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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works May 21st, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • Both of them? Yes.
  • sort of discretion.
  • And one of the problems that, and one of the reasons we have a lot of uninsured drivers is that we had
  • of dollars of debt.
  • of this pileup of debt. ...their license and get their insurance is because of this pileup of debt.
HI
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  • That's why we're encouraged of value added being included in these percentage goals. >> Thank you.
  • That's why we're encouraged of value added being included in these percentage goals. >> Thank you.
  • That's why we're encouraged of value added being included in these percentage goals. >> Thank you.
  • That's why we're encouraged of value added being included in these percentage goals. >> Thank you.
  • That's why we're encouraged of value added being included in these percentage goals. >> Thank you.
Bills: SB2706, SB2320
Summary: The committees first heard SB 2371, which would prioritize lease offers on agrivoltaics parcels for beginning farmers, require annual compliance reports to DAB, authorize penalties for noncompliance, and allow solar facilities on certain agricultural lands. DAB, the State Energy Office, PUC, and Hawaii Farm Bureau generally supported the intent, while OPPSD recommended amendments to preserve agricultural lease affordability and strengthen food-production language. Members questioned whether the bill would meaningfully encourage solar on ag lands, whether beginning farmers would have enough information to use such parcels, and how the bill would interact with Land Use Commission review. The Farm Bureau said agrivoltaics remains challenging and largely in pilot form, and noted the Mililani project as a promising example of dual use. The committees voted to pass SB 2371 with amendments, with one member expressing a preference that it be opened to all farmers rather than only beginning farmers. The next measure, SB 2800, appropriates funds to DAB, DLNR, and ADC for acquisition, repair, and maintenance of irrigation systems. All testifying agencies and the Farm Bureau supported the bill, and members pressed them for estimates of needed funding and the condition of existing systems. DAB cited major repair needs, including Waimea, Molokai, Kahuku, and Kawailoa, and said its backlog could total roughly $65 million; ADC estimated about $35 million for several systems; and DLNR said its current needs for three systems were about $35 million, with the largest cost tied to piping in Kekaha. The committees amended the bill to defer its effective date to July 1, 2050 and to blank out the appropriation amounts in the bill text, with the agencies’ requested amounts to be included in the committee report for consideration. SB 2800 then passed in AEN, Water and Land, and EIG. The final measure discussed was SB 2718, a food hub pilot program beginning in 2028 that would require state departments and UH to source 30% of certain food purchases from local agricultural products, create a nutrition- and ʻāina-based school program, and have DAT partner with a regional aggregator for Native Hawaiian staple crops. DAT, DOH, the Farm Bureau, Food Plus Policy Group, HAPA, and others supported the bill’s intent, while the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation opposed it, saying it is already struggling to meet the current local procurement percentage and faces procurement and quantity barriers, especially for staple items used daily. The testimony focused on whether agencies could realistically meet the higher local purchasing target and whether smaller farms could supply the needed volumes.
KY
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  • Senator Boswell. 342 buildings with a total of 375 facilities valued at more than $2.5 billion.
  • of it kind of uh over time they kind of it kind of dwindled<00:27:50.320> away.
  • on our degrees in terms of providing effective workforce for our region and then the value that we deliver
  • of uh University of Kentucky College of uh University of Kentucky College of Medicine<01:23:27.360
  • of the impacts of some of the all of the impacts of some of the Medicaid<01:38:30.719> issues
Summary: The meeting opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by a roll call establishing a quorum. The committee then approved the prior meeting’s minutes. Members were reminded to silence cell phones, and the chair noted an informational item on capital plan amendments made by state agencies during the latest revision period before moving to university capital plan presentations. Eastern Kentucky University President David McFaden outlined EKU’s enrollment growth, strong Kentucky student retention, and signature programs in nursing, occupational therapy, criminal justice, education, manufacturing engineering, and aviation. EKU’s main capital priorities were a new health innovation project to support a proposed osteopathic medical program, including a $50 million escrow requirement until accreditation; a collaborative center for health innovation to address outdated health sciences facilities; a $5 million startup request for an air traffic control program; aircraft upgrades for the aviation fleet; and continued asset preservation funding. In response to questions, EKU said roughly 40% of the new health facility would be dedicated to the medical school, with shared simulation space for multiple health programs, and that aviation maintenance needs are currently being met through KCTCS partners but could be expanded if demand grows. KCTCS representatives then described the system’s scale and capital needs, noting service to 107,000 students, extensive dual credit and workforce training, and a network of 342 buildings across 70 campuses. They said prior legislative support, including $277 million in asset preservation and $90 million released for approved projects, had helped with safety, roofs, energy efficiency, and campus security. Their current priorities include about $30 million for systemwide safety and security upgrades, renovations tied to consolidation and footprint reduction under Senate Joint Resolution 179, and broader asset preservation needs estimated at roughly $300 million to $325 million. Members discussed the need to preserve and expand skilled trades training, and KCTCS said its plan includes construction trades and flexible, multiuse facilities that can adapt to changing workforce needs. No votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes, and the presentations concluded with questions and discussion only.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

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  • One of the the work of the agency.
  • 95% of use of deadly force approximately 95% of use of deadly force investigations<00:24:28.799>
  • completely shut out of any of the pieces completely shut out of any of the pieces of<00:35:54.960
  • 11:42.400> how just have sort of a question of um how just have sort of a question of um how this
  • of uh of of understands the complexity of uh of of the<01:20:31.199> dynamics<01:20:31.679>
Summary: The committee approved the minutes from February 25, 2026, and then took up several Department of Corrections-related bills. House File 3768, as amended by the A1 amendment, would extend the DOC’s graduated licensing and enforcement tools to juvenile detention facilities and state-licensed halfway houses, allowing corrective action plans and conditional licenses instead of only revocation. Commissioner Paul Schnell and Dakota County Juvenile Services Center Deputy Director Matt Bower testified in support, saying the bill would improve consistency, stability, and accountability without changing jail licensing. Members asked about costs and sheriff input; the commissioner said the bill is cost-neutral and that sheriffs were informed but did not provide input. The committee adopted the amendment and recommended the bill to the general register. The committee then heard House File 3769, another DOC technical update bill, which would clarify tuberculosis screening procedures when incarcerated people refuse testing, allow mental health units at more than one facility and short-term stabilization at Oak Park Heights when clinically appropriate, and clarify the department’s substance use disorder treatment programs. Schnell said the changes were technical but important for effective operations. Members again asked about county costs and sheriff support, and the commissioner said the bill affects only DOC facilities and is cost-neutral. The committee approved the motion to re-refer the bill to the Health Finance and Policy Committee. The final major item was House File 3405, the chair’s bill, as amended by the A3 amendment. The amendment broadened the definition of federal agents, made the effective date retroactive, and removed a sexual assault investigation section to eliminate the fiscal note. The bill would require the BCA’s use-of-force unit to investigate deaths caused by federal agents in Minnesota, not just Minnesota peace officers. Chair Mohler argued the bill closes a loophole and ensures state-level, independent investigations; Dr. B.B. Newman testified in support, saying it preserves Minnesota’s investigative authority and public confidence. Deputy Superintendent Scott Mueller said the BCA already investigates deadly-force cases and has handled some federal-related cases, but he did not think the bill was necessary and recommended a no vote. Members debated whether the bill was needed given existing practice, with supporters saying the statute should clearly require state investigation and opponents questioning whether it would change anything. The committee adopted the amendment and continued discussion of the bill as amended.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations May 26th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • of that plan.
  • So again, the employee covers 100% of the cost of the plan, 100% of the medications associated with that
  • of the concerns that we have in terms of the level of death that we are having in the state.
  • And all of us can kind of recognize when there are some inflation or things of that nature that's going
  • But I’m just saying it in terms of the logic of it.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select Aug 5th, 2025

Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select

Transcript Highlights:
  • You're here on behalf of the Texas chapter of the U.S.
  • Some of those include these alert systems and things of that nature.
  • Some of the issues that we saw led us to bring in the Department of State Health Services and some of
  • And so the rest of the state is covered by Justices of the Peace.
  • of things.
Bills: HB2, HB1, HB18, HB19, HB20, HB1, HB 2, HB18, HB19, HB20
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence May 21st, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • All of these clients are watching the explosion of AI, and yes, there's a lot of good that comes from
  • of America.
  • That would put plaintiffs' counsel on notice regarding any of the detail. a kind of laundry list of items
  • of each of the payments that the provider had made in the last two years.
  • And and I'm the president of the Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys.
TX
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  • First of all, of course, due to a variety of factors, the percentage of foreign-born 2023 was 14.3 percent
  • of our country and the voters of Texas.
  • some of the types of rank choice voting.
  • I pray for Senator Hughes that I don't ruin his conservative credentials by supporting a bill of his.
  • This is one piece of it. It's what we would do. Oh, of course. Oh, of course.
TX
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  • I kind of had a love-hate relationship with that part of the bill, and I just spoke to a lot of members
  • That's still the province of the Court of Criminal Appeals.
  • I want to ask you about some of the specifics of this bill.
  • of the Government Code to the text of Article 5, Section 3A. of the Constitution, and that constitutional
  • of Texas.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Feb 12th, 2025

Boards, Agencies and Commissions

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  • preservation of space.
  • of penalty language.
  • of the function of general counsel into... ...the separation of the function of general counsel into
  • It has made a mockery of the sunset committee and all of their hard work.
  • the citizens of the state of Alabama.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Retirement and Government Resources REVISED Feb 17th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Retirement and Government Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • kind of pushed out of a cola.
  • Of kind of kind of pushed out of a cola.
  • of the Department of Human Services, office of Inspector General and the Resident Care Specialist for
  • That value of that money. What the input should have been, and they have to pay that.
  • of service.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 329 Conference AM - Tue Apr 28, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

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  • because of security, but no state funds would come out of this bill.
  • We'll roll all of them after that. Okay. We'll roll all of them after that.
  • effect of the notice of the effect of the notice of the administrative<00:24:03.520> revocation
  • of state vehicles coming into the state. of state vehicles coming into the state.
  • state of Hawaii with the minimum fine of state of Hawaii with the minimum fine of $500<01:15:50.880