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NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Sep 9th, 2025
Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force
Transcript Highlights:
- PSFA is currently staffed to 50 of the 56 budgeted positions.
- You've got three of our largest school districts requesting this, our three largest requesting.
- We've had a number of requests to the lease assistance program.
- Of them occurring, and a request to do more.
- Leach, We have started with the 100% waiver request.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/22/2026)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a budget bill.
- final budget authority. That is the the final budget authority.
- It's a budget bill. We given bill. It's a budget bill.
- </c> cut back on our budget in that regard. cut back on our budget in that regard.
- corrections budget. Um just wondering uh corrections budget.
Summary:
The hearing focused primarily on House Bill 1087 and House Bill 123, both related to firearms. HB 1087 was introduced as a Second Amendment measure, but after questions from the chair and discussion with law enforcement, the sponsor agreed it should be set aside and referred to a study committee for further review, rather than advanced as written. The New Hampshire Chiefs of Police Association testified in opposition to the bill as written, while also indicating support for the sponsor’s proposed amendment or a study approach.
The bulk of the discussion centered on HB 123, which would require the return of firearms after a not guilty verdict or dismissal. The sponsor and several members described the bill’s purpose as speeding up the return of property, but law enforcement and judicial branch witnesses raised concerns about federal law, the need to ensure a person is still legally eligible to possess firearms, and the bill’s 24-hour return requirement. Witnesses from the State Police and judicial branch explained the current process, including background checks through the state police gun line, and said the existing procedure already aims to return firearms promptly while allowing time to verify disqualifying information.
Members and witnesses discussed possible amendments, including removing language that would bar background checks and instead tying return of firearms to completion of the check within a set time frame. Judicial branch and State Police witnesses said a process that requires a background check and return within a reasonable period, with notice if there is a delay or denial, would better address safety and legal concerns. The hearing ended without a vote; the committee closed the public hearing and indicated it would continue working on the language before executive session.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 11 February, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So, right now, as the requests come in, there is enough budget that we're meeting those requests.
- for this in their budget request.
- And thanks to LBO and Emily, the budget analyst, which I appreciate her work, I requested a fiscal note
- And thanks to LBO and Emily, the budget analyst, which I appreciate her work, I requested a fiscal note
- And we had the budget meeting and um they had received a comparison or a request, a study from SEC squared
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
House Chamber - Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:00AM HST - Day 1 Opening Day
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We are in receipt of Governor's Message No. 1 informing the House that certain budget documents have
- ><00:37:05.839><c> that</c><00:37:06.079><c> certain</c><00:37:06.480><c> le</c><00:37:06.880><c> budget
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- </c> >> may request a quick recess. >> may request a quick recess. >> Recess it.
- Elyn for restraining himself this session and requesting only seven redrafts of his bills.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 14th, 2026 at 11:34 am
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I move the Senate refuse to concur in the House amendments to Senate Bill 493 and request the House to
- We request unanimous consent that the committee reference be dispensed with. Senator from Lewis.
- of Education budget item.
- I request unanimous consent to introduce a resolution from the floor. Objection?
- President, I request unanimous consent that the Senate stand in recess for 30 minutes. Thank you.
Summary:
The West Virginia Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, journal approval, and numerous introductions of honorary pages, guests, chaperones, and visitors, including a large McDowell County Day delegation. The Senate also received a governor’s executive message containing 76 nominations, which were referred to the Committee on Confirmation, and then set those nominations as a special order of business for 4 p.m. later that day.
On legislation, the Senate rejected House amendments to Senate Bill 493 on open captioning for motion pictures and requested the House recede, saying the amendments changed the bill’s intent by making captioning mandatory and expanding its scope. The chamber then took up Senate Bill 587 on county officials’ salaries, adopted an amendment restoring county control over future pay increases while keeping a 5% raise, concurred in the House amendments as amended, and passed the bill 34-0 with immediate effectiveness.
The Senate also fast-tracked and passed several supplemental appropriations bills, all by 34-0 votes and all made effective from passage: House Bill 527 for health facilities, House Bill 528 for the Department of Agriculture’s spay-neuter assistance fund, House Bill 5307 for the Division of Culture and History, House Bill 5317 for the Division of Natural Resources, and House Bill 5694 for the Department of Education. The Senate received House Bill 5286 on corrections and referred it to Finance. Finally, the Senate adopted Senate Resolution 66 designating March 14, 2026, as McDowell County Day at the legislature, with remarks highlighting the county’s history and current economic efforts, and then recessed for 30 minutes.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Ethics Board May 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- There have been requests for pens with members' names.
- There's been requests for stickers showing the member with a slogan.
- They're the ones that get the request. Legislative Support Services.
- They're the ones that get the request.
- request for stickers.
Summary:
The committee approved the minutes as corrected and noted there were no employment disclosure forms. It then discussed a draft advisory opinion on legislative stickers, pens, business cards, and similar items. Members agreed the opinion should identify historically provided items as presumptively within normal legislative conduct, but add clearer language that such items still cannot be used in a campaign-related way or otherwise conflict with ethics rules on use of public resources. Staff said Legislative Support Services and administration would be the main points of review for questionable requests, and the draft would be revised for board review.
The committee also reviewed a second advisory opinion request about legislative and caucus staff interacting with caucus social media posts. The discussion focused on whether staff may like or engage with posts about legislation or policy positions. Members generally agreed that liking or otherwise engaging with caucus posts could be viewed as support and could create ethics problems, especially because social media content remains online and could later be tied to legislation. The draft was to be revised to draw clearer lines for compliance.
Members then discussed a long-running project to review and either retain or retire older advisory opinions, and agreed to continue and complete that review process. They also discussed the recently passed ethics bill and supported issuing an ethics alert summarizing major changes, including concerns about a House amendment affecting social media and website references during the election year activity period. Finally, the committee approved spending about $19,171 to digitize archived case files into searchable format, with members expressing support for moving away from paper records. After public business ended, the committee adjourned the public session and planned to reconvene in executive session.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (01/27/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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- So our budget cost is $15 million with the state budget.
- That is our budgeted request that we submitted through the agency phase of the governor of the budget
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Summary:
The meeting featured presentations from the Department of Administrative Services and the Treasury Department on state revenue reporting and unclaimed property. State Comptroller Dana Call explained DAS’s role in compiling statewide revenue reports, including the annual revenue plan set through the budget process and the monthly revenue focus reports that track cash receipts. She noted that unrestricted general fund revenue is about $2 billion annually, while miscellaneous other revenue is a much smaller and less predictable category, averaging roughly $30 million to $32 million a year. She also described two more material internal revenue lines: statewide indirect cost recoveries and post-retirement benefit recoveries, which are billed to agencies and often tied to federal reimbursement rules.
Members asked about the interest line in the revenue charts and about how the figures were presented, and Call clarified that the totals were in millions and that the interest item would be explained by the Treasurer. She also explained that the indirect cost and post-retirement recoveries are internal cost allocations that flow back into the unrestricted revenue pool and are reflected in agency budgets as interagency costs.
Treasurer Monica Meissner then outlined Treasury Department functions, including bank deposits, statewide disbursements, banking relationships, investments, debt management, compliance, the FONA College Savings Program, the ABLE Plan, scholarship programs, and the abandoned property program. In discussing unclaimed property, she said holders report property after a five-year dormancy period, the state uses automated systems and outreach to locate owners, and claim activity has increased. In fiscal year 2024, the state returned about $12.2 million to citizens through roughly 12,000 claims; over the last 10 years, about $72.6 million has been returned. She also said the state escheated $19.9 million to the general fund and $1.8 million to counties last year, and explained that securities-related proceeds are harder to estimate because they depend on market conditions. No votes or formal actions were taken.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Capitol Commission May 4th, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- Yeah, so right now we receive some preliminary budget information.
- So right now we're waiting this week to see what the budget does.
- need done so we're not waiting another 30 days after the budget is approved.
- once that budget starts?
- The Office of Administration has the RFQ, the request for qualifications, prepared.
Summary:
The commission received updates on several Capitol projects. For the ADA chairlift study, the consultant recommended replacing lifts in the legislative library, House chamber, and Senate chamber because of compliance and functional issues, with preliminary replacement costs estimated at about $400,000 including related plaster and finish work. Members asked whether the work would fit into the broader capital master plan, and staff said the project would be coordinated with the master plan to avoid work that might later be removed.
The updated capital master plan itself was discussed, with members noting they had already voted to proceed with an owner’s representative subject to appropriations. Staff said the Office of Administration has the RFQ prepared but will not release it until budget funds are available, and the commission expects to revisit the matter after the FY26 budget is finalized. The chair emphasized that delays will increase costs and urged readiness to move quickly once funding is approved.
The Governor’s Council on Disability also provided an update on the Digital Wayfinding Project. The team is working on the technical architecture, content governance, and sign design, and at this stage is only seeking approval of the signs rather than funding. Members raised questions about long-term maintenance, software updates, and responsibility for ongoing costs, and staff said those details are still being worked out. The commission then adjourned by motion and vote.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Special Education Funding Committee Mar 4th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- Those are some of the things that respondents requested from the survey.
- So some of the requests that we, we, we, of their contract time.
- As far as requests, respondents request that district administration provide meet-and-confer meetings
- the Deaf, which is a separate budget.
- the Deaf, which is a separate budget.
Summary:
The committee met to discuss special education funding and retention, beginning with approval of the prior meeting minutes and then hearing a presentation from North Dakota United on a statewide special education survey and retention rubric. Presenters described how the rubric and survey were developed from special educator input around four domains: paperwork and due process support, workload, student and staff safety, and paraprofessional management. They reported high levels of stress and burnout, including increased workload, difficulty taking prep and lunch time, concerns about mental health, and widespread difficulty filling special education positions. Committee members questioned the survey’s lack of a general-education comparison group, the interpretation of terms like “rarely” and “sometimes,” and whether results could be broken down further by district size, unit, or disability area.
The survey results showed the weakest area was workload, with respondents reporting caseloads increasing without corresponding adjustments, little additional support or compensation when workloads rise, and few negotiated-agreement protections. Paperwork and due process also scored poorly, with many teachers saying they rarely receive dedicated time during the duty day, often work outside contract hours without compensation, and take work home on evenings and weekends. Student and staff safety scored somewhat better but still showed gaps in crisis follow-up, notification about violent behavior, protective gear, and leave options after incidents. Paraprofessional management also drew concern, especially low pay, insufficient staffing, limited administrative support, and the burden placed on teachers to supervise and train paras.
Several teachers then testified directly about the practical impact of these issues. One special education teacher described the job as combining instruction, legal compliance, and paraprofessional supervision, often requiring work beyond contracted hours and contributing to burnout and turnover. Another testified that special education case managers are effectively doing three full-time jobs and that the paperwork and caseload demands are a major reason people avoid or leave the field. Committee members discussed whether the problems are primarily local or state-level, whether more funding would solve them, and whether changes to the funding formula or weighting for high-cost students might be needed. No formal vote or action was taken beyond a recess and return to order for the next presentation, which continued the discussion of possible special education study objectives and potential policy directions.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 2/24/25
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- Would this be funded out of the elections budget?
- we're working on, the Tails budget and the budget after that, uh, it would make it for a very complex
- we're working on the impact this budget we're working on the Tails<01:20:05.520><c> budget</c><01:20
- Chair, members, um, yes, a fiscal note has been requested, but Mr.
- </c><01:30:22.280><c> a</c> groups I mentioned and uh I'd request a groups I mentioned and uh I'd request
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- So an individual supplemental budget.
- largest budget in the state of Minnesota.
- largest budget in the state of Minnesota.
- largest budget in the state of Minnesota.
- </c> solutions in such a limited budget year. solutions in such a limited budget year.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jan 27th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Governor last November in the budget announced his support for this housing bond package.
- Every family has to live within a family budget.
- Put it in the budget. It's going to be there.
- Put it in the budget. It's going to be there.
- Let's just start paying that $350 now, put it in the budget. It's going to be there.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Assembly Health Committee and Senate Health Committee Mar 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And I obviously chair the Health Budget Subcommittee, And I obviously chair the health budget subcommittee
- You know, there's budget requests that we're doing to support that, but preventative care needs to continue
- The second piece is to put the system on a budget. Every Californian is on a budget.
- That is a budget for the entirety of the system.
- Neither California's budget nor household budgets can afford to let health care costs continue to grow
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/11/2026 - House Transportation & Infrastructure
Transportation & Infrastructure
Transcript Highlights:
- Do you know that within the last year, the Department of Energy, the Congressional Budget Office, and
- Over the years, Game and Fish is kind of, you obviously know, with their budget and things they have
- Chairman, Representative Martinez, that's a big request.
- I'd give you an example of something that's happened a few years ago: we applied zero-based budgeting
- So when you talk about cutting a million dollars from our budget, we're dealing with things statewide
Keywords:
special license plates, transportation, funding, nonprofits, charitable contributions, boating, watercraft licensing, law enforcement, safety fund, state funding, Arizona Revised Statutes, towing regulation, private towing carriers, vehicle impound, towing rates, preemption, DUI, ignition interlock, substance abuse treatment, driving privileges
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on State Government (10-21-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> report to the interim joint budget report to the interim joint budget review<01:08:58.400><c> sub
- What you're are you going to budgeted?
- Um, do you have a budget request number that you're going to come with this budget session?
- request will come too.
- </c><01:44:49.760><c> and</c><01:44:50.080><c> and</c> budget request will come too and and budget request
Keywords:
Discussion of SB 126 (2025 RS) 00:05:13
Discussion of HB 16 (2025 RS) 00:15:40
Kentucky Department of Parks – Overview 01:05:06, 958, all
Summary:
The committee met jointly for State Government, State and Local Government, and Elections and Constitutional Amendments, approved the minutes from the September 23 meeting, and then took up discussion of Senate Bill 126, a proposed constitutional amendment to restrict the governor’s pardon power. Senator Chris McDaniel said the measure was prompted by concerns over pardons issued in 2019 and would bar pardons for 60 days before a gubernatorial election through the swearing-in of a new governor, leaving the power otherwise intact. Members who spoke generally supported the proposal as a way to increase accountability, and McDaniel said he intended to place it on the 2026 ballot. No vote was taken on the bill during the discussion.
The committee then moved to House Bill 16 on water fluoridation. Representative Hart and Senator Greg Elkins said the bill would remove Kentucky’s fluoridation mandate and give local water districts the choice to add fluoride or not. They emphasized that the revised draft also adds immunity language to protect districts from civil litigation regardless of their decision. Dr. Jack Call, a Louisville dentist, presented against fluoridation, arguing that the main dental benefit is topical rather than from drinking water and citing studies and reports he said linked fluoride exposure to reduced IQ in children and other health concerns. Cindy Batson, a nurse and parent, also supported the bill and said she had testified on the issue for years.
During questions, Senator Rollins raised concerns about fluoride being an industrial byproduct and described fluoridation as forced medication. The discussion remained focused on the bill’s local-control and immunity provisions, with sponsors saying they were not trying to relitigate the broader science but wanted to remove the mandate. The transcript ends while questions and testimony on HB 16 were still underway, and no final committee action is shown.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government & Tribal Relations Feb 20th, 2026 at 08:00 am
State Government & Tribal Relations
Transcript Highlights:
- There is a fiscal note in the books, and an updated fiscal note has been requested. Great.
- The DOH may also deny a request for data for a cause as specified in law.
- Department of Justice if the Secretary of State does not comply with the request.
- We're here today just requesting a simple administrative fix to our RCW.
- So while we can currently receive gifts, we cannot formally request them.
Keywords:
elections, double voting, voting twice, multiple voting, same-day election, primary election, general election, special election, cross-state voting, ballot fraud, election fraud, voter misconduct, RCW 29A.84.660, State v. Padilla, civil infraction, class C felony, Secretary of State, Washington elections, election law, voter eligibility
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services REVISED Apr 13th, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Ye requests to work from a committee sub without objection. That will be the order.
- So with that, I would request that the bill do pass. You have questions?
- Respectfully request of do pass. Do pass by the chair, second by the vice chair.
- The chair requested unanimous consent to strike the enacting clause without objection.
- Senator Dossett requests unanimous consent to work from a committee sub without objection.
Bills:
HB3767, HB3934, HB4199, HB4336, HB2947, HB3834, HB4302, HB4095, HB3287, HB3649, HB4430, HB4431, HB2059, HB3647
Keywords:
controlled dangerous substances, controlled substances, drug scheduling, Schedule I, Schedule IV, anti-drug diversion, drug diversion, synthetic opioids, fentanyl analogs, designer drugs, synthetic cannabinoids, benzodiazepines, benzodiazepine analogs, opioids, hallucinogens, depressants, pharmacy regulation, narcotics control, Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, DEA scheduling
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- It wasn't the first; this was at a request of the board.
- The next thing is a ratification request, which I will detail further here in a few minutes.
- The next thing is a ratification request, which I will detail further here in a few minutes.
- First of all, as you're well aware, many of our smaller airports are in cities where their budgets are
- And they're finding it difficult to justify the expense that many of those city budgets have for the
Summary:
The subcommittee first considered a used tire program contract for Arkansas District 4, an $88,000 one-year contract with LTR Intermediate Holdings. Senators raised concerns that the tire district’s revised business plan had not yet been approved and that the contract could leave the district unable to pay. Questions also focused on solicitation language that excluded bidders under corrective action plans. On motion, the committee held the contract until next month and encouraged the tire board to appear.
Members then reviewed and, without objection, moved forward a series of methods of finance, alternative delivery projects, and discretionary grants. These included multiple university and college projects such as renovations, roof replacements, a new UCA multipurpose arena, and a revised financing package for UA Fayetteville’s Maple Hill residence hall. The committee also reviewed DHS and Department of Health grants for aging services, substance abuse prevention, mental health, nutrition outreach, hearing-loss follow-up, HIV services, maternal health, and rural hospital quality improvement.
The committee next handled contract items, including a UAMS ratification for FMLA Source after an amendment was not submitted for review and payments continued past expiration; UAMS said it had retrained staff and would review for other missed contracts. Members also reviewed numerous construction, intergovernmental, out-of-state, and in-state contracts across state agencies and universities. Questions were raised about an out-of-state aeronautics study, a U of A Fayetteville parking guidance system, and a Veterans Affairs nursing contract. Most items were reviewed without objection, and the meeting adjourned after informational reports on contract amendments and minor contracts.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- OPM has recommended the requested swap. Are there any questions on this item? All right.
- The Department of Veterans Affairs on page 13 is requesting approval of their plan to provide special
- OPM has recommended the requested swap. Are there any questions on this item? All right.
- This request is required by Arkansas Code 215-226.
- And then located on this page also is the budgeted vacancies and the unbudgeted vacancies.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (02/21/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- budget is approximately $15.5 million.
- The budget shows four positions.
- The budget shows four positions.
- budget.
- We reduced our budget a bit.
Summary:
The committee heard testimony from Insurance Commissioner DJ Bettencourt on the New Hampshire Insurance Department budget. He said the department is self-funded through assessments on insurers based on New Hampshire premium volume, with about $8 billion in premiums written in the state and a department budget of roughly $15.5 million. He explained that the department has 88 authorized positions, eight vacancies, and that three full-time positions were unfunded after the governor’s requested 4% reduction exercise. He also said the department is trying to balance staffing needs with not overburdening carriers during a hard insurance market.
A major topic was the department’s $2.6 million rebate to industry from the prior fiscal year, which Bettencourt described as a credit against the next assessment rather than a direct cash payment. Members questioned why that credit was not reflected as a reduction in the upcoming budget, and Bettencourt and staff explained that the budget assumes full staffing and full spending, with any year-end surplus returned to insurers. The commissioner said the department had added staff in recent years for succession planning and to preserve institutional expertise, and that the rebate reflects careful budgeting rather than excess spending.
Members also asked about staffing changes by division, including positions unfunded in fraud, property and casualty examinations, life and health examinations, and tax. Bettencourt said fraud investigations remain strong and that the department can use outside contractors for examinations, with those costs billed to the company being examined. He also described the department’s examination process, including periodic financial exams and targeted market conduct reviews triggered by consumer complaints or trends. Additional questions covered OIT transfers, the department’s oversight of fully insured health coverage, the insurance premium tax and fines going to the general fund, and the department’s limited role in auto repair reimbursement disputes, where he said complaints have recently declined.