Video & Transcript : 'filing refusal' :
Page 293 of 500
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We have one bill on the agenda: Senate File 4059.
- This is simply a procedural change after we passed House File 2433 out.
- So, Senator Frentz moves the A8 amendment to Senate File 4059. A8 amendment to Senate File 4059.
- A8 amendment to Senate File 4059. A8 amendment to Senate File 4059.
- Senate File 4059 as Motion prevails.
Committee:
Senate Finance
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> File 4927. File 4927.
- </c> of House File 4927. of House File 4927.
- </c> File 457. File 457.
- I'm here to present House File 4013 on behalf of House File 4013.
- I'm here to present House File 4013 on behalf of House File 4013.
Bills:
HF4680 , HF4047 , HF4590 , HF3757 , HF3569 , HF4507 , HF4426 , HF4927 , HF4788 , HF4757 , HF4747 , HF3561 , HF4014 , HF4013 , HF4689 , HF4766 , HF4589
Committee:
House Capital Investment
Keywords:
wastewater treatment, improvements, capital investment, Greenfield, bonds, water treatment, infrastructure, municipal funding, state bonds, public utilities, HF4590, Tamarack, municipal infrastructure, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, Public Facilities Authority, sewer system, collection system, street reconstruction, local infrastructure
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 02/20/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Senator putam moves that Senate file Senator putam moves that Senate file 1339<00:36:50.119><c>
- </c> we'll next move to Senate file we'll next move to Senate file 1227<00:37:09.760><c> welcome</c><
- </c> next bill Senate file next bill Senate file 859<00:49:00.160><c> is</c><00:49:00.400><c> Senator
- </c><00:51:06.280><c> 1227</c><00:51:07.200><c> is</c> to Senate file 1227 is to Senate file 1227 is
- </c> for bringing the bill uh Senate file for bringing the bill uh Senate file 8:30<01:03:52.559><c>
Committee:
Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The first bill is House File 69. Chair Quam, welcome to the committee.
- Didn't spend enough to even have to file and report with campaign finance.
- So we begin with House File 62.
- House File 62 should be a quick conversation.
- House File 62 is placed on the general register. The next bill will be House File 2067.
Committee:
House Education Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Session - Senate Floor Session - Part 3 - 06/09/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- House file number 16. second reading. House file number 16. House<00:04:17.280><c> file.
- The House file has been House file.
- The secretary will give the House File its second reading. House File 9.
- The house file has House file number 17.
- The secretary will give the House File a second reading. House File 18.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House repasses HF4252, the omnibus higher education finance and policy bill 5/16/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate File numbers 4401, 334, and 1943. House File numbers 719, 2484, and 2486.
- Conference committee reports on House files. Senate file numbers 4401, 334, and 1943.
- </c> House file number 719, 2484, and 2486. House file number 719, 2484, and 2486.
- </c> And Senate file number 5200. And Senate file number 5200.
- </c> house file say I. house file say I.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- When they file a claim with the VA, they don't file the claim, supposedly.
- They do the work for it, but they don't file the claim. The veteran files that claim.
- Somebody files a claim. They file an intent to file.
- gives them 365 days to file that claim.
- That is a very easy claim to file. You file prostate cancer due to Agent Orange.
Committee:
House Veterans and Armed Forces
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The secretary will read the Senate file numbers.
- The secretary will read the Senate file numbers: Senate File 472 and 1552.
- The Senate files have been given their second reading.
- </c><00:08:43.360><c> number</c> go to Senate file number go to Senate file number 1783<00:08:45.240>
- </c><00:09:03.720><c> number</c> Senate file number Senate file number 1837<00:09:05.680><c> that</c>
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Judiciary Committee Mar 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- File item number one, SB 9.
- ; file item number four, SB 1100 by Senator Smallwood Quavis; file item number five, SB 1374 by our very
- file number seven, SCR 124 by Senator Wiener.
- This is file item number two, SB 1159.
- File item number two, SB 1159, chair voting aye.
Summary:
The Senate Judiciary Committee met in subcommittee and heard three non-consent bills plus a consent calendar. SB 1159 by Senator Cabaldon would let public agencies disregard AI- or bot-generated public participation that is not from a human, in response to concerns about floods of automated comments and public records requests overwhelming local government processes. Supporters included Sierra Club California, the League of California Cities, counties, special districts, municipal clerks, and several local governments; there was no opposition. Committee members raised questions about how agencies would detect AI-generated submissions, possible liability or First Amendment concerns if human comments were mistakenly excluded, and whether the bill needed more specific amendments for each affected act. The author said the bill does not create enforcement against bots but instead clarifies that agencies need not treat non-human input as human participation, and the committee voted the bill out on a series of roll calls, ultimately 12-0, to the Senate Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection Committee, with the bill placed on call during the process.
SB 932 by Senator Dato would require greater transparency in civil proceedings involving assignments of claims, aiming to prevent people from hiding behind shell companies or transferred rights to collect money while avoiding debts or other obligations. The Conference of California Bar Associations sponsored the bill, and its witness said the measure would help identify the real party in interest and curb misuse of assignments, including in bankruptcy and other recovery actions. The Utility Wildfire Survivor Coalition opposed the bill unless amended, arguing that in complex litigation—especially wildfire cases with multiple overlapping interests and litigation financing—the proposal could miss important disclosures and create inequities. The author said the bill was a narrow accountability measure and acknowledged broader issues would require more discussion. The committee passed SB 932 on a 12-0 vote, with the bill also placed on call during the vote sequence.
The committee also approved a consent calendar containing several other measures, including SB 994, SB 1100, SB 1374, SB 1189, and SCR 124. Those items were adopted unanimously after roll calls, and the committee adjourned after completing the final votes.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES Mar 12th, 2026
LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING-COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
Transcript Highlights:
- Staff recommends we file this report. Without objection, we will file this report.
- Staff recommends we file this report.
- We will go ahead and file this report.
- Staff recommends we file these reports.
- And was this report filed? We need to file this report, okay.
Summary:
The committee approved the February 12 minutes and received updates on delinquent municipal water and sewer reports for 2022 and 2023, noting continued progress toward compliance and reinstatement of turnback funds for several cities. It also deferred several matters to the June 4 meeting, including Fargo’s municipal accounting noncompliance report, Jericho’s street-fund misuse issue, Biggers and Holly Grove deferred reports, and a group of private water and sewer reports lacking proper responses.
Members then heard and filed a detailed report on the City of Strong, which involved repeat findings on undeposited receipts, improper use of solid waste funds, unsupported spending, late payroll tax payments, accounting control problems, and fund balance issues. Mayor Darrell Howell described corrective steps, including new internal controls, outside CPA assistance, repayment of misapplied funds, budget amendments, and efforts to address the findings; the committee commended the city’s efforts and filed the report. The committee also filed reports on Thornton Waterworks, Calhoun County, Salem, Briarcliffe, Compton Water Association, Montgomery County Regional Public Water Authority, Camden, Johnson County, and Sparkman, while deferring several private water reports and other unresolved items.
A major portion of the meeting focused on the Pulaski County Regional Solid Waste Management District and other regional solid waste districts. The audit found issues in Pulaski County involving unapproved payroll items, missing credit card documentation, unapproved contracts, vehicle and cell phone documentation problems, lack of competitive bidding, and weak internal controls; members questioned the district’s practices and deferred the report to June while requesting district representatives appear. The committee also reviewed a statewide report on six regional solid waste management districts, with findings in Pulaski, Faulkner, and Benton counties and no findings in three others; that report was likewise deferred for Pulaski County questions. The meeting ended after a lengthy discussion with Cross County Rural Water System about overdue audit posting, water quality problems, grant-funded improvements, board notice practices, and the broader challenges facing rural water systems, after which the committee filed the report and adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Filed against the locality in the name of the state.
- As soon as the suit is filed.
- That's the Attorney General by virtue of the filing of this.
- Right, they investigate, they file a suit, and as soon as they file a suit, then the penalties are triggered
- The moment they file suit, those penalties take effect.
Committee:
House Intergovernmental Affairs
Keywords:
municipal management district, bonds, assessments, property taxes, economic development, eminent domain, special district, SB 427, local government, political subdivision, state loan, state grant, financial reporting, annual financial statement, annual report, county report, municipal finance, water district, municipality, county auditor
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/14/26 - Part 1
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Second reading of Senate files. >> Second reading of Senate file number 3891. >> Second reading.
- </c> Second reading of Senate files. Second reading of Senate files.
- reading of House files 5144 through 5149. >> First reading House files 5144 through 5149.
- >> First reading House files 5144 through >> First reading House files 5144 through 5149.
- </c> package, Senate file 4067. package, Senate file 4067.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee May 6th, 2026
Revenue and Taxation
Transcript Highlights:
- File item 7 has been pulled by the author.
- That is file item 5, SB 1151 by Senator Cervantes.
- I'll file item 10. The Vice Chair has two bills on the docket. File item 10.
- We have now SB File Amendment 11. We have now SB 1118.
- And you are now with file item 3, SB 1113. And you are now with file item 3, SB 1113.
Committee:
Senate Revenue and Taxation
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, Senate File House File 3489.
- </c> Senator Sieberger's bill Senate File Senator Sieberger's bill Senate File 4667<00:05:01.000><c>
- File</c><00:05:18.200><c> 3489.
- </c> Is there any discussion of Senate File Is there any discussion of Senate File 3891?
- </c> File 3891? File 3891?
Committee:
Senate Finance
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact Jun 23rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The following bills are in consent: File Item No. 2, SB 700, Grayson, and File Item No. 6, SB 1340, Richardson
- The following bills are in consent: File Item No. 2, SB 700, Grayson, and File Item No. 6, SB 1340, Richardson
- With that, we're going to go out file our order and our next file order. I know Mr.
- With that, we're going to go out file our order and our next file order. I know Mr.
- File item number seven, SJR 6, Cortese.
Summary:
The committee heard several measures focused on economic development, procurement, workforce equity, federal infrastructure funding, and food security. SB 1044 by Senator Reyes would raise and then index to inflation the cap for streamlined state contracts awarded to certified small businesses, microbusinesses, and disabled veteran business enterprises for services and IT work; supporters said the current cap is outdated and limits access, while opponents representing goods suppliers and some small business groups argued the bill could disadvantage goods contractors and should preserve lower thresholds for those contracts. After discussion about the ceiling versus floor effect of the cap and the impact on different types of businesses, the bill was approved as amended and sent to Appropriations. SB 247 by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas would create a bid preference for projects that hire workers from disadvantaged communities; supporters framed it as a way to connect public infrastructure spending to family-sustaining jobs, while union construction employers opposed it because they said they cannot control worker dispatch through hiring halls and the bill would be difficult to implement. The committee advanced the measure to Appropriations despite those concerns.
The committee also approved SJR 6 by Senator Cortese, which urges the federal government to honor commitments under the bipartisan infrastructure law, CHIPS and Science Act, and Inflation Reduction Act, with supporters emphasizing the importance of certainty for California infrastructure, clean energy, and semiconductor investments. SB 1025 by Senator Hurtado would establish an Office of Food Security and Affordability to coordinate food assistance efforts and develop a statewide food security strategy; supporters from a Kern County food bank and the University of California said the state’s response to hunger is fragmented and needs better coordination, while committee members asked about deliverables and timelines. The bill was sent to Appropriations.
The committee also took up consent items SB 700 and SB 1340, which were moved on consent to Appropriations, and the hearing ended with the remaining votes recorded and the bills advanced. Throughout the hearing, members repeatedly discussed the need for clearer implementation details, data on program impacts, and how to balance equity goals with operational realities for state agencies, contractors, and small businesses.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- File item 5. I vote. Excellent. Madam Secretary, would you please call the roll? File item 5.
- File item 6, SB 998.
- We will now move on to file Senator Perez. We will now move on to file item two.
- File item 6, SB 998. File item 6, SB 998.
- File item 6, SB 998.
Committee:
House Education
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee 4/29/25
Rules and Legislative Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- For Thursday, May 1st, we are proposing Senate File 3045, the state government budget bill, House File
- 1837, the state government policy bill, House File 2098, the local government policy bill, House File
- It is my understanding the pre-filing requirement applies to all amendments.
- </c> your understanding that this pre-filing your understanding that this pre-filing requirement<00:01
- :01:18.159><c> to</c><00:01:18.240><c> all</c> pre-filing requirement applies to all pre-filing requirement
Committee:
House Rules and Legislative Administration
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 04/07/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> to Senate File 4765, House File 4429. to Senate File 4765, House File 4429.
- I'm glad to present to you Senate File 4721 and House File 4514.
- Uh, Senate File 4721, House File 4514 applies to the correctional plan.
- We have before us again Senate File 3828, Members, we are now back on Senate File 3828, House File 3512
- 3512</c><01:11:36.200><c> as</c> Senate File 3828, House File 3512 as Senate File 3828, House File 3512
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- House file 1824 will enable us to expand House file 1824 will enable us to expand our<00:08:56.280><c
- <00:13:49.800><c> 1660</c> File 1660 File 1660 um<00:13:51.600><c> today.
- </c><00:14:20.040><c> 1660</c> opportunity to present House File 1660 opportunity to present House File
- </c> that, we will now lay over House File that, we will now lay over House File 1660<00:39:07.120><c
- </c><00:47:18.280><c> 1926</c> wish to testify on House File 1926 wish to testify on House File 1926
Keywords:
children, youth programming, needs assessment, community engagement, state funding, education, funding, school districts, state budget, rural schools, food support, Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches, food shelves, grant funding, Minnesota FoodShare, early childhood, Head Start, education funding, developmental programs, literacy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 04/21/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> House File 139, Senate File 1122. House File 139, Senate File 1122.
- on the Senate file and House file. file. file.
- File 4572 and House File 4367 is Senate File 4572 and House File 4367 is laid<01:10:17.800><c> over.
- </c> both Senate File 4766 and Senate File both Senate File 4766 and Senate File 4767 4767 4767 and<01
- Senate File 4766 and House File 4723 as Senate File 4766 and House File 4723 as amended<01:29:10.719>