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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Citizen Commission for Performance Measurement of Tax Preferences May 7th, 2025
Citizen Commission for Performance Measurement of Tax Preferences
Transcript Highlights:
- This Training program B&O tax credit to July 1, 2013.
- This is a pilot program created in 2022.
- These contributions are made to a grant program, and the grant program provides grants to community development
- These contributions are made to a grant program, and the grant program provides grants to community development
- These contributions are made to a grant program, and the grant program provides grants to community development
Summary:
The Citizen Commission for Performance Measurement of Tax Preferences met on May 7, 2025, with quorum present. The commission approved the October 22, 2024 meeting minutes and then received its annual open government refresher from the Attorney General’s office, which reviewed key requirements under the Public Records Act and Open Public Meetings Act, including record retention, response deadlines, exemptions, and meeting notice rules.
Staff then provided a 2025 legislative session update, noting that the legislature passed 23 tax-preference-related bills, with several signed by the governor and others pending. Highlights included bills that extended or repealed certain preferences, added reporting requirements for newspaper and digital content exemptions, authorized JLARC to adjust its work plan when data is unavailable, and created a new exemption for zero-emission buses. The commission approved updates to the 2026 tax preference review schedule, which includes eight preferences in seven reviews, and approved unchanged testimony questions for 2025.
The commission also received the 2025 expedited preference review report covering 52 tax preferences, presented as an interactive table drawing on prior JLARC reviews and Department of Revenue studies. Staff then outlined the process for developing the next 10-year review schedule for 2027-2036, including surveying the legislature, incorporating new and repealed preferences, and considering a possible rolling 10-year schedule. No public comment was registered. The meeting ended with acknowledgments of Ron Buing’s long service on the commission and an announcement that the next meeting would be held August 6, 2025.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Feb 14th, 2026 at 12:23 pm
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And sometimes if you're not aware, things happen that you're misled.
- We've talked to others, and we're not aware of any that actually meet this size.
- People, you all need to be very aware of what's going on with our young people.
- It's troublesome to me that people are not aware.
- Same thing with out-of-school driver's ed programs.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Philip Kaufman, the department head of Entomology at Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Corey Gan, Big Game Program
- Uh, eradication programs were, uh, successful, uh, for the New World screw worms through Mexico.
- Our, uh, cattle fever tick, our inspectors that deal with the cattle fever tick eradication program on
- I'm the big game program director for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
- Uh, they then switched to the, they call it the Southwest program.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We call that the contract deputy program.
- So that's how the program works.
- That's the way the program is designed.
- Have this type of program.
- aware of the time.
Keywords:
HB26, law enforcement contracts, sheriff, constable, county commissioners court, commissioners court, private security, special law enforcement district, property owners association, POA, municipal utility district, school district, junior college district, local government, contract policing, supplemental police services, large counties, population over 3.3 million, Texas Local Government Code, Harris County
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS Feb 12th, 2026
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Transcript Highlights:
- Were the students aware that this happened? Were they made aware that this happened?
- But I'm not aware of this specific scenario.
- And I'm not aware of any additional action taken by the police department as well.
- I was aware of our issues with fixed assets, which is the repeat finding.
- The process goes, and we're also a federal program.
Summary:
The meeting opened with prayer and approval of the January 8 minutes, then moved to review of education audit reports. The first report concerned Northwest Arkansas Community College, which had three findings, including repeat internal control deficiencies that caused financial statement misstatements and a tuition revenue loss tied to a new student information system. College officials said the issues were largely misclassification and process problems, not missing money, and described corrective steps such as monthly closing checklists, approval controls for journal entries, cross-training, and efforts to address staffing turnover and fill finance vacancies. Members asked about the tuition issue, whether students were notified or billed, and whether the software problem affected other institutions; audit staff said they were not aware of the same scenario elsewhere. The committee then filed the report as reviewed.
The next report was Cedarville School District, which had one finding involving $794 in improper credit card charges by a resigned elementary teacher. The district was reimbursed, a police report was filed, and the matter was referred to the Professional Licensure Standards Board; members asked whether any further action or license-related consequences were known, but staff said they were not aware of additional action. The report was filed as reviewed.
The final finding was for West Memphis School District, where auditors reported repeat capital asset issues, including failure to capitalize about $851,000 in construction costs for a baseball-softball complex and problems with inventory and asset inspection. The superintendent said the district had recently begun using Legislative Audit after prior private audits, and described new controls such as multi-level purchase approvals, separation of duties, tagging of equipment, and a cleanup of old inventory records. Members also discussed the relationship between private audits and Legislative Audit reviews, with staff explaining that private audit reports for public school districts still come before the committee and that the executive committee determines when Legislative Audit performs an audit. The committee filed the West Memphis report as reviewed and noted that 28 school districts had no findings before adjourning.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
JDC, JDC DEFER Public Hearings 03-18-2025
Transcript Highlights:
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- boosting the program. So, thank you. boosting the program. So, thank you.
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Summary:
The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on HB 126, which would change civil asset forfeiture law. The Attorney General’s Office, Honolulu Police Department, and county prosecutors opposed the bill’s proposed SD1, arguing that requiring a criminal conviction and changing how forfeiture proceeds are distributed would weaken or effectively end the tool, create fiscal and law enforcement problems, and make it harder to address organized crime or cases where an owner cannot be identified. The Public Defender’s Office, Community Alliance on Prisons, Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, and other supporters argued the measure would improve transparency and accountability, protect property rights, and reduce abuses that disproportionately affect low-income people. The chair questioned law enforcement about fairness, storage of seized property, and access to counsel, and the discussion focused heavily on whether forfeiture should depend on a conviction. No vote was taken.
The committee then heard HB 280, which would make the Community Outreach Court permanent and appropriate funds for it as a division of the First Circuit district court. The Department of the Attorney General and Judiciary supported the concept and described the court’s success in helping people resolve cases, clear license stoppers, recall bench warrants, and access services, but suggested amendments to remove the Attorney General from the bill’s definition and funding mechanism. The Public Defender, Department of Human Services, mental health and substance use advocates, neighborhood and community groups, and others strongly supported the bill, emphasizing its benefits for people facing housing instability, behavioral health issues, and transportation barriers. No opposition was voiced, and no vote was taken.
The committee also heard HB 370, which would increase partial public campaign financing for elective offices. The Campaign Spending Commission supported the original bill and asked the committee to restore the original percentage amounts, keep the proposed funding increases, and reinstate funding for two additional full-time staff positions. Supporters said the public financing system has not kept pace with inflation and needs modernization to be viable; a few testifiers opposed the measure. The committee reported 30 in support, two opposed, and one comment, and then moved on without a vote. Finally, HB 371 was heard, a campaign contribution bill that would bar state and county contractors, grantees, and certain related persons from contributing during the contract period. The Campaign Spending Commission said the bill is intended to address pay-to-play concerns and false-name contributions, while the State Procurement Office raised concerns about the burden of requiring agencies to provide contract information for all contracts regardless of dollar value. The testimony ended with the commission saying it was working with procurement and the Attorney General on implementation details; no vote was taken.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations.(3-18-26)
Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations
Transcript Highlights:
- flows in together at the end of the day, how the cabinet is actually going to move forward with that program
- flows in together at the end of the day, how the cabinet is actually going to move forward with that program
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The clinical hours are just for that program, okay, for the nurse practitioner's program.
- nurse practitioner programs.
- So I started the program, and we've had a very successful program in terms of quality, achieving 100%
- We are not aware of any named APRNs in programs to date.
- So this is about a program—a nurse practitioner program. Right?
Keywords:
grand jury, jury qualifications, jury wheel, small counties, Texas legislation, age verification, obscene devices, online sales, juvenile protection, penalties, antitrust, attorney general, Texas Free Enterprise, business regulations, legal confidentiality, personal identifying information, data brokers, judicial safety, civil rights, data privacy
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Transportation (01/14/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- program that we started.
- The autism blue envelope program is a great program.
- program.
- program.
- program.
Summary:
The Transportation Committee met for an opening/orientation session in which members introduced themselves and explained their interest in the committee. Several members noted backgrounds in trucking, piloting, boating, motorcycles, road safety, or constituent concerns about transportation issues. The chair also noted several absent members and said the committee would first hear agency presentations before covering committee procedures.
The Department of Safety gave the main presentation, outlining its seven divisions and how they relate to transportation policy and the Highway Fund. The assistant commissioner emphasized that Highway Fund revenue supports both the Department of Transportation and the Department of Safety, with collections coming largely from the road toll/gas tax, DMV fees, and the new electric vehicle surcharge. He also noted that 12% of Highway Fund revenues go to local road repair through the DOT Betterment Fund, and warned that the fund has had a structural deficit for several biennia, requiring General Fund transfers that may be uncertain this session. He said the department aims to provide data and fiscal context on legislation and fiscal notes.
State Police then provided a detailed overview of its structure and operations, including the Operations Bureau, Investigative Services Bureau, and Justice Information Bureau. Testimony highlighted Troop G’s role in vehicle inspections, commercial motor vehicle enforcement, fraud investigations, and consumer complaint handling, as well as statewide staffing shortages. The division reported rising calls for service, motor vehicle stops, DWI arrests, and other arrests despite a vacancy rate of about 17%. It also described aviation, K-9, bomb squad, special events response, SWAT, narcotics, major crime, forensic laboratory, and other specialized units, with statistics on drug seizures, investigations, and lab workload. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during this portion of the meeting.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Civil Judiciary REVISION 2: HB4094 and HB3407 - Added Feb 19th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Civil Judiciary
Transcript Highlights:
- Yeah, we were just made aware of this piece of legislation in the last day or so.
- It makes the current Eagle mediation program mandatory to carriers.
- I'm not aware whether it is otherwise used in state law.
- Oklahoma actually has one of the best early mediation settlement programs.
- This is a program that's been in place since 1983.
Bills:
HB1453, HB2933, HB2941, HB2945, HB2959, HB3087, HB3094, HB3297, HB3298, HB3319, HB3321, HB3386, HB3453, HB3471, HB3505, HB3510, HB3544, HB3549, HB3652, HB3727, HB3791, HB3845, HB3906, HB4119, HB4125, HB4126, HB4198, HB4236, HB4425, HB4343, HB4094, HB3407
Keywords:
foreign ownership, property rights, agricultural land, Attorney General, divestment, real estate, felony penalties, insurance regulation, homeowner claims, premium discounts, catastrophe mitigation, civil penalties, fentanyl, overdose, first responders, drug reporting, immunity, controlled substances, penalties, abortion
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Economic and Rural Development Aug 12th, 2025
Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- , the Aviation Maintenance Technology program.
- They actually fly real planes in their aeronautics program.
- It's a great program.
- One other thing that everyone in the room may not be aware of is that we need tax reform.
- I think we all are aware that there is a need for... housing and affordable housing.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 23rd, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- We've done everything we can that I'm aware of, and yet consistently they only give 916 acre-feet of
- Texas A&M, West Texas A&M, and some pretty impressive programs that are working.
- That is in our toolbox, but this program has been growing, you know, session after session.
- Because that's such a sensitive topic, as this committee is keenly aware, the idea behind this bill is
- I'll mention that we are aware of the committee substitute and support it. Thank you, sir.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Prioritizing Public Safety / Proposed Civil Commitment Changes / Supporting Education Pension Reform Apr 13th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- senators on that committee plan to use the funding they were given to improve safety and justice programs
- Program continues with discussion of public safety and driver behavior.
- And now, some public safety officials say the legislature should expand the program.
- Um, it's an expensive program. Um, so there's been some hesitation there.
- Um, and mandatory aware of at all.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
April 1, 2025 - 12:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- a public-private partnership oversight authority and a public-private partnership infrastructure program
- of it, and it's subcontracted under a no-program through SAM.gov.
- And thank you for bringing awareness to this important issue.
- Nobody in Walton County that I'm aware of even knew about this until after it passed.
- But again, my concerns were related to then translating that into a carbon credit program.
Summary:
The Natural Resources and Disaster Subcommittee took up eight bills focused on water policy, coastal resilience, environmental regulation, beaches, wildlife funding, and carbon sequestration. HB 7001 preserved the public-record exemption for site-specific location information on endangered and threatened species before its scheduled repeal, and it was reported favorably 16-0. H.R. 661, expressing support for a “one-water” approach to the state water supply, drew discussion about whether it implied centralized control; an amendment aligning the resolution with Senate language was adopted, and the resolution passed 16-0 with a committee substitute.
The committee also advanced HB 1345 on infrastructure and resiliency, which after a strike-all amendment authorized DEP to procure coastal resiliency projects through public-private partnerships and use incentives such as revenue-sharing, expedited permitting, public engagement, and workforce training; it passed 16-0. HB 477 on weather modification was substantially amended to return to current statute and add a $10,000 fine for failing to obtain a permit; the bill drew extensive public testimony both for and against weather modification and cloud seeding, and it passed as amended with a committee substitute. HB 6043, repealing the 2018 customary-use beach statute affecting Walton County, prompted testimony about beach access, tourism losses, and private property rights; it passed 17-0.
The committee then approved CS for HB 843, making clarifying changes to Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission trust funds and allowing use of the non-game wildlife trust fund for law enforcement and coordination with related agencies and landowners; it passed 17-0. HB 1169 revised water management district planning, budgeting, reporting, and procurement practices, including restrictions on lobbyist funds and updated project preference rules; two amendments were adopted and the bill passed 16-0. Finally, HB 1063 created a task force to study carbon sequestration and related ecosystem services in Florida’s natural and agricultural lands and waters; after amendments removing a fiscal component and clarifying voluntary participation and property-rights protections, it passed 15-2. The meeting adjourned after all bills were reported favorably.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance May 6th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- The segments already do this for their self-support programs, for their housing programs.
- But we just reiterate that there are academic programs, kinesiology programs, and physical education
- that could impact the program.
- This program is not optional.
- Please fund the program. Thank you.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Human Services Committee Jun 30th, 2026
Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- across CDSS and other programs that they want to have accessible to tribes.
- We made the difficult decision to close that program.
- We continue to serve these youth through programs such as our STRTP and specialty mental health programs
- We continue to serve these youth through programs such as our STRTP and specialty mental health programs
- So they were in some mental health programs as well.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/05/26
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- The VA has integrated acupuncture into both clinical care and community care programs.
- As early as 2011, programs.
- And then for those who is not aware.
- prior to discharge was aware of this. prior to discharge was aware of this.
- So what healthc care programs coverage.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Fiscal Policy Apr 8th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- TO RETROFIT AND ALLOCATES 10 MILLION FROM THE TRUST FUND FOR THE PROGRAM AND THE AMENDMENT REMOVES THE
- THE BILL UPDATES THE SUCCESSFUL STATE-FUNDED AGRICULTURE AQUACULTURE DISASTER RECOVERY LOAN PROGRAM AND
- THE CULTURE GRANT PROGRAM AGRICULTURE AQUACULTURE DISASTER RECOVERY LOAN PROGRAM AND THE CULTURE GRANT
- AND ROLE IN ANOTHER VPK PROGRAM.
- AND HELPING RESEARCH REGARDING THE MARITIME INDUSTRY WORKFORCE FOCUSING PROGRAMS ON UNDERREPRESENTED
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 2 - 03/13/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- I was also not aware there would have been time to testify on this bill, so I will keep it brief.
- I bring you Senate File 3347, the Minnesota Clearance Grant Program, which does three things.
- Uh this is a program that I think is needed around the state.
- We know it's a program that works that.
- Paul, at least none that I’m aware of. And I think that would have been pointed out if there was.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 04/08/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It also replaces "plan" with "program" in line 1.15 and line 1.21. Thank you, Miss Lancheski.
- , other providers outside of the self-directed programs will also receive similar rate increases.
- programs will also receive self-directed programs will also receive similar<00:04:33.360>
rate money immediately into the TRA program. money immediately into the TRA program.- or even growing your own programs to carry on the important work of educating our future.