feature and then also submit requests for<01:33:55.480><c>
- We were very thoughtful in putting those requests in, understanding that those are probably requests
- FY 26 year the request is 4 9% generally FY 26 year the request is 4 9% generally funded<02:25:22.000
- </c> put in for requests put in for requests um<02:27:21.439><c> although</c><02:27:21.760><c> I</c><
Summary:
New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority officials, led by Executive Director Rob Dapice, briefed legislators on the agency’s structure and funding. They explained that the authority is created by state law but is not a state agency, its debt is not state debt, and it is governed by a board appointed by the governor and approved by the Executive Council. The discussion focused on the Affordable Housing Fund and the lead paint hazard remediation fund, including how state appropriations and federal resources are combined to finance affordable rental housing and lead abatement work.
Dapice said the Affordable Housing Fund is used as gap financing for multifamily affordable housing projects, typically alongside federal tax credits and tax-exempt bonds, and that state dollars leverage roughly 2:1 to 10:1 in additional federal and private investment, averaging about 4:1. He said the fund has received historic appropriations in recent budgets, including $30 million over the last two biennial budgets and an annual $5 million set-aside from the real estate transfer tax. He also said the fund is usually structured as 0% interest, deferred loans rather than grants, with repayments returning to the fund if projects generate cash flow.
Members asked about rents, oversight, staffing, revenues, and whether the programs had added positions. Dapice said affordability restrictions generally last 30 to 99 years, rents are tied to income limits and capped so tenants pay no more than 30% of income, and compliance staff inspect properties regularly to verify income eligibility and rent limits. He said the organization has about 130 to 135 employees, down from about 145, with no new positions added because of the appropriations. He estimated total revenues at roughly $300 million, with administrative budget around $22 million, much of it pass-through grant money.
On lead paint remediation, he said the state first appropriated $6 million in 2019, plus $1 million in ARPA funds, and that the program has cleared more than 500 units. He said the federal grant program is not annual or predictable, with a recent award of about $7.75 million, and that the maximum federal grant per unit is $177,000, typically paired with up to $100,000 in state loan support. He also noted that the program can address homes before a child is poisoned if lead hazards are identified, but that cases involving an already exposed child are a higher priority. No votes or formal actions were taken.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
SB 2262 Conference Committee Apr 7th, 2025 at 04:30 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- , sent it to Appropriations.
- And, I mean, yeah, it's very good to have legislators involved, but the idea is that...
- You have the governor, you have superintendent, two legislators, four legislators, and then you've got
- request.
- Chairman, I did have a number. ...how they came up with the original appropriation request.
Summary:
The conference committee met to resolve differences on a bill creating or funding the K-12 Coordination Council. Members discussed the purpose of the council as a research and filtering body for K-12 studies, with several speakers emphasizing that it should draw on field expertise rather than be directed solely by DPI or another agency. They also noted concerns about giving an agency too much control over studies and the desire to have Legislative Management help direct or approve study topics.
The House explained that its earlier version had included a $120,000 appropriation, but the amount was removed after concerns arose that the council lacked authority to contract. Committee members discussed whether the council could still be useful with reduced funding and whether it should be able to contract for outside research. One member suggested funding at least enough for a couple of studies, citing an estimate of $30,000 to $40,000 per study and a message from the director requesting at least two studies.
A motion was made for the House to recede to the Senate version and further amend Section 2 to reduce the appropriation from $120,000 to $60,000. The motion passed unanimously by roll call, with all members voting yes. The committee then adjourned.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Mar 26th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Persons disrupting legislative proceedings are subject to removal, arrest, or other appropriate legal
- Persons disrupting legislative proceedings are subject to removal, arrest, or other appropriate legal
- Disrupting legislative proceedings are subject to removal, arrest, or other appropriate legal remedies
- And with that, respectfully request your I vote on H.R. 90.
- All requests to adjourn in memory will be deemed read and printed in the journal.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Natural Resources Committee Jul 7th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- But it is an appropriate thing, I think, for us to look at.
- But it is an appropriate thing, I think, for us to look at.
- Motion is due pass to Appropriations. Chair voting aye.
- Motion is due pass as amended to Appropriations. Chair voting aye.
- Motion is due pass to Appropriations. Chair voting aye.
Summary:
The committee first heard SB 14, which would direct state agencies to reduce single-use plastics and improve waste diversion at state facilities by updating integrated waste management plans, increasing reusable foodware use, reducing paper purchasing, and requiring better employee education and recycling/composting practices. Supporters from the California Compost Coalition, Republic Services, Waste Management, and others said the bill would help build composting and recycling markets and let the state lead by example. Several groups that had opposed earlier versions said they were now neutral after amendments, including the removal of a 90% requirement. The bill was moved out on a due pass as amended recommendation.
The committee then took up SB 326 on wildfire mitigation. The bill would create a framework for Cal Fire to evaluate the risk-reduction benefits of fuels management and landscape resilience investments, and it would accelerate implementation of Zone Zero defensible-space standards, including grants for local enforcement and broader application to rental and sale properties and post-fire reconstruction. Support came from Stanford climate researcher Michael Mastrandrea and several local government, insurance, and climate groups. With no opposition, the bill passed as amended to Appropriations.
Next, SB 34 on port emissions and the South Coast Air Quality Management District drew extensive testimony. The author said the bill was narrowed by committee amendments to preserve the ports’ ability to reduce emissions while preventing cargo throughput caps and addressing concerns about automation, local control, and the timeline for port clean-air planning. Supporters included ILWU, business groups, and port-related stakeholders, while the South Coast AQMD and many environmental and community organizations opposed it, arguing it would weaken public-health protections and set a bad precedent. After lengthy debate, the committee approved the bill on a due pass as amended vote to Transportation, with some members voting no and others abstaining.
The committee also heard SB 279, which would expand composting options for farmers and small community composters by allowing limited on-farm composting after large biomass events and increasing the amount small operations may process and sell. Supporters said the bill would help address agricultural waste, expand composting capacity, and reduce landfill disposal. Commercial composting representatives opposed it, warning that the bill could create regulatory inequities, strand recent investments in permitted facilities, and allow too much unregulated food waste. Despite those concerns, the bill passed to Appropriations on a due pass vote. The transcript also briefly referenced SB 613 on upstream methane emissions data, described as having no opposition and intended to improve tracking of imported oil and gas emissions.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 10 February, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> issue on on their request issue on on their request to<00:19:22.720><c> do</c><00:19:22.880><c>
- </c> requested. Anyone object? requested. Anyone object?
- </c> and it builds upon uh some legislation and it builds upon uh some legislation Senator<00:52:07.240
- </c> requested. Anyone object to procedure? requested. Anyone object to procedure?
- </c> uh with this legislation? uh with this legislation?
AZ
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 1/16/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The Legislative Assistant will note the roll.
- The Legislative Assistant.
- money for in that we will appropriate money for in this<00:13:46.959><c> legislative</c><00:13:47.639
- is to uh of main chore of the legislator is to uh appropriate<00:13:53.800><c> a</c><00:13:54.040><c
- That's a direct appropriation.
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
TCA-EDU, TCA, TCA DEFER, TCA DEFER Public Hearings 04-01-2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And we'll also add a provision at the end inviting Canadian leaders and others, as may be appropriate
- </c><00:17:08.160><c> Uh</c><00:17:08.319><c> and</c> ...members as may be appropriate.
- We're on CR 180 and SR 150 requesting the Department of Transportation to submit an annual report to
- ><c> and</c><00:21:55.039><c> uh</c><00:21:55.520><c> HTA,</c> fourthly, we'll request DOT and uh HTA
- </c> to convene a task force with appropriate to convene a task force with appropriate stakeholders.
Summary:
The joint Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Education committees heard STR 1117 and SR 98, which urge the Department of Education, Department of Transportation, and Hawaii County to inventory bus stops used by children on Hawaii Island and develop safety improvements. DOE testified that routes are based on student locations, families must register riders, and access is complicated by county roads and privately owned or HOA-managed roads; members noted the need to focus on the most affected areas and on safety rather than just counting stops. The committees recommended both resolutions be passed with amendments, including adding the Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee and technical changes, and both measures were adopted by vote.
The Transportation and Culture and the Arts committee then heard several resolutions on international relationships and transportation safety. STR 196/SR 76 supporting broader ties with Norway, STR 197/SR 77 supporting broader ties with Sweden, and STR 195/SR 175 supporting broader ties with Sweden all moved forward; testimony generally favored learning from those countries, and the committee adopted amendments to add collaboration language and, in the Norway measure, a reference to prisons and criminal justice. The committee also heard STR 181/SR 51 on lowering the blood alcohol limit from 0.08 to 0.05; the Hawaii Alcohol Policy Alliance supported the measure and suggested adding flexibility for the DOT director to appoint additional working group members. The committee amended the resolution to broaden the working group and direct it to examine data, impacts, and implementation issues, then adopted it.
On later agendas, the committee approved CR 12/SR 8 recognizing International Dark Sky Week with amendments to create a task force on light pollution and dark skies. It also passed CR 180/SR 150, which would have DOT report on commercial tour operator safety and performance, after amending it to clarify the purpose, require online public information, involve the NTSB, and create a transparency/scoring framework. STR 150 on subsidizing waterborne cargo transport was also passed with technical amendments. Finally, STR 222/SR 197 on towing companies having on-site ATMs was amended into a task force proposal led by the Office of Consumer Protection, and the committee adopted that recommendation. In each case, the chair’s recommendation was to pass with amendments or, for one Sweden measure, pass unamended, and the votes were unanimous with no recorded opposition.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/2/26
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> they serve an important and appropriate they serve an important and appropriate role<00:07:15.080
- </c> unless requested by the developer. unless requested by the developer.
- A roll call has been requested.
- A roll call has been requested.
- A roll call has been requested.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This legislation builds on efforts that were made during the 87th session to streamline the process of
- And then they aren't able to have appropriate risk reduction.
- So we just don't feel it's appropriate for the medical board to come in there.
- Being notified again that you've got a right every year to request that it be redone.
- in the non-legislative council.
Bills:
HB712 , HB722 , HB946 , HB1687 , HB1809 , HB1899 , HB2528 , HB2583 , HB2741 , HB2750 , HB3021 , HB3150 , HB3265 , HB3658 , HB3812 , HB3960 , HB4392 , HB4432
Committee:
House Insurance
Keywords:
prostate cancer, health benefit plans, insurance coverage, cost sharing, preventive health care, auto insurance, total loss evaluation, disclosure, insurance materials, vehicle appraisal, HB 946, Texas Insurance Code, automobile insurance claims, oral release, written release, settlement agreement, claim release, property damage, bodily injury, psychological injury