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MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Senate Floor Session - Part 1 - 05/18/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I am going to allow those workers to fall behind and to be treated as second-class workers in Minnesota
- go to budget so that we never have to go to the<02:11:41.360>
billionaire <02:11:41.960>class - We never have to the billionaire class.
- President, is actually cynical, and it places these workers in a second-class position where they were
- class in this state. class in this state.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (02/12/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- of employees saying hey we're class of employees saying hey we're going<01:42:16.920>
to <01:42 - Um, I do think that this has an issue where it ends up having two classes of people.
- Flockton, because I had, I believe, five fourth grade classes come visiting the State House this fall
- I had, I believe, five fourth grade classes come visiting the State House this fall, and I told all of
- <05:27:52.638>
so <05:27:52.798>that to teach people in the classes so that to teach
Summary:
The hearing opened on House Bill 192, which concerns the Joint Committee on Employee Classification process for state employee positions. Representative Peter Schmidt explained that the bill is a procedural step to send already-reviewed classifications to Korn Ferry and then into statute and the budget. Department of Corrections staff and Commissioner Helen Hanks testified that one Deputy Director of Medical Services position had been omitted from the bill by mistake even though it had already gone through the JCEC process, and they asked for an amendment to add it. Hanks clarified that the position is an existing classified job being converted to unclassified status, not a new position. The committee discussed how the amendment would work and the quorum requirements for the JCEC, then closed the hearing on HB 192 after no further testimony.
The committee then heard House Bill 435, sponsored by Representative Don McFarland, which would clarify professional engineering licensure law. McFarland said the bill is intended to make clear that work in IT security, electronics, digital systems, computing, and software is not the practice of engineering requiring a professional engineer license, while preserving licensure requirements for fields such as civil, structural, and building-related engineering. He said he had consulted with the American Council of Engineering Companies and that the bill is meant to remove ambiguity and legal risk, not deregulate engineering. Several members with engineering backgrounds spoke in support, describing the distinction between licensed PE work and other technical fields, and one member noted that software development and regulated software work typically do not require a PE license. The committee voted ought to pass on HB 435 by a roll call of 16-0 and placed it on consent.
Finally, the committee opened House Bill 210, which would create a commission to study the New Hampshire state flag. Representative Tom Corman argued that the current flag is a generic “state seal on a blue bedsheet” and does not meet common vexillological design principles such as simplicity, meaningful symbolism, limited colors, and distinctiveness. He said the proposed commission would include legislative members plus representatives of the New Hampshire Historical Society and the New England Vexillological Association, and would review the flag’s history and recommend whether to redesign it and how to do so. He also indicated he intended to add language to avoid costs, but the bill discussion was not completed in the portion provided.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services May 27th, 2026
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- So the two drug classes accounting for 50% of the spend.
- But as you can see, looking at Humira and then looking at the biosimilars in that same class, and if
- That physical activity requirement can be addressed as part of a PE class.
- That physical activity requirement can be addressed as part of a PE class.
- My nutrition class and my pre-nursing degree was very formative for me. I'm just curious, Ms.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
JLCAR Administrative Rules (04/17/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- It doesn't give customer generators the statutory recognition that they deserve as a class of distributed
- It doesn't give customer generators the statutory recognition that they deserve as a class of distributed
- It doesn't give customer generators the statutory recognition that they deserve as a class of distributed
- It doesn't give customer generators the statutory recognition that they deserve as a class of distributed
- recognition that they deserve as a class recognition that they deserve as a class of<00:40:19.040
Summary:
The committee opened with housekeeping items, approved the minutes and consent agenda, and reminded the public that JLCAR’s role is limited to determining whether agency rules are within statutory authority, not to decide policy. Testimony was to be limited, and members noted that policy concerns should be addressed through the legislature rather than the committee process.
The first major item was Public Utilities Commission rule 25-215 concerning natural gas suppliers. Staff said the proposal had been postponed because the PUC appeared to lack authority to impose fines and penalties in this rule set, especially suspending or revoking registrations, and recommended either a conditional approval removing those provisions or a preliminary objection for lack of statutory authority. PUC counsel responded that the cited authority had been incorrect, that the Department of Energy now has most registration rulemaking authority, but argued the commission still has jurisdiction over mediation and dispute resolution and may still have authority over fines because natural gas suppliers are not expressly excluded from public-utility status. Committee members discussed the split between PUC and DOE authority and the possibility that the transition in authority had not been fully cleaned up in statute.
The committee then voted to grant a waiver of the time limit and postpone the item for another month so the agencies could work with counsel and clarify which parts of the rule could proceed. Members also urged that any needed legislative fix be brought forward quickly, noting that the Senate was not taking up non-germane amendments and suggesting the House as the likely venue for a cleanup bill.
The committee next took up Department of Energy EN900 and EN1000 rules. Staff said the EN900 net-metering rules had been postponed previously and that the main remaining issue was a retroactive requirement in EN909.03(b), which the agency agreed to revise so the language would apply only on or after the 2026 effective date of the chapter. The agency described the EN900 rules as implementing net metering authority transferred from the PUC and expanding the chapter to cover municipal group net metering and low- and moderate-income community solar projects. The EN1000 interconnection rules were described as implementing 2024 legislation requiring uniform procedures for distributed energy resources. The department said both sets of rules were developed through extensive stakeholder input and asked for approval subject to the oral amendment already discussed."}】【。json
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 2 - 04/17/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill would prohibit residential leases from restricting the ability of tenants to participate in class
- Class action waivers force tenants to trade away their ability to defend their rights in exchange for
- Protecting the abilities of tenants to engage in class action lawsuits will strengthen tenant rights
- Class action waivers force tenants to trade away their ability to defend their rights in exchange for
- Protecting the abilities of tenants to engage in class action lawsuits will strengthen tenant rights
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- <01:03:19.359>
Over the list of essential job classes. - Over the list of essential job classes.
- that we have a better pipeline to funnel these events because what you want to do is make it a top class
- make<01:32:52.719>
it <01:32:52.880>a <01:32:53.120>top <01:32:53.440>class - <01:32:53.760>
event want to do is make it a top class event want to do is make it a top class
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- He's a 2007 graduate of the FBI National Academy class of 231.
- On page 19 of the calendar, House Bill 142 by Representative Will Cox regarding class 2 municipalities
- On page 16 of the calendar, House Bill 153 by Representative Garrett regarding class 8 municipalities
- regarding class 8 municipalities. regarding class 8 municipalities.
- House Bill 153 by Representative Garrett regarding class 8 municipalities. Senator Singleton, Mr.
Summary:
The Alabama Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a quorum present, then adopted the previous day’s journal and excused absent senators. The chamber recognized visiting members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and adopted a Senate resolution designating February 10, 2026, as Alpha Phi Alpha Day at the Alabama State Capitol. Senators offered remarks praising the fraternity’s service, civic outreach, and historical significance, and the House later sent over a matching resolution, which the Senate adopted. The Senate also heard a Black History Month presentation highlighting Benjamin Banneker, Dr. Charles Drew, Ralph Bunche, and Carter G. Woodson.
The Senate then processed a large number of House messages and confirmations. House bills and resolutions were referred to committees, including measures on juvenile offenders, administrative rules, state income tax, local legislation, ad valorem tax, multi-member boards, license plates, criminal procedure, and food banks. The Senate confirmed several appointments, including multiple Alabama Army National Guard promotions, Mike Suo to the Jacksonville State University Board of Trustees, and Christy Andrews to the Alabama Securities Commission, each by roll call with no opposition.
In motions and resolutions, the Senate adopted numerous commemorative and honorary resolutions, including observances for National Blood Donor Month, Diabetes Month, Booker T. Washington Day, the Alabama Community College Football Study Commission, and recognitions for individuals and organizations such as the Baldwin County Fair, Sheriff Derek Cunningham, William Riley Hawkins Jr., and Clifford Ray Miller. Senator Barfoot’s resolution urging federal funding for the state logging efficiency grant fund was adopted after adding all senators as co-sponsors, and a resolution honoring Sheriff Derek Cunningham was read at length and adopted. The Senate also adopted the Rules Committee’s special order calendar for the next legislative day, which prioritized several bills on libraries, taxation, retired state employees, municipalities, transportation, coal-impacted communities, income tax, the Alabama Space Authority, cosmetology and barbering, security, entertainment incentives, and health. In local legislation, the Senate passed several local bills, including measures for Mobile County, class 2 municipalities, public transportation, Jefferson County, and the town of Morris.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Joint Legislative Budget Hearings - Education Feb 2nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- They can be getting a GED and also be in college classes with us.
- <00:55:57.839>
So <00:55:58.079>that <00:55:58.319>that's college classes with - So that that's college classes with us.
- private school, but that school doesn't have a chemistry teacher and they want to take a chemistry class
- to help them with school out of class to help them with their<01:41:58.080>
reading.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, it does advantage cities of the first class.
- Well, it does advantage cities of the Well, it does advantage cities of the first<00:31:20.000>
class - Many of them already do first class.
- So cities of the first class will beat out suburban communities every time. Every time.
- and Maslo's hierarchy psychology class and Maslo's hierarchy of<00:41:24.440>
needs.
Keywords:
HF2432, judiciary finance bill, public safety finance bill, corrections policy, crime victims, victim services, Minnesota victims of crime account, court fees, marriage license fee, financial crimes, fraud investigations, insurance fraud, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, Commerce Fraud Bureau, wage theft, automobile theft prevention, nonprofit security grants, 911 funding, POST Board
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- So I mentioned that I teach seventh grade, and I teach a leadership class, and I asked the kids, and
- We actually had a school board member come in and speak to the leadership class because the kids were
- because the kids were leadership class because the kids were feeling<00:52:51.000>
that <00:52 - Um, little story: I was in my master's class on communications, and I proposed a real-life project.
- But we've heard not just from low-income families, but also from middle-class families that this is a
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- keep them engaged and learning, sometimes pivoting in the moment based on what was happening in the class
- throughout their careers to classes throughout their careers to learn<00:39:39.520>
new <00:39 - There's been the claim that it intends to target a particular class of business, which it does not.
- He said the real problem with this bill is that the commission in statute actually blames one class of
- of of um business blames a one class of of um business fossil<03:32:43.960>
fuel <03:32:44.319
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government, Finance, Personnel, and Public Retirement.(7-1-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- This is more of a training than a conference, where they're taking those classes.
- We've been looking for those classes that help our people meet the right certifications to be able to
- We've been looking for<00:16:28.400>
those <00:16:28.600>classes <00:16:29.120>that< - /c><00:16:29.280>
help <00:16:29.480>our <00:16:29.600>people for those classes - And for those of you who just, you know, didn't like history class in school, I'll make it brief.
Summary:
The committee received a budget and program update from Kentucky Emergency Management on the state’s urban search and rescue buildout. Eric Gibson and Doug Hargrave said the legislature’s funding was used to create FEMA-type urban search and rescue capacity, including Kentucky Task Force 1 and 2, the incident support team, and the helicopter aquatic rescue/hoist team. They emphasized that the effort is not just equipment purchases but also training, credentialing, warehouse and training-facility development, canine program expansion, and coordination with local search and rescue agencies across the Commonwealth.
Gibson reported that the agency executed 99.4% of the $16.175 million appropriation by the end of the fiscal year and said the team met its readiness target ahead of schedule, with equipment already being deployed in recent flood response operations. He also said $500,000 per year was set aside for local search and rescue grants, with about $482,000 awarded to 29 teams in one year and $490,000 to 36 teams in the next, averaging about $20,000 per grant. Several members urged the committee to consider increasing support for local responders in future budgets, noting rising equipment costs and the importance of local teams as first on scene.
Members asked about staffing, coverage, and benefits. Gibson explained that the task force is a mixed workforce of full-time fire personnel loaned from local departments, professional service staff such as doctors and engineers, and temporary deployment staff, with workers’ compensation coverage provided through KYEM and/or home agencies depending on the arrangement. He also said local search and rescue members are not currently included in line-of-duty death benefits. In response to questions about coverage and deployment, he described the two task force locations as designed to keep resources within roughly 100 miles of every Kentuckian.
The discussion also turned to recent flood response and disaster recovery. Gibson said the state had mobilized up to 24 teams over the weekend, documented roughly 60 to 80 water rescues or assisted evacuations, and was seeing significant damage in counties such as Cumberland, Clinton, and Metcalfe, including agricultural losses. He said several counties were meeting FEMA public assistance thresholds and that the state was preparing a broader relief request that could include FEMA, SBA, and USDA assistance. He also updated members on efforts to claw back and reallocate unused “strained fiscal liquidity” funds by the statutory deadline, saying notices were sent and funds were redirected where possible to unmet local needs.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Budget Review Subcommittee on Education. (7-1-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- private, and making sure that they have a really solid list that we know that if they take those classes
- , that they are highly transferable into a general education class and you will have a good use of the
- , um, if you look at the life outcomes report from 2019, it gives us 7 years after that graduating class
- 56.440>
they <00:30:56.560>have <00:30:56.720>attained <00:30:57.600>and class - and what they have attained and class and what they have attained and their<00:30:57.920>
median<
Summary:
The Budget Review Subcommittee on Education met for an overview of the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE). After approving the prior meeting minutes, staff from CPE explained that the council was reconstituted in 1997 and serves as Kentucky’s statewide coordinating body for higher education, with responsibilities including advising the General Assembly and governor, coordinating the postsecondary system, supporting budget and performance funding work, and using data to track outcomes. They described Kentucky’s governance structure, including the KCTCS governing board, independent boards at public universities, and CPE’s role in licensing private institutions and overseeing transfer, closed-school records, and tuition approval.
CPE staff emphasized statewide strategic planning and the “60 by 30” goal of having 60% of working-age Kentuckians hold a meaningful credential by 2030. They said the agency uses dashboards, KPIs, and peer comparisons to set targets for institutions and monitor enrollment, retention, and graduation. They also highlighted the Kentucky Graduate Profile, a voluntary effort to embed 10 essential workforce skills into general education and major programs, and noted ongoing work on academic program approval, performance funding, and a biennial budget request.
The presentation also focused on student support and workforce alignment initiatives. Staff described the Kentucky Advising Academy, the Commonwealth Education Continuum, and the Kentucky Student Success Collaborative, which work with K-12 partners and campuses to improve advising, transfer, wraparound supports, and career planning. They also discussed GEAR UP, the Futurity career-planning platform, and efforts to connect education pathways to workforce needs, including healthcare, veterans, and other adult learners. CPE reported that student debt at graduation has fallen to $10,168 at public institutions and that six in ten Kentucky undergraduates graduate debt free.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Economic Development & Workforce Investment. (6-18-26)
Economic Development & Workforce Investment
Transcript Highlights:
- And our vision is really to strengthen manufacturers with world-class services.
- So that's really what we're all about: providing world-class service to Kentucky manufacturers to help
- Uh, so, we make sure that the services we're providing are world-class, are responsive to the needs of
- ><00:40:51.400>
are the services we're providing are the services we're providing are world-class - , are responsive to the needs world-class, are responsive to the needs of<00:40:54.000>
the <00
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Sixty Three - Tuesday, May 5th
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Underneath charity, virtue, truth, honor, progress, and enterprise is a large group, a fourth-grade class
- So this is to make this illegal for them to have these in the prison and makes it a Class D felony.
- Class D felony. So this would create more avenues for holding people in prison, essentially.
- It is almost a master's level class. Amp Mystic was certified, and those little girls died.
- It could create an opportunity for the Attorney General to create a class of stormtroopers where they're
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Apr 1st, 2026
Public Safety and Homeland Security
Transcript Highlights:
- That affects class three municipalities.
- Those class three municipalities are Montgomery and Huntsville.
- Doesn't mandate anybody to do anything except for municipalities, class 3 municipalities, to provide
- <00:26:02.640>
3 <00:26:02.880>municipalities, municipalities, class 3 municipalities - , municipalities, class 3 municipalities, to<00:26:04.240>
provide <00:26:04.559>the <00
Keywords:
HB450, judges, judicial office, constitutional amendment, Alabama Constitution, age limit, mandatory retirement, judicial eligibility, supernumerary judge, judicial retirement, state judicial retirement benefits, election law, appointment, voter approval, ballot measure, Judiciary Committee, ambulance services, balance billing, health insurance, emergency transportation
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Floor Session 5/17/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- That when I went to my first EL class, they didn't know how to interact with us.
- And they came to class and they said, "You know what? This is a pig. Here's a horse.
- That when I went to my first EL class, they didn't know how to interact with us.
- And they came to class and they said, "You know what? This is a pig. Here's a horse.
- That when I went to my first EL class, they didn't know how to interact with us.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- A class A felony carries a prison sentence of 7 to 15 years with a $4,000 fine, while a felony B carries
- A<01:02:11.119>
felony <01:02:11.680>fel <01:02:12.079>a <01:02:12.400>class - A felony fel a class A felony parents.
- A felony fel a class A felony carries<01:02:13.680>
a <01:02:13.839>prison <01:02:14.079 - towns to restrict rental housing, suppress density, and keep certain populations, especially working class
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Rules and Administration - Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct - 04/24/25
Rules and Administration - Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct
Transcript Highlights:
- > Their associated business must be greater than the effect on other members in that same business class
- No, because the whole class benefits. It's not just for you specifically.
- No, because the whole class benefits. It's not just for you specifically.
- No, because the whole<00:21:34.640>
class <00:21:35.039>benefits. - It's not just for whole class benefits. It's not just for you<00:21:36.640>
specifically.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- In 2020, there was a report issued by the University of Texas by UT Law Professor Heather Way's class
- Most are class A complexes with gyms, coffee bars, ceramic and marble furnishings.
- here today to talk to you about how to block one of the few economic lifelines that exist for working class
- Because it means working class black and brown people would finally have a chance to break out of survival
- A or a Class B misdemeanor marijuana possession except in limited circumstances.
Keywords:
HB 21, Texas Tax Code, ad valorem tax, property tax, delinquent taxes, tax delinquency, penalty reduction, interest rate, split payment, installment payment, tax relief, county tax collector, taxing unit, property owner, tax collection, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, tax increase election, supermajority, 60 percent threshold