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NH
Transcript Highlights:
- So, no onus on the municipality, allows the property owner the same equity as their direct neighbor.
- Thank you. equity concern that one property owner equity concern that one property owner would<01:34:
- </c><01:35:35.360><c> as</c><01:35:35.600><c> their</c><01:35:35.760><c> direct</c> the same equity as
- their direct the same equity as their direct neighbor.<01:35:36.639><c> I</c><01:35:36.800><c> think
- All legislators and staff are invited to attend.
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Legislative Session - Session 2 - 42nd Legislative Day Jun 30th, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Delaware House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The study will also examine how these strategies can affect health care equity and access to care.
- Participating schools report academic attendance, engagement, equity, and personalized metrics.
- This bill was about equity, also, because social workers are a predominantly female profession.
- I want to thank our staff. I want to thank our chief clerk. I want to thank our bill clerks.
- I want to thank our communication staff, our administrative staff, our custodial staff.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (01/14/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- On line five of the bill, it describes grade EES as supervising staff attorneys.
- </c><00:23:58.480><c> They</c><00:23:58.799><c> are</c> supervising staff attorneys.
- They are supervising staff attorneys.
- , it seemed that there might be staff, it seemed that there might be some<01:02:46.720><c> option</c>
- So, um, we're not necessarily in the business, for example, of bringing people equity actors from New
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Staff also developed a new investment data report.
- We are a small agency, currently with eight staff.
- Private equity is not going to dry up because there's too much money in that market for private equity
- Most of our staff, well over 50 percent, have master's degrees. It's a very credentialed staff.
- We also co-locate with many counties, some of our staff.
Bills:
SB 1
Keywords:
campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards
Summary:
The committee heard budget presentations from the Legislative Budget Board and agency officials on several agencies, starting with the Texas Historical Commission. LBB described a large biennial reduction driven mainly by the removal of one-time funding and discussed capital projects, rider changes, and exceptional items including Presidio La Bahia and the National Museum of the Pacific War. Senators asked about heritage trails, courthouse grants, unexpended balance authority, and the status of historical-site funding. Historical Commission leadership emphasized preservation, courthouse restoration, heritage tourism, coordination with the Alamo and other Texas Revolution sites, and requested additional IT, staffing, and vehicle funding. No votes were taken.
The committee then reviewed the Pension Review Board and the Employees Retirement System. The Pension Review Board’s budget was largely unchanged aside from IT maintenance and salary adjustments, with an exceptional item for additional IT enhancements. Members discussed the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System’s funding dispute and the need for a workable restoration plan. ERS presented a much larger budget, including funding for the retirement system, the group benefits plan, and the legacy payment intended to reduce unfunded liability. Senators focused heavily on pension investment returns, benchmark comparisons, and rising health-care costs, especially pharmacy spending driven by GLP-1 drugs; ERS said the plan covers about 540,000 lives and that premiums would rise 8% while benefits remain unchanged. ERS also said it had no exceptional items, and committee members requested more detailed benchmark information.
The committee also heard from the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System and the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. TESSORS reported an unfunded liability, an infinite amortization period, and requested additional state support, staffing, and IT funding, including a statutory change to allow a higher contribution level; the agency warned that without more funding it may have to cut benefits. CEPRIT’s presentation covered its bond-funded cancer research and prevention portfolio, revenue-sharing from funded projects, and a request to increase salary limits for its CEO and chief scientific officer. Senators questioned CEPRIT’s accomplishments and return on investment, while CEPRIT cited screening, prevention, and research outcomes, including tens of thousands of detected cancers and precursors and hundreds of thousands of first-time screenings. The meeting ended after these presentations and questions, with no recorded committee action or vote.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Health Jun 21st, 2026 at 09:00 am
Joint Committee on Public Health
Transcript Highlights:
- Also, it's great to have Scott, our House court officer, who's back here with us, and for my staff and
- Some park and recreation departments are very robust and have staff and have strong ability to provide
- And there's not staff at all of these facilities while they're open to the public from dawn to dusk.
- And thank you to my incredible staff.
- Danielle, who is joined here at Ramla and Sarah and Chief of Staff Ryan.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Public Health opened its first hearing of the session and heard testimony on bills in three areas: emergency medical services/AED access, athletic training and student safety, and end-of-life options. Committee chairs outlined testimony rules and noted that written testimony would also be accepted. Some bills had no live witnesses, while others drew extensive testimony from advocates, professionals, and legislators.
On AED-related bills, the American Heart Association supported requiring automated external defibrillators at sporting events and athletic fields, citing sudden cardiac arrest survival rates and urging cardiac emergency response plans as an added safeguard. A parks and recreation professional supported AED access but raised concerns about the cost, staffing, maintenance, and feasibility for municipalities with limited resources. Athletic trainers supported expanding their scope of practice and removing workplace restrictions, arguing it would improve injury prevention, reduce costs, and help retain professionals in Massachusetts.
The committee also took extensive testimony on end-of-life options legislation. Supporters included legislators, physicians, hospice volunteers, clergy, patients’ family members, and advocacy groups, who described the bills as allowing terminally ill, mentally capable adults to choose a peaceful death with strict safeguards and self-administration requirements. They emphasized personal stories of suffering, public support, and the claim that other states have not seen abuse. Opponents, including faith-based, disability-rights, and family policy representatives, argued the bills amount to physician-assisted suicide, could pressure vulnerable people, and may be influenced by prognosis errors, coercion, or financial incentives. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the hearing.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Prior to founding Iron Creek, he was with Quadrangle Group LLC, a New York-based private equity firm,
- When John, when he was serving there as chief of staff, he handled that the same way.
- Bingaman was the chief of staff that we created the Early Childhood Education and Care Department.
- Bingaman when he was chief of staff.
- They get access to share, they get access to your files, your staff.
Summary:
The Senate convened, initially lacked a quorum, then established one and opened with prayer, pledges in English, Navajo, and Spanish, and the salute to the New Mexico flag. Members then moved through announcements and recognitions, including permission for cameras on the floor and gallery, and certificates honoring Santa Fe County Day and Soil and Water Conservation District Day. Senators spoke in support of both recognitions, emphasizing Santa Fe County’s history, cultural and economic contributions, and the conservation districts’ role in stewardship, agriculture, and conservation work across the state. The chamber also welcomed numerous guests, honorary lieutenant governors, student shadows, and seniors visiting the Capitol.
The Senate confirmed two State Investment Council appointments. Mary Patricia Roman was confirmed 31-0 after debate highlighting her decades of global investment experience, leadership in private banking, and service on the SIC investment committee. John F. Bingaman was then confirmed 32-0 for reappointment, with senators citing his finance background, prior service as governor’s chief of staff, and role in state economic and early childhood policy. Members also discussed his leadership on the council and the importance of strong management of the state’s permanent funds.
On legislation, Senate Memorial 3 passed 27-0. The memorial, developed with the Wild Friends civics and science program, invites state agencies to participate in an insect identification and education workshop with UNM’s Museum of Southwestern Biology and the Xerces Society. The Senate also received House messages and adopted several committee reports, including referrals and passage recommendations for multiple bills and memorials. Later, the chamber debated Senate Bill 145, which would consolidate certain federal audit reporting into a single submission and adjust audit requirements for smaller entities and acequias; supporters said it would streamline compliance without changing audit requirements, while opponents raised concerns about auditor business, oversight, and the risk of weakening scrutiny. The bill remained under debate in the portion provided.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight Jun 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So, balance sheet is a private term that talks about assets, liabilities, and equity.
- Jason Sisney, Assembly staff.
- the detailed work that has gone into it from both houses, to the Governor's Office, to our budget staff
- And I want to thank the entire Budget Committee staff for all the incredible work that they have been
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee May 14th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I want to thank the committee staff who work very hard and diligently analyzing these bills, yes.
- And I would like to also thank the Republican staff for all of their hard work and support.
- And I want to thank, of course, the staff of the Speaker's Office, the Assembly Sergeant's Office, always
- AB 2463, Petrie-Norris, utility return on equity, do pass. That's out on an A roll call.
Summary:
The Assembly Appropriations Committee held a suspense-file hearing on May 14, 2026, reviewing hundreds of Assembly bills and a few committee bills. The chair opened by explaining the committee’s budget constraints and the factors used in suspense decisions, including fiscal impact, return on investment, effects on constituents, and protection of the state’s social safety net. The agenda was organized alphabetically by author, and the committee noted that results would be posted later that day online.
The committee then acted on a very large number of measures, sending many bills to the Assembly floor on do pass or do pass as amended motions, while holding many others in committee. Topics covered a broad range of policy areas, including housing, health care, education, labor, public safety, wildfire mitigation, water, energy, transportation, cannabis, immigration, and state governance. Many bills were amended to narrow scope, make implementation contingent on appropriations or existing resources, remove provisions, or clarify agency responsibilities; several bills were held without further action.
Among the notable actions, the committee advanced bills on items such as Medi-Cal services, child care, wildfire-related programs, housing financing, school and college issues, public safety and criminal justice, environmental and energy policy, and various consumer and business regulations. Some measures were sent out on A or B roll calls, with Republicans often not voting on amended bills. The hearing concluded after the committee reported that a large number of bills had been moved to the Assembly floor, either as do pass or do pass with amendments, and the committee adjourned.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 19 Feb 26th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- needs to be filed as a bill and go through the hearing process and work with me and my committee and staff
- In the 2025 to 2027 Mass Save Plan, we designated 21 equity communities, which among them include Lowell
- New Bedford, Markey of Dartmouth, Ulet of Westport, and Honan of Boston, would members, guests, and staff
- New Bedford, Markey of Dartmouth, Ulet of Westport, and Honan of Boston, would members guests and staff
Summary:
The House opened with routine formalities and then adopted a resolution recognizing the work of Ukraine Forward after suspending the rules. Members also suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow several petitions to proceed, including proposals related to a poverty-reduction grant program, an unemployment insurance study commission, and a local police-exam age waiver. The House then took up a major energy bill, House No. 4744/5151, reported by Ways and Means and scheduled by Steering, Policy and Scheduling, and advanced it through second reading and to third reading after adopting the committee amendment.
The main floor debate centered on the energy affordability, clean power, and economic competitiveness bill. Supporters argued it would lower rates through reforms to Mass Save, changes to procurement and interconnection, returning a share of alternative compliance payments to ratepayers, and other consumer protections, while preserving long-term clean energy goals. Opponents said the bill’s relief was too delayed and that it added costs and bureaucracy without immediate help for households facing high bills. Several amendments were offered and rejected, including proposals to suspend public benefit charges for a year, change utility rate-filing disclosure rules, and alter propane delivery protections; one amendment on solar siting in forested areas was also defeated.
The House adopted a consolidated amendment to the energy bill by a roll call vote of 127-27, and earlier adopted the Ways and Means substitute version of the bill. The chamber also passed several other bills to be engrossed or enacted, including measures on unemployment insurance for fluctuating schedules, the Medical Society mission statement, a youth training wage, bridge and intersection designations, handicapped parking fines, public way safety, excavation restoration, and a Newton police age requirement. The House observed multiple moments of silence honoring deceased veterans, public servants, and community figures, including Navy Petty Officer Joden Booker, coach Thomas Skip Karam, former Police Chief Carlton Abbott, and former legislator William Q. Biff McLean, Jr.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Jan 29th, 2026 at 09:07 am
House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- NMED staff members do the testing and then provide whatever, you know, all the information to the landowner
- Okay, I gave it to your staff. Just wait a moment and we'll get it out.
- Okay, I gave it to your staff. Just wait a moment and we'll get it out.
- So again, until we even have equity in there, you all know I'm going to be at the ribbon-cutting ceremony
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- When that edit was made, the staff person working on the bill wrote in $12 million but accidentally forgot
- I've got to try to balance the equities because I've got to vote on things in this body that are best
- So, in speaking with the TMA staff, ...who I'm working with, my understanding is that the language that
- I want to express my sincere gratitude to Representative Schaffner and her staff for listening to the
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- If you require assistance, please contact committee staff.
- House Bill 447 jeopardizes our ability to secure essential financial support from equity partners and
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Mar 26th, 2025
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- guys give tax-free bond loans; they are taxable and tax-exempt, so both, and they're for private equity
- I will say that I've had some conversations with Chairman Bell and his staff; I do have one recommendation
Keywords:
HB 431, Texas Property Code, Property Code Chapter 202, solar roof tiles, solar shingles, solar energy device, homeowners association, HOA, property owners' association, POA, renewable energy, residential solar, distributed solar, roof-mounted solar, homeowner rights, architectural control, restrictive covenants, real estate, subdivision regulations, multi-zoned subdivisions
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Special Committee on International Sporting Events: Olympics, Paralympics and World Cup Soccer May 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- But I know you're having, the LA28 is doing an all-staff meeting today, so we appreciate you being here
- And let me just say for the members, LA28 was actually having, I think, an all-staff meeting today.
- If your staff, if you could please provide to the committee specifics of where you're looking for the
- visits that you’ve taken down to the park, and the many conversations that we’ve had with all of your staff
- previous meeting, so I really wanted to hear from the Department of Transportation folks, but I do have staff
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation May 6th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The question is a question of equity. Do we fund a few people getting big, enthusiastic community?
- The question is a question of equity. Do we fund a few people getting big, enthusiastic community?
- And so with that, I'm going to ask our staff, and she will reach out to you with an email asking you
- And with that, I almost never do this, but we have a remarkable staff person that really helped pull
- And with that, I almost never do this, but we have a remarkable staff person that really helped pull
TX
Texas 89th 1st C.S.
Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting Jul 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So please know that if anyone walks out and they walk into the back, they still have staff here monitoring
- When I call your name, committee staff will admit you from the waiting room into the video conference
- Also note that if you're having technical... ...difficulties with your video or audio, committee staff
- They strain district staff resources, and they further weaken civic engagement.
- He's never at the Austin office, and his staff says he spends a lot of time in College Station.
Summary:
The Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting held its first regional hearing, focused on South and Central Texas, including Bexar County, Travis County, and the Rio Grande Valley. After establishing a quorum, the committee adopted its rules on a 6-3 roll-call vote, with Senators Alvarado and Miles voting no. Chair Phil King explained the regional-hearing format, the use of 2020 census data, the online testimony process, and the availability of written comments and future hearings. Several members then gave opening remarks, with Republicans emphasizing public input and Democrats arguing the special session and mid-decade redistricting were unnecessary and aimed at minority districts.
A major procedural issue arose over whether the committee should invite or subpoena the DOJ attorney who authored the July 7 letter that prompted the redistricting discussion. Senator Miles moved to subpoena the attorney; the motion was seconded but then set aside after the chair said the committee could not take formal action on a non-procedural matter during a regional hearing under the adopted rules. The chair said he would consult legal counsel about issuing an invitation, and members discussed the August 7 deadline referenced in the DOJ letter. The committee then moved on to public testimony.
Witnesses, including Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia, law professor Ellen Katz, and Texas NAACP president Gary Bledsoe, argued that the DOJ letter misread the law and that the targeted districts were lawful opportunity or coalition districts. They said the Fifth Circuit’s Pettway decision was limited to Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and did not declare coalition districts unconstitutional, and they cited Bartlett v. Strickland as warning against intentionally dismantling effective minority districts. Garcia and Bledsoe said the hearing was politically motivated and would harm Black and Latino representation; Katz said Texas would act illegally if it followed the DOJ letter’s instructions. Members asked questions about the legal status of coalition districts, the 2021 map-drawing process, and the difference between opportunity, coalition, and crossover districts. The hearing continued with additional public witnesses, including labor representative Emily Amps, who said workers and communities of color were being harmed by the proposed redistricting effort.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V Feb 24th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V
Transcript Highlights:
- My staff calculated it.
- The chair calls up Robert Black, Chief of Staff, and Toby Baker, Deputy Chief of Staff for Governor Abbott
- Thank you. of which to serve as Governor Abbott's Chief of Staff.
- They all need staff.
- And I think you can ask your staff, but at least half, if not all.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Sep 11th, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Vice Chair, members of the committee, to the people in the audience to our staff members.
- I'm going to ask our staff, Sarah, Widmeyer, to please introduce all the rest of the staff.
- I want to focus for a little while on the Outdoor Recreation Fund and the Outdoor Equity Fund.
- To the right of that, is a team of soil and water staff and community members doing a field tour of a
- The agency staff that worked on it did an incredible job.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Agriculture Committee Mar 25th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It's about equity, access, and preserving the health and well-being of our communities.
- We also want to thank Assembly Member Aaron's and his staff for their engagement early on to hear and
- Again, I want to thank Assembly Member Aaron's staff, and we look forward to continuing to work on this
- And I know because my staff has spent the last...
- Yes, tell your staff. It's being delivered to your offices. Make sure it's fine.
Summary:
The Committee on Agriculture met and heard a full agenda of bills, beginning with AB 1674, which would create a Food Desert Elimination Grant Program and require grocery-store capacity to be preserved or mitigated in certain housing developments. The author and local residents from Sunnyvale testified in support, describing the loss of neighborhood grocery stores and the impact on seniors and low-income families. Business and building groups opposed or opposed unless amended, arguing the bill could add costs and create housing barriers, especially in Section 3. The committee discussed rural and urban food-access differences, and the bill passed the committee 5-0 and was re-referred to Housing and Community Development, with members noting continued work on amendments.
The committee then approved several consent items and heard AB 2264, which would allow district agricultural associations to use fairgrounds property for affordable housing by extending lease terms from 55 to 99 years. Supporters said it would unlock underused public land without displacing neighborhoods, and the bill passed to Housing and Community Development. AB 269, the “Fair Act,” would provide a targeted sales and use tax exemption to spur development projects on fairgrounds; it drew broad support from members and fair association testimony and passed to Revenue and Taxation. AB 2143, which would prohibit online marketplaces from accepting payment for noxious weeds shipped into California, received strong support from academic and agricultural witnesses and passed to Privacy and Consumer Protection.
The committee also heard AB 1731, creating the California Healthy Food Procurement Fund and an approved-vendor program to connect schools with California farmers. School nutrition, farm, and food-policy advocates supported the bill as a way to reduce procurement barriers and expand local food in school meals; it passed to Appropriations. Finally, AB 1848 would raise seed-law fees to fund inspection and enforcement of California’s seed regulations; the California Seed Association supported the increase, and the bill passed to Appropriations. The meeting concluded with roll calls on absent members and adjournment at 2:53 p.m.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 8th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Conglomerates, private equity and hedge funds are buying local newspapers with only 10 companies now
- The newsroom staff get reduced and with layoffs and firings and experience and expertise out the door
- These trump cuts will gut local ranger districts, forcing dedicated staff to do the impossible with less
- The promises made are being kept and yet at the same time 3,400 forest service staff has been cut.
- community with no staff, you cannot do that.