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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Repeal of sales tax exemption on preferred seating at sports event proposed to fund shelter, housing Apr 15th, 2026
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We are given a budget, and it's our job to figure out who deserves the haves and have-nots at that table
- </c> DHS received 23.3 million in requests DHS received 23.3 million in requests for<00:16:08.560><c>
- Budgets being moral documents, and, um, Rep.
- </c><00:37:06.560><c> that's</c> services we just get a budget that's services we just get a budget that's
- Um, from my understanding, actually, all the budgets come from taxes.
Summary:
House File 4738 was laid over for possible inclusion in the 2026 tax bill. Representative Keeler presented the bill as a funding source for Minnesota’s Safe Harbor program, arguing that trafficking and sexual exploitation are statewide problems and that current shelter and housing resources are insufficient. She and several supporters emphasized that the program serves youth across greater Minnesota, not just the metro, and that state and federal funding pressures make additional support necessary.
Testifiers from Place Called Home/Life House, The Link, the City of Minneapolis, and a survivor all described the impact of Safe Harbor and related shelter programs. They cited data on youth served, bed nights, mental health services, and high unmet need, including waitlists and youth turned away because programs are full. Testimony stressed that stable housing and trauma-informed services help survivors recover and move toward education, employment, and family stability. One committee member, Representative Davis, objected to the proposed funding source, saying he would not support taking money from women’s sports scholarships and urging a different source.
The bill’s tax mechanism was described as ending the sales tax exemption for preferred seating, suite licenses, and related amenities at athletic and entertainment events. Alec Williams of We Make Minnesota supported the proposal as a fair way to raise revenue from high-end discretionary purchases for a public purpose. Committee discussion also focused on the size of the revenue estimate and the breakdown of the impact, with nonpartisan staff saying roughly 85% would come from suite licenses, 10% from collegiate seating, and 5% from amenities. Representative Smith and others framed the issue as both a tax and moral question, and the chair moved the bill to be laid over.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And what would happen if you put in an early transfer request?
- And last session, our parole budget was decreased. We made it whole through our general budget.
- We got free land, which really helps with the budget.
- We did last session bring requests.
- reducing its budget because it's actually cost-effective.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- He said that, as the committee was digging through the budget and looking at available dollars to help
- </c><00:29:17.320><c> to</c> Mayo clct does provide a base budget to Mayo clct does provide a base budget
- </c> okay because it would be in their budget okay because it would be in their budget and<00:37:00.000
- I will then uh withdraw our budget I will then uh withdraw withdraw<00:48:01.960><c> that</c><00:48:
- And then Chair Mariani also requested section four about the bias training, so he put that in, and we
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The following areas are areas we request state assistance on.
- , because y'all are in budgets right now.
- So today I have a couple of simple, urgent requests.
- That's the thing that we requested and that happened on Monday.
- Our operating budget is provided by Texas A&M University.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/16/2026 - House Public Safety & Law Enforcement
House Public Safety & Law Enforcement Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- the budget for it.
- Whichever can get into the budget.
- a fun budget year.
- a fun budget year.
- this budget year, and I vote no.
Summary:
The Committee on Public Safety and Law Enforcement heard several public safety measures. SB 1520 would have required state agencies to share certain immigration-related data with the federal government and included a repeal date in 2029. Representative Abatia offered a strike-everything amendment to replace the bill with a firefighter support grant program to help pay for station food, supplies, and small appliances, but the committee rejected the amendment and then gave the underlying SB 1520 a due pass recommendation.
SB 1216 would repeal the sunset on traumatic event counseling for public safety employees and expand coverage to crime scene and digital forensics technicians. Supporters said the program helps officers and firefighters cope with trauma and that utilization is relatively low, while members asked about costs and usage. The bill passed 12-0. SB 1391 would create an AZ POST pilot program for law enforcement stress management, funded at $950,000 and run through a nonprofit, with emphasis on prevention, peer support, and family impacts. Some members objected that it was too prescriptive and looked like a vendor bill, and the committee failed to give it a due pass recommendation.
SB 1493 would require employers to pay taxable costs, attorney fees, and expert fees when a law enforcement officer wins a wrongful termination appeal and the employer still refuses reinstatement. Supporters argued it was a fairness and due process measure for officers who must appeal twice to be made whole, while members debated whether similar treatment should apply in criminal cases and whether the bill should also restore other lost compensation. After adopting a chairman’s amendment, the committee gave SB 1493 as amended a due pass recommendation and then adjourned.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Costs request at $4 million instead of the $6 million that was requested.
- Thank you for the opportunity to provide remarks on the House Education Budget omnibus.
- Thank you as well for including funding for MDE's legal cost budget.
- It shows what those who are making the budget value.
- Transportation costs will increase the cross-subsidy and add to budget challenges.
Bills:
HF1388
Keywords:
BARR Center, Building Assets, Reducing Risks, education finance, school funding, grant appropriation, evidence-based program, student achievement, social and emotional learning, school climate, teacher effectiveness, high school graduation, students in poverty, students of color, BIPOC, equity in education, Minnesota Department of Education, urban schools, suburban schools, rural schools, school coaching
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- I understand there are some things for you all to work on, at least the education side of the budget.
- Senate Bill 19 is a result of some of the big issues that have caused a hole in the budget due to some
- We have not yet approved the request. LEA, their district to include a new school.
- And we have not yet approved those requests, but those requests alerted us that they were going to be
- . that their request to have a new school would be authorized by the secretary.
Keywords:
ecological monitoring, sustainability, tribal engagement, education, research funding, graduate scholarship, higher education funding, New Mexico, appropriation, financial aid, out-of-school programming, education funding, youth programs, affordability, nonprofit organizations, defibrillators, public schools, health and safety, emergency response, school elections
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 2 Apr 28th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, first on the A22, I'd like to request a roll call, Madam Speaker.
- In the 2024 Transportation, Housing, and Labor Omnibus Budget Bill, there was a study requested on youth
- look like that, you're gonna find out things you never knew were in that budget.
- So this budget is a reflection. Of that work. It was bipartisan work.
- So you'll see that this budget is a direct result of that hard work.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 03/12/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- We still have some serious budgets to take care of.
- </c><00:25:53.760><c> from</c> president Trump the request from president Trump the request from president
- </c><00:56:18.599><c> year</c> 22 years during a recent budget year 22 years during a recent budget year
- </c> there were no other bills requesting there were no other bills requesting funding<00:56:21.119><
- </c><00:56:25.720><c> was</c> committee the funding mfrp requested was committee the funding mfrp requested
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, May 1, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Request the ayes and nays. The ayes and nays are requested.
- So that adds up to what about 47% of the total frigin budget. Half the budget. Yeah.
- Half the 47% of the total frigin budget. Half the budget.<04:10:25.520><c> Yeah.
- </c> state budget? Why wouldn't we fix that? state budget? Why wouldn't we fix that?
- Well, this budget, the House budget,<04:28:56.640><c> it</c> budget, it budget, it assumes<04:28:58.399
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Apr 14th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- request for there is?
- So we're working through the budget process this year to request additional funding to continue the program
- That's a separate budget ask. That's not part of this bill. Okay. What is that?
- And let's remember this is money being requested by Planned Parenthood.
- And let's remember, this is money being requested by Planned Parenthood.
Summary:
The Military and Veterans Affairs Committee heard presentations on several bills, beginning without a quorum and later taking up the measures once a quorum was established. AB 2531 by Assemblymember Irwin would expand California’s uncompensated care grant program so veterans whose federal health coverage does not include abortion services can access abortion care, and would require CalVet to link to abortion.ca.gov. Supporters, including Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, Equality California, and Reproductive Freedom for All California, said the bill responds to federal restrictions on VA abortion care; opposition from the California Family Council argued it used taxpayer dollars to promote abortion and raised concerns about incomplete information and fraud. Committee members also questioned the bill’s use of “self-identify” for veteran status and the funding structure, with the author indicating openness to looking at proof-of-veteran options.
AB 2054 by Assemblymember Gibson would update California’s paid family leave rules so relatives of military service members can qualify when those members are activated for state emergencies, disaster response, or other domestic duties, not just overseas deployment. The Department of Defense sponsored the bill, and Navy Region Southwest testified in support, saying it would improve stability for military families and reflect modern service demands. Members praised the bill and noted recent National Guard deployments for fires as an example of the gap it addresses.
AB 2219, the Faster Service for Veterans Act, by Chair Schiavo, would require county veterans service officer vacancies to be filled within 12 months, set accreditation timelines, expand training and public awareness, create a statewide work queue, improve data collection, and require periodic reporting and a unified satisfaction survey. The California Association of County Veterans Service Officers supported the bill, saying it would improve timeliness, accountability, and resource planning. After discussion, the committee voted to pass all of the bills and move them to the next committees: the consent calendar bills AB 1702, AB 1765, AB 2203, and AB 2467 were approved 8-0; AB 2054 passed 8-0 and was re-referred to Insurance; AB 2219 passed 8-0 and was re-referred to Appropriations; and AB 2531 passed 6-2 and was re-referred to Appropriations.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Ways & Means Mar 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- This is DOR request legislation.
- to let all members know that our executive session is scheduled tomorrow, and therefore amendment requests
- This is DOR agency request legislation that has been sent over to you by the House.
- This is booked in both budgets, the House and Senate budget.
- AWB and our members absolutely support the WEA account, but we would respectfully request.
Summary:
The Ways and Means Committee held its last scheduled public hearing of the year on March 9, 2026, taking testimony on House Bill 2487, Substitute House Bill 2689, and Engrossed House Bill 2681. For HB 2487, staff and the Department of Revenue explained that the bill would narrow a B&O tax exemption for insurance-related businesses after a 2024 Supreme Court decision, make several related changes including annuity and assigned risk plan exemptions, adjust the advanced computing surcharge threshold for certain affiliated groups, and allow a penalties-and-interest waiver with a repayment plan. DOR supported the bill as clarifying the original intent and preventing double taxation, while insurers and health plan groups opposed it, arguing it would create higher costs, retroactive tax liability, and uncertainty; consumer and policy groups testified in support, saying it closes a loophole and restores the intended tax structure. Committee members questioned the retroactivity, the number of affected businesses, and the fiscal estimates, and the chair reminded members that amendment requests were due by noon for the next day’s executive session.
For Substitute HB 2689, staff described changes to the Working Connections Child Care program that would keep income eligibility at 60% of state median income, reduce future rate-setting from the 85th to the 75th percentile, block enhanced rates for certain cross-region providers, cancel the planned move to enrollment-based prospective payments, revise attendance-based reimbursement to a full month for absences of 10 days or fewer and half-month for longer absences, and require a 65% market survey response rate for validity. The fiscal note projected substantial savings, offset by implementation and staffing costs. SEIU 925 and Head Start representatives supported the simpler House approach to attendance billing but raised concerns about the new survey threshold and the risk of increased audits and provider burden; they also noted an amendment under discussion to address the 2026 survey issue. Committee questions focused on how a full month is defined under the attendance rules.
For HB 2681, staff said the bill would raise annual issuance and renewal fees for cannabis producer, processor, and retail licenses by $400, generating about $866,000 per year for the dedicated cannabis account with minimal administrative cost. No one signed up to testify, and the chair closed the hearing without a vote on any of the bills. The chair also thanked committee staff for their work and reiterated that amendments for the heard bills were due by noon that day.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Unanimous consent has been requested. Is there objection?
- That consent has been requested. Is there objection? Hearing none, the gentleman has the floor.
- Speaker, request unanimous consent to cease further reading of House Bill 544.
- That consent has been requested. Is there objection? Hearing none, the gentleman has the floor.
- The unanimous consent has been requested. Is there objection?
Summary:
The House convened with 66 members present, approved the journal, and then paused for an Idaho State Historical Society presentation featuring artifacts tied to the Declaration of Independence, the Brady Powder Horn, and the Idaho Admission Act. The presentation emphasized Idaho’s historical connection to the nation’s founding and statehood, and members thanked the Historical Society before the House resumed business.
The chamber received Senate messages transmitting Senate Concurrent Resolutions 115 and 116 and Senate Bills 1234 and 1239. Committee reports also moved several bills forward, including House Bills 561, 573, 583, 587, 520, 570, 580, and 581, while House Bill 559 was reported enrolled and sent to the governor. New bills introduced included measures on solar energy, polling-place liability insurance, mental health and developmental disability detention standards, disturbing the peace, architects, programmable money, fire insurer transparency, wildfire risk mitigation, county commissioner authority, concealed weapons, Idaho Digital Learning Academy funding, a daily moment of silence in schools, and aggregated student data on immigration status and nationality.
On the floor, House Bill 551 passed 68-0 on a voice/recorded vote after explanation that it would allow fire and ambulance districts to opt out of urban renewal areas and capture new construction for service funding. House Bill 526 passed 67-2, described as a small-seller/cottage-food style exemption to help entrepreneurs selling low-risk foods directly to consumers. House Joint Resolution 7, which would have sent to voters a repeal of the Idaho Constitution’s sectarian appropriations prohibition, failed to reach the required two-thirds threshold with 41 ayes and 28 nays. House Joint Memorial 11, urging Congress to fully fund IDEA special education costs, passed 40-28, and House Bill 544, increasing Guard and Reserve leave from 120 to 160 hours, passed 68-0. The House also approved committee rule recommendations, rearranged the third-reading calendar, made announcements, and adjourned until February 11, 2026.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The committee's oversight includes development of the system's biennial budget and capital budget request
- The committee's oversight includes development of the system's biennial budget and capital budget request
- The committee's oversight includes development of the system's biennial budget and capital budget request
- The committee's oversight includes development of the system's biennial budget and capital budget request
- </c> we work together and set budget we work together and set budget priorities<00:23:57.120><c> and<
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee Aug 28th, 2025
Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- And I'm curious, are the tribal budgets based on a federal budget?
- That's from the president's budget.
- Because they do out your budgets.
- And with the White House president's budget request for FY26 that proposed eliminating Head Start funding
- Budget.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nomination of Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Jan 22nd, 2025
Senate Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- We'll consider Trump's budget requests.
- So it's 1% of the budget; you can eliminate it all, you're not going to balance the budget.
- Let's talk a little bit about budgeting.
- Congress seems to not care about a budget.
- With zero-based budgeting have for getting towards a balanced budget?
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- request.
- Thank you. included in the governor's banian budget included in the governor's banian budget request<
- </c><00:33:06.480><c> wise</c> legislation as far as the budget wise legislation as far as the budget
- do not adversely affect the department's Governor-approved budget.
- If you really want this, then something on your budget might get cut for it.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Pension Policy Nov 18th, 2025
Select Committee on Pension Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And as I sit on the budget committee, I realize that we have... ...thing.
- We have a nearly $80 billion budget, and budgets are about priorities.
- Now last year in the last budget, there was no COLA for our retirees, Plan 1.
- And the budget in place...
- Maybe our budget situation would be different than, who knows.
Summary:
The executive committee approved the October minutes and received brief updates from the Assistant Attorney General and the committee actuary. The actuary reminded members that OSA prepares actuarial fiscal notes during session and said staff would begin work soon on analysis for the upcoming session, including updates related to the COLA bill and other pension measures. Senator Conway asked that updated actuarial materials be shared with committee members as they are completed, and staff agreed to do so.
Most of the meeting focused on committee discussion of pension policy issues, especially the ad hoc COLA for Plan 1 retirees and the broader study work on Left 1/Plan 1 topics, including merger and termination-restatement bills such as Senate Bill 5084. Members discussed the need for a COLA, the overfunding of some pension plans, the role of the legislature versus the committee, and the importance of keeping the State Investment Board separate from pension policy recommendations. Several members said the interim work had clarified many questions and would make future legislative decisions easier, while also noting that the committee’s study role had been completed.
The committee also reviewed constituent correspondence, which included 15 items, with substantial public interest in the ad hoc COLA and related pension bills. Staff presented the draft interim work plan and proposed December agenda items, including possible education on excess compensation and an update on demographic experience studies. After discussion, members agreed not to hold a December meeting, with the understanding that any remaining informational items could be sent by email. The motion to skip the December meeting passed unanimously, and the committee then adjourned.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on State Administration Mar 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Patrick's Day, and welcome to the Assembly Budget Subcommittee Five on State Administration hearing today
- If you're unable to attend this hearing in person, you may submit your comments via email to ASM Budget
- I'm new to this budget subcommittee, so this is the first time I'm hearing from you.
- The BCPs reflect a request for permanent position authority.
- And this next item is a request for $502,000... ...with the Civil Rights Department.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- They need to be able to build it into their budget.
- To respond to locate requests is very important.
- However, holiday and weekend requests could take longer.
- It handles the most locate requests of anyone in the nation.
- surplus and they have a budget deficit.
Bills:
HB206
Keywords:
HB206, school district bonds, bond election, voter approval, Education Code, Chapter 45, Section 45.003, Section 45.0034, Texas schools, school finance, local tax election, bond referendum, school construction, capital improvements, election frequency, five-year waiting period, district bonds, public school funding