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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, and then Texas as well.
  • And just another way to visualize that, in red you've got Florida and Texas inventory combined.
  • <01:22:42.640> And<01:22:42.760> just Uh and then Texas as well.
  • And just Uh and then Texas as well.
  • <01:22:46.200> inventory you've got Florida and Texas inventory you've got Florida and Texas
Keywords: 1183, house
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Appropriations Committee May 14th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • AB 2682, Marc Berman, TNC labor relations, do pass out on an A roll call.
  • AB 2157, Connolly, displaced oil and gas workers, do pass as amended to strike the UC labor center assessment
  • AB 2499, Gibson, Heat Standards, do pass as amended to strike Penal Code provisions and make conforming
  • AB 2545, CFOEI labor data report, do pass. That's out on an A roll call.
  • AB 2246, Wicks, age-appropriate design code, 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.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions, May 21, 2026 - AM

Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Transcript Highlights:
  • And South Dakota and Texas are a little bit nuanced in their response time frames.
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  • So in Texas um the codified happen.
  • ,<00:11:10.000> and Montana, South Dakota, Texas, and Montana, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming
  • I'm not seeing it right Montana code.
Keywords: 916, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • In the Education and Labor Cabinet, we increase general fund by $3 million each year to support the Kentucky
  • <00:14:43.079> the<00:14:43.160> Education<00:14:43.600> and<00:14:43.680> Labor
  • <00:14:43.920> Cabinet, In the Education and Labor Cabinet, In the Education and Labor Cabinet
  • staff, boiler staff, HVAC staff, and staff, boiler staff, HVAC staff, and building<00:26:40.880> code
  • building code enforcement. building code enforcement.
Summary: The Kentucky Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee met with a quorum and first took up House Bill 503, the legislative branch budget, adopting a committee substitute and reporting it favorably. The chair said the Senate version fully funds defined calculations, provides 2% raises in each fiscal year for legislative employees, removes a paragraph on operating expense reductions, and includes $1 million in the first year for a judicial branch salary study. House Bill 504, the judicial branch budget, was then amended and reported favorably; changes included 2% annual raises for judicial employees, revised operating expense language, $1 million each year for county current services, retention of Boyle County fit-up language, reporting requirements for smaller capital projects, full funding for nine judges added in 2022, and removal of furlough prohibitions and certain budget implementation language. Both bills passed the committee unanimously with favorable expressions to the floor. The committee then considered House Bill 500, the executive branch budget, adopting a committee substitute before hearing a lengthy summary of major spending and policy changes. The chair described statewide 2% annual employee raises, agency base reductions with many exemptions, increased school safety and 911 funding, veterans and military funding, local government and severance-related changes, attorney general and auditor funding, pension and retirement system support, education funding changes including SEEK, postsecondary and scholarship provisions, public safety and corrections funding, and multiple capital projects. The chair also highlighted Medicaid-related provisions, including added waiver slots, increased state-directed payments, a 2.5% reduction in managed care vendor payments for plan years 2027 and 2028 with savings redirected to fee-for-service rates, and additional funding for behavioral health and public health programs. The bill was reported favorably after members explained their votes, with several noting they had only recently received the full 228-page bill and wanted more time for detailed review. Finally, the committee adopted a committee substitute for House Bill 900, an appropriation measure for government agencies, and reported it favorably. The chair said the bill remains a work in progress and that one-time funding requests from across the Commonwealth and across party lines would continue to be addressed as the process moves forward. All measures considered during the meeting passed the committee with unanimous or near-unanimous favorable votes, and the meeting adjourned after no further business.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Jan 27th, 2026 at 11:17 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • second session submission of House Bill 148, a bill amending and enacting sections of the property tax code
  • shortage area from property taxation for up to 20 years pursuant to the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code
  • a definition for harm to self and harm to others in the Mental Health and Development Disabilities Code
  • Sorry, I'd like to just announce that House Labor, Veterans, and Military Affairs will meet 15 minutes
  • Sorry, I'd like to just announce that House, Labor, Veterans, and Military Affairs will meet 15 minutes
Bills: HM19
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • having an operating deficit, and so what this bill does is it's going to allow us to propose a new coding
  • propose<00:02:05.360> a<00:02:05.560> new<00:02:06.520> uh<00:02:07.520> coding
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Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The committee took up House File 337, a bill addressing long-term funding for rural and Greater Minnesota EMS and ambulance services. The author offered the A2 amendment, moved to divide it, and the committee adopted lines 1.2 to 1.19 of the amendment. The bill, as amended, was described as creating a policy framework for identifying ambulance services with operating deficits, requiring financial audits, and setting up a future grant program, with the author emphasizing that the proposal was still being developed and was intended to be a long-term solution rather than a short-term fix. Testimony was largely supportive. Eric Simonson of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities said the bill builds on last session’s one-time aid and would target grant dollars using state data, clarify eligible uses, allow audits, address uncompensated care and readiness costs, and require reporting back to the legislature. Mike Warner of the Red Wing Fire Department said his city’s ambulance service operates with a heavy government-funded payer mix and a persistent operating shortfall. Tim Meyer of Sanford Ambulance said low-volume rural services face widening revenue gaps, staffing pressures, and the loss of the volunteer model. Nathan Zacharias of the Association of Minnesota Counties and Kevin Lee of North Memorial Health also supported the bill, citing rising costs, staffing shortages, stagnant reimbursement, and the need for a sustainable statewide funding model. Members raised concerns about how the bill would work in practice, especially around communities that straddle metro and non-metro boundaries and around local control over grant dollars. Representative Pel asked how the eligibility language would apply to places like Northfield and New Prague; the author and a testifier said eligibility would depend on whether a service area is mostly outside the metro area, but acknowledged more review was needed. Representative Huitt argued the bill should give more local control and should address EMS as a statewide issue, not only a Greater Minnesota issue. Representative Ryer asked whether the bill would eventually include revenue recapture or another funding source, and the author said the proposal was still at an early stage and all options were being considered. The committee laid HF 337, as amended, over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Oct 8th, 2025

Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Approval of these service codes already.
  • and turn on the codes.
  • As I mentioned in my presentation, doing that is the minimum to simply turn on the code.
  • I think my questions center around the same topic: the use of codes and turning on the codes.
  • With labor unions about the mapping before it went into town, before it went into effect.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Bill proposes Minnesota constitutional amendment to fund affordable housing 4/8/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • If we're not looking at some of the easier fixes that I think are building codes, uh, we just again,
  • If we're not looking at some of the easier fixes that I think are building codes, uh, we just again,
  • If we're not looking at some of the easier fixes that I think are building codes, uh, we just again,
  • If we're not looking at some of the easier fixes that I think are building codes, uh, we just again,
  • , committee or in in labor, committee or in in labor, the<00:39:06.120> regulatory<00:39:06.920
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The committee heard House File 3279, the “Our Future Starts at Home” constitutional amendment, which would ask voters to approve a 3/8 of 1% statewide sales tax increase to create a dedicated housing revenue stream. Chair Howard said the proposal is intended to address Minnesota’s housing shortage through predictable, long-term funding, estimated at about $400 million annually for 25 years, and would be administered through a council that would fund housing vouchers, rental and supportive housing, and affordable homeownership. Supportive testimony came from coalition and nonprofit advocates, including Nelima Sitati Munene, Ben Helvick Anderson, Dakota Morgan, and Chris Berggren. They argued that Minnesota’s housing crisis requires permanent, sustained investment rather than one-time grants, and said the amendment could produce thousands of vouchers, supportive housing units, rental units, and starter homes over time. Testifiers also emphasized the need for community voice and lived-experience representation in how funds are distributed, and described the bill as a way to prevent homelessness and stabilize families statewide. Several members raised concerns that the proposal would add another regressive tax burden on residents already struggling with affordability. Representatives Johnson, Nash, Dotseth, and Myers argued that sales taxes hit lower-income Minnesotans hardest and said the state should focus more on zoning, regulatory reform, and other cost reductions instead of new taxes. Chair Howard responded that housing costs themselves are already highly regressive and that both policy reform and public investment are needed. The bill was laid over and no vote was taken.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/31/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • And the one I'm thinking of is they could require highly skilled labor.
  • There's a QR code here, a website in our bill.
  • It's very small, and you have to have every city code on there, so it's very convoluted.
  • Well, because of what the labor union did, we actually had to move those overseas.
  • And so I think there's lots of questions about willingness to work with labor.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session May 7th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Removing the notary requirement from trespass letters filed under Penal Code Section 602.
  • This past weekend, San Francisco and our state lost a giant in the labor community when Larry Mazzola
  • He was instrumental in protecting union jobs and strengthening labor standards at one of the busiest
  • It's an understatement to say that Larry helped shape the modern labor movement in the Bay Area.
  • Right now, San Francisco and the labor community are mourning the loss of a true giant.
Summary: The Assembly met in session after a quorum call, heard a prayer and pledge, and then moved through a large daily file of bills and resolutions. Early procedural motions were adopted, including re-referrals and a motion to allow the Appropriations Committee to notice SB 73, which passed 46-15. Members also introduced several guests, including young legislators, schoolchildren, a championship girls’ basketball team, realtors, and CASA advocates. On the floor, the Assembly concurred in Senate amendments to AB 1389, a tribal gaming compact urgency bill for the Yurok Tribe, which passed 55-0 on the urgency and measure. The body then passed a series of bills on topics including trespass enforcement (AB 1632), pest control fees (AB 2380), county investment authority (AB 2080), pupil achievement gap reporting (AB 2149), transit board stipends (AB 1625), e-filing for workplace violence restraining orders (AB 2179), election eligibility restrictions for registered sex offenders (AB 2753), juvenile firearm possession and deferred entry of judgment (AB 2636), court access and First Amendment issues (AB 1544), physician medical record integrity (AB 1637), forced marriage protections (AB 2534), and local authority to restrict under-12 e-bike use in San Mateo County (AB 2595). Most of these measures passed with little or no opposition, with votes ranging from 53-0 to 63-0. The Assembly also adopted ACR 173, reaffirming California’s sister-state relationship with Jalisco, Mexico, after adding 50 coauthors. Later, it adopted ACR 163 designating May as Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month after extensive testimony from the author and multiple caucus members emphasizing the crisis, data gaps, tribal sovereignty, and the need for more resources and action; 64 coauthors were added before the resolution passed by voice vote. The chamber likewise adopted ACR 180 designating Compost Awareness Week and ACR 182 establishing Youth Mental Health Awareness Week, both after coauthor roll calls and voice votes. The day concluded with urgent action on AB 108, which provides up to $25 million in one-time emergency bridge funding for distressed hospitals facing imminent closure. Members from both parties spoke in support, citing rural access, prior hospital closures, and the need to protect community health care; the bill passed 59-0 and was sent to the Governor immediately. The Assembly then handled consent calendar items, heard an adjournment in memory for labor leader Larry Mazzola Sr., and adjourned until Monday, May 11 at 1 p.m.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Taxes Committee Meeting - 2026-05-05

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • c> medical<00:13:47.040> supplies Inflation for labor and medical supplies Inflation for labor
  • code, and ongoing<00:20:46.880> emergency<00:20:47.640> repairs.
  • There is a code, actually, I learned... Regions spent 77 million. And Regions spent 77 million.
  • which codes this came from.
  • So, it's a data code 7056 and 7057 in the report. Thank you. Thank you. I see Mr.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Health Committee Apr 21st, 2026

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Arta, California Federation of Labor Unions, in support.
  • Alma Lazzardo with the California Federation of Labor Unions in support. Thank you very much.
  • Elmer Lazzardo with the California Federation of Labor Unions.
  • Economy and labor market in the state of California, one of them in San Francisco.
  • It did not collapse those labor markets.
Keywords: 988, house, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • There is a very interesting effort coming together across the state of Texas, which is centralizing a
  • With that, we're going to shift our focus now to content production and labor perspectives.
  • I'd like to welcome up to the presentation table... ...labor perspectives.
  • What are you seeing as far as your colleagues trying to accommodate, I guess, for some of these labor
  • It’s got to be that we understand there are labor agreements. We work within those agreements.
Summary: The hearing focused on the impact of the federal rescission of Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding on California public media, with Assemblymember Chris Ward and Senator Akilah Weber Pierson framing public media as essential civic infrastructure for education, local news, arts, emergency alerts, and underserved communities. Local officials from San Diego and La Mesa voiced support, emphasizing public media’s role in trusted information, children’s programming, and community arts access. Panelists from PBS SoCal, KCRW, Rebuild Local News, NPR, KPBS, Radio Bilingüe, and KVPR described significant budget losses, layoffs, reduced programming, and threats to rural and specialized services. They highlighted impacts on children’s educational content, local journalism, arts coverage, science and documentary production, and emergency alert systems. Several speakers noted that smaller stations in rural or low-broadband areas are especially vulnerable, while larger stations are also cutting staff and delaying projects. They also discussed possible responses such as shared services, cost reductions, philanthropy, and state support, while warning that one-time bridge funding is not a long-term fix. Committee members asked about operational changes, alternative revenue sources, the role of state programs, and whether public pressure could restore federal funding. Witnesses said the loss is already being felt, that restoration appears unlikely in the near term, and that any state support should be structured to protect editorial independence and provide stable, timely funding. The hearing concluded with a shift to labor and production testimony and then to station-specific testimony from KPBS, Radio Bilingüe, and KVPR, followed by public comment.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • My state, Texas, happens to produce a lot of beef cattle.
  • you have a foreign country where perhaps they have actions such as poor environmental regimes or lax labor
  • But, do you want to onshore, for example, very high labor content products?
  • I don't think we're going to have lots of, you know, it's not the kind of labor that's done in some of
  • We talked to labor unions, we talked to civil society, we talked to...
Summary: The meeting focused on various significant topics concerning the recent tariff policies and their wide-ranging implications on the American economy. Members expressed their concerns regarding the negative impact of increased tariffs as proposed by the Trump administration, with specific emphasis on how families might suffer from higher costs and market access issues. The discussion was lively, with members questioning the clarity of the tariff plan and raising concerns about its potential effects on small businesses and American exports.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy and Administration (02/18/2026)

Education Policy and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • There is excess capacity in our system at large, but students are still bound largely by zip code to
  • 30.560> are<01:48:30.719> allowed<01:48:30.960> to<01:48:31.040> go zip code
  • to where they are allowed to go zip code to where they are allowed to go to<01:48:31.360> school.
  • <02:46:19.680> Um<02:46:19.920> and<02:46:20.160> as and most recently Texas
  • Um and as and most recently Texas.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:04:22.320> A code to include a number of changes.
  • A code to include a number of changes.
  • and a modular home is built to the state building code.
  • Um, is built to the state building code.
  • , when we talk about things around code, when we talk about things around energy<01:35:28.639> code
Bills: HF4234, HF484, HF483, HF2614
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Jun 15th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB 1177, Cortese, from the Transportation Committee to the Labor and Employment Committee.
  • And there's a lot in this budget: budget for veterans, budget for our labor community.
  • over 50 witnesses at one of our hearings, and hours upon hours of advocates, patients, providers, labor
  • I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 56 to allow the Labor and Employment Committee to
  • : the Black Panther Party, free breakfast programs for children that became a federal model, and a labor
Keywords: 988, house, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Jun 15th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB 1177, Cortese, from the Transportation Committee to the Labor and Employment Committee.
  • And there's a lot in this budget: budget for veterans, budget for our labor community.
  • There were hours upon hours of advocates, patients, providers, labor organizations, community groups,
  • I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 56 to allow the Labor and Employment Committee to
  • : the Black Panther Party, free breakfast programs for children that became a federal model, and a labor
Summary: The Assembly convened, initially lacked a quorum, and then completed the roll call, prayer, and pledge. Members observed a moment of silence for the fatal B-52 crash at Edwards Air Force Base in Assemblymember Lackey’s district. The body then handled a series of procedural motions, including re-referrals of numerous Senate bills to different committees, suspending rules for committee notices, and taking up the budget bill, AB 109, without reference to file for concurrence in Senate amendments. Debate on AB 109, the 2026 budget act, centered on competing views of the state’s fiscal condition and policy priorities. Supporters said the budget balances the current and next year’s budget, reduces the structural deficit, builds reserves, protects health care, schools, housing, food assistance, and other safety-net programs, and responds to federal cuts under H.R. 1. Opponents argued the budget increases taxes and costs, shortchanges schools, underfunds Proposition 36, relies on gimmicks, and does not adequately address public safety, cost of living, or long-term sustainability. Several members also highlighted specific provisions such as hospital support, Medi-Cal and IHSS protections, child care, immigrant legal services, prison closure, and funding for courts and victim services. A motion by Assemblymember DeMaio to return AB 109 to the Senate failed on a roll call vote, 13 ayes to 45 noes. The Assembly then voted on concurrence in the Senate amendments to AB 109; the measure passed, and the Senate amendments were concurred in without objection, with immediate transmittal to the Governor. Afterward, the Assembly moved to the daily file and took up SCR 89, a resolution affirming diversity, equity, and inclusion. Supporters from several caucuses framed DEI as a core California value and a response to federal attacks, while opponents criticized DEI as divisive. The transcript ends during debate on SCR 89, before any final vote is shown.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • They take time off work, spend money on gas, prepare for strict dress codes, all of which they can be
  • On the subject of dress code, when I brought my boys, 11 and 13 at the time, to visit, On the subject
  • of dress code, when I brought my boys, 11 and 13 at the time, to visit their auntie, they were dressed
  • These individuals have been denied parole despite low classification codes, scores, lack of D reports
  • Oklahoma, Mississippi, Louisiana, West Virginia, Texas. Let's do better than that.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The hearing before the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security focused on several correction-related bills, including visitation reform, elder and medical parole, incarcerated persons’ human rights, and creation of an independent correctional oversight office. Vice Chair Christopher Worrell chaired the hearing in place of Chair Dan Cahill for much of the session and explained that the committee would first hear from incarcerated individuals remotely, then move to public testimony. The committee repeatedly enforced three-minute limits and accepted written testimony as well. Much of the testimony from incarcerated people emphasized that visitation is central to rehabilitation, family stability, and reentry, and that current DOC policies—visitor caps, pre-approval requirements, scheduling rules, dress-code enforcement, and restrictions on contact—have reduced family contact and caused harm. Several speakers argued that elderly and medically frail prisoners should be released through parole because incarceration is costly, ineffective, and inhumane for people who pose little public-safety risk. Others described poor prison conditions, limited programming, inadequate healthcare, segregation-like housing, and the impact of K2 use, suicides, and self-harm. Supporters of the oversight bill said an independent office is needed to address racial disparities, grievance failures, and lack of accountability within the DOC. A number of speakers tied their support to personal experiences, including alleged racial discrimination, denial of programs, and barriers to family visits. Some testified that rehabilitative programming, education, and restorative justice reduce violence and improve outcomes, while others said the DOC spends too little on programming and too much on punishment. Committee members asked a few follow-up questions, including about K2 contraband and how to reduce drugs in facilities, and one member asked about typical visitation lengths. No votes were taken during the hearing; the committee heard testimony on the bills and several witnesses urged favorable reports.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

October 8, 2025 - 10:30 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Florida Medicaid recognizes 3 types of fire barker procedure codes first is CPT codes and these are
  • And then 3rd are these codes.
  • There is an additional 66 code that will be added on January one.
  • By comparison, Medicare covers only 714 by our codes.
  • The 3 codes that we we spoke about earlier.