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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 3/25/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
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  • </c> possible later time well stated possible later time well stated representative<00:24:22.960><c>
  • </c><00:26:40.320><c> of</c> average school lunch in the state of average school lunch in the state of
  • </c> year so i' I'd like to see our energy year so i' I'd like to see our energy kind<00:53:12.640><c
  • </c><01:25:12.119><c> Public</c> states in our state chartered Public states in our state chartered Public
Bills: HF827 , HF1258 , HF2387 , HF2388 , HF2534 , HF2016
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 19th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am State Representative Ju, representing House District 6.
  • We require state, county, and municipal law enforcement agents to...
  • We’re asking for assistance and further assistance from the state.
  • Well, we don't... ...assistance from the state.
  • and... counties as well, um, across the state and...
Bills: HB287 , HB280 , HB57 , HB252 , HB286 , SB36 , HB287 , HB280 , HB57 , HB252 , HB286 , SB36
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Feb 12th, 2025

Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Transcript Highlights:
  • Drivers consistently operate under the state-allowed maximum weight of 88,000 pounds.
  • Questions I have about this are: Can anyone assure Lee County or other counties in the state that other
  • The code doesn't define the axle weights extremely well, so part of this bill is to clarify the axle
  • Earlier, someone spoke that the code will allow you to haul 40,000 pounds, but actually, the code reads
  • Meaning, the first time a heavier axle crosses a state route—I'm speaking for state routes—the whole
Bills: SB110 , SB64 , SB42
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Labor - 03/13/25

Labor

Transcript Highlights:
  • Building Code.
  • </c> energy bill we had I'm on the energy energy bill we had I'm on the energy committee<01:04:50.559
  • non-code area a private or the state so non-code area a private or the state so one<01:11:26.520><c>
  • These homes are a part of the State Building Code.
  • State Building Code they're part of the State Building Code they're financ<01:23:48.600><c> by</c><01
Committee: Senate Labor
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MI

Michigan 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session 26-06-18

Michigan Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • who have already done this, Republican states and Democratic states, that have been able to lower premiums
  • States and the United States Department of Agriculture to fully honor its commitments to the Michigan
  • Renewable energy is proven to preserve our environment and lower energy costs.
  • So with the farmers in this state. This is crazy.
  • As the proud sponsor of the Michigan Juneteenth State Holiday Law, I am honored that our state formally
Summary: The Senate met with 27 members present and a quorum, opened with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then moved through a series of motions, recesses, and introductions of bills. Several new bills were read and referred, including measures affecting the Income Tax Act, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, public utilities, nondisclosure agreements, data centers and community benefit agreements, zoning, Medicaid false claims, and the Neighborhood Enterprise Zone Act, with referrals mainly to finance, energy and environment, and housing and human services committees. In the Committee of the Whole, Senate Bills 592, 49, and 50 were reported without amendment and advanced. On third reading, the Senate passed Senate Bills 900, 820, 966, 967, 968, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977, and 978. SB 900 dealt with the Vehicle Code, SB 820 with election law, SB 966 and SBs 974-978 with housing and insurance-related changes, and SB 967 with the Income Tax Act. SB 966, 967, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977, and 978 all passed on 20-16 votes, while SB 900 passed 35-1. Senate Bill 973, creating a state-based health insurance exchange as a nonprofit corporation, drew the most debate. Senators Weber, Lindsay, and Halk offered amendments, all of which were defeated after recorded votes; Weber argued for cost controls and consumer savings, while supporters said the bill would give Michigan more control over health care decisions and could lower premiums. Senator Irwin spoke in support of the housing-related package, saying it would help address the state’s housing shortage. Senate Bill 592, concerning the Corrections Code, was also passed after a 31-5 vote, with Senator Lindsay explaining his no vote as concern about how the bill treats juvenile offenders. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 133, urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to honor commitments to Michigan farmers participating in the Rural Energy for America Program. Senator McCann supported the resolution, citing farm losses from federal rollbacks, while Senator McBroom gave a strong no-vote explanation criticizing state energy policy and the resolution’s framing. The session ended with remarks recognizing Juneteenth and an anecdotal bipartisan exchange between senators before the chamber adjourned until June 23 at 10:00 a.m.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Feb 19th, 2026 at 08:30 am

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • My name is Hillary Bublitz, and I serve as the chair of the Washington State Community Association's
  • Institute Legislative Action Committee. serve as the chair of the Washington State Community Association
  • Washington State Insurance Commissioner Patty Carter.
  • coalition working to expand access and opportunity and economic stability across Washington State.
  • We quite simply represent the largest number of Black homeowners in Washington State.
Committee: House Housing
Keywords: 904, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Feb 3rd, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • Emancipation Day in the state of Florida.
  • state of South Carolina.
  • state of South Carolina.
  • And as someone who worked the polls through the adopt-a-precinct process in the state, well, in the state
  • procedures for code enforcement officers.
Committee: Senate Rules
Keywords: 999, senate, all
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Legislative Session Day 73 Mar 25th, 2026

Idaho House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have the lowest amount of any Western state.
  • in the United States or a governor of those states that has issued a similar proclamation. ...and I
  • could not find any other state in the United States or a governor of those states that has issued a similar
  • To cut this program is not good for the state.
  • We as the United States coined one We as the United States coined 1.3 billion pennies last year.
Keywords: 989, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Local Government Jan 23rd, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is concerning scissor-stair regulations in the state building code.
  • The original bill would require the State Building Code Council to convene a technical advisory group
  • Building Code as amended by Washington, and it requires the State Building Code Council to adopt rules
  • This requires the State Building Code Council to adopt Section R406 of the International Energy Conservation
  • It wasn't required, because the State Building Code Council could have done that work.
Summary: The committee met in executive session on a series of local government and building-related bills, with HB 2267 and HB 2388 removed from consideration and HB 1529 later pulled due to a technical issue. Staff briefed measures on scissor stairs in the building code (HB 2228), embodied carbon emissions in buildings (HB 2273), performance-based code pathways for low-rise residential buildings (HB 2381), permit review processes (HB 2418), county extreme heat response plans (HB 2183), fire protection districts (HB 2224), crash prevention zones (HB 2174), and city use of county road resources (HB 1529). The discussion focused on code modernization, housing production, permitting timelines, climate and emergency preparedness, fire district financing, and traffic safety. HB 2228 was advanced as Substitute HB 3079.2 after members supported creating a technical advisory group to recommend code changes allowing scissors stairs, with language clarifying fire-resistance separation; it passed 7-0. HB 2273, which would direct the State Building Code Council and Commerce to adopt embodied-carbon reduction rules and reporting, was reported out 4-3 after supporters emphasized emissions reductions and opponents said industry was not yet ready. HB 2381 advanced as amended Substitute HB 3125.1 after the committee adopted an amendment making the appendix optional and another clarifying performance-based compliance options; it passed 4-3. HB 2418 advanced as amended Substitute HB 3143.1 after the committee removed vesting provisions, clarified completeness standards, and allowed applicants to waive deadlines or refunds; it passed 7-0. HB 2183, requiring county extreme heat response plans, was amended to reference L&I rules, address grid reliability, remove some subsidy language, and shift plan adoption to county legislative authorities; it passed 4-3. HB 2224, concerning fire protection districts and levy adjustments, was advanced as amended Substitute HB 3142.1 after stakeholder-driven changes; it passed 6-1. HB 2174 was advanced as amended Substitute HB 3144.1, changing the concept from accident risk zones to crash prevention zones and setting a $73 penalty structure; it passed 6-1. The committee adjourned after reporting the bills out with due pass recommendations.
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session - 2026-05-29 - 10:00AM

Vermont Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • of this state.
  • So, whenever we can, we are coordinating with Kids Code and other local states.
  • Annick Paul to the Vermont State Housing Authority, Michelle Phelps to the State Labor Relations Board
  • Right under Washington now.
  • Senator from Washington. Thank you, Mr. President.
Keywords: 927, senate, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Jan 19th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • In the 21st century in Washington State, no one should die of extreme heat.
  • In the 21st century in Washington State, no one should die of extreme heat.
  • Starter Home Production Plan that was the work of the Washington State, sorry, the Washington Starter
  • Our members provide more than 360,000 units of housing in Washington State.
  • We serve as advocates for tenants all over Washington State as we prepare for.
Summary: The committee heard public hearing testimony on House Bill 2265, which would expand tenant protections during extreme heat. Staff explained that the bill would bar landlords from restricting portable cooling devices, require written notice of tenant rights and landlord immunity for tenant-installed devices, add a cooling duty under the Residential Landlord-Tenant Act, and prohibit sheriffs from physically evicting tenants during defined extreme heat periods. Representative Mena said the bill responds to the 2021 heat dome and is intended to address a gap in housing law, while committee members and the sponsor discussed unresolved questions about what “reasonably required” cooling means, how the eviction pause would work, and whether the bill could raise rents or create liability and operational burdens for landlords. Supporters, including climate, public health, tenant, and clean energy advocates, said extreme heat is a growing health threat and that renters need a right to cooling; opponents from multifamily housing, property management, and rental housing groups argued the bill is too vague, could effectively mandate costly cooling upgrades, create safety and insurance issues, and complicate eviction enforcement. The hearing also included testimony from landlords and housing providers who said the bill should be narrowed or amended, and from tenants and advocates who said it does not go far enough because it mostly permits tenant-installed cooling rather than requiring landlords to provide it. The committee then heard House Bill 1974, a proposed substitute authorizing land banks. Staff described the bill as allowing public corporations, housing authorities, and nonprofit corporations to acquire, hold, improve, lease, transfer, or dispose of property for affordable housing, with 30-year affordability requirements, annual reporting, tax exemptions, and priority transfer of certain tax-foreclosed properties. Vice Chair Hill said the bill was scaled back from earlier versions and is meant to create a flexible tool for turning difficult parcels into housing-ready land aligned with local housing plans. Testifiers from the Spokane Regional Land Bank, housing authorities, developers, youth shelter providers, and housing advocates supported the bill as a way to lower land costs, clear title issues, reduce displacement, and create a pipeline of permanently affordable housing. A counties representative also supported the concept but said they would like the grant program restored. One committee member raised a question about whether the tax-foreclosed property language could bypass the normal surplus distribution process, and staff said the provision is placed in the chapter governing properties that have already gone through foreclosure and auction, though the wording may need further review. Finally, the committee opened House Bill 2452, which would change how rent increase notices are served. Staff said the bill would remove the current requirement that rent increase notices be served like unlawful detainer notices and instead allow service by personal delivery, mail, or posting on the dwelling unit, with service by mail complete when deposited in the mail; the manufactured home version would follow the general notice rules under that act. Representative Connors said the bill responds to problems created when prior legislation required certified mail, which she said has led to tenants not receiving notices and housing providers facing higher costs and administrative burdens. Housing provider and industry witnesses supported the bill, saying certified mail is expensive, inefficient, and often not actually received, while tenant advocates opposed it, arguing that mail-only service weakens notice protections and can cause missed rent increases and displacement; they urged the committee to preserve stronger in-person or posting requirements. Some witnesses also suggested broader changes, including electronic notice, while others said the bill should be expanded to fix certified mail requirements for more than just rent increase notices.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Jan 19th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • In the 21st century in Washington State, no one should die of extreme heat.
  • In the 21st century in Washington State, no one should die of extreme heat.
  • In the 21st century in Washington State, no one should die of extreme heat.
  • It's people in the state of Washington. And if there are loopholes, let's close them.
  • Our members provide more than 360,000 units of housing in Washington State.
Bills: HB1974 , HB2265 , HB2452
Committee: House Housing
DE
Transcript Highlights:
  • In 2025, the Washington State Legislature directed the Washington State Institute for Public Policy to
  • Delaware can be that state, the state that has said, if the energy powering our data center isn't pink
  • And that's how the state energy... [We] got passed legislation to expand the state energy office.
  • It's not the State Energy Office. ...running the nuclear efforts in New York State.
  • , meaning state energy offices and utility commissions.
Keywords: 1064, all
DE
Transcript Highlights:
  • Nuclear energy is an important movement that we need to take in the First State.
  • In 2025, the Washington State Legislature directed the Washington State Institute for Public Policy to
  • Delaware can be that state, the state that has said, if the energy powering our data center isn't pink
  • It's not the State Energy Office. It's actually the New York Power Authority.
  • , meaning state energy offices and utility commissions.
Summary: The meeting focused on finalizing recommendations from the Delaware Nuclear Energy Task Force, with most of the discussion centered on how the state should organize itself to evaluate and potentially pursue nuclear power. Public commenters strongly supported nuclear energy, emphasizing energy reliability, economic competitiveness, data center demand, and the need for Delaware to act quickly. Several speakers argued that Delaware is falling behind neighboring states and should not delay if it wants to attract developers and preserve access to federal tax incentives. Members then worked through revisions to the recommendations, especially the section on state actions moving forward. There was broad agreement that Delaware needs a clearly empowered leadership structure, but disagreement over the best form: a cabinet-level energy agency, an expanded existing agency such as DENREC, a dedicated coordinator, an expanded Sustainable Energy Utility, or a separate quasi-independent authority. Some members favored a nimble, one-off entity with bonding and financing authority; others cautioned against creating a new body outside state government and stressed the need for coordination with existing agencies, public oversight, and cost discipline. The group also discussed adding responsibilities such as site identification, public engagement, coordination with PJM and federal agencies, and financing tools, while removing or folding in items that seemed duplicative or too broad. The committee also revised earlier modules to broaden the focus from small modular reactors to nuclear power more generally, while keeping the task force’s original SMR work in view. Members agreed to keep recommendations on state and local regulatory readiness, financial mechanisms, permitting coordination, and public engagement, and to add a recommendation for Delaware to participate as an observer in the Advanced Nuclear First Mover Initiative through NASEO and NARUC. The committee approved the revised Module Four recommendations by vote, with one abstention from Tom Noyes. Minutes from the prior meeting were also approved with minor corrections.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • In 2023, states started redetermination for 20 million beneficiaries.
  • It's no surprise that across these two programs, coding intensity is different.
  • Coding intensity has three components. One is fraudulent coding.
  • The third is clinically-appropriate coding intensity and better communication.
  • Because the issues about diagnosis coding, right, there's clinically appropriate diagnosis coding intensity
Summary: The meeting was chaired by Chairman Schweikert and involved a comprehensive discussion on how to utilize artificial intelligence (AI) for reducing waste, fraud, and improper payments within federal programs. Key witnesses, including Mr. Andrew Canarsa from the Council of the Inspectors General, provided insights on the potential of AI in enhancing government efficiency. The committee emphasized the importance of reliable data and thorough examination of AI application to avoid unintended consequences while addressing the estimated $162 billion in improper payments reported by the federal government. Concerns were raised regarding the recent firing of inspectors general and the impacts that could have on oversight and accountability processes.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2025-04-02

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • Now, based on the size of our state Medicaid budget, it's 41.
  • As we transition the state from...
  • Nicole Freeman from the Office of the Secretary of State.
  • I had no idea when I reported to the Secretary of State.
  • Is that a criminal code then?
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 4/2/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
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  • </c> consistently regulated in each state. consistently regulated in each state.
  • Is that a criminal code then?