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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Balancing the Budget / Sovereignty Day at the Capitol / Promoting Animal Welfare Mar 23rd, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- In addition to the state's structural imbalance, factors outside Minnesota's borders are also impacting
- Senator, have we faced a structural imbalance like this before, and if so, how did we counter that?
- </c> sure well first of all structural sure well first of all structural imbalance<00:03:54.360><c> which
- </c> drivers of our of our uh structural drivers of our of our uh structural deficit<00:15:25.880><c>
- We need to solve the structural imbalance another way. What are your thoughts on that?
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Today, we don't even know how much we are spending on IT structure.
- Today, we don't even know how much we are spending on IT structure.
- I don't know, you know, as far as public input into this structure, that would come through.
- We are simply establishing a structure.
- Reporting back as part of the entire structure.
Committee:
Senate Appropriations
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee met with a quorum present and considered three items. First, it heard and passed SB 158, which eliminates cost-sharing for diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations under the state employee health plan. Senator Berman described the bill as a way to remove financial barriers to early breast cancer detection, and several senators spoke in strong support, emphasizing the importance of follow-up screening and the life- and cost-saving value of early diagnosis. The bill was reported favorably by roll call vote.
The committee then took up SPB 7024, a committee bill on state planning and budgeting. Senator Brodeur explained that the proposal modernizes and simplifies the state agency long-range planning process by focusing on key data points, removing stale measures, and improving how plans are presented to the Legislature. Senator Berman supported the bill, highlighting new provisions on implementation status and budget consequences if enacted laws are not carried out. The committee voted to submit the proposal as a committee bill and reported it favorably.
Finally, the committee considered SPB 7026, a major overhaul of state information technology governance. Senator Harrell described a transition from the current Florida Digital Service structure to a new cabinet-level Agency for State Systems and Enterprise Technology (ASSET), with enterprise-wide standards, interoperability, procurement oversight, cybersecurity coordination, technical debt tracking, a testing laboratory, workforce development, and annual IT expenditure reporting. Members raised questions about procurement authority, judicial branch inclusion, existing contracts, cybersecurity, and staffing; Harrell said agencies would retain final procurement decisions but would have to follow enterprise standards, the courts were not included, existing contracts would continue, and the bill would add significant state IT staffing. Several amendments were adopted, including changes on CIO selection conflicts, removal of the Northwest Regional Data Center from a definition, reporting on deviations from standards, and technical updates related to the data center and workforce positions. Public testimony strongly supported the bill as a needed modernization of Florida’s fragmented IT system. The committee then reported SPB 7026 favorably as a committee bill. The meeting adjourned after members recorded their votes on the three items.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Governmental Organization Committee Apr 8th, 2026
Governmental Organization
Transcript Highlights:
- This definition of customary maintenance would include the replacement of structural components such
- Any city, county, or state agency for new structural work on existing billboards statewide.
- wood one. for that new structure than it is for a depreciated wood one it replaced.
- These are structures the OAA was meant to manage toward eventual removal.
- AB 2099 instead grants them structural immortality.
Committee:
House Governmental Organization
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee Mar 25th, 2025
Water, Parks and Wildlife
Transcript Highlights:
- Weirs are water-impounding structures intended to control the depth of water channels to aid in water
- These structures are operated by placing removable flashboards against a fixed structure to temporarily
- and places them under the same level of maintenance, inspection, and fee structures as dams.
- For the Kings River, there's nine structures that we evaluated within this Kings River.
- So for the Kings River, there's nine structures that we evaluated within this King's River.
Summary:
The committee heard several bills focused on wildlife, water, parks, and transparency. AB 764 would expand the list of exotic non-game birds that can be legally managed, with the author and California Waterfowl arguing it would help control rapidly growing mute swan populations that threaten native species and wetlands. The bill passed to Appropriations with no opposition. The committee also adopted its 2025-26 rules and approved the consent calendar, which included AB 14 and AB 581; AB 514 had been pulled by the author.
AB 616, dubbed “Parks for All,” would allow state parks day-use passes to be transferred to the State Library free of charge to preserve the library pass program and improve access to state parks for low-income families and first-time visitors. Supporters said the program has been highly successful and equitable, and the bill passed to Appropriations. AB 293 would require groundwater sustainability agencies to post board membership and link to Form 700 filings online; supporters emphasized transparency and public trust, while some members raised concerns about redundancy and added burdens. The bill passed to Appropriations on a split vote.
AB 639 would create a narrow exception in the Water Code so certain weirs used for irrigation would not be treated as dams, with the author and district representatives saying the structures pose no safety risk and should not face unnecessary regulation. Members urged the bill be narrowed to the Kings River area, and it passed as amended to Appropriations. AB 679 would streamline land transfers for Big Basin Redwoods, Año Nuevo, and Butano State Parks after the CZU fire, with conservation groups supporting faster acquisitions and one member opposing on budget and state-management grounds; it also passed to Appropriations. AB 454 would remove the sunset on California’s Migratory Bird Protection Act to keep state protections for migratory birds in place despite federal changes, and it passed to Appropriations. Later, the committee took add-on votes for members who arrived late, and the meeting adjourned after all listed items were acted on.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> said it's not the 50% against structure said it's not the 50% against structure and<00:04:51.600
- </c> on the structure and the land. on the structure and the land.
- </c> counting the land and the structure. counting the land and the structure.
- </c> high is land and 80% is the structure. high is land and 80% is the structure.
- The people's initiative, as Chairman Lock said, is on the structure only and it's 50% of the structure
Committee:
Senate Revenue
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/06/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- <c> structural</c><00:05:28.759><c> engineer</c><00:05:29.160><c> report</c> the stru the structural
- We have two other structures that we're working on.
- We have two other structures that we're working on.
- </c> the likelihood of it structurally the likelihood of it structurally failing<00:32:14.639><c> uh<
- The permitting of full structure.
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> non-conforming structures. non-conforming structures.
- ,</c> find is you have an existing structure, find is you have an existing structure, but<00:31:44.240
- </c> pre-existing non-conforming structure pre-existing non-conforming structure such<00:43:05.800><c
- ><c> less</c> These structures are much less These structures are much less expensive,<01:09:51.520><
- </c> housing structures. housing structures.
Committee:
Senate Commerce
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Feb 6th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So what we are trying to do here is give that structural balance.
- We know what our, we know what the structure. “We know what our— we know what the structure is.
- And we've talked a lot about structural balance and structural budgeting.
- And unfortunately, I think this, structural balance and structural budgeting, and unfortunately, I think
- As I went through my budget, as I've gone through just from a structural stamp piece, just the bare structural
Summary:
The committee first received a briefing on the updated “green sheet” budget materials and how to read the FY 2027 columns, along with a review of several bills with fiscal impacts, including HB 503, HB 556, HB 559, and HB 578. Staff explained where the documents could be found online and answered questions about the timing and size of the bills’ fiscal effects, including the tax conformity bill and county jail reimbursement changes.
The main business was the 2026 Idaho Budget Rescissions Act. Members debated whether to adopt the governor’s 3% rescission, add an additional 1% reduction, or add an additional 2% reduction. Supporters of deeper cuts argued the state needed structural balance, a larger ending balance, and a response to revenue uncertainty and the pending tax conformity bill. Opponents said across-the-board cuts were too blunt, could harm Medicaid, education, public safety, and other programs, and should be handled agency by agency. The committee first rejected the 1% and 2% substitute motions, then approved the governor’s 3% rescission motion on a due-pass recommendation.
The committee then approved a transfer of $22,366,500 from the Public School Income Fund to the General Fund, with the motion passing after a roll call vote. It next took up statewide decisions, starting with ongoing base reductions for selected state agencies. After debate over whether the reductions should be 3%, 4%, or 5%, the committee rejected the higher-cut substitutes and approved the governor’s 3% base reduction recommendation. Members emphasized that the work groups would still have flexibility to adjust individual agency budgets later.
Finally, the committee considered personnel benefit cost increases for FY 2027. Staff explained the proposed health insurance and other variable-rate adjustments, and members debated whether to use the governor’s recommendation or a DOGE Working Group recommendation that slightly changed the funding mix and total. The governor’s recommendation was defended as more consistent with prior employee-benefit review practice, while supporters of the DOGE proposal said it would tighten legislative control over funding. The governor’s recommendation was ultimately rejected, and the committee moved on after the roll call votes on the competing motions.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- And if you match the mitigation with where the structure is and how closely packed, there's some structures
- And if you match the mitigation with where the structure is and how closely packed, there's some structures
- And lastly, we need improved risk analytics, especially related to understanding structure-to-structure
- That is the question, because we have about 14.3 million structures, and we only build 100,000 new structures
- It is the structural changes, the roofing, the siding over time. but the It is the structural changes
Committee:
Senate Insurance
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- What does the organizational structure look like with these two merged agencies?
- Because IDWR has a much larger organizational structure, and then some of that maybe lateral moves in
- within a component, within a piece of the organizational structure within IDWR.
- Within this structure, the Soil and Water Conservation Commission would retain all...
- But again, I see this organizational structure... ...Brian Patton, who maybe some of you know, deputy
Committee:
Senate Agricultural Affairs
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We have significant regulatory structures in place, and so adding an additional regulatory structure
- We have significant regulatory structures in place, and so adding an additional regulatory structure
- We have significant regulatory structures in place, and so adding an additional regulatory structure
- We have significant regulatory structures in place, and so adding an additional regulatory structure
- </c> statutory structure is. Thank you, Mr. statutory structure is. Thank you, Mr.
Committee:
House Energy Finance and Policy
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Education Study Jun 26th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- All students are benefiting from the structured literacy focus.
- But we were excited to see that our focus on structured literacy was translating.
- I like that term structural crap. That's good. And Evan I don't want you to listen to this.
- You know, they all use structured literacy. 95% literacy rate in Mexico.
- Yes, Spanish is much more transparent, easier to teach, but they use structured literacy.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
06/02/2026 - House Democratic Caucus Calendar #21
Transcript Highlights:
- It structured regulation guidelines for alternative nicotine products.
- Volk, under this regulation structure, yes.
- Madam Chair, Rett Volk, under this regulation structure, yes.
- to a five-year refund structure.
- The conference committee includes that five-year structure, but also changes the refund structure to
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- So this slide talks about the general fund structural balance.
- So this slide talks about the general fund structural balance.
- Are your revenues structurally balanced against appropriations?
- Are your revenues structurally balanced against appropriations?
- Are your revenues structurally balanced against appropriations?
Committee:
Senate Local Government and Taxation
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
February 19, 2025 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- This urges Congress to increase the force structure.
- Regarding the force structure portion, if the force structure, is it because... ...from my experience
- long because of how the force structure is?
- long because of how the force structure?
- of why they are held in those ranks for so long because of how the force structure is.
Summary:
The Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee heard and passed two measures before receiving a staff presentation on the local bill process and local delegation meetings. HB 4007, by Rep. Snyder, would cap reimbursement for certain inmate emergency medical services in Martin County at 110% of the Medicare rate, with a higher cap if a provider shows it is operating at a loss. Snyder said the bill is intended to create predictability and save taxpayer dollars; members asked about fiscal effects and whether other counties could adopt similar language. Public testimony came in support from Martin County and related local officials, and the bill was reported favorably by a 17-0 vote.
The committee also passed HM 4005, by Rep. Daly, which urges Congress to increase Florida National Guard force structure. Daly argued Florida’s troop allocation is outdated and inadequate for the state’s population and disaster demands, contributing to burnout and recruiting problems. Members asked about the basis for the current allocation, possible budget and infrastructure impacts, and the National Guard’s needs; there was no opposition or public testimony, and the memorial was reported favorably by a 17-0 vote.
After the votes, Reps. Holcomb and Kendall gave a detailed presentation explaining how local bills differ from general laws, constitutional limits on local legislation, required local delegation meetings and notice, certification and economic impact forms, and amendment procedures. Members asked several process questions, including about multi-county delegations and Miami-Dade’s special status. The meeting ended with a few recognitions and adjournment before session.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- So I'm really for the structured housing.
- So if there is not a structure, I'm completely against this house that was taking place.
- But the structure, we can't have... ...closer to your mouth. I'm sorry.
- But the structure, we can't have... I'm so sorry. It's nothing personal.
- But the structure, we can't have... On this population, I'm for that.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Elections
Keywords:
evictions, judgment satisfaction, tenant rights, landlord obligations, court procedures, abortion-inducing drugs, medical abortion, pharmaceutical regulation, felonies, state law, DUI, ignition interlock, substance abuse treatment, driving privileges, alcohol education, felony conviction, misdemeanor designation, court judgment, criminal justice reform, rehabilitation
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Insurance Committee May 12th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And if you match the mitigation with where the structure is and how closely packed, there are some structures
- And lastly, we need improved risk analytics, especially related to understanding structure-to-structure
- exposure to those structures.
- That is the question, because we have about 14.3 million structures, and we only build 100,000 new structures
- It is the structural changes, the roofing, the siding over time. but the It is the structural changes
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Insurance held an information hearing on the impacts of climate change and catastrophic wildfire on California’s insurance market, with opening remarks focused on the state’s affordability, availability, and stability problems. Chair and members discussed the role of SB 254’s report, the Sustainable Insurance Strategy, the growth of the FAIR Plan, and the need to better align insurance regulation, mitigation, and land-use decisions. The Vice Chair noted the importance of hearing from industry as well as consumer and academic experts, and Senator Becker said the report would inform further committee work.
Amy Bach of United Policyholders described how climate-driven wildfire and flood risk, combined with inflation, insurtech, and risk modeling, have reduced competition and pushed more homeowners into the FAIR Plan and non-admitted surplus lines coverage. She said availability is improving somewhat, but affordability will depend on mitigation, insurer competition, and fair rate regulation. In response to questions, she emphasized underinsurance as a long-running problem, supported stronger insurer responsibility for replacement-cost estimates, and suggested a public reinsurance backstop and more mitigation funding rather than removing wildfire coverage from basic policies.
Nancy Watkins of Milliman and Michael Wara of Stanford argued that the market problem is fundamentally that expected claims and expenses now exceed premiums because too many homes are burning. They said California needs both risk reduction and actuarially sound pricing, along with a state mitigation framework that targets the highest-risk communities and prioritizes home hardening, defensible space, and community-scale mitigation over broad acreage-based spending. They also discussed the role of non-admitted carriers as a gap-filler, the need for better data on reconstruction costs and mitigation effectiveness, and the importance of sustained funding rather than one-time grants.
A later panel with Frank Freebalt of Cal Poly and Michael Golnar of UC Berkeley focused on modeling and mitigation science. They said wildfire policy should treat the issue as a structure-ignition and urban conflagration problem, not just a wildland fire problem, and stressed integrated land-use, utility, and community mitigation. Members asked about zoning, building codes, utility hardening, and who should pay for mitigation; witnesses said older, denser neighborhoods are the highest priority, that utilities must improve operational safety measures, and that targeted mitigation in the highest-risk areas offers the best return. No votes or formal actions were taken at the hearing.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Jan 21st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And that will provide a roadmap to us to close that structural gap.
- That's the only way that we're going to cure this structural deficit.
- They've become a structural problem.
- The structural deficits seem quite real to us.
- The point is the structural deficit married with the structural uncertainty, which is just as massive
Summary:
The Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee heard opening remarks on the Governor’s 2026-27 budget, which the chair described as roughly balanced in the budget year but still facing large out-year structural deficits. The vice chair criticized the revenue assumptions as overly optimistic and stressed the need to review recent program expansions and address the state’s $20 billion federal unemployment insurance debt. The Department of Finance said the budget is a “workload” plan with about $350 billion in total spending, $23 billion in reserves, a projected $2.9 billion budget-year deficit, and out-year gaps above $20 billion, while the LAO warned of downside revenue risk tied to stock market volatility and urged earlier action on the structural deficit rather than waiting for May.
Finance and the LAO discussed major budget components, including Proposition 98 funding, higher education base increases for UC and CSU, climate and wildfire spending, a new ZEV incentive, child care COLAs, and tax proposals involving marketplace facilitators, renewable aviation fuel, and an extension of the California Competes tax credit. Members raised concerns about proposed Medi-Cal and CalFresh changes tied to federal HR1 impacts, the MCO tax extension, hospital finances, county costs, and the decision not to backfill all federal funding losses. Finance said the administration is not in a position to replace all lost federal funds, but wants to work with the Legislature on priorities and timing before the May Revision.
Several senators used the hearing to preview subcommittee priorities and request more detail on spending growth, reserves, and program cuts. Topics included homelessness funding, Care Court throughput, wildfire and climate investments, AB 617, data centers, the judicial branch’s facilities backlog, displaced workers, transit funding, and preparations for the 2028 Olympics and Paralympics. No budget action or vote was taken at this hearing; the committee mainly received presentations and member questions, with public comment scheduled later.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Capital Project Overview Committee (1/12/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- They're a structural engineering firm out of Boulder, Colorado.
- They're a structural Alliance.
- ><c> analysis</c><00:18:29.760><c> and</c> conducting uh structural analysis and conducting uh structural
- Anyway, the headline of all this is that right now structural analysis is on track.
- :22:11.360><c> under</c> thirdly, the structural engineer under thirdly, the structural engineer under
Summary:
The Capital Project Overview Committee met at 9:00 a.m. and first approved the September 29 minutes. The committee then considered University System of New Hampshire Capital Project 260001, a $70 million request involving two residence hall renovation projects at UNH. UNH officials said the work is needed to address aging 1970-era buildings, including heating, plumbing, and other deferred maintenance, and to improve student recruitment, retention, and living conditions. Members asked about the construction timeline, which was estimated at about four years, and about enrollment decline, which was estimated at roughly 15% over 10 years. The committee approved the project after discussion, with members noting the buildings’ age and need for repair.
The committee next heard Capital Project 26003 from the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources for Cannon Mountain. Commissioner Sarah Stewart and staff described an $893,000 tranche, part of a larger effort to address deferred maintenance at the mountain, including guest facilities, lift infrastructure, a passenger ramp for scenic chairlift use, snowmaking improvements, a line replacement, a pump rebuild, and operations equipment. Members asked about the $6 million bonding limit established in 1999, and the department said it appears insufficient and may need updating in the future. The committee approved the Cannon Mountain request.
The department also provided an informational update on the Cannon Mountain aerial tramway. Officials said a structural engineering firm is analyzing towers, terminals, and footings, with the goal of confirming the existing infrastructure can support a new tram system and refining bid specifications. They said the work is on track, with an updated cost estimate expected in January and a bid targeted for May. Members asked about the limited number of manufacturers capable of doing the work and whether the project could be delayed; the department said it is in active discussions with the likely bidders and pre-qualifying them. The meeting ended with brief discussion of informational reports, including a question about apparent delays in some New Hampshire Veterans Home projects, which staff said they would follow up on, and the committee adjourned with the next meeting set for March 16 at 9:00 a.m.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Administrative Rules Mar 9th, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
Transcript Highlights:
- So I just want to take a moment to give you some structure for our conversations, some history.
- I'm sure that there are some ownership structures I could look at.
- So we ask, tell us what your operating structure is in a department-approved format.
- But as to the chairman, I'm manipulative and how they structure their contracts.
- Okay, so that kind of plays into my follow-up question about ownership structure.