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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The appropriation is blank, but I would hope that we can find some funding or fund this appropriately
- We're not requesting a general fund appropriation for this purpose, but just asking to remove the prohibition
- </c> requesting a general fund appropriation requesting a general fund appropriation for<01:10:38.320
- That is part of the request.
- </c><01:20:34.239><c> recent</c><01:20:35.040><c> legislation</c> recent legislation recent legislation
Keywords:
agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Apr 9th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Persons disrupting legislative proceedings are subject to removal, arrest, or other appropriate legal
- I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 56 to allow the Public Employment and Retirement
- Speaker and colleagues, I respectfully request your I vote. Thank you, Assembly Member Ward.
- I request that we adjourn in his honor. Thank you, Assembly Member Arens.
- I request that the adjournment in memory be deemed read and printed in the journal.
Summary:
The California Assembly met in session, established a quorum, and opened with a reflection and pledge. The body handled routine procedural business, including dispensing with the journal reading, suspending rules for guest introductions and adjournment memories, and re-referring several bills to different committees. Members also introduced guests, including district staff, the Citrus Heights leadership class, and Rosie Rios, chair of America 250.
The main floor debate centered on AB 2180 by Assembly Member Ward, a local government finance measure related to water rates and Proposition 218. Ward argued the bill would provide clearer legal standards for proportional water rates, reduce litigation, and prevent low-use customers from subsidizing high-use users. Assembly Member DeMaio opposed the bill, saying it would weaken taxpayer protections and allow overcharging. After debate, the Assembly passed AB 2180 on a roll call vote of 41-17.
The Assembly then adopted the second-day consent calendar, with AB 1853 and several other bills and resolutions passing 52-0. The chamber also held adjournment-in-memory tributes for former Santa Clara County Supervisor Rod Diridon Sr., praising his public service and transit advocacy. The session ended with announcements and adjournment until Monday, April 13 at 1 p.m.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Apr 9th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Persons disrupting legislative proceedings are subject to removal, arrest, or other appropriate legal
- I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 56 to allow the Public Employment and Retirement
- Speaker and colleagues, I respectfully request your aye vote. Thank you, Assembly Member Ward.
- I request that we adjourn in memory in his honor. Thank you, Assembly Member Arons.
- I request that the adjournment in memory be deemed read and printed in the journal.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 19 Feb 26th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Chair requests that people seat themselves and refrain from conversation.
- For years, we have been told energy legislation wouldn't hurt the consumer.
- The primary flaw of this legislation is that it doubles down.
- Take a look at the timelines provided in this legislation.
- We appropriate. We are the people's house, not a commission.
Summary:
The House opened with routine formalities and then adopted a resolution recognizing the work of Ukraine Forward after suspending the rules. Members also suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow several petitions to proceed, including proposals related to a poverty-reduction grant program, an unemployment insurance study commission, and a local police-exam age waiver. The House then took up a major energy bill, House No. 4744/5151, reported by Ways and Means and scheduled by Steering, Policy and Scheduling, and advanced it through second reading and to third reading after adopting the committee amendment.
The main floor debate centered on the energy affordability, clean power, and economic competitiveness bill. Supporters argued it would lower rates through reforms to Mass Save, changes to procurement and interconnection, returning a share of alternative compliance payments to ratepayers, and other consumer protections, while preserving long-term clean energy goals. Opponents said the bill’s relief was too delayed and that it added costs and bureaucracy without immediate help for households facing high bills. Several amendments were offered and rejected, including proposals to suspend public benefit charges for a year, change utility rate-filing disclosure rules, and alter propane delivery protections; one amendment on solar siting in forested areas was also defeated.
The House adopted a consolidated amendment to the energy bill by a roll call vote of 127-27, and earlier adopted the Ways and Means substitute version of the bill. The chamber also passed several other bills to be engrossed or enacted, including measures on unemployment insurance for fluctuating schedules, the Medical Society mission statement, a youth training wage, bridge and intersection designations, handicapped parking fines, public way safety, excavation restoration, and a Newton police age requirement. The House observed multiple moments of silence honoring deceased veterans, public servants, and community figures, including Navy Petty Officer Joden Booker, coach Thomas Skip Karam, former Police Chief Carlton Abbott, and former legislator William Q. Biff McLean, Jr.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Appropriate time. Okay. Now would be the appropriate time. I see no questions.
- Well, so the first state to pass legislation, where this policy started, they immediately passed legislation
- I would request that...
- We bring to y'all, y'all bring legislation.
- What was their request? Same fund.
Keywords:
survivor benefits, law enforcement, reserve officer, auxiliary officer, public safety, firefighters, medical expenses, dental expenses, disability benefits, Medicaid, dental coverage, healthcare access, medical necessity, Louisiana Department of Health, health insurance, provider agreements, contracting actions, participating facilities, network status, survivors benefits
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Local Government Jan 12th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- That's the same money that was appropriated all the way back in 2023.
- And then really just one final request for more assistance from our...
- So in the area of regulatory clarity, we request efforts that support more coordinated legislating.
- So our members advise... ...on-the-ground results of state legislation.
- So we are intimately involved in the details of land use legislation.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:03:36.239><c> The</c> appropriated for that purpose. The appropriated for that purpose.
- ,</c><00:04:07.280><c> I'd</c> to have a copy go to appropriations, I'd to have a copy go to appropriations
- ,</c><00:09:09.279><c> how</c> the $3 million uh appropriation, how the $3 million uh appropriation,
- appropriations be set the appropriate appropriations be set aside<01:04:45.280><c> and</c><01:04:45.520
- </c> includes any of those agency requests. includes any of those agency requests.
Keywords:
911 services, emergency response, grant funding, next generation technology, government accountability, public safety, mental health, detention, competency evaluation, treatment, contractual agreements, Wyoming, budget, funding, education, wildfire prevention, healthcare, community colleges, grants, economic development
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Oct 1st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- That have depleted the Appropriation Contingency Fund.
- Appropriating funds in response to recent federal budget cuts. 5.
- Transferring funds into the Appropriation Contingency Fund. 9.
- Appropriating funds for the expenses of the 57th Legislature First Special Session 2025.
- An act relating to general appropriations, making appropriations from the legislative cash session of
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, I'm just not clear in what form we're getting this request. Is this a bonding request?
- </c><00:24:51.440><c> Is</c> request. Is this a bonding request? Is request.
- </c> being requested? being requested?
- He joked that the deluxe legislator edition comes with supplemental handouts and said the 2026 request
- This is a legislative cre priority.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session May 19th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So if you want to request an additional six, months, this bill will now allow you to request that if
- at the same time as the request for a building permit.
- They are back to normal, and this legislation is not needed.
- They are back to normal and this legislation is not needed.
- With that, I respectfully request an aye vote. Thank you.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative, so yesterday evening, I went and requested the legislative history.
- So yesterday evening I went and requested the legislative history from 2002.
- Like I said, the budget is request for this year, and what they were appropriated in 2026 is $25,810,000
- I mean, we were just told that IDLA's funded appropriations request for this year is like $26 million
- to be better than no legislation.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Human Services and Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health Mar 25th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Second, I want to request an analysis from the administration by or... ...to request an analysis from
- A backup request can take six to eight hours of staff time, carefully matching skills, A backup request
- appropriated one-time appropriations as well.
- appropriated one-time appropriations as well.
- So what would be the appropriate appropriation in order to be able to get there?
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Budget Review Sub. on General Government (1-29-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- These are the numbers that we requested that included um our additional budget request.
- </c> These are the numbers that we requested These are the numbers that we requested that<00:03:42.080
- .<00:03:45.840><c> Um</c> request.
- Um request.
- Um farmland a budget request.
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Attendance Roll Call 00:00:20
Approval of Minutes 00:00:41
Department of Agriculture 00:01:06, 958, all
Summary:
The House Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government met for its third meeting, approved the minutes, and heard a budget presentation from the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. Department representatives Brandon Reid, Lee Macintosh, and Mark Bolan outlined the agency’s funding mix and requested support for several priorities in House Bill 500, including continuation of existing items, county fair grants, and an additional $5 million for the new economic development fund. They also discussed a capital request to replace two aging scale trucks, noting the vehicles are from 2002 and 2006 and have become unreliable and expensive to repair.
The department emphasized several additional needs: funding to begin regulating and inspecting electric vehicle charging stations through the weights and measures division, retention and recruitment funding after losing 108 employees over three years, and a request to pay off tobacco-related debt service so more money can flow through the tobacco formula. They also cited House Bill 417, filed by Speaker Osborne, as supporting farmland preservation, saying the agency has a program ready but needs funding to implement it. Officials said the farm-to-food-banks and rural mental health items in the budget were acceptable as reduced by the tobacco formula.
Members asked questions about pump inspection fees and staffing losses. The department said the inspection fee is $100 per station, not per pump, and that the same fee applies even to larger stations. On retention and recruitment, officials said the cost of turnover is significant but they did not have a dollar estimate. No votes were taken beyond the motion to approve the minutes, and the meeting ended with a motion to adjourn.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- When we get to appropriations with this bill.
- And you're aware of all the water requests.
- request.
- But I certainly get a lot of requests from senators.
- Senator Green, members, symbol 1314, that is a request of OwRB.
Keywords:
SB1191, Oklahoma Energy Initiative Act, Oklahoma Low Carbon Energy Initiative Board, low carbon energy, clean energy, energy policy, renewable energy, board repeal, statutory repeal, administrative board, energy committee, natural resources, Oklahoma statutes, 17 O.S. 802.3, groundwater, indemnity fund, well drilling, pollution prevention, regulatory compliance, SB1319
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 on Public Safety Apr 7th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I want to thank you for your generosity in opening up this hearing to the Legislative Women's Caucus
- In August 2023, the California Legislative Women's Caucus hosted a legislative briefing. about sexual
- Good afternoon, Chair and members of the Committee and the Legislative Women's Caucus.
- That investigative work will be performed by the additional attorneys requested in our BCP.
- The appropriate measures, the appropriate punishment, we want to make sure that it's being out there.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
Transcript Highlights:
- As Mary mentioned, 32 states have enacted the legislation.
- This request jeopardizes patient safety and disregards what is adequate and appropriate medical training
- adequate and appropriate medical education and training.
- We respectfully request that it be reported favorably.
- That's why we strongly support this legislation.
Summary:
The committee opened a hearing of the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure focused on health care and human services, reviewed testimony logistics, and then heard a long series of witnesses on several bills. Much of the testimony centered on interstate licensure compacts for dentistry, social work, and occupational therapy, with supporters arguing these compacts would improve workforce mobility, continuity of care, and access while preserving state oversight and public protection. Dental witnesses were split on H.455/S.257, with supporters backing the AADB dental compact for its hands-on exam, background checks, and disciplinary safeguards, while opponents argued a competing compact would better promote portability and avoid conflicts tied to proprietary testing and outside commissions. Social work witnesses strongly supported H.380/S.252, emphasizing continuity of care for clients who move across state lines, reduced costs and delays for practitioners, and the compact’s public-protection features; occupational therapy witnesses similarly supported H.427/S.256, citing access, telehealth, military families, and maintained standards.
The committee also heard testimony on S.242, which would expand licensure for lactation care providers. Supporters, including lactation counselors and health center staff, said adding certified lactation counselors and related credentials would expand access, improve breastfeeding support, and allow reimbursement for services now often provided without billing. They described the training required and said the bill would help families, especially in underserved communities. Representative James O’Day also testified in support of the social work compact, and a Council of State Governments witness provided background on compact mechanics and state participation.
Another major topic was H.419/S.214 on medical debt. Physicians and researchers testified that cancer patients experience long-lasting medical debt and collections burdens, and they supported limits on the sale and collection of medical debt, bans on reporting it to credit bureaus, and related consumer protections. The hearing also included H.465 on a pathway to special licensure for certain long-term limited-registration dentists serving MassHealth patients, which Representative Senna supported as a way to allow immigrant dentists to practice independently. Finally, the committee heard sharply divided testimony on H.444/S.284, which would allow trained dental hygienists to administer Botox and dermal fillers: supporters framed it as a safe, preventive, and access-expanding tool for TMJ, bruxism, and pain management, while dermatologists opposed it as outside hygienists’ training and a patient-safety risk. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Higher Education Institutions Committee Jun 18th, 2026
Higher Education Institutions Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- So when decisions are being made about what is in Dickinson State's appropriation request or capital
- The last point I would make is that you'll see a legislative request from us, since you mentioned the
- So initially here we'll look at operating requests.
- what the governor's requested reduction was.
- That helps appropriators out.
Summary:
The Higher Education Institutions Committee met at NDSU and heard an extensive presentation from President David Cook/President Stewart and NDSU leadership on the university’s priorities, including enrollment, student success, research growth, and use of New Horizons funding. Leaders emphasized NDSU’s land-grant mission, its role in workforce development, and its goal of becoming more distinctive through strategic planning, recruitment and retention, commercialization, and partnerships. They highlighted that NDSU awarded 2,370 degrees in 2025, produces a large share of the state’s engineering, nursing, and agriculture graduates, and reported strong outcomes for graduates staying and working in North Dakota. They also noted enrollment headwinds, competition from other institutions, and the need to manage tuition waivers more carefully through a scholarship optimization effort.
Provost Sherry Vale outlined academic stewardship efforts, including review or consolidation of low-producing programs, strategic hiring tied to institutional priorities, faculty workload policy changes, and expanded online and regional offerings. She said the university is using New Horizons dollars to strengthen advising, student support, and programs in engineering, agriculture, and health. NDSU leaders also described new or expanded academic offerings such as robotics and automation, artificial intelligence, material science and engineering, nuclear engineering certificates, accelerated nursing, nurse practitioner certificates, a Master of Health Administration, and a clinical research master’s program with Sanford Health. They stressed that these investments are intended to improve student completion, meet workforce needs, and increase return on public investment.
The committee also heard testimony from students and recent graduates who described the value of NDSU’s education, mentorship, internships, research opportunities, and support services. Alyssa Hodges spoke about pharmacy education, public health work, and campus support as a parent and student; Ethan Blessy described engineering coursework, internships with Marvin, and career preparation; and Aiden Freolic discussed neuroscience research, federally funded projects, and plans for graduate study. Their testimony was followed by presentations on partnerships with Gateway to Science for K-12 STEM outreach and with Sanford Research on biomedical research, clinical trials, obesity research, and a joint biostatistics hire. NDSU also highlighted systemwide shared services, Governor’s School programming, and research growth, including a reported 8% increase in research expenditures from $199 million to $215 million. No bill votes were taken; the meeting was informational and featured presentations, testimony, and discussion of future planning and partnerships.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Jun 26th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- The recap of child welfare legislation passed during the 2025 legislative session.
- That appropriation was made.
- But that concludes our summary of both key legislation that was passed as well as appropriation to the
- , a one-time appropriation.
- The request in conversation was around a specific $20 million appropriation.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Please stand for the prayer by Donna Kfar, legislative chaplain, or remain standing for the Pledge of
- Senate Bill 1849, capital outlay, appropriations, transportation technology.
- Senate Bill 1860, property, appropriations, transportation technology.
- to hear legislation, and Senate Rule 7 be suspended to allow the Committee on Appropriations to consider
- This type of legislation is in Project 2025.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, September 4, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, I request recorded vote.
- Chairman, I request recorded vote. >> Mr. Chairman, I request recorded vote.
- You belong appropriating it.
- Speaker, I request the ayes and nays. >> The gentleman requests a recorded vote pursuant to clause 6,
- A recorded vote has been requested.