Video & Transcript Research : 'Joint Legislative Budget Committee'

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AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Apr 2nd, 2025

State Governmental Affairs

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  • State government committee will Okay. State government committee will come to order.
  • Then, because we have been in committee all day today, I supported you about one out of three.
  • Legislative Council, basically asking for ratification of the code books and coming in with the errata
  • I have one, two, three chairmen that are on this committee right now. And Mr.
Bills: SB248, SB242, HB44, SB266, HB44
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part I) Feb 27th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so the Senate Committee on State Affairs will come to order. Will the clerk call the roll?
  • And so you'll see members of this committee in and out.
  • Thank you so much, Chair Hughes and members of the Senate Committee on State Affairs.
  • Senate Bill 666 be left pending in committee. I'm getting it. I'm giving it.
  • passed Senate Bill 12 came through this committee.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

State Government Finance and Policy

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  • the committee.
  • <00:26:56.880> Audit the chair of the Legislative Audit the chair of the Legislative Audit
  • committee.
  • committee, my name is Colleen Lindgren. committee, my name is Colleen Lindgren.
  • > rule legislative committees of certain rule legislative committees of certain rule adoptions<01
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - Senate Government

Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • to get the budget done, but either the governor, because of negotiations, or perhaps other legislators
  • We should be negotiating the budget in committees. We should have more public input.
  • We should be negotiating the budget in committees. We should have more public input.
  • Chair, members, House Bill 2745 allows a legislative committee to hold a witness and conduct... Mr.
  • I worry that allowing a single legislative committee chair to hold a person in contempt, that could be
Summary: The committee approved the minutes from the prior meetings and then took up several measures, beginning with HCR 2013, which would proclaim June 2026 as Celebrate Life Month in Arizona. The resolution drew emotional testimony in support from Crystal Cooper and Bella Stockton, both of whom shared personal stories about living with spina bifida and argued for celebrating life and supporting people with disabilities. Senator Kennedy voted no, saying the resolution was symbolic and did not address practical supports such as paid family leave, health care, housing, and school meals. The committee ultimately gave HCR 2013 a due pass recommendation on a 4-1 vote, with two members not voting. The committee then advanced HB 2327, as amended, clarifying protections for eligible persons’ identifying information in county recorder records and explicitly excluding voter registration records from the confidentiality provisions. Representative Hendricks said the bill was intended to fix problems created by earlier language protecting elected officials and first responders. The committee also passed HB 2258, which adds La Paz County to the Tourism Advisory Council’s geographic area, with no opposition testimony. A longer debate followed on HB 2397, which expands HOA/condominium disclosure requirements for prospective buyers, including bylaws, declarations, plats, meeting minutes, and information about assessments and known defects. Representative Biasucci said the bill was about transparency for buyers, while the Arizona Association of Community Managers raised concerns about cost and the scope of the disclosure requirements; the Arizona Homeowners Coalition supported the bill but opposed an amendment that would require managers to be on site for capital projects. The committee adopted two Hoffman amendments and then gave HB 2397 a due pass as amended recommendation. The committee also passed HB 2015, which imposes penalties on state agencies that miss federal audit reporting deadlines, and HB 4049, which changes how the Attorney General represents DCS in cases alleging misconduct; both drew opposition over concerns about punitive penalties and existing conflict procedures. Later, the committee approved HB 4087, authorizing a memorial plaque for former legislator Barbara Love, and HB 2100, which allows counties to authorize certain small land subdivisions, despite objections that it could weaken water-supply protections. The committee then passed HB 2460, as amended, preempting local ordinances that penalize businesses for abandoned or stolen movable property such as shopping carts; supporters argued cities were charging victims of theft, while cities and towns said the bill would undercut local nuisance enforcement and shift costs to taxpayers. Finally, the committee began hearing HCR 2056, a proposed constitutional referral recognizing a right to refuse medical mandates, with Representative Cooper and supporters framing it as bodily autonomy and opponents warning it would weaken public health protections, especially in schools and during outbreaks.