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TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm the former chair of the Animal Law Section of the State Bar of Texas and the current chair of the
  • incidents that they were aware of, 65% of those instances occurred in the state of Texas.
  • public information for financial gain as a felony of the third degree.
  • I've worked a number of financial investigations, and typically, the time it takes to subpoena and gather
  • elusive because of the shortness of the time.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 21st, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • In the interest of time, we support. Thank you. Love your testimony. Thank you.
  • It's made public that the current financial situations of physician group schools is one of my big concerns
  • We also hear a lot about conflicts of interest. Insurers are owning hospitals.
  • of the health care entity and any affiliate, including audited financial statements, cost report. annual
  • Also, the financial burdens caused by the implementation of this bill.
Committee: House Public Health
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 7th, 2025 at 03:30 pm

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • in anything and everything that comes out of this process, including a financial stake permanently in
  • And what we see in this attitude of change is that they are increasingly interested in green burials,
  • Any of you can answer that, or all of you?
  • Call all of them, call all of them. All of these as well.
  • ...of all of those types of things. Under the FDA situation, none of that has to be disclosed.
Committee: House Public Health
Summary: The meeting of the public health committee focused on the pressing issue of opioid addiction in Texas, with a particular emphasis on House Bill 3717. Chairman Harris detailed the bill's intent to fund a grant program for Ibogaine clinical trials, framing it as a critical response to the ongoing opioid crisis. He shared poignant testimonies highlighting the struggles of families and veterans battling addiction and mental health issues. The conversation underscored the necessity of innovative treatments, like Ibogaine, which showed promising results in studies for reducing symptoms of withdrawal and PTSD.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/3/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Okay, I'll follow in the interest of time. Thank you.
  • </c><00:25:31.360><c> Thank</c> follow in the interest of time.
  • Thank follow in the interest of time. Thank you.<00:25:31.679><c> Okay.
  • $45,000, the financial burden of these necessary upgrades is too great for our community to shoulder
  • $45,000, the financial burden of these necessary upgrades is too great for our community to shoulder
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Municipal May 7th, 2026

Municipal

Transcript Highlights:
  • in support of this bill, as well as the mayor of the city of New Orleans.
  • and councils, budgeting, ethics and conflicts of interest, human resources, open meeting laws, and public
  • and councils, budgeting, ethics and conflicts of interest, human resources, open meeting laws, and public
  • and councils, budgeting, ethics and conflicts of interest, human resources, open meeting laws, and public
  • Might keep a couple of them out of jail, even.
Bills: SB348 , SB444 , SB485 , SB517 , HB87 , HB115 , HB162 , HB362 , HB368 , HB377 , HB431 , HB441 , HB466 , HB664 , HB741 , HB822 , HB990 , HB1243
Committee: Senate Municipal
Summary: The committee on local and municipal affairs met on May 7, 2026, approved the prior meeting minutes, and then took up a series of local bills. HB 362 creating the Regency Park Towns Townhomes Crime Prevention and Security District in Orleans Parish was reported favorably without objection. HB 822, dealing with nonprofit entities that hold appointments on boards and commissions while not in good standing with the Secretary of State, drew questions about whether it targeted a specific entity and about how long an entity should be out of good standing; the committee adopted an amendment changing the trigger to three consecutive years and then reported the bill as amended. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 1243, which would give the Orleans Parish City Council more authority over the Sewer and Water Board. The sponsor, Council President J.P. Morrell, and Representative Hilfordy argued the bill would move New Orleans toward a more local, responsive public-works model and help address long-standing dysfunction. The Bureau of Governmental Research testified that it supported increased local control but urged a formal study or transition plan so the city would document the future governance structure. Despite those concerns, the committee adopted an amendment clarifying ownership of assets and then reported HB 1243 as amended. The committee also handled several St. George bills and other local measures. SB 348, allowing third-party administrative support for motor vehicle enforcement, and SB 444, granting expropriation authority for certain public projects, were reported favorably. SB 485, transferring insurance premium tax authority to the City of St. George, was initially amended but then reconsidered; the amendment was stripped and the bill was reported favorably. HB 990, concerning Jefferson Parish and unpaid water/sewer bills on multifamily properties, HB 466 on West Feliciana Parish property-tax rebates, HB 664 raising parish ordinance fines, HB 87 increasing per diem for a Livingston Parish gas utility district board, HB 115 abolishing the police chief for the Village of Edgefield, HB 741 creating emergency housing vouchers for human trafficking survivors, HB 377 removing civil-service pay restrictions for state examiners, HB 162 updating a crime prevention district fee, HB 368 raising fines for improper demolition of historic properties, and HB 441 returning Sewer and Water Board employees to city civil service were all reported favorably, most without objection. HB 431, requiring mayors to complete 16 hours of annual training, was amended to add continuing legal education and national conferences and then reported as amended. The committee adjourned after completing its agenda.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Municipal May 7th, 2026

Municipal

Transcript Highlights:
  • in support of this bill as well as the mayor of the city of New Orleans.
  • She's the chief of staff of the Sewerage and Water Board.
  • Todd Morris, Chief of Police for the City of St.
  • and councils, budgeting, ethics and conflicts of interest, human resources, open meeting laws, and public
  • Might keep a couple of them out of jail, even.
Bills: SB348 , SB444 , SB485 , SB517 , HB87 , HB115 , HB162 , HB362 , HB368 , HB377 , HB431 , HB441 , HB466 , HB664 , HB741 , HB822 , HB990 , HB1243
Committee: Senate Municipal
Summary: The committee on Local and Municipal Affairs met on May 7, 2026 and approved the prior meeting minutes before taking up a series of local bills. Early action included HB 362, creating the Regency Park Towns Townhomes Crime Prevention and Security District in Orleans Parish, which was reported favorably. HB 822, dealing with nonprofit entities that hold appointments on boards and commissions while not in good standing with the Secretary of State, drew discussion about how long an entity must be out of compliance and whether notice should be required; the committee adopted an amendment changing the threshold to three consecutive years and then reported the bill as amended. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 1243, which would shift more authority over the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board to the Orleans Parish City Council. Supporters, including Representative Hilfriddy and Council President J.P. Morrell, argued the current structure is dysfunctional and unresponsive, and that local elected officials need authority to act more quickly. The Bureau of Governmental Research testified without taking a position on the bill itself but urged a formal transition plan or study committee so the city would have a clear governance path. Despite that concern, the committee adopted an amendment clarifying asset ownership and then reported HB 1243 as amended. The committee also handled several St. George bills. SB 348, allowing local law enforcement to contract for administrative support related to motor vehicle enforcement, was reported favorably. SB 444, granting St. George expropriation authority for certain public infrastructure projects, was also reported favorably. SB 485, concerning the city’s authority over insurance premium taxes, initially had amendments adopted but was then reconsidered; the amendments were stripped and the bill was reported favorably in its original form. HB 431, requiring mayors to complete annual continuing education, was amended to clarify approved training and then reported favorably. Other measures reported favorably included HB 990 on Jefferson Parish master water meters, HB 466 on West Feliciana Parish tax rebates tied to a data center project, HB 664 raising the maximum fine for parish ordinance violations, HB 87 increasing per diem for a Livingston Parish gas utility district board, HB 115 abolishing the police chief position in Edgefield, HB 741 creating emergency housing vouchers for human trafficking survivors, HB 377 removing civil service pay-plan restrictions for state examiners, HB 162 allowing a fee increase for the Jefferson Place/Bocage Crime Prevention District, HB 368 increasing fines for improper demolition of historic properties in New Orleans, and HB 441 returning New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board employees to city civil service. The committee adjourned after reporting the bills.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House and Governmental Affairs Mar 25th, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • the Office of Financial Institutions and a number of others that you can see in the bill.
  • Some of them kind of fall into three categories.
  • Did we look back at any of the authors of these statutes?
  • get the hook of the applicant first and get them interested in state government before talking about
  • get the hook of the applicant first and get them interested in state government before talking about
Bills: HR9 , HR15 , HB202 , HB206 , HB338 , HB379 , HB547 , HB691 , HB843 , HB861 , HB908
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> behalf of all members of that behalf of all members of that association.<00:09:23.440><c> And</c
  • of thousands of motans and to tens of thousands of motans and insurance<00:21:15.440><c> providers</
  • like StubHub are backed financially by these marketplaces that make billions of dollars a year off of
  • like StubHub are backed financially by these marketplaces that make billions of dollars a year off of
  • </c> of peace of mind um in that transaction. of peace of mind um in that transaction.
Bills: SF1750 , HF4250 , HF3938 , HF3904 , HF3642
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Safety Feb 17th, 2026 at 08:30 am

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Covers cases committed in the presence of a minor.
  • All, so if you are, if there's any type of, if you.
  • And if you do the inflation rate, instead of a fee from $1 to $20 instead of $20 dollars, it should be
  • And also adds the victims of human trafficking.
  • So, it's a very simple bill, but boy, it has a lot of impact when you're in a court of law and trying
Bills: SB1192 , SB1264 , SB1284 , SB1810 , SB1921
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Lot of jobs that still need that.
  • Any of you that have known me for a while know that I'm not Necessarily a huge fan of task forces, but
  • of Oklahoma.
  • Can you talk about some of the higher the Bullet points of what this it's it's quite long and what are
  • Seven out of a carrier bill to a passer. Members, that was the last bill of the day.
Bills: HB3081 , HB3127 , HB3128 , HB3498 , HB2035
Committee: House Business
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • :17:36.320><c> is</c> second concern of course of us for us is second concern of course of us for us
  • </c> of uh bill 1725. of uh bill 1725.
  • </c> because of the cost of infrastructure. because of the cost of infrastructure.
  • Tax Foundation of of the committee.
  • </c> of over $78,000. of over $78,000.
Committee: House Housing
Summary: The joint public hearing covered several housing-related bills and one building-code measure. HB 1719 would make manufactured homes a permitted use by right on residentially zoned lots in the urban district, HB 1742 would authorize self-contained relocatable housing units with restrictions, and HB 1737 would clarify that a farm dwelling in an agricultural district may include an accessory employee housing structure. Testimony on these bills was overwhelmingly supportive from groups including Hawaii Realtors, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, Housing Hawaii’s Future, the Modular Building Institute, the Hawaii Farmers Union, and others, with a few agencies offering comments. No one testified in opposition on HB 1719 or HB 1742, while HB 1737 drew one opposition and one comment in addition to broad support. No votes were taken during the hearing segment provided. A major portion of the hearing focused on HB 2049, which restructures the conveyance tax into a marginal-rate system and changes how the revenue is allocated, including funding for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the rental housing revolving fund, while also affecting the legacy land conservation fund. Supporters, including DHHL, Hawaii Appleseed, Aahu Youth Action Board, Hawaii YIMBY, and others, argued the bill would help Native Hawaiian housing and, for most transactions, function as a tax cut. Opponents, including NAP Hawaii, Hawaii Realtors, Hawaii Land Trust, Mhai Land Trust, and the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, objected to using conveyance tax as a revenue-generating tool and raised concerns about higher upfront costs and reduced funding for other housing uses. Committee members and staff discussed the bill’s revenue estimates, the reduced percentage but higher cap for the land conservation fund, the effect on rental housing funding, and the bill’s cost-of-living adjustment language; staff said a line-by-line comparison of the current and proposed tax structure would be provided before decision-making. The hearing also took up HB 1725, which would extend the state building code adoption cycle from two years to six years, apply the IRC to triplexes and fourplexes, allow counties to adopt more or less stringent amendments, and appropriate funds for code adoption work. Most testimony supported the bill, with advocates saying the current process is unmanageable, too resource-intensive, and creates confusion because state and county codes can diverge; supporters said a longer cycle would improve clarity and allow more focused review. The International Code Council and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers opposed the measure, warning that delaying adoption could have negative consequences and urging the committee to let an existing statewide code-adoption strategy proceed first. Members asked about sequencing, county implementation, and whether the longer cycle would create catch-up problems, but no action was taken in the excerpt provided.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment & Energy Feb 2nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Environment & Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's a lot of bullet points.
  • I'm looking at this amendment that's in front of us. So some you have. "In front of us.
  • It would direct the Department of Ecology to submit a report to the Legislature by the end of this year
  • And yet now, with the increased demands and possibilities of AI in terms of what's ahead of us, that
  • We are the tech center of the world, or at least of the United States.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Jan 28th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Since I’m running out of time, I will get into some of those other financial concerns. Thank you.
  • First, it requires the Office of Financial Management to publish an average net cost of the beverage
  • First, it requires the Office of Financial Management to publish an average net cost of the beverage
  • First, it requires the Office of Financial Management to publish an average net cost of the beverage
  • First, it requires the Office of Financial Management to publish an average net cost of the beverage
Bills: HB2565 , HB1607 , HB2254 , HB2385 , HB2531 , HB2543
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Jan 23rd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Environment, Energy & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • So does this bill kind of assume that the utilities aren't already working in the best interests of their
  • all of this.
  • Patrick Boss, here on behalf of the Port of Quincy.
  • Even if the grid is right-sized, costs can still shift to everyone else in the absence of strong financial
  • Even if the grid is right-sized, costs can still shift to everyone else in the absence of strong financial
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/13/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Transcript Highlights:
  • To maintain the financial health of this fund, our board has put in place a 60-40 split on grants to
  • So of the $87.3 million that WIFA has awarded in financial assistance under this fund, $60 million of
  • Very low interest rates, sub-2% in the case of some of our borrowers here on this fund, so that was really
  • None of them are easy, but all of them are possible.
  • actual permitting or whatever it may be as we go forward, all of the deliverables for the financial,
Bills: HB2024 , HB2053 , HB2097 , HB2116 , HB2117
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Economic Development May 21st, 2025

Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • You can track all of them again. Mitch Fuller here. Sorry. You can track all of them again.
  • The qualified hotel project aspect of the bill is vitally important to a lot of our community.
  • The qualified hotel project aspect of the bill is vitally important to a lot of our communities.
  • We're here in support of all of those. I'll answer any questions you may have. Thank you.
  • The chair lays out, as a matter of pending business, HB 4320, in lieu of Senate Bill 1520, which was
Summary: The Senate Economic Development Committee heard and laid out several measures focused on school safety, Texas-Taiwan relations, defense manufacturing, business formation, hotel tax policy, and NASA relocation. HB 1851 would allow surplus DPS vehicles and law enforcement equipment to be transferred to school districts in economically disadvantaged areas for use by school police and security personnel, with a two-year resale restriction. HCR 127 expressed support for the Texas-Taiwan relationship and trade ties, HCR 118 supported expanding warship manufacturing in Texas, HCR 141 urged Congress to move NASA headquarters to Houston, HB 346 (with a committee substitute) revised business filing and fee authority while making permanent a franchise tax exemption for new veteran-owned businesses, HB 2974 was an omnibus hotel occupancy tax and qualified hotel project bill, and HB 5596 addressed accountability for municipal hotel occupancy tax revenues in coastal communities. Witnesses generally supported the measures, including the Texas Hotel and Lodging Association on HB 2974 and resource witnesses from the Texas Veterans Commission and Secretary of State on HB 346; no opposition testimony was registered on the laid-out bills. After public testimony, the committee took up pending business and adopted committee substitutes where applicable. HB 1851, HB 346, HB 2974, and HB 5596 were each reported favorably to the full Senate, with HB 346 and HB 2974 also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. HCR 127 and HCR 118 were reported favorably as well, and HCR 127 and HCR 141 were likewise recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also reported HB 4320 favorably, though the transcript repeats that motion several times. The meeting ended with the committee standing in recess until 7:00 a.m. subject to the call of the chair.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • It provides the Secretary of State's office with the authority and flexibility to meet modern needs of
  • The qualified hotel project aspect of the bill is vitally important. ...to a lot of our communities.
  • Texas... ...of Texas has received more money from hotel development than the state of Texas rebated
  • We're here in support of all of those. I'll answer any questions you may have. Thank you, Mr.
  • As a matter of pending business, House Bill 4230 in lieu of Senate Bill 1520, which was heard in a previous
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Culture, Recreation & Tourism May 8th, 2025

Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • out of their systems, and some of them are derelict.
  • CADD's mission statement is to bring public awareness to the problem of derelict and abandoned boats
  • There are vessels that are sunk with very little of the vessel out of the water.
  • Right now they're funding it out of their own pockets and putting up thousands of dollars.
  • The Battle of Gonzales in 1835, the first conflict of the Texas Revolution, centered on a cannon when
Bills: HB4538 , HCR89 , HCR142 , SCR1 , SB2139
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Elections May 8th, 2025

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • the voters of Dallas County, of the city of Dallas.
  • city of Dallas.
  • Two of the counties selected must have a total population of less than 300,000, and two of the counties
  • I think legislate for the Secretary of State you're most afraid of, not the Secretary of State you have
  • , out of the picture.
Committee: House Elections
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency May 7th, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • some of their cases.
  • out of Washington, D.C.
  • of balanced billing.
  • The trustees of ERS.
  • From a lot of agencies, we got a lot of their feedback.
Bills: HCR141 , SB438 , SB1495 , SB1964 , HB 1225