Video & Transcript : 'IT modernization' :
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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- means that it's it this, uh, it all means that it's it again<00:05:15.280><c> has</c><00:05:15.360><
- We're already hearing it. It is happening.
- And by hearing it. It is happening.
- </c> seeing it happen. seeing it happen.
- I support it. I think it's a good bill. I support it.
Bills:
HF4893
Keywords:
education finance, student support, aid allowances, appropriation, school funding, 1183, house
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The party at fault here isn't the law; it is the time and effort it took to put it together.
- They knew it was toxic, and they marketed it and sold it to us anyway.
- :57.520><c> us</c><01:14:58.000><c> anyway</c> it and they sold it to us anyway it and they sold it to
- > it's</c><01:15:51.000><c> not</c> buy it it wasn't selling it's not buy it it wasn't selling it's not
- of it.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/26
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It invites risk. It invites harassment.
- </c><00:30:51.360><c> a</c> record piece of it because it is such a record piece of it because it is
- It was a lot to get it for heavy lift.
- And it brings threats, it brings fear.
- And if it is in fact it should go up.
Keywords:
public safety officer, peace officer, correctional officer, law enforcement, police privacy, officer safety, doxxing, personal information, data privacy, government data practices, private data, internet posting, online disclosure, residential address, phone number, email address, family member protection, child safety, school information, public records
MN
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Appreciate<00:37:55.480><c> it.</c> Appreciate it. Appreciate it.
- It will go in it will go a support us.
- c><01:03:09.920><c> uh</c> Uh we it it without uh Uh we it it without uh the<01:03:11.040><c> funding
- </c> where is it here? where is it here?
- . it. it.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Did it?
- It was not bonds, but did we have it in one of our bills or was it in someone else's bill?
- </c> than I can because it it takes a superco than I can because it it takes a superco computer<01:20
- ><c> prime,</c><01:44:21.360><c> its</c> outlived its competitive prime, its outlived its competitive
- know if it if it needs to come in know if it if it needs to come in earlier<01:48:57.360><c> it</c><01
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee 4/15/26
Rules and Legislative Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- do it handle it then discussion, we'll do it handle it then if<00:56:33.800><c> that's</c><00:56:34.000
- It is humiliating. It is career killing.
- on it.
- It is humiliating. It is career killing.
- We get it. We get it. attorney general. We get it. We get it.
Keywords:
permanent school fund, school endowment fund, Minnesota constitutional amendment, school aid, public school funding, State Board of Investment, investment income, distributable amount, school districts, property taxes, income taxes, voter approval, ballot question, constitutional amendment 2026, education finance, fund perpetuity, purchasing power, trust lands, swamp lands, internal improvement land fund
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> of its profits. of its profits.
- it it focuses on even better uh, because it it focuses on ways<00:14:00.600><c> to</c> ways to ways
- It modernizes Minnesota income tax structure and strengthens local government funding by updating tax
- is, but people say Nobody knows what it is, but people say it. it. it.
- </c> it in the base. it in the base.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/10/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- better be what it says it is.
- /c><00:51:51.720><c> being</c> state uh so it it would end up being state uh so it it would end up being
- > back</c><00:54:16.400><c> here</c> crushing it there bringing it back here crushing it there bringing
- it it it is the problem or to resolve it it it is building<01:26:38.440><c> a</c><01:26:38.639><c> digestor
- She said it is important to have a modernized plant that can take their milk into the future so they
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/10/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:43:07.559><c> it</c> mentioned on slide four here where it it mentioned on slide four here where
- it it it<00:43:08.119><c> it</c><00:43:08.280><c> delivered</c><00:43:08.920><c> $365</c><00:43:09.920
- </c> assistance um so it it varies a little assistance um so it it varies a little bit<01:08:00.039><
- It is unfortunate that it made it to a national scene and was embarrassing, so now we actually do have
- </c> savings from it but they're selling it savings from it but they're selling it to<01:37:17.440><c
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 1/22/25
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- It looks worse than it is.
- It is not, um, it doesn't have to be approved every year or renewed.
- c> so</c> know seems like it it draws attention so know seems like it it draws attention so for<00:57
- </c><01:27:52.520><c> it</c><01:27:52.639><c> might</c><01:27:52.840><c> sound</c> systems modernization
- it might sound systems modernization it might sound like<01:27:53.239><c> a</c><01:27:53.360><c> dtof
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- So it made it difficult to actually get good things.
- It takes about two years to actually see some progress from it because it balances out the lake chemical
- </c><00:48:16.640><c> out</c><00:48:16.800><c> the</c> from it because it it balances out the from it
- Line 460 is the reappropriation of the child welfare IT modernization money that I mentioned earlier.
- </c> reappropriation of the child welfare IT reappropriation of the child welfare IT modernization<02
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 05/21/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We're making it, I guess, it depends. I heard 'it depends' twice. It doesn't depend.
- Kind of hear it in the way that it was said.
- KIND OF HEAR IT. IN THE WAY THAT IT SAID.
- And so, it is not what is done, it is how it is done.
- You can give it any word that you want, and it is on you if you think it is a slur.
Summary:
The Senate opened with routine proceedings, approval of the prior day’s journal, and several motions to restore previously passed bills to the third-reading calendar. Senate Print 2436A, an amendment to the Administrative Code of New York City, and Senate Print 7160, an amendment to the Elder Law, were both reconsidered and restored to the calendar by roll call. Amendments were also received on Senate Print 9960, which retained its place on the third-reading calendar. The chamber then paused to honor Madeline Wilson on her 100th birthday and Marilyn D. Mosley through previously adopted resolutions, with family members and guests recognized on the floor. The Senate also welcomed Columbia Kicks Cancer, a student-run East Greenbush fundraising team that raised more than $239,000 for blood cancer research and care.
The Finance Committee reported Senate Print 9005C, a budget bill amending Chapter 268 of the Laws of 1996, directly to third reading, and the Senate accepted the report and the message of necessity. The bill was then taken up on the controversial calendar, leading to extended debate on Part LL, which focused on limits on state and local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, including 287(g) agreements, informal cooperation, masking rules for law enforcement, sensitive locations such as polling places, and the creation of an Office of Immigration Trust within the Attorney General’s office. Supporters argued the bill would keep state and municipal employees focused on their own duties, protect constitutional rights, and prevent New York resources from being used for federal immigration enforcement; they also said it would not bar all cooperation or prevent local police from responding to crime. Opponents argued it would hinder public safety, restrict law enforcement cooperation, and interfere with local discretion, while some raised concerns about constitutional issues and the practical effects on sheriffs, county jails, and police agencies.
The debate also included a separate provision creating a civil cause of action for constitutional-rights violations by federal, state, or local officials, which supporters described as an accountability measure. Members further discussed the masking section, with supporters saying it applied broadly to officials and was intended to withstand constitutional scrutiny, while opponents cited a recent Ninth Circuit ruling striking down a similar California law. The Office of Immigration Trust and its complaint/referral process were also examined, including the role of the Governor and the State Education Department in reviewing alleged violations. No final vote on the controversial calendar bill was taken in the portion of the transcript provided.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Mar 1st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- it do pass.
- Who's going to maintain it and whose... responsibility it is to maintain it. Mr.
- Okay, well, I read it online. Maybe it's wrong. It was there. It said you have to be qualified.
- And eighth, it updates and modernizes language throughout the legislation.
- So right now, it doesn't require it anywhere.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions Mar 30th, 2026
Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions
Transcript Highlights:
- It is gross. Yes, it is gross.
- Is it number one in education? Is it the Foley's in the first years? Is it the, what is it?
- Is it number one in education? Is it the Foley's in the first years? Is it the, what is it?
- Is it the, what is it?
- What it doesn't do is grow our economy. It probably shrinks it.
Keywords:
tax revenue, state surplus, taxpayer refunds, budget growth, Massachusetts General Laws, income tax, tax reduction, state law, personal income tax, tax rates
Summary:
The Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions held a public hearing on two proposed ballot initiatives: one to reduce the state personal income tax rate from 5% to 4% over three years, and another to revise the state tax collection cap law (62F) so the cap would be based on the prior year’s actual collections plus wage-and-salary growth and would include surtax revenue. Committee chairs outlined the hearing process and noted that the measures would need additional signatures to qualify for the 2026 ballot if not enacted by the legislature.
The committee’s expert witness, Doug Howgate of the Massachusetts Taxpayer Foundation, said the income tax proposal would lower the base rate in stages beginning in 2027 and would ultimately reduce state income tax collections by about $5.4 billion annually when fully implemented. He estimated savings would vary by income level, from a few hundred dollars for lower- and middle-income households to about $10,700 for taxpayers at the surtax threshold. He argued the proposal would improve tax competitiveness but would also require major budget adjustments, likely including reserve use, spending cuts, and possibly new revenue measures; he cited prior downturns and said the state’s rainy day fund is stronger than in past recessions, though spending growth and health care costs remain concerns. On the 62F proposal, he said rebasing the cap to prior-year collections would make refunds more likely, with modeled refunds totaling about $7.9 billion without the surtax and $10.1 billion with it over the last decade, and warned it could reduce stabilization fund deposits and constrain recovery after recessions.
Proponents of both petitions, including representatives from Taxpayers for an Affordable Massachusetts, NFIB, Pioneer Institute, and the Mass Opportunity Alliance, argued that Massachusetts faces an affordability and competitiveness crisis and that lower taxes would help families, small businesses, job creation, and outmigration. They said the income tax cut would put about $1,300 a year back into the hands of average families, help pass-through businesses reinvest, and improve the state’s ability to compete with lower-tax states such as North Carolina. Their economist, Rebecca Paxton, presented a model projecting average annual revenue losses of about $680 million during the phase-in and a total net income tax revenue impact of $2 billion to $2.2 billion, while saying long-term revenue growth would be stronger after implementation. The hearing ended with committee questions and a brief dispute over a planned voter testimonial video, which the chairs said was not appropriate for the hearing at that point.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Jun 24th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- it?
- Is it 9th grade? Is it 8th grade?
- You feed it until it stops eating.
- Do it. Spend it all the way down.
- The oil and gas industry supports modernizing the reclamation fund to ensure it maintains a sustainable
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions Mar 30th, 2026
Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions
Transcript Highlights:
- It is gross, yes. It is gross, yes.
- Is it number one in education? Is it the Foley's in the first years? Is it the, what is it?
- Is it number one in education? Is it the Foley's in the first years? Is it the, what is it?
- Is it the, what is it?
- What it doesn't do is grow our economy. It probably shrinks it.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session May 14th, 2026
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- No, it is not. No, it is not.
- Let's do it next session and get it right.
- It helps modernize Oklahoma's pretrial release process by introducing public safety reports for judges
- And like I said, sit down and everybody loves it. I love it. I hope you love it.
- And it has to do, and you see it on page 3 as well, why?
Bills:
HJR1088, HJR1090, HJR1091, HB1370, SB2154, HJR1092, HJR1093, HJR1095, HJR1099, HJR1100, HB3021, SB893, SB206, SB248, SB259, SB423, SB563, SB604, SB633, HJR1077, SB667, SB1224, SB1257, SB1264, SB1319, SB1360, SB1437, SB1531, SB1543, SB1806, HB3004, SB1572, HB4342, SB1618, SB2, SB237, SB1632, SB1687, SB1726, SB1859, SB1894, SB1461, HB4432, SB1948, SB1589, SJR52, SR46, HCR1030, SB2071, SB2182, SB1451
Keywords:
education rules, administrative rules, joint resolution, Oklahoma State Department of Education, higher education, State Regents for Higher Education, Teachers' Retirement System, charter schools, Statewide Charter School Board, career and technology education, CTE, OEQA, rule approval, legislative oversight, permanent rules, school governance, teacher retirement, education agencies, Oklahoma Register, Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
Summary:
The Senate met with a quorum, prayer, pledges, and recognition of two student pages before taking up a long agenda of House joint resolutions and bills, mostly related to administrative rules and agency approvals. The chamber advanced and passed H.J.R. 1088, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1095, 1099, and 1100, which approved permanent rules for education, energy and agriculture, business and commerce, building code, health-related agencies, general government agencies, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, and OMES. Several senators criticized the process for moving rule resolutions quickly and without committee vetting, while supporters said the calendar delays required direct consideration. The Senate also adopted conference committee reports and passed SB 206, SB 248, and HB 3021, with HB 3021 making small changes to graduation requirements, including science/math course language, Oklahoma history flexibility for some military families, and personal financial literacy counting toward math in some cases.
A major portion of the meeting focused on House Bill 1370, which was described by its author as repealing an automatic state trigger that would replace any federal gasoline tax if the federal government suspended it. Supporters argued the bill would prevent Oklahoma drivers from paying more if the federal gas tax were repealed and framed it as tax relief; opponents argued it could reduce highway and bridge funding and create a budget hole. The Senate suspended several rules to bring the bill up, but rejected a motion to suspend the fiscal-impact rule for a proposed amendment. After debate, the chamber passed the measure 41-7 and then approved it as an emergency measure.
The Senate also took up Senate Bill 893, a conference report dealing with foreign ownership near critical infrastructure and agricultural land. The bill would restrict certain foreign adversary ownership or leasing within 10 miles of critical infrastructure, add training zones and other protected areas, delay implementation until July 1, 2027, and create an enforcement process involving Attorney General review and whistleblower-style reporting. Senators raised concerns about enforcement, possible misuse, and profiling, while the author said the bill was aimed at national security and infrastructure protection. The conference report was adopted and the bill passed. Later, the Senate received notice that the House was ready to convene in joint session, and the chamber briefly stood at ease before returning to continue its work.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/31/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- It appears the ayes have it; it is so ordered.
- And this bill modernizes it.
- It appears the ayes have it. Do we have it? It is so ordered. Mr. Vice Chair. Mr.
- It appears the ayes have it, do have it, so ordered. Mr.
- It appears the ayes have it; it is so ordered. Mr.
Bills:
HB2014, HB2111, HB2156, HB2165, HB2202, HB2305, HB2321, HB2399, HB2403, HB2416, HB2418, HB2446, HB2601, HB2615, HB2620, HB2812, HB2939, HB2940, HB2955, HB2957, HB2960, HB2992, HB4026, HB4049
Keywords:
air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, driver license, examinations, motorcycle awareness, public safety, traffic laws, livestock, compensation, funding, ranching, agriculture, veterans, state parks, admission fees, military exemption, recreation access
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- She believes it honors the land and it honors people who grow on it.
- And just, it was great. It was fun.
- We need to modernize the fair, make it what it once was, make it what it needs to be.
- We need to modernize the fair, make it what it once was, make it what it needs to be.
- It was on our agenda and the analyst just put it in. That's part of it. It's not part of it. Okay.
Summary:
The Senate convened for an Indian Day/Native American Day session featuring prayers, drum and color guard presentations, and extensive recognition of tribal leaders, students, royalty, and community advocates from across New Mexico and neighboring tribal nations. Senators used the morning to introduce guests and speak about Native sovereignty, language preservation, education, water access, economic development, and the importance of tribal-state relationships. Several speakers highlighted personal and family ties to Native communities, while others emphasized ongoing work on issues such as clean water for Navajo communities, Native youth leadership, and missing and murdered Indigenous women and relatives.
A major non-ceremonial item was the reading of Senate Executive Messages from the governor authorizing consideration of Senate Bills 306, 309, 312, and 313. Those bills would, respectively, change licensure rules for certain institutions, alter lottery tuition fund deposit requirements, and repeal or revise provisions related to safety helmets and child restraint devices in negligence and damages law. The Senate also received committee reports advancing House Bill 34, Senate Bills 204, 241, 77, 152, 190, and 143, along with confirmations for Elaine Luna and Grace Margaret Herrera to the New Mexico Highlands University Board of Regents. The Rules Committee also reported on the governor’s appointment of Don Walters as child advocate for the Office of the Child Advocate.
The chamber also adopted a Senate resolution recognizing February 6, 2026, as New Mexico Speech, Language, and Hearing Association Day, with Senator Pope speaking in support of audiologists and speech-language pathologists. Throughout the session, members repeatedly acknowledged the prior night’s Senate-House basketball game, which raised more than $26,000 for cancer, and used the occasion to thank participants and guests. No roll-call votes were recorded in the transcript beyond voice votes adopting the committee reports and the unanimous-consent actions on floor procedures and guest access.