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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/18/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
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  • accommodations intermediaries local accommodations intermediaries local lodging<00:19:49.480>
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Bills: HF2274, HF1932
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 16th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 442 by Senator Stein, sales and use taxes, exemption for local sales and use taxes for the
  • taxes, for commission members, Senate Bill 442 by Senator Stein, sales and use taxes, exemption for local
  • within the MFP from $100 to $147 per year to provide for more money for operational expenses for our local
  • Housing of State Offenders, sales tax dedication, Paris Transportation, LED debt service, state aid to local
  • providing additional funding beyond what is currently appropriated to implement statewide, regional, and local
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and received Senate messages, including several Senate bills and resolutions that were referred or laid over. The chamber also adopted a series of House resolutions honoring local organizations, commemorations, and community events, and referred one resolution on climate action to Natural Resources. Several Senate bills were read and referred to the appropriate committees, including measures on peer review confidentiality, higher education research security, pre-K program standards, police civil service, and a memorial highway designation. The main floor business was the budget. The House considered House Bill 1, the general appropriations bill, in Committee of the Whole and reviewed major funding levels and committee changes across state government. The bill included significant funding for early childhood education, higher education, TOPS, health care, corrections, public safety, transportation, and other agencies, along with adjustments tied to LASERS debt payoff, Medicaid, MFP, and various one-time or recurring items. Members heard brief questions on higher education funding and DOTD road needs, but no amendments were offered on the floor during the schedule-by-schedule review. HB 1 was reported from Committee of the Whole with amendments and then finally passed by a vote of 104 yeas. The House then took up House Bills 2 and 3, the capital outlay bill and the omnibus bond authorization act, both of which were explained as the financing measures for the capital program. HB 2 emphasized limited member project funding, reallocation of dormant projects, and bundling of projects to move them forward more efficiently; HB 3 authorized the bond sales needed to fund HB 2. Both bills passed unanimously or near-unanimously. The chamber also passed supplemental and fiscal bills including HB 312, HB 313, HB 383, HB 314, HCR 3, HB 983, and HB 1126, covering supplemental appropriations, treasury fund transfers, ancillary funds, hospital assessments, judiciary funding, and legislative expenses. The meeting ended with personal privileges, staff recognition, announcements, and adjournment to Monday at 1:00 p.m.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 16th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 442 by Senator Stine, sales and use taxes, exemption for local sales and use taxes for the
  • taxes, for commission members, Senate Bill 442 by Senator Stein, sales and use taxes, exemption for local
  • within the MFP from $100 to $147 per year to provide for more money for operational expenses for our local
  • Housing of State Offenders, sales tax dedication, Paris Transportation, LED debt service, state aid to local
  • Housing of State Offenders, sales tax dedication, Paris Transportation, LED debt service, state aid to local
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opening prayer, and pledge, then moved through messages from the Senate, committee reports, and a series of resolutions and bills. Several House resolutions were adopted without objection, including recognitions for Louisiana Occupational Therapy Association Day, Denham Springs High School robotics, a tomato festival, Holocaust remembrance, and other commendations and observances. Senate bills and resolutions were received and referred or laid over, and multiple House and Senate measures were sent to committees for further consideration. The chamber then resolved into the Committee of the Whole for House Bill 1, the general appropriations bill. Representative McFarland outlined the budget, emphasizing LASERS debt payoff using surplus funds, reductions in LDH and MFP based on spending and enrollment trends, and major funding items such as early childhood education, scholarships, workforce programs, FEMA debt payments, and public safety needs. Members asked questions about early childhood funding and higher education grants, including a request for follow-up information on a Lumina Foundation grant. The committee adopted each schedule of HB 1, and the House later returned to regular session and passed HB 1 on final passage by 104 yeas. The House then took up and passed HB 2, the capital outlay bill, and HB 3, the omnibus bond authorization act, both by unanimous or near-unanimous votes. It also passed HB 312, the supplemental appropriations bill, HB 313 on treasury fund transfers and deposits, HB 383 on ancillary/internal service funds, HB 314 on revenue-sharing allocations, HCR 3 on the hospital stabilization formula, HB 983 on judiciary appropriations, and HB 1126 on legislative branch appropriations. Throughout these measures, members highlighted funding for roads, corrections, public safety, education, health care, and economic development, and several members and staff were recognized for their work before the House adjourned to Monday.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Feb 18th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • And also codify the local programs to make them be a member of the Alabama CASA Network Incorporated.
  • supports and trains the local programs. supports and trains the local programs.
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  • also codify the local programs to make<00:46:15.640> them<00:46:15.920> be<00:46:16.080
  • and county governments to work for local and county governments to work together together together to
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Culture, Recreation & Tourism May 1st, 2025

Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • just, it kind of puts a process in place to make sure that the folks have their say on that, from the local
  • It's about giving every Texan a reason to feel pride in where we've come from and hope for where we're
  • Just as 1976 was a year of tremendous pride and unity for our nation, the bicentennial of our state in
  • Thank you really for doing all this and coming up here. and in your pride for that for our state.
  • These structures, which were so very important in our local communities in the past, have since been
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation May 14th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Okay, members, this is a local bill in Crockett, Texas.
  • Senator Hinojosa requests local and uncontested calendar.
  • Be recommended local on a contested counter. Are there any objections? Perry Nunes.
  • Senator West moves at House Bill 1242 to be recommended local and contested counter.
  • Senator West moves that House Bill 1729 be recommended local untested counter.
Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee heard testimony and took action on a series of transportation-related bills. Early in the meeting, Senator Hagenbuch presented HB 647, which would let drivers who have had corrective eye surgery update their licenses by submitting physician verification without an in-person DMV visit; he argued it would reduce DMV lines, though a fiscal note estimated setup costs. The committee also heard HB 2029, a cleanup bill clarifying that travel trailers are not subject to safety inspections after prior legislation removed inspections for trailers and all vehicles, and HB 4804, which would remove Texas’s CDL appeals hearing process to align with federal law and avoid jeopardizing highway funds, while also authorizing DPS action related to the terrorist offender registry. All three bills were left pending after testimony, along with HB 2003, which would require annual public reporting by entities with projects in the Texas Rail Plan, especially in light of the Dallas-Houston high-speed rail project and landowner concerns; supporters said it would improve transparency, while opponents warned it would force disclosure of proprietary financial information from a private project. The committee also heard HB 2775, adding Ector County and Odessa to the I-27 Advisory Committee, and HB 791, authorizing a specialty plate for Central Catholic High School in San Antonio; both were left pending after brief discussion and no opposition testimony. The committee then heard several local or commemorative measures. HB 1242 would designate part of U.S. Highway 281 in Brooks County as the Ernesto Solis-Cantu Memorial Highway, and HB 2061 would name a bridge on State Highway 242 in Montgomery County for Lance Corporal Armando Hernandez. Hernandez’s mother testified emotionally in support, describing his military service and the family’s wish to have the bridge mark his return home; members responded supportively. The committee also heard HB 1729, which would impose term limits on Freeport commissioners, and HB 3751, transferring a DPS commercial vehicle enforcement office building in Woodville from TxDOT to DPS. HB 3611, the “bandit sign” bill, was presented as a targeted enforcement measure against illegal commercial signs in medians and right-of-ways, with added safeguards to avoid affecting political signs and to require written notice before fines. All of these bills were left pending after testimony. At the end of the meeting, the committee took up pending business and voted out multiple bills favorably. HB 3751, HB 261/HB 2061, HB 647, HB 791, HB 1242, HB 1729, HB 2003, HB 2029, HB 2775, HB 3611, HB 4804, and HB 2522 were each reported favorably to the full Senate, generally on unanimous or near-unanimous votes. Most were also sent to the local and uncontested calendar, though HB 2029 was ultimately not placed there after an objection. The committee then recessed.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • OK, members, this is a local bill and...
  • Senator West moves that it be sent to the local non-contested calendar. Any objections?
  • Senator West moves that House Bill 791 be recommended for the local non-contested calendar.
  • Senator West moves that House Bill 1242 be recommended for the local non-contested calendar.
  • Senator West moves that House Bill 1729 be recommended for the local non-contested calendar.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Cap Committee Meeting - 2025-04-23

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • These dollars could have a huge impact on our local area.
  • Was this heard in State and Local Government?
  • This has not gone to State and Local Government.
  • The City is working with our local **Faribault Foundation**, a local non-profit, and has taken initiative
  • Share, so the request is part of the local share.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/23/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Bandandy Association, and multiple local Bandandy Association, and multiple local hockey<00:02:30.560
  • Uh, Represent local government?
  • <01:02:58.000> We're to state and local government. We're to state and local government.
  • The city is working with our local Fargo Foundation, a local nonprofit, and has taken the initiative
  • On a typical day, there purely local.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 8th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • happen, and infectious waste is getting mixed in with the general municipal solid waste and sent to our local
  • Commissioner, proceed. local waste management facilities. This local waste management facilities.
  • I'm represented by the IBEW Local 23.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism REVISED Feb 17th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, we often want to work with small mom-and-pop local vendors in the various areas.
  • And you may have said this, but this would this also enable contracting with local artists and local
  • within the Department of Commerce to provide competitive grants to cities and counties who design local
  • economies, and will also strengthen local workforces.
  • We're trying to recruit 100 specialty welders into town now for an expansion of local project.