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NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Because you don't have a physical building, you're not paying utilities.
- And then, Chairman, I was paying attention.
- Average amount the state pays. I understand, Mr.
- Well, as soon as you guys pay for them, I guess I'll get one.
- Senator Brandt, Senator Lanier is not paying attention.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Jul 14th, 2025
Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force
Transcript Highlights:
- Are there any anomalies that we have to pay attention to? Are they overcharging us?
- They don't pay for that additional asset essentials; they have to pay for that on their own.
- Who's paying attention?
- We want them to pay better attention to maintaining the educational environments.
- I pay a couple of bucks a month in the fee that I need to pay, and that's it.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Fraud Committee Meeting - 2025-07-08
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I think interested in how you pay for that, but let me just wrap all this question into one, which is
- So the question is, how do we pay for that?
- garbage to working-class Minnesotans who don't have enough money to pay for private insurance.
- Everybody else in this room, whether it's commercial insurance people who are paying for their health
- care out of pocket, all the money that used to come from Medicaid to pay for people's needs—because
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 25, 2025 - 09:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- If they take the pay cut or the honor for free, will they get Bright Futures hours?
- The answer to why people would choose this is that if they see value outside of the pay, they see an
- I realize this is voluntary, but I do have a problem with how we think we're going to pay less money
- the opportunity to pay somebody less money than minimum wage.
- And I don't think paying less is going to bring more people to the workplace. Thank you.
Summary:
The Careers and Workforce Subcommittee met with a quorum and took up four bills. The first, HB 875 on educator preparation, would align teacher-prep programs under a uniform core curriculum, create a competency-based coaching program (CERT), standardize mentor and clinical educator requirements, allow certain certification waivers, and establish a Florida Institute of Teaching Excellence at Miami-Dade College subject to appropriation. Debate focused heavily on language in the bill related to systemic racism, identity politics, privilege, and historical distortion, with supporters saying the bill is about pedagogy and opponents warning it could limit discussion of important historical and social topics. The committee adopted a strike-all amendment and then reported the bill favorably, 12-4.
The committee then considered PCS for HB 541 on minimum wage requirements, which would allow employees to knowingly and voluntarily waive the state minimum wage for up to 12 months in certain structured work-based training settings. Supporters argued it would expand access to training and career pathways for inexperienced workers and help address labor shortages, while opponents said it could depress wages, invite coercion, and conflict with the state constitution’s minimum wage provisions. Public testimony included opposition from workers and labor groups and support from NFIB. The bill was reported favorably, 12-4.
Next, PCS for HB 681 on apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship program funding was presented as a transparency and accountability measure to improve funding reporting and address bargaining issues between education agencies and program providers. Support came from industry groups and the ranking member, and the bill was reported favorably without opposition, 16-0. Finally, PCS for HB 1105 on education and Bright Futures would broaden Gold Seal Vocational eligibility, align CTE diploma requirements with Bright Futures, add AP Capstone as an automatic qualifier, and remove barriers for certain military and public service families. The committee supported the bill, which was reported favorably, 15-0. The meeting ended after a correction to the record on one public comment card and adjournment.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Mar 20th, 2025
Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- This will help families in this economy to help get gas, to help pay utilities, to help pay rent or mortgages
- They are paying for their utilities, they are paying for their groceries, they are.
- Unequal pay means unequal retirement savings and even unequal Social Security in retirement.
- Why am I talking about equal pay when we are discussing baby bonds? It's because we see that.
- People pay tax, we can give them give them their money back.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/13/25 - Part 2
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- My follow-up: it seems like we haven't touched on there's a pay option for an expedited process.
- like we haven't touched on um there's<00:13:14.240><c> a</c><00:13:14.720><c> a</c><00:13:15.240><c> pay
- option for an expedited there's a a pay option for an expedited process<00:13:20.160><c> um</c><00:13
- </c><00:13:50.480><c> for</c> um having some people be able to pay for um having some people be able
- to pay for expedited<00:13:51.399><c> process</c><00:13:51.839><c> that</c><00:13:52.199><c> maybe</c
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: DFL Caucus Members Discuss Work Ahead in 2025 Session - 02/10/25
Transcript Highlights:
- So it's prohibitive for any individual turkey farmer to pay for that themselves.
- it's a small health and for our economy it's a small price<00:14:57.639><c> to</c><00:14:57.800><c> pay
- </c> price to pay price to pay I<00:15:00.519><c> don't</c><00:15:00.639><c> know</c><00:15:00.759><c
- people the seniors in nursing homes it's people struggling<00:20:03.840><c> to</c><00:20:03.960><c> pay
- for health care it's struggling to pay for health care it's the<00:20:05.280><c> hospitals</c><00:20
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Government, Elections And Indian Affairs Feb 5th, 2025
House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- that have somewhat similar laws, but they're limited in scope to where a resident wins or a resident pays
- now we're looking at expunging that, and so we're what we're doing is we're teaching people not to pay
- We're going to expunge that with this bill in five years and let people walk without paying.
- One of the things that we're doing is, you know, we're de-incentivizing people to pay.
- A five-year window is plenty of time to see behavior, to see if someone's capable of paying rent.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate and House Tax Policies Discussion Group - 05/12/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Otherwise, It<00:09:59.080><c> it</c><00:09:59.160><c> pays</c><00:09:59.440><c> for</c> It it pays for
- It it pays for tourism<00:10:01.520><c> promotion.
- And so, if the entity doesn't pay, you know, the credit is the idea is so you don't have to pay twice
- </c><00:49:08.680><c> Uh</c> to pay. Becomes exempt at that point. Uh to pay.
- </c> offering to give Eric Wallett a pay offering to give Eric Wallett a pay raise raise raise >>
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Apr 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Right now, we don't get that transparency when we are paying these bills.
- So this goes directly back to how much you pay your employees.
- Californians pay the highest electricity rates in the continental United States.
- Statewide, that’s $13 billion more than Californians would pay at the national average rate.
- Our businesses pay nearly triple what their counterparts pay in states like Texas, more than 170 percent
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy heard several bills focused on clean energy, electrification, and grid planning. AB 1813 (Ward) would revise California’s community renewable energy program to better support community solar and storage, especially for renters and low-income customers, by tying credits to avoided costs and requiring at least 51% low-income participation. Supporters said the current CPUC program is unworkable and has stalled development; utilities raised concerns about cost shifts, CCA impacts, and the bill’s late substantive amendments. The bill was discussed but no vote was recorded in the excerpt.
AB 2313 (Berman) would create a gas service line replacement alternative program allowing customers facing planned gas line replacement to instead choose electrification and receive an incentive. Supporters argued it would reduce long-term gas infrastructure costs and give customers more choice, while opponents warned it could divert money from safety-related gas replacement work, create affordability issues, and conflict with the recently approved SB 1221 pilot. Committee members pressed the author on safety, funding sources, and renter impacts; the author said the bill includes emergency replacement exemptions and is intended to lower costs for remaining ratepayers.
AB 1975 (Schultz) would require the CPUC to develop a grid utilization metric and consider expanded grid management programs to better use existing distribution infrastructure and reduce the need for costly upgrades. Supporters said better utilization could save ratepayers billions and help integrate batteries and flexible load; utilities generally opposed rigid utilization targets but were open to further discussion. The committee passed AB 1975 on a 7-0 vote to Appropriations. AB 2612, on plug-in photovoltaic systems, passed 9-0 to Appropriations after supporters said it would expand access to low-cost solar and utilities requested clarification that they would participate in the standards process.
AB 1849 (Pappin) would direct CARB to study the need for decarbonized gaseous fuels in hard-to-electrify sectors and for grid reliability. Supporters framed it as a technology-neutral assessment for sectors like industrial heat and backup power; opponents argued it was biased toward a preferred fuel pathway and duplicated existing state studies. After a lengthy exchange over the lack of a statutory definition for “decarbonized gaseous fuels,” the bill passed 10-0 to Appropriations. AB 2088 (Pappin) would authorize investor-owned utilities to own and operate thermal energy networks, with safeguards for safety, workforce, and ratepayers. Supporters described TENs as efficient, low-emission heating and cooling systems that can use geothermal energy or waste heat; the bill passed 9-0 to Appropriations.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Apr 22nd, 2026
Utilities and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Right now, we don't get that transparency when we are paying these bills.
- So this goes directly back to how much you pay your employees.
- California pays the highest electricity rates in the continental United States.
- Statewide, that's $13 billion more than Californians would pay at the national average rate.
- Our businesses pay nearly triple what their counterparts pay in states like Texas, more than 170% above
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Part 2 Feb 12th, 2026 at 12:58 pm
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- You think I've been paying on this home five, 10 years.
- Can they pay that off? Mr.
- They still will earn equity in their home, but those folks get to pay it forward.
- Even if they pay it off, they're going to be upside down possibly.
- They can pay off their loans early. I'm always a fan of that.
Bills:
HB111, HB108, HB145, HB164, HB291, HJR6, HR1, HB63, HB64, HB165, HB184, HB200, HB4, HB7, HB20, HB65, HB66, HB80, HB88, HB96, HB166, HB285, HB295, HB306, SB29, SB37, HJM2, HJM3, HJM1, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM23, HM24, HM26, HM2, HM16, HM32, HM13, HM47, HM20, HM51, HM1, HM31, HM35, HM36, HM46, HM53, HM54, HM11, HM14, HM21, HM34, HM50
Keywords:
water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Budget Review Subcommittee on Primary & Secondary Education & Workforce Development (2-3-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- And then we have families who are private-pay families that are paying upwards of 13% on average of their
- </c><00:17:51.919><c> upwards</c><00:17:52.320><c> of</c> pay families that are paying upwards of pay
- 56.240><c> on</c> 13% on average of their take-home pay on 13% on average of their take-home pay on child
- </c><00:40:03.520><c> We</c> and this is the pay for for this. We and this is the pay for for this.
- And then they in private pay families.
Summary:
The subcommittee met without a quorum and first heard from Kentucky Department of Education officials on career and technical education funding. KDE explained that House Bill 499 created a CTE funding formula using 60% weighted full-time equivalent enrollment and 40% incentives, but House Bill 6’s budget language excluded area technology centers (ATCs) from that supplemental funding. KDE requested approval of an additional budget request of $14,789,352 in each fiscal year 2027 and 2028 to include ATCs in the formula and hold local districts harmless. Officials said ATCs serve students from 117 of Kentucky’s 171 districts and argued the change would reduce funding disparities and better reflect the return on investment from CTE programs, citing growth in dual credit and work-based learning participation.
Members asked whether the issue would need to be revisited each budget cycle. KDE responded that the problem could be fixed by removing the notwithstanding language from the budget bill, which they said would allow ATCs to be included under the existing statute. Representative Klein supported the request, saying the current clause could lead to stagnation and that the committee should help the program continue to grow. No vote was taken on the CTE item during the portion of the meeting provided.
The committee then heard a presentation from PreK for All on expanding preschool access in Kentucky. Advocates said the state’s preschool program has been funded since 1990 and currently serves about 14,200 children at roughly $84 million per year, but that many working families still fall into a coverage gap. They proposed expanding eligibility to 250% of the federal poverty line, which they said would add about 9,600 children at a cost of $40 million in year two, after a planning year. The proposal also included regulatory flexibility for classrooms and partnerships with private child care providers and nonprofits, with speakers emphasizing child care deserts in some counties and citing research that early learning improves kindergarten readiness and later outcomes. No action or vote was taken on the preschool proposal in the transcript provided.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 40 (3-5-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- a year pay increase.
- a year pay increase.
- a year pay increase.
- </c> pay increase. pay increase. Wait<01:43:01.360><c> a</c><01:43:01.520><c> minute.
- . paying. paying.
Summary:
The Senate convened, opened with an invocation and pledge, established a quorum, excused absent members, and approved the journal. The House clerk then announced that the House had passed several bills and requested concurrence. The chamber also received second-reading reports for a number of bills and resolutions, which were referred to the Rules Committee, and committee reports from the Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor Committee and the Judiciary Committee recommending passage of several measures. New resolutions were also introduced, including one honoring Michael Mingi, Amanda Maize, and Senator Maize Bledsoe, and another designating March 31, 2026, as Kentucky Transitional Science Day.
The Senate then took up Senate Bill 145, relating to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The chamber concurred in House Committee Substitute 1 and House Floor Amendment 1, then passed the bill as amended by a roll call vote of 35 yeas and 2 nays. The Senate next considered Senate Bill 59, relating to prohibited uses of tax dollars and resources. After adopting Senate Committee Substitute 1, members debated whether the bill’s enforcement provisions were needed to prevent public funds from being used to influence ballot questions; supporters cited prior school-related advocacy, while one opponent raised concerns about possible uneven treatment of schools receiving federal funds. The bill passed 28-9.
Finally, the Senate took up Senate Bill 137, relating to a provisional license to practice medicine. Supporters described Kentucky’s physician shortage, especially in rural areas, and argued the bill would help recruit foreign medical graduates by allowing a path to licensure based on prior residency and work experience. A floor amendment was offered to preserve standards by emphasizing U.S. residency pathways and cautioning against lowering the standard of care, but the amendment was withdrawn after discussion. The bill remained under consideration at the end of the transcript.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- And so the funding becomes a little bit more difficult when you're allocating who's paying for what.
- Um, hopefully we will continue pursuing a low error rate so that we would not have to pay.
- But however that um state to to pay.
- We believe that this investment will pay for itself.
- </c><00:55:40.960><c> for</c> this investment will will pay for this investment will will pay for itself
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-09 (1:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Please pay attention to the West Gallery.
- You need to pay lawyers what they're worth. You need to pay...
- You need to pay lawyers what they're worth. You need to pay...
- We are increasing teacher pay raises.
- We are increasing teacher pay raises.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present, then adopted the special order report and moved into a series of budget-related bills. The chamber first took up HB 5011/SB 2506 on environmental resource management and natural resources funding, where Democrats argued the bill would reduce recurring support for the Resilient Florida program, the Florida Wildlife Corridor, invasive species removal, and other conservation efforts. Supporters said the change would shift money from recurring to nonrecurring funding so the Legislature could reassess priorities each year and rely more on private-sector stewardship. After a strike-all amendment and conference posture change, SB 2506 passed 97-12. HB 5013, reducing state-funded property reinsurance reserves, passed 108-0, and HB 5501, redirecting documentary stamp tax distributions from housing and transportation trust funds into general revenue, passed 82-26 after extended debate over its impact on affordable housing and transportation funding.
The House also passed HB 5015 on state group insurance, which requires DMS to develop a formulary management system and was described as producing significant savings; members raised concerns about prescription access and implementation, but the bill passed 109-0. HB 5201 on state financial accounting and HB 5203 on the Capitol Center both passed unanimously, as did HB 5009, which creates a Florida Accountability Office and reorganizes audit functions. The chamber then passed HB 7031, a major sales tax reduction bill lowering the state sales tax rate and several related rates; supporters framed it as permanent relief for all Floridians, while opponents said property tax relief would be more meaningful and that the sales tax cut would also benefit tourists and out-of-state visitors. HB 7031 passed 112-0.
The House then began consideration of HB 501, the proposed fiscal year 2025-26 budget, totaling $112.9 billion and emphasizing reduced recurring spending and large reserves. Subcommittee chairs outlined their budget silos: K-12 education at $20.6 billion with teacher raises, school hardening, literacy, transportation stipends, and security funding for Jewish day schools; health care at $47 billion with full Medicaid and KidCare funding, opioid settlement spending, mental health beds, and senior services; transportation/economic development at $18.5 billion; agriculture and natural resources at $5.8 billion with reduced Everglades spending but continued water, resiliency, and land management funding; higher education at $8.7 billion; state administration at $2.9 billion; justice at $7.3 billion; and IT at $529 million for Florida PALM, FX, and other systems. Members then began questioning the K-12 budget, focusing on FEFP funding, proration, voucher growth, stabilization dollars, mental health and school safety funding, and whether districts would be held harmless under the proposed allocations.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> >> Um a tax on the rich to pay for the war.
- >> Um a tax on the rich to pay for the war.
- </c> and they pay for the beer tax as well. and they pay for the beer tax as well.
- </c> paying nothing as far as a PILOT. paying nothing as far as a PILOT.
- of whether they pay taxes or not. not. not.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations - Room 216, 28 January, 2026; 8:15 AM
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- And we're asking you for the first time to give us authority to pay overtime to Oakley employees.
- They pay overtime on a pay-period-by-pay-period basis. People accrue it in an 80-hour workweek.
- The state pays 50%, the feds pay 50% of the cost of administering the program.
- paying attention to this issue because it's big for the state.
- </c> those that aren't need to start paying those that aren't need to start paying attention<01:27:47.760
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- And this is a monthly surcharge based on the pay that they're receiving?
- And this is a monthly surcharge based on the pay that they're receiving?
- </c> some of the I guess Uh current uh pay some of the I guess Uh current uh pay programs<00:34:04.480
- The producers will pay, you know, 15, 10% into an account for that child.
- We've used, uh, that incentive pay where we can offer a little higher on the pay scale.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Smithfield agreed to pay $2 million in penalties for those actions.
- Smithfield agreed to pay $2 million in penalties for those actions.
- The second rule adopted was a holiday pay and certified worker organization rule.
- </c> Robertson um the Frontline worker pay Robertson um the Frontline worker pay was<01:03:44.640><c>
- What did we end up paying out per worker?