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VA
Transcript Highlights:
- bill, there's something we haven't talked about that I'm very concerned about, and it is our bond rating
- Speaker, ratings agencies love Virginia for its sound fiscal management and all the things that we do
- And when the rating companies look at what it's going to do to our budget and how it's going to hamstring
- We've had a AAA bond rating in this state since the 1930s.
- You no longer decide your tax rates. It's going to be decided for you.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources Subcommittee REVISED: HB4155 (Hasenbeck) added Feb 16th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- what EPA does—and again, I'm not an expert—the EPA requires certain testing, certain kinds of burn rates
- Essentially, we're not going into any 'you have to have this rate and that rate and this'—none of that
- All it says is if you're going to... ...you have to have this rate and that rate and this—none of that
- I believe you mentioned burn rates.
- But generally, EPA burn rates, or what happens is, and again, my person here can answer the question.
Summary:
The committee opened with prayer and then took up a series of House bills, most of them on natural resources, agriculture, energy, and economic development topics. House Bill 2988, dealing with efforts to address woody invasive species through a state income tax credit subject to appropriation, was explained as a response to underfunding concerns and was reported do pass unanimously. House Bill 4344 would exempt sales tax on frackwater sales; the author said it was a constituent request tied to oil and gas activity in western Oklahoma, staff indicated a minimal fiscal impact, and the bill passed 9-2.
The committee then approved House Bill 3280, which raises the Homemade Food Freedom Act revenue cap from $75,000 to $300,000 to let home-based food businesses grow before facing more burdensome licensing and inspection requirements. Members asked about the fiscal impact and food-safety distinctions between perishable and nonperishable foods; the author said there would be no state fiscal impact and that existing safety limits would remain unchanged. House Bill 3917, imposing a surcharge on large-load data centers during peak demand periods and directing the revenue to a grid modernization fund, was presented as a way to protect ratepayers and passed unanimously.
House Bill 4413, as amended by PCS, would require any Oklahoma facility incinerating regulated medical waste to follow EPA guidelines; the author said the measure was prompted by a Tulsa facility seeking a permit variance and argued the bill was needed to protect public health and safety. After extensive questioning about DEQ authority, EPA standards, and health risks from incineration emissions, the PCS passed 8-1. House Bill 3402 created a revolving fund for DEQ biosolids land-application research and passed 7-2, and House Bill 4476 created a community music infrastructure and events development revolving fund to support rural music festivals and local matching participation, passing 5-4. Finally, House Bill 4155, as amended by PCS, established a new economic development structure for events in Oklahoma and passed 6-3. The committee repeatedly reminded authors to provide detailed forms and Senate authors before full A&B consideration, and then adjourned.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Governmental Organization Committee Jun 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- are curious if this issue has only been experienced by Green Globes and therefore one third-party rating
- are curious if this issue has only been experienced by Green Globes and therefore one third-party rating
- And both times, they said these rating systems are equivalent.
- When you say the rating systems are equivalent, the LEED rating system of gold, platinum, and all of
- their rating systems compared to your two Globes versus one Globe rating system?
Summary:
The Governmental Organization Committee met as a subcommittee for much of the hearing because a quorum was initially absent, and it heard several bills focused on nonprofit support, alcohol regulation, immigration-related funding restrictions, outdoor advertising, and green building standards. SB 1240 by Senator McNerney would create an Office of Nonprofit Empowerment to help nonprofits navigate state procurement, grants, and reimbursement processes; supporters, including the Child Care Resource Center and the Little Hoover Commission, said nonprofits provide essential services but face delayed payments and burdensome bureaucracy. Committee members raised accountability concerns, but the author emphasized the bill does not dispense grants and would cost about $1.7 million in the first year. The bill was later approved and sent to Appropriations.
The committee also heard SB 917 by Senator Laird, which would remove the estate-grown grape requirement for wineries selling at farmers markets, allowing more family wineries to participate; winery and grape grower representatives said the change would help direct-to-consumer sales and local growers. SB 1171 by Senator Caballero would make private entities that contract with ICE ineligible for state-funded loans or grants; supporters from immigrant-rights groups described ICE detention and raids as harmful and inhumane, while some members spoke in favor of using state funds to avoid indirectly supporting ICE-related activity. Both bills advanced on party-line or near-party-line votes and were sent to Appropriations or Local Government as noted in the roll calls.
Senator Rubio presented SB 1195, which would expand tied-house exemptions for certain entertainment, convention, and sports venues in specified counties, and SB 1228, which would allow a small number of existing outdoor advertising displays to continue operating despite a statutory sunset. Supporters said SB 1195 would create economic opportunity and clarify current law, while SB 1228 was described as a narrow fix to preserve legally permitted signs and local revenue; both bills passed the committee and were sent to Appropriations. The committee also considered SB 1398, which would recognize Green Globes as an alternative green building certification for state projects alongside LEED; supporters argued it would add flexibility and competition, while the U.S. Green Building Council opposed bypassing the Department of General Services’ equivalency review. The bill was approved and sent to Appropriations. The committee also took up a consent calendar and adjourned at 2:55 p.m.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Governmental Organization Committee Jun 24th, 2026
Governmental Organization
Transcript Highlights:
- are curious if this issue has only been experienced by Green Globes and therefore one third-party rating
- are curious if this issue has only been experienced by Green Globes and therefore one third-party rating
- And in both times, they say these rating systems are equivalent.
- When you say the rating systems are equivalent, the LEED rating system of gold, platinum, and all of
- their rating systems compared to your two Globes versus one Globe rating system?
Committee:
House Governmental Organization
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 08:02 pm
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Engrossed House Bill 5022, relating to expanding the programs to be included in the annual capitation rate
- Engrossed House Bill 5687, relating to reducing the tax rate imposed on the gross value of metallurgical
- Engrossed House Bill 5687, relating to reducing the tax rate imposed on the gross value of metallurgical
- Engrossed House Bill 5687, relating to reducing the tax rate imposed on the gross value of metallurgical
- Engrossed House Bill 5687, relating to reducing the tax rate imposed on the gross value of metallurgical
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Feb 12th, 2026
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Nursing licensure pass rate of 96% compared to the rest of the U.S. at 94% and the national average of
- She has instituted a scorecard providing all of us real insight into retention and graduation rates,
- of the things I do is I actually teach a class at the Lutgert Business School, which the students rate
- One of my colleagues on this call mentioned the pass rate of the nursing students.
- Actually, our pass rate is 100%. So thank you very much. Our pass rate is 100%.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Really, what this bill is going to do, because we've had issues with the accountability rating system
- , is going to remove that penalty on the rating system.
- I suppose now, I guess I can use deductive reasoning that the rating of the school is associated with
- There are multiple parts of the score, and we're changing the part that uses the school rating based
- Tax credit developments are evaluated on school rating data that has been inconsistently issued over
Bills:
HB293 , HB 1173 , HB3753 , HB4999 , HB5696 , SB2145 , HB5689 , HB5690 , HB5694 , HB5698 , HB293
Committee:
House Intergovernmental Affairs
Keywords:
HB 293, Texas housing tax credits, low-income housing, affordable housing, private activity bonds, PAB, qualified allocation plan, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, state representative objection, housing development approval, municipal notice, county commissioners court, extraterritorial jurisdiction, LIHTC, bond-financed housing, homelessness, housing services, Texas Department of Housing, municipal programs
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Investing in Disability Services – Senator Jim Abeler Feb 24th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- meeting, there was another bill brought up: Senate File 402, which aims to modify disability waiver rates
- If you really have a hard time sleeping, you could read about the disability waiver rate system and arcane
- Then this waiver rate-setting system is meant to be some kind of rubric to make sure it's all right,
- system um and disability waiver rate system um and Arcane<00:02:17.239><c> numbers</c><00:02:18.040>
- </c><00:03:06.519><c> setting</c> then this waiver this rate setting then this waiver this rate setting
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Transportation and Public Works Feb 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- At any rate, this shows.
- At any rate, this is our Transportation Project Fund.
- At any rate, the local government road fund follows on the sheet.
- Chair, Representative, the vacancy rate in District 3 is 18.7%.
- Overall, District 2 has a vacancy rate of 11.42%.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
FIN Info Briefing - Thu Jan 8, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> been um behind for real GDP growth rates been um behind for real GDP growth rates and<00:22:57.360
- :17.600><c> almost</c> Hawai's unemployment rate is almost Hawai's unemployment rate is almost always
- </c> distribution of unemployment rates distribution of unemployment rates across<01:26:22.320><c> the
- </c><01:36:58.239><c> of</c> top of my head, but at the uh rate of top of my head, but at the uh rate
- It should, as interest rates in Japan go up and as interest rates in the U.S. go down, and that's been
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (04/07/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> facility gets paid the net metering rate facility gets paid the net metering rate and<02:14:44.560
- </c> they're getting compensated at a rate they're getting compensated at a rate that<02:16:49.120><c
- </c> for our rate payers. for our rate payers.
- </c> between the developer and the rate between the developer and the rate payers. payers. payers.
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Finally, I want to comment on... low tax rate that exists.
- Our error rate in SNAP, for example, is above 8%.
- We know the poverty rate.
- Many, many other states are taxing them at a higher rate.
- have gone up, their water rates have gone up, and it's primarily due to the data centers.
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, and several guest recognitions, including a student honored for a national Mandarin speech contest, a Ms. Black Arizona candidate, and a Madison Elementary School reusable-tray pilot program. The body also recognized interns and approved the prior journal. The chamber then moved through Committee of the Whole calendars and adopted committee reports recommending passage of a series of budget-related bills.
The main legislative business centered on the 2026-27 budget package and related omnibus measures, including appropriations, budget implementation, capital outlay, commerce, criminal justice, environment, health care, higher education, human services, K-12 education, state property, revenue/taxation, and transportation bills. Most of these measures were advanced with do-pass recommendations, with repeated debate focused on the tax omnibus and the overall budget’s policy choices. Supporters argued the package provided affordability, tax relief, conformity with federal tax changes, reduced government spending, and reforms to entitlement and other programs; opponents argued it favored corporations and wealthy taxpayers, cut health care, food assistance, housing, tourism, wildfire response, and education, and would forfeit federal matching funds.
Several members specifically criticized the failure to close the data center tax exemption and to raise sports betting taxes, while supporters defended those provisions as pro-business and pro-growth. There was also discussion of fund sweeps, including university research funds, housing trust funds, and other agency balances, with opponents saying the sweeps targeted encumbered or already-committed money. After debate, the Senate adopted Committee of the Whole reports and advanced the bills, and later took up House bills introduced and placed on third reading, with members explaining their votes on HB 4138, the General Appropriations Act, largely along party lines.
At the end of the session, the Senate processed messages from the House requesting the return of SB 1160 and SB 1786 for reconsideration, and the Senate requested the House return HB 2415 for reconsideration. The chamber also introduced and placed several House budget bills on third reading, including HB 4138 through HB 4153, continuing the budget process.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Finally, I want to comment on... ...low tax rate that exists.
- Our error rate in SNAP, for example, is above 8%.
- We know the poverty rate.
- Many, many other states are taxing them at a higher rate.
- gone up, their water rates have gone up, and it's primarily due to the data centers.
MS
Transcript Highlights:
- So if we return someone to work at 80% of the stated salary, the contribution rate for that work would
- be the employer rate as stated in statute and the employee rate, all paid by the employer, because the
- ><c> employer</c><00:14:45.839><c> rate</c><00:14:46.480><c> as</c><00:14:46.800><c> stated</c><00:14
- :47.199><c> in</c> be the employer rate as stated in be the employer rate as stated in statute<00:14:
- Unfortunately, the first teacher return-to-work bill we did have an uptake rate. It was very low.
Committee:
Joint Finance
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- This raises the employer contribution rate to 80% for all school employees.
- and proficiency rates.
- We also have data on how this impacts student attendance and graduation rates.
- We also have data on how this impacts student attendance, graduation rates.
- That total is even higher when you include some of the rate increases.
Committee:
Senate Senate Finance
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee - 2026-01-21
Transcript Highlights:
- You can see that recommendation creates two rates, one with the standard rate increase and another with
- a 10.83% increase, again, compared to the current rate.
- “Increase, again, compared to the current rate.
- “For full health insurance for each one of those rates.
- We have seen in Idaho a 29% decrease in the birth rate.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Joint Legislative Performance Audit Oversight Committee (03/06/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- So I I think as far as the broader rate.
- This is a very small error rate or fraud rate in SNAP, and yet we were over the threshold for getting
- </c> this this is a very small error rate this this is a very small error rate or<01:25:12.400><c> fraud
- </c> >> And and and and again the the error rate >> And and and and again the the error rate
- And so an error rate can be wrong thing.
Summary:
The committee chair opened by explaining that the committee has expanded from a traditional audit-follow-up role into an oversight role focused on whether audit recommendations are implemented and whether controls are in place to detect fraud. He said the committee was concerned about fraud uncovered in social service programs in other states and wanted to understand New Hampshire’s safeguards, especially around major contracts and program performance.
Charles Buchanan, director of the New Hampshire Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, and investigator Tim Brackett described the unit’s structure and mission. Buchanan said the unit, housed in the Attorney General’s Criminal Justice Bureau, investigates and prosecutes fraud by health care providers serving Medicaid beneficiaries, as well as abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation of residents in health care facilities. He outlined common Medicaid fraud schemes such as billing for services not rendered, upcoding, using unqualified staff, drug substitution, kickbacks, supplemental charges, and inflated customary charges. He also described resident abuse/neglect and drug diversion in hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living settings. Brackett said his role is financial investigator/auditor and noted the unit is grant-funded and must include a prosecutor, investigator, and auditor.
The witnesses then explained how cases reach the unit and how they are handled. Most referrals come from the state Department of Health and Human Services’ program integrity unit and from managed care organizations’ special investigations units, which look for fraud, waste, and abuse and refer credible allegations. Other sources include qui tam whistleblower actions, the national Medicaid Fraud Control Units association, citizen complaints, provider referrals, adult protective services law-enforcement referrals, local law enforcement, and federal agencies. Once a referral is received, the unit can accept or deny it; accepted matters may be investigated criminally or civilly, while nonviable matters can be referred back to HHS or other agencies for administrative action, including repayment demands and reimbursement offsets. No votes or formal committee actions were taken in the portion provided.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- So the state uses its uh bonding authority and excellent credit rating to secure us the lowest rates
- ><c> rates</c><00:04:15.280><c> possible</c><00:04:15.599><c> so</c> secure us the lowest rates possible
- </c><00:57:51.119><c> rents</c> The higher rents and market rate rents The higher rents and market rate
- </c> interest rate savings for the state. interest rate savings for the state.
- </c> building debt uh for some interest rate building debt uh for some interest rate savings<01:10:25.600
Committee:
Senate Capital Investment
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Feb 12th, 2026 at 12:12 pm
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Now, what we know is the United States and New Mexico both have a birth rate lower than our death rate
- And so those rates are going to be different.
- Well, those rates. It could be different in every area.
- The wage rates in Albuquerque may be higher than they are in Cañada, New Mexico.
- We'll set a floor that you can't go below a certain rate.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Oct 9th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- The RAC has an over 90% success rate. How many systems can say that?
- Community custody in Bernalillo County has an over 90% success rate.
- Our recidivism rate as of FY 13 for those kids who had...
- . is over 9.5 times the rate of Canada.
- The U.S. has the second highest child and teen firearm death rate.