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VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2026-05-01 - 11:30AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And what this bill largely seeks to do is to bring those tax cuts into the Vermont budget.
- What this bill largely seeks to do is to bring those tax cuts into the Vermont budget.
- There is a bit of a budget issue.
- We are $2 billion over on our budget where we ought to be right now.
- </c> We are $2 billion over on our budget We are $2 billion over on our budget where<00:30:23.240><c>
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, February 18, 2026
Labor, Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
- I wish we had this was a general session rather than a budget session. >> Uh, yes, I understand that.
- I wish we had this was a general session rather than a budget session. >> Uh, yes, I understand that.
- I wish we had this was a general session rather than a budget session. >> Uh, yes, I understand that.
- I wish we had this was a general session rather than a budget session. >> Uh, yes, I understand that.
- I wish we had this was a general session rather than a budget session.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- So, it's no secret that we're once again facing a significant budget shortfall.
- </c><00:59:53.440><c> This</c> significant budget s shortfall. This significant budget s shortfall.
- </c> balance our budget? Think about that. balance our budget? Think about that.
- Well, we have a budget that must be balanced.
- </c><01:13:30.480><c> This</c> as provided for in the budget. This as provided for in the budget.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Joint Legislative Performance Audit Oversight Committee (10/03/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- We were able to secure funding, really through the transfer of money at the end of our last budget cycle
- We were able to secure funding, really through the transfer of money at the end of our last budget cycle
- , uh, for either budget issues or uh,<00:28:54.799><c> staffing</c><00:28:55.200><c> issues</c><00:28
- We’re in the midst of a scanning project as the budget allows.
- We have I project as the budget allows.
Summary:
The committee opened by approving the September 5, 2025 minutes, with one member asking that future minutes use honorifics such as Mr. or Ms. The agenda was then adjusted so Police Standards and Training could present first. Director John Skipa reported on the 2019 performance audit, saying 12 of 16 findings were fully resolved and the remaining items were substantially or partially resolved. He highlighted work on a job task analysis to update curriculum and develop a more realistic physical aptitude test, including possible replacement of the long-used Cooper test and a shift away from mandatory baton training toward electronic weapons training. He said stakeholder work groups would meet in October and November, with a goal of completing the work by the first quarter of 2026.
On the strategic planning and performance measurement finding, Skipa said the agency had relied on the 2019 audit and the LEAC report as guides while also implementing a digital records system. He acknowledged that a formal forward-looking strategic plan with the council had not yet been completed, but said he and the council chair wanted to do so, possibly through a retreat-style planning session. Members asked how many LEAC recommendations had been fully implemented; Skipa said he did not know the exact number but believed nearly all of the 22 items assigned to his agency were complete. On the administrative rules finding, he said a part-time former director had been brought back to help revise outdated rules, the council subcommittee had finished its work, and proposed changes would be sent to the full council, then to stakeholders and the public, with a public hearing expected and implementation targeted for 2026.
For the Corrections Advisory Committee finding, Skipa said the committee had been reconvened in 2020 and 2021 but had limited usefulness because the statutorily named members were mostly high-level administrators rather than line supervisors or newer corrections staff. He said some positions later went unfilled because of budget and staffing issues, and the committee had not been called back, but he was open to either informal adjustments or possible legislative changes to make the committee more useful. Committee members suggested that the statute may need to be amended to allow more appropriate designees or supervisors to participate. After Police Standards and Training concluded, the committee moved on to the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification, where the executive director said he would focus on the partially resolved items in the dental examiner audit and the National Path audit, noting that many changes were tied to recent statutory revisions.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Indian Affairs Sep 25th, 2025
House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- So we could look at federal transportation funding, their budget to support that cost.
- Any tax generated or I don’t know what they’re doing, because we don’t have a budget.
- I'm looking through here and I don't see what your operating budget is.
- Regarding the budget, the liaisons spent 15 to 20 hours a week on this activity.
- The first one is: what is the NMGCB's operating budget?
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Ways and Means Apr 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 2 by Representative Bacala provides for the comprehensive capital outlay budget.
- Those individual line items will remain in the budget, but hopefully they will be unified so that that
- It's delayed if a bid comes in a little over budget.
- But across the street may be another project that the bid comes in under budget.
Summary:
The House Ways and Means Committee met on April 13, 2026, with a quorum present and began by reviewing House Bill 2, the comprehensive capital outlay budget. The committee adopted amendment set 3575, including a technical correction, and heard the chairman explain how the proposal reallocates limited surplus and bonding capacity by trimming some P1 requests, redirecting dormant projects, and creating project bundles for certain university and DOTD projects to allow funds to move more flexibly between projects. He said the approach was intended to reduce waste, improve efficiency, and allow agencies to manage overruns and underruns within bundled projects. The committee then reported HB 2 favorably as amended without objection.
The committee next took up House Bill 3, the Omnibus Bond Act, which was described as the financing measure that implements and funds the capital outlay program authorized in HB 2 by repealing prior bond authorizations and authorizing new general obligation bonds through the State Bond Commission. Members voted to report HB 3 favorably without objection. The committee also adopted a motion to make HB 3 special order number three for Thursday, April 16, 2026, so it could be heard with the other money bills. The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Eight - Wednesday, January 21
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Tax credits, you know, we need to understand how they affect the budget.
- We need to talk about how they're going to impact future budgets.
- Tax credits, you know, we need to understand how they affect the budget.
- We need to talk about, you know, how they're going to impact future budgets.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 4/30/25 - Part 1
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- First reading of Senate File Number 1832, an act relating to state government establishing a biennial budget
- :26.400><c> establishing</c><00:06:26.960><c> a</c><00:06:27.120><c> bianual</c><00:06:27.680><c> budget
- </c> government establishing a bianual budget government establishing a bianual budget for<00:06:28.160
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- To the budget staff — Alicia, Mama Cheryl, and my former budget staff directors Scarlett, Dawn, and Denise
- As Representative Franklin said, last year it was $750 million in our budget, added to our budget.
- This year to next year, we're expecting to go to $900 million, ...our budget.
- Jay Trumbull, opening the doors of the budget suite as his vice chair.
- The program will live on in the budget. Questions of the amendment sponsor?
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, a quorum call, approval of the journal, and adoption of the special order calendar. The chamber then took up several Senate bills on special order, with members offering questions and debate before final votes. The first major measure, CS/SB 156, the Officer Jason Rayner Act, would reclassify certain offenses against law enforcement officers and add manslaughter of an officer to the life-sentence reclassification statute. Supporters said it honored Officer Rayner and clarified that resistance to officers with violence is unlawful; opponents argued it reduced judicial discretion and could sweep in unintended cases. The bill passed 100-8.
The House next passed CS/SB 688 on naturopathic medicine, which creates a regulatory framework and licensure standards for naturopathic physicians, defines scope limits, and establishes a board under the Department of Health. Supporters framed it as a consumer protection and medical freedom bill, while opponents called it an expansion of scope and criticized the low penalty for unlicensed practice. It passed 85-22. The chamber also passed CS/CS/SB 1062 on speech and debate education, creating a Florida Speech and Debate Hall of Fame, a Speech and Debate Week, and a statewide debate initiative, by a unanimous 112-0 vote.
Members then approved CS/CS/SB 1220, a broad transportation bill covering FDOT authority, airports and seaports, drone and delivery devices, autonomous vehicle crimes, tolls, and other transportation issues; an amendment added provisions on Space Florida, golf carts, automated license plate recognition, and related matters while removing digital driver’s license repeal language. The bill passed 87-23. SB 962 on affordable housing, which clarifies that Live Local Act zoning preemption does not unintentionally capture working farms and farm operations, passed 109-2. Finally, CS/CS/SB 1580 on aiding illegal gaming was introduced and discussed; it would strengthen penalties for illegal slot machines and unregulated gaming arcades, clarify reporting and enforcement, and preempt local regulation, with questions focused on VFWs, sweepstakes, fantasy sports, and online betting. The transcript then shifted into lengthy farewell remarks and recognitions, including tributes from members leaving the House and acknowledgments of guests in the galleries.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- In challenging budget times, we must prioritize tools that generate strong return on investment.
- The CUB credit will help stabilize public budgets by generating much-needed revenue.
- In challenging budget times, we must prioritize tools that generate strong return on investment.
- The CUB credit will help stabilize public budgets by generating much-needed revenue.
- </c> have in light of the state's own budget have in light of the state's own budget uh<00:26:09.919>
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Subdivision 17 includes... budget amendments background checks for budget amendments background checks
- So one of the budget rules requires that fiscal staff identify extensions of existing appropriations,
- </c> additional staff to move their budgets additional staff to move their budgets around<00:20:50.039
- I know because the budgets are going to be tight.
- I know because the budgets are going to be tight.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm happy to share the details of admin's capital budget requests, and as I mentioned, I brought Assistant
- 00:01:51.960><c> of</c><00:01:52.119><c> admin's</c><00:01:52.520><c> capital</c><00:01:52.840><c> budget
- </c> details of admin's capital budget details of admin's capital budget requests<00:01:54.280><c> and
- Efficient budgeting because it costs more to fix breaks and respond to urgencies than to fund planned
- So, our first presentation is our Governor's capital budget recommendation.
Keywords:
wastewater, infrastructure, funding, Litchfield, economic development, environmental compliance, Hastings, water treatment, PFAS, nitrates, bonds, capital investment, public health, HF212, Round Lake-Brewster, Independent School District No. 2907, school construction, school building, sales tax exemption, use tax exemption
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (02/10/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- She also asked whether the apportionment might affect county budgeting and municipal budgeting.
- She also asked how the apportionment might affect county budgeting and municipal budgeting.
- She also asked how the apportionment might affect county budgeting and municipal budgeting.
- She also asked how the apportionment might affect county budgeting and municipal budgeting.
- , municipal budgeting?
Summary:
The committee began by announcing that afternoon hearings, including House Bill 283, would be moved to Representatives Hall because of expected public interest. It then took up House Bill 671, which would establish a kindergarten literacy readiness program. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Mark Pearson, described the measure as a way to close gaps in early reading readiness and said it was intended as a first step, with only a placeholder appropriation while details are developed. He framed it as a targeted effort to help children who are not entering first grade ready to read.
Testimony on HB 671 was largely supportive. Representatives asked about the bill’s structure, whether a specific program had been identified, how it would interact with play-based learning, and why the provider was limited to a registered nonprofit. Waterford.org representatives Teresa Rosenberger and Rob Riley testified in support, describing Waterford Upstart as a home-based, evidence-based early learning program already used in New Hampshire. They said the program provides adaptive instruction, family coaching, and technology support, including computers, tablets, internet access, and translation services in more than 100 languages. They also said the model has been successful in New Hampshire, including a Nashua pilot and later statewide efforts, and that similar legislation has existed in other states. Rep. Jonah Wheeler also spoke in support of the bill. The chair then closed the hearing on HB 671.
After a fiscal note for HB 671 was distributed, the committee moved to House Bill 781, which would require school districts to adopt policies for a cell phone-free education and includes an appropriation. The transcript cuts off as Rep. Litchfield was introduced to testify on that bill, so no testimony, debate, or vote on HB 781 is included in the excerpt.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, June 26, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- budget as we<06:41:39.440><c> can.
- Stop telling me you're a budget hawk. I am a budget hawk. I care about the budget.
- I am a telling me you're a budget hawk. I am a budget<06:44:02.558><c> hawk.
- </c> budget hawk. I care about the budget. budget hawk. I care about the budget.
- </c> reconciliation budget. reconciliation budget.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Public Works and Highways (01/20/2026)
Public Works and Highways
Transcript Highlights:
- These projects were in the had budgeted.
- </c> balancing the needs versus the budget balancing the needs versus the budget that<03:35:10.800><c
- . budget. budget.
- When they do the operating budget, they look at budget targets and revenue, trying to maximize the utilization
- </c> helping us balance our operating budget. helping us balance our operating budget.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pension Funding Council Jun 23rd, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Pension Funding Council
Transcript Highlights:
- The supplemental benefit payments were, and are currently, pay-as-you-go from institution budgets.
- Stepping into the next slide in terms of estimated budget impacts, we provide the estimated savings here
- And this component of the funding policy also promotes budget stability if there is an economic downturn
- We've been hearing almost universally from cities across the state that they're looking at budget shortfalls
- We know the state's budget challenges are large right now, and the local government is experiencing the
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Jun 22nd, 2026
Military and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- necessary to be able to help support the housing stability part of this bill as well, should that budget
- The recently passed budget is projected at $355.9 billion.
- Senators, that is 5.1 thousandths of 1% of our state budget.
- But— That is five one-thousandths of one percent of our state budget to support California's disabled
- In 2025, Governor Newsom included a partial tax exemption in his budget.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Cabo Verdean Cultural Center Jun 21st, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- I would vote to go to Portugal as well, but is there a budget for that?
- There is a budget, but I don't know how to use the budget, so the commission shouldn't actually speak
- I would vote to go to Portugal as well, but is there a budget for that?
- There is a budget, but I don't know how to use the budget, so the commission shouldn't actually speak
Summary:
The meeting focused on organizing the Cabo Verdean Cultural Center Commission, including confirming quorum, approving prior minutes, electing leadership, and planning next steps. Once quorum was reached, members approved the minutes from the prior meeting and unanimously elected Senator Liz Miranda and Representative Kip Diggs as co-chairs. There was also discussion of whether vice chairs should be added later, with several members favoring a mix of legislative and appointed/community representation.
A major portion of the discussion centered on expanding the commission membership and identifying candidates who reflect regional, gender, and professional diversity, with emphasis on arts, culture, history, philanthropy, development, and construction. Members suggested numerous names from Boston, Brockton, New Bedford, Fall River, Cape Cod, Taunton, and other communities, and there was broad interest in including people connected to cultural organizations, universities, and the business/development community. Members also discussed whether designees could count toward quorum, but no rule change was adopted during the meeting.
The commission also discussed its operating structure and public process. Members agreed to submit two or three recommended names by November 13, and to reconvene on November 25 at 4 p.m. to finalize recommendations and continue building the commission. They also discussed meeting cadence, with support for alternating formal meetings and site visits or listening sessions every other month, plus possible subcommittees to handle research between meetings. The chair noted that the commission is public-facing, will keep records and minutes, and will need to consider the organizational vehicle or advisory structure that will support Cape Verdean clubs and associations in the broader project. The meeting adjourned after these next steps were outlined.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses
Transcript Highlights:
- Main Streets districts also have a method of setting up a budget.
- We understand the realities of our financial situation on the state budget this year, and that this is
- have to do kind of annual audits, but for smaller BIDs that have, you know, less than a $150,000 budget
- professional auditing firm, which can be very expensive and take up a large chunk of their annual budget
- So those are those, those are the two small reforms we're proposing there. ...budget.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business held its second hearing of the session, with Chairs Gómez and Vargas opening by emphasizing the committee’s focus on equity, small business growth, and support for communities that have historically been overlooked. Several members noted the historic nature of having two Latino chairs. The hearing covered a package of bills centered on access to capital, transparency in state assistance, commercial tenant protections, downtown revitalization, and business improvement district administration.
Testimony was largely supportive of bills aimed at helping micro-businesses, small businesses, and disadvantaged entrepreneurs. Beckma, the Asian Business Empowerment Council, a minority- and woman-owned business owner, and a worker-owned Springfield business all backed measures including S. 179 and H. 312/S. 184, which would prioritize capital assistance and require reporting on where state business aid goes. Witnesses said transparency, upfront payments on state contracts, and better data collection could help businesses that struggle with delayed reimbursements, limited reserves, and difficulty accessing traditional financing. The Metropolitan Area Planning Council supported S. 173, which would dedicate a portion of sales tax revenue to a downtown vitality fund for district management, cultural districts, and downtown infrastructure, and said the bill could help sustain downtowns and prevent cultural displacement.
There was also testimony on H. 306, a commercial tenant first right of refusal bill, with Beckma supporting it as a way to help small tenants stay in their locations, while the Greater Boston Real Estate Board opposed it, arguing it would add cost, delay, uncertainty, and could reduce property values and the commercial tax base. The board supported H. 305, a housing bill that would expand by-right multifamily and open-space residential development while preserving local zoning protections. Andre Leroux of MassINC also supported S. 173 and H. 299, the latter proposing longer BID renewal periods and audit requirements aligned with nonprofit standards. No votes were taken; the hearing concluded after public testimony and questions, with the chair closing testimony.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Improving Affordability through Tax Relief | Senator Karin Housley May 15th, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And those are two things that you can't fix in your budget.
- > are two things that you can't fix in are two things that you can't fix in your<00:03:58.360><c> budget
- You can't go, "Oh, I'm I'm your budget.
- So, the state would be bringing in less, you know, given our tight budget situation, is that something
- Again, it's just paying attention to that budget.