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AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Does DCS have the resources that they need to continue?
- Does DCS have the resources that they need to continue?
- , and they weren’t told what resources were available.
- They couldn’t; they didn’t have the resources right then, and they weren’t told what resources were available
- out and give you and find some resources for you based on your story?
Committee:
House Government
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Statute Law Committee Jun 17th, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Statute Law Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- And we can thank the legislature for an efficient session because we did not go very deep into our overtime
- The goal of them is to provide resources to readers...
- The goal of them is to provide resources to readers, but not necessarily to imply that it is a direct
- successor or a later enactment, but just to actually provide it as a reference and an easy resource
Committee:
Joint Statute Law Committee
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- industry and others ways that we can get food directly to the consumer, um, more, um, readily and efficiently
- All right, the members, this is the resource witness. I guess I'll start.
- All of our resources that are put into this program are recovered through license fees, and what, uh,
- question is what happens if, well, again it's a cost recovery program and we're having to sink more resources
Committee:
House Agriculture & Livestock
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Criminal Jurisprudence S/C New Offenses and Changed Penalties May 1st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- While operating a a modern, efficient, and accessible transit system, CapMetro emphasizes safety.
- call for backup to deal with the outside party, taking precious time out of their day and diverting resources
- Absolutely, and it's also a resource situation because in a recent case that I tried, it was merely a
- resource issue.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Aging and Long-Term Care Committee Apr 22nd, 2025
Aging and Long-Term Care
Transcript Highlights:
- lifelong contributions of Asian undocumented immigrants by ensuring that they have access to the resources
- creation of a statewide long-term care emergency response system to help facilities quickly and efficiently
- evacuate their communities. um assisting them with search capacity and resource distribution.
- very large scale. our partnership with independent living centers through our aging and disability resource
Committee:
House Aging and Long-Term Care
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Apr 7th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Kaye Rustaller with the Family Resources and Referral Center. And Mr. Victor Costa also with.
- Constantly engaged with local, state, and federal stakeholders to secure resources and policy support
- Propane is efficient and a reliable power source and can be easily deployed during emergency responses
- Natural Resources.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 4/13/26
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- He said that if there are ways we can make our system more efficient, we should.
- They just don't have the resources in this, you know, um... I do not disagree with you.
- They just don't have the resources in this, you know, um... I do not disagree with you.
- </c><01:13:32.840><c> in</c> They just don't have the resources in They just don't have the resources
- </c><01:40:53.480><c> So,</c> provide safe and efficient care. So, provide safe and efficient care.
Committee:
House Health Finance and Policy
Keywords:
residential pools, swimming classes, certification, private business, health safety, health care, prior authorization, managed care, medical assistance, mental health, substance use treatment, chronic conditions, health insurance, insulin, healthcare access, pharmacy regulations, patient assistance, affordable medication, healthcare, pharmacy
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Let me ask, do we have a resource witness from LBB? No, we don't have a resource witness.
- Let me ask, do we have a resource witness from LBB? No, we don't have a resource.
- We want an efficient... Thank you, Mr. Chairman. You're welcome.
- Let me begin with the resource witnesses. Would you pull the resource witnesses up?”
- “Begin with the resource witnesses. Would you pull the resource witnesses up, Mr. Clerk?
Bills:
SB825
Committee:
Senate Border Security
Keywords:
illegal immigration, economic impact, environmental impact, financial impact, annual study, Texas, government report
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Border Security heard testimony on Senate Bill 825 by Senator Middleton, as substituted, which would require an annual or biennial study of the economic, environmental, and financial impacts of illegal immigration in Texas. Middleton said the bill is intended to provide lawmakers with comprehensive data on costs to law enforcement, health care, education, infrastructure, and taxpayers, and to support possible federal reimbursement claims. Several senators, including Hinojosa and Eckhardt, agreed that a study is needed but raised concerns about bias, the scope of the study, and whether the Comptroller’s Office rather than the governor’s office should conduct it. Middleton argued the governor’s office was the best coordinating entity because it could direct multiple agencies to provide data, while Hinojosa and others emphasized the Comptroller’s expertise and prior 2006 study.
Public testimony was generally supportive of the idea of a study but critical of the bill’s framing. Sarah Cruz of the ACLU of Texas said the study should be a full cost-benefit analysis and warned that focusing only on costs could create an anti-immigrant narrative. Danny Woodward of the Texas Civil Rights Project also supported the concept but recommended moving the study to the Comptroller or, alternatively, creating a neutral commission. Jaime Pointe of Every Texan likewise supported updating the 2006 analysis and said state agencies should be able to cooperate with a governor-led study.
Resource witnesses from the governor’s office, HHSC, TEA, OCA, TDCJ, and DPS explained that data collection would be uneven across agencies. HHSC and TEA said they often do not collect immigration status and, in TEA’s case, federal law limits schools from requesting such information; OCA and TDCJ said they could provide only partial or indirect data unless new reporting requirements were added. DPS said it already has Operation Lone Star data but would need to collect additional information if tasked with the broader study. The chair asked the governor’s office to provide a follow-up answer on separation-of-powers and related authority questions by the following Tuesday, and the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair without taking a vote on the bill.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Select Committee on Economic Development and Technological Innovation Feb 5th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Our work centers economic growth through a region's-up approach, stewarding state resources, but also
- More than 7 million Californians lack resources.
- More than 7 million Californians lack resources to meet basic needs, and increasingly that inequality
- And a lot of it is we don't need to create more resources. They're here. We have the eye bank.
- Again, we do have a lot of these resources here.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Land Grant Jul 14th, 2025
House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- resources.
- If anyone is the most efficient person in government right now, you're it.
- A cultural worldview of water as a community resource.
- Our places for resources are embedded within the agency.
- To transition from resources like FEMA and USDA to the Army Corps.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Each will be a critical resource just as those were that Kyle Garden received.
- way of of uh becoming a efficient way of of uh becoming a homeowner<00:18:52.320><c> too.
- or lack of resources to pursue<00:44:17.520><c> remedies.
- </c><01:17:57.199><c> Our</c> resources. Uh we get stuck. Our resources. Uh we get stuck.
- CMM is a statewide resource.
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
Keywords:
housing, infrastructure bonds, funding, appropriation, Minnesota Statutes, HF2687, single-family homes, corporate landlords, corporate ownership, real estate investment trust, REIT, landlord registry, landlord database, tenant transparency, housing affordability, homeownership, deed tax, transfer tax, property tax, affordable housing
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Second, capital efficiency drives investment decisions for capital-intensive projects, full stop.
- Third, a capital-efficient environment for large projects via the state's existing incentives.
- “So scientists and engineers are unblocked and have access to the resources in a simple and efficient
- And it gave us a lot of teachings, including how we can be more efficient, Produce widely.
- Moving away from can we do this to how do we do this and how do we do it most efficiently?
Committee:
Senate Senate Finance
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Business meeting to consider an authorization to subpoena the production of memoranda, documents, records, and other materials from the Massachusetts Port Authority, and an authorization to subpoena the production of memoranda, documents, records, an Mar 5th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- And yet we're still wasting time and resources with today's markup.
- In other words, We are wasting time and resources litigating an issue that is already resolved with a
- that information out, let's do whatever we can do as the Committee of Oversight to ensure that the resources
- amendment, that this subpoena authorization is unnecessary and a waste of this committee's time and resources
- air traffic controls are working. control system is in fact operating in a way that is safe and efficient
Keywords:
oversight, subpoena, illegal immigrants, Massachusetts Port Authority, O'Hare Airport, legislative practices
Summary:
The meeting was convened by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, where robust discussions were held regarding the need for improved oversight within the Senate. The chairman emphasized the historical decline in oversight activities and proposed motions to authorize subpoenas related to an ongoing investigation involving the Massachusetts Port Authority and allegations of illegal immigrant sheltering at airports. This prompted a detailed examination of the current practices and measures needed to address such issues effectively, particularly in light of recent reports from O'Hare Airport. The committee engaged in deliberations that highlighted the importance of maintaining legislative oversight to safeguard national interests.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
WTL Public Hearing 03-12-2025
Transcript Highlights:
- She has served one term on the Board of Land and Natural Resources.
- Hopefully, we can continue to provide the resources for the agency as well.
- </c> Department of land and natural resources Department of land and natural resources both<00:48:40.040
- Let's be a little more efficient.
- more efficient the chair will read all more efficient the chair will read all of<01:12:44.600><c> the
Summary:
The Committee on Water and Land heard confirmation nominations for several DLNR-related boards and commissions, including GM 530 for Karen Ono to the Board of Land and Natural Resources, GM 582 for Jay Kenan to the Natural Area Reserves System Commission, and GM 584 for Adrien Trulock to the Hawaii Historic Places Review Board. The chair repeatedly noted the volunteer nature of these positions and said the committee would take up decision-making after hearing all nominees. Testimony and comments for each nominee were generally supportive, with agency representatives praising their preparation, experience, and willingness to serve.
For Karen Ono, DLNR and several supporters from Kauai testified in favor, describing her as highly prepared and effective on the board. Senators questioned her about DLNR land use, especially state lands near rail stations and whether they should be used for affordable housing rather than commercial development. Ono said she had not taken a board position on those specific proposals because they had not yet come before the board, but she acknowledged the importance of housing and infrastructure. She also responded to questions about DLNR’s management of transferred agricultural lands, saying concerns about the department’s ability to manage such lands had been raised before and remain relevant. One senator expressed strong reservations about the nomination based on the land-use answers.
For Jay Kenan, the NARS Commission testimony focused on the commission’s role in advising on land management and conservation policy. Kenan said he hoped to continue helping evaluate properties and policies, and he identified funding and staffing as the main challenge. DLNR staff explained that the position supporting NARS had been abolished and that the department had limited capacity to restore it because other priorities, such as fire-related positions, were taking precedence. The committee also discussed a separate bill affecting Legacy Lands funding through conveyance tax revenues, with members and agency staff expressing concern that the measure could reduce support for land संरक्षण efforts.
For Adrien Trulock, SHPD and DLNR staff strongly supported the nomination, citing her preservation background and experience with historic properties. Members discussed the importance of her expertise for reviewing nominations and appeals and for helping with preservation planning. The committee also raised broader concerns about delays in historic-place designations and the difference between state and federal review processes; SHPD explained that board approval places a property on the state register, while federal National Register review can still require revisions and cause delays. No final votes or confirmations were taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
WAM-HHS, WAM-EDU Informational Briefings 01-14-2026
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> enterprise technology human resources enterprise technology human resources budget<00:01:22.080>
- >> Okay, thank you. the faster and the more resources we can the faster and the more resources we can
- ><c> maintain</c> additional resources to maintain additional resources to maintain competiti<01:02:59.760
- </c><02:30:08.160><c> and</c> intended to be as efficient and intended to be as efficient and effective
- </c><03:02:32.399><c> as</c> investing additional both resources as investing additional both resources
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations - Room 409, 22 January, 2026; 1:30 P.M.
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- So actually our operations are much more efficient, and the licensees are getting a much higher level
- </c><00:15:40.880><c> of</c><00:15:41.120><c> the</c> regarding the efficiency of the regarding the efficiency
- </c><00:15:59.120><c> and</c> operations are much more efficient and operations are much more efficient
- </c><02:00:59.840><c> I</c><02:01:00.000><c> just</c> to deplete all your resources.
- I just to deplete all your resources.
Committee:
Joint Appropriations
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation Apr 23rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So page five of the handout just summarizes what that Prop 4 is as a resource.
- Given limited resources, what is the appropriate state role?
- We will have fewer state resources two years.
- The resource conservation district is just working in their space.
- It referred to the board's resource protection committee.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Mar 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- itself, it, you know, kind of gets back to our foundation, which is the principles of limited and efficient
- addressing budgets, free and fair elections, health care, the cost of living, education, natural resources
- This legislation helps individuals and small businesses resolve disputes more efficiently by allowing
- all know, from time to time, we come to the legislature seeking support for additional judicial resources
Summary:
The Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee first approved a motion to print RS 33676 without taking testimony, noting it would receive a hearing in another committee. The committee then heard SCR 114 from Senator Guthrie, which would limit the number of bill drafts legislators may request in a year, with exemptions for appropriations, amendments, trailer bills, interim committee legislation, and additional drafts approved by legislative leaders. Guthrie and supportive testimony from the League of Women Voters argued the measure would reduce legislative overload and improve quality; the resolution was sent to the Senate floor with a due pass recommendation.
The committee next considered SB 1330, sponsored by Senator Galloway, to raise the small claims court limit from $5,000 to $15,000. Galloway and a constituent testified that the current limit is too low for common disputes and burdens small businesses and individuals. Administrative Office of the Courts counsel Jason Spillman said the courts expected additional workload and noted the bill could affect magistrate court jurisdiction; Galloway said he would take the bill to the 14th order to add an amendment removing the $25 cap on attorney fees in small-claims appeals. The committee voted to send the bill to the 14th order for possible amendment.
House Bill 556, carried by Senator Foreman, would increase state reimbursement to counties for housing state inmates in county jails from the current $55/$75 daily structure to a flat $80 per day. County officials and sheriffs testified that counties are still subsidizing the state, that actual costs are higher than reimbursement, and that overcrowding and delayed transfers create safety and operational problems. Several senators supported the bill while also raising broader concerns about Idaho’s incarceration rates and sentencing policies. The committee sent HB 556 to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
The committee also advanced HB 540, presented by Representative Bingham, which would extend public-records protections and related safety/security exemptions to the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections similar to those already available to the Department of Corrections. No opposition was offered, and the bill received a due pass recommendation. Finally, HB 688, presented by Senator Kaiser, would update Idaho’s airbag laws to define counterfeit and non-functional airbags, prohibit knowingly selling or installing them to mislead buyers, and set misdemeanor penalties. Testimony from the automotive industry supported the bill as a consumer-protection measure addressing counterfeit airbags; the committee sent HB 688 to the floor with a due pass recommendation before adjourning.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Care & Wellness Feb 18th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Health Care & Wellness
Transcript Highlights:
- So we've already, you know, done the procedure, we've used the resources, and we just want to get paid
- Washington must immediately move to distribute this medication as quickly and efficiently as possible
- maintaining that commitment requires a payment system that is not only predictable, but functions efficiently
- That directly impacts our operational planning and the resources that support patient care.
Committee:
House Health Care & Wellness
Keywords:
SB 5915, health technology assessment, HTA, clinical committee, medical technology review, coverage determination, state-purchased health care, Washington health care, RCW, evidence-based medicine, cost-effectiveness, safety and efficacy, Medicare coverage, national coverage determination, clinical guidelines, patient advocacy, public comment, medical necessity, rare disease, life-threatening disease
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Economic Development Feb 3rd, 2026
Joint Committee on Rural Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- The series LLC statute is designed just for efficiency purposes and allows for a lot of autonomy for
- The series LLC statute is designed just for efficiency purposes and allows for a lot of autonomy for
- These properties also siphon off municipal resources that could be better used in these communities.
- nurses, teachers, and firefighters spend over 50% of their income on housing, and even those with resources
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 2508, which would clarify that Missouri series LLCs may obtain standalone certificates of good standing from the Secretary of State and be individually listed on the Secretary of State’s website. Representative Chris Brown said the bill is intended to remove uncertainty created by a newer interpretation of the law and help Missouri businesses operate in other states. Committee members and witnesses from law and business groups generally supported the measure, emphasizing transparency, easier verification of entities, and reduced barriers to interstate business. No opposition was offered, and the hearing on HB 2508 was closed.
The committee then heard House Bill 2517, which would require real estate wholesalers to provide a written disclosure before contracting with a seller, stating that they are acting as a wholesaler, do not represent the seller, may assign the contract, and encouraging the seller to seek legal counsel. Representative Brown described the bill as a consumer protection measure aimed at preventing deceptive practices that can harm distressed homeowners, seniors, heirs, and first-time sellers. Members raised questions about whether the disclosure should be more prominent and whether the bill would affect legitimate investors. Brown and several supporters said the bill targets bad actors without restricting legitimate transactions.
Testimony on HB 2517 was mixed but broadly supportive of disclosure. The Missouri Association of Realtors, the Missouri Chamber, and several wholesalers and homebuyers supported the bill’s transparency requirements, while warning that overregulation could hurt the market for distressed and blighted properties. Supporters described wholesalers as important to moving off-market homes into the hands of rehabbers and argued that disclosure helps ensure sellers understand the transaction. One witness said the Senate companion bill had been amended to require disclosure 14 days before contracting and to make Attorney General enforcement discretionary, which would eliminate the fiscal note, though some witnesses said the 14-day requirement could burden sellers in urgent situations. The hearing on HB 2517 was then closed, with no votes taken during the meeting.