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KY
Transcript Highlights:
- So I apologize, but that is, I think that was not an accurate statement. >> Right?
- So I apologize, but that is, I think that was not an accurate statement. >> Right?
- We have required conflict of interest disclosures.
Committee:
Joint Health Services
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a written statement issued to taxpayers that interprets and applies tax laws to that taxpayer's
- It's a written statement issued to taxpayers that interprets and applies tax laws to that taxpayer's
- I'm Melissa Tape, Director of Appeals, Legal Services, and Disclosure at the Department of Revenue.
Committee:
Senate Taxes
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- I also would just like to offer, in full disclosure, that I am also on the board of the New Hampshire
- And I have heard that statement repeatedly over the years.
- Let me tell you what I hear when I listen to that statement: I hear someone who moved to town 10 or 20
Committee:
Senate Commerce
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights, and Inclusion Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights, and Inclusion
Transcript Highlights:
- That statement holds true today.
- The first is the value statement from Bridgewater State University.
- We created the value statement in 2016.
- We reject all forms of biased statements...
- Continue to make public statements that support our institutions.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights, and Inclusion held an informational hearing on “Protecting Equity in Higher Education” and emphasized that no bills were being heard. Members and witnesses focused on the effects of recent federal actions on DEI, admissions, financial aid, student loans, international students, and campus equity efforts in Massachusetts. Opening remarks from the co-chairs and the chair of Higher Education highlighted Massachusetts’ investments in free community college, expanded financial aid, and early college programs, while warning that federal policy changes could undermine those gains.
Testimony from BU law professor Jonathan Feingold argued that many DEI practices remain legally defensible after Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, and that the decision did not end all race-conscious or equity-oriented efforts. He said the Trump administration’s anti-DEI actions and funding threats were legally suspect and had created confusion and a chilling effect. Bahar Akman-in-Boden of the Hildreth Institute testified that proposed federal cuts to TRIO, Gear Up, Pell Grants, SEOG, work-study, and student loan programs would disproportionately harm low-income, first-generation, Black, Latino, and other underserved students, and urged the state to prepare hold-harmless and advising supports using Fair Share revenue.
Commissioner Noe Ortega described Massachusetts’ long history of equity in higher education and said the state has expanded aid, success programs, and early college, but still has work to do on attainment and completion. He said the state responded to SFFA by creating ACARE and continuing to defend equity practices, while also warning that federal disruptions and “dear colleague” letters have created uncertainty. In the second panel, state university leaders and campus officials said federal threats to Pell, DEI grants, Medicaid, and international student policies could affect access, campus operations, and the economy; they stressed that most state university graduates stay in Massachusetts and that institutions are continuing their equity practices despite federal pressure. Roxbury Community College’s president said RCC remains committed to open access and inclusion, noted enrollment growth, and said executive orders do not change existing law or the college’s obligations.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Licensing and Occupations. (2-24-26)
Licensing & Occupations
Transcript Highlights:
- And it's a sad statement to make, but it's a truthful statement to make.
- And it's a sad statement to make, but it's a truthful statement to make.
- And it's a sad statement to make, but it's a truthful statement to make.
- And it's a sad statement to make, but it's a truthful statement to make.
- it's a truthful statement to make, but it's a truthful statement to<00:47:09.839><c> make.
Committee:
Senate Licensing & Occupations
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- > completing the uh State's audited completing the uh State's audited financial<00:02:45.400><c> statement
- > it's</c><00:02:46.319><c> uh</c><00:02:46.440><c> created</c><00:02:46.760><c> a</c> financial statement
- so it's uh created a financial statement so it's uh created a workload<00:02:47.360><c> pressure</c>
- Madam or Lead Clor, so you do not, and I am the chair, but you may not misrepresent my statements.
- Madam or Lead Clor, so you do not, and I am the chair, but you may not misrepresent my statements.
Committee:
House State Government Finance and Policy
Keywords:
Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- there in the position to ask questions, please, that's not the time to pontificate and kind of make statements
- opportunity to do that when we close the hearing, and then amongst ourselves we're able to make those statements
- In other words, it's really not fair to leave someone up there standing while you are making statements
- , we were in the middle of what should have been questioning, and we ended up breaking out into statements
Committee:
House Local Government
Summary:
The Local Government committee meeting was largely organizational. The chair opened the meeting with procedural reminders about silent roll, electronic committee materials, notifying staff if members would be late or absent, and using proper committee procedure by keeping questions and statements separate and going through the chair. The chair also discussed seating arrangements, introduced Vice Chair Jeff Cornelius, and noted that committee communications should be routed through him as needed.
The committee welcomed its page, Paisley Hall of Rigby, Idaho, who briefly introduced herself and said she was excited to observe how local government works. The chair also mentioned that the committee would likely hear more legislation than the previous year and announced a short informational presentation scheduled for Thursday at 1:30 p.m. that would help members prepare for upcoming bills and decision-making.
No legislation was heard, no votes were taken, and no formal actions were reported beyond the procedural and scheduling announcements. The meeting concluded after the chair invited members to raise any questions or concerns privately.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Corrections and Public Institutions Mar 23rd, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Corrections and Public Institutions
Transcript Highlights:
- That statement was then called inaccurate, and the speaker said they would speak to the two representatives
- possible when selling a property, and that on GovDeals bidders are typically required to provide a statement
- possible when selling a property, and that bidders on GovDeals are typically required to provide a statement
- deals, they will also require any individuals or groups that are bidding on a property to provide a statement
- about what Any individuals or groups that are bidding on a property to provide a statement about what
Committee:
House Corrections and Public Institutions
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Committee, February 12, 2026
Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- :46.799><c> and</c> concur with the statements and concur with the statements and recommendations<00:
- </c> in his retirement year ending statement in his retirement year ending statement which<00:57:25.920
- In that leave and earnings statement.
- retirement statement I should say.
- within the past 30 earnings statement within the past 30 days.
Keywords:
tribal governments, vehicle registration, exemption, license plates, Wind River Indian Reservation, vehicle, accident, duty to stop, felony, personal injury, death, veterans property tax exemption, ad valorem tax, property tax relief, military tax exemption, Wyoming National Guard, active duty, reserve members, surviving spouse, surviving parent
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Mar 11th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- talk about priorities quickly, and then we will put together information and make that our mission statement
- and have a plan to move forward with that statement.
- talk about priorities quickly, and then we will put together information and make that our mission statement
- and have a plan to move forward with that statement.
- And that kind of summarizes where our mission statement, where I think we agreed originally.
Summary:
The committee met briefly to discuss how to use available funding and to clarify priorities after a recent JFAC action removed funding from one program. Senator Kevin Cook was invited to outline several behavioral health and Medicaid-related options, emphasizing that he was not lobbying but providing cost and program information. The main programs discussed were assertive community treatment (ACT), adult peer support services, and Healthy Connections. Cook described ACT as an evidence-based team service for people with severe mental illness, peer support as a trained recovery-based support model, and Healthy Connections as a statutory program that had ended due to legislation rather than a department decision.
Department of Health and Welfare Medicaid administrator Sasha O’Connell explained that ACT had been cut under the governor’s holdback direction and that the department had already pursued rate reductions and other cuts to meet budget targets. She said ACT and peer supports were not protected in statute, while some other services were, and that the department had limited options once it reached the point of service reductions. She also clarified federal match rates for ACT participants and said the program had been moved into the Magellan contract to leverage federal funding. Estimated costs to restore the programs were discussed, including about $1.3 million for ACT in fiscal year 2026 and $4.1 million in fiscal year 2027, $2 million and $6 million for peer support, and $1.5 million and $6.3 million for Healthy Connections.
Several members expressed support for restoring ACT, citing its impact on law enforcement, hospitals, and vulnerable individuals, and noting reported deaths among former participants after the service ended. Others questioned how the program fit within the committee’s mission and whether it should be funded from the Millennium Fund or through a statutory change. No final vote was taken; the chair said the committee would consider the information, possibly meet again, and then decide on next steps.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee Jan 13th, 2026
Elections and Constitutional Amendments
Transcript Highlights:
- delusion that this is not a real threat, remember that last summer, President Trump made false statements
- This is a bill that authorizes the FPPC to extend the filing deadlines for statements of economic interest
- officials and certain employees of state and government agencies are required to periodically file statements
- $10 a day, up to $100, in addition to any other penalties or remedies under the act when those statements
- As an elected official, annually I'm required to file statements of economic interest, Form 700, or candidates
Summary:
The committee heard three bills. SB 73, by Senator Cervantes, would bar county registrars from allowing federal agents to inspect voting machines and was presented as a response to alleged federal interference in California elections. Supporters said it would help local governments defend election systems, while Senator Choi opposed it as unnecessary and beyond state authority, arguing federal law already governs access to voting equipment. The bill passed on a 4-1 vote to Appropriations after the call was lifted.
SB 401, by Senator Hurtado and presented by Senator Allen, would authorize the Fair Political Practices Commission to extend Form 700 and other economic-interest filing deadlines during declared emergencies. Testimony and committee discussion focused on whether the bill gave the FPPC too much open-ended discretion, with members asking for clearer limits on how long extensions could last and when they would apply. The author and FPPC counsel said they would work on clarifying the language, and the bill passed 5-0 to Labor, Public Employment and Retirement.
SB 46, by Senator Umberg, would give the Secretary of State authority to remove constitutionally ineligible presidential or vice presidential candidates from the California ballot, aimed at preventing a third presidential term. Supporters from CREW and a constitutional law professor argued the measure was constitutional and necessary to enforce the 22nd Amendment, while the Secretary of State’s office raised concerns about creating an investigative role and suggested alternative language or use of an independent special counsel. Members debated whether ballot eligibility determinations should be made at the state or federal level, and the bill passed 4-1 to Appropriations. The chair then thanked committee staff and adjourned the hearing.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee May 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- associated with how we recover after wildfires must provide complete declarations and financial disclosures
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy held a hearing on the California Earthquake Authority’s SB 254 report and broader options for reforming California’s utility wildfire recovery system. The chair framed the discussion around the Palisades and Eaton fires, the scale of wildfire-related costs on utility bills, and the need to weigh trade-offs among survivors, ratepayers, utilities, insurers, and taxpayers. The first panel featured wildfire survivors William Abrams and Joy Chen, who described long delays in compensation, housing insecurity, and what they viewed as a system that protects utility shareholders more than victims. They urged greater transparency, clearer accountability for utility spending and safety performance, faster and fuller compensation for survivors, and reforms such as independent audits and better alignment of utility incentives with wildfire prevention and restitution.
The second panel began with Tom Welsh of the California Earthquake Authority, who explained that the SB 254 report was intended as a broad inventory of policy pathways rather than recommendations. He described the report’s process, including stakeholder submissions, workstreams, and a convergence process, and outlined the current wildfire fund structure: utilities remain liable, the fund reimburses eligible claims after a covered wildfire, and the CPUC later determines prudency and possible reimbursement back to the fund. RAND’s Lloyd Dixon summarized compensation data, saying utilities paid about $38 billion between 2017 and 2024, with major shares going to injured parties, insurers, and public entities, while litigation costs and survivors’ own losses remain substantial. He noted that legal fees and delays reduce the amount survivors ultimately receive.
Utility and public-interest witnesses offered differing views on the report’s pathways. PG&E’s Tyson Smith said the report shows inaction is the worst outcome and argued for community wildfire risk reduction, equitable allocation of catastrophe costs, and state-led resilience tools. LADWP’s Fernando Valero emphasized the vulnerability of municipal utilities and cities, and supported inverse condemnation reform, a state-sponsored liability insurance framework, damages and subrogation limits, and stronger insurance access. Consumer Attorneys of California’s John Fisk argued that IOU-caused fires are not natural disasters but the result of negligence and sometimes criminal conduct, and opposed reducing utility liability while supporting stronger oversight and audits. The Public Advocates Office’s Nathaniel Skinner focused on affordability, saying ratepayers already bear large and growing wildfire costs and warning against shifting more costs onto bills without measurable risk reduction and tighter accountability. Committee members then began questioning witnesses about what counts as measurable mitigation, how to define full and fair compensation, and how any fast-pay process should work.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee May 13th, 2026
Utilities and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- associated with how we recover after wildfires must provide complete declarations and financial disclosures
Committee:
House Utilities and Energy
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Just in full disclosure, I worked with the Covenant House of New Orleans, which is the only 24-hour,
Committee:
House Appropriations
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 1476 relates to law enforcement civilian oversight bodies, closed meetings, and disclosure
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- bill gives a pass to the Chinese government to develop future products to send here without full disclosure
Committee:
House Agriculture
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- out, basically prohibited, not just disclosed, which you're right that currently have all these disclosures
Committee:
Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection
Keywords:
outdoor advertising, billboards, public safety, penalties, community pollution, elections, campaign finance, business entities, political activity, regulation, liability, non-natural persons, insurance, captives, examination, regulations, policyholders, dormant captive, tax exemption, Hawaii revised statutes
Summary:
The Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee opened its first hearing of the year with remarks from Chair Jared Kohole outlining hearing procedures, a two-minute testimony limit, rules for remote testimony and decorum, and a revised testimony-publication pilot that keeps 96-hour notice but returns to a standard 24-hour testimony deadline. He then moved through the agenda, beginning with SB 2004 on outdoor advertising, which would increase penalties for violations of billboard and outdoor advertising laws. Testimony on that measure was limited; Henry Curtis of Life of the Land was first up, and written support was noted from Hawaiian Electric and the Outdoor Circle.
The committee then heard SB 2039 on election campaign finance, which would prohibit certain business entities from engaging in campaign finance activities. The Attorney General’s office offered comments and did not take a formal position at the hearing. Several proponents testified in support, including Josh Frost, Tom Moore of the Center for American Progress, Hapa/Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action, and Common Cause Hawaiʻi, all arguing the bill would curb corporate and dark-money influence and return elections to the people. Moore distinguished between regulating corporate “rights” and limiting corporate “powers,” and said the state can redefine the powers it grants corporations. In questions, Senator McKelvey asked whether the bill could be expanded to include unions; the Attorney General said he would need to get back with legal analysis, while Moore said his preferred approach would include all entities and that leaving out nonprofits or unions would create problems. Members also discussed whether the bill would affect PACs, and Moore explained that the proposal would prohibit corporate and dark-money flows into PACs while leaving individual political giving and existing political committees in place. The committee then moved on to the next measure.
SB 2042, relating to insurance, was heard next. The bill would reduce the unimpaired minimum capital and surplus required of class 4 sponsored captive insurance companies under certain circumstances. The DCCA Insurance Division said it stood on its written testimony, and the Hawaii Captive Insurance Council testified in support, describing the change as a narrow, risk-based adjustment that would not affect the commissioner’s authority where actual risk resides and would help keep Hawaii competitive. The committee noted additional written support and proceeded without a vote or final action in the portion of the hearing provided.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division II (02/19/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- The executive summary included the governor's revenues as well as surplus statements.
- I won't get into it too much when we get to the surplus statement statement, but so in the executive
- </c> and fishing game Surplus statement and fishing game Surplus statement documents<02:53:10.560><c>
- statement statement but<02:53:31.000><c> so</c><02:53:31.239><c> in</c><02:53:31.359><c> the</c><02:
- So I will point out one last thing on this Education Trust Fund surplus statement.
Summary:
The committee first took up HB 129, which would redefine “evidence-based” in public education. Department of Education testimony said the bill’s definition would conflict with the federal definition and be unusually restrictive, potentially affecting curriculum, educator training, and many existing state requirements. The department said it could force a broad overhaul of school programs and create a need for at least one new state position, with local districts likely facing significant unbudgeted costs. Members raised concerns about impacts on federal pass-through funding, curriculum materials, and whether the bill was workable at all.
Several members said the proposal would be too costly and difficult to implement, especially during a tight budget cycle. Representative Papovich moved to retain HB 129, and the motion passed 7-0. Members who supported retention said they wanted to set the bill aside because of the scale of the concerns, while also stating they did not support the bill as written.
The committee then opened HB 133, dealing with DMV follow-up on residency and licensing issues tied to voting and other interactions. Department of Safety/DMV officials said the bill would require a $40,000 technology update plus a full-time position to handle manual correspondence and review of possible matches, and that postage was not included in the fiscal note. They said the bill’s 60-day residency trigger is vague, that the DMV would be acting outside its normal role by investigating status after the fact, and that the measure could create privacy and operational problems. Members questioned whether the bill would effectively force people to buy a driver’s license to vote, whether non-driver and voter ID options would avoid that concern, and whether the Secretary of State rather than DMV would be the more appropriate agency to handle any follow-up.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- What this bill does taxation statements.
- Like it's a factual statement.
- Or for a new accurate statement.
- </c><01:47:37.040><c> really</c> involved in in those statements really involved in in those statements
- </c> any final, uh, question, uh, statement? any final, uh, question, uh, statement?
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- That is an accurate statement.
- That is an accurate statement.
- Is that a fair statement? It's a fair statement. You can set whatever number you want.
- Is that a correct statement?
- Is that a correct statement?
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
Keywords:
disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, human trafficking, trafficking victim, compelling prostitution, affirmative defense, criminal defense, coercion, force fraud or coercion, sexual exploitation, victim protection, Penal Code, Texas criminal law, prosecution, party liability, affirmative defense statute, survivor rights
Summary:
The Senate Committee on State Affairs took up Senate Bill 5, which Senator Perry described as a ban on intoxicating THC consumer products while preserving legal CBD, CBG, hemp seed, hemp seed protein powder, and hemp seed oil products. Perry argued that most retail THC products are already illegal under federal law, that the industry has used loopholes and misleading labeling to sell high-potency products, and that regulation would be ineffective because chemists can quickly alter formulations. He also said the bill would steer people with medical needs toward the Texas Compassionate Use Program (T-Cup), which he and other supporters described as the proper physician-guided alternative. Committee members and witnesses repeatedly discussed the distinction between legal hemp-derived products and intoxicating THC products, and Perry said the bill would not touch non-consumable hemp uses such as fiber and clothing.
Invited testimony came from law enforcement and medical witnesses who supported the bill. Texas Police Chiefs Association representative Steve Dye, Kaufman County District Attorney Early Wiley, and Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorne all said regulation would be too costly, too complex, and ultimately unenforceable, while a ban would be clearer and easier to enforce. They cited overloaded DPS labs, the need for expensive private testing, limited police and prosecutor resources, and the difficulty of keeping up with constantly changing cannabinoids and out-of-state products. Hawthorne and Wiley described raids and investigations involving warehouses, retail stores, cash seizures, and products they said were marketed to young people and often mislabeled or imported from other states. They also said the bill would help law enforcement by creating a clearer legal line and protecting legitimate CBD/CBG businesses.
Dr. Lindy McGee, speaking for the Texas Medical Association and Texas Pediatric Society, testified that retail THC products pose serious risks to children and adolescents, including addiction, impaired brain development, psychosis, suicide attempts, self-harm, accidental toddler ingestions, and possible long-term cognitive effects. She said there is no effective medication treatment for THC addiction comparable to nicotine cessation tools, and she supported restrictions such as child-resistant packaging, no marketing to minors, and age limits, while opposing criminal penalties for possession by minors. Senators asked follow-up questions about brain development, memory, dementia risk, pregnancy, and cardiovascular effects. No vote was taken during the portion provided, and the committee continued with invited testimony and questions.