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NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh these are or a public library.
- Proponents of the EFA program want to offramp as many kids as possible out of the public schools in order
- eliminating the EFA program. Thank you. eliminating the EFA program. Thank you.
- supporting our public schools. supporting our public schools.
- and do this program? and do this program?
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, February 23, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- to ensure the widest possible use of the data procured under the program, consistent with program goals
- to ensure the widest possible use of the data procured under the program, consistent with program goals
- That transparency ensures accountability while allowing the program to grow.
- THAT TRANSPARENCY ENSURES ACCOUNTABILITY WHILE ALLOWING THE PROGRAM TO GROW.
- And the bill requires OMB to report any public complaints to Congress.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
06/10/2026 - House Republican Caucus Calendar #25
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill appropriates $324,700,000 from the General Fund for the state health insurance plan and programs
- The Department of Public Safety and a $3 million General Fund deposit in the State Home for Veterans
- ADE must select six public schools that have applied to participate.
- I mean, major, major, major. and software programs, I mean, major, major, major.
- The state, through ACCESS, has to apply for this program.
Summary:
The meeting covered a series of fiscal year 2027 budget and budget-related bills, beginning with the general appropriations and tax package. Staff and the chair highlighted a budget built around about $1.4 billion in tax cuts, a one-time 2.5% agency reduction, major funding for state employee health insurance, corrections, flood and wildfire relief, and other supplemental appropriations. The chair repeatedly urged support for the package, emphasizing the size of the tax cut and noting that the committee’s joint vote had only three no votes out of 28 members.
Members then reviewed several smaller budget implementation bills affecting racing and gambling, capital outlay, commerce and defense innovation, corrections, environment and water policy, higher education, human services, K-12 education, county finance, tax administration, state data governance, and state office rent rates. Key provisions included extending or modifying funds and fee structures, transferring surplus or unneeded monies, creating or revising oversight boards and pilot programs, increasing K-12 funding by 2% for inflation, adjusting university retention limits, expanding SNAP and housing-related requirements, and changing tax conformity and credits. Several members asked clarifying questions about specific items such as electric vehicle charging funds, mobile home relocation payments, university funding, and the new health insurance oversight board.
The chair also explained the tax bill’s major changes, including conformity to federal tax law, a larger dependent tax credit, changes to deductions, repeal of certain tax credits, veteran property tax relief, limits on data center tax incentives, and provisions affecting manufacturing infrastructure and unemployment insurance administration. The committee discussed the Budget Stabilization Fund, debt repayment, and education rollover balances, with the chair arguing for using surpluses to pay down debt. The final item discussed was a behavioral health bill creating a home and community-based services program for adults determined to be seriously mentally ill, with a stated FY 2027 total fund appropriation of $7.8 million contingent on federal approval and matching funds. The meeting ended with a reminder that floor action would begin the next day at 10 a.m.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 13th, 2026 at 01:35 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- Remarkable program.
- or move from program to program.
- We can spend that program income on our Vocational Rehabilitation Program, on our Older Blind Program
- or on our Part B Program.
- The normal rule is that you have to spend program income on the program that generated the program income
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Relating to the public education and public school finance, referred to the Committee on Public Education
- on Public Education.
- on public education.
- Relating to the career and technology education programs and public schools and rural pathway excellence
- partnership programs and a high school advising program including funding of those programs under the
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 21st, 2026 at 01:58 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- It's coming at the public education.
- , Early Intervention Program.
- It's by program what we've been Spending since 2012.
- Those programs that pay more than that how are they participating or how do they participate in the program
- Infants don't benefit from programs.
Bills:
SB2
Keywords:
SB 2, State Highway Project Bonds, highway funding, transportation bonds, state road fund, motor vehicle fees, vehicle registration fees, electric vehicle fee, EV surcharge, plug-in hybrid fee, weight distance tax, road construction, infrastructure financing, Department of Transportation, State Transportation Commission, bonding authority, county road funds, municipal road funds, transportation improvement program, state highways
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Jan 26th, 2026 at 11:12 am
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- the threats of political violence against members of this House sometimes, but also members of the public
- We've got four guests from the New Mexico Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research: Andrea
- EPSCoR, it's the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.
- EPSCoR is the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research and is a program started by the National
- House Bill 168 continues: creating the New Homes for New Mexico program, providing for program administration
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Community Affairs Feb 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- NEXT LET'S TALK ABOUT HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM. GRANT PROGRAM.
- HAZARD MITIGATION PROGRAM IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ASSIST STATES GOVERNMENTS IN CERTAIN NONPROFIT
- THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT I WILL TALK MORE ABOUT HERE IN A MINUTE ON THE ELEVATE FLORIDA PROGRAM.
- THAT CASE 100 PERCENT PROGRAM.
- THE PUBLIC SHELL TO DEVELOP AN PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY $3 MILLION IN EACH AND EVERY YEAR CHAIR HOOPER THROUGH
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 7/8/25
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, and so I'm really grateful to the public servants who work to make sure that that program is available
- their public benefit programs for their public benefit programs for their family's<00:15:40.399>
- licensed programs. licensed programs.
- state Medicaid program. state Medicaid program.
- <01:30:56.880>
issues same programs and the pro program issues same programs and the pro program
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- and the small county rural assistance program.
- Are there any other public testimony? Any other public testimony?
- Seeing no further public testimony...
- We're now in public testimony. First in public testimony, we have Ronald Brisei with...
- Do we have any further public testimony?
Summary:
The Commerce Committee met with a quorum and heard three bills. First, CS/HB 515 on the Uniform Commercial Code was presented as a Florida Bar-backed update creating a new chapter to address digital assets and ledger technologies, including rules for perfection of security interests and lien priorities involving items such as Bitcoin. The bill drew support from the Florida Bar’s business law section and the Florida Bankers Association, had no amendments or opposition, and was reported favorably after a unanimous roll call.
The committee then heard HB 1427 on rural communities, a broad package creating an Office of Rural Prosperity, a rural resource directory, a Renaissance grant program, a rural arterial road monetization program, housing and school support measures, and new health care grant programs for telehealth, staffing, training, and mobile units. Sponsors and many local officials, economic development groups, chambers, utilities, and other organizations testified in strong support, emphasizing infrastructure, workforce, housing, and health care needs in rural Florida. Members from both parties praised the bill’s focus on rural counties, and it was reported favorably.
Finally, HB 299 on elevator accessibility requirements would allow an additional shorter interior support well in elevators while keeping the existing 42-inch support well requirement, with the goal of improving accessibility and flexibility for building owners. The National Elevator Industry supported the measure, there was no opposition or amendment, and the bill passed unanimously. The committee then adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/3/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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- that want to use this program.
- She said it is a program like MinneKIDS. great programs and initiatives today great programs and initiatives
- She said they talked about broad public and private interest that could make a program like this possible
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Education Pre-K - 12 Mar 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Sports Safety program in Jacksonville called the Jacksonville Sports Medicine program.
- Courtney, Wesley, to of all county, public schools waives in support.
- Sorry, Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
- Florida's vpk program.
- The use of public school funds prohibits public schools, charter schools, related organizations, direct
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee Apr 22nd, 2026
Labor, Public Employment and Retirement
Transcript Highlights:
- This program, which is identical to the tax credit, will be a jobs program for a stand-up.
- The court, in its ruling, acknowledged that the certification program is necessary to protect public
- programs are there for them.
- programs are there for them.
- What is clear is that it could cause direct harm to our public workforce and public agencies.
Summary:
The committee heard SB 921, which would create a tax credit to help agricultural employers offset overtime premium costs for farmworkers. Senator Grove and supporters, including farmworkers, the California Farm Bureau, and agricultural groups, argued the bill would restore lost hours and take-home pay after California’s agricultural overtime law reduced schedules. Opponents, including the California Federation of Labor Unions and CRLA Foundation, argued the proposal would subsidize employers with taxpayer dollars and undermine the principle that employers should pay overtime themselves. The bill was held in subcommittee until more members arrived.
The committee then took up SB 1083, a cleanup bill to the prior year’s school employee misconduct database law. The author and supporters said it would add due process protections for classified school employees, require an administrative law judge review before placement in the database, and improve notice and vetting rules for contractors and non-permanent staff. School employer groups and other opponents warned the bill could slow investigations and weaken child-safety protections. The committee approved the bill 3-0 and sent it to Senate Appropriations.
Members also considered SB 1089, which would require CalPERS health plans to cover GLP-1 medications and expand access through CalRX for chronic weight management and related health conditions. The author and supporters, including the American Diabetes Association and medical groups, said the drugs can prevent diabetes and improve health outcomes but remain unaffordable for many. Pharma representatives expressed concerns about the bill as drafted but said they were open to continued discussions. The bill passed 4-0 to Appropriations. The committee also approved the consent calendar 4-0.
Later, the committee heard SB 954, which would narrow and add guardrails to last year’s CEQA exemption for advanced manufacturing, including environmental review near disadvantaged communities and labor standards such as prevailing wage and skilled-and-trained workforce requirements. Labor, environmental, and community groups supported the bill as a cleanup of an overly broad exemption, while business and manufacturing groups opposed it, warning it would discourage investment and worsen California’s competitiveness. The bill passed 3-1 to Appropriations. Finally, SB 1299, a fire sprinkler fitter certification bill, was heard and passed 3-0 to Appropriations with support from the sprinkler fitters and building trades and no recorded opposition.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- had been misplaced um or we can program had been misplaced um or we can program it<00:10:07.399>
- Do you program, like, how does the programming happen so that the operator not being there still means
- But then I put on my hat about the public, and I think the public: how in the world is this public supposed
- <01:00:36.920>
how <01:00:37.160>in the public and I think the public how in the public - The ignition interlock device program is a large and extensive program.
Summary:
The committee first heard Senate File 75, a pilot project to test autonomous or semi-autonomous mowing and vegetation management along state highways. Senator Jasinski said the bill is intended to reduce traffic delays caused by ditch mowing and improve worker safety by moving crews out of active traffic. An A1 amendment was adopted to shift the funding source from the general fund to trunk highway funds. Testifiers from Bot Crew described robotic mowing technology, including remote piloting, autonomous navigation using LiDAR, cameras, GIS data, and obstacle detection, and said the machines could work at night and potentially reduce labor needs while improving safety. Members asked about mowing around guardrails, bridge features, and sensitive plants; the company said the system could be programmed to identify and avoid certain vegetation and could also be used for seeding. The committee then approved the bill, as amended, and re-referred it to finance.
The committee next received the Department of Public Safety’s presentation on the governor’s budget request. Commissioner Bob Jacobson outlined an operating adjustment for DPS divisions, a request for grant administration authority to allow a portion of grant funds to cover oversight costs, and then turned to division-specific items. State Patrol Colonel Christina Bovich presented a request for $48.5 million in each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027 for a new metro headquarters, plus a recruitment proposal that would provide $1 million in each of 2026 and 2027 and $10 million in later years to expand recruiting, advertising, and academy capacity. She also proposed a change to the excessive-speed penalty so that driving more than 35 miles per hour over the limit would trigger a six-month license revocation, regardless of the posted speed zone. Members questioned the headquarters funding source, the cost of recruitment efforts, and academy expenses; Bovich said the academy costs about $350,000 per person and that the recruitment request would support broader outreach, including nationwide recruiting.
Office of Traffic Safety Director Mike Hansen then presented a request for an additional $485,000 per year in trunk highway funds for planning and administration. He said the money is needed to cover rising operating costs, maintain the federal match for traffic safety grants, and support new federal public participation and engagement requirements tied to traffic safety funding. No votes were taken on the DPS budget items during the portion of the meeting provided.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I think this is a beautiful program. I think this is a beautiful program.
- Hint, it was. programs, including Minnesota Reading programs, including Minnesota Reading Corps<00:41
- the Minnesota Institute of Public the Minnesota Institute of Public Finance.
- <00:59:04.080>
And Development Program. And Development Program. - Workforce Housing Development Program. Workforce Housing Development Program.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Office of Inspector General delete-all amendment 2/19/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: DFL Members Announce Fraud Prevention Package - 03/17/26
Transcript Highlights:
- Last week, a bill by Senator Muhammad to completely remake our program accountability in Medicaid programs
- completely remake our program completely remake our program accountability<00:02:03.760>
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- trust and to ensure maintain public trust and to ensure program<00:08:28.000>
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Summary:
Senate DFL leaders held a press conference outlining a fraud-prevention agenda centered on transparency, accountability, and modernization of state systems. Majority Leader Erin Murphy said Minnesotans are angry about fraud and that the caucus has already passed multiple fraud-prevention measures, but more work is needed. She and other senators emphasized that outdated county and state IT systems leave programs vulnerable to waste and abuse, and said they want to pursue both immediate upgrades and longer-term funding solutions, including possible bonding for technology infrastructure.
Senator Zena Mohamed described legislation to overhaul program integrity in Medicaid and human services by adding safeguards before, during, and after provider enrollment and service delivery. She said the goal is to prevent theft before dollars are spent, rein in third-party entities that profit without accountability, and improve consumer protections and reporting pathways. Senator Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger highlighted a bill to ban cryptocurrency kiosks, arguing they are heavily used in scams targeting seniors and vulnerable people, and also backed a state consumer financial protection bureau and stronger False Claims Act enforcement.
Senator Rob Kupec focused on ethics and conflicts of interest, including a proposal to bar legislative members and certain state employees from quickly moving into jobs tied to entities receiving state appropriations or grants. He also said lawmakers should strengthen penalties for theft of public funds and restrict state contracts for people convicted of fraud. Senator Heather Gustafson promoted her Office of Inspector General bill, saying oversight is fragmented and an independent office is needed for investigations, safeguards, and early detection; she said the Senate passed the bill 60-7 last year and she wants it enacted. In response to questions, Murphy and Gustafson said the OIG should have law-enforcement powers, that bipartisan support exists in principle, and that the House needs to settle on a single proposal. The senators also said prepayment review can be useful but can disrupt services, and they argued agencies must use the tools already given to them while lawmakers continue oversight.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 12/17/25
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- providers in high-risisk programs. providers in high-risisk programs.
- more program integrity actions coming. more program integrity actions coming.
- program integrity. program integrity. >> Good<00:43:03.119>
morning. - After a program is requirements.
- licensed Medicaid programs in the state. licensed Medicaid programs in the state.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- public safety. public safety.
- employees from public from public employees from public disclosure<01:41:21.040>
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policy public policy. uh and the public policy public policy. uh and the public - It's called the CAP program, the criminal aliens program.
- on any of these programs.
Summary:
The Senate reconvened after a snow delay, heard an invocation from Reverend Scott Shelton, and conducted several floor introductions and recognitions, including birthday wishes for staff, a welcome for a temporary office staffer, recognition of the Center for Urban Families, and introduction of the week’s pages. The chamber then approved the prior journal and moved through bill and bond initiative readings, referring the listed measures to their standing committees or the capital budget subcommittee.
The first substantive action was adoption of a favorable committee report on Senate Bill 17, an emergency bill authorizing the Baltimore City Board of Licensed Commissioners to issue a related event promoters permit for the CIAA tournament. The floor leader said the bill had no amendments, no fiscal impact, and no opposition in committee. The Senate adopted the report without objection and ordered the bill printed for third reading.
The Senate then took up Senate Bill 1 from the Judicial Proceedings Committee, which would require the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to adopt a statewide policy on law enforcement face coverings, apply it to state, local, and federal officers in Maryland, and enforce violations through a civil citation and discipline. The committee report included two amendments: one technical and one making the policy statewide and preempting local policies. During extended debate, the bill’s sponsor argued that masks undermine transparency and trust and that the measure would create a uniform standard. A senator from Frederick County questioned whether the bill would effectively create a policy for federal agents without Maryland-specific training and raised concerns about enforcement, temporary detention, complaints, and possible conflicts with federal authority. The sponsor responded that officers would retain discretion, that the bill would be enforced through civil citations, and that similar civil enforcement mechanisms have been upheld in Maryland. No final vote on the amended report is shown in the transcript excerpt.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appr-Sub-Natural Resources REVISED Afternoon Jan 7th, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- Have we're proposing this large public gathering space where we can have public meetings, banquets, and
- So, we have that program.
- The comprehensive Beijing program is a statewide. Program that keeps increasing in cost every year.
- just like we do for the REAP program and the emergency drought program that we currently run.
- We have since received public comment and received public...