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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Feb 9th, 2026 at 06:43 pm

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • And what it does, it allows businesses that want to improve their facilities with energy efficiency,
  • water efficiency, et cetera, to be able to contract through the C-PACE program with a financier.
  • And so again, these are businesses that are becoming more efficient.
  • That means lower operating costs, higher property values, and more resilient facilities without state
  • By removing this ambiguity, the bill allows more projects to move forward that improve energy efficiency
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Johnson: If it's efficient to do this for a county with a population of less than... ...100,000
  • , is it also efficient for a county with a population of more than 100,000?
  • However, overlapping procedures and a lack of data sharing make it harder to serve their clients efficiently
  • So there has been a lot of attention on government efficiency in recent weeks, but Workforce Solutions
  • The The Efficiency Committee was very efficient, and if there's no other business for the committee,
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EIG DEFER Public Hearing 04-21-2026

Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • establishing a legislative task force on Hawaii's future energy pathways to examine strategies to maximize cost
  • pathways to examine strategies<00:04:21.440> to<00:04:21.600> maximize<00:04:22.200> cost
  • <00:04:22.520> savings strategies to maximize cost savings strategies to maximize cost savings
  • about separating generation and distribution, and I'm concerned about that substantially increasing costs
  • But again, the idea is to focus in on cost-effective generation, and specifically on that, and so that's
Summary: The Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs reconvened on April 21 and took up a series of House Concurrent Resolutions, with no public testimony. Members first approved HCR 43, urging raised crosswalks near Ala Wai Elementary at University Avenue, Malkiki Street, and Kamoku Street to improve student safety, and HCR 154, asking Hawaii County to expand the Heleon shared ride program islandwide, including rural and underserved areas. They also passed HCR 165, calling for permanent pickleball nets and court lighting at Kamilo Iki Community Park, and HCR 186, urging the U.S. Department of Defense and Defense Health Agency to extend health care authorization renewals for people affected by the Red Hill water contamination crisis. The committee then approved HCR 200, which urges the Department of Defense to reassess prior CERCLA-related closure decisions in light of evolving PFAS science. Members said the measure was intended to help keep PFAS out of the water system. HCR 202, establishing a legislative task force on Hawaii’s future energy pathways, was amended before passage to expand the task force’s scope to include separation of generation from transmission and distribution, add Senate leadership representation, and include representatives from the Agricultural Development Corporation and the Farm Bureau. Several members supported the amended version with reservations, expressing concern about possible cost impacts from separating generation and distribution. Finally, the committee passed HCR 206 HD1, which requests the Hawaii State Energy Office to convene a working group to study the impacts of large data centers on utilities, ratepayers, natural resources, and climate goals. All measures were adopted by the committee, with HCR 202 passing with amendments and the others passing unamended. The meeting then adjourned.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Feb 18th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Bernie, how much is this going to cost if it went from one year to five years?
  • How much is this going to cost? What are we actually talking about here?
  • How much does it cost? Is it cost prohibitive?
  • How much does it cost? I'll chip in. Have the decency—how much does it cost? I'll chip in.
  • Medicaid has a big target on its back because it costs so much money.
Summary: The committee heard presentations on the Senate’s proposed 2026-2027 budget, SPB 2500, with chairs outlining major spending in K-12 education, higher education, health and human services, criminal and civil justice, transportation/tourism/economic development, and agriculture/environment/general government. Highlights included a $115 billion overall budget, pay raises for state employees and public safety workers, major K-12 funding increases and enrollment supplements, higher education workforce and nursing investments, expanded Medicaid/KidCare and behavioral health funding, corrections and law enforcement operational funding, transportation and housing investments, and significant environmental and water quality spending. Members asked about civic education funding, declining enrollment, professor retention, APD waiver waitlists, cultural grant allocations, and other line items. Public testimony also addressed HIV/AIDS drug assistance funding and prison air conditioning. SPB 2500 was adopted as a committee bill after amendment consideration and a roll call vote. The committee then took up implementing and related budget bills, including SPB 2502 (implementing the General Appropriations Act), SPB 2504 (state employee bargaining placeholder), SB 7028 (Florida Retirement System contribution rates and related retirement changes), SPB 2506 (fuel tax distributions), SPB 2508 (state agency law enforcement radio system surcharge), SPB 2510 (termination of an unused court trust fund), SPB 2512 (new judgeships), SPB 2514 (K-12 conforming changes), SPB 2516 (higher education conforming changes), and SPB 2518 (health conforming changes). Most were explained as technical or conforming measures tied to the budget, and all were reported favorably as committee bills, with SB 7028 amended to direct a portion of increased contributions to disability and line-of-duty death benefits in the FRS investment plan. The committee also heard and passed several member bills, including CS for SB 1074 on rounding rules for cash transactions in a world without pennies, CS for SB 678 restoring the alcohol loss deduction framework for distributors, and SB 964 on firefighter cancer benefits and prevention. SB 964 drew the most discussion, with questions about the one-year death-benefit window, the separate $25,000 cancer diagnosis payment, and whether the bill could create gaps in coverage for firefighters diagnosed or dying just outside the new time limits. Firefighter representatives testified in support, saying the bill would provide clearer protections for members and families. All of these measures were reported favorably.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Feb 4th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • And number two is reducing the cost of veterinary care.
  • This won't solve the problem of the cost of veterinary care, which is kind of closely tied to the cost
  • And missing these diagnoses will cost many lives.
  • But if that supply increases, then costs should go down logically.
  • In the long run, it will cost us money.
Summary: The committee heard and advanced several bills, beginning with CS/SB 796, which would create Veterinary Professional Associates as a new supervised veterinary role, expand telehealth prescription timeframes, and set training and scope limits. Supporters said it would improve access to care, lower costs, and create a career path, while opponents argued the proposal lacked a clear regulatory framework, could create liability and federal-law conflicts, and would not address the real shortage in rural large-animal practice. After debate, the committee reported the bill favorably. Members also heard and favorably reported SB 1682 on local authority over derelict and abandoned vessels, CS/SB 1028 on a commercial Citizens clearinghouse for property insurance, SB 394 on exempting certain reinsurance underwriting managers from licensing, SB 636 on beach management and erosion designations, CS/SB 546 on public notice for conservation land sales or exchanges, CS/SB 302 on Biscayne Bay nature-based solutions and related coastal resiliency provisions, SB 1050 on pharmacy choice for pet medications, and SB 774 extending workers’ compensation benefits to 911 public safety telecommunicators for mental and nervous injuries. Testimony on these bills generally focused on access, regulatory clarity, environmental protection, or workforce support, with some concerns raised on insurance consumer protections and beach-management language. Senator Harrell’s bills were also taken up and reported favorably: CS/SB 480, a major overhaul of state IT governance creating DIGIT and new procurement, reporting, and workforce structures; CS/SB 1230, restricting PFAS-containing firefighting foam and adding testing, inventory, and disposal requirements; and CS/SB 1288, a naming bill designating the Andrew Red Harris Shoal and requiring markers. Finally, the committee heard extensive testimony on SB 1066 regarding restoration of the Oklawaha/Rodman system, with supporters emphasizing ecological restoration, flood-risk reduction, and economic benefits, and opponents warning about local impacts, water quality, and the loss of a world-class fishery. The transcript ends during testimony on that bill, before final action is shown.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services May 20th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is the cost of love and sacrifice.
  • Who covers these costs in the hospital if the birth mom changes her mind?
  • Forcing a long wait time, will it inevitably cost the state and DFPS more, and the cost could potentially
  • More, and the cost could potentially be really high. Where are the children going to go?
  • It is really about using the resources we currently have more efficiently and effectively.
Summary: The committee met without a quorum at first, then established a quorum with five members present. Members heard and left pending several House bills, including HB 4743 on allowing hospitals to license mobile stroke units under a hospital license, HB 4129 on earlier DFPS enforcement tools for single-source continuum contractors in community-based foster care, HB 4903 creating a Quad Agency Child Care Initiative to coordinate child care regulations across state agencies, HB 3812 revising the gold card/prior authorization process for physicians, HB 4535 requiring written informed consent before COVID-19 vaccination and a standardized state information sheet, and HB 4666 reducing the frequency of some HHSC reports to the legislature. The chair also noted HB 35 would be voted on later after a subcommittee back was received, and that a large number of bills would be heard the next day. Most of the testimony focused on HB 4535 and HB 4730. On HB 4535, supporters argued the bill would strengthen informed consent for COVID vaccination by requiring written consent and clearer state-level information about risks, manufacturer liability protections, and adverse-event reporting; opponents, including a pediatrician and medical groups, said existing federal and state informed-consent materials already cover these topics and warned the bill could create duplicative paperwork and penalties. On HB 3812, the Texas Medical Association supported changes that would extend the gold-card evaluation period to one year, raise transparency, and make prior authorization exemptions easier to administer, while health plans said they were neutral and viewed the bill as a balance between reducing burden and preventing fraud or unsafe care. HB 4730 drew extensive testimony from adoption professionals, birth mothers, adoptive parents, and child welfare advocates. The bill would require DFPS to create a relinquishment form, train child-placing agency staff, and extend the minimum waiting period for voluntary relinquishment from 48 hours to seven days. Supporters of the current law argued the 48-hour period aligns with hospital discharge, allows informed decisions, and helps birth parents and adoptive families begin healing and bonding without pushing children into foster care or creating legal and Medicaid complications. The author said the bill would be revised and that the seven-day provision was a work in progress. No votes were taken on the bills during the meeting; each bill was left pending after public testimony closed.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2025-04-03

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so what this bill does is provide grants to ag retailers or co-ops to cover the cost and time involved
  • So this bill would help us cover our costs for staff and the time needed to make sure that all of our
  • I don't know anybody that got a cost of living raise that equaled that same number.
  • It also includes the cost of health insurance, cost of child care, how many children are in the family
  • , and also to cover the increased cost of lease space at the Minnesota Judicial Center.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 4/3/25 - Part 2

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill does not require new costs since the funding for the office was already allocated and is ready
  • This bill does not require new costs since the funding for the office was already allocated and is ready
  • Recent cost-benefit analysis shows that civil legal services delivers $4 back to Minnesotans for every
  • Recent cost-benefit analysis shows that civil legal services delivers $4 back to Minnesotans for every
  • <00:41:14.720> and ensuring that they are efficiently and ensuring that they are efficiently
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 4/3/25 - Part 1

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • anybody that got a cost-of-living raise that equaled that same number.
  • anybody that got a cost-of-living raise that equaled that same number.
  • legislation removes the automatic cost legislation removes the automatic cost of<00:50:03.760>
  • <00:52:35.119> of I think it was 20 2023 the cost of I think it was 20 2023 the cost of living
  • It also includes the cost of health insurance, cost of child care, how many children are in the family
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 31st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House resolution by Representative Freeman to urge and request the Department of Education to study costs
  • Do you think this will make courts more efficient, removing 10 ADAs from Orleans Parish?
  • Now, the cost of that was going to be $4.8 million.
  • costs.
  • Louisiana families are struggling with rising insurance costs and uncertainty in the market.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce May 18th, 2026

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is 20 feet of damage here going to be the equivalent cost? ...of 20 feet of damage there?
  • To avoid that so that everybody's getting a fair cost of the repairs.
  • And the other portion is just the cost of living and building materials.
  • So I would imagine that that comes at a cost, an elevated cost to someone.
  • It's costing us more to, you know, I don't know. This regulation is becoming overbearing.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Mar 18th, 2026

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • But I do know that debate is cost prohibitive.
  • offset the cost for the adult childare. offset the cost for the adult childare.
  • <00:39:59.359> on it's that is a it can be a big cost on it's that is a it can be a big cost
  • that come with that low cost of living.
  • We were so excited to be able to tell them about this low cost of living.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 18th, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • care costs? care costs? >> Absolutely. >> Absolutely. >> Absolutely.
  • This pretty extensive study we did dug into your finances, your cost, how much does it cost?
  • So, you know, the costs still running.
  • <00:38:48.160> So cost but Medicare has not went up.
  • So cost but Medicare has not went up.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am

A&B Education Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Can you tell me what's going to be the cost and who's going to pay for the least training and what is
  • the individual cost per person?
  • I don't know the actual cost, but the private entity will. Will there be any discussion or debate?
  • No impact for the cost of 2026, the qualification, the timeline, the application, everything.
  • About what it's what it costs for all the other changes that we've made in it.